Andrew T. Lobosco, age 29, from Somerville, New Jersey, Somerset county. Their last known residence was in Somerville.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy attacked his unit in Yakhchal, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas D. Stowe, age 20, from Somerset County Somerville, New Jersey .
Spouse: Donna Stowe (married (181)
Children: Samantha Lee, born in June. He never saw his daughter
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Somerville High
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Central New Jersey Home News (1983)
Thomas William Frech, age 22, from Somerville, New Jersey, Somerset county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, December 1, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Arcives
Myron Diduryk, age 31, from Somerville, New Jersey, Somerset county.
Spouse: Delores Diduryk
Children: Kimberly and Keith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 24, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: National Archives, Columbus Ledger Enquirer (1970)
Robert Francis Scherdin, age 21, from Somerville, New Jersey.
Schools: Somerville High (1965)
Date of death: Sunday, December 29, 1968
Death details: Private First Class (PFC) Robert Francis Scherdin entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and served with Command & Control North, 5th Special Forces Group. On December 29, 1968, he was the assistant team leader of a reconnaissance patrol in Cambodia when his group, the patrol’s rear element, came under heavy enemy fire. The lead element was extracted a short time later, followed by all the men in the rear element; however, after extraction, PFC Scherdin was discovered to be missing. He was not seen again and his remains were never recovered. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Army promoted PFC Sherdin to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). Later, the U.S. Army posthumously promoted Staff Sergeant Sherdin to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Scherdin is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, New Jersey Vietnam Vetarans, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency