Ronald Jr Phillips, age 33, from Conway, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 3D Battalion, 7Th Infantry, 4 Bct, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Bahbahani, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Seth Aaron Hildreth, age 26, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 10Th Cavalry, (2 Bct), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Anthony Chad Owens, age 21, from Conway, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co D, 1St Bn, 502D Inf, 2 Bct, 4 Id, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Wilson B. Owens, age 29, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Operation Just Cause Panama
Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery
Eugene Huggins, age 40, from Conway, South Carolina, Horry county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 23, 1970
Death details: Wounded while on patrol in his tank On June 10, 1970.
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
Leland McLane Chestnut, age 21, from Conway, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Larry Leon Jordan, age 21, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Charlotte Observer (1970)
Thomas Leroy Chandler, age 22, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, February 23, 1970
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Darlac Province
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Associated Press (1970)
William Thomas Carter from Longs, South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 10, 1966
Death details:
On November 10, 1966, a S-2E Tracker (bureau number 152351, call sign “Beef Steak”) carrying four crew members took off from the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) on a nighttime surveillance mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. The aircraft failed to return from the mission, and search and rescue teams were launched. A U.S. destroyer found floating debris from the aircraft and personnel equipment over the loss area, but no survivors or remains could be recovered. All four members of the aircraft’s crew remain unaccounted-for.
Lieutenant Junior Grade William Thomas Carter, who joined the U.S. Navy from South Carolina, was a member of Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 21. He was the copilot of the Tracker when it went missing, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered following the incident. Today, Lieutenant Junior Grade Carter is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Ernest William Grainger from South Carolina, Horry county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, July 11, 1950
Death details: On February 28, 2013, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Ernest William Grainger, missing from the Korean War. Master Sergeant Grainger entered the U.S. Army from South Carolina and served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On July 11, 1950, the 21st Infantry Regiment was in defensive positions near Chochiwon, South Korea, when it was attacked by North Korean forces and was forced to withdraw. MSG Grainger was killed at some point during this action, though the exact details surrounding his loss are unknown, and his body was not recovered at the time of his loss. In 2012, the South Korean government repatriated human remains and artifacts from the vicinity near Chochiwon where MSG Grainger was last seen alive. Analysts were able to identify MSG Grainger from among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency