Flando E. Jackson, age 45, from Lansing, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Sunday, August 14, 2016
Death details: Died in southwest asia from a non-combat related injury
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jackson, Flando E.
Plite, Jason Thomas
Air Force senior airman
Jason Thomas Plite, age 21, from Lansing, Michigan, Multiple county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 38Th Rescue Squadron, Moody Afb, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Killed in a Pave Hawk crash near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military times
Hammond, Terry Michael
Army Specialist 4
Terry Michael Hammond, age 20, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Parents: Richard I. Hammond
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Holt High (1969)
Military history: He was on his second tour of duty.
Date of death: Monday, August 30, 1971
Death details: He was driving a tank in South Vietnam when it was ambushed and took a direct hit.
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1971)
Miller, David Bruce
Army 1st lieutenant
David Bruce Miller, age 20, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1970)
Wilkie, Douglas Wilmer
Army Specialist 5
Douglas Wilmer Wilkie, age 21, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Parents: Dorothy M. and Duane W. Wilkie
School: J.W. Sexton High (1966)
Date of death: Sunday, August 17, 1969
Military history: Combat medic with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Division
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1969)
Roberts, Richard Dean
Army Sergeant 1st class
Richard Dean Roberts, age 19, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Spouse: Linda Roberts
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Everett High
Date of death: Tuesday, March 25, 1969
Death details: On March 25, 1969, three members of the 4th Infantry Division were conducting a road interdiction mission in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, when their unit came in contact with an enemy force in the vicinity of (GC) YB 790 002. During the ensuing firefight, one member was seriously wounded and became unable to walk on his own. The unit pulled back and the wounded man placed on a litter and carried out. As the unit moved to high ground, it encountered enemy forces again and during this second contact, while moving down a hill, the three soldiers became separated from the group and were not seen again. On April 5, the area was searched by a reconnaissance team, which found personal items belonging to two of the missing men, but no additional remains or signs of the men were located. Private First Class Richard Dean Roberts entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was one of the three men who were lost during this action, and his remains were not recovered. After the incident, the Army postumously promoted PFC Roberts to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Roberts is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Lansing State Journal (1978)
Hatt, Melvin Lewis
Army Sergeant 1st class
Melvin Lewis Hatt, age 36, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Parents: L.W. Hatt
Spouse: Patricia Hatt
Children: Two daughters
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), Ironwood Daily Globe (1952), UPI (1962)
Carr, Baldwin Ronald
Army 1st lieutenant
Baldwin Ronald Carr, age 22, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Korea
Schools: Lansing Sexton High (1946), Michigan State University (1950)
Date of death: Saturday, September 1, 1951
Death details: On April 25, 1951, elements of the 24th Infantry Division, including the 21st Infantry Regiment and the 5th Regimental Combat Team, which was attached to the division at the time, were dug into positions north of Seoul, South Korea, where massive Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) had regrouped after their previous attempts to penetrate the valley areas east of Seoul. The CCF launched a renewed offensive against these positions, and despite fierce resistance, could not be stopped. Full enemy divisions were committed in succession, passing around or through their own lines to engage severely outnumbered friendly forces. For several miles, a withdrawal by stages unfolded. Artillery and tanks covered movement after movement, using slight rises in terrain to their full defensive value. The U.S. units suffered heavy casualties and had many men captured during these successive rear guard actions. First Lieutenant Baldwin Ronald Carr entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and was a member of D Company, 6th Medium Tank Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. On April 25, while supporting this withdrawal, the tank he was riding in attempted to break through a roadblock but stalled and had to be abandoned. He was soon captured and held locally before being marched north with other prisoners of war (POW) to holding points. He was eventually held at “Pak?s Palace”, a POW interrogation center in Pyongyang, where he became mortally ill and died in late August of malnutrition. His remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Carr is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Battle Creek Enquirer (1951), South Bend Tribune (2009)