Elizabeth City County Virginia

Hester, Lindsay Kirby
Army Sergeant 1st class

Lindsay Kirby Hester from Fort Monroe, Virginia, Elizabeth City county.

Spouse: Janice A. Hester

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)

Reuter, George J.
Army 1st lieutenant

George J. Reuter, age 25, from Virginia, Elizabeth City county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, August 1, 1943
Death details: In the summer of 1943, Reuter was assigned to the 328th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Reuter was serving as the navigator was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania. He was accounted for January 10, 2023.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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