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Hal Hooper Reichle, age 27, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Death details: Killed when helicopter he was aboard was shot down.
Cemetery: Marietta National, Georgia
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Veterans Affairs
Rande J. Hulec, age 29, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Gulf War
Military history: 31st Weather Squadron at Hahn Air Base, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, August 28, 1990
Death details: He was among nine member of the 433rd Mobility Airlift Wing and four additional personnel who were killed when their C-5A Galaxy crashed shortly after takeoff from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
Cemetery: Alger, Cleveland
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Joint Base San Antonio, findagrave.com
Clayton Michael Hartwig, age 25, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico. The Navy said Clayton placed a detonating device in the ship’s guns.
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Lansing State Journal (1989)
George M. Gangur, age 20, from Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ohio .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Max S. Hayes Vocational High (1981)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1981)
Clemie McKinney, age 26, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county. Their last known residence was in Cleveland.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 14, 1972
Death details: Hostile, died missing, South Vietnam; McKinney was aboard an F4 fighter jet with Lt. Joseph Greenleaf for a bombing mission. The jet was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. On August 14, 1985, the Vietnamese government returned remains they claimed were McKinney’s. The family disagreed but the Navy confirmed the claim in February 1988.
Source: National Archives, POW Network, New York Times, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Kenneth Corney Williams, age 20, from Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ohio .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, January 11, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Robert Williams, age 28, from Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ohio .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, December 15, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
James Henry Newcomer, age 19, from Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ohio .
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Roosevelt High
Date of death: Friday, November 26, 1971
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when the truck he was in overturned.
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1971)
Dieter James Fiser, age 20, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Parents: Viclay Fiser
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Holy Cross, Brook Park, Cuyahoga County
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Craig Lee Farlow, age 23, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county. Their last known residence was in Cleveland.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 16, 1971
Death details:
On May 16, 1971, a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-15491, call sign “Chalk 7”) with four crew members participated in a combat assault mission inserting Army of Vietnam soldiers into an area in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. The helicopter was the seventh helicopter to land during the mission, and the pilots of the fifth and sixth helicopters reported receiving hostile fire as they lifted off from the landing zone. After this UH-1 touched down, the pilot radioed that he was taking enemy fire, and that his crew chief was wounded. As he took off, the helicopter lost rotor power, crashed into the trees, and caught fire. Witnesses saw no survivors exit the helicopter. Enemy activity prevented an immediate search and rescue effort, and a later ground search failed to locate the remains of all but one of the U.S. crew aboard the helicopter.
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1) Craig Lee Farlow, who joined the U.S. Army from Ohio, served in Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. He was the aircraft commander aboard the UH-1 when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency