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Johnson, Robert Thomas
Army Specialist

Robert Thomas Johnson, age 20, from Erwin, North Carolina, Harnett county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 805Th Military Police Company, 414Th Mp Battalion (43 Mp Bde) Raleigh, Nc

Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Death details: Umm Qasr, Iraq
Cemetery: Harnett Memorial Park

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times

Miller, Marvin Lee
Army Sergeant 1st class

Marvin Lee Miller, age 38, from Dunn, North Carolina, Harnett county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Troop, 1St Squadron / 4Th Cavalry (1St Id), Apo Ae 09033 (Schweinfurt, Ge)

Date of death: Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Guerrera, Joseph Robert
Army Private 1st class

Joseph Robert Guerrera, age 20, from Dunn, North Carolina, Harnett county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 325Th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, Nc 28310

Date of death: Monday, October 27, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Page, Connie Ray
Marines Corporal

Connie Ray Page, age 23, from Harnett County Dunn, North Carolina .

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance

Dennis, Jerry Allen
Army Specialist 4

Jerry Allen Dennis, age 19, from Erwin, North Carolina, Harnett county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, October 31, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds received in action
Cemetery: Erwin Memorial Park

Source: National Archives, Raleigh News and Observer (1970)

Byrd, James Edward
Army Private

James Edward Byrd, age 22, from Dunn, North Carolina, Harnett county.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. William D. Barnes

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, April 2, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Parnell, William Brice
Army Staff sergeant

William Brice Parnell, age 27, from Harnett County Coats, North Carolina .

Spouse: Madeline Parnell

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)

Stewart, Donald David
Air Force Staff sergeant

Donald David Stewart, age 29, from Harnett County Coats, North Carolina .

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Odell Hasty, Robert G. Stewart
Spouse: Wanda Stewart Adams
Children: Dona Stewart

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, December 11, 1965
Death details: On February 27, 1979, the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii(CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Donald David Stewart, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Stewart joined the U.S. Air Force from North Carolina and was a member of the 309th Air Commando Squadron. On December 11, 1965, he was the loadmaster aboard a C-123B Provider (tail number 56-4376, call sign “Snipe 67”) that carried three other crew members and eighty-one members of the Republic of Vietnam Army on a transport mission from Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam, to Tuy Hoa Air Base. The Provider went down during its flight to Tuy Hoa, killing SSgt Stewart and the others on board. Their remains could not be recovered at the time. On June 16, 1974, South Vietnamese military personnel found the crash site in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, and collected human remains from the aircraft wreckage. The remains and artifacts were turned over to CILHI, and SSgt Stewart was identified among the remains recovered. Staff Sergeant Stewart is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, News and Observer (1966)

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