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John Wayne Marcum, age 34, from Flushing, Michigan, Genesee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Naval Special Warfare Tactical D & E Squadron Two, Virginia Beach, Va
Date of death: Friday, September 12, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Bagram, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joshua Vernon Youmans, age 26, from Flushing, Michigan, Genesee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 125Th Infantry (2 Mef), Saginaw, Mi
Date of death: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fort Sam Houston, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Stephen Lazar, age 19, from Flushing, Michigan, Genesee county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, October 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Frank Mark Walker, age 20, from Flushing, Michigan, Genesee county.
Parents: Robert Walker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, January 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Donald Earl LaBarge, age 21, from Flushing, Michigan, Genesee county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, March 26, 1953
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Private First Class Donald Earl La Barge joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Michigan and was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action during the fighting at the Nevada Cities Complex on March 26, 1953. He was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class La Barge is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency