David Lee Rice, age 22, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 1St Battalion, 5Th Field Artillery, 1 Bct, 1St Infantry Division, V Corps, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Kline Boyer, age 22, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Richard L. Boyer
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East High (1966), Western Iowa Tech
Date of death: Sunday, July 12, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam when the truck he was driving skidded on a curve, throwing him out of the vehicle and running over him.
Source: National Archives, Sioux City Journal (1970)
Thomas Louis Buddi, age 24, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Louis Buddi
Spouse: Mary Katherine (Holubek)
Children: Deborah, 3months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Eppley College of Business Aadministration of Creighton University (1968)
Military history: Ranger
Date of death: Sunday, March 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1970)
Gordon F. Zimmerman, age 41, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Gustav W. Zimmerman
Spouse: Shirley (Bean)
Children: Linda, Ronda, Roma, Rena, Deboroah Lyn, Mark
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Sioux City Journal (1970)
Gregory Mac Coons, age 20, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Glenna Glass
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central High (1967), South Dakota State University
Military history: Company D., 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry 173rd Airborne Brigade
Date of death: Sunday, February 15, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Sioux City Journal (1970)
Dennis Allen Haines, age 20, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Donald Haines
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East High (1968)
Military history: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, 14th Infantry
Date of death: Tuesday, February 3, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Sioux City Journal (1970)
Kelly Francis Cook from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: November 10, 1967
Death details: On November 10, 1967, an F-4C Phantom II (tail number 64-0669) with two crew members took off from Da Nang, South Vietnam, as one of two aircraft on a night strike mission over enemy targets in North Vietnam. A ground controller monitored the flight due to weather in the target area, but lost radar and radio contact with both aircraft as they reached the “bombs away” point in the vicinity of (GC) XE 866 156. Contact could not be reestablished, and both aircraft failed to return from the mission. Hostile presence in the area prevented search efforts for the missing aircraft, and both crew members aboard this Phantom remain unaccounted-for.
Lieutenant Colonel Kelly Francis Cook, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Iowa, was a member of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was the aircraft commander of the Phantom when it went missing, and his remains have not been recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted Lt Col Cook to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Cook is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jeffrey Marti Krommenhoek from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: October 25, 1967
Death details: Lieutenant Jeffrey Martin Krommenhoek entered the U.S. Navy from Iowa and served with Attack Squadron 163. On October 25, 1967, he piloted a single-seat A-4E Skyhawk (bureau number 150086) as part of a strike mission against the enemy airfield at Phuc Yen, near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The strike group encountered heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and surface-to-air missile (SAM) activity throughout the mission. Over the target area, LT Krommenhoek’s aircaft was seen just prior to rolling in on the target in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q WJ 830 498. However, he was not seen again, and could not be contacted via radio as the strike group departed the target area. Because the area was heavily defended and located in enemy territory, an immediate search for him was impossible. Further attempts to locate him were unsuccessful. After the incident, the Navy promoted LT Krommenhoek to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). Today, Lieutenant Commander Krommenhoek is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles T. Hopper, age 23, from Woodbury County Sioux City, Iowa .
Parents: Ward B. Hopper
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, July 14, 1953
Death details: On July 13, 1953, the U.S. Army’s 555th Field Artillery Battalion was positioned to support the Republic of Korea (ROK) 6th Division along a stretch of line known as the Kumsong Salient, when the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a massive night attack. The 555th Field Artillery continued to fire in support of the ROK forces during the initial stage of the attack, despite coming under heavy enemy artillery fire themselves. However, early on July 14, CCF troops penetrated the ROK lines and were able to attack the 555th’s own positions. Several battery positions were overrun by the numerically superior attackers before a withdrawal order was received. By that point, few men were actually able to withdraw. Some managed to evade enemy forces and work their way back to friendly lines over the following days, but a number of the 555th Field Artillery’s men were captured by the enemy or went missing. The battlefield now lies on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. First Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hopper, who entered the U.S. Army from Iowa, served with Battery C, 555th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was with his fellow members of Battery C at the time of the CCF attack on July 14, 1953, and was reported killed in action during the fighting. His remains were not recovered at the time, and subsequent search efforts have been impeded by the fact that the loss area now lies in North Korean territory. Today, First Lieutenant Hopper is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Des Moines Register (1953)
Robert Glenn Shove, age 21, from Sioux City, Iowa, Woodbury county.
Parents: Ruth Poole
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, October 27, 1943
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Fireman First Class Robert G. Shove, who joined the U.S. Navy from Iowa, served aboard the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was based in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the Allied surrender and was taken to the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, where he died of tuberculosis on October 27, 1943, and was buried in an isolated grave in the camp cemetery. After the war, his remains could not be identified among those disinterred from Cabanatuan. Today, Fireman First Class Shove is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency