Craig L. Wyche, age 19, from Jamaica, New York, Queens county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Herald Statesman (1983)
Miguel Antonio Bynoe, age 21, from Jamaica, New York, Queens county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 17, 1971
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Leo Alfred Coleman, age 23, from Jamaica, New York, New York county.
Parents: Theodore R. Coleman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
John Robinson, age 22, from Jamaica, New York, New York City county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
John Charles Seel, age 25, from Jamaica, New York, New York City county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 29, 1970
Death details: Died of natural causes in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, The Californian (1970)
Herndon Arrington Bivens, age 19, from Jamaica, New York
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 15, 1970
Death details: Corporal Herndon Arrington Bivens entered the U.S. Army from New York and served with the 52nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On April 15, 1970, he was riding in a helicopter with Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers en route to a landing zone in Kon Tum Province. While at the landing zone, the helicopter was hit by small arms fire, and CPL Bivens was injured but survived the crash and was captured by enemy forces. Another American captured during the same landing reported seeing CPL Bivens seriously wounded and carried away on a stretcher. Corporal Bivens was not seen again. Following his disappearance, the Army promoted CPL Bivens to the rank of staff sergeant.Today, Staff Sergeant Bivens is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Benjamin John J. Buchanan, age 20, from Jamaica, New York, New York City county.
Parents: Vivian B. Schaefer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Newsday (1970)
John Jr. Green, age 20, from Queens County Jamaica, New York .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 24, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Reuben Butcher, age 23, from Queens County Jamaica, New York .
Parents: John Butcher
Spouse: Juanita
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 14, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Philadelphia Daily News
Mitchell Lindenburg from Queens County Jamaica, New York .
Parents: Harry L. Lindenburg
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 22, 1966
Death details: Killed when an American Flyers airliner smashed into a mountainside southeast of Ardmore, Oklahoma. The plane was enroute to Fort Benning Georgia for Fort Ord, California
Source: Associated Press (1966)