Tag: Plainwell Michigan

Posted on

Schoonhoven, Mark H.
Army Sergeant

Mark H. Schoonhoven, age 38, from Plainwell, Michigan, Allegan county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Date of death: Sunday, January 20, 2013
Death details: Died at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston from wounds suffered when enemy forces attcked his unit with an improvised explosive device on December 15, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Posted on

Allers, Thomas C.
Army Private

Thomas C. Allers, age 23, from Plainwell, Michigan, Allegan county.

Parents: Denise and Lance Allers

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Plainwell High (2006)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Date of death: Monday, May 23, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Staff Sgt. Kristofferson B. Lorenzo, Pfc. William S. Blevins, Pvt. Andrew M. Krippner, Pvt. Thomas C. Allers.
Cemetery: Fort Custer National

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Posted on

Wilson, Phillip Allen
Army Specialist 4

Phillip Allen Wilson, age 21, from Plainwell, Michigan, Allegan county.

Parents: Woodrow C. Wilson

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, December 16, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Posted on

Baxter, John Stanley
Army 1st lieutenant

John Stanley Baxter, age 29, from Plainwell, Michigan, Allegan county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company A, 508th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division; Purple Heart

Spouse: Jacqueline Hamilton Baxter (married 1964)

Child: Kenneth M. Baxter

Date of death: Tuesday, August 27, 1968
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Fort Donelson National

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle (1968)