Tag: Genesee County Michigan

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Trevithick, Richard Kennedy
Army Specialist

Richard Kennedy Trevithick, age 20, from Gaines, Michigan, Genesee county.

Parents: Richard Trevithick
Spouse: Kristen Trevithick (married December 12, 2003)
Children: None

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Swartz Creek High graduate
Military history: C Company, 9Th Engineer Battalion (1St Id), Apo Ae 09033 (Schweinfurt, Ge)

Date of death: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Death details: Killed by an explosive near his convoy vehicle in Balad, Iraq.
Cemetery: Room at the Detroit Military Entrance Processing Station named after him May 21, 2009.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Flint Journal

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Brassfield, Artimus Demone
Army Specialist

Artimus Demone Brassfield, age 22, from Flint, Michigan, Genesee county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 66Th Armor, Fort Hood, Texas 76544

Date of death: Friday, October 24, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Samaria, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Petriken, Brett James
Army Staff Sergeant

Brett James Petriken, age 30, from Flint, Michigan, Genesee county.

Children: Daugher, 8

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 501St Military Police Division, Apo Ae 09263

Date of death: Monday, May 26, 2003
Death details: Killed in a vehicle accident involving his Humvee, which was leading a convoy, when a heavy equipment transporter crossed the median and struck his vehicle in Samawah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Sather, Scott Douglas
Air Force Staff Sergeant

Scott Douglas Sather, age 29, from Clio, Michigan, Genesee county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 24Th Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Afb, North Carolina

Date of death: Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Meyer, Jason Michael
Army Private 1st class

Jason Michael Meyer, age 23, from Swartz Creek, Michigan, Genesee county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 11Th Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia

Date of death: Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Pedersen, Michael Francis
Army Sergeant

Michael Francis Pedersen, age 26, from Flint, Michigan, Genesee county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion/3Rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfied, Ga 31409

Date of death: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Death details: Karbala, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Quick, Kelly Robert
Navy electronic technician

Kelly Robert Quick, age 20, from Linden, Michigan, Genesee county.

Parents: Bob

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.

Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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Boltze, Bruce Edward
Marines Chief warrant officer

Bruce Edward Boltze from Flint, Michigan, Genesee county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, October 6, 1972
Death details:  

On October 6, 1972, an OV-10 Bronco (tail number 67-014673, call sign “Covey 2”) with two crew members embarked on a forward air control mission over South Vietnam. As the aircraft was returning from its mission, it disappeared from friendly radar tracking. The next day, a U.S. Navy vessel located the Bronco’s wreckage in the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q AT 971 966. The bodies of the crew members were not found.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bruce Edward Boltze, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Michigan, served with Sub Unit 1, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. He was the observer aboard the Bronco when it disappeared, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Boltze is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Roberts, Walter James
Army Specialist 4

Walter James Roberts, age 21, from Flint, Michigan, Genesee county.

Spouse: Rebecca L. Roberts

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)