Michael A. Cathcart, age 31, from Bay City, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Friday, November 14, 2014
Death details: Died in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, of wounds received from small arms fire while on dismounted combat operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bufford Kenneth VanSlyke, age 22, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Kortni
Child: Kaiden, 4 months
Parent: Cindy L. Fisher
Military history: B Co, 1St Bn, 24Th Mar, 4Th Mar Div, Saginaw, Michigan
Date of death: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Eugene Henry Eli Alex, age 32, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 4Th Squadron, 14Th Cavalry, 172D Sbct (4 Id), Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Saturday, September 2, 2006
Death details: Died in a medical center in Landstuhl, Germany from wounds suffered in battle
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Floyd William Jr. Kotewa, age 19, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, August 14, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Gregory Wayne Felker, age 20, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Preston Lee Smith, age 22, from Essexville, Michigan, Bay county.
Spouse: Joan F. Smith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1970)
Terry Joseph VanOchten, age 19, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Parents: Delmer J. VanOchten
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 17, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Daniel Ward Gleason, age 25, from Bay City, Michigan, Bay county.
Children: Jim
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, February 23, 1969
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Darlac Province
Cemetery: Floral Gardens, Bay City
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Tomas Vasquez Martinez, age 21, from Bay County Munger, Michigan .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, March 24, 1966
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Max Edward Walls, age 21, from Linwood, Michigan, Bay county.
Parents: Addie Irene Walls
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Corporal Max Edward Walls entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, while serving as a security unit for the 3rd Battalion near Unsan, Company M was hit by an enemy attack and forced to withdraw. It was during this time that CPL Walls went missing, though specific circumstances and an exact date surrounding his loss are unknown. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Corporal Walls is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Holland Evening Sun (1954)