Emanuel Pickett, age 34, from Teachey, North Carolina, Duplin county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1132D Mp Co, 95Th Mp Bn, 18Th Mp Bde, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Allen Lewis Boney, age 22, from Warsaw, North Carolina, Duplin county.
Parents: Jack R. Boney
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Death details: Died from injuries received in combat
Cemetery: Devotion Gardens
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)
Robert Allen Brown, age 22, from Rose Hill, North Carolina, Duplin county.
Parents: Hosea L. Brown
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, March 19, 1970
Death details: Died from injuries suffered in combat in Vietnam.
Cemetery: Devotional Gardens
Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)
Paul Edwin Gore from Faison, North Carolina, Duplin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 2, 1969
Death details: On October 2, 1969, a C-2A Greyhound (bureau number 152796) carrying five crew members and twenty passengers took off on a routine logistics support flight from Cubi Point Naval Station, Republic of the Philippines, to the USS Constellation (CVA 64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. En route, the aircraft was in radio and radar contact with the carrier when it suddenly disappeared from the radar. There were no distress calls or beepers heard. An extensive air and surface search was begun immediately and recovered some personal effects and aircraft debris, but no survivors. Eventually, a crash site was discovered off the coast of North Vietnam, however, no remains were recovered.
Machinist’s Mate First Class Paul Edwin Gore entered the U.S. Navy from North Carolina and was a crew member aboard the Constellation. He was a passenger aboard this Greyhound when it crashed, and he was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Today, Petty Officer Gore is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John W. Uptegrove, age 27, from North Carolina, Duplin county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, April 23, 1951
Death details: On April 22, 1951, elements of the 24th Infantry Division along with the 5th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) were dug into positions near Seoul, South Korea, where the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) had regrouped and begun a large-scale effort to penetrate the valley areas east of Seoul. Just prior to the main CCF offensive, the 5th RCT was executing part of a blocking action known as Operation Dauntless, in which its 1st and 2nd Battalions launched an attack against CCF forces in the Chorwon Valley to the north. They pushed the enemy out of the area and set up defensive positions, but the CCF soon regrouped and returned with a massive counterattack. While this assault was repelled, heavy pressure over the next eight days forced the 24th Infantry Division, along with the 5th RCT, to gradually fall back to stronger positions. The U.S. units suffered heavy casualties over the course of the fighting and withdrawal. Private First Class John William Uptegrove, who joined the U.S. Army from North Carolina, served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing during this action on April 23 near the village of Udam-Jang. He was not seen to fall in battle and he was not reported to be a prisoner of war. After the territory where he disappeared returned to U.S. military control, numerous searches were conducted for his remains, but all were unsuccessful. Today, Private First Class Uptegrove is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency