Troops from Long Island who have died, having served in Afghanistan or Iraq

At least 56 American service members from Long Island have died in connection with the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Twenty of those were killed in Afghanistan and 36 were killed in Iraq. Of the total, 31 were members of the Army, 16 were Marines, four were in the Air National Guard, two were in the Navy, two were in the Air Force and one was in the Coast Guard.

Here are the details on each service member, You can read more about the Locust Valley Marine who is the most recent addition to the list. This database was updated on April 10, 2019.

Name	Age	Community	Died	War	Cause	Image
Name Marine Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks	Age 25	Community Locust Valley	Died 04/08/2019	War Afghanistan	Cause One of three service members killed when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan.	Image
Name Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Dashan Briggs	Age 29	Community Port Jefferson Station	Died 03/15/2018	War Iraq	Cause One of seven service members killed when a U.S. helicopter crashed in western Iraq.	Image
Name Air National Guard Capt. Andreas O'Keefe	Age 37	Community Center Moriches	Died 03/15/2018	War Iraq	Cause One of seven service members killed when a U.S. helicopter crashed in western Iraq.	Image
Name Air National Guard Lt. Christopher Raguso	Age 39	Community Commack	Died 03/15/2018	War Iraq	Cause One of seven service members killed when a U.S. helicopter crashed in western Iraq.	Image
Name Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Louis Michael Bonacasa	Age 31	Community Coram	Died 12/21/2015	War Afghanistan	Cause One of six U.S. soldiers killed by a suicide bomber near a military base	Image
Name Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin E. Lipari	Age 39	Community Baldwin	Died 12/14/2012	War Afghanistan	Cause While serving in Logar province, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr.	Age 21	Community Oceanside	Died 08/10/2012	War Afghanistan	Cause One of three Marines fatally shot by a 15-year-old boy working for an Afghan police chief	Image
Name Air Force Master Sgt. Tara Jacobs Brown	Age 33	Community Formerly of Hempstead	Died 04/27/2011	War Afghanistan	Cause One of nine Americans killed when an Afghan pilot opened fire during a meeting at the Kabul airport	Image
Name Army Staff Sgt. Frank E. Adamski III	Age 26	Community Formerly of East Patchogue	Died 03/29/2011	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Konar province	Image
Name Army Sgt 1st Class Anthony Venetz Jr.	Age 30	Community Wading River	Died 01/28/2011	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident in Parwan province	Image
Name Army Lt. Joseph Theinert	Age 24	Community Sag Harbor	Died 06/04/2010	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using a rocket propelled grenade and an IED	Image
Name Army Ranger Sgt. Jason Santora	Age 25	Community Farmingville	Died 04/23/2010	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Logar province	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Wilson	Age 24	Community Formerly of Commack	Died 03/22/2010	War Afghanistan	Cause Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province	Image
Name Green Beret Staff Sgt. Keith Bishop	Age 28	Community Medford	Died 10/26/2009	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Leopold F. Damas	Age 26	Community Floral Park	Died 08/17/2009	War Afghanistan	Cause Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine	Age 22	Community Farmingdale	Died 08/06/2009	War Afghanistan	Cause Died while supporting combat operations in Farah province	Image
Name Army National Guard Sgt. Juan Carlos Baldeosingh	Age 30	Community Formerly of Hempstead	Died 06/29/2009	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Jonathan Keller	Age 29	Community Wading River	Died 01/24/2009	War Afghanistan	Cause Died at Fort Bragg while rehabilitating from gunshot wounds suffered in combat nine months earlier	Image
Name Army Spc. Andre Darnell Mitchell	Age 25	Community Elmont	Died 07/03/2008	War Iraq	Cause Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident	Image
Name Army Spc. Anthony L. Mangano	Age 36	Community Greenlawn	Died 06/21/2008	War Afghanistan	Cause Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an IED and small arms	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter	Age 19	Community Sag Harbor	Died 04/22/2008	War Iraq	Cause Died of wounds; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Zachary McBride	Age 20	Community Lived 7 years in New Hyde Park	Died 01/09/2008	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Pfc. Paulo Marko Pacificador	Age 24	Community Shirley	Died 08/13/2007	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer	Age 21	Community East Northport	Died 07/21/2007	War Iraq	Cause Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations	Image
Name Army Pfc. Matthew E. Baylis	Age 20	Community Lived in Oakdale	Died 05/31/2007	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, gunshot	Image
Name Army Spc. James E. Lundin	Age 20	Community Grew up in Bellport	Died 05/30/2007	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Pfc. Daniel A. Fuentes	Age 19	Community Levittown	Died 04/06/2007	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Sgt. James J. Regan	Age 26	Community Manhasset	Died 02/09/2007	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Justin R. Garcia	Age 26	Community Elmhurst	Died 11/14/2006	War Iraq	Cause Died of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations	Image
Name Marine Sgt. Julian M. Arechaga	Age 23	Community Baldwin	Died 10/09/2006	War Iraq	Cause Died while conducting combat operations against enemy forces	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Glover	Age 28	Community Garden City	Died 08/16/2006	War Iraq	Cause Died while conducting combat operations	Image
Name Army Chief Warrant Officer John Engeman	Age 45	Community Grew up in East Northport	Died 05/14/2006	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Marine 2nd Lt. Michael L. Licalzi	Age 24	Community Garden City	Died 05/11/2006	War Iraq	Cause Died as a result of a vehicle accident	Image
Name Army Spc. Scott M. Bandhold	Age 37	Community North Merrick	Died 04/12/2006	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Thomas J. Wilwerth	Age 21	Community Mastic	Died 02/23/2006	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Lance S. Sage	Age 26	Community Lakeview	Died 12/27/2005	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Spc. Robert C. Pope II	Age 22	Community East Islip	Died 11/07/2005	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Kremm	Age 25	Community Hauppauge	Died 10/27/2005	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, artillery/mortar/rocket	Image
Name Army Spc. Jose L. Ruiz	Age 28	Community Brentwood	Died 08/15/2005	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, gunshot	Image
Name Army Sgt. James McNaughton	Age 27	Community Centereach	Died 08/02/2005	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, gunshot	Image
Name Navy SEAL, Lt. Michael P. Murphy	Age 29	Community Patchogue	Died 06/28/2005	War Afghanistan	Cause Died while conducting counter-terrorism operations in Kunar Province, Afghanistan	Image
Name Navy hospital corpsman Jeffrey Wiener	Age 32	Community Formerly of Valley Stream and Lynbrook	Died 05/07/2005	War Iraq	Cause Died in a combat-related incident	Image
Name Army Spc. Robert DeFazio	Age 21	Community West Babylon	Died 04/24/2005	War Afghanistan	Cause Died in Kandahar of non-combat related injuries	Image
Name Army Spc. Wilfredo Urbina	Age 29	Community Baldwin	Died 11/29/2004	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Marine 1st Lt. Matthew D. Lynch	Age 25	Community Jericho	Died 10/31/2004	War Iraq	Cause Died when his Humvee was hit by a massive explosion	Image
Name Army Staff Sgt. James L. Pettaway Jr.	Age 37	Community Southampton	Died 10/03/2004	War Iraq	Cause Died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained Aug. 27 when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident	Image
Name Marine Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo	Age 20	Community Brentwood	Died 09/24/2004	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Marine 1st Lt. Ronald D. Winchester	Age 25	Community Rockville Centre	Died 09/02/2004	War Iraq	Cause Killed in action; Weaponry, explosive device	Image
Name Army Sgt. Gregory Wahl	Age 30	Community Valley Stream	Died 05/03/2004	War Iraq	Cause Died when military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal, drowning	Image
Name Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan Bruckenthal	Age 24	Community Stony Brook	Died 04/24/2004	War Iraq	Cause Killed in a waterborne attack on the Khawr Al Amaya oil terminal in the northern Persian Gulf	Image
Name Marine Cpl. Kevin T. Kolm	Age 23	Community Hicksville	Died 04/13/2004	War Iraq	Cause Killed by hostile fire	Image
Name Army Sgt. Michael J. Esposito Jr.	Age 22	Community Brentwood	Died 03/18/2004	War Afghanistan	Cause Died when unit came under fire in the Hindu Kush mountains	Image
Name Army Spc. Jacob Fletcher	Age 28	Community Bay Shore	Died 11/13/2003	War Iraq	Cause Died when explosives struck a bus he was riding on in the town of Samara	Image
Name Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter	Age 22	Community Bay Shore	Died 07/24/2003	War Iraq	Cause Killed north of Al Hawd, Iraq, when military convoy came under enemy fire	Image
Name Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Maltz	Age 42	Community Wheatley Hills	Died 03/23/2003	War Afghanistan	Cause Killed in an HH-60 Pave Hawk accident	Image
Name Marine Staff Sgt. Scott Germosen	Age 37	Community Coram	Died 01/09/2002	War Afghanistan	Cause Killed as a result of the crash of a KC-130/R aircraft	Image