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Malcolm X. Perry, age 27, of Newport News, Virginia
Parents: Dana Perry
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Stationed at Fort Bliss
Date of death: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Death details: Died in a car accident in El Paso, Texas when the driver of a Jeep intentionally rammed his car. The driver of the Jeep was charged with murder.
Source: Army Times, KTSM, El Paso Times, KVIA
Caryn E. Nouv, age 29, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Date of death: Saturday, July 27, 2013
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Eric T. Lawson was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael W. Newton, age 30, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Baumholder, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Death details: Died at Faryab Province, Afghanistan of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Derek Ramond Banks, age 24, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 237Th Engineer Battalion, West Point, Va
Date of death: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Death details: Hostile; San Antonio, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bruce Edward Horner, age 43, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News (City) county.
Parents: Ed and Betty Horner
Spouse: Erin Horner
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 127Th Mp Company, 759Th Mp Battalion, 43Rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Friday, June 1, 2007
Death details: Killed in Seddah, Iraq from wounds suffered from enemy forces using small arms fire
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kyle W Brown, age 22, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News (City) county.
Parents: Rodney Lee Taylor Bridges and Teresa Aleen St. Pierre; stepmother Carolyn M. Byrd
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Heritage High (2002)
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 6Th Mar, Rct-8, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Daily Press, Military Times
Frederick N. Jr. Suttle, age 33, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Parents: Jonas L. Suttle Sr.
Spouse: Hilda (McDade) (1948)
Children: Steven, 6; Donna, 4
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Garrney High graduate, Wofford College
Military history: Suttle was an Air Force instructor at Florida State University at Tallahassee.
Date of death: Friday, June 2, 1972
Death details: His plane “tipped wings” with another jet and both crashed at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. Suttle was piloting a T-33 jet trainer, which collided with an F-86 Sabre-jet piloted by Major George C. Donnely
Cemetery: Frederick Memorial Gardens
Source: National Archives, Gaffney Ledger
Orvin Clarence Jr. Jones, age 33, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Parents: Orvin C. Jones Sr. (died in 1990)
Spouse: Arlene Olson Jones
Children: Orvin C. Jones
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Newport News High graduate, University of Richmond
Date of death: Sunday, April 16, 1972
Death details: On April 16, 1972, a F-105G Thunderchief (tail-number 63-8342, call sign “Suntan 02”) with two crew members took part in a two-plane surface-to-air missile suppression mission over North Vietnam. When the flight arrived at the refueling point en route to the target, the flight leader instructed ‘Suntan 02” to attempt to reach the mission area as soon as possible, to assist aircraft already there. After leaving the refueling point, “Suntan 02” was not seen or heard from again. Both members of its crew remain unaccounted for. Captain Orvin Clarence Jones Jr., who joined the U.S. Air Force from Virginia, was a member of the 17th Wild Weasel Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was a crew member aboard “Suntan 02” when it went missing, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were never recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted Capt Jones to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Jones is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives., Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency, Newport News Daily Press (1979)
George Hardy Jr. Williams, age 29, from Newport News, Virginia.
Parents: Williams Sr.
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 23, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Newport News Daily Press (1971)
Elisha Reeves Saint Clair, age 22, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Spouse: Janet Hale Saint Clair
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Peninsula Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Newport New Daily Press (1970)