Maury County Tennessee

Carpenter, Andrew P.
Marines Lance corporal

Andrew P. Carpenter, age 27, from Columbia, Tennessee, Maury county.

Parents: Cindy Carpenter
Spouse: Crissie (Ponder) Carpenter (2010)
Children: Wife pregnant at time of death with Landon

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted 2007.

Date of death: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds received Feb. 14, 2011 when he was shot in the neck while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He died after he was removed from life support at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany.
Cemetery: Polk Memorial Gardens

Source: Department of Defense, Columbia Daily Herald, Associated Press, Military Times

Espaillat, Pedro Ignacio
Air Force Senior Airman

Pedro Ignacio Espaillat, age 20, from Columbia, Tennessee, Maury county.

Spouse: Cassandra
Children: Eldon Wyatt Savage, Madison, 1

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Spring Hill High graduate
Military history: 4Th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Seymour Johnson Afb, North Carolina

Date of death: Sunday, May 16, 2004
Death details: Kirkuk, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Brownlow, Ernest R. II
Army Specialist 4

Ernest R. II Brownlow, age 20, from Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Maury county.

Parents: Ernest R. Brownlow Jr.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, September 11, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Bridges, Jerry Glen
Army Staff sergeant

Jerry Glen Bridges, age 20, from Columbia, Tennessee, Maury county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, October 20, 1968
Death details: On November 13, 2000, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Jerry Glen Bridges, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Bridges entered the U.S. Army from Tennessee and served with the 243rd Assault Helicopter Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion. On October 20, 1968, he was the flight engineer aboard a CH-47A Chinook (tail number 66-19053, call sign “Freight Train 53”) that took off from Dong Ba Thien Airfield, South Vietnam, on a resupply mission to Ban Me Thuot. While over the Ninh Hoa Valley area, the helicopter crashed for unknown reasons, killing SSG Bridges. His body was not recovered at the time. The crash site was eventually located in Khan Hoa Province and in 1995, a U.S. investigative team recovered human remains that analysts were able to identify as those of SSG Bridges.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

Cothran, Robert Carlies
Army Private 1st class

Robert Carlies Cothran, age 18, from Maury County Mount Pleasant , Tennessee .

Parents: Mrs. Chatham P. Lewis

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborne Division

Date of death: Monday, February 7, 1966
Death details: Killed by enemy fire in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Cleveland Press (1966)

Cooper, Raymond C.
Army Staff sergeant

Raymond C. Cooper from Tennessee, Maury county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, February 19, 1944
Death details: Died non-battle
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National

Source: National Archives, grave marker

Flowers, Earl
Private

Earl Flowers, age 28, from Columbia, Tennessee, Maury county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Friday, December 13, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Brookwood American

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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