Jason Allen Lehto, age 31, from Mount Clemens, Michigan, Macomb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Det B, Mwss-472, Mwsg-37, (3D Maw), 4Th Maw, Mount Clemens, Mi
Date of death: Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Death details: died in a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
Jerry Lee Roberts, age 20, from Macomb County Mount Clemens, Michigan .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, September 1, 1965
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Herald Palladium (1965)
Elmer Louis Snay, age 18, from Macomb County Mount Clemens, Michigan .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 20, 1950
Death details: On July 20, 1950, the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was holding a defensive line in South Korea overlooking the Taejon Airport, northeast of the city. When enemy tanks broke through the line near the airport, U.S. troops were ordered to fall back through Taejon. The 3rd Battalion was ordered to lead the convoy out of Taejon, but ran into a series of collapsed structures and roadblocks that broke up the column. U.S. forces were unable to break through these roadblocks, and to avoid capture soldiers moved off-road and began filtering through the countryside in small groups. Private First Class Elmer Louis Snay joined the U.S. Army from Michigan and was a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action during the fighting in and around Taejon on July 20, 1950. PFC Snay was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and his remains have not been located or identified. Today, Private First Class Snay 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, Muskegon Chronicle (1954)
Daniel Palmer Banfill from Mount Clemens, Michigan, Macomb county.
Spouse: Gladys Lucille Banfill
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing t Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Kenneth William Likens, age 20, from Mount Clemens, Michigan, Macomb county.
Parents: William Likens
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, November 22, 1943
Death details: On May 31, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced it has accounted for Private First Class Kenneth William Likens, missing from World War II. Private First Class Likens entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Michigan and served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He was killed on November 22, 1943, during the assault on the Japanese-held island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll. His remains were reportedly buried in the East Division Cemetery (renamed Cemetery #33) on Betio, but he was not identified among remains exhumed from the island after the war. In 2019, DPAA in partnership with the non-profit organization History Flight traveled to Betio where they uncovered a previously undiscovered burial trench and recovered human remains. U.S. analysts used modern forensic techniques and identified PFC Likens from these remains.
Cemetery: Great Lakes National, buried 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency