Sheridan County Wyoming

Tanner, Phillip C.
Army Sergeant 1st class

Phillip C. Tanner, age 43, from Sheridan, Wyoming, Sheridan county.

Parents: Martin Allen Tanner and Evelyn Walston LaFever; step father Harley Dean LaFever (preceeded in death by all)
Spouse: Hyun Tanner
Children: Ashley M. Tanner

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 106th Transportation Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Bronze Star

Date of death: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Death details: Died at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident.
Cemetery: Remains cremated

Source: Department of Defense, Nave Funeral Homes

Dykes, Lonnie Allen
Marines Private 1st class

Lonnie Allen Dykes, age 19, from Clearmont, Wyoming, Sheridan county.

Parents: Rolla Dykes

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Death details: Died at the First Medicla Battalion in DaNang from wounds he received in small arms fire the previous day in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
Cemetery: Willow Grove

Source: National Archives, Billings Gazette (1970)

Schmidt, Herman
Navy Gunner’s mate 3rd class

Herman Schmidt, age 28, from Sheridan, Wyoming.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Jan. 13, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Schmidt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Schmidt.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Schmidt, Herman
Navy Gunner’s mate 3rd class

Herman Schmidt, age 28, from Sheridan County Sheridan, Wyoming .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Jan. 13, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Schmidt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Schmidt.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Piasecki, Alexander L.
Marines Corporal

Alexander L. Piasecki, age 23, from Sheridan County Acme, Wyoming .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Casper Star Tribune (1997)

Vine, Harry F.
Private

Harry F. Vine from Sheridan County Dayton, Wyoming .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Tuesday, October 15, 1918
Death details: Killed in action

Source: Soldiers of the Great War

Surrena, Jesse
Private

Jesse Surrena, age 24, from Sheridan County Carroll, Wyoming .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, September 23, 1918
Death details: Died of disease

Source: Soldiers of the Great War

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