Kingsport Tennessee

Hickman, Jason O. B.
Army Sergeant 1st class

Jason O. B. Hickman, age 35, from Kingsport, Tennessee, Sullivan county.

Parents: J.D. Hickman
Spouse: Tiffany Hickman
Children: Hayden, 6, Landon, 5, and Clayton, 2

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Dobyns-Bennett High (1992)
Military history: Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Enlisted April 1999.

Date of death: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan of wounds suffered that day at Combat Outpost Bowri Tana, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Cemetery: Tahoma National, near Fort Lewis

Source: Department of Defense, Knoxville News Sentinel, Tacoma New Tribune, Military Times

Light, Robbie Glen
Army Corporal

Robbie Glen Light, age 21, from Kingsport, Tennessee, Multiple county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 67Th Armored Regiment, 2 Bct, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Monday, May 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Hann, David Lee
Army Specialist 4

David Lee Hann, age 20, from Hawkins County Kingsport, Tennessee .

Parents: Aubrey M. Hann

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Dobyns-Bennett High graduate

Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1971

Source: National Archives, Johnson City Press (1971)

Byrd, Charles DeWitt
Navy Seaman 1st class

Charles DeWitt Byrd from Sullivan County Kingsport, Tennessee .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Kingsport Times (1942)

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