Joshua Adam Terando, age 27, from Morris, Illinois, Grundy county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 110Th Infantry (2 Mef), Mount Pleasant, Pa
Date of death: Thursday, November 10, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Taqaddum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Leo Carlyle Todd, age 20, from Morris, Illinois, Grundy county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Sergeant Leo Carlyle Todd joined the U.S. Army from Illinois and was a member of Company I of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, members of Company I were in defensive positions with the 3rd Battalion near Unsan when they received orders to withdraw. The 3rd Battalion was the last unit in the withdrawal sequence, and they experienced heavy and constant attacks by the CCF. Sergeant Todd was reported missing during this fighting, though specific details surrounding his loss are unknown. He was not reported as a prisoner of war, nor has he been identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Sergeant Todd is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1950)
Arthur Thomas Hannon, age 19, from Grundy County Morris, Illinois .
Parents: Francis Hannon
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, July 26, 1950
Death details: In late July 1950, elements of the 27th Infantry Regiment, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and other units in the 25th Infantry and 1st Cavalry Divisions were tasked with blocking a North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) advance down the Poun-Hwanggan Highway, toward Kumch’on, roughly thirty-five miles west of Taegu. On July 23 and 24, U.S. units fought a series of engagements against the advancing NKPA forces. Heavy enemy artillery fire barrages forced the U.S. units back slowly until they began to withdraw to new positions on July 26. Over the next three days, the units withdrew and consolidated in Kumch’on, though many American soldiers died, were captured, or went missing during this action.
Corporal Arthur Thomas Hannon entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and served in Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion of the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was initially reported missing in action on July 26, during his unit’s withdrawal toward Kumch’on. However, following the close of hostilities, former prisoners of war (POWs) reported that CPL Hannon was a fellow POW and died of malnutrition in enemy captivity on November 23, and was buried in Chungong, North Korea. Attempts to locate and identify his remains have been unsuccessful. Today, Corporal Hannon 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, Morris Herald News (1951)
William T. George, age 22, from Grundy County Morris, Illinois .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, September 23, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War