Brandon Lee Davis, age 20, from Cumberland, Maryland, Allegany county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 1St Engineer Battalion (1St Id), Fort Riley, Ks 66442
Date of death: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Death details: Died when an improvised explosive device hit his armored vehicle in Habbaniyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael James Randolph, age 20, from Cumberland, Maryland, Allegany county.
Parents: Herbert H. Randolph
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Allegany High (1969)
Military history: 4th Cavalry, Third Platoon, 25th Infantry
Date of death: Sunday, March 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, killed
Source: National Archives, Cumberland News (1970)
Frederick Norman Baker, age 20, from Allegany County Cumberland, Maryland .
Parents: Charles R. Baker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, June 12, 1965
Death details: Killed in Saigon when his motorcycle skidded on a wet street.
Cemetery: Non-hostile
Source: National Archives, Public Opinion (1965), Cumberland Evening Times (1965)
Harvey Lee Marks, age 19, from Allegany County Cumberland, Maryland .
Parents: Troy T. Marks
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 31, 1950
Death details: In late August of 1950, U.S. forces in Korea were stationed along the Pusan Perimeter, a defensive formation around the town of Pusan with the outer edge along the eastern shore of the Naktong River. On August 31, members of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, were stationed on the eastern shore of the Naktong, west of the small town of Yongsan, South Korea. On the night of August 31, a large unit from the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) advanced over the Naktong and attacked the 1st Battalion’s position under cover of fog. Heavy fighting broke out, and many of the American units there were forced to fall back. Corporal Harvey Lee Marks, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, was a member of A Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. His company was overrun during the NKPA’s attack and was forced into a retreat, ultimately taking a defensive position on a nearby ridge. Corporal Marks was killed at some point during the fighting on the night of August 31. The exact circumstances of his loss are unknown, and searches of the area following the end of hostilities were unable to locate his remains. Today, Corporal Marks is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Cumberland News (1950)
Victor Charles Tambolleo, age 21, from Cumberland, Maryland, Allegany county.
Parents: Nicola Tambolleo
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, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Cumberland Evening Times (1942)
Justus B. Gellner, age 31, from Alleghany County Cumberland, Maryland .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, February 19, 1919
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War