Freedom Remembered

Born: September 10, 1968 in Addison, Michigan
Died: May 1, 2012 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Capt. Bruce K. Clark, 43, of Spencerport, N.Y., died May 1, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. Kevin, as he was best known, graduated in 1986 from Addison High School in Michigan and received his nursing degree in 2006 from the College at Brockport. He was currently serving as a Clinical Staff Nurse with the Army. He deployed in March of 2012. Clark was previously stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service, Medal National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Medal.
Army
A Company
Troop Command
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
El Paso, Texas

Fairfield Cemetery in Spencerport, NY

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Lt. Christopher E. Mosko, 28, of Philadelphia and San Diego died April 26 while conducting combat operations in Nawa district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Lt. Mosko graduated in 2002 from Eau Claire Memorial High School, where he took part in swimming, soccer, and the show choir. He was a dedicated athlete who worked harder than his teammates and was a self-directed singer. His family moved from Eau Claire soon after Christopher graduated. Lt Mosko commanded a Navy explosive ordnance disposal unit, which was responsible to dealing with unexploded roadside bombs and other improvised explosives. He was assigned as a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Platoon Commander to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Afghanistan. Mosko was stationed at EOD Mobile Unit 3, San Diego, Calif. He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 in Coronado. In Afghanistan, he was a platoon commander for a Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. Lt Mosko was qualified as an explosive ordnance expert, a free-fall parachutist and a scuba diving instructor. He was in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Drexel University in Philadelphia and was commissioned in May 2007. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star awards.

Service Information provided by Merkley-Mitchell Mortuary
Visitation
Thursday, May 10, 2012
5:00pm – 8:00p.m.
Merkley-Mitchell Mortuary
3655 5th Ave
San Diego, California 92103
619-295-2177

Funeral Services
Friday, May 11, 2012
1:00pm
Liberty Station North Chapel
2881 Roosevelt Road
San Diego, California 92106

Military Honors
Friday, May 11, 2012
3:00pm
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Cabrillo Memorial Drive
San Diego, California

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Cpl. Christopher D. Bordoni, 21, of Ithaca, N.Y., died April 3 of wounds sustained Jan. 18, 2012, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Cpl Bordoni was critically injured in Afghanistan in January 2012, died at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, where he had been receiving treatment. Cpl. Bordoni was injured in January while serving in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, according to a statement from his family. He was sent to a hospital in Germany, and was then transferred to the San Antonio Military Medical Center to receive treatment. He grew up in the Ithaca area and graduated from Ithaca High School. Cpl. Bordoni joined the Marines after high school and was deployed to Afghanistan for a second time in April 2011. According to his family, he was on patrol in the Kajaki district when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle entered the area. It was reported that several civilians, military personnel and police were injured and killed. During his career he earned the Purple Heart, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan.

A procession begins at 6:15 p.m., Tuesday from Hancock International Airport in Syracuse to Ithaca using the following route:

Route 81 South to the Ithaca/Cortland Exit and Route 281. Route 281 South to Route 13. Route 13 South through Cortland, Dryden, Ithaca to the Stewart Park Exit in the City of Ithaca. The procession will continue south on Cayuga Street to Seneca Street, west, to Plain Street, south, to Green Street, east, and ending at Bangs Funeral Home.
Those who wish to pay their respects to Bordoni are encouraged to line the non-highway portions of the route.

Local fire departments will be honoring Bordoni by flying the American flag from their ladder trucks at the following spots:
Route 281 and Route 13: Cortland, Cortlandville & Homer Fire Departments;
Route 13 at the Dryden Fire Station: Dryden Fire Department;
Route 13 at Warren Road: Cayuga Heights and Lansing Fire Departments;
Green Street at Central Fire Station: Ithaca Fire Department.

A visitation has been planned from 2 to 7 p.m., Wednesday. Bordoni’s family will receive friends and guests at Immaculate Conception, 113 North Geneva St.
Ithaca Public Information Officer Julie Conley Holcomb said a large crowd is expected.
As a result, the receiving line will proceed down Geneva Street to the 100 Block of West State Street. All guests will enter the Church from the front doors on Geneva Street and will exit through the side doors on Seneca Street and in the Church parking lot. The 100 block of North Geneva Street will be closed to vehicular traffic.
Holcomb said parking in the area will be difficult. Visitors are encouraged to use city parking garages on Seneca, Green and Cayuga streets and walk to the church.
A “drop off zone” will be located on the Seneca Street side of the church at Geneva Street.

Bordoni’s funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday at Immaculate Conception, although the church will be open at 9 a.m. to begin seating guests.
Seating is limited.

The following streets will be closed for parking:
100 and 200 blocks of North Geneva Street;
100 block of South Geneva Street;
100 and 200 blocks of West State Street;
There will be a single travel lane restriction on West Seneca Street, between Cayuga Street and Albany Street.

Again, visitors are encouraged to use the city’s parking garages downtown.

Donations in lieu of flowers in Cpl. Bordoni’s memory can be made to the;
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
825 College Blvd.
Suite 102, PMB 609
Oceanside, CA 92057
or visit semperfifund.org/donate

Calvary Cemetery

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Staff Sgt. William R. Wilson III, of Getzville, N.Y., died March 26 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds from small arms fire. His death was originally reported by the International Security Assistance Force, which characterized it as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by an alleged member of the Afghan Local Police. Wilson was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany. Billy graduated from Williamsville North High School in 2003 and joined the Army in 2005.

The family will be present on;
April 4th and 5th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the;
AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., (Amherst Chapel)
5200 Sheridan Drive (corner of Hopkins Road)
Amherst, NY US 14221
716-631-9000

Family and friends are invited to attend Funeral Services on Friday the 6th from The Chapel at CrossPoint,
500 Crosspoint Parkway,
Getzville at 10 AM.
Please assemble at the church.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:
SSG William R. Wilson, III
c/o Grashow Long
5780 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221

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Born: May 26, 1992
Died: October 3, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Pvt. Danny Chen, 19, of Manhattan, New York, died Oct. 3 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He Joined the Army in January of 2010 and had been in Afghanistan for just two months. Danny is a graduate of Pace High School and briefly attended Baruch College before enlisting In January of 2011. He had hoped to become a member of the New York City Police Department after his service.

Burial is at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York

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Born: October 11, 1960
Died: September 7, 2011 in Manama, Bahrain

Cmdr. James K. Crawford, 50, of East Concord, N.Y., died Sept. 7, as a result of a non-combat related incident in Manama, Bahrain. Crawford was assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, supporting operations at the Combined Maritime Forces Coalition Coordination Center at Naval Support Activity, Bahrain. Cmdr. Crawford was commissioned in 1988 and promoted to O-5 in 2004. After serving nearly two decades with various reserve commands, Crawford began work with Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain in March of 2010.

Burial is at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery in Hamburg, New York

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Born: November 17 1989 in New Port Richey, Florida
Died: September 3, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Spc. Christopher J. Scott of Tyrone, N.Y., died at age 21 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. He entered the Army in July 2009 and arrived at Fort Campbell in May 2010. His awards and decorations include: the National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; and Army Service Ribbon. He is a 2009 Dundee Central School graduate. Chris was serving his first deployment where he had been since deploying in July. He was scheduled to return from Afghanistan in 12 days to be married.

Burial is at Hillside Cemetery in Dundee, New York

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Born: July 18, 1991 in Kingston, New York
Died: August 19, in Zabul, Afghanistan

Pfc. Douglas L. Cordo, 20, of Kingston, N.Y., died Aug. 19 in Zabul, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Doug is a 2009 graduate of Kingston High School where he partciapated in junior varsity football. He joined the United States Army in March of 2010. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Tracy Litts Karson and Christopher Karson, his father, Douglas Cordo, and a halfsister, Krystal Cordo, among others.

St. Remy Cemetery in Saint Remy, New York

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Born: April 17, 1985 in Hartford, Connecticut
Died: August 11, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Sgt. Edward J. Frank II, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y., died Aug. 11 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Jefferey  joined the Army in August 2005 an Infantryman. After training at Fort Benning, Georgia he served in Germany from December 2005 until July 2010 when he arrived at Fort Drum. He previously deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, from August 2006 through November 2007 and from December 2008 through November 2009. He deployed with his unit in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in March 2011. His awards and decorations include two Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, two Army Good Conduct Medals, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the NATO Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

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Lance Cpl. Jabari N. Thompson, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died July 17 of wounds sustained July 13 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He joined the Marine Corps in January 2008 and was promoted to lance corporal in March, 2009. He had had previously served on a mission to Haiti and was deployed to Afghanistan in February 2011. His awards include, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. He was serving as a machine gunner.

Pinelawn Memorial Park

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