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Robert James III Gedeon, age 22, from Lakewood, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Frank Charles Jr. Zonar, age 21, from Lakewood, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Andrew C. McCartney, age 21, from Lakewood, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Killed when an RF4 Reconnaissance jet crashed into the air base at Udorn, Thailand.
Source: National Archives, AFTN VFW Memorial Post 10249, UPI (1970)
Jeffrey Alexander Freeman, age 25, from Lakewood, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Parents: Leonard X. Freeman
Spouse: Mary Ellen (Jontzen)
Children: Kate
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lakewood High (1963), Miami University Ohio (1967)
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, April 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Lakewood
Source: National Archives, Cleveland Plain Dealer (1970), 35th Infantry Regiment Association