John Hutchings Winborne, age 24, from Edenton, North Carolina, Chowan county.
Parents: William H. Winborne
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, October 2, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Benjamin F. Twiddy from North Carolina, Chowan county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 1950
Death details: On November 27, 1950, the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), tasked with replacing the 5th Marine Regiment on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir, arrived at the P’ungnyuri Inlet. That night, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a surprise attack against the 31st RCT. Although the Chinese were numerically superior, the 31st RCT managed to repel the initial attack. The CCF attacked again on the night of November 28, and late on the morning of November 29 the men occupying the northernmost perimeter conducted a fighting withdrawal to consolidate with the rest of the RCT in the perimeter south of the P’ungnyuri Inlet. The CCF continued their attacks on the consolidated perimeter, and on the night of November 30, the Chinese launched a massive attack. On December 1, the 31st RCT began to withdraw from the P’ungnyuri Inlet to Hagaru-ri. Heavy fighting occurred during the withdrawal and many more men were lost. Remnants of the 31st RCT began arriving at Hagaru-ri on December 2. The CCF then attacked the village, and the 31st began to withdraw to Hamhung on December 6, 1950. Corporal Benjamin Franklin Twiddy III entered the U.S. Army from North Carolina and was a member of the Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery, 7th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on November 29, during the overnight fighting that took place at in south of the P’ungnyuri Inlet. HIs remains were not recovered from the battlefield at the time of his loss, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Twiddy is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Haywood Granby from Gastonia, North Carolina, Chowan county.
Spouse: Mary F. Belk
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