Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Nathan Goodman, age 36, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, Cook county.
Spouse: Kelly Goodman
Children: Lillyana, 10, and Ethan 8
Service era: Afghanistan
School: Thornton Fractional South High (2002)
Parents: Donna and Larry Goodman
Date of death: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Death details: Died during a free-fall parachute training exercise in Arizona
Source: Chicago Tribine, Chicago Sun Times, Lansing Journal
Steven Ray Elrod, age 20, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, Cumberland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 73D Cavalry, 2 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, September 10, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Lafayette Memorial in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Jerry S. Daves, age 20, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, Cumberland county.
Parents: Jerry and Gail Daves
Service era: Operation Just Cause Panama
Schools: Southview High
Military history: 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry
Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Death details: Died in combat, Panama
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery, Courier News (1989)
David Jr. Gaddie, age 28, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, Cumberland county.
Parents: David L. Gaddie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 4, 1970
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)