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Windell Jeryd Simmons, age 20, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 3D Battalion, 67Th Armor, 4 Bct, (4 Id), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, September 21, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Pierce Russell, age 30, from Christian County Hopkinsville, Kentucky .
Parents: Lee Roy Russell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, December 3, 1971
Death details: Died when the plane he was piloting collided with a helicopter.
Source: National Archives, Louisville Courier Journal (1971)
Richard Jr. Sallee, age 23, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 3, 1971
Source: National Archives
Thomas Mikell Crisp, age 20, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Parents: Thomas Crisp
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Source: National Archives, The Messenger (1970)
Michael R. Jr. Harris from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 26, 1970
Source: National Archives
Joseph Loran Miller from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 12, 1970
Source: National Archives
Robert Earl Phipps, age 20, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Source: National Archives
Dorris Wayne Trainer, age 21, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Parents: John W. Trainer and Louise Hamilton
Spouse: Bonnie Susan Trainer
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hopkinsville High (1968)
Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Source: National Archives, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle (1970)
James Warren Finzel, age 35, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Spouse: Patsy G. Finzel
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 6, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Ben Hadden Gore, age 20, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Christian county.
Parents: Ruth Gore
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, November 25, 1943
Death details: On September 1, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced it has identified the remains of Private First Class Ben Hadden Gore, missing from World War II. Private First Class Gore, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Kentucky, was assigned to Special Weapons Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force. He was injured sometime and died, likely from his wounds, on November 25, 1943, during his unit’s assault on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll. Although the exact circumstances surrounding his death are unknown, he was buried on Betio at the time. After the war, his remains could not be identified from among those recovered from the island. In 2015, the nongovernmental organization History Flight, Inc., discovered a burial site on Betio Island and recovered the remains of 35 U.S. service members who fought during the battle in November 1943; the remains were turned over to the DPAA laboratory in Hawaii, and analysts used modern forensic techniques that eventually identified Pfc Gore from among them.
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency