Joseph Maciel from South Gate, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, July 7, 2018
Death details: Died in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained during an insider attack.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Luis Gerardo Ayala, age 21, from South Gate, Califorania, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 8Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, December 28, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Aleman Geovani Rafael Padilla, age 20, from South Gate, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, 2/28 Bct, I Mef Fwd
Date of death: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Terry Mikel Conway, age 19, from South Gate, California, Los Angeles county.
Parents: Edity I. Conway
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, October 12, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
James John Bolicek Jr. from South Gate, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On the evening of November 27, 1950, a huge Chinese force launched an attack against the U.S. and United Nations (UN) troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in north-east North Korea. The resulting seventeen-day conflict became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. After a fierce defense, U.S. and UN forces attempted to withdraw south from the Chosin Reservoir to the port of Hungnam. A single seventy-eight-mile roadway connecting the reservoir to Hungnam offered the only retreat route, and the withdrawing men faced significant enemy resistance as they traveled down it, attempting to avoid encirclement. After suffering heavy casualties, the U.S. and UN troops eventually broke through Chinese lines and reached Hungnam. Corporal James John Bolicek Jr. joined the U.S. Marine Corps from California and was a member of the Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. On December 2, 1950, he was killed in action by enemy forces near Yudam-ni, North Korea, as his unit made its fighting withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir. Corporal Bolicek’s body could not be recovered at the time of his loss, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Corporal Bolicek is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Melvin Dewitt Matthews, age 19, from Los Angeles County South Gate, California .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, September 21, 1944
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Juano Lavell Rennels, age 35, from Los Angeles County South Gate, California .
Spouse: Lottie Edith Rennels
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, October 11, 1943
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Wahoo when it was sunk by Japanese ships and aircraft in La Perouse Starit.
Source: National Archives, oneternalpatrol.com
Theordore Stevens from South Gate, California, Los Angeles county.
Spouse: Vivian Eunice Stevens
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Los Angeles Times (1942)