Concord North Carolina

Jackson, Kenneth Jerome
Army Private 1st class

Kenneth Jerome Jackson, age 22, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Gulf War

School: Northwest High (1987), Concord

Child: Cherie Jackson, 1

Date of death: Sunday, February 17, 1991
Death details: Died in Saudi Arabia when he lost control of the tractor-trailer truck he was driving and it crashed into another vehicle

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Charlotte Observer

Eubanks, Joe Wofford
Army Captain

Joe Wofford Eubanks, age 25, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, June 2, 1972
Death details: Eubanks was flying as aircraft commander on an ARVN resupply run near Kontum. They came under heavy fire that shot out all cyclic control. As they went in they made a hard landing that put the rotor through the windshield in Eubanks lap. He had no visible injuries, but all attempts to release him failed due to the tangled wreckage and spreading fire. The A/C exploded and Eubanks burned to death in the wreckage
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, The Citadel Class of 1969, Carolina Military Academy

Weaks, Melvin Lee
Army Private 1st class

Melvin Lee Weaks, age 21, from Concord, North Carolina, Cabarrus county.

Parents: John M Weaks

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 1971

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)

Furr, James Henry
Marines Lance corporal

James Henry Furr, age 20, from Cabarrus County Concord, North Carolina .

Spouse: Vickey E. Furr

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, May 21, 1966
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)

Culler, Fred Leroy
Marines Platoon sergeant

Fred Leroy Culler, age 22, from Forsyth County Concord, North Carolina .

Parents: Corrine McBride Varner, W. F. Culler

Service era: World War II
Schools: Griffith High
Military history: 1st Division, special weapon battalion

Date of death: Friday, September 15, 1944
Death details: Killed in action in the Palau Islands

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Winston Salem Journal 91946)

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