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Pilla, Domanick M.
Army Specialist

Domanick M. Pilla, age 21, from Vineland, New Jersey, Cumberland county.

Parents: Diane and Ben Pilla

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: Army Ranger

Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Tulsa World

Danna, Joseph John Jr.
Army Chief warrant officer

Joseph John Jr. Danna, age 29, from Vineland, New Jersey, Cumberland county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 1st Battalion Virginia

Date of death: Wednesday, December 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a plane crashed and burned on takeoff.
Cemetery: Sacred Heart Church

Source: National Archives, Vineland Daily Journal, Associated Press (1970)

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