Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Rickey Lyn Bell, age 21, from Caruthersville, Missouri, Pemiscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop D, 4Th Squadron, 6Th Cavalry, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Death details: Multaka, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, KFVS
Herbert Sterling Murff, age 41, from Caruthersville, Missouri, Pemiscot county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Dorthy A. Murff
Children: Vikki Murff and Denyse Murff
Parent: Callie R. Murff
Date of death: Saturday, March 31, 1979
Death details: Died at St. Joseph Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. His name was added to the Vietnam Wall in 1997. He was crew chief on a CH-46 helicopter that came under fire on August 8, 1966 at Quang Tri. He was wounded in the abdomen and later had his spleen removed. He returned from the war to live a normal life until 1979 when he came down with bronchial pneumonia. He died because he had no spleen.
Source: National Archives, Memphis Commercial Appeal 1979, Associated Press (1997)