Benjamin P. Castiglione, age 21, from Howell, Michigan, Livingston county. Their last known residence was in Howell.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Battalion
Date of death: Thursday, September 3, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Wilson Andrew Algrim, age 21, from Howell, Michigan, Livingston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 125Th Infantry, (89 Mp Bde), Big Rapids, Mi
Date of death: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Salman Pak, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew Patrick Daul, age 21, from Brighton, Michigan, Livingston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 37Th Armor, Giessen, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Wayne Hanks, age 22, from Gregory, Michigan, Livingston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Milton James Jr. Vescelius, age 32, from Hartland, Michigan, Livingston county.
Parents: June Ritchey and Milton Sr. (1916-87)
Spouse: Jeanene (1937-2014)
Children: Two sons, one daughter
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hartland High (1953), Michigan State University
Date of death: Thursday, September 21, 1967
Death details: On October 21, 1986, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Milton James Vescelius Jr., missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Vescelius joined the U.S. Navy from Michigan and was a member of Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63, embarked aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). On September 21, 1967, he piloted a RF-8G Crusader (bureau number 144623) on a photo reconnaissance mission over Hai Phong, Vietnam. Captain Vescelius’ aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Hai Phong Harbor, and he was forced to bail out. He parachuted to the ground and was last seen surrounded by North Vietnamese troops. Captain Vescelius died at some point after being taken prisoner by the enemy. In August 1985, the Vietnamese government returned a set of remains to U.S. custody that were identified as those of CAPT Vescelius.
Cemetery: Hartland Village
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Livingston County Daily Press and Argus (1999, 1987)