Baytown Texas

Grace, Keith E.
Army Specialist

Keith E. Grace, age 26, from Baytown, Texas.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Killed in the incident were Staff Sgt. Octavio Herrera, Sgt. Jamar A. Hicks, and Spc. Keith E. Grace Jr. Herrera and Grace died in Pakita Province, Afghanistan. Hick was evacuated to Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost, Afghanistan and later died.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Riggs, Wesley Robert
Army Private 1st class

Wesley Robert Riggs, age 19, from Baytown, Texas, Harris county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co D, 2D Bn, 7Th Inf, 3D Inf Div, (Tf Liberty), Fort Stewart, Ga

Date of death: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Death details: Died of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted position in Tikrit, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Hale, Robert Lawrence
Army Private 1st class

Robert Lawrence Hale, age 21, from Baytown, Texas, Harris county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Robert E. Lee High, Baytown
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Thursday, November 9, 1967
Death details: Killed in action, Quang Nam Province

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Simmons, Jake A.
Army Private 1st class

Jake A. Simmons, age 19, from Baytown, Texas, Harris county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Robert E. Lee High, Baytown
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Tuesday, October 25, 1966
Death details: Killed by booby trap, Pleiku Province

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Sonnier, Albert Wilber
Army Specialist 4

Albert Wilber Sonnier, age 24, from Harris County Baytown, Texas .

Parents: Ophilia C. Henry

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduated high school in Elton, Louisiana

Date of death: Monday, November 15, 1965
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Baytown Sun (1965)

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