Aric Julius Barr, age 22, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 2d Bn, 7th Mar, 1st Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, California
Date of death: Saturday, April 3, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Douglas John Weismantle, age 28, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhc 1st Battalion 325th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, Nc 28307
Date of death: Monday, October 13, 2003
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Miitary Times
Rafael Luis Navea, age 34, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: C Battery 2nd Battalion 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Date of death: Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Death details: Hostile, died in Falluja, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Clare Coltman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: September 28, 1972
Death details: On December 19, 2001, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel William Clare Coltman, missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Coltman joined the U.S. Air Force from Pennsylvania and was a member of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On September 28, 1972, he piloted an F-111A Aardvark on a solo strike mission over enemy territory in Vietnam. The aircraft crashed during the mission due to unknown causes, and Col Coltman was killed in the incident. Immediate search efforts along the Aardvark’s planned flight route failed to locate a crash site, and his body was not recovered at the time. In 2000, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team recovered remains from a crash site associated with Col Coltman’s F-111A. Forensic analysis eventually identified the recovered remains as those of Col Coltman.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
David Mathew Thompson from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1972
Death details:
Lieutenant David Mathew Thompson, who joined the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania, was a member of Fighter Squadron 24, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19). On August 12, 1972, LT Thompson piloted a single-seat F-8J Crusader (bureau number 150336) that was returning to the Hancock, located in the Gulf of Tonkin. His Crusader disappeared from radar eight miles from the ship, in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YF 548 691. Extensive search efforts for the aircraft began immediately, but were unsuccessful. Lieutenant Thompson’s remains were not recovered, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Lieutenant Thompson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
David Charles Bruggeman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 1, 1972
Investigation in the disappearance of James Worth
Death details: On April 1, 1972, Corporal James Frederick Worth was member of a five-man artillery spotter team which was directed to evacuate an outpost in the vicinity of (GC) YD 215 742, near Gio Linh in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. As the team prepared to board a helicopter for evacuation, enemy artillery rounds and small arms fire hit a bunker where Cpl Worth and David Charles Bruggeman were standing, killing David. The three other members of the team recovered the lieutenant’s body but were unable to locate Cpl Worth, who had disappeared. They began searching for him, but were forced to leave when the evacuation helicopter began taking enemy fire. After the helicopter took off, Cpl Worth radioed that he was on his way to Dong Ha to join up with another group of Marine advisors. Corporal Worth was not heard from again, and his remains were never recovered.
Source: National Archives, Library of Congress
Gene Wallace Stockman, age 18, from Allegheny County Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Mary Stockman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, October 29, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Fort Bragg
Source: National Archives, Daily Courier (1971)
Harry Dewitt Jr. McWhinney, age 21, from Allegheny County Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Harry D. McWhinney Sr.: “He was the most wonderful son a person could ask for.”
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: North Hills High, Purdue University
Date of death: Monday, October 25, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Jack William McCann, age 21, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Parents: Margaret McCann Elder
Spouse: Suzanne L. McCann
Children: John Louis, 11 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: South Catholic High and Keystone Oakss High
Date of death: Sunday, December 27, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a mine exploded.
Cemetery: Jefferson Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Associated Press (1970)7Associated Press (1970)
Kermit Leslie Matthews, age 32, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Parents: Catherine Abell Cox
Spouse: Barbara L. Charter Matthews
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Ahrens Trade High (1968)
Date of death: Friday, December 4, 1970
Death details: Died from injuries suffered in a plane crash in Vietnam
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, Louisville Courier Journal, Associated Press (1970)