Randy Joe Gillespie, age 44, from Coaldale, Colorado.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 56Th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Luke Afb, Arizona
Date of death: Monday, July 9, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Herat, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Thomas Francis Broomhead, age 34, from Cannon City, Coloardo, Fremont county.
Children: Sons, 7, 9, 11
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Cypress Lake High (1987)
Military history: Trp B 2Nd Bn 3D Armor, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Death details: Killed when Iraqis opened fire at a checkpoint in Fallujah
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Peter Samuel Hook, age 36, from Canon City, Colorado, Fremont county.
Spouse: Linda
Children: Multiple
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Sunday, September 30, 1990
Death details: Died during an F-15E Strike Eagle crash in the Saudi Arabian desert while deployed for Operation Desert Storm.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, Boston Globe (1990)
Leon R. Scriber, age 22, from Fremont County Canon City, Colorado .
Parents: Harr P. Scriber
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Canon City High (1963)
Date of death: Thursday, May 19, 1966
Source: National Archives, Pueblo Chieftain (1988, 1964)
Leo Sydney Boston, age 31, from Fremont County Canon City, Colorado .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 29, 1966
Death details: On April 25, 2011, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Leo Sydney Boston, missing from the Vietnam War. Colonel Boston joined the U.S. Air Force from Colorado and was a member of the 602nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April 29, 1966, he was the pilot of an A-1E Skyraider participating in a search and rescue mission over North Vietnam. Colonel Boston’s aircraft went down over Son La Province, North Vietnam, at some point during the mission, and he was killed in the incident. Immediate search efforts could not be conducted due to heavy enemy presence in the area. Between 1996 and 2005, U.S. and Vietnamese search teams conducted joint investigations in Son La Province that recovered aircraft wreckage, human remains, and crew-related equipment. In 2011, modern advances in forensic techniques allowed for the identification of Col Boston from among the remains recovered there. Colonel Boston is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Pueblo Chieftain (2011)
Clayton Hristopulos, age 21, from Fremont County Salia, Colorado .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, December 1, 1950
Death details: In early July 1950, the U.S. Army’s 34th Infantry Regiment was occupying defensive positions just above the village of P’yongt’aek, South Korea, when it came under attack by the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) 4th Division. The 34th Infantry had previously been on garrison duty in Japan and were not yet back up to combat strength. The NKPA attack was led by tanks; vastly outnumbered and lacking effective anti-tank weapons, the 34th Infantry was completely overwhelmed. They were forced to move south to Ch’onan where hasty defensive positions were established along two roads leading further south. However, the NKPA continued its relentless attack and again pushed the 34th Infantry out of their fighting positions, driving them down the Osan-Ch’onan road. After another brief but sharp battle on the morning of July 8, the Americans began a general withdrawal south to the Kum River Line, where U.S. forces would organize a defense in the hope of keeping the NKPA from reaching Taejon. During this series of fighting withdrawals, many U.S. soldiers were killed or captured by the enemy. Private First Class Clayton Hristopulos entered the U.S. Army from California and was a member of D Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured during the fighting withdrawal and was marched with other prisoners toward the Apex prison camps in North Korea. He died from malnutrition and dysentery on December 1, at the Apex camp located at Hanjang-ni. Today, Private First Class Hristopulos 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, Associated Press (1950)
Edward Leroy Conway, age 29, from Canon City, Colorado, Fremont county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2021.
Source: National Archives
Marvin John Shugart, age 24, from Canon City, Colorado, Fremont county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency