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LOCAL MILITARY NEWS
Updated: July 03, 2009 8:15:30 PM EDT
At Confederate camp, Stinky feeds the troops
Daily Record/Sunday News - Meghan Gauriloff
The mistake happened 26 years ago, and it haunts Ralph Vannoy to this day. Unaware of the impending consequences, the rookie Confederate re-enactor packed his bags with the usual supplies in preparation for his first Civil War re-enactment event.   Full Story

 
York native soldiers through tragedy
Daily Record/Sunday News -- Paul Kuehnel
In June of 1968, a woman wept on West College Avenue. Her husband, Joseph Kearse, had been shot dead.   Full Story

 
Veterans on 342-mile Hero Walk stop in York
DAILY RECORD / SUNDAY NEWS -- KATE PENN
Word spread quickly at the first sight of the flashing lights and the blaring siren coming from a Springettsbury Township police car.   Full Story

 
York County natives killed in D.C. Metro crash
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard and his wife -- both graduates of York Catholic High School -- were killed in Monday's Washington Metro crash.   Full Story

 
Red Cross supports military families with gift bags
Daily Record/Sunday News - Paul Kuehnel
Sue Barrick smiled as she sorted through the gift cards, taking note of how much each will help. There was one from Giant Supermarket, and one each from Sheetz and Rutter's to help fill the gas tank.   Full Story

 
 

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NATIONAL MILITARY NEWS
Updated: June 16, 2009 12:17:54 PM EDT
Pentagon: NKorea missiles could threaten US
WASHINGTON—North Korea's missiles could hit the United States in as few as three years if the reclusive rogue nation continues to ramp up its weapons system, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.  
 
 

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Through interactive graphics and audio slideshows, learn the stories of those involved in the war in Iraq.


An interactive map shows the ties to the York/Adams region of those who were killed in the war on terror.


ONGOING SERIES

IRAQ WAR VIDEOS
Remembering wars' fallen with local ties
Army Pfc. Orlando E. "Eric" Gonzalez

Gonzalez, 21, of New Freedom, died March 25, 2007, in Baqubah, Iraq, when the vehicle he was riding in rolled over an improvised explosive device.

He was an Army paratrooper.
Army 1st Lt. Robert A. Seidel III

Seidel, 23, of Emmitsburg, Md., died May 18, 2006, while on patrol in Iraq.

He was with three other soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in an armored-up Humvee when it was struck by an improvised explosive device.

His parents, Sandy and Robert Seidel Jr., live in Gettysburg.
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder

Snyder, 20, of Westminster, Md., died March 3, 2006, in a Humvee crash in Al Qaim, Iraq.

He served with the Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.

His father, Albert Snyder, lives in Spring Garden Township.
Marine Sgt. Jonathan Eric McColley

McColley, 23, was among 10 service members who died Feb. 17, 2006, when a pair of Marine Corps helicopters crashed off the coast of Africa.

The helicopters were from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina.

McColley was a Gettysburg native.
Army National Guard Spc. John N. Kulick

Kulick, 35, of Montgomery County, died Aug. 9, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq, when a bomb exploded under his Humvee.

Kulick was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Philadelphia.

His daughter lives in Dillsburg.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brett E. Walden

Walden, 40, of Dover Township, died Aug. 5, 2005, in Rubiah, Iraq, when a civilian fuel truck collided with his Humvee while performing a convoy mission.

Walden was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Pfc. Kenneth E. Zeigler II

Zeigler, 22, of Dillsburg, died May 12, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.

Zeigler was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Blanton

Blanton, 23, of Georgia, died Dec. 12, 2004, fighting in Iraq's Al Anbar province.

Blanton was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

His wife, Amber, is from Conewago Township.
Marine Cpl. Michael R. Cohen

Cohen, 23, of Jacobus, died Nov. 22, 2004, as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Cohen was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Army Spc. Nicholas Zangara

Zangara, 21, of Philadelphia, died July 24, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.

Zangara was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.

His wife, Melanie, is from York County.
Henry A. "Hank" Doll III

Doll, 56, formerly of York, died May 13, 2004, in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

He was working as a police liaison officer for Computer Sciences Corp.'s DynCorp International business unit as part of a U.S. Dept. of State program.
Army Spc. Martin Kondor

Kondor, 20, of Lower Windsor Township, died April 29, 2004, when a makeshift bomb exploded near the Humvee he was riding on.

The incident happened near Baqubah, a town about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Army Spc. Ryan G. Carlock

Carlock, 25, of Macomb, Ill., died Sept. 9, 2003, in Iraq.

He was shot and killed while driving a fuel truck for the 416th Transportation Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion.

His wife, Heather, is from York.
Army Pfc. Corey Lee Small

Small, 20, of East Berlin, died July 3, 2003, of a non-combat cause, according to the U.S. Dept. of Defense in Baghdad.

He was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Company, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment.
Marine Reservist Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione III

Maglione, 22, of Montgomery County, died April 1, 2003, in northern Kuwait in what the U.S. Dept. of Defense described as a non-combat weapon discharge.

Maglione was assigned to a bridge construction unit.

His father, Joseph B. Maglione, lives in Spring Garden Township.
Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy

Kennedy, 25, of Houston, died March 20, 2003, in a helicopter crash in Kuwait.

He was the grandson of Jack W. Kennedy, who was president of the former York International/York Corp. (now Johnson Controls) from 1970 through the late 1980s.

His uncle, Todd Kennedy, lives in Hanover and is president of McClarin Plastics in Penn Township.
Navy SEAL Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts

Roberts, 32, of Woodland, Calif., died March 4, 2002.

He was shot and killed by al-Qaida forces after he fell from a helicopter in the Kharwar Mountains of Afghanistan.

His wife, Patricia, was born and raised in York County.


Interactive map: Where in Iraq have local troops fallen?
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