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Ryan D. Hammond, age 26, from Moundsville, West Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
Date of death: Friday, October 2, 2015
Death details: died Oct. 2 in the crash of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Glen Lee Fullerton, age 18, from Moundsville, West Virginia, Marshall county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 2, 1971
Source: National Archives
Robert Harrison Hicks from Moundsville, West Virginia, Marshall county.
Parents: John Henry Hicks
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency