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
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)
John Bryan Golz, age 24, from Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 22, 1970
Death details: Lieutenant Junior Grade John Bryan Golz entered the U.S. Navy from Illinois and served in Attack Squadron 172, embarked aboard the USS Shangri-La (CVS 38). On April 22, 1970, he piloted a single-seat A-4C Skyhawk (bureau number 148484, call sign “Holloway 305”) on a night strike mission against enemy targets in Laos. During the mission, his aircraft crashed in the target area near (GC) XC 79986780, close to an enemy 37mm anti-aircraft artillery position. No parachutes were observed nor rescue beepers detected following the crash, and searches of the area revealed no signs of LTJG Golz. Further attempts to locate him were unsuccessful.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency