Nelson D. Trent, age 37, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Fort Worth, Texas.
Date of death: Thursday, December 13, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Paul Pena, age 27, from San Marcos, Texas, Hays county.
Parents: Cecilia Pena
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: San Marcos Baptis Academy (2000); West Point (2004)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 508th Prachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Death details: Died in Arghandab River Vally, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when road side bomb exploded during a foot patrol with Afghan soldiers. Adam K. Ginett of North Carolina was also killed.
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National
Source: Department of Defense, Canadian Press, Austin American Statesman, San Marcos Daily Record, San Marcos Local News, Military Times
Michael Warner Davis, age 22, from San Marcos, Texas, Hays county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 425Th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Date of death: Monday, May 21, 2007
Death details: Died in Baghdad of wounds sustained when multiple improvised explosive devices detonated near his vehicle
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Legacy
Jacob Huron Neal, age 23, from San Marcos, Texas, Hays county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 1St Bn, 24Th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 4Th Mar Div, Grand Rapids, Mi
Date of death: Friday, January 19, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kristian Menchaca, age 23, from San Marcos, Texas, Hays county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 502D Infantry, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Monday, June 19, 2006
Death details: Died when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire while manning a checkpoint during combat operations in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kenneth Hayes McLendon, age 19, from Dripping Springs, Texas, Hays county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, January 2, 1970
Source: National Archives
John P. Odoms, age 20, from Hays County San Marcos, Texas .
Parents: Ruby Odoms
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
Source: Associated Press (1966), San Antonio Express News (1966)
Thomas Howard Caruthers, age 21, from Travis County Austin, Texas .
Parents: Hattie Hill and Walter Caruthers
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 18, 1966
Death details: Killed by an accidental gunshot wound in the chest from an M14 rifle held by another Marine in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Tulsa World 91966)
Gerald Ray Roberts, age 31, from Hays County San Marcos, Texas .
Parents: Boone S. Roberts
Spouse: Married
Children: Two
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Oglesby High 91951), Southwest Texas State College, University of Texas, San Diego State College (1963)
Date of death: Thursday, December 2, 1965
Death details: On October 10, 1996, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Commander Gerald Ray Roberts, missing from the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Commander Roberts entered the U.S. Navy from Texas and was a member of Attack Squadron 196, Carrier Air Wing 19. On December 2, 1965, he was the pilot of an A-1A Skyraider (bureau number 139755, call sign “Milestone 612”) leading a formation of aircraft on a bombing mission against enemy targets in North Vietnam. His aircraft crashed for unknown reasons prior to departing the target area, and LCDR Roberts was killed in the incident. The crash site was in Ha Tinh Province where a heavy enemy presence prevented any immediate search and recovery efforts for his remains. In 1993 and 1994, U.S. personnel investigated the crash site and recovered physical evidence and human remains; and in 1996, analysts identified the remains as those of LCDR Roberts. Lieutenant Commander Roberts is memorialized on 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, Waco Times Herald ((1965)
Felix Rodriguez from Hays County Hays, Texas .
Parents: Jacoba Rodriguez
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Death details: Killed when the transport plane he was aboard crashed in Hong Kong.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1965), Associated Press (1965)