Ryan Dennis Orin Riley, age 22, from Richmond, Kentucky.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Death details: Died in Ninawa Province, Iraq from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Randolph A. Sigley, age 28, from Richmond, Kentucky, Madison county.
Parents: Rhonda L. Hardin and stepfather Alton A. Hardin
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Marion County High (2000), Eastern Kentucky University
Military history: 2123rd Transportation Company, Richmond, Kentucky
Date of death: Sunday, April 18, 2010
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan. Bunk mates found him unconscious early in the morning.
Source: Department of Defense, WKYT, WAVE, Louisville Journal, Military Times
Theodore Mitchell West, age 23, from Richmond, Kentucky, Madison county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 5Th Infantry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Howard Richie, age 20, from Madison County Berea, Kentucky .
Parents: Joe Richie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 11, 1971
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Lexington Herald (1971)
Ronald Edward Campbell, age 21, from Richmond, Kentucky, Madison county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Cambodia
Cemetery: Campbell
Source: National Archives, Lexington Herald Leader (1970)
Hugh McNeil Byrd Jr. from Berea, Kentucky, Madison county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 9, 1969
Death details: On January 9, 1969, an O-1G Bird Dog (tail number 51-5059) carrying two crew members took off from Phu Bai Combat Base on a visual reconnaissance mission over South Vietnam. En route, the plane diverted to assist a reconnaissance team that was in enemy contact near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. After assisting the team and being relieved by another aircraft, the Bird Dog began its return to Phu Bai. Bad weather set in and this aircraft was not instrument equipped, and the pilot reported he was lost. Dong Ha Air Base and other radar controllers tried to determine the aircraft’s last position but were unsuccessful. The Bird Dog disappeared from the radar and all efforts to contact the aircraft went unanswered. The aircraft and its two crew members could not be accounted for.
First Lieutenant Hugh McNeil Byrd Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Kentucky and was a member of the 220th Aviation Company, 212th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the pilot of this Bird Dog when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. After the incident, the U.S. Army promoted 1LT Byrd to the rank of Captain (CPT). Today, Captain Byrd is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Virgil Grant, age 22, from Richmond, Kentucky, Madison county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Saturday, June 2, 1951
Death details: Killed in action, North Korea
Cemetery: Lancaster Cemetery, Kentucky
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association