Joshua J. Bowden, age 28, from Villa Rica, Georgia, Carroll county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 242nd Ordinance Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Saturday, August 31, 2013
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Christoph Hardegree, age 21, from Villa Rica, Georgia, Carroll county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 73D Cavalry, 2 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, September 10, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Samuel Wayne Large Jr., age 21, from Villa Rica, Georgia, Carroll county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmh-464, Mag-29, 2D Maw, Mcas New River, Jacksonville, Nc
Date of death: Friday, February 17, 2006
Death details: , Helicopter crash in Gulf Of Aden
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Spurgeon Sprewell, age 23, from Carrollton, Georgia, Carroll county.
Parents: C. Spurgeon Sprewell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
Larry Graves, age 22, from Carrollton, Georgia, Carroll county.
Parents: Helen and Jimmy Graves
Spouse: Sarah Graves
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 2, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: National at Marietta
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
James Arthur Preston, age 26, from Carroll County Bowdon, Georgia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 1966
Death details: On November 24, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Lavern George Reilly, missing from the Vietnam War. Colonel Reilly entered the U.S. Air Force from Minnesota and was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron, He served as an observer on board an AC-47D Spooky (serial number 43-49546) on an armed reconnaissance mission departing from Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam. While operating over Laos, the Spooky was shot down by enemy forces and Colonel Reilly was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1997, a joint investigative team recovered remains which were later identified as those of Colonel Reilly. Colonel Reilly is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1999), Atlant Journal (2000)
William Daniel Phillips from Georgia, Carroll county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, July 16, 1950
Death details: On the evening of July 15, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 19th Infantry Regiment held defensive positions along the south bank of the Kum River. As dusk approached, North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) tanks appeared on the opposite shore and began firing on the U.S. positions. Although U.S. troops repulsed the attacks that evening, the next morning the NKPA crossed the river and launched a major attack against the 19th Regiment. As the regiment began withdrawing south to Taejon, the North Koreans pushed deep into their defensive lines and set up a roadblock en route to Taejon. When retreating American convoys could not break through the roadblock, soldiers were forced to leave the road and attempt to make their way in small groups across the countryside. Of the 900 soldiers in the 19th Infantry when the Battle of Kum River started, only 434 made it to friendly lines. Corporal William Daniel Phillips joined the U.S. Army from Georgia and was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On July 16, 1950, he went missing in action during the Battle of Kum River, as his unit made its fighting withdrawal to the south. The exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown, and CPL Phillips was never reported to be a prisoner of war. He remains unaccounted-for following the incident. Today, Corporal Phillips is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Harvey A. Bell, age 30, from Bremen, Georgia, Carroll county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, September 29, 1919
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Pleasant View Baptist, Carroll County
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com