Thomas Allen Stephens, age 20, from Signal Mountain, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Spouse: Donna J. Stephens
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Stephens, Thomas Allen
Armstrong, Bruce Ellis
Army Private 1st class
Bruce Ellis Armstrong, age 21, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Parents: Phyllis A. Truitt
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, April 12, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Guthrie, Robert Eldridge
Army Corporal
Robert Eldridge Guthrie, age 21, from Red Bank, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Parents: William R. Guthrie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 28, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1970)
McArthur, Robert Lamar
Army Private 1st class
Robert Lamar McArthur, age 20, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 31, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Nunley, Walter William Jr.
Army Sergeant
Walter William Jr. Nunley, age 21, from North Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 22, 1970
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
McPhail, William Thomas
Air Force Major
William Thomas McPhail, age 29, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 22, 1968
Death details: On March 13, 2009, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Major William Thomas McPhail, missing from the Vietnam War. Major McPhail joined the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee and was a member of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron. On May 22, 1968, he was the navigator aboard a C-130 Hercules (tail number unavailable) and one of nine crew members, on a night flare mission over northern Salavan Province, Laos. The Hercules crashed during its flight, killing all nine of its crew. Immediate search efforts were not conducted due to heavy anti-aircraft fire in the area. Between 1989 and 2008, joint Laotian, Vietnamese, and American search teams conducted field investigations and excavations in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam, recovering aircraft wreckage and human remains for further analysis. In 2009, modern forensic techniques allowed for the individual identification of Maj McPhail’s remains among those recovered.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Harris, Rudolph
Army Sergeant 1st class
Rudolph Harris, age 39, from Hamilton County Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Parents: Addie Harris
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, January 12, 1951
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. Master Sergeant Rudolph Harris, who joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee, served with Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit made a fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri south to Sunchon, North Korea. He was marched to Camp 5 at Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died of exhaustion, pneumonia and frostbite on January 12, 1951. Although he was buried near the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Master Sergeant Harris 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, Kingsport News (1951)
Lovelady, Wallace Ray
Army Corporal
Wallace Ray Lovelady, age 21, from Hamilton County Daisy, Tennessee .
Parents: Cecil Lovelady
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
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 Wallace Ray Lovelady, who joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee, served with Headquarters and Headquarters Services Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken captive on November 30, 1950, during his unit’s attempt to fight through a heavily defended enemy roadblock near Sonachu, North Korea. Repatriated prisoners of war later reported that SGT Lovelady died in January of 1951 at the Death Valley Camp in Hofong, North Korea. His remains were not among those returned from this area since the ceasefire, and he is unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Lovelady is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chattanooga Daily Times (1954)
Brickell, Lewis Grant
Army Sergeant
Lewis Grant Brickell, age 19, from Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, September 4, 1950
Death details: On September 29, 2009, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class Lewis Grant Brickell, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant First Class Brickell joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee and was a member of Company D, 8th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. On September 4, 1950, SFC Brickell was captured by North Korean forces during an engagement at the fortified summit of Kasan, west of Taegu, South Korea. He died at some point while in enemy custody, though the exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. In 1954, as part of Operation Glory, the North Korean government returned to U.S. custody a set of remains recovered from the Chosin Reservoir area of North Korea. The remains could not be associated with any known losses that occurred in the Chosin Reservoir area, and they were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Advances in forensic technology eventually prompted the reexamination of these remains, and they were identified as those of SFC Brickell.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Lusk, Wallace Roger
Army Corporal
Wallace Roger Lusk, age 35, from Hamilton County Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Parents: P. M. Lusk Sr.
Service era: Korea
Military history: World War II veteran, served in five major battles in Europe, beginning with the invasion of Normandy. He reenlisted about a year after discharge.
Date of death: Friday, September 1, 1950
Death details: In late July of 1950, reinforcements from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division arrived in Pusan, South Korea, and within hours of their arrival were already being moved to the front lines along the Pusan Perimeter to help repel the invading North Korean People’s Army (NKPA). Troops were positioned along the eastern bank of the Naktong River, which was shallow enough to be crossed on foot in several places. On August 31, members of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, were defending the eastern shore of the Naktong, near the town of Yongsan, when at nightfall the NKPA advanced over the Naktong and began an offensive against American positions along the river. Heavy fighting broke out, and many of the 9th Infantry Regiment’s positions were overrun. Sergeant Wallace Roger Lusk, who joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee, was a member of E Company of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On the night of August 31, his unit was stationed along the Naktong River and was involved in the moving battle that broke out after the NKPA attack. Sergeant Lusk was lost during the fighting that took place between August 31 and September 1. He was never seen in enemy custody as a prisoner of war, and attempts to locate his remains following the end of hostilities were unsuccessful. Today, Sergeant Lusk 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, Chattanooga Daily Times (1954)