Michael Harvey Jr Ferschke, age 22, from Maryville, Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 3D Recon Bn, 3D Mar Div, (I Mef Fwd), Okinawa, Japan
Date of death: Sunday, August 10, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Donald Luther Dotson, age 23, from Blount County Alcoa, Tennessee .
Spouse: Blanche C. Dotson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 29, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
Walter C. Cotner, age 18, from Blount County Alcoa, Tennessee .
Parents: William Cotner
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 3, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a military chartered airline in the Gulf of Alaska
Source: Associated Press (1963)
William R. Stinnett, age 24, from Maryville, Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, June 24, 1952
Death details: Killed in action, North Korea
Cemetery: Fellowship Baptist, Blount County
Source: 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Thomas Marvin McGee from Maryville, Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Julian Clayton Stinnett, age 35, from Blount County Maryville, Tennessee .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, September 16, 1944
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jack L. Phelps from Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, April 14, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Ross H. Thompson, age 50, from Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, December 10, 1942
Death details: On November 10, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Technical Sergeant Ross H. Thompson, missing from the World War II. Technical Sergeant Thompson entered the U.S. Army from Tennessee and was a member of the Finance Department stationed at Fort McKinley in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured by Japanese forces following the U.S. surrender at Bataan on April 9, 1942. TSgt Thompson was taken to the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, where he died of pellagra and beriberi on December 10, 1942. TSgt Thompson was buried in Common Grave 917 at the camp cemetery. His remains could not be individually identified when they were recovered from Communal Grave 917 after the war, and they were buried as unknown remains at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. In March of 2018, the unknown remains associated with Communal Grave 917 were disinterred from the Manila American Cemetery and accessioned into the DPAA Laboratory for reexamination. Laboratory analysis led to the successful identification of TSgt Thompson’s remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Carl William Miller from Blount County Townsend, Tennessee .
Parents: Lula Miller
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, Knoxville News Sentinel (1942)