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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Arthur Wright, age 40, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Ulvah Wright. She was notifed in 1977 that the military believe Arthur was dead.
Children: Mary K. Wright, 20; Edward, 18; Mago, 23; Arthur Wright Jr.; Johnny, 13
Parent: Violet Wright
School: Everett High
Date of death: February 21, 1967
Death details: Specialist 4 Arthur Wright entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and served in Battery A, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery Group. On February 21, 1967, he was manning a listening post at the gate of a U.S. Marine Corps combat base in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, with two other soldiers. During his shift, SP4 Wright told his two companions that he was going out to check the perimeter wire, and that if he did not return by a certain point to report him to the Battery A orderly room. He then left his post and proceeded forward, where he told a crew from Battery B that he was going to check the wire and not to shoot. SP4 Wright then headed for the wire and was not seen again. Subsequent searches for him or his remains were unsuccessful. Today, Specialist 4 Wright is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lansing State Journal (1977)
Jack Russell Koone, age 23, from Ingham County Lansing, Michigan .
Parents: Eileen Koone
Spouse: Linda L.
Children: Jack Russell Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 28, 1966
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Deepdale Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal (1966)
Lugene Jackie Clark, age 17, from Ingham County Lansing, Michigan .
Parents: Jack Clark
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, September 27, 1965
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam by fragments from a mortar shell.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
James Harry McClain, age 29, from Ingham County Lansing, Michigan .
Spouse: Elizabeth
Children: Jackie, 10; Sherry, 9; Greg, 7; Scott, 5
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 28, 1964
Death details: Killed when a mine was detonated under a vehicle traveling in a conoy in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1964)