James C. Floyd, age 18, from Rogersville, Tennessee, Hawkins county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, July 7, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: McBridge Cemetery in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Roy Lee Finney, age 18, from Cambridge, Kansas, Cowley county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Saturday, June 22, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Cambridge
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Joseph Farrell, age 18, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, June 6, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Aisene Marne American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com
Irving W. Foren, age 18, from Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, June 6, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: San Francisco National
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Walter Henry Folz, age 18, from Evansville, Indiana, Vanderburgh county.
Service era: World War I
Parent: John W. Folz
Date of death: Friday, May 25, 1917
Death details: Died of influenza at Grate Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago
Cemetery: St. Joseph Cemetery, Evansville
Source: Indiana Historical Commission, grave marker, Evansville Courier & Press (1917)
Albert Francis, age 18, from Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum county.
Service era: Early 1900s
Military history: 4th Calvary
Date of death: Friday, November 29, 1901
Death details: Fort Leavenworth National
Source: Montana Butte Miner (1901), findagrve.com
William Dillard, age 18,.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in a highway accident in the Houston area
Source: Traffic accident 31 April 1956
William Dillard, age 18,.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in a highway accident in the Houston area
Source: Traffic accident 31 April 1956
Cecil Leon Fleming, age 18, from Union County Elizabeth, New Jersey .
Parents: Cecil Fleming
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Cecil L. Fleming, who entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey, was serving with the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at the time of the Chinese offensive. He was captured by enemy forces during the course of the fighting withdrawal, and, along with a number of other prisoners, was moved to the ‘Mining Camp’ prison facility in the Pukchin-Tarigol valley. Many prisoners were lost to disease or exposure at this camp; Corporal Fleming died in late January or early February of 1951 of starvation and pneumonia. His death was reported by a doctor who survived internment at the ‘Mining Camp.’ The site of the ‘Mining Camp’ is within the borders of modern-day North Korea, and Corporal Fleming’s remains are not among those that have been returned from this site by the North Koreans. Today, Corporal Fleming is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The News (1953)
Richard Aguilar, age 18, from Harris County Houston, Texas .
Parents: Mrs. Nieves Gonzalez
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Richard Aguilar, who joined the U.S. Army from Texas, served with Battery A, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, as his unit fought through a key pass on the road to Sunchon that was occupied by Chinese Communist Forces. He was marched to a holding camp in the Pukchin Tarigol Valley, where he died of malnutrition and dysentery in January 1951. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Corporal Aguilar is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1953)