Warren County New Jersey

Wildrick, Ronald H.
Army Specialist

Ronald H. Wildrick, age 30, from Blairstown, New Jersey, Warren county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Lenape Valley Regional High, Stanhope (2000)
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Christopher L. Muniz was also killed.
Cemetery: Westfield Cemetery, New York

Source: Department of Defense, New Jersey Star Ledger (2011), 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Durkin, Sean M.
Army Sergeant

Sean M. Durkin, age 24, from Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Their last known residence was in Aurora, Colorado.

Parents: Mary Ann Dorward Durking and William J. Durkin (preceded in death)
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Eaglecrest High, Aurora, Colorado
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, For Carson, Colorado. Bronze Star, Purple Heart.

Date of death: Friday, April 9, 2010
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. from wounds suffered when enemy forces attached his vehicle with an improvised explosive device near Forward Operating Base Wilson, Afghanistan on March 27.
Cemetery: Hays, Easton Pennsylvania

Source: Department of Defense, Easton Express-Times

Kamolvathin, Alain Louis
Army Specialist

Alain Louis Kamolvathin, age 21, from Blairstown, New Jersey, Warren county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Company, 1St Battalion, 69Th Infantry (Tf Liberty) New York, Ny

Date of death: Sunday, January 16, 2005
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Mongrella, Garett A.
Marines Sergeant

Garett A. Mongrella, age 25, from Belvidere, New Jersey, Warren county.

Parents: John Mongrella and Loretta Mongrella
Spouse: Kim Mongrella (married 1988)
Children: Anthony Mongrella, 1

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Tuesday, January 29, 1991
Death details: Killed in action, friendly fire in Battle of Khafji.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Alenntown Morning Call

Suydam, James Lawrence
Army Sergeant

James Lawrence Suydam, age 21, from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Warren county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, October 9, 1969
Death details: On October 9, 1969, a UH-1D Iroquois (tail number 63-8826) with nine men aboard was taking off after a troop extraction when its rotor blades struck some trees along the Dong Na River bank. In an attempt to regain altitude and airspeed, the pilot headed over the river, but the helicopter soon struck the water and sank within seconds. Other aircraft in the area surveyed the crash site and observed personnel and debris in the water, but they were soon swept under by the swift current. Only two men were able to survive the crash and swim to shore to be rescued. The remains of two other individuals who were aboard the helicopter were eventually recovered and identified, but the remaining five men are still unaccounted for. Sergeant James Lawrence Suydam entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and served in Company A, 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. He was aboard this helicopter at the time of its crash and could not be located following the incident. Attempts to recover his remains were unsuccessful. Today, Sergeant Suydam is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Lawrence, Bruce Edward
Air Force Major

Bruce Edward Lawrence, age 25, from Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Date of death: July 5, 1968
Death details: Major Lawrence joined the U.S. Air Force from Pennsylvania and was a member of the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On July 5, 1968, he was the navigator aboard an F-4C Phantom II (serial number unknown) on a night armed reconnaissance mission over enemy targets in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. The Phantom was downed by enemy anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and Maj Lawrence was killed in the crash, but his remains were not recovered at the time. After the war, joint U.S./Vietnamese search teams excavated crash sites in the area of Maj Lawrence’s loss, recovering human remains. In 2011, modern forensic techniques identified Maj Lawrence’s remains from among those recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Rossi, David
Army Sergeant

David Rossi from New Jersey, Warren county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, June 28, 1944
Death details: Died, non-battle
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National

Source: National Archives, grave marker

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