Samuel Mark Boswell, age 20, from Elkridge, Maryland, Howard county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 243Rd Engineer Company (Mnc-I), Baltimore, Md
Date of death: Friday, October 14, 2005
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jack Edwin Campbell, age 19, from Oella, Maryland, Howard county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, January 22, 1969
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Pleiku Province
Cemetery: Hostile, killed
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Thomas Owen Green, age 21, from Howard County Jessup, Maryland .
Parents: Stepfather George W. Vanden
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 29, 1965
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Cemetery: Hostile, killed
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Sun (1965)
James Leo Schatz, age 20, from Howard County Elkridge, Maryland .
Parents: Margaret A. B. Schatz
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, September 21, 1944
Death details: Killed in action at Palau Islands
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Baltimore Sun (1945)
Willard Bledsoe Harlowe, age 27, from Howard County Halethorpe, Maryland .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency