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Raul M. Guerra, age 37, from Union City, New Jersey.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Death details: Died in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Manuel A. Cox from Union City, New Jersey.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, New Jersey Run for the Fallen
Nicholas Michael Palmiotti, age 21, from Union City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 30, 1951
Death details: Died while missing
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Cumberland Evening Times (1951)