Bowling Green State University’s Memorial Hall was dedicated in 1961 in memory of BGSU students who had
lost their lives in service to the United States.
A plaque in the vestibule lists 78 names of these individuals who served in World War I, World War II and
Korea.
This year the American Legion is planning on updating the plaque for BGSU students who have lost their
lives in service to our country since the original dedication.
Sixteen men who were students from Bowling Green State University and made the supreme sacrifice for our
country will be added to the plaque later this year. They are:
¥ MAJ Clyde Wilson Enderle, 1959 Air Force ROTC, shot down in Darlac, Vietnam on March 19, 1970 while
serving with the 20th Special OPS SQD, 7th AF.
¥ 1LT Douglas C. Mabee, 1968 Army ROTC, was killed in Vietnam in 1970 while serving with the 196th Light
Infantry Brigade.
¥ Marine CPL William Wirick died in combat in Vietnam in 1968. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his
heroism.
¥ Marine CPL Steve Victor Mylant died in combat in Quang Tin Province, Vietnam in July 1967 while serving
with the 1st Marine Division.
¥ Marine CPL Daniel Louis Pucci died of wounds received on June 2, 1969 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
while serving with Bravo Co., 1/3 Marines, 3rd Marine Division.
¥ 2LT Stephen Walter Young, 1967 BGSU graduate, was killed by a sniper in Chuong Thien Province, Vietnam,
in 1969 while serving as an advisor with MACV.
¥ 1LT Charles Thomas Jones died in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, on June 25, 1971 while serving with
C CO, 1st/327th INF, 101st ABN DIV.
¥ CPT Roger Behnfeldt, 1967 Air Force ROTC and former Buckeye Boys State delegate, was shot down over
North Vietnam in 1972 and his remains were recovered in 1987.
¥ 1LT Terry Moore, 1974 Air Force ROTC, died in a US Air Force jet fighter crash during a training
exercise in 1978.
¥ Air Force 2LT Rick Robeson, a 1981 Air Force ROTC graduate died in a B-52 (tail # 57-6482) crash in
Sacramento, California in December 1982 at Mathers Air Force Base.
¥ LTC Kevin Sonnenberg, 1988, died in an Air Force plane crash in Iraq in 2007.
¥ CPT Mike Medders, Jr., 2005 Army ROTC was killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber in 2008.
¥ LTC Thomas Belkofer, 1992 Army ROTC, died in Afghanistan when his NATO convoy was attacked by a suicide
bomber on May 18, 2010.
¥ USAF MAJ Phillip Edward Donley graduated from BGSU in 1964 and earned his doctor of medicine degree
from in 1967 from Univ. of Kansas. He died January 18, 1971 in a plane crash in Furstenfeldbruck, West
Germany. He was a flight surgeon and co-pilot on an F-4 Phantom fighter bomber.
¥ 2LT Dale Haven graduated from the Air Force ROTC program in 1961 and died in a T-33 jet training
accident on April 13, 1962 at the Laredo Texas Air Force Base. His father was a former professor in the
Music Dept.
¥ 1LT Robert Roy Dimick, a 1955 Air Force ROTC graduate, died in a crash of an Air Force 4-engine C118
transport plane he was piloting at McCord Air Force Base near Tacoma, WA on April 1, 1959.
If anyone has any knowledge of any fellow students who have made the supreme sacrifice for our country in
addition to these 16, please provide that information so they may be honored at BGSU. In addition to the
individual’s name, any additional information including biographies, obituaries or pictures would be
appreciated. People with that information may contact David Ridenour at [email protected] or by mail at
17070 Mercer Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402.
(Ridenour is a 1970 BGSU graduate and was commissioned through the BGSU Army ROTC program. He served on
active duty after graduation in the U.S. Army Signal Corp, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, 1972-72,
with the 1st Signal Brigade. He was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service while serving with
Radio Co. Long Binh, 39th Signal Battalion. He now serves on the Wood County Veterans Service
Commission. He also is a trustee with the American Legion Buckeye Boys State and the founder and
president of the BGSU Army ROTC Alumni Society.)