John Norris Jr., age 25, from Saint Pauls, North Carolina, Robeson county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, February 21, 1959
Death details: Another private told police he had killed another soldier. John’s body was found in the Stockton Springs, Maine area.
Cemetery: Oak Ridge in Saint Pauls
Harvey E. Gardner.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, January 4, 1959
Death details: Killed when single-engine Otter cargo aircraft from VX-6 crashed during takeoff at Marble Point, Antarctica
Source: U.S. Navy
Lawrence J. Farrell.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, January 4, 1959
Death details: Killed when single-engine Otter cargo aircraft from VX-6 crashed during takeoff at Marble Point, Antarctica
Source: U.S. Navy
Tony Jiron, age 25, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 24, 1958
Death details: Died when his car crashed into a concrete culver near the military post.
Source: Miami News Record (1958)
Tony Jiron, age 25, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 24, 1958
Death details: Died when his car crashed into a concrete culver near the military post.
Source: Miami News Record (1958)
Richard L. Karslon, age 23, from Ashton, Nebraska, Sherman county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, September 1, 1958
Death details: Died from injuries suffered in a car accident a few days earlier near Fort Riley, Kansas
Cemetery: Saint Francis
Source: Sherman County Times (1958)
James R. Nettles, age 20, from Olustee, Florida.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, August 1, 1958
Death details: Killed when he was among three soldiers who accidentally drove into a “no man’s land” section of Beirut and met a blaze of gunfire.
Source: Yuma Daily Sun (1958)
Gordon Richardson, age 19, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, July 26, 1958
Death details: Killed by an accidental discharge of a companion’s .45 caliber automatic while four Marines were on an unauthorized visit to a group of houses a half a mile beyond the Marine position in Beirut. One of the group was climbing a wall when his weapon snagged and fired. The bullet went through the holister, entering the head of the man standing below.
Source: Syracuse Post Standard (1958)
Scott B. Sanborn, age 18, from Fairfield, Connecticut.
Parents: Charles T. Sanborn
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Korea
Schools: Roger Ludlowe High
Date of death: Tuesday, July 22, 1958
Death details: Shot to death by a guard at a Marine outpost near the Beirut airport
Source: Bridgeport Post (1958)
Richard Dieterich, age 24, from Evanston, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, July 19, 1958
Death details: Killed in the crash of his Navy jet near Beirut His jet was operating from the Carrier, Essex, when it apparently developed mechanical difficulties
Source: Kansas City Times (1958)