Bradley Thomas Mace, age 19, from Belview, Minnesota, Redwood county.
Parents: Mary and Jay Mace
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Belview High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1970)
Ronald Arthur Jenniges, age 20, from Wanda, Minnesota, Redwood county.
Parents: Gilbert Jenniges
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: High school at Wabasso (1968)
Date of death: Saturday, January 3, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1970)
William Richard Cook, age 43, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Redwood county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 28, 1968
Death details: Lieutenant Colonel William Richard Cook, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Minnesota, was a member of the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He was the pilot of the Phantom when it went missing on April 28, 1968. He was lost with the aircraft, and his remains have not been recovered. After the incident, the U.S. Air Force promoted Lt Col Cook to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Cook is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Alfred J. Bernardy, age 22, from Wabasso, Minnesota, Redwood county.
Parents: Eva B. Bernardy
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 1950
Death details: On November 29, 1950, men from Company G of the U.S. 1st Marine Regiment, MP Company and Tank Company, 1st Marine Division, Company B and elements of Company D of the 31st Infantry Regiment, Headquarters Company of the X Corps, and Royal Marines from Number 41 Independent Commando Battalion were sent north from Koto-ri to open the main supply route to Hagaru-ri and resupply and reinforce Allied troops that had been surrounded near the Chosin Reservoir. The group, known as Task Force Drysdale, set out with tanks and other vehicles in the lead and rear, and initially only met light resistance from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). As attacks increased in ferocity, the group became fragmented as the CCF managed to establish road blocks that further split the task force. Soon, the CCF blew a bridge and halted the convoy altogether. The Royal Marines and most of Company G were north of the bridge at this time and were able to continue to Hagaru-ri. Near the south end of the convoy, a destroyed truck blocked the road. The tanks and troops south of the destroyed truck fought as long as possible before ultimately returning to Koto-ri on November 30. The men between the blown bridge and the destroyed truck, however, were trapped, and subjected to several mortar barrages before CCF moved into hand-to-hand combat range. Fighting raged there until the morning of November 30, when the survivors were forced to surrender. Over 300 troops were wounded, captured, or died during the action. Corporal Alfred J. Bernardy, who joined the U.S. Army from Minnesota, served with Headquarters Company, X Corps. He was a member of Task Force Drysdale, and went missing on November 29, 1950, during its advance to Hagaru-ri, North Korea. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Bernardy is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Saint Cloud Times (1951)