Jeffrey W. Shukers, age 28, from Union, Iowa, Hardin county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense
Paul Jon Kosanke, age 21, from Eldora, Iowa, Hardin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 29, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Leo Thomas Keninger, age 20, from Ackley, Iowa, Hardin county.
Parents: Frank L. Keninger
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 30, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
William Howard Peavey, age 22, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, Hardin county.
Parents: Harry Bertrum Peavey
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Des Moines Reigster (1942)
David H. Wilson from Iowa, Hardin county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class David H. Wilson, who joined the U.S. Army from Iowa, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was wounded and captured by enemy forces on July 11 during the delaying actions between Pyongtaek and Chochiwon. He was forced to march to the Apex prison camps in North Korea and died of his wounds after reaching the camp at Hanjang-ni, sometime before December 31. He was buried near the camp; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Wilson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency