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Joshua Douglas Palmer, age 24, from Blandinsville, Illinois, Mcdonough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Eng Co, 6Th Esb, (Cssb-1, Cssg-11, 1St Fssg), 4Th Fssg, Peoria, Il
Date of death: Monday, November 8, 2004
Death details: Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Gene Carlock, age 25, from Macomb, Illinois, Mcdonough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 416Th Transportation Company Hunter Army Airfield, Ga 31409
Date of death: Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Henry Stein, age 39, from Bardolph, Illinois, Mcdonough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 41St Rescue Squadron, Moody Afb, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Victor Demott Williams, age 22, from McDonough County Colchester, Illinois .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, October 29, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Richard W. Pennington, age 40, from Adair, Illinois, McDonough county.
Spouse: Nancy A. Pennington
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in Laos
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Robert Verdun Young, age 23, from Bushnell, Illinois, McDonough county.
Parents: Charles W. Young
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Oklahoma; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for March 2, 2018
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency