James J. Jackowski, age 20, from Washington County South Salem, New York .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Herald Statesman (1983)
Leonard Peter Allen, age 20, from Fort Ann, New York, Washington county.
Parents: Frank E. Allen
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Green Beret
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Laos
Source: National Archives, Glens Falls Times (1970)
William Leslie Aiken, age 20, from Whitehall, New York, Washington county.
Parents: William Aiken
Spouse: Jeannette McKee Aiken
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Whitehall Central High (1967), Norwich University
Military history: Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne
Date of death: Friday, November 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Our Lady of Angels
Source: National Archives, Glens Falls Times (1970)
Rae Arvid Bailey, age 18, from Clemons, New York, Washington county.
Parents: Rae Bailey
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: South Putnam
Source: National Archives, Glens Falls Post Star (1970)
Joseph Michael D’Angelico, age 21, from Fort Edward, New York, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, January 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Gary Bruce Gorton, age 25, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Richard Gorton
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 17, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Herald News (1966), Morning Call (1966)
Dennis Edward Higgins, age 21, from Washington County Fort Edward, New York .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, January 19, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: White Church in Crown Point
Source: National Archives, Post Star (1966)
Thomas Arthur Bain, age 18, from Washington County Putnam Station, New York .
Parents: William Bain
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, October 7, 1964
Death details: Killed when a helicopter was shot down in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1964)
Harry Marshall Rehm from Clemons, New York, Washington county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, December 30, 1952
Death details: Just before dark on December 30, 1952, a B-29 Superfortress (serial number 44-62011A) departed Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, carrying twelve aviators. The briefed mission was a night bombing operation targeting the Choak’tong Ore Processing Plant near the south bank of the Yalu River in North Korea. As the Superfortress approached the target, it was illuminated by searchlights and attacked by enemy MiG-15s. In the middle of its bomb run, with bomb bay doors open and unable to maneuver, the Superfortress was subjected to several fighter attacks, resulting in significant damage and the loss of two engines. After the bombardier dropped the payload, the pilot turned the aircraft toward friendly territory, but the enemy fighters continued to press their attack. Several of the aircraft’s crew were injured during the attack, at least one mortally. Although several of the aviators bailed out, at least the pilot and the flight engineer remained with the Superfortress in an attempt to bring the aircraft into friendly territory. The Superfortress failed to reach friendly lines, crashing north of Pyongyang, North Korea. Of the twelve crew, five are known to have landed safely and been held as prisoners of war before being repatriated at the end of the war. A sixth crew member is believed to have been killed attempting to evade capture. The fate of the other six aviators is unknown. First Lieutenant Harry Marshall Rehm, who entered the U.S. Air Force from New York, was assigned to the 28th Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group (Medium). He was the instructor bombardier aboard this B-29 at the time of its loss. No returning POWs mentioned contact with 1st Lt Rehm, nor was he seen at any known holding point, interrogation center, hospital, or permanent POW camp. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, First Lieutenant Rehm is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Duane Frederick Barlow, age 26, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Fred M. Barlow
Service era: Korea
Schools: Attended high school in Pottersville, Warren County.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 4, 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 Duane Frederick Barlow, who joined the U.S. Army from New York, was a member of the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on December 1, 1950. He was eventually marched to POW Camp 5, a prison camp on the bank of the Yalu River in North Korea, where he died in July 1951. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Barlow 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, Times Record (1954)