Palatine Illinois

Boyd, Christopher J.
Marines Corporal

Christopher J. Boyd, age 22, from Palatine, Illinois.

Parents: Patricia Boyd and Kenneth Boyd
Spouse: Married
Children: Two children

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Palatine High (2006)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted 2006, Purple Heart

Date of death: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Valley News, Chicago Tribune, Military Times

Dolik, Paul Edward
Army Warrant officer

Paul Edward Dolik, age 21, from Palatine, Illinois, Cook county.

Parents: Edward and Mildred

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, February 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the helicopter on which he was copilot was shot down.

Source: National Archives, Chicago Triubune (1970)

Arendt, Stanley Paul
Army Private 1st Class

Stanley Paul Arendt, age 22, from Palatine, Illinois, Tazewell county.

Parents: Stanley Arendt
Spouse: Nelda
Children: Lamar, 3

Service era: Korea
Schools: Palatine High graduate

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On February 5, 2010, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Stanley Paul Arendt, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Stanley Paul Arendt entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was captured in early November 1950 during the Battle of Unsan. Repatriated American POWs reported that CPL Arendt was in a group of soldiers that were executed by their captors near the battlefield. In 2004, a joint U.S. and North Korean team excavated a mass grave near the battlefield at Unsan and recovered the remains of the executed American service members. Analysts used modern forensic tools to identify CPL Arendt from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chicago Tribune (1950)

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