Eugene C. Mills, age 21, from Laurel, Maryland.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, June 22, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Raymond Poe, age 21, from Laurel, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 4, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Non-hostile, illness
Source: National Archives
Leonard Morgan, age 20, from Laurel, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Parents: Annie V. Morgan
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Arundel Senior High (1967), Temple Business College in Washington
Military history: 101th Airborne Division
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Death details: Died when a jeep in which he was a passenger overturned in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
James Bruce Okane, age 22, from Prince George’s County Laurel, Maryland .
Parents: James O’Kane Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Death details: Killed when the transport plane he was aboard crashed in Hong Kong.
Cemetery: Non-hostile
Source: National Archives, UPI (1965), Associated Press (1965)
Earl William Sherman, age 30, from Prince Georges County Laurel, Maryland .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 20, 1950
Death details: On July 20, 1950, the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was holding a defensive line in South Korea overlooking the Taejon Airport, northeast of the city. When enemy tanks broke through the line near the airport, U.S. troops were ordered to fall back through Taejon. The 3rd Battalion was ordered to lead the convoy out of Taejon, but ran into a series of collapsed structures and roadblocks that broke up the column. U.S. forces were unable to break through these roadblocks, and to avoid capture soldiers moved off-road and began filtering through the countryside in small groups. Master Sergeant Earl William Sherman joined the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action at some point during the fighting in and around Taejon on July 20, 1950. Master Sergeant Sherman was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and his remains have not been recovered or identified. Today, Master Sergeant Sherman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Evening Star (1950)