James J. Crawford, age 30, from Buchanan County Saint Joseph, Missouri .
Spouse: Rebecca (Tyler)
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 3, 1972
Death details: Killed when his Air Force jet caught fire and crashed in Thailand
Source: National Archives, Courier Journal (1972)
Joseph Ken Grenier, age 23, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, Buchanan county.
Parents: Joseph G. Grenier
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 4, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Saint Joseph news Press (1970)
Gregory Dean Unzicker, age 20, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 17, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Mount Olivet
Source: National Archives, Saint Joseph Gazette (1970)
Dennis Michael Boyer, age 26, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, April 21, 1970
Death details: Died at Letterman gneral hospital in San Francisco, where he was a patient since he was seriously wounded October 19, 1969 in Vietnam by machine gun fire.
Source: National Archives, Assocaited Press (1970)
Rodney Glenn Helsel, age 21, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Mount Olivet
Source: National Archives, Saint Joseph Gazette (1970)
Emery O. Monroe from Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 16, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Emery O. Monroe entered the U.S. Army from Missouri and served with Company B, 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of dysentery on October 16, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Monroe is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
William H. Eddleman from Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, August 12, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor and food and water supplied extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Sergeant William H. Eddleman joined the U.S. Army from Missouri and served with Company E of the 31st Infantry Regiment during World War II. After the American surrender, SGT Eddleman was captured by the Japanese forced on the Bataan Death March. He was eventually interned at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, where he died of malaria and dysentery on August 12, 1942. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Sergeant Eddleman is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George A. Christy from Missouri, Buchanan county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, July 19, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private George A. Christy joined the U.S. Army from Missouri and served with the 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender and died of malaria and dysentery on July 19, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Christy is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jack Dewey White from St. Joseph, Missouri.
Parents: George Dewey White
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Oklahoma; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Cemetery: Unaccounted For
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Arthur Joseph Dupree, age 23, from Buchanan County Saint Joseph, Missouri .
Parents: Joseph David Dupree
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Argus (1941)