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Brian Hamilton Penisten, age 28, from Ft Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Air Defense Artillery Battery, 3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Co 80913
Date of death: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey A. Settimi, age 25, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense
James Kevin Musselman, age 20, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Parents: Anne L. Musselman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 31, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: Associated Press (1970), National Archives
Marvin Douglas Lambdin, age 20, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Parents: Rub Lambdin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, wounded in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Gale Jr. Stopher, age 41, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Spouse: Mary Stopher
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Durham Herald Sun (1970)
Lynn Arthur Osborn, age 21, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Parents: Alonzo Osborn
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Irving Geon Park, age 21, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Fort Wayne North High, Bethel College at Mishawaka
Date of death: Friday, March 6, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile. Killed in a truck accident at Phu Cat Air Base in Vietnam.
Cemetery: Greenlawn Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis Star (1970)
Herbert Charles Crosby, age 22, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Purple Heart awarded in 2013.
Date of death: Saturday, January 10, 1970
Death details: Helicopter crash in southern Vietnam. Remains were identified in 2006
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Bannie Jr. Harrison, age 20, from Allen County Fort Wayne, Indiana .
Parents: Susie Harrison
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, January 7, 1951
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Bannie Harrison Jr., who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, was a member of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the enemy during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on December 1, 1950. He was marched to a holding camp in the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley, North Korea, where he died of exhaustion and pneumonia on January 7, 1951. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody following the end of hostilities. Today, Corporal Harrison is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Indianapolis Star (1951)
Richard Alvin Chappel, age 22, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Parents: Georgia M. Chappel
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Corporal Richard Alvin Chappel, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, was a member of Company B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 1, 1950, Company B was occupying defensive positions with 1st Battalion near Unsan when the Battalion came under attack and was forced to withdraw. Corporal Chappel was lost during this action and could not be located following the withdrawal. He was never reported as a prisoner of war and was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Chappel is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Deferred.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Anderson Herald (1954)