Wayne County Pennsylvania

Cahoon, Alyssa
Army Private 1st class

Alyssa Cahoon, age 17, from Wayne County Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania .

Parents: Stephen and Susan Decker Cahoon

Service era: Post Afghanistan
Schools: Forest City Regional High

Date of death: Thursday, August 25, 2022
Death details: Died at Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina from a rare heart rhythm abnormality during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina after collapsing during physical training.

Source: Millitary.com

Kropov, Serge
Marines Private 1st class

Serge Kropov, age 21, from Hawley, Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Parents: Igor Kropov and Allison (Alevtina) Kropov

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Wallenpaupack High
Military history: Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing , I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.

Date of death: Sunday, December 20, 2009
Death details: Died as result of a non-hostile incident in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Monastery

Source: Department of Defense, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Wayne Indiependent, Military Times

Sweeney, Paul Anthony
Army Staff sergeant

Paul Anthony Sweeney, age 32, from Lakeville, Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Enduring Freedom
Military history: Company A, 3d Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc 28310

Date of death: Thursday, October 30, 2003
Death details: Hostile, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Ruggiero, John Paul
Navy Midshipman 2nd class

John Paul Ruggiero, age 20, of Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania

Service era: Iraq

Parents: John and Carol Ruggiero

School: North Pocono High (2000)

Date of death: Sunday, August 18, 2002
Death details: Fell from his fourth floor Bancroft Hall dormitory window in Maryland and died. The incident followed a night of drinking and evidence suggested that he may have lost his balance while reaching to retrieve clothes from the fourth-floor window sill.

Source: U.S. Navy, Baltimore Sun, Associated Press, Tri-County Independent

Upright, Brian Dale
Army Specialist 4

Brian Dale Upright, age 18, from Starrucca, Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Parents: Carl and Virginia Kopp Upright

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Susquehann Community High (1969)

Date of death: Sunday, October 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Saint James

Source: National Archives, Scranton Tribune (1970)

Cook, Robert Emery
Army Private 1st Class

Robert Emery Cook, age 21, from Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, June 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Lookout

Source: National Archives., Scranton Tribune (1970)

Coons, Richard William
Marines Corporal

Richard William Coons, age 20, from Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Parents: William S. Coons

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, February 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Saint Mary Magdalen

Source: National Archives, Scranton Times Tribune (1970)

Gardner, Joseph M.
Private

Joseph M. Gardner, age 23, from Pennsylvania, Wayne county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Saturday, October 19, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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