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Lancaster, Joshua T.
Army Specialist

Joshua T. Lancaster, age 22, from Millbrook, Alabama, Elmore county.

Service era: Afghanistan.
Military history: 184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked the Kandahar airfield with indirect fire.

Source: Department of Defense., Military Times

Claunch, Herbert Ronald
Army 1st Sergeant

Herbert Ronald Claunch, age 58, from Wetumpka, Alabama, Elmore county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 217Th Military Police Company, West Prattville, Al 36007

Date of death: Sunday, April 18, 2004
Death details: Died at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after collapsing on the floor in his quarters

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Henderson, Ferrandy D.
Marines Lance corporal

Ferrandy D. Henderson, age 19, from Elmore County Wetumpka, Alabama . Their last known residence was in Tampa, Florida.

Parents: Alma

Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Wetumpka High graduate

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, Alabama Journal (1983)

Powell, Abraham
Army Staff sergeant

Abraham Powell, age 29, from Wetumpka, Alabama, Elmore county.

Parents: William O. Powell
Spouse: Helen Powell

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Elmore County Training School (1960)

Date of death: Wednesday, April 14, 1971
Death details: Killed accidentally in Vietnam
Cemetery: Galilee Baptist Church in Wetumpka

Source: National Archives, Montgomery Alabama Journal (1971)

Luster, Sam
Army Private 1st class

Sam Luster, age 22, from Alabama, Elmore county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 1944
Death details: Killed in action

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Talbot, James A.
Army Staff sergeant

James A. Talbot, age 23, from Alabama, Elmore county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: 101st Infantry, 26th Infantry Division

Date of death: Thursday, November 23, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Mobile National

Source: National Archives, grave marker

Boswell, James A.
Lieutenant

James A. Boswell, age 50, from Elmore, Alabama, Elmore county.

Parents: F.A. Boswell

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, September 30, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Cemetery: Mount Hebron West, Elmore

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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