Jonathan Miles Sr Lankford, age 42, from Scottsboro, Alabama, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhd, 79Th Ordnance Battalion, 52D Ordnance Group, Fort Sam Houston, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, September 22, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremy Dale Foshee, age 25, from Pisgah, Alabama, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Apo Ap 96205
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2002
Death details: Killed in an MH-47E crash during a training exercise,near Basilan Island, Philippines
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jimmy Ray Holkem, age 23, from Stevenson, Alabama, Jackson county.
Parents: Laisey P. Holkem
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 1, 1970
Death details: Died from non hostile action
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
William Avalon Parker, age 31, from Scottsboro, Alabama, Jackson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 26, 1970
Source: National Archives
Jessie Franklin Sanders, age 21, from Hollytree, Alabama, Jackson county.
Parents: Ruby I. Sanders
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 15, 1970
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
John Hershel White, age 20, from Alabama, Jackson county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On June 18, 2008, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant John Hershel White, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant White entered the U.S. Army from Alabama and served with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, members of Company H were occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea, north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the “Camel’s Head Bend.” That day, elements of the Chinese Communist Forces struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. SGT White did not survive this combat, though the details of his loss are not recorded. In 2007, the North Korean government repatriated human remains excavated from an area near Unsan; U.S. analysts later identified SGT White from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Fred Arnold Jr. Ellis from Long Island, Alabama, Jackson county.
Parents: Fred Allen Ellis Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Chattanooga Daily Times (1942), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency