Kevin Donudell Akins, age 29, from Burnsville, North Carolina, Yancey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 391St Engineer Battalion, Asheville, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, March 12, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Asadabad, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense,, Military Times
Johnny Wayne Ogle, age 21, from Burnsville, North Carolina, Yancey county.
Parents: Ralph Ogle
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Cane River High
Date of death: Thursday, July 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Eddie McMahan
Source: National Archives, Asheville Citizen Times (1970)
Howard Calvin Blevins, age 21, from Yancey County Burnsville, North Carolina .
Parents: Calvin C. Blevins
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 11, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)