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Eleanor LeBeau, age 29, from Saint Clair County Belleville, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to”the Red Lions” of Marine Medium Tilrotor Squadron 363
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2023
Death details: Killed in the crash of an MV-22B off the coast of Darwin, Australia
Source: USNI News
David Allen Jr Schaefer, age 27, from Belleville, Illinois, St Clair county.
Children: Jason Phillips, 13; Logan Schaefer, 7; Savanna Schaefer, 6
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 2D Infantry, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Edwin Herbert Dazachacon, age 38, from Belleville, Illinois, St Clair county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hsc, 3D Battalion, 7Th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, February 13, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Deh Rawod, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Alan Wyatt, age 21, from Millstadt, Illinois, St Clair county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 5Thbn, 10Thmar, (Tf Naha, 31St Meu, 1St Mardiv), 2D Mardiv, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Friday, December 3, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Korean Village, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Allen Wagener, age 24, from Fairview Heights, Illinois, St Clair county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 10Th Aviation Battalion, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, July 1, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric A. Pulliam, age 19, from Saint Clair County East Saint Louis, Illinois .
Parents: Irene Henry
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Belleville News Democrat (1983)
Elroy Simmons, age 21, from East Saint Louis, Illinois, Saint Clair county.
Spouse: Barbara J. Simmons
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 19, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died from wounds in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Chicago Tribune (1970)
Harold Eugene Cowan, age 19, from Cahokia, Illinois, Saint Clair county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Cahokia High
Date of death: Tuesday, June 23, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)
George Oliver Wilkerson from East Saint Louis, Illinois, Saint Clair county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in Cambodia
Source: National Archives
Wayne Ellsworth Newberry from East St. Louis, Illinois, St. Clair county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 29, 1968
Death details: Captain Wayne Ellsworth Newberry, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Illinois, was a member of the 6th Special Operations Squadron. On September 29, 1968, he piloted an A-1H Skyraider (serial number 52-135305) on a two-plane combat mission over Saravane Province, Laos. While over the target area, his Skyraider was shot down by enemy fire. Witnesses do not report seeing him bail out of the aircraft before it crashed, and enemy presence in the area prevented investigation of the crash site. Attempts to locate him or his remains following the end of hostilities have been unsuccessful. Today, Captain Newberry is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency