Michael Wayne Murdock, age 22, from Chocowinity, North Carolina Beaufort county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 1St Battalion, 6Th Field Artillery, 3D Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kevin Mccray Jones, age 21, from Washington, North Carolina, Beaufort county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 51St Transportation Company, Mannheim, Germany
Date of death: Thursday, September 22, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Taqaddum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Patrick B. Olson, age 25, from Washington, North Carolina, Beaufort county.
Parents: Daniel Olson
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Washington High, U.S. Air Force Academy graduate.
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Shot down over Kuwait.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Facebook, Department of Defense, Fort Pierce Tribune (1991)
Loyd Howard Sanders, age 19, from Aurora, North Carolina, Beaufort county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 21, 1970
Death details: Died from hostile action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Howard David Hodges, age 20, from Hamlet, North Carolina, Beaufort county.
Parents: Annie Reaves Cowan
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On October 15, 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Howard David Hodges, missing from World War II. Fireman First Class Hodges joined the U.S. Navy from North Carolina. He was serving aboard the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor on Decemer 7, 1941, when the ship came under attack from Japanese forces. The West Virginia was sunk after taking multiple torpedo hits, and F1c Hodges was killed in the incident. His remains were recovered following the incident; however, they could not be identified at the time. F1c Hodges’s remains were buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2017, the remains of unknown personnel associated with the West Virginia were exhumed for analysis. F1c Hodges’s remains were identified as part of this effort.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Howard David Hodges, age 20, from Beaufort County Hamlet, North Carolina .
Parents: Annie Reaves Cowan
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS West Virginia Accounted for October 15, 2020.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Albert Wesley Pinkham, age 20, from Beaufort County Raeford, North Carolina .
Parents: Ben D. Pinkham
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Raleigh News and Observer (1942)
Albert Wesley Pinkham, age 20, from Beaufort County Raeford, North Carolina .
Parents: Ben D. Pinkham
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Raleigh News and Observer (1942)