Collierville Tennessee

Merriweather, Daniel D.
Army Staff sergeant

Daniel D. Merriweather, age 25, from Collierville, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Pamela Finnie and Darryl Finnie
Spouse: Rachelle
Children: Son, 3; son, 3 months

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Overton High (2002)
Military history: 118th Military Police Company (Airborne), 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne), 16th Military Police Bridgade (Airborne), For Bragg, North Carolina. Enlisted 2002. Bronze Star, Purple Heart.

Date of death: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Death details: Was among two soldiers who died at Combat Outpost McClain, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when at Combat Outpost McClain, Afghanistan from wounds suffered when their Humvee struck a homemade bomb.
Cemetery: West Tennessee Veterans

Source: Department of Defense, WPTY, Fayetteville Observor, Military Times

Watson, Joe Nathaniel
Marines Private

Joe Nathaniel Watson, age 21, from Collierville, Tennessee, Fayette county.

Parents: A.D. Watson

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Death details: Drowned in the Vien Bien River after the boat he was pursuing the enemy in overturned.

Source: National Archives, Memphis Commercial Appeal (1970)

Hurd, Willard Hardy
Navy Mess attendant 2nd class

Willard Hardy Hurd, age 18, from Shelby County Collierville, Tennessee .

Parents: Beaulah Mae Hurd

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Commercial Appeal (1942)

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