Richard C. Ortiz, age 37, from Comanche County Fort Sill, Oklahoma .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
William Clifton Jesse, age 22, from Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 2, 1972
Cemetery: Barrancas National
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Manuel Deleon Domine, age 24, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Parents: Genaro C. Domine
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 25, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Bobby Ray Williams, age 24, from Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 29, 1970
Source: National Archives
Raymond Leon Jr. Hodges, age 20, from Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Spouse: Doneva C. Hodges
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 28, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Lee Allen Stedman, age 18, from Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Parents: Carl Stedman
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company A, 1st Battlion, 5th Infantry Division
Date of death: Sunday, April 19, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lawton Constitution (1970), Tulsa World (1970)
Tony Jiron, age 25, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 24, 1958
Death details: Died when his car crashed into a concrete culver near the military post.
Source: Miami News Record (1958)
Tony Jiron, age 25, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 24, 1958
Death details: Died when his car crashed into a concrete culver near the military post.
Source: Miami News Record (1958)
Harry T. George, age 26, from Comanche County Lawton, Oklahoma .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, December 13, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Roger Wilbert Hartman from Oklahoma, Comanche county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On July 5, 1950, Task Force Smith, the first U.S. ground element to engage North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) troops, was defending a position north of Osan, South Korea. The Task Force’s goal was to delay enemy forces by blocking their movement down the road south from Suwon to Taejon, which was a major avenue of advance for the NKPA. That morning, the Task Force was engaged by a column of enemy tanks. The anti-tank weapons that the infantrymen employed were ineffective, and a large number of tanks broke through their position. Task Force Smith was forced to withdraw to the south, suffering heavy casualties in the process. First Lieutenant Roger Wilbert Hartman, who joined the U.S. Army from Oklahoma, served with Battery A, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. His unit was part of Task Force Smith, and he was captured by enemy forces on July 5. He was forced to march to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died of exhaustion and maltreatment during the last week of February 1951 at Hanjang-ni. Although he was buried near the compound, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, First Lieutenant Hartman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency