Adrian Edward Hike, age 26, from Callender, Iowa.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 91St Cavalry, 173D Abct, Schweinfurt, Gm
Date of death: Monday, November 12, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Bermel, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jon Edward Jr Bonnell, age 22, from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Btry, 1St Bn, 11Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taqqadum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Nathan Robert Field, age 23, from Lehigh, Iowa, Webster county.
Parents: Claremont Anderson
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 414Th Military Police Company, (Tf 43 Mp Bde), Joplin, Mo
Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Death details: Died in Umm Qasr, Iraq when his Humvee was hit by a civilian vehicle
Cemetery: West Lawn, Webster County
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times
Daryl David Shonka, age 20, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, Webster county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Saint Edmond High (1987), Iowa Central College
Military history: 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Group, 196th Mechanized Infantry
Date of death: Wednesday, August 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Schuyler Sun (1970)
Randall Thomas Baer, age 20, from Burnum, Iowa, Webster county. Their last known residence was in Detroit, Michigan.
Parents: Melvan Baer
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central High in Sioux City and graduated from Northwest Webster High in Burnum, Iowa
Date of death: Saturday, July 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Detroit
Source: National Archives, Sioux City Journal (1970)
Timothy Lee Green, age 19, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, Webster county.
Parents: Grace P. Green
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Danny Wayne Johnson, age 19, from Lehigh, Iowa, Webster county.
Parents: Leonard R. Johnson
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central Webste High (1969)
Date of death: Tuesday, April 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Des Moines Register (1970)
Terrence Hastings Griffey from Fort Dodge, Iowa, Webster county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 1966
Death details: On May 26, 1966, an F-4C Phantom II (serial number 64-0722) with a crew of two departed Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, as the number two aircraft in a flight of three on a close air support mission over Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. During a bomb pass over the target, the F-4C burst into flames, exploded in mid-air at low altitude, and disintegrated on impact in the vicinity of (GC) CR 104 367. No parachutes were seen, and no electronic beacon signals were heard. The heavy enemy presence in the vicinity prevented a search and rescue team from reaching the crash site.
First Lieutenant Terrence Hastings Griffey, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Iowa, served with the 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the pilot of the Phantom when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Griffey is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Alphonse Rial, age 38, from Webster County Barnum, Iowa .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 22, 1964
Death details: Died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Globe Gazette (1964)
Richard Lee Fallon, age 19, from Iowa, Webster county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, February 2, 1951
Death details: On July 22, 1950, the 2nd Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 35th Infantry Regiment was holding defensive positions along the south bank of the rain-swollen Yong stream, south of Mun’gyong, South Korea. The battalion’s Company F was sent across the stream to reinforce a Republic of Korea (ROK) battalion on the north bank, but the ROK-U.S. position was immediately attacked by North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) forces, separating them from the rest of the 2nd Battalion and flanking Company F on both sides. Company F fell back to the stream’s edge under enemy fire, but the current was too powerful for them to cross and the enemy had seized the nearby bridge. U.S. combat engineers on the south bank attempted to launch rafts for the stranded men but were also pinned down by the NKPA until additional American tanks and infantry arrived to give them covering fire. This enabled the engineers to deploy their rafts and evacuate the men of Company F from the north bank. However, several soldiers were lost to enemy fire or while attempting to cross the swollen stream before the rafts could be launched. Private First Class Richard Lee Fallon, who entered the U.S. Army from Iowa, served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was taken captive during this action when attempting to cross the Yong stream on July 22, 1950; a repatriated U.S. prisoner of war (POW) later reported that PFC Fallon died of dysentery and malnutrition on February 2, 1951, while still held captive at a POW camp near Chungan, North Korea. He was not associated with any remains later recovered from the area, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class Fallon is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency