Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Joseph V. White, age 21, from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Death details: Died in Omar Zai, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John K. Morgan, age 28, from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Parents: Shirley Lansing and step father Glenn Lansing; Don Morgan and step mother Beth Morgan
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Interlake High, Bellevue (1981)
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Morgan and eight others died when their helicopter was shot down on the day the cease fire was declared.
Cemetery: Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Seattle Times
Richard Deane Smith, age 19, from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
William Michael Adair, age 24, from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: He withdrew from Oregon State Univeristy and enrolled in the Marines.
Military history: Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division.
Date of death: Tuesday, January 6, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Capital Journal (1970)