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Rodney R Jr Roane, age 23, from Virginia, Henrico county.
School: Varina High graduate
Date of death: Monday, October 28, 2013
Death details: Killed in a motor vehicle accident in Henrico
Cemetery: Washington Memorial Park, Sandston
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond; WWBT, findagrave.com, March Funeral Homes
Thomas Holt Sr Felts, age 45, from Sandston, Virginia, Henrico county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Battalion, 6Th Military Transition Team, Multi-National Corps, Iraq
Date of death: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Meredith Carol Loughran, age 26, from Sandston, Virginia, Henrico county.
Date of death: Sunday, November 8, 1998
Death details: Accident, about 120 miles off Virginia coast. Killed in a fiery collision on an aircraft carrier.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond; Washington Post (1998).
Robert Richard Chesser, age 23, from Henrico County Highland Springs, Virginia .
Spouse: Barbara N. Chesser
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Edgar Franklin Jr. Crouse, age 20, from Glen Allen, Virginia, Henrico county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 20, 1970
Source: National Archives
Stuart Brooks Christian from Virginia, Henrico county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, March 21, 1951
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class Stuart Brooks Christian, who joined the U.S. Army from Virginia, served with M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12, near Chochiwon and forced to march north to a prison camp at Hanjang-ni, North Korea. He died there on March 21, 1951, of malnutrition and pneumonia, and was buried by his fellow prisoners near the camp. However, after the war, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Private First Class Christian is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Russell C. Williams, age 30, from Sandston, Virginia, Henrico county.
Spouse: Doris E. Williams
Children: Carrole, 3; Carla, 1
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, November 4, 1950
Death details: Killed in the crash of a private plane near Alexandria, Virginia
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch (1950)
Joseph R. Moore, age 27, from Virginia, Henrico county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 11, 1944
Death details: Finding of death
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Thomas E Garrett, age 18, from Highland Springs, Virginia, Henrico county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, July 19, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com