Jason A Benford, age 30, from Toledo, Ohio, Lucas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, (2Mef) Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Paul Phillips from Sylvania, Ohio, Lucas county. Their last known residence was in Sylvania.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: June 23, 1970
Death details: On June 23, 1970, three service members of the 595th Signal Company were riding in a truck that departed the Lai Khe Signal site on an administrative mission to the Phuoc Vinh Signal site in South Vietnam. The mission followed the new Phouc Vinh road because another used route was reportedly mined. The truck was later discovered abandoned in a ditch with a running motor, blown tire, and a shattered windshield. On the following day, a more thorough inspection found that the vehicle had several small-caliber bullet holes in it, but no bloodstains were visible. Searches failed to locate the three missing men.
Private Robert Paul Phillips entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and was a unit supply specialist with the 595th Signal Company, 36th Signal Battalion, 2nd Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade. He was one of the three men traveling in this truck when it was likely ambushed, and he went missing in the incident. After the incident, the U.S. Army posthumously promoted PV2 Phillips to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). Today, Staff Sergeant Phillips is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency