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Dennis Paul Merck, age 38, from Evans, Georgia, Columbia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 878Th Engineer Battalion, Augusta, Ga
Date of death: Thursday, October 20, 2005
Death details: Camp Stryker, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Thomas John, age 45, from Martinez, Georgia, Columbia county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 17, 1970
Source: National Archives
Carl Andrew Olson, age 20, from Martinez, Georgia, Columbia county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 2, 1970
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Jack E. Lattie from Grovetown, Georgia, Columbia county.
Spouse: Frances F. Lattie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)
Jack E. Lattie from Grovetown, Georgia, Columbia county.
Spouse: Frances P. Lattie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)