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Mark A. Lange, age 26, from Fraser, Michigan, Macomb county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Pilot shot down during an air attack on Syrian positions in Lebanon
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1983)
John Frank III Szlapa, age 20, from Mount Clemons, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: John F. Szlapa Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, December 15, 1970
Death details: On December 15, 1970, a C-2A Greyhound (bureau number 155120) carrying six crew and passengers launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA 61) in the South China Sea. About ten seconds after launch, the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea. Search and rescue units responded immediately but there were no survivors. Searchers were able to retrieve the remains of two of the men aboard the aircraft, but the other four could not be recovered. Szlapa was one of the bodies recovered
Cemetery: Florida National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, UPI, Associated Press (1970)
George Henry Rogalla, age 20, from Warren, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Roman Rogalla
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: DeLaSalle Collegiate High (1968)
Date of death: Monday, November 2, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Mt. Olivet, Detroit
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Vaun Arlen Gorbe, age 23, from Center Line, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Joann N. Gorbe
Spouse: Joanne Gorbe
Children: David Gorbe, 1
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: St. Clement High graduate
Date of death: Monday, October 5, 1970
Death details: Killed by a gunshot wound while standing in a landing zone; Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Macomb Daily, UPI (1970)
Myron Richard Nabozniak, age 25, from Warren, Michigan, Macomb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hamtramck High (1962), Wayne State University
Date of death: Thursday, September 24, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam; killed when the combat vehicle he was riding in was destroyed by a land mine
Source: National Archives
Natalie Nowaczynski, age 20, from Roseville, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Nicholas Nabonziak
Spouse: Patricia Nowaczynski
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 22, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Herald Palladium (1970)
Larry Russell Busick, age 24, from Fraser, Michigan, Macomb county.
Spouse: Pamela M. Busick
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Killed by a booby trap in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970), Passaic Herald News (1970)
Kenneth Stanley Gniewek, age 22, from Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Stanley Gniewek
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Notre Dame High graduate, Detroit Institute of Technology, Lawrence Institute of Technology, MaComb Community College
Date of death: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Resurrection
Source: National Archives, Detroit Free Press (1970)
Gary Keith More, age 23, from Sterling Heights, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Lawrence J. More
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 30, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Robert F. Colatruglio, age 22, from Warren, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: Donatus A. Colatruglio
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, June 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Benton Harbor Herald Palladium (1970)