Convoy Ohio

Bebout, Stephen Eugene
Army Sergeant

Stephen Eugene Bebout, age 23, from Van Wert County Convoy, Ohio .

Spouse: Married
Children: Crestview High (1966)

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, January 9, 1972
Death details: He was eriously wounded in the legs in August 1969 while on his last mission. One leg was amputated and he recovered in a U.S. hospital for about a year before discharged from the Army. He died in 1972 during an emergency operation at Van Wert County Hospital to remove his appendix when a blood clot from his injured leg lodged in his lungs. His name was added to the Wall in 1987.
Cemetery: IOOF, Convoy

Source: National Archives, Mansfield New Journal (1987), findagrave.com, Decatur Daily Democrat (1972)

Smith, Stephen Jay W.
Army Sergeant

Stephen Jay W. Smith, age 22, from Convoy, Ohio, Van Wert county. Their last known residence was in Convoy.

Service era: Vietnam

School: Monroeville High (1966)

Date of death: Sunday, June 21, 1970

Parents: William A. Smith

Death details: Killed in the Indochina conflict when his motor vehicle triggered a land mine.

Cemetery: Saint Rose de Lima Roman Catholic in Monroeville, Indiana

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com 

Lare, Paul E.
Navy Airman

Paul E. Lare, age 26, from Convoy, Ohio, Van Wert county.

Spouse: Frances Noel Lare
Children: Two children

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 11 Navy men killed when their Neptune bomber plunged into the oceans 100 miles off Virginia. The two-engine, long-range bomber was taking part in an antisubmarine training mission with the carrier Lake Champlain.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Portland Press Herald (1961)

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