Joshua M. McClimans, age 30, from Akron, Ohio, Summit county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 848th Forward Surgical Team, US Army Reserve, Twinsburg, Ohio.
Date of death: Friday, April 22, 2011
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire.
Source: Department of Defense
Keith Allen Kline, age 24, from Oak Harbor, Ohio, Ottawa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 96Th Civil Affairs Battalion, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Thursday, July 5, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Oak Harbor Union
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Todd Justin Godwin, age 21, from Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 1St Bn, 8Th Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Firestone Haifley from Lisbon, Ohio, Columbiana county. Their last known residence was in Lisbon.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: December 28, 1972
Death details: On October 7, 1985, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Michael Firestone Haifley, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Haifley joined the U.S. Navy from Ohio and was a member of Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron 13. On December 28, 1972, he was a crew member aboard an RA-5C Vigilante on a reconnaissance mission over enemy territory in Vietnam. The Vigilante was shot down by an enemy aircraft during its mission, and LT Haifley was killed in the incident. Search and recovery efforts for the downed aircraft’s crew were unsuccessful. In August 1985, the Vietnamese government returned LT Haifley’s remains to U.S. custody, with forensic analysis confirming the identification shortly thereafter.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Paul Phillips from Sylvania, Ohio, Lucas county. Their last known residence was in Sylvania.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: June 23, 1970
Death details: On June 23, 1970, three service members of the 595th Signal Company were riding in a truck that departed the Lai Khe Signal site on an administrative mission to the Phuoc Vinh Signal site in South Vietnam. The mission followed the new Phouc Vinh road because another used route was reportedly mined. The truck was later discovered abandoned in a ditch with a running motor, blown tire, and a shattered windshield. On the following day, a more thorough inspection found that the vehicle had several small-caliber bullet holes in it, but no bloodstains were visible. Searches failed to locate the three missing men.
Private Robert Paul Phillips entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and was a unit supply specialist with the 595th Signal Company, 36th Signal Battalion, 2nd Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade. He was one of the three men traveling in this truck when it was likely ambushed, and he went missing in the incident. After the incident, the U.S. Army posthumously promoted PV2 Phillips to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). Today, Staff Sergeant Phillips is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
William Roy Henderson, age 25, from Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton county. Their last known residence was in Cincinnati.
Service era: Vietnam
Parent: Mary Henderson
Date of death: January 23, 1969
Death details: Hostile, died missing, South Vietnam William was declared missing in January 1969. He was on a helicopter rescue mission near Pleiku whne it was shot down.
Source: National Archives, Cincinnati Enquirer (1973), findagrve.com
Armond D. Shingledecker from Lima, Ohio, Allen county. Their last known residence was in Lima.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: May 31, 1966
Death details: On April 3, 1998, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Armon D. Shingledecker, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Shingledecker, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron. On May 31, 1966, Capt Shingledecker was the navigator aboard a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0511) that departed Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on a classified bombing mission using special weapons against the Thanh Hoa Bridge in North Vietnam. During the bombing run, the Hercules was shot down and Capt Shingledecker was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1986, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were later identified as those of Capt Shingledecker.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Russell Burr Luker, age 32, from Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Death details: On February 1, 1966, a KC-130F Hercules (bureau number 149809) took off carrying six crew members on an aerial refueling mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. En route to its rendezvous point, all radio and radar contact was lost with the aircraft while over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YE 520 190. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the six crew members were unsuccessful. Staff Sergeant Russell Burr Luker entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Ohio and was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it disappeared on February 1, 1966, and was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Staff Sergeant Luker is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com