Kevin John Gaspers, age 26, from Hastings, Nebraska, Adams county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 5Th Squadron, 73D Cavalry, 3 Bct, (25 Id), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Monday, April 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; As Sadah Village, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Hastings Community Foundation
Wayne Richard Cornell, age 26, from Holstein, Nebraska
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1-28 In, 4 Bct, 1 Id, Task Org 1 Cd
Date of death: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Death details: Killed in Baghdad, Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson.
Source: Department of Defense, Miltiary Times
William E. Jr. James, age 22, from Adams County Hastings, Nebraska .
Parents: William Everett James and Bertha M. James
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, June 3, 1955
Death details: Died in a crash of a single engine traiing plane in the mountains east of San Diego, California.
Source: Lincoln Star (1955)
Lorrin L. Kral, age 22, from Adams County Holstein, Nebraska .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, December 18, 1942
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1943)
Gerald D. Glanz, age 22, from Adams County Hastings, Nebraska .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, November 26, 1942
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1943)
Hiram Wallace Baumgartner from Adams County Hastings, Nebraska .
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hasting High
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hasting Daily Tribune (1944)
Irvin Francis Fry, age 22, from Ingleside, Nebraska .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, January 23, 1942
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1943), Lincoln Star (1942)