Tracy Lynn Alger, age 30, from New Auburn, Wisconsin
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company F, 626Th Brigade Support Battalion, 3 Bct, 101St Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Thursday, November 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Shubayshen, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Rocky J. Nelson, age 21, from New Auburn, Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Spouse: Cassie Nelson
Children: Sasha Nelson
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, December 1, 1990
Death details: Killed when a truck he was directing struck him in Saudi Arabia during the Allied buildup.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense
Rocky J. Nelson, age 21, from New Auburn, Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Spouse: Cassie Nelson
Children: Sasha Nelson
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, December 1, 1990
Death details: Killed when a truck he was directing struck him in Saudi Arabia during the Allied buildup.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense
Jerry Cecil Gillett, age 21, from Cornell, Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Parents: Wesley and Frieda Smalley Gillett
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Holcombe High
Military history: 3117 Air Cavalry, Troop A
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in a helicopter crash in Vietnam
Cemetery: Island Lake
Source: National Archives, Chippewa Herald Telegram (1970)
William Bertram Libersky, age 20, from Bloomer, Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduated from high school in Bloomer
Date of death: Sunday, January 11, 1970
Death details: Died from injuries he received Jan. 7 from combat in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Chippewa Herald Telegram (1970)
James Robert Hagen, age 43, from Chippewa County Stanley, Wisconsin .
Parents: Preceded in death by David Agnew
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduate of Saint John’s Military Academy and Marquette University law school
Date of death: Thursday, December 24, 1964
Death details: Killed by a terrorist bombing at the Brink Hotel in Saigon.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1964)
Stanley L. Morley from Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Norbert G. VanDomelen, age 24, from Chippewa County Stanley, Wisconsin .
Parents: Peter Van Domelen
Service era: World War II
Military history: 107 Quartermaster Battalion 32 Division
Date of death: Wednesday, December 23, 1942
Death details: In November 1942, the U.S. Army’s 32nd Infantry Division regained control of Buna, Papua New Guinea, with its goal of neutralizing an enemy threat to Port Moresby and, ultimately, to the Australian mainland itself. The rugged terrain that the soldiers faced was fiercely defended by Japanese troops and included tidal swamplands with a labyrinth of camouflaged trenches and bunkers. In December 1942, when the 32nd Infantry Division was reinforced with Australian soldiers, Buna finally fell to the Allies; however, malaria and other tropical diseases contributed to a high number of casualties and deaths for the 32nd Infantry Division. Private First Class Norbert G. Van Domelen entered the U.S. Army from Wisconsin and served in the Headquarters Company, 107th Quartermaster Battalion, 32nd Infantry Division. He disappeared during a Japanese attack on an ammunition dump near Hariko, New Guinea, on December 23, 1942. PFC Van Domelen was last seen retrieving his rifle from his tent, and searches over the next several days failed to find any trace of him. Today, Private First Class Van Domelen is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chippewa Herald Telegram (1943)
William James Jr. Soden, age 25, from Chippewa County Bloomer, Wisconsin .
Parents: William James Soden
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, Chicago Tribune (1942)
Henry Fasbender, age 24, from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Chippewa county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 1, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Hope, Chippewa Falls
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com