Christian Monroe Neff, age 19, from Lima, Ohio, Allen county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 64Th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis Lloyd Pintor, age 30, from Lima, Ohio, Allen county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 20Th Engineer Battalion, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Edmund Battelle Taylor Jr. from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 8, 1972
Death details: On May 8, 1972, an SH-3G Sea King (bureau number 149699, call sign “Mustang Angel 5”) with eight personnel aboard crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin off the fantail of the cruiser USS Providence (CLG 6) while attempting a night landing. An immediate search and rescue effort was launched, and five men aboard the helicopter were safely recovered. The body of one of the passengers, the commander of Cruiser/Destroyer Flotilla 11, was recovered, but the bodies of two other passengers could not be located.
Captain Edmund Battelle Taylor Jr., who joined the U.S. Navy from Ohio, served aboard the Providence as the chief of staff of the Rear Admiral commanding Cruiser/Destroyer Flotilla 11. He was aboard the helicopter when it crashed and his remains could not be recovered. Today, Captain Taylor is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Owen George Skinner, age 37, from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 12, 1970
Death details:
On December 12, 1970, an O-2A Skymaster (tail number 67-21428, call sign “Nail 84”) with two crew members departed Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on a nighttime visual reconnaissance mission over central Laos. The aircraft failed to return to base, and was declared missing when its fuel supply would have been exhausted, approximately three hours after the crew’s last radio contact with the airborne command and control center. A search was initiated the following morning and the crash site was located, along with one parachute on the ground nearby, and rescue beeper signals were detected. However, the two missing crew members could not be located, and enemy presence in the area prevented ground search operations.
Major Owen George Skinner, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron. He was the navigator aboard this aircraft at the time of its loss on December 12, 1970, and could not be found or recovered following the incident. He remains unaccounted-for. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted Major Skinner to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Skinner is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jeffrey Michael Shaw, age 22, from Lima, Ohio, Allen county.
Parents: Junior R. Shaw
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, October 24, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Douglas Edward Dahill, age 20, from Lima, Ohio, Allen county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 17, 1969
Death details: On September 16, 2010, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class Douglas Edward Dahill, missing from the Vietnam War. Sergeant First Class Dahill joined the U.S. Army from Ohio and was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On April 17, 1969, he was a part of a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The patrol was ambused by enemy forces, and thunderstorms in the area prevented air support from reaching the recon team. Search teams surveying the area the next day found no sign of the patrol members. After the war, joint U.S./Vietnamese investigators excavated the site associated with the ambush and recovered human remains. In 2010, modern forensic techniques allowed for the identification of SFC Dahill from among the recovered remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Armond D. Shingledecker from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: May 31, 1966
Death details: On April 3, 1998, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Armon D. Shingledecker, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Shingledecker, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, Capt Shingledecker was the navigator aboard a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0511) that departed Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a classified bombing mission using special weapons against the Thanh Hoa Bridge in North Vietnam. During the bombing run, the Hercules was shot down and Capt Shingledecker was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1986, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were later identified as those of Capt Shingledecker.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Mariner Patrick, age 25, from Allen County Lima, Ohio .
Parents: Lettie Pugh and preceded in death by Willie Patrick.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Perry High
Date of death: Friday, November 12, 1965
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lima Star (1965)
Larry Lee Truesdale, age 26, from Allen County Lima, Ohio .
Parents: Bernard A. and Gertrude Sevitz Truesdale
Spouse: Nancy (Holland)
Children: Timothy and Thomas
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lima High (1958)
Military history: 1st Cavalry Air Mobile Division
Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 1965
Death details: Killed by small arms fire in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Lima News (1965)
William Francis LeGrand, age 32, from Allen County Lima, Ohio .
Spouse: Beverly LeGrand
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 28, 1965
Death details: Killed in a mine explosion in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)