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Keith A. Rambo, age 32, from Muskegon, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Children: Steven A., Jacob T., Nateleigh M. Rmabo
Parents: Michael and Karen Rambo
Military history: 47th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team
Date of death: Sunday, July 18, 2021
Death details: While stationed at Fort Bliss, killed in a car accident in El Paso.
Source: Army Times, linkedin, Legacy
Daniel Edward Scheibner, age 40, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 2D Battalion, 12Th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, August 30, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Al Noor, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Todd Andrew Singleton, age 24, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 2D Squadron, 5Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Anthony Oneil Cardinal, age 20, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht, 3D Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, 2 Bct, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Willie Jr. McCloud, age 20, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Parents: Willie L. McCloud
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 6, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Kenneth Jerome Simmons, age 21, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Parents: Donald K. Simmons
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Michael Craig Rockey, age 21, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Parents: Joan L. Rockey
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives., Associated Press (1970)
Robert Henry Goosen, age 20, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Parents: Stanley H. Goosen
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Friday, March 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds suffered Feb. 7, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
James Robert Klimo from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: November 4, 1969
Death details: On November 4, 1969, a UH-1H Iroquois (#67-19512) took off from Duc Lap, South Vietnam on a nighttime flight to Nha Trang, South Vietnam. Weather conditions were poor. Shortly after a radio communication reporting the helicopter’s position near Duc My Pass, an air traffic controller at Ninh Hoa received an emergency distress message from the crew. There was no further contact and the helicopter never reached its destination. Search and rescue operations began the next morning as soon as there was daylight for visibility and continued for six days, but search personnel were unable to locate the helicopter, a crash site, or any of the crew members.
Sergeant First Class James Robert Klimo, who entered the U.S. Army from Michigan, served with the 281st Aviation Company, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade and was the door gunner on this UH-1 at the time of its loss. He remains unaccounted for. Today, Sergeant First Class Klimo is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Homer David Hopkins, age 20, from Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon county.
Parents: David Thomas Hopkins
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency