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)

Horner, Herbert David
Army Specialist 4

Herbert David Horner, age 18, from Kingsport, Tennessee, Multiple county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Friday, June 5, 1970
Death details: Killed by a booby trapped grenade in Binh Dinh Province

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Naholowaa, Bertrand A.
Air Force Staff sergeant

Bertrand A. Naholowaa, age 25, from Sullivan County Kingsport, Tennessee .

Spouse: Ruby L. Naholowaa

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, June 3, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a military chartered airline in the Gulf of Alaska

Source: Associated Press (1963), Kingsport Times (1963)

Hagie, George Clarence
Army Corporal

George Clarence Hagie, age 18, from Sullivan County Kingsport, Tennessee .

Parents: Eula E. Hagie

Service era: Korea

Date of death: November 28, 1950

On June 12, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Cpl. George C. Hagie, missing from the Korean War.

Hagie entered the Army from Tennessee and served in K Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On Nov. 28, 1950, during his unit’s fighting withdrawal from the east side of the Chosin Reservoir near the P’ungnyuri Inlet in North Korea, Hagie was killed in action. U.S. forces were unable to recover his remains due to the ongoing battle and subsequent enemy control of the area. In August 1954, following the armistice, North Korea, in coordination with the United Nations Command and Chinese forces, returned remains of U.S. and allied service members as part of Operation Glory, a formal program to exchange war dead. Among the remains returned was a set reportedly recovered from the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. Unable to associate the remains with any individual, they were interred as a Korean War Unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. In March 2021, as part of DPAA’s Korean War Disinterment Project, this set of remains was disinterred and accessioned into the DPAA Laboratory for analysis. Using modern forensic techniques, scientists then identified Hagie.

Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1951)

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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