Memphis Tennessee

Owens, Brandon A.
Army Private 1st class

Brandon A. Owens, age 21, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 118th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Date of death: Friday, October 2, 2009
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit using small arms fire.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Ross, Marco Damian
Army Specialist

Marco Damian Ross, age 20, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Diane Liggins and Kenneth Ross Sr.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Company, 115Th Forward Support Battalion (1Cd) Fort Hood Texas

Date of death: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National

Source: Department of Defense, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Military Times

Caradine, Ervin Jr
Army Specialist

Ervin Caradine Jr., age 33, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 91St Engineer Battalion (1St Cav), Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Sunday, May 2, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Kennon, Morgan Dashawn
Army Staff Sergeant

Morgan Dashawn Kennon, age 23, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C 3D Battalion 327Th Infantry, Fort Campbell, Kentucky 42223

Date of death: Friday, November 7, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Valentine, Roger Edward
Army Private

Roger Edward Valentine, age 19, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Nancy and Thomas Valentine
Spouse: Rebecca

Service era: Gulf War
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood

Date of death: Saturday, March 2, 1991
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Veterans Affairs, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1991)

Brown, Darrell K.
Navy Airman apprentice

Darrell K. Brown, age 19, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense.

Bohnet, John R. Jr.
Marines Staff sergeant

John R. Jr. Bohnet, age 33, from Shelby County Memphis, Tennessee .

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1983)

Brewer, Warren Renail
Coast Guard Seaman apprentice

Warren Renail Brewer, age 18, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Stepfather Robert Barbee
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Cold War
Schools: Douglass High

Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.

Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), Memphis Press Scimitar (1980)

Harrison, Walter Cornel Jr.
Army Private 1st class

Walter Cornel Jr. Harrison, age 20, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Walter C. Harrison

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Geeter High (1968)

Date of death: Sunday, September 12, 1971
Death details: Died from wounds received in a mine explosion in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Memphias Commercial Appeal (1971)

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