PHOTOS: These 55 men from NJ were killed in Afghanistan’s 20-year war

Age 22 ... of Elizabeth ... Died on Dec. 20, 2002 in a hostile fire incident in Pakitka province

Age 40 ... of Maplewood ... Died July 16, 2003 in a helicopter crash near Naval Air Station Sigonella in eastern Sicily, Italy.

Age 32 ... of Atco ... Died Aug. 20, 2003 at Bagram Air Base in Parwan province from hostile fire

Age 32 ... of Lakeville, Pennsylvania, but previously of Roselle Park ... Died Oct. 30, 2003 in Musa Qala in Helmand province from hostile fire

Age 33 ... of Neshanic Station ... Died Nov. 23, 2003 in Bagram in Parwan province in a helicopter crash

Age 25 ... of Millville ... Died Nov. 23, 2003 in Bagram in Parwan province in a helicopter crash

Age 21 ... of Camden ... Died April 23, 2005 in Kandahar in Kandahar province from non-combat related injuries

Age 29 ... of Haddon Heights ... Died June 3, 2005 at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Paktika province from hostile fire in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 26 ... of Newark ... Died May 19, 2006 in the Cahar Cineh District in Uruzgan province from hostile small arms fire

Age 34 ... of Pennsville ... Died July 17, 2006 in Khwaja Ahmed in the Kunduz province in a rocket-propelled grenade attack

Age 36 ... of Bradley Beach ... Died Feb. 18, 2007 in the Shahjoi district in Zabul province in a helicopter crash

Age 23 ... of Milltown ... Died March 3, 2008 in the Sabari District in Khost province from a suicide car bomb

Age 38 ... of Holmdel ... Died March 21, 2008 in Sperwan Ghar in Kandahar province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 29 ... of Woodlynne ... Died July 17, 2008 in Helmand province from a non-hostile cause

Age 29 ... of Somerville ... Died Aug. 22, 2009 in Yakhchal in Helmand province from hostile fire

Age 22 ... of Villas ... Died Oct. 3, 2009 in Kamdesh in Nuristan province from indirect small arms fire during a rocket-propelled grenade attack

Age 25 ... of Westwood ... Died Jan. 15, 2010 in Helmand province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 22 ... of Towson, Maryland, but originally from Cherry Hill ... Died Jan. 23, 2010 in Helmand province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 22 ... of North Bergen ... Died Feb. 21, 2010 at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province of a non-hostile cause

Age 25 ... of Fayetteville, North Carolina, but previously from Bridgewater ... Died March 29, 2010 in the Arghandab River Valley in Kandahar province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 23 ... of Ramsey ... Died April 9, 2010 in Zabul in Zabul province in a helicopter crash

Age 21 ... of Brielle ... Died April 23, 2010 in the Pul-e-Alam district in Logar province from small arms fire

Age 24 ... of Wenonah ... Died April 29, 2010 at Forward Operating Base Bullard in Zabul province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 46 ... of West Caldwell ... Died May 18, 2010 in Kabul in Kabul province in a suicide car bomb

Age 37 ... of Toms River ... Died July 22, 2010 in Helmand province in a helicopter crash

Age 20 ... of Elizabeth ... Died Aug. 22, 2010 in the Arghandab River Valley in Kandahar province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 24 ... of Toms River ... Died Sept. 21, 2010 in the Daychopan district of Zabul province in a helicopter crash

Age 24 ... of Elizabeth ... Died Oct. 19, 2010 in Helmand province from hostile fire

Age 23 ... of Hopatcong ... Died Oct. 27, 2010 in Khwaja Kinti in Faryab province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 23 ... of Robbinsville ... Died Jan. 12, 2011 in Ghazni province in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack

Age 23 ... of Dumont ... Died Feb. 2, 2011 at Bagram Air Base in Parwan in a non-hostile incident

Age 26 ... of Daytona Beach, Florida, but previously of Hamilton ... Died April 7, 2011 in Logar province from small arms fire

Age 22 ... of North Granby, Connecticut, but previously of Woodstown ... Died May 31, 2011 in Logar province in a rocket-propelled grenade attack

Age 23 ... of Toms River ... Died June 20, 2011 in Ghazni province from small arms fire

Age 22 ... of Albany, New York, but previously of Jersey City and Bayonne ... Died July 10, 2011 in Paktika province when his tank was attacked with small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade

Age 28 ... of Pitman ... Died Aug. 8, 2011 in Paktia province from small arms fire

Age 23 ... of Manchester ... Died Aug. 10, 2011 in Helmand province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 27 ... of Clarksboro ... Died Sept. 28, 2011 in Helmand province in a helicopter crash

Age 33 ... of Newark ... Died Oct. 19, 2011 in Pakitka province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 26 ... of Seaside Park ... Died Oct. 26, 2011 in Ghazni province from small arms fire

Age 30 ... of Blairstown ... Died Dec. 11, 2011 in Kunar province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 25 ... of Colonia ... Died Jan. 19, 2012 in Helmand province in a helicopter crash

Age 20 ... of North Arlington ... Died Feb. 10, 2012 in Helmand in hostile fire

Age 29 ... of Waldwick ... Died March 27, 2012 in Helmand province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 21 ... of Woodstown ... Died April 11, 2012 in an aircraft accident during a military training exercise in Morocco

Age 22 ... of Jersey City ... Died May 27, 2012 in the Chai Wardak district in Wardak province from hostile fire

Age 37 ... of Union City ... Died July 4, 2012 in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province of hostile fire

Age 22 ... of Kinnelon ... Died July 8, 2012 in Zharay in Kandahar province of small arms fire

Age 28 ... of Lakehurst ... Died Sept. 26, 2012 in Pul-e Alam in Logar province in an attack by a suicide bomber

Age 22 ... of Gillette ... Died Nov. 1, 2012 in Zabul province from small arms fire

Age 25 ... of Island Heights ... Died Nov. 26, 2012 in Helmand province in an improvised explosive device attack

Age 39 ... of Ramsey ... Died May 4, 2013 in Farah province in a "green on blue" small arms fire attack by Afghan security forces

Age 30 ... of Ramsey ... Died Sept. 21, 2013 at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar province in a "green on blue" small arms fire attack by Afghan security forces

Age 34 ... of Fort Lee ... Died Jan. 1, 2018 in the Achin district of Nangarhar province from hostile fire

Age 33 ... of Washington Township ... Died Dec. 23, 2019 in the Haji Safarbai area of the Chahar Dara district in Kunduz province