James N. III Willbourn, age 28, from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Parents: William Connor and Marsha Connor
Spouse: Married
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Died in crash of AV-8B Harrier. Body recovered about two months after crash.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Associated Press
Mark Phillip Raiford, age 21, from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Parents: Edward F. Raiford
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds received July 7, 1970 in Vietnam.
Cemetery: Maple Hill in Huntsville
Source: National Archives, Selma Time Journal (1970)
Jeffrey Lance Cooper from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Source: National Archives
Howard Rivers Jr. Andrews, age 27, from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 17, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Larry David Wood, age 21, from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Parents: Hubert A. Wood
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 20, 1970
Death details: Klled in action
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Prentice Wayne Hicks, age 21, from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 25, 1969
Death details: On March 25, 1969, three members of the 4th Infantry Division were conducting a road interdiction mission in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, when their unit came in contact with an enemy force in the vicinity of (GC) YB 790 002. During the ensuing firefight, one member was seriously wounded and became unable to walk on his own. The unit pulled back and the wounded man placed on a litter and carried out. As the unit moved to high ground, it encountered enemy forces again and during this second contact, while moving down a hill, the three soldiers became separated from the group and were not seen again. On April 5, the area was searched by a reconnaissance team, which found personal items belonging to two of the missing men, but no additional remains or signs of the men were located. Private First Class Prentice Wayne Hicks entered the U.S. Army from Alabama and was a rifleman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was wounded in the initial action and became separated from his unit while being evacuated on a litter, and he remains unaccounted-for. After the incident, the Army posthumously promoted PFC Hicks to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Hicks is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Austin Hamilton Travis from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Spouse: Ela Mae Travis
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James H. Fisk from Huntsville, Alabama, Madison county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Maple Hill, Huntsville
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com