Zachary Esparza, age 36, from Jackson, Missouri, Cape Girardeau county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
Jeremy Reed Shank, age 18, from Jackson, Missouri, Cape Girardeau county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 27Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Date of death: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Robert Gene Davis, age 23, from Jackson, Missouri, Cape Girardeau county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 864Th Engineer Battalion (Tf Sword), Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Thursday, August 18, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan. Army 1st Lt. Laura M. Walker, 24, of El Paso, Texas and Sgt. Robert G. Davis, 23, of Jackson, Missouri were in a Humvee on Aug. 18, 2005 when a bomb exploded under the vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Benjamin Robert Pinkerton, age 21, from Cape Girardeau County Jackson, Missouri .
Spouse: Nancy L. Pinkerton
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 1965
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)