Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Adam E. Dobereiner, age 21, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Friday, November 18, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jessica Marie Housby, age 23, from Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Deborah Bundy
School: Rock Island High (2000)
Military history: 1644Th Transportation Company, Medium Truck Cargo, Rock Falls, Il
Date of death: Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Death details: Died in Balad, Iraq after a roadside bomb detonated near the truck she was driving.
Source: Department of Defense
Landis Wayne Garrison, age 23, from Rapids City, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 333Rd Military Police Company, 1236 6 Adams Street, Freeport, Illinois
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 2004
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Richard Phillis, age 30, from Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island county. Their last known residence was in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Parents: Richard Phillis and Diane Phillis
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Alle-man High, Rock Island (1978), U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Spring, Colorado (1982).
Date of death: Friday, February 15, 1991
Death details: Died when his A-10 warplane was shot down over northwestern Kuwait.
Cemetery: Rock Island Memorial Park
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Quad City Times
Virgil Jay Jr. Bates, age 21, from Coal Valley, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Spouse: Cheryl
Children: Jayneen
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 23, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Rock Island Arsenal National
Source: National Archives, Rock Island Argus (1971)
Earnest Jr. Hardimon, age 24, from East Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Spouse: Glenna R. Hardimon
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Rock Island Argus (1970)
James Leonard Wood, age 23, from Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, June 14, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Stephen Craig Foht, age 20, from East Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Parents: Jerome H. Foht
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Rock Island Argus (1970)
Donald Glen Lukens, age 19, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Parents: Donald L. Lukens
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lincoln-Way High graduate in New Lenox, Illinois
Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Donald was a helicopter pilot who was flying troops and supplies into Cambodia and evacuatin the wounded. His aircraft was shot down.
Source: National Archives, Quad City Times (1970)
Michael Arthur Johnson, age 22, from Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Parents: Clarence Johnson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: National Cemetery on Arsenal Island
Source: National Archives, Moline Dispatch (1970)