Harold Brown Flynn, age 23, from Alexandria, Louisiana, Rapides county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 9, 1971
Cemetery: Greenwood Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Town Talk (1971)
Terry Lee Merritt, age 22, from Alexandria, Louisiana, Rapides county.
Parents: Robert H. Merritt
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 23, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Roberto Jr. Pares, age 25, from Rapides County Alexandria, Louisiana .
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 653rd Aircraft and Warning Squadron
Date of death: Monday, June 3, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a military chartered airline in the Gulf of Alaska
Source: Associated Press (1963), Town Talk (1963)
Douglas Patrick Dickey, age 29, from Alexandria, Louisiana, Rapides county.
Spouse: Marietta R. Dickey
Children: Son and three step children
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962), Alexandria Town Talk (1962)
Garland Austin Herrington, age 20, from Alexandria, Louisiana, Rapides county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 1950
Death details: Died while captured in North Korea
Cemetery: Nichols Cemetery, Gardner
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association