Tag: Desoto County Mississippi

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Ose, Joshua S.
Marines Private 1st class

Joshua S. Ose, age 19, from Hernando, Mississippi, DeSoto county.

Parents: Sissy Fernandez Ose and Ross Ose
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hernando High (2009)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Monday, September 20, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Hernando Memorial Park, Hernando

Source: Department of Defense, Commercial Appeal

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Stovall, Matthew Ryan
Army 1st lieutenant

Matthew Ryan Stovall, age 25, from Horn Lake, Mississippi, Desoto county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 367Th Maintenance Co, 298Th Corps Support Battalion, Philadelphia, Ms 39350

Date of death: Sunday, August 22, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Maxwell, James Edward
Army Specialist 4

James Edward Maxwell, age 32, from DeSoto County Nesbit, Mississippi .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, February 6, 1972

Source: National Archives, Department of Defense

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Taylor, James Henry
Army Specialist 4

James Henry Taylor, age 23, from Olive Branch, Mississippi, DeSoto county.

Spouse: Deanna F. Taylor

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine

Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)