Paul Allen Demaline, age 20, from Delta, Ohio, Fulton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, August 17, 1970
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash in Binh Dinh Province
Cemetery: Zion Cemetery in Wauseon
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Dayton Daily News (1970)
Roy Lee Wilson, age 20, from Lyons, Ohio, Fulton county.
Parents: Claude Wilson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 11, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds received about an hour earlier in South Vietnam when he stepped on a land mine.
Source: National Archives, Fulton County Expositor (1970)
Richard Martin Vasko, age 21, from Swanton, Ohio, Fulton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Swanton High (1964)
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, February 7, 1968
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Quang Nam Province
Cemetery: Saint Richard’s Church
Source: National Archives, Swanton Enterprise, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Robert Daryl Gallup, age 30, from Fulton County Fayette, Ohio .
Parents: Waye Gallup
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Montana State University (1957)
Date of death: Wednesday, June 16, 1965
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietna; died in an aircraft accident.
Cemetery: Oak Grave in Morenci, Michigan.
Source: National Archives, The Missoulian (1965)
Donald Homer Loudon, age 36, from Fulton County Ohio.
Spouse: Helen
Children: Three children
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, December 1, 1950
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. Master Sergeant Donald Homer Loudon, who joined the U.S. Army from Ohio, served with C Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing on December 1, 1950, during his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. No one saw him fall, and his body was not recovered after the battle. He was not reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains were not among those turned over to U.S. custody after the war. Master Sergeant Loudon is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Tacoma New Tribune (1954)
Clark E. Worline from Ohio, Fulton county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, November 26, 1950
Death details: On September 9, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Clark Ellis Worline, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Worline entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in C Company, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion. On November 26, 1950, he was reported missing in action after a battle against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces (CPVF) in the vicinity of Sinjang, North Korea. Although CPL Worline’s exact fate is unknown, later evidence suggests that was captured and taken to POW Camp 5, Pyoktong, North Korea. During Operation GLORY, the postwar exchange of war dead, 495 sets of remains from burial grounds around POW Camp 5 were returned to United Nations Command. All but 38 were identified. Those remains were buried as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In August 2019, as part of a planned exhumation of Project GLORY burials originating from Camp 5, one set of remains was disinterred and sent to a DPAA laboratory for further study.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Corwin D. Porter, age 21, from Fulton County Wauseon, Ohio .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Times Recorder (1941)