Joseph Michael Vanek, age 22, from Elmhurst, Illinois, Du Page county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 325Th Infantry, 2D Brigade, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, November 12, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Michael Alcozer, age 21, from Elmhurst, Illinois, Du Page county.
Parents: Kathleen and Jesse Alcozer
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 1St Infantry (Tf Freedom), Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Death details: Died in an ambush in Mosul, Iraq
Cemetery: Queen of Heaven
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Chicago Sun Times
William D. Jr. Cronin, age 29, from Elmhurst, Illinois, DuPage county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, October 8, 1990
Death details: Killed in a training exercise when two helicopters collided over the Arabian Sea
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Defense, Associated Press (1990)
John Vincent Francis, age 25, from Elmhurst, Illinois, DuPage county.
Parents: Estiello H. Francis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Robert Charles Zawne from Elmhurst, Illinois, DuPage county.
Spouse: Carol Jean Zawne
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency