Billy D Jr Brixey Jr., age 21, from Ferriday, Louisiana, Concordia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Cssg-3, (1St Bn, 3D Mar), 3D Mlg, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Parents: Billy D. Brixey Sr.
Spouse: Single
Date of death: Friday, January 27, 2006
Death details: Died at a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany from wounds sufferred when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Willard Todd Partridge, age 35, from Ferriday, Louisiana, Concordia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 170Th Military Police Company (Tf Olympia), Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Michael Banard Varnado, age 21, from Ferriday, Louisiana, Concordia county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 2, 1970
Death details: On July 27, 1989, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Michael Banard Varnado, missing from the Vietnam War.
Private First Class Varnado joined the U.S. Army from Louisiana and was a member of the 229th Aviation Battalion. On May 2, 1970, he was a crew member on a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-16512) on a logistical support mission to the Katum fire support base in Vietnam. The Iroquois was damaged by ground fire during its flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The crew left the aircraft and took cover from approaching Vietnamese communist forces. PFC Varnado was wounded and captured in the ensuing engagement, and he died at some point while held prisoner. In 1989, the Vietnamese government returned a set of unidentified remains to U.S. custody, and that year, U.S. analysts identified the returned remains as those of PFC Varnado.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Freddie Lee Allen, age 20, from Ferriday, Louisiana, Concordia county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Thursday, June 29, 1967
Death details: Killed by thrown grenade in Quang Ngai Province
Cemetery: Natchez National
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association