Delaware Ohio

Myers, Zachary T.
Army Private 1st class

Zachary T. Myers, age 21, from Delaware, Ohio, Delaware county. Their last known residence was in Delaware.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 545th Miltary Police Company, Arctic Miltary Police Battalion, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Date of death: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an explosive device in Baji, Iraq.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Hoffman, Justin Fenton
Marines Sergeant

Justin Fenton Hoffman, age 27, from Delaware, Ohio, Delaware county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co L, 3D Bn, 25Th Mar, (Rct-2, 2D Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Columbus, Oh

Date of death: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Barwanah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Espenshied, John Lee
Air Force Colonel

John Lee Espenshied, age 44, from Delaware, Ohio, Delaware county. Their last known residence was in Delaware.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: October 21, 1969

Death details: Hostile,died missing, South Vietnam. On October 21, 1969, he was the observer aboard an O-2A Skymaster (serial number 68-10975) on a Forward Air Control mission over To Hop Valley, Vietnam. The Skymaster went down at some point during the mission, and Col Espenshied died in the incident. Search and rescue efforts launched when the aircraft failed to return were unsuccessful in locating a crash site or its crew. In January 1989, the Vietnamese government returned a set of remains to U.S. custody that they had wrongly associated with another individual. Later that year, U.S. analysts identified the remains as those of Col Espenshied.

Cemetery: Arlington Nataional

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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