Allen Arthur Greka, age 29, from Alpena, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 3D Squadron, 1St Cavalry, Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Friday, July 13, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Jisr Diyala, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Paul John Darga, age 34, from Alpena, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Eod Mobile Unit 2, Virginia Beach, Va
Date of death: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Msr Uranium, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Roger P. Jr. Brilinski, age 24, from Ossineke, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Died during an aerial mission to rescue an Air Force F-16 pilot whose jet had crashed in Iraq. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was shot down by Iraqi forces.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Associated Press (1991)
Thomas Paul Smith, age 20, from Alpena, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Bruce Edward Hahn, age 21, from Ossineke, Michigan, Alpena county.
Parents: Pauline B. Sikkema
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, Cambodia
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Phillip Allen Elliott, age 20, from Alpena, Michigan, Alpena county.
Parents: Sylvia M. Elliott
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Frederick Joseph Wozniak from Alpena, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: January 17, 1967
Death details: On January 17, 1967, an RF-4C Phantom II (tail number 65-0888, call sign “Gigolo”) with a crew of two departed Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base on a photo reconnaissance mission of a target in North Vietnam in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q WJ 346 072. The Phantom was not heard from after it left base, and when it did not return after its fuel should have been exhausted, it was declared missing and a search effort was initiated. The search was unsuccessful, and the crew members were declared missing in action.
Source: National Archives, Military Times, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Donald Joseph Woloszyk, age 20, from Alpena County Alpena, Michigan .
Parents: Julius Kraniak
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Alpena High (1965)
Date of death: Tuesday, March 1, 1966
Death details: Lieutenant Junior Grade Donald Joseph Woloszyk, who joined the U.S. Navy from Michigan, served with Attack Squadron 55. On March 1, 1966, he was the pilot of an A-4E Skyhawk (bureau number 152057, call sign “Garfish 401”) when it launched from the USS Ranger (CV 61) as second in a flight of four aircraft on an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. In his last communication and miles inland from the coast, LTJG Woloszyk reported losing sight of his flight leader because of cloud cover, but that he still had visual contact with of one of the other aircraft and would continue to follow it. LTJG Woloszyk’s last known position was (GC) XF 180 143. He failed to arrive at a prearranged rendezvous point and was reported missing. Extensive aerial searches were conducted but a crash site was not found, and he remains unaccounted-for. While carried in the status of missing in action, the U.S. Navy promoted LTJG Woloszyk to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (LCDR); and on May 22, 1978, the U.S. Navy posthumously promoted LCDR Woloszyk to the rank of Commander (CDR). Today, Commander Woloszyk is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/Mia Accunting Agency, Bay City Times (1966)
Erwin H. Mitchell from Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, August 20, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker