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Brandon Thomas Titus, age 20, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 2D Battalion, 14Th Infantry (10Mtn), Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Johnny Howard Chapman, age 25, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 20, 1971
Source: National Archives
Edwin Newton Troxel, age 41, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Spouse: Mary Jean (Price)
Children: Kristen and Mark Troxel
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Boise High, Boise Junior College, University of Oregon at Eugene
Date of death: Monday, August 2, 1971
Death details: Died in an airplane crash in Laos.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Idaho Free Press (1971)
John Frederick Shiefer, age 30, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Spouse: Judy L. Shiefer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, August 29, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Morris Edward Williams, age 18, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Parents: Morris D. Williams
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Capital High
Date of death: Friday, February 6, 1970
Cemetery: Morris Hill
Source: National Archives, Idaho Statesman (1970)
Delbert Leonard Riggins, age 25, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Spouse: Mariko Riggins
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)
Curtis James Haynes from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Parents: James Emmery Haynes
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Gordon Elliott Veeder from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Parents: Albert L. Veeder
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Sterling Daily Gazette (1941), Idaho Statesman (1942)