Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Devin James Grella, age 21, from Medina, Ohio, Medina county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 706Th Transportation Company, (13Cc) Mansfield, Oh 44902
Date of death: Monday, September 6, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bruce Wayne Spring, age 20, from Wadsworth, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Curt A. Spring
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 5, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI, Associated Press (1970)
David James Amheiser, age 19, from Lodi, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: John Amheiser
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Cloverleaf High (1969)
Date of death: Saturday, August 29, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Alan Robert Trent, age 29, from Wadsworth, Ohio, Medina county. Their last known residence was in Wadsworth.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 13, 1970
Death details: On May 13, 1970, an F-4D Phantom (tail number: 65-0607, call sign “Cobra 84”) with two crew members departed Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of (South) Vietnam, as the second of two aircraft on a strike mission against a bridge near (GC) 48P YA 513 936 in Cambodia. Under the direction of a forward air controller (FAC), the aircraft flew an identification pass over the target and the FAC warned the crew to expect enemy ground fire from around the target. When Cobra 84 made its bombing pass over the target, its pilot pulled up late and crashed into a hillside, and the aircraft was destroyed upon impact. The next day, a ground search team investigated the crash site but found no crew remains.
Captain (Capt) Alan Robert Trent, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was the aircraft commander aboard the Phantom when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Capt Trent is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Frank Michael Valentine, age 23, from Litchfield, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Michael J. Valentine Jr. and June M. Roberts
Children: Trish Lilamay Valentine
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 30, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense., Tampa Bay Times (1970)
Donald Robert Jr. Perkins, age 20, from Wadsworth, Ohio, Medina county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wadsworth High (1968)
Military history: 1st Air Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry
Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Sidney Earl Rohler, age 20, from Wadsworth, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Richard C. Rohler
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, March 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Thomas Eugene Bewley, age 18, from Brunswick, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Thomas B. Bewley
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Brunswick High
Date of death: Saturday, February 21, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam. Died from an unknown explosive after completing a night ambush in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
James Roger Clark, age 20, from Wadsworth, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Alva Clark
Spouse: Joyce (April 1969)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wadsworth High (1968)
Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam when his helicopter crashed in flames after it was hit by enemy ground fire.
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
Gary Ernest Eicheler, age 21, from Seville, Ohio, Medina county.
Parents: Vivian L Eicheler
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 3, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)