James Franklin Austin, age 20, from Castlewood, Virginia, Russell county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 13, 1970
Cemetery: Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Fred Taylor, age 32, from Russell County Castlewood, Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 13, 1965
Death details: On July 13, 1965, two U.S. Army Special Forces advisors and a group of South Vietnamese soldiers were on a reconnaissance mission in South Vietnam in the vicinity of (GC) BR 365 558, when they were engaged by a hostile force. One of the two advisors was wounded in the fighting and both were last seen moving into the surrounding jungle to seek cover, with the uninjured man assisting the wounded one. Extensive air and ground searches were conducted during the following ten days but were unable to locate either soldier. Staff Sergeant Fred Taylor, who entered the U.S. Army from Virginia, served with Detachment B-52 of the 5th Special Forces Group. He was one of the two advisors on this reconnaissance patrol, and remains unaccounted for. Following the incident, the U.S. Army promoted Staff Sergeant Taylor to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Taylor 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