Coeur D’Alene Idaho

Newby, Nicholas W.
Army Specialist

Nicholas W. Newby, age 20, from Coeur dAlene, Idaho, Kootenai county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Post Falls, Idaho

Date of death: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Death details: Died in Baghdad Iraq of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his convoy using an improvised explosive device. Spc. Nathan R. Beyers was also killed

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Conner, Bradly Dean
Army Sergeant major

Bradly Dean Conner, age 41, from Coeur D Alene, Idaho.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 1St Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington

Date of death: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Al-Hillah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Green Beret Foundation

Wolters, Eugene Eben
Marines Lance corporal

Eugene Eben Wolters, age 19, from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, Kootenai county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, August 30, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: Forest

Source: National Archives, Spokane Chronicle (1970)

Blenkinsop, William Darwin
Army Corporal

William Darwin Blenkinsop, age 19, from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, Kootenai county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Headquarters Company ,173rd Airborne Brigade

Date of death: Saturday, August 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in a field accident involving an enemy ground explosion.

Source: National Archives, Spokesman Review (1970)

Funke, Thomas George
Navy Petty officer 2nd class

Thomas George Funke, age 25, from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, Kootenai county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Willamette National

Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org

Foss, Edwin A.
Corporal

Edwin A. Foss, age 26, from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Tuesday, October 1, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Pilot Butte in Bend, Oregon

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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