Roy, David Paul
Army Specialist 4
David Paul Roy, age 19, from Pampa, Texas, Gray county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Roy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 4, 1970
Source: National Archives, The Childress Index
Roy, David Paul
Gage, Norman Glenn
Navy Chief petty officer
Norman Glenn Gage, age 32, from Pampa, Texas, Gray county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action while on river patrol in Vietnam when he sustained a missle wound in the chest.
Cemetery: Fairview
Source: National Archives, Pampa Daily News (1970)
Bryant, James W.
Army 2nd lieutenant
James W. Bryant from Texas, Gray county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy; Purple Heart, Air Medal
Date of death: Tuesday, September 12, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Hancock, J. L.
Marines Reserves Private 1st class
J. L. Hancock, age 21, from McLean, Texas, Gray county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, November 22, 1943
Death details: On February 17, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class J. L. Hancock, missing from World War II. Private First Class J. L. Hancock entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas, and served with Company B. 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. He was killed in action on Betio during the Battle of Tarawa on November 22, 1943. PFC Hancock’s remains were reportedly buried in Row D of Cemetery 33, one of the Marine cemeteries on Betio. Investigations of Tarawa after the war failed to locate PFC Hancock’s remains. In March 2019, the non-profit organization History Flight located a burial trench west of Cemetery 33, which was subsequently identified as Row D. Remains recovered from Row D were turned over the the DPAA for identification. One set of these remains were eventually identified as those of PFC Hancock,
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Autry, Eligah T. Jr.
Navy Coxswain
Eligah T. Jr. Autry, age 21, from Gray County Pampa, Texas .
Parents: Eligah T. Autry
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Times Record News (1986)
Floyd, Andrew Homer
Private
Andrew Homer Floyd, age 27, from McLean, Texas, Gray county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Hillcrest, McLean
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Davis, Weldon Alonzo
Army Private
Weldon Alonzo Davis from Gray County Texas.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On November 13, 2012, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Weldon Alonzo Davis, missing from the Korean War. Private First Class Davis joined the U.S. Army from Texas and was a member of Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. In late November 1950, the 2nd Infantry Division was positioned near the Ch’ongch’on River in North Korea, when they came under attack from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). They were engaged in a fighting withdrawal when PFC Davis was captured by enemy forces near Somindong, North Korea. He was taken to a prisoner of war camp in the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley, where he died of malnutrition and pneumonia on an unknown date. PFC Davis was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody immediately after the ceasefire. In 2005, a joint U.S./North Korean investigative team recovered remains from a burial site in Unsan County, North Korea, and PFC Davis was eventually identified from among these remains. Private First Class Davis 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