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)
George Elmer Burchett, age 36, from McLean County Bloomington, Illinois .
Spouse: Virginia Burchett
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 1965
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Charles Francis Matson, age 19, from McLean County Bloomington, Illinois .
Parents: Stella Chapman
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 1950
Death details: On November 25, 1950, the U.S. Army 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions were holding defensive positions south of the town of Unsan, North Korea, below the Yalu River. On November 26 and 27, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked the U.S. troops, pushing them through the towns of Ung-dong and Yongsan-dong, and on to Yongbyon, where they were given orders to establish new defensive lines. Corporal Charles Francis Matson entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On November 28, CPL Matson went missing in action at or near a roadblock en route to Yongsan-dong. No one saw CPL Matson fall in combat and he was not reported to be a prisoner of war. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Matson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1954)
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)