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Joshua C Gore, age 25, from Morehead City, North Carolina, Carteret county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
Juan C. Baldeosingh, age 30, from Newport, North Carolina, Carteret county. Their last known residence was in Newport.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Date of death: Monday, June 29, 2009
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Peter J. Scialabba, age 36, from Carteret County Moorehead City, North Carolina .
Parents: Frank and Helene Scialabba
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Hartford Courant (1983)
Fredrick Carol Jr. Raymond, age 20, from Beaufort, North Carolina, Carteret county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)
Ray McDonald Guthrie from Gibsonville, North Carolina, Carteret county.
Parents: Grover C. Varner
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edwin Bonner McCabe, age 25, from Carteret County Mars Hill, North Carolina .
Parents: Lillie M. Cox
Service era: World War II
Schools: Newport High (1933)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for November 26, 2018
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Raleigh News and Observer (1941)