Michael Todd Fiscus, age 36, from Milford, Indiana, Kosciusko county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Headquarters Headquarters Co, 76Th Inf Brigade, (24Th Id), Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Death details: Died when a mine exploded near his military vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Willard Clinton DeBolt, age 20, from Warsaw, Indiana, Kosciusko county.
Parents: George DeBolt
Spouse: Dena
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Warsaw High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, March 31, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970)
William Lee Nellans from Warsaw, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: September 17, 1967
Death details: On September 17, 1967, an RF-4C Phantom II (tail number 64-1037) carrying two crew members departed Tan Son Nhut airbase on a night photo reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. During the mission, the aircraft disappeared from friendly radar tracking. This did not cause alarm, as radar contact was often lost on low-level flights in the target area. When the aircraft failed to return to base, a search of its flight path was initiated; however, no sign of the aircraft or its crew could be located.
Captain William Lee Nellans, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Indiana, was a member of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. He was the aircraft commander of this Phantom when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted for. After the incident, the Air Force promoted Capt Nellans to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major Nellans is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Arthur R. Baker, age 30, from Kosciusko County Indiana.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, May 20, 1944
Death details: On May 20, 1944, a B-17 Flying Fortress, serial number 42-97176, with a crew of ten departed Rattlesden, Suffolk, England for a bombing mission against enemy targets around Liege, Belgium. Approximately halfway across the English Channel, the crew noticed the right wing of the B-17 was on fire. The aircraft dropped its bomb load in the Channel and bailed out of the aircraft before it crashed into the water. The air rescue squadron called to the scene found two crew members alive, and the body of a third in the water. Seven crew members were missing and presumed drowned. Sgt. Arthur R. Baker, who joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from Indiana, served with the 710th Bombardment Squadron, 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy). He was the tail gunner aboard the B-17 when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Baker is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery in England. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency