Christopher Wesley Curry, age 23, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combate Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Date of death: Monday, May 4, 2020
Death details: Died in Erbil, Iraq from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense
Arronn D. Fields, age 27, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Parents: Jackie Pilkin and William L. Fields
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Northview High (2003)
Military history: 81st Troop Command, Indiana National Guard, Indianapolis, Ind.
Date of death: Monday, May 21, 2012
Death details: Died in Qal-ah-ye Mirza Jal, Afghanistan of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket propelled grenades.
Cemetery: Clearview Cemetery in Brazil, Indiana
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dale R. Griffin, age 29, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Parents: Gene Griffin and Dona Griffin
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Terre Haute South High (1999)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Death details: Died in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Terre Haute South
Source: Department of Defense, Roanoke Times, Terre Haute Tribune Star, Military Times
Kyle William Childress, age 29, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Troop , 1St Squadron, 4Th Cavalry Regiment, 1St Inf Div, Schweinfurt, Gm
Date of death: Friday, January 21, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Paul Raymond Foltz, age 28, from Vigo County Terre Haute, Indiana .
Parents: Wygonda R. Foltz
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wiley High, Indiana State University (1966)
Date of death: Thursday, October 21, 1971
Death details: Killed when his salvage craft came under rocket attack on the Trem Trem River.
Cemetery: Lebanon in Midland, Indiana
Source: National Archives, Terre Haute Star (1971)
Larry James McDowell, age 20, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Parents: Ray A. McDowell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 27, 1970
Death details: Hostile, wounded in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Quentin Rippetoe Beecher from Terre Haute, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: June 11, 1967
Death details:
On June 11, 1967, a UH-1D Iroquois (tail number 63-12958, call sign “Bamboo Viper 47”) carrying three crew members and two passengers departed Landing Zone Uplift for Qui Nhon Air Field on an operational mission over South Vietnam. The helicopter encountered bad weather, and radioed for assistance in determining his position. A search and rescue (SAR) team was dispatched to lead the helicopter to a safe airfield but could not locate it. The pilot of the Iroquois then radioed that he was out of fuel and was going to make a water landing, but the helicopter was not heard from again. SAR efforts continued for two days but found no signs of the helicopter or any of the passengers or crew.
Chief Warrant Officer Quentin Rippetoe Beecher, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with Company B, 227th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He was a passenger aboard the Iroquois went it disappeared, and his remains were not recovered. After the incident, the Army promoted CW2 Beecher to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3). Today, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Beecher 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 Louis Lemay, age 24, from Vigo County Terre Haute, Indiana .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, October 18, 1965
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1965)
Eugene Russell Fowler, age 34, from Vigo County Terre Haute, Indiana .
Spouse: Mary Lou Fowler
Children: Stephen, 5; Jennie, 9
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, April 27, 1965
Death details: Killed by a land mine in Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Herbert Dale Akers, age 18, from Vigo County Terre Haute, Indiana .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, March 5, 1951
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Herbert Dale Akers, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with Battery A, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. he was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit provided direct fire support to the 2nd Infantry Division’s withdrawal. He was marched north with other prisoners to a temporary holding camp in the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley, and died there of malnutrition and dysentery on March 5, 1951. He was buried near the camp, however his remains were not recovered or identified after the war. Today, Corporal Akers is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Terre Haute Tribune (1950)