Joshua Lee Rath, age 22, from Decatur, Alabama, Morgan county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Thursday, January 8, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Maywand, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jon-Erik Loney, age 21, from Hartselle, Alabama, Morgan county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 6Th Infantry, Baumholder, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonathan Lee Smith, age 22, from Eva, Alabama, Morgan county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co, 2D Aa Bn, (Rct-8), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Monday, June 6, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Cindy D. J. Bridges, age 20, from Trinity, Alabama, Morgan county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, March 18, 1991
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Defense, Kansas City Star (1991)
Rodger Pinkney Crow, age 21, from Decatur, Alabama, Morgan county.
Parents: Earnest C. Crow
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 30, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Morgan William Weed, age 25, from Decatur, Alabama, Morgan county.
Spouse: Carolie R. Weed
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 11, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Cambodia
Cemetery: Roselawn
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Jackey Van Knighten, age 20, from Somerville, Alabama, Morgan county.
Spouse: Patricia A. Knighten
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Floyd Thomas Crumpton, age 20, from Hartselle, Alabama, Morgan county.
Parents: Mary M. Crumpton
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Corporal Floyd Thomas Crumpton, who joined the U.S. Army from Alabama, was a member of the Medical Company of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 1, 1950, members of the Medical Company were supporting other 8th Cavalry Regiment elements near Unsan when they received orders to withdraw. Corporal Crumpton went missing during the action. He was not reported as a prisoner of war and his remains were not among any that North Korean officials returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Crumpton is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Selma Times Journal (1954)
Homer Z. Sims, age 25, from Alabama, Morgan county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: July 25, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Theron Andrew Blankenship, age 19, from Hartselle, Alabama, Morgan county.
Parents: William M. Blankenship
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency