Jonathan Brett Thornsberry, age 22, from Mcdowell, Kentucky, Floyd county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 24Th Mar, 4Th Mar Div, Johnson City, Tn
Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Ira Charles Brank, age 19, from Wheelwright, Kentucky, Floyd county.
Parents: Harry Brank
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, September 20, 1971
Source: National Archives, Lexington Herald (1971)
Ancel James Terry, age 19, from Watergap, Kentucky, Floyd county.
Parents: Loretta J. Blair
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in Southeast Asia
Source: National Archives, Lexington Herald (1970)
Donald Hall, age 21, from Printer, Kentucky, Floyd county.
Parents: General L. Hall
Spouse: Breanda J. Beller
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 27, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Advocate Messenger (1970)
Danny Eugene Blevins, age 20, from Tram, Kentucky, Floyd county.
Parents: Myrl D. Blevins
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Andrew J. Campbell, age 23, from Floyd County Langley, Kentucky .
Parents: Dixie C. Campbell and preceded in death by Hargis Campbell; stepfather James Campbell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Maytown High graduate, Mayo State Technical School at Paintsville
Military history: 16th Infantry Division
Date of death: Monday, April 11, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Greenup County News (1966)
Arvel Dewit Akers, age 19, from Floyd County Grethel, Kentucky .
Parents: Mrs. Orville Carroll
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 8, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, News Messenger (1966)
Victor J. Calhoun, age 21, from Floyd County Prestonburg, Kentucky .
Parents: Thomas J. Calhoun
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 3, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a military chartered airline in the Gulf of Alaska
Source: Associated Press (1963)
Earl S. Jarvis from Floyd County Garrett, Kentucky .
Parents: Clyde P. Jarvis
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Source: Associated Press (1955)
Randolph Hayes, age 22, from Floyd County Hueysville, Kentucky .
Parents: Rhoda Hayes
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, February 3, 1951
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Randolph Hayes joined the U.S. Army from Kentucky and was a member of Battery A, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. On November 30, 1950, he was captured by enemy forces near Somindong, North Korea, as his unit made its fighting withdrawal toward Sunchon. CPL Hayes was marched to Camp 5, a prisoner of war camp in Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died on February 3, 1951. He was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Hayes is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lexington Herald (1951)