Austin Bieren, age 25, from Umatilla, Oregon.
Service era: Syria
Military history: 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Death details: Died in Northern Syria in a non-combat related incident while deployed in support of combat operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Tane Travis Baum, age 30, from Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 113Th Aviation Regiment, (Tf Griffin), Pendleton, Or
Date of death: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Death details: Died when his CH-47 Chinock helicopter crashed southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrian Bovee Stump, age 22, from Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 113Th Aviation Regiment (Tf Griffin) Pendleton, Or
Date of death: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Death details: Died when his CH-47 Chinock helicopter crashed southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Benton Jr Huston, age 22, from Hermiston, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mardiv, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Friday, July 2, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Anthony Stever, age 36, from Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 3D Battalion, 15Th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Melvin Donald Barnett, age 20, from Weston, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Parents: Donald W. Barnett
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 23, 1971
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
John William Murphy, age 20, from Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Parents: Mrs. Keith Hallmark
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, December 14, 1970
Death details: Killed on a helicopter mission in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
James Linsday Badley from Hermiston, Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 27, 1968
Death details:
On March 27, 1968, an F-4D Phantom II (tail number 66-8801, call sign “Gunfighter 08”) with two crew members took off from Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam on a two-plane strike mission over North Vietnam. While making its fourth pass over the target area, “Gunfighter 08” failed to pull up from the run. The aircraft crashed into trees on the top of a hill, where it exploded, killing both crew members.
First Lieutenant James Lindsay Badley entered the U.S. Air Force from Oregon and was a member of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the pilot of this Phantom II when it crashed on March 27, 1968. He did not survive the incident, but his remains were not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Hugh Price, age 25, from Umatilla County Milton-Freewater, Oregon .
Parents: Edred Price
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 1, 1966
Death details: Died at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines from burns suffered while fighting a fire at the base.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Leroy M. Slenker, age 28, from Oregon, Umatilla county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 15, 1942
Death details: On February 3, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Leroy M. Slenker, missing from World War II. Private Slenker entered the U.S. Army from Oregon and served in the 75th Ordnance Depot Company in the Philippines. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender on May 6, 1942, and died of dysentery on November 15, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, U.S. personnel recovered remains from the camp cemeteries, but most could not be identified with the technology available at the time and were buried as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery. In 2018, as part of the Cabanatuan Project, the DPAA exhumed Unknown remains associated with Communal Grave 271, one of the grave sites at Cabanatuan. Laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established one set of remains as those of Private Slenker.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency