Joshua Michael Hines, age 26, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co, 3D Bn, 24Th Mar, 4Th Mar Div, Terre Haute, In
Date of death: Sunday, October 15, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kenneth Levi Ridgley, age 30, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 3D Battalion, 21St Infantry, 25Th Id, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Daniel Vernor Jr. Borah, age 22, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: September 24, 1972
Death details: On April 18, 1997, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Daniel Vernor Borah Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Borah joined the U.S. Navy from Illinois and was a member of Attack Squadron 115. On September 24, 1972, he piloted an A-7 Corsair on a strike mission against enemy troops in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Lieutenant Borah’s aircraft was downed by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and he was killed in the incident. Immediate search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful in locating him. In March 1996, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese search team recovered remains from a crash site associated with LT Borah’s loss. Forensic analysis identified the remains as those of LT Borah.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Michael Joseph Knox, age 21, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Parents: Lawrence J. and Ann Knox
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East Richland High and Olney Central College
Date of death: Wednesday, July 7, 1971
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when he stepped on a land mine.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Evansville Courier & Press (1971)
Troit Donovan Freeland, age 49, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 13, 1970
Death details: Died in south Vietnam from a heart attack.
Cemetery: Camp Butler National
Source: National Archives
David Edward Miller, age 21, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 18, 1964
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Haven Hill in Olney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Tony Ray Leet, age 20, from Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, October 26, 1952
Death details: Remains recovered
Cemetery: Haven Hill in Olney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
William John Paddock, age 20, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Parents: Roy W. Paddock
Service era: Korea
Schools: Olney High
Date of death: Saturday, December 22, 1951
Death details: Among four killed in an airplane crash at Nassau Bahamas.
Cemetery: Harvest Hill in Olney
Source: Grave marker, Olney Daily Mail (1951)
James J. Gillen, age 33, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, January 19, 1945
Death details: Died of wounds
Cemetery: Haven Hill in Olney
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Percy K. Jones from Illinois, Richland county.
Parents: George E. Jones (1870-1954) and Stella C. Bauman Jones (1873-1955)
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, December 1, 1944
Death details: Killed in action in France
Cemetery: Epinal American, memorialized at Haven Hill in Olney, Illinois
Source: National Archives, grave marker, American Battle Monuments Commission