Andrew R. Tobin, age 24, from Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Date of death: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forced attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew W. Weikert, age 29, from Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan county.
Parents: Richard Weikert and Susan B. Weikert
Children: Jayse Schaecher Weikert, 10
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Jacksonville High (2000)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, State Journal Register, Journal Courier, Military Times
Robert Ray Lynn, age 32, from Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 21, 1972
Death details:On April 18, 1989, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Robert Ray Lynn, missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Lynn entered the U.S. Air Force from Illinois and was a member of the 325th Bombardment Squadron. On December 21, 1972, he was the electronics warfare officer aboard a B-52G Stratofortress (tail number 58-0198, call sign “Olive 01”) that took off from Guam on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. During the flight, “Olive 01” was hit by an enemy surface-to-air missile that caused it to crash and explode near Hanoi in Ha Tay Province; Maj Lynn did not survive the incident. Attempts to reach the crash site were prevented by enemy control of the area, and his remains were not recovered at the time. In 1988, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains that U.S. analysts identified as those of Maj Lynn.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Steven Ray Lowe, age 21, from Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan county.
Parents: Donald G. and Elouise Lowe
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Death details: Died at an Army hospital in Camp Zama, Japan, where he was treated for severe burns. He suffered the injury in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam when a candle fell into a gas can in Lowe’s bunker.
Source: National Archives, Jacksonville Journal Courier (1970)
Ronald Walter Gulley, age 21, from Morgan County Franklin, Illinois .
Parents: Walter and Hazel Corder Gulley
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 173rd Airborne Division
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 1965
Death details: Died from malaria in a field hospital in Veitnam.
Source: National Archives, Taylorville Daily Breeze Courier (1965)
Max Everett Maynard, age 34, from Morgan County Illinois.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, November 27, 1950
Death details: On November 27, 1950, the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), tasked with replacing the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, arrived at the P’ungnyuri Inlet. That night, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a massive surprise attack against the soldiers and Marines at the inlet. The 31st RCT managed to repel the numerically superior CCF’s initial attack; however, the enemy continued to attack over the next two nights. On December 1, the 31st RCT began its withdrawal from the P’ungnyuri Inlet to Hagaru-ri. Sergeant First Class Max Everett Maynard, who joined the U.S. Army from Illinois, served with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on November 27, 1950, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir when his unit fought the CCF near P’ungnyuri Inlet. No one saw him fall in battle, and he was not reported to be a prisoner of war. After the war, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Sergeant First Class Maynard 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
Vernon T. Crouch, age 34, from Illinois, Morgan county.
Parents: Ella Fields Crouch (1881 – 1985) and Hery Crouch (1883 – 1958)
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, February 2, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Enfield, Illinois
Source: National Archives, grave markers