Shannon M. Smith, age 31, from Marion, Ohio, Marion county. Their last known residence was in Marion.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 545th Miltary Police Company, Arctic Miltary Police Battalion, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Date of death: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an explosive device in Baji, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Austin Butcher, age 19, from Marion, Ohio, Marion county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company B, 9th Infantry Division
Date of death: Friday, May 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Cemetery: Marion
Source: National Archives, Marion Star (1970)
Rick Alan Wilcox, age 20, from Marion, Ohio, Marion county.
Parents: Robert Wilcox
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 15, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Marion
Source: National Archives, Marion Star (1970)
Robert Eugene Neal, age 19, from Marion, Ohio, Marion county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 16, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Bruce August Nystrom from Marion, Ohio, Marion county. Their last known residence was in Marion.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 2, 1966
Death details: Commander Bruce August Nystrom entered the U.S. Navy from Ohio and served in Fighter Squadron 172. On December 2, 1966, he took off in a single-seat A-4C Skyhawk (bureau number 145143) as the second of two aircraft on a night armed reconnaissance mission against enemy targets in Nam Ha Province, North Vietnam. During the mission, another flight of aircraft on a separate mission received radio transmissions between CDR Nystrom and his wingman that surface-to-air missiles had been fired at their aircraft. Soon after, the second flight of aircraft witnessed a ground flash followed by a mid-air explosion, then heard CDR Nystrom on the radio attempting to contact his wingman to no avail. Another ground flash was then observed, after which CDR Nystrom went radio silent. Commander Nystrom was not heard from again, and his remains were not recovered. Following the incident, the Navy promoted CDR Nystrom to the rank of Captain (CAPT). Today, Captain Nystrom is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency