Dustin Michael Shumney, age 30, from Vallejo, California, Solano county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 3D Mar, 31St Meu, 1St Mar Div, Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Death details: Korean Village, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jude Cruz Mariano, age 39, from Vallejo, California, Solano county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 615Th Air Mobility Operations Squadron, Travis Afb, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Death details: Doha, Qatar
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ernest Eugene Simons, age 21, from Solano County Vallejo, California .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 16, 1966
Death details: Killed in a minefield explosion in Vietnam.
Cemetery: All Souls
Source: National Archives, Solano Napa News Chronicle (1966)
Charles Sherlee Satcher, age 19, from Solano County Vallejo, California .
Parents: Olen Satcher
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, March 5, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam from wounds suffered in a missle attack.
Source: National Archives, Jackson Independent (1966)
Roy Lockhart, age 24, from Solano County Vallejo, California .
Parents: Nellie Lockhart and preceded in death by Thornton Lockhart
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 15, 1965
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Times Herald (1965)
Peter Thamy, age 49, from Vallejo, California, Solano county.
Spouse: Felcidad M. Thamy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)
Horace Nelson Tiller from Vallejo, California, Solano county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, November 19, 1952
Death details: On November 18, 1952, a B-29 Superfortress (tail number 44-86392) with fourteen crew members departed Yokota Air Base, Japan, in a group of six medium bombers accompanied by fighter support aircraft. The briefed mission was a night bombing operation targeting the Sonchon supply depot in North Korea. After dropping its payload, the B-29 was illuminated by flares, cueing ground searchlights. The Superfortress was then lit up by multiple enemy searchlights, which highlighted it for nearby enemy MiG-15 fighters and during the ensuing attack that followed, both of the B-29’s inboard engines were disabled and a fire broke out in the right wing. The aircraft commander immediately turned the aircraft south toward the Bay of Korea’s island of Cho (Cho-do), which was under friendly control at the time. As the B-29 approached Cho-do, the flight engineer reported that the fire was quickly approaching the aircraft’s fuel tanks. Fearing an explosion, the aircraft commander ordered the flight crew to exit the aircraft. After the entire crew bailed out, the Superfortress crashed into the water just north of Cho-do. Of the fourteen on board, two survived. Rescue personnel later located the remains of two others, but ten crew members remain unaccounted-for.
Master Sergeant Horace Nelson Tiller, who entered the U.S. Air Force from California, served in the 345th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Wing. He was the flight engineer aboard this B-29 when it was shot down, and he was lost in the incident. No returning POWs mentioned having contact with MSgt Tiller, nor was he seen at any known holding point, interrogation center, hospital, or permanent POW camp. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Master Sergeant Tiller is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Lyle Glen Hill from Vallejo, California, Solano county.
Spouse: Mrs. Lucille Hill
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Forest Lee O’Brien, age 22, from Solano County Vallejo, California .
Spouse: Helen Elizabeth O’Brien
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, October 11, 1943
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Wahoo when it was sunk by Japanese ships and aircraft in La Perouse Starit.
Source: National Archives, oneternalpatrol.com, Napa Journal (1943)
Nicanor Meano Bucayon from Solano County Vallejo, California .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, San Francisco Examiner (1943)