Thomas Ray Leemhuis, age 23, from Binger, Oklahoma, Caddo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Ledward Barracks, Guam
Date of death: Thursday, June 21, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joshua Jerald Ware, age 20, from Apache, Oklahoma, Caddo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 1St Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ubaydi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Pascal Cleatus Sr. Poolaw from Caddo County Apache, Oklahoma .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 7, 1971
Source: National Archives, UPI (1979)
Steven Louis Dobry, age 20, from Cement, Oklahoma, Caddo county.
Parents: Frances L. Williams, Robert L. Dobry
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Amber-Pocasset (1967)
Date of death: Tuesday, June 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a helicopter crashed and burned.
Cemetery: Memory Lane in Anadarke
Source: National Archives, Dail Oklahoman (1970)
Silas Wayne Boyiddle from Oklahoma, Caddo county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, October 31, 1950
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class Silas Wayne Boyiddle, who joined the U.S. Army from Oklahoma, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11, 1950, as his unit fought a delaying action against the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA)near Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to a prison camp at Manpo, North Korea, where he died of malnutrition in late October. Although he was buried near the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Private First Class Boyiddle is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles R. Taylor, age 23, from Carnegie, Oklahoma, Caddo county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on July 26, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Taylor was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Taylor.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles R. Taylor, age 23, from Caddo County Carnegie, Oklahoma .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on July 26, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Taylor was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Taylor.
Source: National Archives
Orville Stanley Smith, age 25, from Caddo County Albert, Oklahoma .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Anadarko Daily News (1942)
Orville Stanley Smith, age 25, from Caddo County Albert, Oklahoma .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Anadarko Daily News (1942)
Charles R. Taylor, age 23, from Caddo County Carnegie, Oklahoma .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on July 26, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Taylor was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Taylor.
Source: National Archives