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Hammond, Ryan D.
Air Force Staff sergeant

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

Yoho, Kermit Harold
Army Specialist 4

Kermit Harold Yoho, age 20, from Marshall County Moundsville, West Virginia .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, February 10, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1966)

Hicks, Robert Harrison
Navy Reserves Ensign

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

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