Jonathan Bennett Nolan, age 28, from Syracuse, New York, Onondago county.
Service era: Post cold war
Date of death: Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Death details: Killed in jet training exercises
Cemetery: Saint Mary’s in DeWitt, New York
Source: Associated Press (1998), findagrave.com
Danny Deredita, age 38, from Syracuse, New York
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Sunday, February 9, 1997
Death details: F/A-18D “”Hornet”” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather)-21, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, crashed into the Yellow Sea 60 miles southwest of Korea.
Source: U.S. Navy, Associated Press
Keith Richard Davies, age 21, from Syracuse, New York, Onondaga county.
Parents: Gwilym R. Davies
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 30, 1970
Death details: Killed when accidentally shot by another Marine
Source: National Archives
Dennis Edward Heitner, age 24, from Syracuse, New York, Onondaga county.
Parents: Donald Heitner
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Syracuse University
Military history: 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Saturday, June 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Cincinnati Enquirer (1970)
Daniel Paul Richards, age 20, from Syracuse, New York, Onondaga county.
Parents: Barbara and John Richards
Spouse: Paula Farnham Richards
Children: Ronald Richards
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, April 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Riverview
Source: National Archives, Syracuse Post Standard (1970)
Robert Joseph Wrobel, age 23, from Syracuse, New York, Onondaga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: SacredHeart Academy, Onondaga Community College (1966), University of Georgia (1968)
Date of death: Thursday, April 2, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam while on a night defensive position when he stepped on a booby trap.
Cemetery: Sacred Heart
Source: National Archives, Post Standard (1970)
John Andrew Shaffer, age 22, from Syracuse, New York, Onondaga county.
Parents: John E. Shaffer
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Nottingham High, Syracuse University
Military history: 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Post Standard (1970)
Kevin Michael Flaherty, age 24, from Onondaga County Syracuse, New York .
Parents: Robert D. Flaherty
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 30, 1966
Death details: Non-hostile, died missing, South Vietnam; died of injuries suffered in a helicopter crash.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Bernard Joseph Goss, age 34, from Onondaga County Syracuse, New York .
Parents: Alice Goss
Spouse: Janet Goss
Children: Stephanie, infant, Richard, born after he went missing
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Queens College
Military history: Korea war veteran
Date of death: Saturday, April 23, 1966
Death details: On September 11, 1978, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii(CILHI, now DPAAA) identified the remains of Colonel Bernard Joseph Goss, missing from the Vietnam War. Colonel Goss entered the U.S. Air Force from New York and was a member of 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April 23, 1966, he piloted an F-105D Thunderchief (tail number 61-048, call sign “Pecan 01”) on a strike mission against enemy targets in North Vietnam. During the mission, his aircraft was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He bailed out successfully and was observed alive on the ground; however, he later died of unknown causes. No search activities were performed due to approaching nightfall and an active enemy presence in the area, and his remains were not recovered at the time. However, in 1978, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains from Ha Bac Province and Col Goss was identified from these remains. Colonel Goss is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Syracuse Herald Journal (1970)
William George Blanchard, age 26, from Onondaga County Syracuse, New York .
Spouse: Betty C. Blanchard
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 21, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)