Robert S. Jr. Abeel from Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, September 28, 1945
Death details: Died non-battle
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Abeel, Robert S. Jr.
Mullins, Lester Cantrell
Navy Reserves Radioman 2nd class
Lester Cantrell Mullins from Harrison, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
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
Cooper, Thomas Harley
Marines Corporal
Thomas Harley Cooper, age 22, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On August 9, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for Marine Cpl. Thomas Harley Cooper, missing from World War II. Cooper entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Tennessee and served in Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He was killed in action on Betio Island on November 20, 1943, and was buried on Betio. Attempts to locate Cooper’s remains following the war were unsuccessful. In 1980, Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA), traveled to Betio to receive human remains recovered during a construction project. One set of these remains, which was accessioned as CILHI 0002-80, could not be identified and in 1982, was interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii. In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of unknowns associated with Tarawa Atoll, including CILHI 0002-80, for further examination. In 2019, advances in forensic techniques led to the identification of CILHI 0002-80 as Cooper.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Andregg, Henry Jr.
Marines Reserves Corporal
Henry Jr. Andregg, age 22, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: Killed during the U.S. invasion of the Gilbert Islands; interred for decades in an unidentified grave at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Remains identified in May 2017 through DNA analysis
Cemetery: Chattanooga National
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission; Times Fress Press, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Farmer, John Wilson
Navy Coxswain
John Wilson Farmer, age 21, from Hamilton County Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Parents: Artie Farmer
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chattanooga Daily Times (1942), Nashville Banner (1942)
Rogers, James Walton
Navy Seaman first class
James Walton Rogers, age 24, from Hamilton County Red Bank, Tennessee .
Parents: W. G. Rogers
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Chattanooga Daily Times (1941)
Voiles, Loyd Z.
Navy Seaman 2
Loyd Z. Voiles, age 18, from Hamilton County Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Parents: Mellie Voiles
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Chattanooga Daily Times (1941)
Gafney, Joseph F.
Captain
Joseph F. Gafney from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Somme American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Fritts, Fred W.
Captain
Fred W. Fritts, age 30, from Chatanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Forest Hills in Chattanooga
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Freeman, Thomas J.
Private
Thomas J. Freeman from Chatanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Chattanooga National
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com