Robert Jr. Childress, age 21, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: Robert Childress Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Pearl High (1968, Los Angeles City College
Military history: Company B, 11th Platoon
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when he stepped on a buried enemy mine.
Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1970)
Thomas Gary Stadley from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 8, 1970
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Glenn Thomas Ridley, age 21, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: Eugene Crite
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, April 19, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Frank Houston Adams, age 30, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: Gwendolyn Sloan Adams
Children: Melainie Adams
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 23, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: Calvary
Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1970)
John Joseph Jr. Boyd, age 22, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: John Boyd
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, March 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Calvary
Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1970)
Larry William Cotton, age 24, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 9, 1970
Death details: On March 9, 1970, an F-4E Phantom II (tail number 67-0282, call sign “Gunfighter 64”) with a crew of two took off from Da Nang Airbase to take part in a strike mission over Laos. The aircraft was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire as it passed over the target and crashed. Because of the darkness, no parachutes were witnessed. The Phantom’s crash site was eventually located, but no sign of survivors from the aircraft’s crew could be found. First Lieutenant Larry William Cotton, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee, was a member of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and was the co-pilot of the Phantom when it went missing. He was lost with the aircraft, and remains unaccounted for. Today, First Lieutenant Cotton is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Lon Jr. Dougherty, age 21, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: Lon Dougherty Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 21, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
John Grady Wilkes, age 23, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company A, 65th Engineer BN; Bronze Star
Date of death: Saturday, February 21, 1970
Cemetery: Nashville National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Joel Richard Stepp, age 22, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Parents: Winford O. Stepp
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Overton High, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Date of death: Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1970)
Alex Louis Mitchell, age 42, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 179th Aviation Company, Bronze Star
Date of death: Saturday, October 5, 1968
Cemetery: Nashville National
Source: National Archives, grave marker