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Allen Dale Kokesh Jr., age 21, from Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Battery, 1St Battalion, 147Th Field Artillery, Yankton, Sd
Date of death: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fort Sam Houston, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Michael Cuka, age 27, from Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 1St Bn, 147Th Field Artillery, 49Th Mp Bde (3 Coscom), Yankton, Sd
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alphonsus Joseph Weibel from Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George E. Frerking, age 22, from Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, October 16, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Meuse Argonne American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com