Phillip Allen Bocks, age 28, from Troy, Michigan, Oakland county.
Parents: Ken Bocks, Peggy Bocks
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Trng Ctr, Bridgeport, Ca
Date of death: Friday, November 9, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Aranus, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Steven Thomas Erwin, age 22, from Troy, Michigan, Oakland county.
Parents: Nancy
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Ronald Keith Kelsey, age 28, from Troy, Michigan, Oakland county.
Parents: Calvin F. Kelsey
Spouse: Jill
Children: Ronald, Matthew, Kristin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, Laos
Cemetery: White Chapel
Source: National Archives, Detroit Free Press, Associated Press (1970)