Shin Woo Kim, age 23, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Battalion, 12Th Infantry, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Shane Mikel Stinson, age 23, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Orange County Register
Michael John McGerty, age 26, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Spouse: Karen J. McGerty
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 31, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Roger James Carr, age 22, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Parents: William F. Carr Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Lost Angeles Times (1970)
Laurence Gordon Brown, age 22, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Parents: Walter G. Brown
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 28, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Los Angeles Times (1970)
John Scott Rick, age 20, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Parents: Don L. Rick
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Warren John Jr. Ferguson, age 18, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Parents: Laura
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Los Angeles Times (1970)
Alfred Derril Oglesby, age 21, from Fullerton, California, Orange county.
Parents: Luis E. Oglesby
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 Alfred Derril Oglesby joined the U.S. Army from California and was a member of Company B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, Company B was in defensive positions with the 1st Battalion near Unsan, when it came under CCF attack and was forced to withdraw. Corporal Oslesby went missing during this combat, though circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. Additionally, he was never reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Corporal Oglesby is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chico Enterprise Record (1954)
Robert W. Foss, age 22, from Orange County Fullerton, California .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, July 5, 1942
Death details: On July 5, 1942, a C-53B Skytrooper (serial number 41-20048) took off from Elmendorf Army Air Force Base, Alaska, on a transport mission to Seattle, Washington, carrying four crew members and twelve passengers. Approximately twenty-five miles northeast of Fort Randall, Cold Bay, Alaska, the aircraft crashed into a mountain on Kodiak Island in the Seward Peninsula off of northwest Alaska. All sixteen men on board died in the crash, but only the remains of six were recovered. The other ten occupants remain unaccounted for. Second Lieutenant Robert W. Foss, who joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from California, was a member of Headquarters, 11th Air Force, and was assigned to the 54th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. He was a passenger aboard this Skytrooper when it crashed during its transport mission to Seattle. His remains were not recovered following the crash. Today, Second Lieutenant Foss is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency