Tag: Campbell County Virginia

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Copes, Gregory T.
Marines Staff sergeant

Gregory T. Copes, age 36, from Lynch Station, Virginia, Campbell county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Friday, August 17, 2012
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Darrel L. Enos was also killed in the incident, which the Department of Defense did not provide details about.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Hall, Carlton Earnest
Army Private 1st class

Carlton Earnest Hall, age 21, from Lynchburg, Virginia, Campbell county.

Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Wednesday, September 27, 1950
Death details: Killed in action, South Korea
Cemetery: Spring Hill, Lynchburg

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

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Gibson, William W.
Army Private

William W. Gibson from Campbell County Concord, Virginia .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Tuesday, October 22, 1918
Death details: Died of disease

Source: Soldiers of the Great War; Library of Virginia, Richmond

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Franklin, Joel Watkins
Army Surgeon

Joel Watkins Franklin from Virginia, Campbell county.

Service era: Civil War
Military history: 56th Georgia Infantry

Date of death: August 10, 1865

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Geopard, Fred L
Private

Fred L Geopard from Campbell County Lynchburg, City of, Virginia .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of disease

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database