Charles Donald Jr. Plumb, age 21, from Jackson, Michigan, Jackson county.
Parents: Charles D. Plumb Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Larry Wayne Douglas, age 18, from Jackson, Michigan, Jackson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 8, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Andrew Joseph Duszynski, age 20, from Munith, Michigan, Jackson county.
Parents: John Duszynski
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 22, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Richard Lee Scott, age 25, from Jackson, Michigan, Jackson county.
Spouse: Sharon D. Scott
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Howard T. Klinkman from Michigan, Jackson county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: January 16, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives
Leland K. Dewey from Michigan, Jackson county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, July 24, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor and food and water supplied extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Major Leland K. Dewey joined the U.S. Army from Michigan and served with the Harbor Defense of Manila in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender and died of dysentery on July 24, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Major Dewey is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Melton F. Chapin from Michigan, Jackson county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, April 9, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private Melton F. Chapin entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Michigan and served with the 440th Ordnance Company in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of dysentery on July 7, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Chapin is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Stanley Czarnecki from Jackson, Michigan, Jackson county.
Parents: Martin Czarnecki
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor
Source: National Archives, UPI (1941)
Lawrence Woodrow Mills from Jackson County Michigan.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Master Sergeant Lawrence Woodrow Mills, who joined the U.S. Army from Michigan, served with B Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit was withdrawing from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. He was part of a group of prisoners of war marched northward to Camp 5 at Pyoktong, North Korea. Master Sergeant Mills died of malnutrition and pneumonia at Camp 5 and was buried there. His remains have not been recovered. Master Sergeant Mills is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency