Jeremy Michael Hodge, age 20, from Ridgeway, Ohio
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 612Th Engineer Battalion (Mnci) Tiffin, Oh
Date of death: Monday, October 10, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Rushsylvania
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
John A. Thomas from Ridgeway, Ohio, Hardin county.
Spouse: Dorothy E. Thomas
Children: Two children
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962), Cincinnati Enqurer (1962)