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David J. Chambers, age 25, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Death details: Died in Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when he encountered an enemy improvised explosive device while on dismounted patrol.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Todd William Weaver, age 26, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Spouse: Emma Weaver
Children: Kiley Honoria Neil, 1
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Bruton High graduate, Williamsburg, Virginia. College of William and Mary (2008). Radford University (2006).
Military history: 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Thursday, September 9, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Daily Press, Military Times
John Patrick Bartone, age 20, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam
Cemetery: Hampton National
Source: National Archives, Hartford Courant (1970)
Cleveland Gye Wynder, age 31, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Spouse: Elfreda W. Wynder
Children: Teluana Wynder
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Death details: Died in an accident during his second tour in Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Newport News Daily Press (1970)
Ruppert Leon Sargent from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, March 15, 1970
Source: National Archives
Douglas Glenn Burd, age 24, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Parents: William Layton Burd (died in 1991)
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 1, 1969
Death details:
On August 1, 1969, an F-4E Phantom II (tail number 67-0323) with a crew of two took off from Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam, on a strike mission against a target southwest of Chu Lai. Shortly after dropping its ordnance over the target area, this Phantom was seen to crash into a small hill just beyond the target in the vicinity of Grid Coordinates BS 281 589. No parachutes were observed and no radio messages or rescue beeper signals were received. An immediate search was initiated and continued throughout the night without success. On August 3, a Special Forces unit attempted to reach the crash site but was forced to withdraw due to enemy forces in the area. No further ground searches were conducted. Further aerial search efforts were also unsuccessful. The aircraft and its crew remain unaccounted for.
First Lieutenant Douglas Glenn Burd entered the U.S. Air Force from Virgina and was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the navigator aboard this Phantom II when it crashed, and he was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Burd is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Daily Press, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ernest Frissell Jr. Cooke, age 20, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Hampton National
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org