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Joseph P. Collette from Lancaster, Ohio.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 242nd Ordnance Battalion, Disposal Group, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Friday, March 22, 2019
Death details: Died from wounds while engaged in combat operations in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
David Neal Johnston, age 23, from Fairfield County Lancaster, Ohio .
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lancaster High (1966), Ohio University
Date of death: Friday, February 25, 1972
Death details: He was a co-pilot of an aircraft that developed mechanical failure and crashed, causing his death.
Source: National Archives, Lancaster Eagle Gazette (1972)
Christopher L. Shaeffer, age 20, from Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield county.
Parents: Robert L. Shaeffer
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lancaster High graduate
Date of death: Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the truck in which he was riding went off the road while his unit was on patrol.
Source: National Archives, Lancaster Eagle Gazette (1970)
Gary William Morris, age 21, from Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield county.
Parents: Willis S. Morris
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, January 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Knollwood Memory Gardens in Hocking County
Source: National Archives, Lancaster Eagle Gazette (1970)
George Edward Davies from Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield county.
Spouse: Helen J. Davies
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Aboard aircraft that crashed in the area of Ploesti, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave attack. Body not recovered
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com