Billy Ray Lucas, age 20, from Maysville, Kentucky, Mason county.
Parents: Charles Andrew Lucas (preceded in death) and Margaret Lucas
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Rectorville and Orangeburg schools
Date of death: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Cincinnati Enquirer (1970)
Billy Eugene Snipes, age 32, from Mason County Maysville, Kentucky .
Spouse: Gladys M. Snipes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 17, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when his plane was hit by shell fragments.
Source: National Archives, Kentucky Post (1966), Associated Press (1966)
John Edward McCabe, age 22, from Kentucky, Mason county.
Parents: James McCabe
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Private First Class John Edward McCabe joined the U.S. Army from Kentucky and was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, Company M was serving as a security unit supporting 8th Cavalry Regiment elements near Unsan when it was hit by an enemy attack and forced to withdraw. Private First Class McCabe was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) at some point during the withdrawal. Repatriated POWs reported that PFC McCabe died on November 13, 1950; his remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Private First Class McCabe is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Kentucky Post (1950)
James K. Purdon, age 22, from Maysville, Kentucky, Mason county.
Parents: Mrs. James A. Rees
Spouse: Rayma Dean Purdon (Moore)
Children: Two children
Service era: World War II
Schools: Maysville High graduate, Eastern State College
Date of death: Saturday, March 10, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: findagrave.com, grave marker
Paul L. McFarland from Kentucky, Mason county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, February 21, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Thomas Henry Rasp, age 31, from Mason County Maysville, Kentucky .
Parents: John W. Rasp
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, September 28, 1944
Death details: Killed in action at Palau Islands
Cemetery: Sunset in Rockport, Indiana
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, grave marker, Daily Independent (1945)
Chester Eugene Browning, age 29, from Mason County Maysville, Kentucky .
Spouse: Beulah Browning
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, October 11, 1943
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Wahoo when it was sunk by Japanese ships and aircraft in La Perouse Starit.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, oneternalpatrol.com, Associated Press (1943)