Joseph Michael Hernandez, age 24, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Bn, 4Th Infantry, Hohenfels, Germany
Date of death: Friday, January 9, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Fob Lagman, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonathan Rojas, age 27, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 172nd Sbct, Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Duane Roy Rios, age 25, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Ceb, 1St Mardiv, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Friday, April 4, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ira Eugene Gibbs, age 20, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Ellen Gibbs
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hammond Technical Vocational High (1969)
Date of death: Thursday, December 31, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a booby trap exploded
Source: National Archives, Munster Times, Associated Press (1970)
Steven Craig Willis from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Eugene Willis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, missing in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Munster Times, Associated Press (1970)
Furman David Hughes, age 20, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: John E. Hughes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Michael John Dickus, age 19, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Spouse: Chesterine A. Dickus
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, wounded in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Assocaited Press (1970), Munster Times (1970)
John Michael Chappey, age 20, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: John A. Chappey
Spouse: Barbara Chappey
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bishop Noll Institute (1967)
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in an explosion in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Munster Times (1970)
Gary Stephen Edwards, age 21, from Hammond, Indiana.
Parents: Harold K. Edwards
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Friday, January 20, 1967
Death details: Silver Star citation: “Moving up the hill through dense foilage, the platoon made contact with an NVA force occupying fortified positions. During the course of the battle, the platoon began to receive an intense volume of automatic fire from a concealed machine gun to their front. Sp4 Edwards located the gun and immediately began an assault on this position. In the initial moments of his assault, Sp4 Edwards was wounded. Refusing to be evacuated to safety, he maintained his assault, continually exposing himself to enemy fire. With his ammunition expended, Sp4 Edwards mounted a new assault on the postion using white phosphorous and grenades. Just as he succeeded in destroying the enemy machine-gun postion, he was fatally wounded.”
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Benny Edward Foster, age 19, from Lake County Hammond, Indiana .
Parents: William Foster
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 1966
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)