Grand Island Nebraska

Hamburger, Patrick D.
Navy Sergeant

Patrick D. Hamburger from Grand Island, Nebraska, Hall county.

Spouse: None
Children: Daughter, 2

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation

Date of death: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Death details: Was among 30 servicemembers who died in Wardak Province Afghanistan of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinoo helicopter crashed after it came under enemy attack.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Knott, Eric Lyle
Navy steelworker 3rd class

Eric Lyle Knott, age 21, from Grand Island, Nebraska, Hall county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Nmcb 4 Port Hueneme Ca

Date of death: Saturday, September 4, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Camp Al Fallujah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Boye, Noah Lee
Marines Private

Noah Lee Boye, age 21, from Grand Island, Nebraska, Hall county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 1St Bn, 5th Mar, 1st Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, California

Date of death: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Geddes, Dale R.
Marines Private

Dale R. Geddes, age 21, from Grand Island, Nebraska, Hall county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On December 23, 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Dale Robert Geddes, missing from World War II. Private Geddes entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Colorado and served with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. On November 20, 1943, he was killed during the amphibious assault on Betio Island, as part of the Battle of Tarawa. He was buried in a Marine cemetery on Betio, but his remains were not recovered in the immediate aftermath of the war. In 2015, the nonprofit organization History Flight located a burial trench on Betio and recovered several sets of human remains. DPAA forensic analysts later identified Private Geddes from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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