Hooulu Rosehill, age 23, from Hilo, Hawaii.
Parents: Daisy K. Rosehill
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Thursday, November 3, 1949
Death details: Killed in a jeep accident in Hawaii
Source: Honolulu Star Bulletin (1949)
Lester H. Newberry, age 21, from Quincy, Florida, Gadsden county.
Parents: Dan Newberry
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Sunday, July 10, 1949
Death details: Killed in a vehicle accident near Haupstuhl, Germany
Source: Associated Press (1949)
Fred A. Carter, age 24, from Electra, Texas, Wichita county.
Parents: Grace Carter
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Saturday, July 9, 1949
Death details: Killed in a vehicle accident near Haupstuhl, Germany
Source: Associated Press (1949)
Robert L. Friedlein, age 22, from Jo Daviess County East Dubuque, Illinois .
Parents: Leonard Friedlein (1899 – 1988) and Adele G. Friedlein (1902 – 1978)
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 1, 1948
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville, Florida minutes after taking off from the USS Missouri in a training flight.
Cemetery: Memorialized at East Dubuque
Source: Grave marker, usslittlerock.org
Jimmie Adams, age 18, from Madill, Oklahoma.
Parents: Mrs. Oscar Williams
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, September 14, 1948
Death details: Among 35 American soldiers killed in a train wreck in Korea. The troops aboard the train were bound for Seoul from Pusan and were to sail for the United States.
Source: Madill Record (1948)
William E. Wilson, age 21, from Casey, Illinois.
Service era: Post World War II
Military history: Chanute Air Base
Date of death: Tuesday, July 20, 1948
Death details: Killed in an automobile-truck crash near Rantoul, Illinois
Source: Saint Louis Globe Democrat (1948)
Lemuel Newson, age 22, from Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis county.
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Thursday, May 27, 1948
Death details: Killed when the car he was driving hit a tree and overturned on Illinois Highway 161 near Belleville.
Source: Saint Louis Globe Democrat (1948)
Robert L. Behling, age 23, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Door county.
Parents: Harry Behling
Service era: Post World War II
Schools: West High graduate
Date of death: Sunday, January 11, 1948
Death details: Killed in a automobile collision on a bridge near Sausalito, California
Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (1948)
Thomas F. Mantell Jr., age 25, of Franklin, Kentucky, Simpson County
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, January 7, 1948
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed while chasing what was reported a a “flying saucer” near Franklin, Kentucky. Mantell was directed by the flight tower at Godman Field to pursue the object. During the pursuit his plane crash. The story of his death was publicized around the world and led to a military investigation into UFOs.
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: Grave marker, findagrave.com, New York Times, Kentucky National Guard Memorial
Alfred Henry Martinson, age 25, from Iowa.
Service era: Post World War II
Date of death: Saturday, December 27, 1947
Death details: Died in plane crash in Italy
Cemetery: Imanuel Lutheran, Williamsburg
Source: Grave marker, findagrave.com