Jonathan Walter Grant, age 23, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 4Th Recon Bn, 4Th Mar Div, Albuquerque, Nm
Date of death: Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Karabilah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Arthur Jacques, age 21, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 29, 1970
Death details: Ten minutes after his departure from Phan Rang Air Base, the pilot started the descent to Cam Ranh Bay via a steep valley (3 km wide and 15 km long) at an altitude of 2,700 feet via heading 30°. Shortly later, ATC instructed the crew to change heading to 100° when contact was lost. The airplane struck trees with its both wings, stalled and crashed in flames in a dense wooded area located few km from Cam Ranh Bay Airport. Rescuers arrived on the scene five days later and found two men still alive while 42 other occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was nil due to low clouds.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Pensacola News (1970)
Richard Dean McFarlane, age 25, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Spouse: Elizabeth M. McFarlane
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Albuquerque Tribune (1970)
Joe Herman Montoya, age 27, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Santa Fe New Mexican (1970)
Jol Nebane Smith, age 25, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Spouse: Lynn A. (Galvin) married in February 1968
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Santa Fe High (1962), College of Santa Fe (1967)
Date of death: Saturday, August 8, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam while on a flying combat mission
Source: National Archives, Santa Fe New Mexican (1970)
David Jose Garcia, age 20, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Parents: Silas T. Garcia
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Highland University
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in a night raid
Source: National Archives
George Michael Anaya, age 18, from Galisico, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 30, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Dudley Davis, age 23, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Parents: Bert Davis
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Santa Few High (1964), Colorado State University, Adams State college
Date of death: Thursday, March 12, 1970
Death details: Fatally injured at an aircraft landing zone in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Santa Fe New Mexican (1970)
Alexander Jr. Bonnyman, age 33, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, November 22, 1943
Death details: On August 27, 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of First Lieutenant Alexander J. Bonnyman Jr., missing from World War II. First Lieutenant Bonnyman entered the U.S. Marine Corps from New Mexico and served in Company F, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. 1stLt Bonnyman was killed on November 22, 1943, while leading an assault on a Japanese stronghold on Betio Island during the invasion of the Tarawa Atoll. He was reportedly buried in a Division cemetery on Betio, but his body could not be found following the battle and he was reported missing. 1stLt Bonnyman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his personal acts of exceptional valor during the close quarters fighting on Betio. In 2015, the nongovernmental organization History Flight Inc. discovered a burial site on Betio and recovered human remains. These remains were brought to the DPAA laboratory in Hawaii where analysts were able to individually identify First Lieutenant Bonnyman from among them.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Juan F. Gutierrez from New Mexico, Santa Fe county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1942
Death details: On February 24, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Juan F. Gutierrez, missing from World War II. Private First Class Gutierrez was a member of the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army. He served in the Philippines during the early months of WWII. After the fall of the Philippines to Japanese forces in spring of 1942, PFC Gutierrez was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. He died of beriberi on November 19, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp in northern Luzon, and was buried in a common grave at the camp cemetery. In January of 1946, this common grave was exhumed for possible identification. Ten sets of remains from this grave, including those of PFC Gutierrez, could not be identified at the time, and were buried as unknown remains at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. In August 2014, the Department of Defense determined there was sufficient evidence to disinter and identify these ten unknown remains. One set of these remains were eventually identified as those of PFC Gutierrez as part of this effort.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency