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Curtis Lee Norris, age 28, from Dansville, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 210Th Combat Support Battalion, 10Th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrian Josiah Butler, age 28, from East Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 411Th Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ashraf, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Sean Christopher Reynolds, age 25, from East Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 74Th Infantry Detachment (Lrs), 173D Airborne Brigade, Apo Ae 09630
Date of death: Saturday, May 3, 2003
Death details: Camp Bayonet, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Terry Michael Hammond, age 20, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Parents: Richard I. Hammond
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Holt High (1969)
Military history: He was on his second tour of duty.
Date of death: Monday, August 30, 1971
Death details: He was driving a tank in South Vietnam when it was ambushed and took a direct hit.
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1971)
Steve Spencer DeNike, age 19, from Haslett, Michigan, Ingham county.
Parents: Donald M. Denike
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, December 30, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Joseph Russell Klugg, age 27, from Okemos, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1970
Death details:
Lieutenant Joseph Russell Klugg, who joined the U.S. Navy from Michigan, was a member of Light Photographic Squadron 63, embarked aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA 34). On November 14, 1970, he was the pilot of a single-seat RF-8G Crusader (bureau number 145624) that was scheduled to launch from the Oriskany, located in the South China Sea, for a photo reconnaissance mission. During the catapult launch from the carrier, a malfunction occurred, causing the aircraft to skid off the deck and crash into the water. Rescue teams searched the wreckage, but were unable to find LT Klugg’s remains. He is still unaccounted for. Today, Lieutenant Klugg 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
David Bruce Miller, age 20, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1970)
Harold Glen Craft, age 22, from Stockbridge, Michigan, Ingham county.
Parents: Blaine Craft
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Fitchburg
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1970)
Theodore Richard Leighton, age 24, from East Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Douglas Wilmer Wilkie, age 21, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Parents: Dorothy M. and Duane W. Wilkie
School: J.W. Sexton High (1966)
Date of death: Sunday, August 17, 1969
Military history: Combat medic with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Division
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1969)