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Hutchison, Mark E.
Navy Boiler Tech 2nd class

Mark E. Hutchison, age 27, from Elkins, West Virginia, Randolph county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Died with nine other sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima when the ship’s 850-degree steam pipe erupted.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense

Cosner, David L.
Marines Lance corporal

David L. Cosner, age 23, from Randolph County Elkins, West Virginia .

Parents: Harold Cosner

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Philadelphia Inquirer (1983)

Hess, Thomas G.
Army Staff sergeant

Thomas G. Hess, age 26, from Elkins, West Virginia, Randolph county.

Parents: Charles G. Hess

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, May 3, 1970

Source: National Archives, Raleigh Register (1970)

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