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Robert Lee Jr Love, age 28, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 16Th Engineer Battalion, (I Mef), Giessen, Germany
Date of death: Friday, December 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clarence Douglas Mcswain, age 31, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Parents: Theodis
Spouse: Kendrah
Children: Son, 4 months; Jasmin and Krista
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Meridian High, University of Southern Mississippi (1993)
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 502D Infantry, 4 Id, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Thursday, June 8, 2006
Death details: Died in Baghdad, Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Shane Pugh, age 25, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 155Th Infantry, (1 Mef), Mccomb, Ms
Date of death: Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Lewis Wilson, age 22, from Lauderdale County Meridian, Mississippi .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, January 14, 1972
Source: National Archives, UPI, Sun Herald (2002)
Donald Lewis Golden, age 28, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 30, 1970
Source: National Archives
William Emmett Barritt, age 24, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Parents: F.D. Barritt
Spouse: Gail
Children: Son, 2
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 14, 1970
Death details: Died in a hospital in Vietnam after he was wounded in action while serving as a gunner on a helicopter mission
Source: National Archives, Casper Star Tribune (1970)
James Hester Palmer, age 39, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Spouse: Mazel Palmer
Children: James Jr, Debra, Leigh Ann
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Linville High, Perkinston Junior College, University of Southern Mississippi
Military history: Served two tours of duty in Korea
Date of death: Monday, April 27, 1970
Death details: Shot down in a helicopter in Vietnam
Cemetery: Plesant Springs
Source: National Archives, Jackson Clarion Ledger (1970)
Harmon Odell Jr. Donald, age 27, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Parents: Harmon O. Donald
Spouse: Sandra
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company A, 5th Special Forces Grup (Airborne), 1st Special Forces
Date of death: Sunday, February 8, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Clarion Ledger (1970)
Richard Preston Molpus, age 37, from Meridian, Mississippi, Lauderdale county.
Spouse: Bertha Francis Molpus
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives