Joseph Phillip Bier, age 22, from Centralia, Washington, Lewis county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 7Th Mar, (2-28 Bct, 2D Mardiv), 1St Mardiv, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Stanley Price, age 33, from Centralia, Washington, Lewis county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 11, 1968
Death details: On March 11, 1968, North Vietnamese soldiers conducted a sapper attack against a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Navigation system, designated Lima Site 85 in Houaphan Province, Laos, also referred to as Phou Pha Thi. The enemy attacked very early in the morning, using grenades and mortars, and eventually killing eleven U.S. Air Force personnel. Nine Americans were later rescued from the site, one who was wounded and then later died of his injuries before he reached the evacuation base. Sergeant David Stanley Price, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Washington, served with Detachment 1, 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron. He was killed during enemy action in Laos, and his remains were not recovered. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Price is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ernest Rudolph Piccin from Centralia, Washington, Lewis county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Fortunato T. Piccin
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Donald Roger Rombalski, age 27, from Lewis County Centralia, Washington .
Parents: Sylvester Antone Rombalski
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