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
Nicholas Rudolph Walsh, age 26, from Milllstadt, Illinois.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Birmingham High graduate
Military history: C Co, 1St Recon Bn, (Rct-6, Ii Mef), 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Death details: Shot in Fallujah, Iraq while on patrol
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
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