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)

Schmidt, Gerald Bernard
Marines Lance corporal

Gerald Bernard Schmidt, age 20, from Clinton County Albers, Illinois .

Parents: Victor and Rita Schmidt

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Aviston Community High (1963)
Military history: Helicopter squadron 266

Date of death: Sunday, March 20, 1966
Death details: Hostile, killed by a gunshot in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: St. Bernard Cemetery, Albers

Source: National Archives, Belleville News Democrat (1966)

Schulte, Joseph M.
Army Private 1st class

Joseph M. Schulte, age 24, from Clinton County Germantown, Illinois .

Parents: George J. and Christine Beckmann Schulte

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.

Source: Associated Press (1955), Belleville Daily Advocate (1955)

VonBokel, Raymond J.
Army Sergeant

Raymond J. VonBokel from Illinois, Clinton county.

Parents: Joseph VonBokel

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, January 6, 1945
Death details: Killed in action in England
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National

Source: National Archives, Clinton County Veterans Memorial, grave marker

Bennett, Artie
Private

Artie Bennett, age 18, from DeWitt, Illinois, Clinton county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Saturday, June 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Woodlawn in Clinton

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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