Michael Harvey Jr Ferschke, age 22, from Maryville, Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 3D Recon Bn, 3D Mar Div, (I Mef Fwd), Okinawa, Japan
Date of death: Sunday, August 10, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Leonard Roberts, age 22, from Maryville, Tennessee, Knox county.
Parents: John W. Roberts
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 1, 1971
Death details: Died in a truck accident in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
Thomas Marvin McGee from Maryville, Tennessee, Blount county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency