February Casualties

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Stephen R. Otozky  was killed aboard the Jeremiah Van Rensselaer on Feb. 2, 1943.

John Paterno was killed in Tunisia in February 1943.
Capt. John Rogers was MIA before February 1944.

Robert S. Taylor was killed overseas before February 1944.

Pfc. Nicholas Del Grosso, 19, KIA in Italy on Feb. 20, 1944.
Edmund Sadlock was KIA in the South Pacific Feb. 19, 1945.

Pvt. Peter Andrusyn was killed in the South Pacific Feb. 26, 1945.

Gus F. Vaccaro was KIA Feb. 26, 1945.

John Waters died Feb. 13, 1946, from illnesses sustained in the Pacific.

Helder DaSilva KIA Feb. 7, 1966.
John Hoar KIA Feb. 13, 1966.

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January Casualties

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S/Sgt. Francis C. Mc Enery was killed over Belgium on Jan. 4, 1944.

Lt. Edward P. Wood was killed in North Africa on Jan. 10, 1944.

Joseph LaPenta was killed in combat in Italy on Jan. 21, 1944.

Walter J. Antonik was KIA over Europe on Jan. 3, 1945.

Lt. John J. Smith, 28, was killed over England Jan. 5, 1945.

2nd Lt. Roger J. Mellion, 21, was killed in a plane crash Jan. 13, 1945.
Roger Crowell, KIA, Jan. 31, 1968.

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December Casualties

Pfc. Joseph Klimchock was killed in Italy on Dec. 2, 1943.

Sgt. Harry Ward Jr. was MIA in the Philippines on Dec. 12, 1944.

Sgt. Patrick J. Hoey was killed in Germany on Dec. 14, 1944.

Sgt. John J. Miller, Jr. was KIA on Saipan in 1944.

Sgt. William H. Deighan was KIA over the English Channel Dec. 30, 1944.

Edgar H. Mc Ginty was KIA in Manila on Dec. 15, 1945

Thomas Lamb was KIA in the Pacific in 1945.

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November Casualties

Private George S. Smith was killed in action in France on Nov. 1, 1918.

Sgt. John Del Grosso died in San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 8, 1943.

Pvt. Arthur Leithauser was KIA in France on Nov. 2, 1944.

Joseph J. Cifrodella, 22, was lost at sea on Nov. 4, 1944.

William Hourigan was killed in the Philippines about Nov. 5, 1944.

Lt. Ernest H. Alden was declared MIA/KIA in Europe on November 1945.

Lance Cpl. Jerry Richard Donatiello, Nov. 20, 1967.

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October Casualties

Private George Eyre was killed in action in France on Oct. 19, 1918.

Private George Kalvio, 23, on Oct. 24, 1918

Private William T. Smith was killed in action in France on Oct. 23, 1918.

Sgt. Louis Wagner died after an accident in Georgia, on Oct. 2, 1942.

William Gaydos was killed in the Atlantic on Oct. 9, 1943.

Seaman Vincent F. Nucci was KIA Oct. 21, 1943.

2nd Lt. George Skeen died of wounds on Oct. 19, 1944.

Pvt. Giavanni Bocchino was killed in the South Pacific on Oct. 25, 1944.

Pvt. Joseph A. Masi was KIA in France on Oct. 25, 1944.

Pvt. Joseph Zecca was killed in Italy Oct. 29, 1944.

Capt. Louis Jannarone died in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 1944.

Lt. (jg) Edward Joseph Zuczek was lost-at-sea in October 1958.

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September Casualties

Private Charles Mc Ginty was killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Private First Class Thomas J. Mooney was killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Arthur H. Lundgren died at Fort Dix, N.J., in September 1942.

Quartermaster 3/c William Russell White, KIA at Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 11, 1943.

Seaman 2/c Thomas A. Peacock, 20, was killed in action in Sicily on Sept. 11, 1943.

John Kirwin was killed in the South Pacific on Sept. 5, 1944.

Glen C. Nelson, 21, KIA/MIA Sept. 12, 1944.

William Mears was KIA in the South Pacific on Sept. 15, 1944.

John Verian was KIA in Germany on Sept. 18, 1944.

Tuskeegee Airman Flight Officer Leonard R. Willette, was MIA/KIA Sept. 22, 1944.

William Salmon was KIA in Palue Islands on Sept. 23, 1944.

Cpl. Benjamin Lucas, 23, was killed in China on Sept. 28, 1945.

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August Casualties

Captain Henry Benson died in Aug. 11, 1862 of wounds at Malvern Hill, Va.

Private Edward Crowell Jr. died of wounds in Brest, August 4, 1919.

Donald Hartley, 20, was killed in the North Atlantic on Aug. 18, 1943.

Fred R. Wyckoff was killed in action in Tunisia on August 1943.

Wallace Reed was KIA in France on Aug. 6, 1944.

Pfc. Albert E. Pole was killed in Guam Aug. 7, 1944

Seaman 2/c Gerald Strigari died in Brooklyn on Aug. 10, 1944.

Robert Stecker was KIA in France in August 15, 1944.

James T. White was KIA in Italy in Aug. 16, 1944.

Robert C. Taylor was killed near Bermuda on Aug. 20, 1944.

Seaman 2/c John Johnson died in the South Pacific on Aug. 4, 1945.

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July Casualties

Cpl. Gerald Fuselle, 24, died in North Africa on July 10, 1943.

1st Lt. Harry Salz died at Fort Dix, N.J., on July 25, 1943.

Pfc. Steveno Mosco, 20, was KIA in Normandy July 27, 1944.

2nd Lt. Victor R. Bruegman was killed over Hungary on July 2, 1944.

Lt. John J. Daly was KIA in Normandy on July 4, 1944.

Pfc. Angelo Guarino, 25, was KIA in France on July 18, 1944.

John Marshall was killed in Italy on July 8, 1945.

Lt. Kenneth Chewey died in Manila, the Philippines, on July 23, 1945.

Sgt. Clatie Cunningham was killed in the South Pacific on July 23, 1945.

Private Hyland was KIA at the Kum River, South Korea on July 20, 1950.

(July 31, 1958) Staff Sgt. Charles A. Marsh, died of injuries from an accident in Burlington, Vt.

Pfc. Carl Lawrence Mickens, 26, was killed in action on July 4 in Vietnam.

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June Casualties

Thomas Stevens was killed June 27, 1862.

Fireman, 1/c Charles R. Braun was killed June 5, 1943.

Sgt. Michael G. Froehlich was killed over Europe on June 11, 1943.

Cpl. Hector Mc Neill was killed at Anzio, Italy, on June 1, 1944.

Sgt. Patrick J. Barbone was killed over Europe on June 2, 1944.

Merchant Marine Joseph Razes died in the South Pacific on June 2, 1944.

2nd Lt. Herman M. Doell was KIA in Europe on June 6, 1944.

Albert Lariviero was KIA at Normandy on June 6, 1944.

Carmen Olivo was killed during the invasion of France on June 6, 1944.

Lee White was killed during the invasion of France on June 8, 1944.

Arthur Burke was killed during the Normandy invasion on June 9, 1944.

Edward R. Henris was killed in Europe on June 9, 1944.

Seaman Ronald McCormack was MIA after in Normandy, June 9, 1944.

Harry Nyegaard was killed in Saipan on June 19, 1944.

Emil Ostrowski was killed in France in June 1944.

Sgt. Edward DiCarlo was KIA on Guam on June 26, 1945.

Cpl. Rene J. Flory was killed in the Korean War on June 9, 1951.

Henry Svehla, 19, was killed in action in Korea on June 12, 1952

Captain William Branch, 28, was killed in Vietnam on June 6, 1970.

Raymond DeLuca, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam on June 27, 1968.

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Jerry Donatiello, KIA, Nov. 29, 1967

Lance Cpl. Jerry Richard Donatiello, of Frederick Street, was killed in action in Vietnam on November 20, 1967. He was killed by hostile rifle fire in the vicinity of Quang Namn on Nov. 20. He had been in Vietnam since Oct. 5.

Born on June 27, 1945, he enlisted in the Marines on March 3, 1965. He served with the USMC CO F 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine, 1st Marine Division. His service number is 225482.

He is the son of Mrs. Rose Donatiello. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.

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Carl Mickens, KIA, July 4, 1970

(July 16-21, 1970) -- Pfc. Carl Lawrence Mickens, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Mickens of 61 Wilbur Street, was killed in action on July 4 in Vietnam.

Private Mickens,  lost his life in a booby trap explosion while he was on a military mission, according to a telegram received by his parents. A lifelong Belleville resident, he had planned to be a vocational high school teacher.

Before entering the service, Pfc. Mickens had completed three years toward a teaching degree at Montclair State College. Earlier he attended night school at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He had also completed four years of apprenticeship as a tool and die maker at Western Electric Co., Kearny.

"He planned to finish college after his discharge from the service next year," his father said. "He hoped to put his experience as a tool and die maker, and his teaching degree, to use as a vocational high school teacher."

He was drafted into the army in July 1969. After completing basic training at Ft. Dix, he took advanced training at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and Ft. Benning, Ga.

Last April, Pfc. Mickens was assigned to Vietnam and became a member of the 101st Airborne Division.

"He was a good soldier and took the problems of war in stride," his father said. "He really did not want to go to Vietnam, but when the word came through, he went cheerfully."

While at Montclair State, Pfc. Mickens was a member of the Kappa Sigma Chi fraternity. He was also a member of the choir at Grace Episcopal Church, Newark. Pfc. Mickens leaves two sisters, Linda Gail, and Shirley Jean, both at home.

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Raymond Deluca, KIA, June 27, 1968

(July 11, 1968) -- Army Spec. 4 Raymond P. De Luca, of Meacham Street, died June 27 as a result of wounds in a firefight in Vietnam. The date and location of the action were not disclosed.

A lifelong resident of Belleville, De Luca attended Essex Catholic High School, Newark, where he graduated as an honor student in 1966.

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William Branch, KIA June 6,1970

Capt. William A. Branch, 28, was killed in South Vietnam on June 6, 1970, when his helicopter was brought down by enemy fire.

Two men from Headquarters Company, 2/14 Infantry, were killed when OH-6A tail number 68-17366 was shot down 10 kilometers southeast of the Dau Tieng base camp - Captain William A. Branch and Captain William L. Byrd of Rossville, Ga.

Captain Branch was on his second tour of duty in Vietnam; his first was in 1966-67 when he served as a MACV Advisor with the 2nd Bn, 46th ARVN Infantry in Long An Province.
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