Brian Paul Hause, age 29, from Stoystown, Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Spouse: None
Children: Alexis and Cody
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Afb, Sc
Date of death: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Death details: Found unresponsive on the floor of his room at Joint Base, Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nils George Thompson, age 19, from Confluence, Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry (Tf Liberty), Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey W. Speicher, age 20,. of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, January 4, 1991
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Defense,, Raleigh News and Obersver (1992), Somerset American, findagrave.com
Gordon Lee Kimmel, age 22, from Stoystown, Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 2, 1971
Death details: Hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Larry Donald Griffith, age 20, from Somerset, Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Somerset Area High
Date of death: Friday, January 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Somerset Daily American (1970)
James Alan Crew from Windber, Pennsylvania, Somerset 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.
First Lieutenant James Alan Crew, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Pennsylvania, was a member of the 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the pilot of the Phantom when it went missing on November 10, 1967, and his remains have not been recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted 1st Lt Crew to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major Crew is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Paul Arthur Gilbert, age 20, from Somerset County Jenner Township, Pennsylvania .
Parents: James F. Gilbert
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 19, 1966
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)
Clifton T. Speicher, age 21, from Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Division. Congressional Medal of Honor (April 6, 1953).
Date of death: Saturday, June 14, 1952
Death details: Killed in action.
Cemetery: Beam, near Edie, Pennsylvania
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Anthony G. Orlandi from Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, January 12, 1952
Death details: On the morning of January 12, 1952, members of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division participated in a combined infantry and tank patrol near Nanoni-Polmukkae, North Korea, in the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The patrol targeted an enemy-occupied position, Hill 472. Upon reaching the hill, Company L was met with a wave of machine gun fire and hand grenades. Company L was making progress towards capturing the hill, until enemy forces began receiving support from heavy mortar fire. Shortly after this enemy support arrived, Company L was ordered to withdraw. Fourteen men were lost during this battle for Hill 472. Corporal Anthony George Orlandi, who joined the U.S. Army from South Carolina, served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On January 12, 1952, CPL Orlandi was killed during the battle for Hill 472. Because his loss occurred in what is now the DMZ, his remains have yet to be recovered, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Orlandi is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Norman S. Weiss from Pennsylvania, Somerset county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 6, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker