Waveland Indiana

Bowman, Brian R.
Army Specialist

Brian R. Bowman, age 24, from Waveland, Indiana, Lawrence county. Their last known residence was in Crawfordsville.

Parents: Jill Gerdes
Spouse: Casie Carter Bowman

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: South Montgomery High (2004)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted August 2006.

Date of death: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Death details: Died with two others in Ashoque, Afghanistan from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with multiple improvised explosive devices and small arms fire.
Cemetery: Presbyterian; Waveland, Indiana

Source: Department of Defense, Montgomery County Journal Review, The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, Indianapolis Star

Sechman, Donald R.
Army Private 1st class

Donald R. Sechman, age 19, from Montgomery County Waveland, Indiana .

Parents: Stella Sechman

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, July 20, 1950
Death details: On July 20, 1950, the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was holding a defensive line in South Korea overlooking the Taejon Airport, northeast of the city. When enemy tanks broke through the line near the airport, U.S. troops were ordered to fall back through Taejon. The 3rd Battalion was ordered to lead the convoy out of Taejon, but ran into a series of collapsed structures and roadblocks that broke up the column. U.S. forces were unable to break through these roadblocks, and to avoid capture soldiers moved off-road and began filtering through the countryside in small groups. Corporal Donald R. Sechman entered the U.S. Army from Indiana and served in I Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing on July 20, during the withdrawal from Taejon, though the exact details of his loss are unknown. Corporal Sechman’s remains were not recovered or identified among those returned to U.S. custody following the war, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Sechman 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, Indianapolis News (1954)

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