Patrick Lee Wade, age 38, from Manawa, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Eodmu Eleven, Oak Harbor, Wa
Date of death: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Samarra, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Warren Scott Hansen, age 36, from Clintonville, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 9Th Battalion 101St Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kenneth Harvey Kanaman, age 22, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Kenneth Kanaman
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Emanual Lutheran, New London High (1966)
Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Died from shrapnel wounds after a bulldozer he was riding hit a land mine in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Appleton Post Crescent (1970)
Richard John Gorges, age 20, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 13, 1970
Source: National Archives, Wisconsin State Journal (1970)
Richard Edward Matyas from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 10, 1969
Cemetery: Most Precious Blood, New London
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Richard Lloyd Davis, age 20, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 26, 1968
Cemetery: Most Precious Blood, New London
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Robert F. Miller, age 20, from Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Ruth (1913-93) and Anton J. (1906 – 1980)
Service era: Korea
Date of death: June 13, 1951
Death details: Died while captured
Cemetery: Concordia in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Edward Mitchell Engebretsen, age 19, from Waupaca County Waupaca, Wisconsin .
Parents: Lee Edward Engebretsen
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Source: National Archives, On Eternal Patrol
John Anderson Jr. Sundby, age 18, from Waupaca County Waupaca, Wisconsin .
Parents: John A. Sundby Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, September 22, 1944
Death details: In September 1944, American forces launched Operation STALEMATE II, the invasion on Peleliu, an island in Palau. On Sept. 15, the 1st Marine Division came ashore under enemy fire. The following day, Marines secured the island’s airfield despite taking heavy casualties. The battle for Peleliu lasted another two months, as Marines were forced to clear heavily fortified pockets of Japanese resistance across the island. The 1st Marine Division, reinforced by the 81st Infantry Division, slowly advanced north under nearly constant mortar and artillery fire. The invasion of Peleliu had the highest casualty rate of all the amphibious Pacific Island invasions of World War II. Private First Class John Anderson Sundby Jr., who joined the U.S. Marine Corps in Wisconsin, was a member of Company C, 6th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, and took part in Operation STALEMATE II on Peleliu island. On September 22, 1944, he was killed in action, but the circumstances surrounding his loss were unknown at the time and his remains were not recovered. Attempts to locate his remains following the end of hostilities have been unsuccessful, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class Sundby is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Appleton Post Crescent (1944)
Albert Howard Waldschmidt, age 34, from Waupaca County Fremont, Wisconsin .
Parents: Ida Waldschmidt
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, USSHouston.org