Thomas Carlton Hull, age 41, from Princeton, Illinois, Bureau county.
Parents: Mary Hull
Spouse: Christine Hull
Children: Sons, 14, 12, 11
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Uss Princeton (Cg 59)
Date of death: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Death details: Died from a heart attack while serving aboard the USS Princeton in San Diego
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com, Military Times
Lincoln Daniel Hollinsaid, age 27, from Malden, Illinois, Bureau county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 11Th Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia 31314
Date of death: Monday, April 7, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Nelson Bulthuis, age 22, from Wyanet, Illinois, Bureau county.
Parents: Richard Bulthuis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, December 23, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Michael Albert Wainwright, age 25, from Princeton, Illinois, Bureau county.
Parents: Albert W. Wainwright
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Jacksonville Courier (1970)
John Willard Jr. Swanson from Arlington, Illinois, Bureau county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: June 15, 1967
Death details: Captain John Willard Swanson Jr., who joined the U.S. Air Force from Illinois, was a member of the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. On June 15, 1967, he piloted a single-seat F-105D Thunderchief (tail number 61-0213) as part of a four-plane strike mission over North Vietnam. While making an attack on the target, enemy ground fire struck Capt Swanson?s Thunderchief. After being hit, Capt Swanson headed for the Gulf of Tonkin and ejected over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q WG 684 064. The aircraft then crashed in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q WG 683 061 . Another pilot observed Capt Swanson successfully eject from his plane, but then lost visual contact with the parachute. When he re-acquired contact, he saw the parachute sinking in the water, but saw no sign of Capt Swanson. Search and rescue efforts in the area found no trace of Capt Swanson, and he remains unaccounted-for.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Virgil Lindquist, age 36, from Bureau County Neponset, Illinois .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 3, 1966
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam; killed in a truck accident.
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Sun (1966)
John Francis Boroski, age 19, from Bureau County Spring Valley, Illinois . Their last known residence was in John Boroski.
Parents: John Boroski
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hall Township High (1943)
Date of death: Tuesday, January 22, 1946
Death details: In September 1944, American forces launched Operation STALEMATE II, the invasion on Peleliu, an island in Palau. On Sept. 15, the 1st Marine Division came ashore under enemy fire. The following day, Marines secured the island’s airfield despite taking heavy casualties. The battle for Peleliu lasted another two months, as Marines were forced to clear heavily fortified pockets of Japanese resistance across the island. The 1st Marine Division, reinforced by the 81st Infantry Division, slowly advanced north under nearly constant mortar and artillery fire. The invasion of Peleliu had the highest casualty rate of all the amphibious Pacific Island invasions of World War II. Private First Class John Francis Boroski, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Illinois, served with Company B, 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Division. On September 20, 1944, he was killed in during Operation STALEMATE II, as his unit attempted to capture a hill from Japanese forces on Peleliu. He was not seen following the action, and the specific cause of his death is unknown. Battle conditions at the time made recovering his body impossible, and attempts following the war to locate his remains were unsuccessful. Today, Private First Class Boroski is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Bureau County Democrat (1944)
Gene H. Norton from Illinois, Bureau county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, August 8, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker