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Hughes, Lewis Eugene II
Marines Lance corporal

Lewis Eugene II Hughes, age 19, from Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan county.

Parents: Lewis E. Hughes and Jeanne Allen
Spouse: Victoria

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, June 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Springfield News Sun (1970)

Karibo Sr., John Altman
Army Sergeant

John Altman Karibo Sr., age 25, from Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan county.

Parents: John M. Karibo
Spouse: Tanya Karlbo
Children: Kim, 1

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine

Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962), Cincinnati Enquirer (1962)

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