Harley Warren, age 34, from Valdese, North Carolina.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1982
Death details: He was one of four U.N. officers killed when their jeep struck a mine on the outskirts of the war-torn Lebanese capital.
Cemetery: Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, North Carolina
Source: UPI, findagrave.com
Samuel T. Jr. Carroll, age 21, from Drexel, North Carolina, Burke county.
Spouse: Faye L. Carroll
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Raleigh New and Observer (1970)
Carol Dean Dale, age 23, from Morganton, North Carolina, Burke county.
Parents: Frank Dale
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)
Floyd Steve Harmon, age 23, from Burke County Valdese, North Carolina .
Spouse: Lois (Walsh)
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, 1-327 Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Thursday, February 24, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Elizabeth Star (1966)
Carl Avery Gray, age 23, from Burke County Morganton, North Carolina .
Parents: Virginia Ross Gray Miller and preceded in death by James A. Gray
Spouse: Gayle Brittain Gray
Children: Renee Denise Gray
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 27, 1965
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Hickory Daily Record (1965)
Richard T. Young, age 32, from Burke County Hildebran, North Carolina .
Parents: Oscar E. Young, preceded in death by Delli Young
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 7th Cavalry
Date of death: Wednesday, November 17, 1965
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Hickory Daily Record (1965)
Ralph Nathaniel Smith, age 28, from Burke County Morganton, North Carolina .
Parents: Curtis R and Dolly Mae (Smith) Smith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 6, 1965
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Mount Olive Baptist in Burke County
Source: National Archives, Asheville Citizen Times (1965), Hickory Daily Record (1965)
William N. McKesson, age 22, from Burke County Morganton, North Carolina .
Parents: Frank B. McKesson
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Source: Associated Press (1955), UP (1955)
Olin M. Franklin, age 21, from Burke County Morganton, North Carolina .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Cemetery: Salem Methodist near Morganton
Source: Associated Press (1955), Asheville Citizen Times (1955)
Colen M. Hoyle, age 22, from Burke County Morganton, North Carolina .
Spouse: Mildred G. Hoyle
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 1944
Death details: Killed in action in Germany. He was a member of a forward observation party whose mission was to establish a bridgehead across the Saar River in Germany.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hickory Daily Record (1945)