Alliance Ohio

White, Ashley I.
Army 1st lieutenant

Ashley I. White, age 24, from Alliance, Ohio, Stark county.

Parents: Robert and Deborah White
Spouse: Jason Stumpf
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Marlington High (2005), Kent State University (2009)
Military history: 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Date of death: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, ashleywhitestumpf.com

Mcvicker, Daniel Morgan
Marines Lance corporal

Daniel Morgan Mcvicker, age 20, from Alliance, Ohio

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Cssd 21, (Clb-2), Cherry Point, Nc

Date of death: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Al Qaim, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Gologram, Mark J.
Army Sergeant

Mark J. Gologram, age 23, from Alliance, Ohio, Stark county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Monday, March 18, 1991
Death details: Died in a traffic accident in the Middle East

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Associated Press (1991)

Betz, Dennis W.
Marines Corporal

Dennis W. Betz, age 22, from Alliance, Ohio, Stark county.

Parents: Judy Betz
Spouse: Married
Children: Daughter

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Alliance High (1986)

Date of death: Sunday, December 9, 1990
Death details: Died from a brain aneurysm aboard the USS Guam in the Persian Gulf

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Orlando Sentinel, Department of Defense, Associated Press, Fort Pierce Tribune (1991)

Wood, William Wayne
Army Sergeant

William Wayne Wood, age 22, from Alliance, Ohio, Stark county.

Parents: Homer Wood

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Sebring McKinley High

Date of death: Friday, February 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)

Mangino, Thomas Angelo
Army Staff sergeant

Thomas Angelo Mangino from Alliance, Ohio, Stark county. Their last known residence was in Alliance.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: April 21, 1967
Death details:  On April 21, 1967, two groups of four Americans each were aboard two sampans (small wooden boats) on the Tra Bong River near Quang Ngai Province making a return trip from a forward combat patrol. During the journey, the first sampan developed a leak, and the boat accelerated around a peninsula in order to reach shore as fast as possible; however, this broke visual contact between the two boats. The first sampan reached shore and waited for the second sampan, but it never appeared. The second sampan was last seen being escorted by a group of Vietnamese fishermen. Immediate searches of the area were unsuccessful in locating the missing boat or the four men who were aboard it. Extensive dives in the river and aerial searches were conducted in the days following the disappearance but were similarly unsuccessful.

Staff Sergeant Thomas Angelo Mangino entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in Company A, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade. He was aboard the second sampan when it went missing, and attempts to locate him or his remains following the incident were unsuccessful. Today, Staff Sergeant Mangino is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Wagner, Lee Celin Jr.
Air Force 1st lieutenant

Lee Celin Jr. Wagner, age 26, from Stark County Alliance, Ohio .

Parents: Lee C. Wagner Sr.
Spouse: Jean
Children: Son, infant

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Alliance High and Mount Union College graduate

Date of death: Sunday, May 16, 1965
Death details: Killed in an accidental explosion at Bein Hoa, Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1965), Cleveland Plain Dealer (1965)

Pyle, Edward K.
Army Staff sergeant

Edward K. Pyle, age 31, from Stark County Alliance, Ohio .

Parents: Harry T. Pyle

Service era: World War II
Schools: Alligance High, Mount Union College

Date of death: Wednesday, December 1, 1943
Death details: On March 14, 2024, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Edward K. Pyle, missing from World War II. Staff Sergeant Pyle entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Ohio and served in the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group. On December 1, 1943, he was a gunner on a B-24J Liberator (serial number 42-73196) which took off from Panagarh Airfield, India, with ten crew members on a bombing mission against the Insein rail yards north of Rangoon, Burma. After taking its bombing run, this Liberator was hit in the left wing by anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft was last seen trailing smoke between Insein and Rangoon, diving into the clouds with several enemy fighters in pursuit. The bomber failed to return to its base, and it was not found following the incident. The remains of the crew were reported not recovered or identified after the war and were eventually declared Missing in Action. In 1947, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) recovered the remains of what they believed to be eight individuals involved in a potential B-24 Liberator crash that was supposed to have occurred near Yodayadet, Burma, in November 1943. According to local witnesses, there were no survivors from this aviation loss and Japanese forces had instructed local villagers to bury the remains in two large graves. At the time, the eight sets of remains could not be scientifically identified, and they were interred as Unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) in Honolulu, Hawaii. In October 2020, DPAA personnel exhumed the remains from NMCP and moved them to the DPAA laboratory for further study. The laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established one set of these remains as those of S Sgt Pyle.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Salem News (1943)

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