Greenwood County South Carolina

Rhodes, Ferris Ansel Jr.
Army Major

Ferris Ansel Jr. Rhodes, age 34, from Greenwood, South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, January 3, 1971
Death details: On January 3, 1971, a U-6A Beaver (tail number 52-2584) took off carrying a pilot and six passengers on an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam. The flight was over mountainous terrain and flown in inclement weather. Radar contact was lost with the aircraft fourteen miles southeast of Phu Cat, South Vietnam, in the vicinity of (GC) BR 960 250, and the U-6A never reached Ban Me Thuot. Attempts to locate the aircraft, pilot, or any of the passengers following the disappearance were unsuccessful. Captain Ferris Ansel Rhodes Jr. entered the U.S. Army from South Carolina and was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the pilot of this U-6A when it was lost, and remains unaccounted for. After the incident, the U.S. Army promoted Captain Rhodes to the rank of Major. Today, Major Rhodes is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Brooks, David Lee
Army Corporal

David Lee Brooks, age 21, from Greenwood, South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Parents: Furman L. Brooks

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, July 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Yeldell, David
Army Specialist 4

David Yeldell, age 21, from Greenwood, South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Parents: Ella M. Yeldell and Henry (preceded in death)

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Greenwood Index Journal (1970)

Schoper, Gregory Carlyle
Army 1st lieutenant

Gregory Carlyle Schoper, age 24, from Greenwood, South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Spouse: Sherry Schoper

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Magaha, Danny Roy
Army Private 1st class

Danny Roy Magaha, age 20, from Greenwood, South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Spouse: Joyce (Claycomb)

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, February 4, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Ligonier Echo (1970), Index Journal (1970)

Brown, Steve R.
Army

Steve R. Brown, age 18, from Greenwood County Greenwood, South Carolina .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, April 22, 1966
Death details: Killed when an American Flyers airliner smashed into a mountainside southeast of Ardmore, Oklahoma. The plane was enroute to Fort Benning Georgia for Fort Ord, California
Cemetery: Greenwood Memorial Gardens

Source: , Greenville News (1966)

Gambrell, Franklin Douglas
Army Staff sergeant

Franklin Douglas Gambrell, age 33, from Greenwood County Hodges, South Carolina .

Parents: Preceded in death by Albert Gambrell
Spouse: Ingrid Gambrell
Children: Three daughters

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, February 14, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Greenwood Memorial Gardens

Source: National Archives, Greenville News (1966)

Cothran, Wade R.
Army Major

Wade R. Cothran, age 48, from Greenwood County South Carolina.

Parents: Jennie Wardlaw Harrison Cothran and W. R. Cothran Sr.
Children: Wade R. Cothran Jr.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Date of death: Friday, December 15, 1944
Death details: Killed while he was being transported aboard a Japanese ship as a prisoner of war from the Philippines to Japan.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Sarasota Herald Tribune (1946)

Canup, Grady H.
Army Staff sergeant

Grady H. Canup from South Carolina, Greenwood county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, November 14, 1944
Death details: On January 26, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Grady H. Canup, missing from World War II. Staff Sergeant Grady H. Canup entered the U.S. Army from South Carolina and served with Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On November 14, 1944, he was serving on the front lines of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest near Germeter, Germany. That day, SSG Canup was in a fox hole that was hit by an enemy artillery shell. He was killed in the incident, and his remains could not be recovered. American Graves Registration Command conducted investigations of the Hürtgen Forest after the war from 1946 to 1950. Some of the remains recovered during this time could not be identified, and were buried as unknowns at American military cemeteries in Europe. Recently, research by a DPAA historian prompted the reexamination of a set of unknown remains that had been recovered from the Hürtgen Forest area in 1947 and buried as unknown remains at the Ardennes American Cemetery. The remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory where they were identified as those of SSG Canup.
Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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