Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Earl Filmore, age 28, from Derry, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: Shirley Fillmore
Spouse: Married
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: High school in Derry
Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Richard V. Wolverton, age 22, from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed in a SCUD missile attack.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Associated Press 1991)
Stephen J. Siko, age 24, from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Children: One son
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed by SCUD missile attack.
Cemetery: St. Mary; Derry Township, Westmoreland County
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, grave marker
Anthony Madison, age 27, from Monessen, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: Norman Madison and Darla Madison
Spouse: Lee Ann
Children: Anthony Jr., 5; Tacarra, 3
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Monessen Senior High (1983)
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed by SCUD missle attack.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Allentown Morning Call
Todd Edward Miller, age 25, from Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: Robert and Katherine Miller
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Ligonier Valley High (1982)
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (1989)
Frank Richard Hiteshue, age 20, from Penn, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives
George Aurel Milika, age 21, from Monessen, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: George Aurel Milika
Spouse: Engaged to Pat Johns
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborne Division, Infantry, E Company
Date of death: Monday, October 26, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Monongahela Daily Republican (1970)
Lawrence Geiger, age 20, from Paintertown, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: Homer Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Penn Joint High (1969)
Date of death: Saturday, August 22, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Pittsburgh Press (1970)
Bruce Joseph Nichols, age 20, from Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Parents: Norman B. Nichols
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Robert Milton Young, age 25, from New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 2, 1970
Death details: On November 5, 1997, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Robert Milton Young, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Young joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of the 34th Armored Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. On May 2, 1970, he was a passenger aboard a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-16512) on a logistical support mission to Katum fire support base in Vietnam. The Iroquois was damaged by ground fire during its flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The crew left the aircraft and took cover from approaching Vietnamese communist forces. Captain Young was captured, and he died of illness while in enemy hands in September 1972. In 1989, the Vietnamese government returned to U.S. custody a set of unidentified remains they had associated with CPT Young’s loss incident. In November 1997, forensic analysis identified the remains as those of CPT Young.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency