Tag: Madison County Illinois

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Ripperda, Aaron J.
Marines Corporal

Aaron J. Ripperda, age 26, from Madison, Illinois, Madison county.

Parents: Kent Ripperda and Tina Sutton

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Highland High (2005), Saint Xavier University in Chicago and graduated from L’Ecole Culinaire in St. Louis, MIssouri
Military history: 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. Joined the Marines in September 2008.

Date of death: Monday, March 18, 2013
Death details: Killed in a mortar explosion during training at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada. Killed were Pfc. Joshua M. Martino, Lance Cpl. David P. Fenn II, Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr., Lance Cpl Joshua C. Taylor, Lance Cpl. Mason J. Vanderwork, Lance Cpl. William T. Wild, Cpl. Aaron J. Ripperda.

Cemetery: Saint Paul Catholic in Carlyle, Illinois

Source: Stars and Strips, Meredith Funeral Home

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Corzine, Kenneth A.
Marines Lance corporal

Kenneth A. Corzine, age 23, from Bethalto, Illinois, Madison county.

Parents: Kenneth Corzine and Carla (Davis) Corzine
Children: Macy

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Civic Memorial High
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Date of death: Friday, December 24, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds received Dec. 5, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Rose Lawn Memory Gardens, Bethalto

Source: Department of Defense, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Military Times

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Smith, Bradley R.
Air Force Senior airman

Bradley R. Smith, age 24, from Troy, Illinois, Madison county.

Parents: Gary Smith and Paul Smith
Spouse: Tiffany Smith
Children: Chloe Lynn Smith, 3 months

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Triad Community School graduate
Military history: 10th Air Support Operations Swaudron, Fort Riley, Kansas. Enlisted Novembe 2006.

Date of death: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Death details: Died near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near him.
Cemetery: Sunset Hills; Carbon, Illinois

Source: Department of Defense, Belleville New Democrat, Military Times

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Garbs, Ryan Clark
Army Specialist

Ryan Clark Garbs, age 20, from Edwardsville, Illinois, Madison county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3D Battalion, 75Th Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga

Date of death: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Death details: Qalat, Afghanistan

Source: Department of Defense

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Mennemeyer, Steven Paul
Army Sergeant

Steven Paul Mennemeyer, age 26, from Granite City, Illinois, Madison county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 82D Medical Company, Air Ambulance, Fort Riley, Kansas

Date of death: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Death details: Rutbah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Dostie, Shawn Christopher
Army Sergeant 1st class

Shawn Christopher Dostie, age 32, from Granite City, Illinois, Madison county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 2D Battalion, 502D Infantry, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Campbell, Ky

Date of death: Friday, December 30, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Bush, Matthew Duane Army Private 2

Matthew Duane Bush, age 20, from East Alton, Illinois, Madison county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Troop 1St Squadron 10Th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Tx 76544

Date of death: Friday, August 8, 2003
Death details: Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense

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Rimkus, Joseph E.
Air Force Airman 1st class

Joseph E. Rimkus, age 22, from Edwardsville, Illinois, Madison county.

Parents: Bridget Brooks

Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing

Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Cemetery: Barrancas National

Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)

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Dalton, Randall David
Army Specialist 4

Randall David Dalton, age 20, from Collinsville, Illinois, Madison county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, July 24, 1971
Death details: On July 21, 2011, the Defense POW/Missing Person Office (DPMO, now DPAA) announced that the remains of Specialist 4 Randall David Dalton, missing from the Vietnam War, had been identified. Specialist 4 Dalton, who joined the U.S. Army from Illinois, served with the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. On July 24, 1971, he was the door gunner on an OH-6A Cayuse Helicopter with a crew of three that was struck by ground fire and crashed in the Kracheh Province of Cambodia. Spec 4 Dalton and another crew member died in the crash. A search and rescue team managed to evacuate the pilot despite enemy activity in the area, but when the team returned the next day to recover the bodies of the other two crew members, they had disappeared. In 1989, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam returned three boxes of human remains to U.S. custody. However, the forensic technology available at the time was not capable of identifying the remains. In 2011, using modern forensic and DNA analysis, investigators were able to identify Spec 4 Dalton’s remains among those returned.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Jefferson Barracks National, Sunset Hill in Glen Carbon, Illinois

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

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Bergfield, Phillip Rex
Army Captain

Phillip Rex Bergfield, age 24, from Saint Jacob, Illinois, Madison county.

Parents: Venie Nolan and Walter Bergfield
Spouse: Cynthia (Krenzke)

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, July 3, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in Southeast Asia

Source: National Archives, Racine Journal Times