Braden Joseph Long, age 19, from Sherman, Texas, Grayson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 4Th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Saturday, August 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Waldo Funeral Home
Michael Luke Boatright, age 24, from Whitesboro, Texas, Grayson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 20Th Engineer Battalion, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Saturday, December 4, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
George Wayne Kamenicky, age 24, from Sherman, Texas, Grayson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 1971
Source: National Archives
Danny Leon Robinette, age 23, from Denison, Texas, Grayson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Cedarlawn in Denison
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Charles Milford Knowles, age 25, from Denison, Texas, Grayson county.
Spouse: Sandra K. Knowles
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, April 28, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Vernon Daily Record (1970)
Ehrhard Hans Konrad Pohl, age 25, from Denison, Texas, Grayson county.
Parents: Ursula Fraga
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduate of Frankfurt High, Grayson College in Denison
Date of death: Sunday, March 22, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam from multiple lacerations received when an explosive device detonated.
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Michael Wayne Bow, age 20, from Whitewright, Texas, Grayson county.
Parents: O.J. Bow Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Whitewright High graduate
Date of death: Wednesday, March 4, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when ain a defensive position that came under hostile attack.
Cemetery: Oak Hill
Source: National Archives, San Angelo Weekly Standard (1970), Bonham Daily Favorite (1970)
Clarence A. L. Watson, age 18, from Texas, Grayson county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, July 24, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Clarence A. L. Watson entered the U.S. Army from Texas and served with the Quartermaster Corps in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of malaria and dysentery on July 24, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any of those recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Watson is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Frederick Halden Owen from Grayson County Collinsville, Texas .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Joseph Lafate McMurry, age 25, from Grayson County Sherman, Texas .
Parents: Velma Lee McMurry
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
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. Sergeant Joseph Lafate McMurry, who joined the U.S. Army from Texas, served with the Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, during his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. He was marched with a group of fellow captives to Camp 5, Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died of pneumonia at an unspecified date soon after arriving. Although records indicate he was buried at Camp 5, his remains have not been recovered. Today, Sergeant McMurry is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Marshall News Messenger (1951)