Alex F. Domion, age 21, from Richfield Springs, New York, Otsego county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Death details: Died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Lee Mayne, age 21, from Burlington Flats, New York, Otsego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 5Th Squadron, 1St Cavalry, Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Monday, February 23, 2009
Death details: Killed by small arms fire at Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Dennis Mcnaughton, age 27, from Middle Village, New York, Otsego county.
Parents: William and Michele
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhd, 306Th Military Police Battalion, Uniondale, New York
Date of death: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Calverton National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Newsday
David R. Ames, age 30, from Schuyler Lake, New York, Otsego county.
Parents: Robert and Dorothy (Gott) Ames
Spouse: Cynthia (Smith)
Children: Nicholas and Crystal
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Richfield Central Springs (1979)
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 1991
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Binghamton Press and Sun Belletin (1991)
Jeffrey Lawrence Calkins, age 20, from Richfield Springs, New York, Otsego county.
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Richfield High
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Jack Edwin Taylor, age 22, from Schuyler Lake, New York, Otsego county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Richard Charles Heath from New York, Otsego county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, March 18, 1951
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Master Sergeant Richard Charles Heath, who joined the U.S. Army from New York, served with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12 near Chochiwon, and was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea. He died of exhaustion and pneumonia at the camp near Hanjang-ni on March 18, 1951. He was buried near the camp; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Master Sergeant Heath is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Adrian G. Blanchard from Otsego County New York.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: Died while missing
Source: National Archives
Adrian Gregory Blanchard, age 25, from Otsego County Oneonta, New York .
Parents: Adrian G. Blanchard
Schools: Hartwick College
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Adrian Gregory Blanchard Jr., who joined the U.S. Army from New York, served with Headquarters Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing on November 30, 1950, while fighting through a roadblock during his unit’s withdrawal toward Sunchon, North Korea. No one saw him fall, and he was not reported as a prisoner of war. An active enemy presence prevented search efforts at the time, and his remains have not been recovered or identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Blanchard 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: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Press and Sun Bulletin (1954)