Elizabeth Kealey from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169
Date of death: Friday, January 23, 2015
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash during a training mission at Twentynine Palms.
Source: Los Angeles Times, Marine Times
Joshua T. Twigg, age 21, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Parents: Randy Twigg and Teri Twigg
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Penns Manor Area High, Clymer (2007)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejueune, North Carolina. Enlisted 2007
Date of death: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Military Times
Randy Donald McCaulley, age 44, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart.
Date of death: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Death details: Killed in Taqaddum, Iraq when his dismounted patrol came under enemy small arms fire
Cemetery: Alto Reste, Altoona
Source: Department of Defense, grave marker, Military Times
Gary Lee Fleck, age 20, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county. Their last known residence was in Niles, Ohio.
Spouse: Debbie (married October 25, 1969
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, June 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Cemetery: Niles, Ohio
Source: National Archives, Indiana Gazette (1970)
Andrew Anthony Jr. Horchar, age 23, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 9, 1970
Death details: On April 9, 1970, a, E-2A Hawkeye (bureau number 151711, call sign “Sun King 012”) carrying a crew of five took off from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the Gulf of Tonkin on an administrative mission. About one mile ahead of the ship, “Sun King 012” declared it had a fire in the aft compartment. The aircraft then impacted the water and broke apart two to three miles ahead of the Coral Sea. An extensive search of the wreckage recovered the remains of one of “Sun King 012’s” crew members; however, the other four men aboard the aircraft are still unaccounted for. Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulic) Third Class Andrew Anthony Horchar Jr., who joined the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania, was a member of Carrier Early Warning Squadron 116. He was a passenger aboard “Sun King 012” when it went down, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains have not been recovered. Today, Petty Officer Horchar is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Leo Babula from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: August 28, 1968
Death details: On August 28, 1968, four members of a U.S. Marine fire team departed their base area in Quang Nam Province to establish an ambush site near Hoa Hai village in the vicinity of grid square BT 06 67. When the team failed to return as scheduled, a search was conducted. On September 4, several pieces of a U.S.-made wrist watch and identification tags belonging to one member of the fire team were found in the vicinity of grid coordinates BT 061 673. No further evidence of the team’s fate was ever found.
Private First Class Robert Leo Babula, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Pennsylvania, served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was one of the four memberof the fire team who disappeared, and his remains were not recovered. After the incident, the Marine Corps promoted PFC Babula to to the rank of Staff Sergeant. Today, Staff Sergeant Babula is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ernest Robert McAdoo, age 19, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, October 23, 1951
Death details: On October 23, 1951, a B-29A Superfortress (tail number 44-94045, call sign “Able 1”) departed Kadena Air Base, Japan, carrying thirteen crew members on a bombing mission targeting Namsi Air Field in northwest North Korea. “Able 1” flew as a part of a strike force that included ten B-29s with fighter support. As the formation approached the target, it was attacked by anti-aircraft artillery fire and MiG-15 fighters. Just after “Able 
1″ completed its bombing run, it was hit in the right wing fuel tank, causing an explosion with a large amount of smoke. The damaged aircraft was flying under control but was losing altitude, and it eventually crashed on a mud flat near the island of Sinmi-Do. Initial searches that continued until October 26, failed to locate the missing Superfortress or its crew. On October 29, a United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK) team discovered the aircraft’s wreckage along with the remains of the radio operator and navigator, but the increasing enemy activity and the rising tide in the area prevented further recovery efforts that day. Returning the next day, UNPIK discovered that one set of these remains had washed away. However, the team collected another body, which they removed for temporary burial on the island of Oesun-Do. In early November 1951, the remains of a third body that was believed to be the radar operator washed ashore on Ho-Do where it was buried by UNPIK forces. Attempts to locate the Oesun-Do an Ho-Do burial sites or recovery of any of the other missing crew remains from the crash site, have been unsuccessful following the war. Staff Sergeant Ernest Robert McAdoo entered the U.S. Air Force from Pennsylvania and was assigned to the 371st Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Wing. He was a gunner aboard this Superfortress when it was lost. No returning POWs mentioned contact with SSgt McAdoo, nor was he seen at any known holding point, interrogation center, hospital, or permanent POW camp. Today, Staff Sergeant McAdoo is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Richard Davis, age 29, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Spouse: Rubye Davis
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On February 2, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Richard Davis, missing from the Korean War. MSG Davis joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken as a prisoner of war when Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked and overwhelmed his unit’s position near Unsan, North Korea. As a prisoner of war, MSG Davis was taken to a holding camp known as Camp 5 where he died in early 1951. His remains were not returned immediately following the conflict’s ceasefire. In 1993, the North Korean government repatriated a set of remains that were reportedly recovered from an area associated with POW Camp 5. Advances in forensic techniques were eventually able to individually identify MSG Davis from among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Pittsburgh Press (1954)
Blair Jr. Lewis, age 23, from Indiana County Indiana, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Blair S. Lewis
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, July 31, 1950
Death details: On July 30, 1950, the 19th and 29th Infantry Regiments of the 24th Infantry Division were deployed in defensive positions along the Chinju-Masan roadway east of Chinju, South Korea. That evening, the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) attacked the 19th Infantry with overwhelming force, driving them back into the 29th Infantry and pushing both regiments to the south. The next day, the 19th and 29th Infantry Regiments were able to establish new defensive positions to the south of their former positions, though many men were killed or went missing during the action. Sergeant Blair Junior Lewis, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on July 31, 1950, as his unit made a two-day fighting withdrawal to Chinju. No one saw him fall in battle, and he was not reported to be a prisoner of war. After the war, numerous extensive searches of the battlefield failed to locate his remains. Today, Sergeant Lewis is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Indiana Gazette (1954)
Robert Lenord McNeel, age 22, from Indiana County Indiana, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Harry B. McNeel
Service era: World War II
Schools: Punxsutawney High
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Punxsutawney Spirit (1942)