Steven Daniel Conover, age 21, from Wilmington, Ohio, Clinton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Battery 2D Battalion 5Th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Ok 73503
Date of death: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Robert Vest, age 24, from Lynchburg, Ohio.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, October 7, 1974
Death details: Died from wounds at Fort Thomas Kentucky. Wounds suffered July 26, 1967, Quang Nigal, Vietnam
Cemetery: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Franklin Furnace
Source: 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Robert Lester Long, age 31, from Wilmington, Ohio, Clinton county.
Spouse: Kay Long
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 1971
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Hillsboro Press Gazette (1971), Cincinnati Post (1971)
David James Campbell, age 19, from Wilmington, Ohio, Clinton county.
Parents: James Campbell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wilmington High
Date of death: Saturday, August 22, 1970
Death details: Killed in a truck accident in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Clinton County Memory
Source: National Archives, Dayton Journal Herald (1970)
Ralph Howard Livesay, age 19, from Clinton County Wilmington, Ohio .
Parents: Thomas Livesay
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wilmington Senior (1965)
Military history: Company I, 3rd Marines
Date of death: Friday, April 15, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Journal Herald (1966)
Earl Emerson Kibbey, age 18, from Ohio, Clinton county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, December 3, 1950
Death details:
On Aug. 4, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Earl Emerson Kibbey, missing from the Korean War.
Kibbey entered the Army from Ohio and served in I Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On the night of Dec. 3, 1950, his unit defended a sector of the Hagaru-ri perimeter at the base of East Hill during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Overwhelmed by Chinese Communist Forces, many men of the regiment were killed, captured, or went missing in the fighting withdrawal. Kibbey was reported missing in action that day and was never reported as a prisoner of war. In 1954, the opposing nations reached an agreement to exchange war dead known as Operation Glory. Those remains that could not be identified with the tools available at the time were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. On May 16, 2022, DPAA personnel exhumed one set of remains, reportedly recovered near the Chosin Reservoir for further study. The laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established that the remains were those of Kibbey.
He is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Howard Dale Royer, age 23, from Clinton County Clinton, Ohio .
Spouse: Esther Royer
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, Akron Beacon Journal (1942)
Howard Dale Royer, age 23, from Clinton County Clinton, Ohio .
Spouse: Esther Royer
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, Akron Beacon Journal (1942)