Kenneth Tyler Butler, age 21, from East Liverpool, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 57Th Military Police Company, 92D Mp Bn, 89Th Mp Bde, Schofield Barracks, Hi
Date of death: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Robert Blane Wirks, age 20, from East Palestine, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Parents: James and Phyllis Doll Wirks
Spouse: Celia Griffin Works (married 1969)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East Palestine High graduate
Date of death: Friday, September 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Evening Review (1970)
Alfonza Foster, age 21, from East Liverpool, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Parents: Delores D. Foster
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
William Dennis Gallaway, age 21, from East Liverpool, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Duane Joseph Marhefka, age 23, from Kensington, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Parents: John and Rose Jedinak Marhefka
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Light Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division
Date of death: Sunday, January 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Salem News (1970)
Dallas Reese Pridemore from East Liverpool, Ohio, Columbiana county. Their last known residence was in East Liverpool.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: September 8, 1968
Death details: On September 8, 1968, he was visiting a Vietnamese family at Kien Thiet, Thu Duc Province, South Vietnam, when a Viet Cong unit came to the house and took SFC Pridemore captive. He was reportedly taken to a pagoda in Phong Phu and then turned over to a “special action group” and held at an unknown location. He never returned to U.S. custody and his remains have not been accounted for.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Fred Thomas Schreckengost, age 26, from East Palestine, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Parents: George A. Schreckengost
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1964
Death details: On March 27, 1991, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Fred Thomas Schreckengost, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Schreckengost joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Ohio and was a member of Marine Air Base Squadron 16. On June 7, 1964, he and another Marine departed the Marine base at Da Nang, Vietnam, on a non-duty trip to a hill overlooking the Da Nang airfield. Both men were captured by the Viet Cong during their trip. Staff Sergeant Schreckengost died at some point during his time in enemy captivity. In November 1990, the Vietnamese government repatriated an unidentified set of remains to U.S. custody. U.S. analysts identified part of the returned remains as those of SSgt Schreckengost.
Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Ralph Edgar Morgan, age 21, from Ohio, Columbiana county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 9, 1953
Death details: On July 6, 1953, a large Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) unit attacked and overran the U.S. Army outposts on Pork Chop Hill in an attempt to seize whatever territory possible before the impending armistice agreement. After fighting for the position for four days, on July 10, the 7th Infantry Division Commander determined that the CCF disregard for casualties and desire to hold the outpost outweighed the position’s tactical value, and ordered a withdrawal that was eventually completed on July 11. The U.S. never again controlled Pork Chop Hill, preventing thorough recovery efforts for those who were killed or went missing during the fighting. Sergeant First Class Ralph Edgar Morgan entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and was a member of Company K of the 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was killed on July 9, during heavy fighting at Pork Chop Hill, though exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his loss due to battle conditions, and further attempts to locate them were unsuccessful. Today, Sergeant First Class Morgan is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert J. Mansell from Ohio, Columbiana county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, August 28, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Gail A. Jr. Richmond from Ohio, Columbiana county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, November 19, 1943
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: New Albany National
Source: National Archives, grave marker