Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
James David Blankenbecler, age 40, from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion 44Th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Samarra Loop, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
Timothy Alan Shaw, age 21, from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed in a SCUD missile attack.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles; Library of Virginia, Richmond
Tung Thanh Adams from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 3rd Virginia
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond
Eric Glenn Washington, age 28, from Alexandria County Alexandria, Virginia .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com
James C. Knipple, age 20, from Alexandria County Alexandria, Virginia .
Parents: John Knipple and Pauline Knipple
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Thomas Jefferson High (1981)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Nicholas Baker, age 21, from Alexandria County Alexandria, Virginia .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Indiana Run for the Fallen
Michael John Kilduff, age 23, from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Parents: John J. Kilduff
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 11, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
James Wheeler Dickey, age 20, from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Parents: Eileen W. Dickey
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, October 21, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Clarence M. Jr. Overbay from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Parents: Clarence M. Overbay
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: George Washington College graduates and Salem College graduate
Date of death: Thursday, June 25, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Cedarwood
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)
Bruce Elliot Graham, age 27, from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Spouse: Karen A. Graham
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Southeast Asia
Source: National Archives, Connellsville Daily Courier (1970)