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William A. Rose, age 20, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Son
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Sunday, March 7, 1993
Death details: Died from a self-inclicted gunshot wound. Died at Mogadishu’s soccer stadium.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press
John Dewitt Drake, age 19, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: John H. Drake
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Modesto Bee (1970)
Darryl Kenneth Scott, age 22, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Amy L. Butler
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, October 19, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile
Source: National Archives, Modesto Bee (1970)
Richard Lynn Thomas, age 18, from Lodi, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Richard L. Thomas
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lodi High
Date of death: Saturday, September 12, 1970
Death details: Died in an accident that involved cleaning a weapon
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (1970)
Brian John Bennett, age 21, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Clarence Bennett
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Stagg High graduate
Date of death: Saturday, August 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in an ambush
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (1970)
David Ervin Zimmerman, age 22, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Ervin Zimmerman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 28, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Donnie Russell, age 23, from Tracy, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Euell L. Russell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Curtis Edwin Stelzer, age 19, from Lodi, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Irene D. Selzer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when he was mistakenly identified as part of a hostile force while on a combat mission and fired upon by friendly troops.
Source: National Archives, Modesto Bee (1970), Sacramento Bee
John Roy Mariani, age 21, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Emilio Cabrera Jr. Supnet, age 26, from Watsonville, California, San Joaquin county.
Spouse: Estrella M. Supnet
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner (1970)