Dennis Kenneth Jr Samson, age 24, from Hesperia, Michigan, Oceana county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 506Th Infantry (I Mef), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Monday, July 24, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taqqadum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Richard Annis, age 23, from Oceana County Hesperia, Michigan .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 19, 1966
Death details: Killed when the KC 135 jet tanker he was aboard crashed near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa.
Source: National Archives
Joseph Alfred Butor, age 23, from Oceana County Hesperia, Michigan .
Parents: Joseph Butor
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, June 14, 1944
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Golet when it was destroyed by Japanese forces.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, oneternalpatrol.com, Detroit Free Press (1944)