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Dobereiner, Adam E.
Army Private 1st class

Adam E. Dobereiner, age 21, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Friday, November 18, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Lukens, Donald Glen
Army Warrant officer

Donald Glen Lukens, age 19, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Parents: Donald L. Lukens

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lincoln-Way High graduate in New Lenox, Illinois

Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Donald was a helicopter pilot who was flying troops and supplies into Cambodia and evacuatin the wounded. His aircraft was shot down.

Source: National Archives, Quad City Times (1970)

Johnson, Michael Arthur
Army Sergeant

Michael Arthur Johnson, age 22, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Parents: Clarence Johnson

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: National Cemetery on Arsenal Island

Source: National Archives, Moline Dispatch (1970)

Risse, William John
Navy adrc

William John Risse, age 43, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed into a hanger and started on fire.

Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Associated Press (1970)

Webster, Robert Lewis
Army Private 1st class

Robert Lewis Webster, age 20, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John K. Links

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, March 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

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