Courtney Tremayne Johnson, age 26, from Garner, North Carolina, Wake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 3D Brigade Special Troop Battalion, 3 Bct, Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Besemya, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Enrique Carlos Sanchez, age 21, from Garner, North Carolina, Wake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, (1-1 Ad, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Thursday, July 27, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin Shawnsonte Smith, age 28, from Garner, North Carolina, Wake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: I Troop, 3D Squadron, 3D Armored Cavalry (Tf Baghdad), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Monday, November 7, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Pinecrest Memorial Gardens; Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
Robert Clark Dawson, age 23, from Garner, North Carolina, Wake county.
Parents: George T. Dawson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Cemetery: Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Clayton
Source: National Archives, News and Observer (1970)
Waldo Herman Gower from Garner, North Carolina, Pitt county.
Parents: John Rufus Cordell
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency