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John R. Wimpey Cagle, age 19, from Tucker, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Keith Jernigan, age 35, from Doraville, Georgia, De Kalb county.
Parents: Bill Jernigan and Toni Jernigan
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: DeKalb County Oak Grove and Evansdale Elementary schools, Henderson High (1992); Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina; Perimeter College gr
Military history: Hhc, 1 Sbct, 25Th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Monday, November 24, 2008
Death details: Fob Gabe, Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Military Times
Genesia Mattril Gresham, age 19, from Lithonia, Georgia, De Kalb county.
Parents: Natalie Gresham and Joseph Webb
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Navsecfr Bahrain
Date of death: Monday, October 22, 2007
Death details: Killed by a fellow soldier at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad International Airport
Cemetery: Resthaven, Decatur, Georgia
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com, CNN
Larry M. Clark, age 21, from Decatur, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Parents: Rosse M. Clark (preceded in death) and Larry Clark
Children: Tiffany Clark
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Avondale Estate High graduate
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Cemetery: Kennedy Memorial Gardens
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense, Atlanta Journal Constitution (199)
Larry James Anderson, age 20, from Chamblee, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Parents: Athan Anderson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 31, 1970
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution, Associated Press (1970)
Perry Castellion Kitchens, age 21, from Decatur, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 3, 1970
Death details: On September 16, 1977, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Perry Castellion Kitchens, missing from the Vietnam War. Sergeant Kitchens joined the U.S. Army from Georgia and was a member of the 329th Transportation Company. On November 2, 1970, he was a crew member aboard the landing craft LCU 63, on a cargo mission from Da Nang to Tan My, Vietnam. During the mission, the vessel capsized for unknown reasons, but immediate search and rescue units were unable to locate any of its crew. SGT Kitchens was killed in the incident. In November 1974, U.S. analysts received a set of unidentified remains that had been recovered in Thua Thien Province, Vietnam. In 1977, forensic analysis identified the recovered remains as those of SGT Kitchens.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounty Agency
Raymond L. II Stansbury, age 22, from Doraville, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Parents: Raymond L. Stansbury Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 17, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Barrow Memorial Gardens in Winder, Georgia
Source: National Archives, Columbus Ledger Enquirer (1970)
Steven Allan Olson, age 23, from Chamblee, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Parents: Max Olson
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: McCluer High (1964), Univeristy of Missouri at Columbia (1969)
Date of death: Wednesday, July 22, 1970
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)
Larry Michael Allen, age 18, from Decatur, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Parents: T.C. Allen
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Floral Hill Memory Garden
Source: National Archives, Louisville Courier Journal (1970)
Stephen C. Chasin, age 21, from Decatur, Georgia, DeKalb county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Cemetery: Milwood
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)