Marlin Tyrone Rockhold, age 23, from Hamilton, Ohio, Butler county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 3Rd Battalion 7Th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Thursday, May 8, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bartt Derek Owens, age 30, from Middletown, Ohio, Butler county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Apo Ap 96205
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2002
Death details: Killed in an MH-47E crash during a training exercise,near Basilan Island, Philippines
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jody Lynn Egnor, age 32, from Middletown, Ohio, Butler county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Apo Ap 96205
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2002
Death details: Killed in an MH-47E crash during a training exercise,near Basilan Island, Philippines
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Edward Eugene Taylor, age 23, from Butler County Middletown, Ohio .
Parents: Grace Wells
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lemon Monroe High graduate
Date of death: Thursday, January 27, 1972
Death details: Died of malaria in Saigon, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Services were held in Tacoma, Washington
Source: National Archives, Dayton Daily News (1972)
William Clemon Reed, age 19, from Hamilton, Ohio, Butler county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a military truck he was in hit a land mine while returning from a fighting zone.
Cemetery: Metamora
Source: National Archives, Richmond Palladium Item (1970)
William Ernest Broughton, age 25, from Middletown, Ohio, Butler county.
Parents: Ola Frost
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 20, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Frank Louis Asher, age 21, from Hamilton, Ohio, Butler county.
Parents: Frank B. Asher
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died missing, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Richard Alan Broyles, age 20, from Fairfield, Ohio, Butler county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, March 28, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Richard C. Stephenson, age 25, from Hamilton, Ohio, Butler county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 5, 1970
Death details: Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Charles Stephenson entered the U.S. Navy from Ohio and was a member of Attack Squadron 93, embarked aboard the USS Ranger (CVA 61). On February 5, 1970, he piloted a single-seat A-7B Corsair II (bureau number 154391, call sign “Raven 320”) that launched from the Ranger while operating in the Gulf of Tonkin. After a successful launch, LTJG Stephenson radioed he was airborne and began to climb. Radar control confirmed the contact but received no acknowledgment from LTJG Stephenson. No further radar or radio contact could be made with this “Raven 320” and LTJG Stephenson was not seen again. Attempts to locate him were unsuccessful. After the incident, the Navy promoted LTJG Stephenson to the rank of Lieutenant (LT). Today, Lieutenant Stephenson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Hanford Sentinel (1970), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Gary Lee Ervin from Hamilton, Ohio, Butler county.
Parents: Robert J. Ervin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 19, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Palladium Item (1970)