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
Carl Thomas Nelson from McDonough County Colchester, Illinois .
Parents: Beatrice L. Nelson
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On February 5, 1951, Allied forces in Korea launched an offensive against North Korean and Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) north of Wonju. Republic of Korea units and the 38th Infantry Regiment and supporting artillery units, including the 15th and 503rd Field Artillery Battalions, and the 82nd Antiaircraft Artillery and Automatic Weapons Battalion, initially met light resistance on their drive to the north. On February 11, the CCF launched an aggressive counteroffensive that caused the Allies to withdraw back southward. However, the CCF had established a series of roadblocks on the road to the south, forcing the Allies to fight their way back to friendly lines. Private First Class Carl Thomas Nelson entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) by enemy forces during the Regiment’s fighting withdrawal in February 1951. He was transferred north with other prisoners to the Suan Bean POW camp, then eventually to the nearby Suan Mining Camp, where he died of illness in June or July 1951. He was buried at the Suan Mining Camp. U.S. investigators have not been able to access the area to search for his burial site, and he has not been associated with any of the remains later returned to U.S. custody. Today, Private First Class Nelson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, State Journal Register (1953)