Jessamine County Kentucky

Rutherford, Melvin Neal
Army Sergeant

Melvin Neal Rutherford, age 20, from Nicholasville, Kentucky, Jessamine county.

Parents: Joe Dodd (preceded in death) and Daisey Dean Rutherford
Spouse: Mary Engle Rutherford

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, June 20, 1970

Source: National Archives, Lexington Leader (1970)

Howard, Elmo
Navy Seaman 1st class

Elmo Howard, age 20, from Wilmore, Kentucky, Jessamine county.

Parents: John Wallace Howard

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, Lexington Herald Leader (1942)

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