Tan Quoc Ngo, age 20, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 4Th Infantry, Jmrc, Hohenfels, Germany
Date of death: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Marcques Jose Nettles, age 22, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Fssg Fmfpac Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Death details: Died when a flash flood overturned the truck he was riding in.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, oregonlive.com
Damien Thai Ficek, age 26, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 161St Infantry, (1St Cav), (Tf Baghdad), Moses Lake, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, December 30, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Allen Jeffries, age 21, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 320Th Psychological Operations Company, Portland, Oregon
Date of death: Saturday, May 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Qalat, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Ronald James Hill, age 24, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Parents: Jacquelyn O. Young
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Thomas Sherry, age 23, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
K Byron Hart from Washington County Beaverton, Oregon .
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: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Oregon Daily Journal (1942)