David D. Gay, age 21, from Saline County Harrisburg, Illinois .
Parents: David Gay Sr.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Gail
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Elmwood in Equality, Illinois
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Evansville Courier & Press (1983)
Russell L. Williams, age 26, from Harrisburg, Illinois, Saline county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 22, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in Cambodia
Cemetery: Dodget Grove
Source: National Archives, Mattoon Journal Gazette (1970)
John Cline Towle, age 22, from Harrisburg, Illinois, Saline county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 22, 1970
Death details: On September 1, 1995, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain John Cline Towle, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Towle joined the U.S. Air Force from Illinois and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On April 22, 1970, he was the co-pilot of an AC-130 gunship (serial number 54-1625) on an armed reconnaissance mission over enemy targets in Saravane Province, Laos. The AC-130 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and Capt Towle was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts were unable to locate his body immediately following the incident. In November 1993, a joint U.S. and Laotian investigative team recovered remains from a crash site associated with this AC-130. In 1995, forensic analysis identified some of the recovered remains as those of Capt Towle.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John Cline Towle, age 27, from Harrisburg, Illinois, Saline county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 22, 1970
Death details: On September 1, 1995, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain John Cline Towle, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Towle joined the U.S. Air Force from Illinois and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On April 22, 1970, he was the co-pilot of an AC-130 gunship (serial number 54-1625) on an armed reconnaissance mission over enemy targets in Saravane Province, Laos. The AC-130 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and Capt Towle was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts were unable to locate his body immediately following the incident. In November 1993, a joint U.S. and Laotian investigative team recovered remains from a crash site associated with this AC-130. In 1995, forensic analysis identified some of the recovered remains as those of Capt Towle.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency