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)

Goetsch, Thomas August
Navy Airman apprentice

Thomas August Goetsch, age 19, from Shelby County Memphis, Tennessee .

Parents: Harvey B. Goetsch

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Westhaven High

Date of death: Sunday, September 17, 1972
Death details: Died in the Gulf of Tonkin when he fells from the aircraft carier Kitty Hawk. He was seen within 50 yards of safety when he went down. His body was not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense Pow/MIA Accounting Agency, Commerical Appeal (1972)

Hopper, Joseph Clifford
Air Force Staff sergeant

Joseph Clifford Hopper, age 24, from Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby county.

Parents: Clifford Hopper
Spouse: Awei Hopper
Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 3, 1972
Death details: On June 12, 1974, the Central Identification Laboratory-Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Joseph Clifford Hopper, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Hopper joined the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee and was a member of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing. On May 3, 1972, he was a crew member aboard a C-130E Hercules that took off on a resupply mission near An Loc, Vietnam. The aircraft was shot down during the mission, and SSgt Hopper died in the incident. Once fighting in the area had subsided, search and rescue teams recovered the remains of most of the C-130E’s crew; however, SSgt Hopper’s remains could not be individually identified until 1974.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Memphis Commercial Appeal (1974)

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