Tag: Pinckneyville Illinois

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Bolinski, Holli R.
Army Sergeant

 

Holli R. Bolinski, age 37, from Pinckneyville, Illinois.

Service era: Afghanistan

Spouse: Robert M. Bolinski (married November 4, 2017)

Children: Kendal Woodside, Kamden Woodside, Bryson Shearer, Hayden Shearer, Eva Shearer

Parents: Janie (Richard) Meier, Janie (Lee) Sroka-Meier

Military history: 103rd Sustainment Command, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Date of death: Friday, March 5, 2019
Death details: Sgt. Holli R. Bolinski and Spc. Jackson D. Johnson died when their military vehicle collided with a civilian commeral truck in Northern Kuwait

Cemetery: St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville

Source: Department of Defense, Leader Publications, Military Times, South Illinosian

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Eisenhauer, Wyatt Dale
Army Private 1st class

Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer, age 26, from Pinckneyville, Illinois, Perry county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Bn, 70Th Armor, 1St Armored Division (Tf Baghdad), Fort Riley, Kansas

Date of death: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Death details: Killed on an escort mission in a Humvee when an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge in Mahmudiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Daffron, Thomas Carl
Air Force Captain

Thomas Carl Daffron, age 26, from Pinckneyville, Illinois, Perry county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Air Force Academy (1965)

Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: On July 21, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Thomas Carl Daffron, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Daffron joined the U.S. Air Force from Illinois and was a member of the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On February 18, 1970, he was the pilot of an F-4C Phantom II (serial number 63-7671) on a night strike mission over Laos. The Phantom was downed by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and Capt Daffron was killed in the incident. Search and rescue efforts for the Phantom were unsuccessful. In 1995, a joint U.S. and Laotian investigative team recovered remains from a site associated with Capt Daffron’s Phantom. In 1999, U.S. forensic analysts identified the recovered remains as those of Capt Daffron.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Arizona Daily Star (1970)