Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Richard L. Bakke.
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record, National Archives
Harold L. Lewis Jr., age 35, from Mansfield Center, Connecticut, Tolland County
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Spouse: Wendy-Lee (Kelton)
Children: James, 9; Kimberly, 7
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record, National Archives, Hartford Courant (1980)
Joel C. Mayo.
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record
Lyn D. McIntosh.
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record, National Archives
Charles T. McMillan, age 28, of Corryton, Tennessee, Knox County
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record, National Archives, Associated Press (1980)
John D. Harvey, age 21, of Roanoke, Virginia
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Congressional Record
George N. Holmes Jr., age 22, from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Jefferson County
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Parent: George Holmes Sr.
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Congressional Record, Associated Press (1980)
Dewey L. Johnson.
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Congressional Record