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Bobby L. Estle, age 38, from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 630th Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. Pfc. Jose Oscar Belmontes was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James C. Robinson, age 27, from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county.
Parents: James R. Robinson and Kimberly Robinson
Spouse: Kathryn E. Robinson
Children: Victoria A. Robinson and stepdaughter Emil B. Cable
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted February 2005. Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Date of death: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Death details: Died at Paktika, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Business and Heritage Clarksville, Military Times
Eric James Bernholtz, age 23, from Franklin, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 25Th Mar, (Rct-2, 2D Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Columbus, Oh
Date of death: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Barwanah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nicolas Edward Messmer, age 20, from Franklin, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 506Th Infantry, (2Mef), Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Al Khalidiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Johnathan Kamm, age 25, from Mason, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Thursday, February 28, 1991
Death details: Killed when helicopter he was aboard was shot down.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles
Ronald Lee Evans, age 23, from Morrow, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 1971
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, findgrave.com
David Walter Woods, age 18, from Franklin, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 3, 1970
Death details: On November 2, 1970, the landing craft utility (LCU) 63 departed Da Nang carrying a crew of eleven on a cargo mission to Tan My, South Vietnam. On November 3, helicopter pilots saw the craft capsized, south of Tan My port. An initial search of the craft found no sign of any if its crew. On November 6, the remains of one of LCU 63’s crew members were found in a life jacket near Cu Lao Island. Further attempts to salvage LCU 63 and locate its crew failed to locate any survivors or remains. Eventually, the remains of another member of the LCU 63’s crew were located and identified; however, the other nine men are still unaccounted for. Sergeant David Walter Woods, who joined the U.S. Army from Ohio, was a member of 329th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), 5th Transportation Command. He was a crew member aboard LCU 63 when it capsized, and was lost with during the incident. His remains were not recovered. Today, Sergeant Woods is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounty Agency
John Edward Conger Jr. from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county. Their last known residence was in Lebanon.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Janaury 27, 1969
Death details: Private First Class John Edward Conger Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. On January 27, 1969, he was a rifleman in a unit on a search and destroy mission in Long An Province, South Vietnam. While crossing a field, his unit came under enemy machine gun fire that wounded several members of the unit. Private First Class Conger moved up to help knock out the machine gun nests but was hit in his neck and shoulder. He was seen falling over, touching his wound several times, then not moving. Airstrikes were then called into the area where PFC Conger fell, followed by artillery strikes through the rest of the day and into the evening. Private First Class Conger’s remains could not be found following these strikes. Further attempts to recover them were unsuccessful. Following his loss, the Army promoted PFC Conger to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Conger is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Donnel L. Schenck, age 24, from Franklin, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, June 14, 1959
Death details: Killed when the car he was in crashed into a tree near Vicenza, Italy
Source: Associated Press (1959)