Otie Joseph McVey, age 53, from Oak Hill, West Virginia, Fayette county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 706Th Transportation Company, 475 Quartermaster Group, Kenton, Oh
Date of death: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Death details: Died in Beaver, West Virginia after being medically evacuated from Baghdad on September 23, 2004 for treatment of a non-combat related illness
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Edward Lockett, age 33, from Ansted, West Virginia, Fayette county.
Parents: Margaret Lockett
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Date of death: Monday, April 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Beckley Post Herald (1970)
Thomas L. Terry, age 38, from Ansted, West Virginia, Fayette county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, July 4, 1967
Death details: Killed in helicopter crash
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Theodore Shamblin, age 28, from Fayette County Fayetteville, West Virginia .
Spouse: Yoko Shamblin
Children: Robin Ann, 1; Patricia, 4 months
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 11, 1965
Death details: Died in Vietnam of wounds received in action.
Cemetery: Wildwood Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Raleigh Register (1965)
Troy Byron Williams, age 19, from Fayette County Mount Hope, West Virginia .
Parents: Charlotte B. Williams
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 8, 1965
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Ledger Enquirer (1965)
Joseph Eugene Muir, age 37, from Fayette County Meadow Bridge, West Virginia .
Parents: J. C. Muir
Spouse: Mildred (Church)
Children: Five
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 11, 1965
Death details: Died from wounds caused by an explosion.
Source: National Archives, Raleigh Register (1965)
Edward K. Cottle, age 23, from Fayette County Fayetteville, West Virginia .
Parents: Charles R. Cottle
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1953
Death details: Killed in the crash of an Air Force C0124 Globemaster near Tokyo.
Source: United Press (1953), Hinton Daily News (1953)
Darrell Wesley Scarbrough, age 20, from Fayetteville, West Virginia, Fayette county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On August 9, 2006, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Darrell Wesley Scarbrough, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Scarbrough entered the U.S. Army from West Virginia and served with Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, members of Company D were occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea, north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the “Camel’s Head Bend.” That day, elements of the Chinese Communist Forces struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. CPL Scarbrough did not survive this combat, though the details surrounding his loss are not recorded and his body was not recovered at the time. In 2000, a joint U.S./North Korean investigative team interviewed a farmer living in the vicinity of Unsan who told the team that while doing land reclamation work, he uncovered human remains he believed were those of U.S. soldiers. The team excavated the burial site and uncovered human remains, and U.S. analysts identified CPL Scarbrough from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hinton Daily News (1950)
Edgar White, age 20, from Fayette County Gauley, West Virginia .
Parents: William Earley White
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 1944
Death details: Killed in the sinking of the USS Gambier Bay during the Battle of Leyte.
Source: National Archives
Frederick T. Crouse from West Virginia, Fayette county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, September 18, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker