Danny R. Estes, age 19, from Lake County Gary, Indiana .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, UPI (1983)
Roman Lee Jones, age 20, from Lake County Gary, Indiana .
Spouse: Laverne Jones
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 25, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1972)
Richard Stewart, age 19, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Augustus G. Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Oak Hill in Gary
Source: Associated Press (1971), findagrave.com
Terrence Patrick O’Boyle, age 23, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Francis P. O’Boyle
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 103rd Airborne Brigade
Date of death: Friday, November 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
George Henry Meyers, age 26, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Phillip Castillo, age 21, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Gary Edison High
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
John Paul Jaroscak, age 20, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Mike Jaroscak
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Merrillville High graduate
Date of death: Wednesday, March 4, 1970
Death details: Drowned in South Vietnam while loading fuel on a barge.
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970)
Billy Lee Rogers from Gary, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, December 1, 1969
Death details: Seaman Billy Lee Rogers entered the U.S. Navy from Indiana and served aboard the USS Ranger (CVA 61). On December 1, 1969, he fell overboard in the South China Sea in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YF 555 214. Search efforts with helicopters and small boats were initiated and continued the next morning but had no success in locating the missing seaman. His remains were not recovered. Today, Seaman Rogers 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 Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Francis Barnes Midnight from Gary, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 23, 1967
Death details: On August 23, 1967, an F-4 Phantom II (tail number 66-7517, call sign “Sapphire 02”) took off for an armed reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. When the Phantom reached the target area, the pilot radioed in that he was rolling in to attack, and shortly thereafter the Phantom crashed near the target in the vicinity of grid coordinates XE 712 139, producing a large fireball. The copilot successfully ejected; radio contact with him was immediately established, and he was recovered by a search and rescue effort. The aircraft commander could not be recovered. After being rescued, the surviving crew member stated that the other man had not had time to eject before the crash.
Captain Francis Barnes Midnight, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Indiana, served with the 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the aircraft commander of the Phantom when it crashed, and attempts to locate and recover his remains have been unsuccessful. Today, Captain Midnight is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles Edward Rogers, age 38, from Gary, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Jean
Children: Three
Parent: Edward Rogers
Date of death: Thursday, May 4, 1967
Death details: Hostile, missing, body not recovered in Laos. Major Charles Edward Rogers told his mother he had to serve a second tour in Vietnam because “this was what a man should do.” He entered the U.S. Air Force from Indiana and was a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron. On May 4, 1967, he was the pilot of a single-seat A1-E Skyraider (tail number 52-132638, call sign “Hobo 21”) that was the lead aircraft in a flight of two that took off from Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam, on a combat mission over Laos. When the flight was ten miles south of Attopeu, Maj Rogers’ Skyraider was hit by enemy ground fire, causing it to crash and explode on impact. His wingman witnessed the crash and did not report seeing a parachute or hearing a rescue beeper following the crash. Attempts to locate Maj Rogers following the incident have been unsuccessful. Today, Major Rogers is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Indianapolis News (1967)