Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 29, 1954
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The remains of Ann Arbor's first casualty in the Korean war, Pfc. Robert I. Schroeder, were returned to the city for military burial yesterday. While Michigan National Guardsmen stand in honor, the flag-draped coffin is escorted to a plot at Washtenong Memorial Park for graveside services. Ann Arbor units of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Disabled American Veterans participated in the service. Pfc. Schroeder was first reported missing in action July 27, 1950. His parents are Mrs. Marie Acton of 432 S. Division St. and Roy Schroeder of 2640 Parkwood St., East Ann Arbor.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 3, 1965
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Members of the American Legion Erwin Prieskorn Post 46 of Ann Arbor lift the body of Maj. George F. Vlisides, killed Jan. 27 in a Viet Nam airplane crash, onto a cart at plane side. The Legionnaires acted as honor guard when the casket arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from San Francisco yesterday afternoon. Maj. Howard Halstead of Travis AFB in California accompanied the body and will attend the funeral Friday.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 2, 1969
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Mrs. James E. Kirby (center) 1344 Marlboro Dr., wife of W01C James E. Kirby who was killed in action in Vietnam on Feb. 11, and his parents (left), Mr. and Mrs. Grover P. Kirby, 1236 Kensington, are presented honor awards posthumously to Kirby by Maj. William J. Morgan. Kirby, pilot of a plane that was shot down, was credited with minimizing the crash and thus saving the life of another man aboard. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism with First Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal with First through Fifth Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. A photograph of Kirby, a graduate of Ann Arbor High School, hangs on the wall. He entered the Marines in 1958 and the army in 1964.