Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Michael H. Johnson, age 30, from Wayne County Detroit, Michigan .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Rocky Lee Cooper, age 22, from Wayne County Detroit, Michigan .
Spouse: Patricia A. Cooper
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, January 30, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1972)
Otha Lee Perry, age 30, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, December 14, 1971
Death details: On December 14, 1971, a U-21A aircraft (tail number: 66-18041; call sign: Longtrip 041) with two crew members and four passengers took off from Phu Bai, Republic of (South) Vietnam, on an administrative mission to Da Nang. During the flight, the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency, and the pilot radioed that he had lost an engine and had a fire. Within minutes of this transmission, all radio and radar contact with “Longtrip 041” was lost. They immediately launched search and rescue aircraft, but bad weather soon forced to return to base. Searches continued for the next three days but failed to locate any of the crew or its passengers. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Otha Lee Perry entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and served in Combat Assault Company, 165th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the aircraft commander of “Longtrip 041” when it was lost, and his remains have not been recovered. Today, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Perry is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George Walter Boulware, age 29, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Elizabeth Boulware
Spouse: Candace
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 16, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Roseland Park
Source: National Archives, Detroit Free Press (1971)
Stanley Rufus Rhodes, age 18, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Clyde E. Rhodes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 14, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Anthony Lee Ryckaert, age 19, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Julian L. Rychaert
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 12, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Edward Lawrence Harris, age 29, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Edna E. Harris
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 4, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Jimmy Roger Murrell, age 20, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Spouse: Jean D. Murrell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 2, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Terrence L. Harris, age 26, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Detroit Free Press, Associated Press (1970)
Mark Charles Wittbracht, age 21, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Dale E. Wittbracht
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, December 8, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)