Union Missouri

Traxel, Robert
National Guard Staff sergeant

Robert Traxel, age 34, from Union, Missouri.

Parents: Jay Traxel and Anita Gardner
Spouse: Karen (Chambers) Traxel
Children: Joshua, Noah Jonah; stepdaughter Grace Chambers

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Oakville High in St. Louis County
Military history: 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; completed tours of Afghanistan in 2008 and Iraq in 2011.

Date of death: Monday, July 2, 2012
Death details: Killed on a humanitarian mission on the ground in Guatemala when he was struck by chopper blades that sliced foliage.
Cemetery: Midlawn, Union

Source: Mail Online, U.S. Army

Makowski, Russell Michael
Army Corporal

Russell Michael Makowski, age 23, from Union, Missouri, Franklin county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery B, 4Th Battalion, 42D Field Artillery, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx

Date of death: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Remboldt, Ronald Paul
Army Specialist 4

Ronald Paul Remboldt, age 20, from Franklin County Union, Missouri .

Parents: Mabel and Walter Remboldt

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, December 4, 1971
Death details: Ronald was found dead on his unit’s base in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Saint Clair Chronicle (1971), Kitsap Sun (1971)

Greife, Dale Edward
Army Warrant officer

Dale Edward Greife, age 19, from Union, Missouri, Franklin county.

Parents: Russell Greife

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Union High (1968)

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the helicopter he was piloting crashed.

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)

Claggett, John Allen
Army Corporal

John Allen Claggett, age 21, from Union, Missouri, Franklin county.

Parents: Forest Claggett Jr.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Jefferson City Post Tribune (1970)

Tolliver, Thomas James
Air Force Captain

Thomas James Tolliver, age 32, from Franklin County Union, Missouri .

Spouse: Marilyn
Children: James, 9; Rebecca, 7; Thomas, 5; Sarah, 3 months

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 1965
Death details: Non-hostile, died while missing in South Vietnam; killed in an airplane crash in Qui Nhon Bay.

Source: National Archives, Washington Citizen (1965)

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