Jason Dorian Nathan, age 22, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 48Th Security Forces Squadron, Lakenheath Raf, Uk
Date of death: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey Davis Walker, age 21, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Clb-6, Clr-2, (Clb-6, 2D Mlg Fwd, Ii Mef Fwd), 2D Mlg, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Monday, May 14, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Facebook memorial created by family, Military Times
Marcus Shawn Futrell, age 20, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 148Th Forward Support Battalion (3 Coscom), Forsyth, Ga
Date of death: Friday, December 2, 2005
Death details: Tallil, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Grady Taylor, age 26, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 2D Bn, 6Th Mar, (Rct-8), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kelley Lance Courtney, age 28, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3D Intel Bn, (B Co, 1St Bn, 3D Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mar Div), Iii Mef, Okinawa, Japan
Date of death: Saturday, October 30, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Zaidon, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Dexter Dwayne Grissette, age 19, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Parents: Nathan
Spouse: Janice Davis
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Jerryl D. Shropshire, age 19, from Bibb County Macon, Georgia .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Carlton Leo Dixon, age 21, from Bibb County Macon, Georgia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 13, 1972
Source: National Archives, Macon Telegraph (1975)
Grayson Henry Newberry, age 25, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Parents: Mrs. Gordon Bennett
Spouse: Linda Diane Lancaster
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 29, 1970
Death details: Ten minutes after his departure from Phan Rang Air Base, the pilot started the descent to Cam Ranh Bay via a steep valley (3 km wide and 15 km long) at an altitude of 2,700 feet via heading 30°. Shortly later, ATC instructed the crew to change heading to 100° when contact was lost. The airplane struck trees with its both wings, stalled and crashed in flames in a dense wooded area located few km from Cam Ranh Bay Airport. Rescuers arrived on the scene five days later and found two men still alive while 42 other occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was nil due to low clouds.
Source: National Archives, Macon News (1971)
Eugene Hayward Crumpton, age 21, from Macon, Georgia, Bibb county.
Parents: Inez Crumpton
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 3, 1970
Death details: He was on a combat operation when the area came under mortar attack in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Macon Telegraph (1970), Associated Press (1970)