Schuyler Brent Patch, age 25, from Galva, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 2D Squadron, 106Th Cavalry, Aurora, Il
Date of death: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Regina Renee Clark, age 43, from Colona, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 30Th Naval Construction Regiment, Port Hueneme, California
Date of death: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Marshall Price, age 27, from Kewanee, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: October 12, 1972
Death details: On October 12, 1972, an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 15-5700, call sign “Tiny 06”) with two crew members took off from Nam Phong Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission against enemy targets in North Vietnam. Upon reaching the target area, the pilot reported to the forward air controller (FAC) that there were no targets available due to bad weather and that he was returning to base. Following this transmission, the FAC reported an explosion in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q XE 600 450. Following the explosion, no rescue beepers or attempts at radio contact were heard. Other aircraft in the area were unable to locate the Intruder or its crew.
Captain William Marshall Price entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Illinois and was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 553, Marine Air Group 15. He was the bombardier/navigator aboard this Intruder when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted for. Today, Captain Price is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Johnny Delbert Verscheure, age 21, from Geneseo, Illinois, Henry county.
Parents: Ethel M. Verscheure
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died while missing in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Nels Ivar Hemmingson, age 19, from Geneseo, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, June 17, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Roger Wesley Fike, age 18, from Cambridge, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Rock Island National
Source: National Archives, Quad City Times (1970)
Alan Charles DeCraene, age 24, from Kewanee, Illinois, Henry county.
Parents: Henry DeCraene
Spouse: Rebecca (Bryan), married June 24, 1967.
Children: Kevin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in a non-hostile helicopter crash in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Quad City Times (1970)
Rodney Robert Rogers, age 22, from Kewanee, Illinois, Henry county.
Parents: Robert C. Rogers
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, January 9, 1970
Death details: Died at Great Lakes Naval Hospital after he was wounded in action December 7, 1969 in Vietnam.
Cemetery: Pleasant View in Kewanee
Source: National Archives, Quad City Times (1970)
Arland Duane Lindberg from Geneseo, Illinois, Henry county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, August 17, 1952
Death details: During August 1952, the 1st Battalion of the U.S. 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was responsible for defending a section of the western side of the Jamestown Line, near Hill 122 (Outpost Bunker Hill) on the Main Line of Resistance between North and South Korea. The battalion conducted day and night foot and motor patrols, some of which made direct contact with enemy forces that were probing the battalion’s defensive lines. That month, 36 Marines were killed in action during these engagements and four were reported missing in action.
Corporal Arland Duane Lindberg, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Illinois, served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was reported missing in action on August 17, 1952, after a mortar reportedly hit his foxhole near his unit’s defensive positions on Hill 122. He was not seen again and was never reported to be a prisoner of war. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Lindberg is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency