Hornell New York

Smith, Zachary D.
Marines Lance Corporal

Zachary D. Smith, age 19, from Hornell, New York, Steuben county.

Parents: Christopher Smith and Kim Smith
Spouse: Anne (Deebs) Smith
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hornell Senior High (2008)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted in 2008, Purple Heart.

Date of death: Sunday, January 24, 2010
Death details: One of three soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: St. Mary’s, Town of Fremont

Source: Department of Defense, St. Petersburg Times, Hornell Evening Tribune, Military Times

Underwood, Paul Gerard
Air Force Colonel

Paul Gerard Underwood from Hornell, New York, Steuben county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 16, 1966
Death details: On January 28, 1998, the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Paul Gerard Underwood, missing from the Vietnam War.

Colonel Underwood joined the U.S. Air Force from New York and was a member of the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 16, 1966, he piloted an F-105D Thunderchief on a strike mission over enemy territory in Vietnam. Colonel Underwood’s aircraft went down during the mission, and he died in the incident. Immediate search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful in locating his remains. In 1997, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team excavated the Thunderchief’s crash site and recovered remains that, in 1998, were identified as those of Col Underwood.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Markham, Jack Phillip
Navy Torpedoman’s mate 3

Jack Phillip Markham, age 25, from Steuben County Hornell, New York .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.

Source: On Eternal Patrol

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