Crawford county Pennsylvania

Fike, Robert J.
Army Sergeant

Robert J. Fike, age 38, from Conneautville, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Parents: Jim Fike
Children: Mackenzie Bliscik, 12

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1992), Penn Trafford High (1989)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Purple Heart. Enlisted 1993.

Date of death: Friday, June 11, 2010
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan from wounds sustained when a male suicide bomber dressed in women’s clothing detonated explosives. Staff Sergeant Bryan A. Hoover was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, Meadville Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Military Times

Lauer, Timothy Joseph
Army Corporal

Timothy Joseph Lauer, age 25, from Saegertown, Pennsylvania.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company C, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor, 2 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx

Date of death: Saturday, October 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Dragosavac, David George
Army Sergeant

David George Dragosavac, age 21, from Meadville, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Parents: Frank I. Dragosavac

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Harned, Gary Alan
Army Sergeant 1st Class

Gary Alan Harned, age 19, from Springboro, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 24, 1970
Death details: On February 15, 2001, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class Gary Alan Harned, missing from the Vietnam War.

Sergeant First Class Harned joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On March 24, 1970, he was a member of a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia, that was extracted from the mission area by a UH-1H Iroquois. After picking up the patrol, the Iroquois suffered an explosion that caused it to crash. Sergeant First Class Harned was killed in the incident. Heavy enemy presence in the area prevented immediate ground investigations of the UH-1H’s crash site. In April 1995, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese search team recovered remains associated with the loss of this helicopter. In 2001, U.S. analysts identified some of the recovered remains as those of SFC Harned.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Deeter, Jack Earl
Army Specialist 4

Jack Earl Deeter, age 21, from Meadville, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Monday, November 24, 1969
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Quang Duc Province
Cemetery: Denny’s Memorial, Meadville

Source: National Archives., 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Beck, Terry Lee
Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic-Safety Equipment 3rd Class

Terry Lee Beck from Linesville, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, October 2, 1969
Death details:  On October 2, 1969, a C-2A Greyhound (bureau number 152796) carrying five crew members and twenty passengers took off on a routine logistics support flight from Cubi Point Naval Station, Republic of the Philippines, to the USS Constellation (CVA 64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. En route, the aircraft was in radio and radar contact with the carrier when it suddenly disappeared from the radar. There were no distress calls or beepers heard. An extensive air and surface search was begun immediately and recovered some personal effects and aircraft debris, but no survivors. Eventually, a crash site was discovered off the coast of North Vietnam, however, no remains were recovered.

Aviation Structural Mechanic (Safety Equipment) Third Class Terry Lee Beck entered the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania and served in Fighter Squadron 143 aboard the Constellation. He was a passenger aboard this Greyhound when it crashed, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Today, Aviation Structural Mechanic (Safety Equipment) Third Class Beck is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.

Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Broms, Edward James Jr.
Navy Lieutenant Commander

Edward James Jr. Broms from Meadville, Pennsylvania, Crawford county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: August 1, 1968
Death details: On October 14, 2011, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Commander Edward James Broms Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.

Lieutenant Commander Broms joined the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania and was a member of Attack Squadron 66. On August 1, 1968, he piloted an A-4C Skyhawk that crashed while attacking enemy targets in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam. Immediate search and rescue efforts found no sign of LCDR Broms. In 1993, a Vietnamese local turned in remains recovered from the Skyhawk’s crash site to a joint U.S./Vietnamese search team. In 2011, advances in forensic techniques allowed for the returned remains to be identified as those of LCDR Broms.

Source: National Archives, Dfense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Trypus, Frank Donald
Army Sergeant

Frank Donald Trypus, age 23, from Crawford County Meadville, Pennsylvania .

Spouse: Mary Ann Trypus

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, November 19, 1965
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, News Herald (1965)

Jarzenski, James Henry
Army Sergeant

James Henry Jarzenski, age 27, from Crawford County Cochranton, Pennsylvania .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 1965
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, News Herald (1965)

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