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Danny R. Estes, age 19, from Lake County Gary, Indiana .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, UPI (1983)
Kenneth Lloyd Crody, age 18, from Griffith, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 11, 1972
Death details: On March 8, 2004, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Kenneth Lloyd Crody, missing from the Vietnam War.
Corporal Crody entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Indiana and was a member of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165. On July 11, 1972, he was a passenger aboard a CH-53D Sea Stallion (tail number 156658) that took off from the USS Tripoli (LPH-10) on a troop insertion mission into territory near Quang Tri City, South Vietnam. During the mission, the aircraft was hit by an enemy missile, burst into flames, and crashed in Quang Tri Province, killing Cpl Crody and the others on board. His remains could not be recovered at the time. In April 1990, a joint search team visited Trieu Van Village, Trieu Phong District in Quang Tri Province, which led to excavations that recovered human remains and personal effects relating to the incident. Modern forensic techniques were able to identify Cpl Crody among the remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Roman Lee Jones, age 20, from Lake County Gary, Indiana .
Spouse: Laverne Jones
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 25, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1972)
Richard Stewart, age 19, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Augustus G. Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Oak Hill in Gary
Source: Associated Press (1971), findagrave.com
Hilbert Walter Teeter, age 20, from Hobart, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Gordon W. and Florentine Teeter
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: River Forest High (1969)
Military history: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 1971
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the tank he was driving was destroyed by a land mine.
Cemetery: Calvary in Portage, Indiana
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Chicago Tribune (1971)
Ira Eugene Gibbs, age 20, from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Ellen Gibbs
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hammond Technical Vocational High (1969)
Date of death: Thursday, December 31, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a booby trap exploded
Source: National Archives, Munster Times, Associated Press (1970)
Thomas Charles Cisar, age 20, from Highland, Indiana, Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, wounded in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Steven Craig Willis from Hammond, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Eugene Willis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, missing in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Munster Times, Associated Press (1970)
David Michale Baum, age 21, from Crown Point, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Henry Baum
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Crown Point High (1966)
Date of death: Thursday, December 3, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Munster Times, Associated Press (1970)
Terrence Patrick O’Boyle, age 23, from Gary, Indiana, Lake county.
Parents: Francis P. O’Boyle
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 103rd Airborne Brigade
Date of death: Friday, November 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)