Jason Lee Deibler, age 20, from Coeburn, Virginia, Wise county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 1St Battalion 6Th Infantry Regiment, Apo Ae
Date of death: Sunday, May 4, 2003
Death details: Accident, Camp Wolf, Kuwait
Cemetery: Hampton National
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com; Library of Virginia, Richmond
James Wilfred Clement, age 25, from Coeburn, Virginia, Wise county.
Parents: H. W. Clement
Spouse: Dorothy
Children: Five children
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: University of Michigan, East Tennessee State University, graduated from Colorado State University.
Military history: 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Da Nang
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Death details: James was on an observation flight when his plane failed to return following bad weather. The wreckage was found on a mountain top near Da Nang a short time later.
Source: National Archives, Kingsport Times (1970)
John Henry Moore, age 19, from Wise County Coeburn, Virginia .
Parents: Iva Moore
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, September 19, 1950
Death details: On June 6, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. John Henry Moore, missing from the Korean War. Moore entered the Army from Virginia and served in B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On Sept. 16, 1950, the 8th Cavalry Regiment advanced north from Taegu toward Tabu-dong, South Korea. Three days later, Moore’s battalion was ordered to secure the highway leading into the village. Before reaching its objective, the unit came under heavy enemy mortar and small-arms fire and was forced to withdraw. Moore was killed in action during this engagement. When U.S. forces secured the village three days later, his remains could not be recovered. That same month, American personnel recovered a set of remains near Sin-dong, South Korea. The remains could not be identified at the time and were eventually transferred to Hawaii and buried as a Korean War Unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In March 2022, DPAA personnel disinterred this set of remains as part of a project to recover and identify Korean War Unknowns. The remains were analyzed using modern forensic techniques, and Moore was identified.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Richmond Times Dispatch (1950)