Donnie Ray Belser Jr., age 28, from Anniston, Alabama, Calhoun county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 425Th Mitt, 3 Bct, 1Cd (Task Org To 25Th Id), Fort Riley, Ks
Date of death: Saturday, February 10, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Travis Lynn Nelson, age 41, from Anniston, Alabama, Calhoun county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Bn, 502D Infantry, 2D Bct (Tf Baghdad), Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Saturday, December 10, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Timothy J. Jackson, age 20, from Anniston, Alabama, Calhoun county.
Parents: Annie Jackson
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense, Battle Creek Enquirer (1990)
Willie Jr. Hoover from Anniston, Alabama, Calhoun county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 13, 1972
Source: National Archives
Waymond Nelson Stephenson, age 22, from Calhoun County Anniston, Alabama .
Parents: Odis F. Stephenson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 15, 1966
Death details: Died of wounds in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Edward Charles Upner, age 22, from Calhoun County Anniston, Alabama .
Spouse: Monzia Upner
Children: Johnny, Mark, Sandra, Rita
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 5, 1965
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
James Hillary Nelson, age 22, from Calhoun County Anniston, Alabama .
Parents: Inez Nelson
Service era: Korea
Schools: Alexandria High graduate
Date of death: Thursday, April 26, 1951
Death details: In spring of 1951, the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) and North Korean forces launched a large-scale offensive with the main objective of capturing Seoul, the capital of South Korea. On April 26, 1951 CCF and North Korean troops attacked elements of the U.S. Army’s 32nd Infantry Regiment attempting to hold a ridge line northwest of the town of Inje, South Korea. Although enemy troops broke through the defensive lines in several small, localized areas, the major thrust of the attack was blunted, denying the enemy control of two main supply lines south to Seoul. Private First Class James Hillary Nelson entered the U.S. Army from Alabama and served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On April 26, 1951, he went missing during this action near Inje, North Korea. Once U.S. troops regained control and returned to the area, PFC Nelson was not found. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class Nelson 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, Anniston Star (1951)
Roy Hogg, age 30, from Anniston, Alabama, Calhoun county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, May 13, 1945
Cemetery: Mobile National
Source: National Archives, grave marker