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Michael Joseph Tully, age 33, from Falls Creek, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company C, 2d Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, August 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Scott Robert Smith, age 34, from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 737th Ordnance Battalion (Eod) (4th Id), Fort Belvoir, Va
Date of death: Monday, July 17, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Paul Pape, age 21, from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Parents: John A. Pape Sr. (1918 – ) and Carolyn L. Pape (1921 – 1991)
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Civil Engineer Squadron
Date of death: Wednesday, September 2, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Calvary, Jefferson County
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Dick Eugene Osborne, age 17, from Brookville, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Parents: Clara E. Osborne
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On January 27, 2012, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Dick Eugene Osborne, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Osborne entered the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and served with Company L of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, CPL Osborne and members of Company L were fighting Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) near Unsan, North Korea, north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the “Camel’s Head Bend.” That day, the CCF struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. CPL Osborne did not survive this action, though specific details surrounding his loss are unknown, and his body was not recovered at the time. In 2007, the North Korean government repatriated remains of U.S. service members, including some recovered from the area where CPL Osborne reportedly died in battle. U.S. analysts eventually identified CPL Osborne from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Bloomsburg Press Enterprise (1954)
John E. Crawford, age 26, from Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: Company G, 5th Cavalry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, September 13, 1950
Death details: Killed in action.
Cemetery: Circle Hill, Punxsutawney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Jack Carter Robinson from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Parents: Belle Vernon Clifford
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, September 15, 1945
Cemetery: Circle Hill, Punxsutawney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Robert E. Holdsworth from Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 269 Repl. Company
Date of death: Tuesday, October 24, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Circle Hill, Punxsutawney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
William Rex Robinson from Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 305 Bomb Group
Date of death: Tuesday, August 22, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Circle Hill, Punxsutawney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Charles Lamison, age 23, from Jefferson County Ramsaytown, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Death details: Died of accident
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Andrew Frew, age 30, from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jefferson county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Saturday, September 14, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Circle Hill, Punxsutawney
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com