Donald Robert Simon, age 21, from Springfield, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Donald J. Simon
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1970)
Simon, Donald Robert
Leichliter, Vyrl Eugene Jr.
Army 1st lieutenant
Vyrl Eugene Jr. Leichliter, age 22, from McLean, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Vera Wycoff Leichliter (Died in February 1936)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Norkatur High in Kansas, and attended schools in Tokyo, Japan, Rome, Italy, Baltimore, Maryland and McLean, Virginia
Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Cemetery: Norcatur
Source: National Archives, Salina Journal (1970)
Gosselin, Robert Joseph
Marine Lance corporal
Robert Joseph Gosselin, age 19, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Lewis, Robert Raymond
Army 1st lieutenant
Robert Raymond Lewis, age 23, from Annadale, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 25, 1970
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Pardee, Scott Kenton
Army Warrant officer 1st class
Scott Kenton Pardee, age 21, from Springfield, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 23, 1970
Source: National Archives
Sullivan, Michael Nelson
Army Corporal
Michael Nelson Sullivan, age 20, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Lamont N. Sullivan
Spouse: Jeanne L. Sullivan
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Death details: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Scranton Tribune (1970)
Hawkins, Johnny Lee
Army Private 1st class
Johnny Lee Hawkins, age 20, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Vaughn C. Keel
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, January 4, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Jenkins, John Allenvine III
Army Sergeant
John Allenvine III Jenkins, age 20, from McLean, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, September 25, 1968
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Quang Duc Province
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Marr, Charles Lewis
Army Private 1st class
Charles Lewis Marr, age 19, from Vienna, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Iris H. Marr
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Corporal Charles Lewis Marr joined the U.S. Army from Virginia and was a member of Company B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, Company B was with the 1st Battalion near Unsan when it came under attack and was forced to withdraw. Corporal Marr went missing during this combat, although the specific circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. He was not recorded as being a prisoner of war and he has not been identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Marr is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Richmond Times Dispatch (1951)
Feltner, Robert A.
Army Private 1st class
Robert A. Feltner from Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, July 24, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor and food and water supplied extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Technician Fourth Grade Robert A. Feltner joined the U.S. Army Air Forces in Virginia and served with the 27th Materials Squadron, 20th Air Base Group in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender and died of malaria and malnutrition on July 24, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Technician Fourth Grade Feltner is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency