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Humberto A. Sanchez, age 22, from Logansport, Indiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Logansport High (2017)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Killed when a suicide bomber approached a group of Marines processing refugees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Source: Department of Defense, Indianapolis Star, Military Times
Kenneth K. McAninch, age 28, from Logansport, Indiana, Cass county.
Parents: Marvin McAninch and Cheryl A. Richardson
Spouse: Shawnna R. McAninch (Sidwell); married June 11, 2010.
Children: Jeremiah McAninch, Braxton McAninch, Brayden McAninch, Colby McAninch, Shyanne Adam
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Eastlawn Elementary, Pioneer Elementary, Delphi Middle School, Lewis Cass High
Military history: 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Death details: Died at Yahya Khei District, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Cemetery: Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Logansport
Source: National Archives, Monticello Herald Journal, Military Times
Shawn David Hensel, age 20, from Logansport, Indiana, Cass county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 23D Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Roy Douglas Jordan, age 19, from Logansport, Indiana, Cass county.
Parents: Leo E. Jordan
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 27, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Rushville Republican, Associated Press (1970)
Reggie Westel Hinson, age 21, from Logansport, Indiana, Cass county.
Parents: Eulice Hinson
Spouse: Marilyn E. Hinson
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Troop F. 17th Cavalry, Americal Division.
Date of death: Friday, February 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Kokomo Tribune (1970)
Lawrence Clark from Logansport, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: October 18, 1966
Death details:
On October 18, 1966, an HU-16B Albatross (tail number 51-7145, call sign “Crown Bravo”?) carrying seven crew members took off from Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a search and rescue mission. Upon completing its mission, the Albatross radioed that it was returning to Da Nang from its position in the Gulf of Tonkin. This was the last contact made with the Albatross, and it failed to return to Da Nang. Search teams investigated the aircraft’s flight path, but found no sign of it or its crew. All seven of the Albatross’s crew members remain unaccounted for.
Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Lawrence Clark, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Indiana, was a member of the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. He was the radio operator aboard the Albatross when it went missing, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Subsequent to the incident, the U.S. Air Force posthumously promoted SSgt Clark to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt). Today, Chief Master Sergeant Clark is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Morris Pattengale, age 27, from Cass County Logansport, Indiana .
Parents: C. J. Pattengale
Spouse: Mavis
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Source: On Eternal Patrol, Herald Press (1945)
Wilbur T. Gallagan, age 21, from Logansport, Indiana, Cass county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, July 21, 1918
Death details: Died of accident
Cemetery: Mount Hope in Logansport
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com