Rodricka Antwan Youmans, age 22, from Allendale, South Carolina, Allendale county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 2D Lar Bn, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Orenthial Javon Smith, age 21, from Allendale, South Carolina, Allendale county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 123Rd Maintenance Service Battalion
Date of death: Sunday, June 22, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Elizabeth Ann Jones, age 22, from Allendale, South Carolina, Allendale county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 18, 1966
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash near Saigon
Source: National Archives, Time
Elizabeth Ann Jones, age 22, from Allendale County Allendale, South Carolina .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 18, 1966
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash near Saigon
Cemetery: Swallow Savannah
Source: National Archives, Time (2021), UPI (1966), The State (1966)
Lonnie Skipper, age 22, from Allendale County Martin, South Carolina .
Parents: Fred Skipper
Spouse: Ruby N. Skipper
Children: Lonnie L. Jr.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Cemetery: Rose Hill
Source: Associated Press (1955), The State (1955)
James Andrew Jacker, age 28, from Allendale County Allendale, South Carolina .
Spouse: Eleanor Priester Jacker
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency