Michael John Deutsch, age 21, from Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C 1St Squadron 1 Armored Cavalry, Apo Ae 09076
Date of death: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ronald D. Rennison, age 21, from Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque county.
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Dubuque Senior High
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed by SCUD missile.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Sidney D. Jr. Smith, age 22, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: Sidney D. Smith Sr. and Dorothy Lee Mason Smith
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Dubuque Senior (1968)
Date of death: Thursday, March 16, 1972
Death details: He was found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. He was on recreational leave in Thailand.
Cemetery: Linwood in Dubuque
Source: Des Moines Register (1972)
Carl Anthony Palen, age 23, from Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: January 3, 1971
Military History: 61st Assault Helicopter Company
Death details: On January 3, 1971, a U-6A Beaver (tail number 52-2584) took off carrying a pilot and six passengers on an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam. The flight was over mountainous terrain and flown in inclement weather. Radar contact was lost with the aircraft fourteen miles southeast of Phu Cat, South Vietnam, in the vicinity of (GC) BR 960 250, and the U-6A never reached Ban Me Thuot. Attempts to locate the aircraft, pilot, or any of the passengers following the disappearance were unsuccessful.
Specialist 5 Carl Anthony Palen entered the U.S. Army from Iowa and was a member of the 61st Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was a passenger on board this U-6A when it was lost on January 3, 1971, and he remains unaccounted-for. After the incident, the Army promoted SP5 Palen to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Palen is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Dubuque Telegraph Herald (2014), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Gerald Thomas Atkinson, age 23, from Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque county.
Parents: J. P. Meyers
Spouse: Jana (Lansing)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Campion Jesuit High in Prairie du Chien, Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa
Military history: 1st Air Cavalry Division
Date of death: Thursday, March 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Capital Times (1970)
John Patrick Meloy, age 20, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: Harold P. and M. Mary Meloy
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wahlert High (1966), Loras College
Military history: Silver Star, 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Tuesday, December 10, 1968
Death details: While under attack, John spotted a wounded comrade. He was fatally wounded while trying to move the comrade to safety.
Cemetery: Mount Olivet in Dubuque
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Telegraph Herald (2012)
John Kenneth Jr. Schmitt, age 20, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: John K. Schmitt Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Boys Town, Nebraska High graduate
Date of death: Sunday, August 11, 1968
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Mount Calvary in Dubuque
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Des Mointes Register (1968)
Daryl Dix, age 21, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: Leo M. and Dolores Hefel Dix
Spouse: Sandra (Koons)
Children: Randy R.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wahlert High (1965)
Date of death: Tuesday, July 30, 1968
Death details: Killed in a plane crash near Red Bluff, California.
Source: Telegraph Herald (1968), UPI (1968), Sacramento Union (1968)
Ellas Louis Mihalakis, age 20, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: Louis Mihalakis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 9, 1968
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Linewood in Dubuque
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Associated Press (1968)
Peter Everett Cook, age 19, from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Parents: Anna H. Beaver and preceded in death by Everett K. Cook
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 22, 1967
Death details: Died in Japan from burns suffered on more than half his body in Vietnam when an armored tractor he was riding struck a mine.
Cemetery: Mount Calvary in Dubuque
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Associated Press (1967)