Joshua P. Rodgers, age 22, from Bloomington, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Thursday, April 27, 2017
Death details: Died in Nangarhar, Province from small arms fire while engaged in dismounted operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Debra Anne Banaszak, age 35, from Bloomington, Illinois, Mclean county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1035Th Maintenance Company, (Mnc-I), Jefferson City, Mo
Date of death: Friday, October 28, 2005
Death details: Died from non-combat related injuries at Camp Victory, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Anthony Beaupre, age 30, from Bloomington, Illinois, Mclean county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmm-268, Mag-39, 3D Maw, Mcas Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Friday, March 21, 2003
Death details: Four Marines: MAJ Jay Thomas Aubin, CAPT Ryan Anthony Beaupre, CPL Brian Matthew Kennedy, Staff SGT Kendall Damon Watersbey, and eight British commandos died when the CH-46E “Sea Knight” Helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 crashed south of Umm Qasr, near Highway 801 in Kuwait. 21 March 2003.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Michael F. McDonald, age 23, from Bloomington, Illinois, McLean county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Thursday, January 27, 1983
Death details: Was a member of a maintenance crew working on a B-52G bomber when killed by an explosion in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Killed were: Robin D. Rise, Michael F. McDonald, Robert W. Gray, Anthony M. Salva
Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983)
William Ray Schroeder, age 19, from Bloomington, Illinois, McLean county.
Spouse: Nancy Schroeder
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 30, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hudson
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970), Bloomington Pantagraph (1970)
Edward Allen Martenson from Bloomington, Illinois, McLean county.
Parents: Mabel Morgan
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 12, 1944
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Frank Norman Floege, age 20, from Bloomington, Illinois, McLean county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Munster Times (1942)