Benton Francis Asbury, age 36, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Children: Jayne Asbury and Scott Asbury
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Graceland Memorial Park
Source: National Archives
Joseph Darryl Johns, age 20, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Parents: Joseph H. Johns
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Harry Franklin Carver, age 25, from New Albany, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1968
Death details: Staff Sergeant (SSG) Harry Franklin Carver entered the U.S. Army from Indiana and served in Company E, 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division. On April 10, 1968, he was a member of an airboat patrol operating thirty-five miles southeast of Saigon, South Vietnam, near (GC) YS 166 765. In the early afternoon, an enemy force ambushed the airboat with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small arms fire, wounding several men, including SSG Carver, and causing the airboat to capsize. SSG Carver was last seen slumped over in the driver seat of the airboat and bleeding profusely. Search and rescue efforts to locate him were unsuccessful, and he was not seen again. Today, Staff Sergeant Carver is Memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Cemetery: Memorialized in New Albany National
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Paul L. Robison, age 18, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Friday, September 15, 1950
Death details: DCS citation: The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Paul L. Robison (RA16310479), Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company F, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Private Robison distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Chirwan-ni, Korea, on 15 September 1950. While occupying a defensive position along the Nam River, Company F was attacked by a numerically superior enemy force. Under cover of intense small-arms and automatic-weapons fire, the enemy approached to within grenade range of the company positions and succeeded in knocking out two friendly machine-gun emplacements. When it became obvious that the company would not be able to hold its positions against the overwhelming enemy attack, the order was given for the company to withdraw. Private Robison and a comrade volunteered to remain in position and cover the withdrawal of the company. With complete disregard for his personal safety, he remained exposed to the deadly hail of enemy fire and courageously held the enemy at bay until he was killed.
Cemetery: New Albany National
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Edward L. Brashear, age 19, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Parents: Ollie A. Brashear
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, February 19, 1945
Cemetery: New Albany National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Albert W. Stephens, age 29, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Parents: John V. and Louise Stephens
Service era: World War I
Military history: Company G, 59th Infantry
Date of death: Friday, July 19, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: New Albany National
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, grave marker, Indiana Historical Commission
Henry W. Richardson, age 30, from New Albany, Indiana, Floyd county.
Parents: Henry and Addie R. Richardson
Service era: World War I
Military history: Company A, 317th Labor Battalion
Date of death: Wednesday, July 10, 1918
Death details: Died of pneumonia at sea en route to France
Cemetery: Suresnes, France; Memorialized in New Albany National
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Soldiers of the Great War, grave marker in New Albany, Indiana Historical Commission