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)
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
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)