Michael Harry Maltz, age 42, from St Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 38Th Rescue Squadron, Moody Afb, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Killed in a Pave Hawk crash near Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael R. Robson, age 30, from Seminole, Florida, Pinellas county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Thursday, February 28, 1991
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles
Kenneth Dale Jr. Janusik, age 19, from Clearwater, Florida, Pinellas county.
Service era: Cold War
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
John R. Weyl, age 34, from Pinellas County Seminole, Florida .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Edward Wayne Williams from Clearwater, Florida, Pinellas county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 3, 1972.
On April 3, 1972, a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-16330, call sign “Cavalier 70”) with a crew of four departed Marble Mountain, Da Nang, South Vietnam, on a combat support mission to Quang Tri City, South Vietnam. During the flight, the pilot told a Hue/Phu Bai Ground Control Approach (GCA) controller that he was lost, but he believed that the helicopter was near Quang Tri. Following the transmission, the GCA controller could not locate the helicopter on the radar, and reported the helicopter missing in the vicinity of (GC) YD 330 530. When the helicopter failed to appear at any of the air bases in South Vietnam, an aerial search was initiated but found no sign of the missing aircraft or crew.
Specialist 4 (SP4) Edward Wayne Williams, who joined the U.S. Army from Florida, served with the 37th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade. He was the gunner aboard “Cavalier 70”? when it disappeared, and his remains were not recovered. After the incident, the Army promoted SP4 Williams to the rank of Staff Sergeant. Today, Staff Sergeant Williams is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jack Leonard Decaire, age 25, from Pinellas County Saint Petersburg, Florida .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 3, 1971
Source: National Archives, Tampa Tribune (1972)
Dwight Hubert Jones, age 20, from St. Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas county.
Parents: Susie L. Walker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
John Henry Jr. Gregory, age 43, from Saint Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas county.
Spouse: Anita Gregory
Children: Daughter
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 26, 1971
Cemetery: Erwin Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1971)
John Henry Battle, age 20, from Saint Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas county.
Spouse: Debra D. Battle
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 4, 1971
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Timothy David Amick, age 18, from St. Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas county.
Parents: Fredrick J. Amick
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Tampa Times (1970)