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Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana

P.O. Box 12003
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46862

Persian Gulf War Dead, Allen Co., Indiana

Jeffrey A. Settimi

Rank: Mess Management Specialist Apprentice
Branch: Navy
Unit: USS Saratoga
Death date: December 20 or 22, 1990
Death place: Haifa Bay, Israel
Age: 25
Cause: Drowning after chartered ferry Al-Tovia capsized in Haifa Bay while returning sailors from shore leave
Home: Fort Wayne, IN

Operation Anaconda Dead, Allen Co., Indiana

Matthew A. Commons

Rank: Private First Class (promoted to Corporal posthumously)
Branch: Army Rangers
Unit: 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Base: Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Death date: March 4, 2002
Death place: eastern Afghanistan
Age: 21
Cause: Killed in action during nine-hour firefight trying to rescue a Navy Seal
Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN
Home: Boulder City, NV
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery

Iraq War Dead, Allen Co., Indiana

Jonathan Fleming Blair

Rank: Corporal
Branch: Army
Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Base: Fort Campbell, KY
Death date: November 19, 2005
Death place: Bayji, Iraq
Age: 21
Cause: Hostile fire, improvised explosive device
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Elmhurst High School, 2002
Memorial Service: Waynedale Baptist Church; Funeral procession passed Elmhurst High School on Ardmore Avenue
Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

James M. Clay

Rank: Specialist or Sergeant
Branch: Arkansas Army National Guard
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team
Base: Little Rock, AR
Death date: November 13, 2008
Death place: Ambar Province, Iraq
Age: 25
Cause: Injuries sustained in a vehicle accident
Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN
Home: Mountain Home, AR
Burial: Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, AR

David James Grames Sanchez

Rank: Lance Corporal
Branch: Marines
Unit: Company A, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Base: Camp Lejeune, NC
Death date: May 11, 2006
Death place: Al Karmah, Iraq
Age: 22
Cause: Non-combat-related tank accident
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Elmhurst High School
Memorial Service: Klaehn, Fahl, & Melton Funeral Home, Winchester Rd., Fort Wayne, IN

Donald R. McCune, II

Rank: Specialist
Branch: Washington Army National Guard
Unit: 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 81st Brigade Combat Team
Base: Moses Lake, WA
Death date: August 5, 2004
Death place: Lanstuhl, Germany
Age: 20
Cause: Injuries from improvised explosive device near Balad, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2004
Former Home: Fort Wayne, IN
Home: Ypsilanti, MI
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, MI

Richard Peter Langenbrunner

Rank: Private First Class
Branch: Army
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
Base:Fort Benning, GA
Death date: April 17, 2007
Death place: Rustamiyah, Iraq
Age: 19
Cause: Non-combat-related injuries
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Northrop High School, 2006
Memorial Service: Graveside service
Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

Paul Singh Pabla

Rank: Staff Sergeant
Branch: Indiana Army National Guard
Unit: 139th Field Artillery deployed with the 150th Field Artillery
Base: Kempton, IN
Death date: July 3, 2006
Death place: Mosul, Iraq
Age: 23
Cause: Hostile sniper fire
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School:Huntington North High School, 2000
Memorial Service: Huntington North High School
Burial: Beech Grove Cemetery, Huntington Co., IN

Brian Hamilton Penisten

Rank: Specialist
Branch: Army
Unit: Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Base: Fort Carson, CO
Death date: November 2, 2003
Death place: Near Falujah, Iraq
Age: 28
Cause: Hostile missile fire, helicopter crash
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Bishop Dwenger High School
Memorial Service: St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church
Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

Neale Moran Shank

Rank: First Lieutenant
Branch: Army
Unit: 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Base: Fort Drum, NY
Death date: March 31, 2007
Death place: Baghdad, Iraq
Age: 25
Cause: Non-combat-related injuries
Home:Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Concordia High School, 1999
College: United States Military Academy at West Point, 2005
Memorial Service: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, Fort Wayne, IN
Burial: United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, NY

Ryan A. Woodward

Rank: Corporal
Branch: Army
Unit: 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Base: Fort Bragg, NC
Death date: September 8, 2007
Death place: Balad, Iraq
Age: 22
Cause: Hostile small-arms fire
Home: Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Carroll High School, 2003
Memorial Service: Aboite Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN
Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

Operation Enduring Freedom Dead, Allen Co., Indiana

Joel Christopher Gentz

Rank: First Lieutenant
Branch: Air Force
Unit: 58th Rescue Squadron
Base: Nellis AFB, Nevada
Death date: June 9, 2010
Death place: near Sangin District Forward Operating Base Jackson, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Age: 25
Cause: Hostile fire, helicopter crash
Insurgents attacked the U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter which was responding to a NATO medical evacuation in the Sangin district of Helmund province. Three airmen also died and three others were injured.
Home: Grass Lake, MI; Chelsea MI; Las Vegas, NV
Married: to Kathryn L. Sullivan, Jun. 7, 2008, in Allen County, IN; they met at Purdue University
Wife's Home: Fort Wayne, IN
Burial: Oak Grove East Cemetery, Chelsea, MI

Kevin Matthew Pape

Rank: Staff Sergeant
Branch: Army
Unit: Co. C, 1st Bn., 75th Ranger Regt.
Base: Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Death date: Nov. 16, 2010
Death place: Konar Province, Afghanistan
Age: 30
Cause: Hostile small-arms fire
Home: Fort Wayne
High School: Concordia High School
Memorial Service: Klaehn, Fahl & Melton, Winchester Rd.
Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

William H. Crouse, IV

Rank: Lance Corporal
Branch: Marines
Unit: 1st Battalion, 10th Marines
Death date: Dec. 21, 2010
Death place: Afghanistan
Age: 22
Cause: He and his bomb-sniffing dog, Cane, were killed by an improvised explosive device.
Home: Clinton, SC
Previous Residences: Angola and Fort Wayne, Indiana
High School: Northrop High School (Fort Wayne) and Clinton High School (SC)

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Persian Gulf War Dead, Allen Co., Indiana Jeffrey A. Settimi Rank: Mess Management Specialist Apprentice Branch: Navy Unit: USS Saratoga Death date: December 20 or 22, 1990 Death place: Haifa Bay, Israel Age: 25 Cause: Drowning after chartered ferry Al-Tovia capsized in Haifa Bay while returning sailors from shore leave Home: Fort Wayne, IN Operation Anaconda Dead, Allen Co., Indiana Matthew A. Commons Rank: Private First Class (promoted to Corporal posthumously) Branch: Army Rangers Unit: 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Base: Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia Death date: March 4, 2002 Death place: eastern Afghanistan Age: 21 Cause: Killed in action during nine-hour firefight trying to rescue a Navy Seal Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN Home: Boulder City, NV Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Iraq War Dead, Allen Co., Indiana Jonathan Fleming Blair Rank: Corporal Branch: Army Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Base: Fort Campbell, KY Death date: November 19, 2005 Death place: Bayji, Iraq Age: 21 Cause: Hostile fire, improvised explosive device Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Elmhurst High School, 2002 Memorial Service: Waynedale Baptist Church; Funeral procession passed Elmhurst High School on Ardmore Avenue Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN James M. Clay Rank: Specialist or Sergeant Branch: Arkansas Army National Guard Unit: 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team Base: Little Rock, AR Death date: November 13, 2008 Death place: Ambar Province, Iraq Age: 25 Cause: Injuries sustained in a vehicle accident Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN Home: Mountain Home, AR Burial: Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, AR David James Grames Sanchez Rank: Lance Corporal Branch: Marines Unit: Company A, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Base: Camp Lejeune, NC Death date: May 11, 2006 Death place: Al Karmah, Iraq Age: 22 Cause: Non-combat-related tank accident Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Elmhurst High School Memorial Service: Klaehn, Fahl, & Melton Funeral Home, Winchester Rd., Fort Wayne, IN Donald R. McCune, II Rank: Specialist Branch: Washington Army National Guard Unit: 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 81st Brigade Combat Team Base: Moses Lake, WA Death date: August 5, 2004 Death place: Lanstuhl, Germany Age: 20 Cause: Injuries from improvised explosive device near Balad, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2004 Former Home: Fort Wayne, IN Home: Ypsilanti, MI Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, MI Richard Peter Langenbrunner Rank: Private First Class Branch: Army Unit: 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Base:Fort Benning, GA Death date: April 17, 2007 Death place: Rustamiyah, Iraq Age: 19 Cause: Non-combat-related injuries Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Northrop High School, 2006 Memorial Service: Graveside service Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN Paul Singh Pabla Rank: Staff Sergeant Branch: Indiana Army National Guard Unit: 139th Field Artillery deployed with the 150th Field Artillery Base: Kempton, IN Death date: July 3, 2006 Death place: Mosul, Iraq Age: 23 Cause: Hostile sniper fire Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School:Huntington North High School, 2000 Memorial Service: Huntington North High School Burial: Beech Grove Cemetery, Huntington Co., IN Brian Hamilton Penisten Rank: Specialist Branch: Army Unit: Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Base: Fort Carson, CO Death date: November 2, 2003 Death place: Near Falujah, Iraq Age: 28 Cause: Hostile missile fire, helicopter crash Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Bishop Dwenger High School Memorial Service: St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN Neale Moran Shank Rank: First Lieutenant Branch: Army Unit: 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Base: Fort Drum, NY Death date: March 31, 2007 Death place: Baghdad, Iraq Age: 25 Cause: Non-combat-related injuries Home:Fort Wayne, IN High School: Concordia High School, 1999 College: United States Military Academy at West Point, 2005 Memorial Service: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, Fort Wayne, IN Burial: United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, NY Ryan A. Woodward Rank: Corporal Branch: Army Unit: 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Base: Fort Bragg, NC Death date: September 8, 2007 Death place: Balad, Iraq Age: 22 Cause: Hostile small-arms fire Home: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Carroll High School, 2003 Memorial Service: Aboite Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN Operation Enduring Freedom Dead, Allen Co., Indiana Joel Christopher Gentz Rank: First Lieutenant Branch: Air Force Unit: 58th Rescue Squadron Base: Nellis AFB, Nevada Death date: June 9, 2010 Death place: near Sangin District Forward Operating Base Jackson, Helmand Province, Afghanistan Age: 25 Cause: Hostile fire, helicopter crash Insurgents attacked the U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter which was responding to a NATO medical evacuation in the Sangin district of Helmund province. Three airmen also died and three others were injured. Home: Grass Lake, MI; Chelsea MI; Las Vegas, NV Married: to Kathryn L. Sullivan, Jun. 7, 2008, in Allen County, IN; they met at Purdue University Wife's Home: Fort Wayne, IN Burial: Oak Grove East Cemetery, Chelsea, MI Kevin Matthew Pape Rank: Staff Sergeant Branch: Army Unit: Co. C, 1st Bn., 75th Ranger Regt. Base: Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia Death date: Nov. 16, 2010 Death place: Konar Province, Afghanistan Age: 30 Cause: Hostile small-arms fire Home: Fort Wayne High School: Concordia High School Memorial Service: Klaehn, Fahl & Melton, Winchester Rd. Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN William H. Crouse, IV Rank: Lance Corporal Branch: Marines Unit: 1st Battalion, 10th Marines Death date: Dec. 21, 2010 Death place: Afghanistan Age: 22 Cause: He and his bomb-sniffing dog, Cane, were killed by an improvised explosive device. Home: Clinton, SC Previous Residences: Angola and Fort Wayne, Indiana High School: Northrop High School (Fort Wayne) and Clinton High School (SC)
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