Clinton County Illinois

Melton, Joshua A.
Army Staff sergeant

Joshua A. Melton, age 26, from Carlyle, Illinois, Clinton county. Their last known residence was in Carlyle.

Spouse: Larissa Melton

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Marion, Illinois.

Date of death: Friday, June 19, 2009
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Wolters, Theodore Anthony
Army Private 1st class

Theodore Anthony Wolters, age 20, from New Baden, Illinois, Clinton county.

Parents: Tony and Rose Wolters

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mascoutah High graduate

Date of death: Friday, August 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, The Belleville News Democrat (1970)

Peek, Dennis Lee
Marines 1st lieutenant

Dennis Lee Peek, age 26, from Carlyle, Illinois, Clinton county.

Parents: August Peek

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mater Dei High graduate, General Motors Institute, Flint, Michigan

Date of death: Friday, January 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam. Killed as his U-4 aircraft was shot down by enemy ground fire over Quang Nam Province
Cemetery: Saint Felicitas

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)

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