Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
James Eric Brown, age 20, from Owensville, Indiana, Gibson county.
Parents: James Earl Ling and Joann Brown
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Gibson Southern High (2005)
Military history: I Co, 3D Bn, 2D Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Habbaniyah, Iraq
Cemetery: Saulmon Cemetery, Gibson County
Source: Department of Defense, grave marker, Evansville Courier & Press, family
Lawrence Gene Stolz, age 26, from Haubstadt, Indiana, Gibson county.
Parents: Vincent Stolz (December 12, 1917 – August 29, 1995) and Loreen K. Stolz (October 18, 1920 – August 30, 2009)
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Haubstadt High (1963), University of Evansville (1967)
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 26, 1971
Death details: Hostile, missing in North Vietnam; The F-4 Phantom jet flown by Stolz was shot down December 26, 1971 in Thanh Hoa Province. He was declared dead by the Air Force October 11, 1979. His remains were identified in January 1990.
Cemetery: St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Haubstadt
Source: National Archives, Evansville Courier & Press, grave marker, memorial in Haubstadt, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ronald Wayne Hurt, age 26, from Owensville, Indiana, Gibson county.
Parents: Wayne Hurt
Spouse: Olga Hurt
Children: Michael Wayne Hurt and Tanya Hurt
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Owensville High , Purdue University graduate
Date of death: Monday, March 23, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam, jeep detonated a land mine.
Cemetery: Blythe Chapel in Owensville
Source: National Archives, Evansville Press (1970)
Thomas Earl Littlepage, age 22, from Princeton, Indiana, Gibson county.
Parents: William L. Littlepage
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 24, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam by American forces who mistook him for the enemy.
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970)
William Thomas Lynn, age 18, from Princeton, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Parent: Lawrence Lynn
School: Princeton HIgh (1968)
Date of death: Saturday, June 7, 1969
Death details: Killed during an attack of a night platoon base in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princton Daily Clarion (1969)
Stephen Wayne Hadley, age 19, from Princeton, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 20, 1968
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Princeton Daily Clarion (1968)
Harold S Loewenkamp, age 33, from California, San Bernardino county.
Service era: Korea
Schools: Haubstadt High, Indiana
Military history: 1st Cavalry Division Infantry
Date of death: Sunday, September 10, 1950
Death details: Body recovered
Cemetery: St. Stephens, Haubstadt
Source: National Archives, grave marker, memorial in Haubstadt, Indiana
Harold Duane Winland, age 20, from Gibson County Indiana.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, August 31, 1945
Death details: Died, non-battle
Cemetery: Memorialized in Spurgeon, Indiana
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Vincennes Sun Commercial (1946)
Hugh Whitehead, age 25, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .
Parents: William Whitehead
Spouse: Mary
Children: Three
Service era: World War II
Schools: Princeton High graduate
Date of death: Thursday, March 15, 1945
Death details: Died of wounds suffered the day before on Iwo Jima
Cemetery: IOOF in Princeton
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Evansville Press (1945)
Edward T Yeast, age 21, from Indiana.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 2 Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of death: Friday, February 16, 1945
Cemetery: Memorialized at Walnut Hill in Fort Branch, Indiana.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, grave marker