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Justin Andrew Saint, age 22, from Albertville, Alabama, Marshall county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 18Th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ralph Curtis Battles, age 25, from Boaz, Alabama.
Parents: Leonard Evan Battles
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for Feb. 12. 2021
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Millard Charles Bishop, age 20, from Albertville, Alabama, Marshall county.
Parents: John Wesley Bishop
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: American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Albertville Herald (1942)
Irland Jr. Shores, age 19, from Grant, Alabama, Marshall county.
Parents: Irland Shores
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (2000), Huntsville Times (1942)
Newman Fletcher, age 26, from Guntersville, Alabama, Marshall county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, July 31, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Cemetery: Forrest in Gadsden, Alabama
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Odis Gauntt from Marshall County Guntersville, Alabama .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Source: Soldiers of the Great War