Antoine Jermaine Holt, age 20, from Kennesaw, Georgia, Cobb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 603D Air Control Squadron, Aviano Ab, Italy
Date of death: Saturday, April 10, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Balad Air Field, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jason Edward Lawson, age 21, of Smyrna, Georgia, Cobb County
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Death details: Lt. Terri Sue Fussner, Lt. Wayne Francis Roberts, and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Jason Edward Lawson in a SH-60B””Seahawk”” from Helicopter Squadron Light (HSL) 46, died in crash in central Mediterranean. 12 March 2002.
Source: U.S. Navy, Facebook, findagrave.com
Brian Robert Jones, age 19, from Kennesaw, Georgia, Cobb county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
John Jackie Smallwood, age 25, from Marietta, Georgia, Cobb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, June 16, 1973.
On June 16, 1973, an F-4E Phantom II (tail number: 67-00374; call sign “Wolf 07”) conducted a forward air controller (FAC) mission over Cambodia. It was the lead aircraft in a flight of two on the mission, and was responsible for marking targets for the other aircraft. This Phantom’s pilot spotted an enemy-controlled bridge and maneuvered to mark it for the other aircraft, but while attempting this, crashed for unknown reasons. The wingman’s crew observed the crash and reported seeing no ejections and receiving no rescue beeper signals. Immediate search and rescue forces failed to locate the downed Phantom or either crew member. Due to enemy forces in the area, no ground search was conducted, and the two crew members remain unaccounted-for.
Captain John Jackie Smallwood, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Georgia, served with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was the radar intercept officer aboard this Phantom when it crashed on June 16, 1973. He was not recovered following the incident. Today, Captain Smallwood is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Raymond Murphy Morris, age 20, from Austell, Georgia, Cobb county.
Parents: Ralph Morris
Spouse: Brenda (Miller)
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 9, 1970
Death details: Died in Cambodia
Cemetery: Crest Lawn
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
Douglas Nelson Winfrey, age 25, from Smyrna, Georgia, Cobb county.
Parents: Ernest B. Winfrey
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 4, 1970
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
Arnold Tilman Rider, age 39, from Marietta, Georgia, Cobb county.
Parents: Jesse Rider
Spouse: Helga Rider
Children: Two sons and a daughter
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 3, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle (1970)
Earl Leroy Poole, age 21, from Acworth, Georgia, Cobb county.
Spouse: Nancy A. Poole
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, March 28, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Michael Robert Glenn, age 21, from Smyrna, Georgia, Cobb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Campbell High in Smyrna, Southern Tech (1969)
Date of death: Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Georgia Memoiral Park in Marietta
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
Joel Clyde Roper, age 19, from Marietta, Georgia, Cobb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, October 9, 1967
Death details: Bronze Star citation: For heroism in connection with military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. On 9 October 1967 Private First Class Roper distinguished himself while serving as a Rifleman in Company A, 1/35th Infantry conducting a search and destroy mission near LZ Mary Lou. Private First Class Roper’s platoon was moving up the side of a hill when it was taken under fire by a reinforced NVA company. The enemy were using automatic weapons and firing from prepared positions, well-concealed in the thick underbrush, and their heavy fire killed several in the platoon immediately. Several others were wounded, and when they fell they lay still exposed to enemy fire. Private First Class Roper saw the plight of the wounded men. Unhesitatingly, he dashed through the intense hostile force to one of the wounded men, and he had another solider evacuate him. He then returned to the exposed area and, placing accurate fire on the enemy positions, he covered the removal of another stricken man. He was mortally wounded in the course of this heroic action, but, as a result of his bravery the lives of two men had been saved. Private First Class Roper’s self-sacrificing valor is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Cemetery: Toccoa Baptist Church, Blue Ridge
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association