Cabarrus county North Carolina

Barton, Christopher R.
Army Private 1st class

Christopher R. Barton, age 22, from Harrisburg, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Parents: Elaine Schmiedeshoff and Roy Schmiedeshoff
Spouse: Heather Goldwin Barton

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted Dec. 30, 2008. Bonze Star and Purple Heart.

Date of death: Monday, May 24, 2010
Death details: Died in Khowst Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Cemetery: Harrisburg Presbyterian Church

Source: Department of Defense, Concord and Kannapolis Independent Tribune, Military Times

Parson, David Bryan
Army Sergeant

David Bryan Parson, age 30, from Kannapolis, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion 37Th Armor, Apo Ae 09074

Date of death: Sunday, July 6, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Jackson, Kenneth Jerome
Army Private 1st class

Kenneth Jerome Jackson, age 22, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Gulf War

School: Northwest High (1987), Concord

Child: Cherie Jackson, 1

Date of death: Sunday, February 17, 1991
Death details: Died in Saudi Arabia when he lost control of the tractor-trailer truck he was driving and it crashed into another vehicle

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Charlotte Observer

Eubanks, Joe Wofford
Army Captain

Joe Wofford Eubanks, age 25, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, June 2, 1972
Death details: Eubanks was flying as aircraft commander on an ARVN resupply run near Kontum. They came under heavy fire that shot out all cyclic control. As they went in they made a hard landing that put the rotor through the windshield in Eubanks lap. He had no visible injuries, but all attempts to release him failed due to the tangled wreckage and spreading fire. The A/C exploded and Eubanks burned to death in the wreckage
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, The Citadel Class of 1969, Carolina Military Academy

Weaks, Melvin Lee
Army Private 1st class

Melvin Lee Weaks, age 21, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Parents: John M Weaks

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 1971

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)

Ritchie, Glenn Garland Jr.
Army Private 1st class

Glenn Garland Jr. Ritchie, age 19, from Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Parents: Glenn Ritchie Sr.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Charlotte Observer (1970)

Booe, Gary Michael
Army Corporal

Gary Michael Booe, age 21, from Harrisburg, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death

Source: National Archives, Durham Sun (1970)

Shue, Donald Monroe
Army Sergeant 1st class

Donald Monroe Shue from Kannapolis, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, November 3, 1969
Death details: Army Sgt. 1st Class William T. Brown of La Habra, Calif., Sgt. 1st Class Donald M. Shue of Kannapolis, N.C., and Sgt. 1st Class Gunther H. Wald of Palisades Park, N.J., were buried as a group on Aug. 30, in a single casket representing the three soldiers, in Arlington National Cemetery. Brown and Shue were each individually buried on Sept. 26, 2011, at Arlington and May 1 in Kannapolis, N.C. On Nov. 3, 1969, the menand six Vietnamese soldiers were part of a Special Forces reconnaissance patrol operating in Quang Tri Province, near the Vietnam-Laos border. The patrol was ambushed by enemy forces and all three Americans were wounded. Brown was reported to have suffered a gunshot wound to his side. Due to heavy enemy presence and poor weather conditions, the search-and-rescue team was not able to reach the site until eight days later. At that time, they found military equipment belonging to Shue, but no other signs of the men. Between 1993 and 2010, joint United States/Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted multiple interviews on nine different occasions in Quang Tri Province. Additionally, the S.R.V. teams unilaterally investigated this case, but were unable to develop new leads. Among those interviewed by the joint teams were former Vietnamese militiamen who claimed in 1969 they ambushed three Americans in the area near the Laos-Vietnam border. In 2007, a Vietnamese citizen led investigators to human remains that he had discovered and buried near the site of the ambush. In 2008, a military identification tag for Brown was turned over to the U.S. Government from a U.S. citizen with ties to Vietnam. Finally, in April 2010, joint teams excavated a hilltop area near Huong Lap Village, recovering additional human remains, military equipment, another military identification tag for Brown, and a “Zippo” lighter bearing the name “Donald M. Shue” and the date “1969.” Scientists from the JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial and material evidence, along with mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of some of the soldiers’ family members – in the identification of the remains.
Cemetery: In Kannapolis, North Carolina

Source: National Archives, Department of Defense

Furr, James Henry
Marines Lance corporal

James Henry Furr, age 20, from Cabarrus County Concord, North Carolina .

Spouse: Vickey E. Furr

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, May 21, 1966
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)

Miller, Joseph Edward
Army Private 1st class

Joseph Edward Miller, age 21, from Cabarrus County Kannapolis, North Carolina .

Parents: R. C. Miller Sr.

Service era: Korea
Schools: Odell High and Cannon High

Date of death: Monday, February 12, 1951
Death details: On February 5, 1951, Allied forces in Korea launched an offensive against North Korean and Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) north of Wonju. Republic of Korea units and the 38th Infantry Regiment and supporting artillery units, including the 15th and 503rd Field Artillery Battalions, and the 82nd Antiaircraft Artillery and Automatic Weapons Battalion, initially met light resistance on their drive to the north. On February 11, the CCF launched an aggressive counteroffensive that caused the Allies to withdraw back southward. However, the CCF had established a series of roadblocks on the road to the south, forcing the Allies to fight their way back to friendly lines. Corporal Joseph Edward Miller entered the U.S. Army from North Carolina and was a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) by enemy forces during the Regiment’s February 1951 withdrawal and placed among a group of prisoners who were transferred north toward the Suan Bean POW camp. However, CPL Miller never reached the camp, and was reportedly shot by an enemy guard while the group was near a cluster of villages just north of the current border between North and South Korea. U.S. investigators have not yet been able to access the area to search for CPL Miller’s burial site, and he has not been associated with any of the remains later returned to U.S. custody. Today, Corporal Miller is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the PacificHis name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Statesville Record and Landmark (1954)

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