Thomas Alfred Crowell, age 36, from Neosho, Missouri, Newton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Detachment 301, 3Rd Field Investigations Region, Scott Afb, Il
Date of death: Thursday, November 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Orion, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Leon Kisling Jr., age 31, from Neosho, Missouri, Newton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co D 1St Bn 160Th Soar Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Death details: Bagram, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Philip James Svitak, age 31, from Neosho, Missouri, Newton county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company A 2D Battalion 160Th Soar, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Monday, March 4, 2002
Death details: Hostile; Near Gardez, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Roy Junior Day, age 43, from Racine, Missouri, Newton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 28, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Grand Army of the Republic in Miami, Oklhaoma
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Charles Calvin Ferguson from Neosho, Missouri, Newton county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, March 26, 1953
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Private First Class Charles Calvin Ferguson joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Missouri and was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action during the fighting at the Nevada Cities Complex on March 26, 1953. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Ferguson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Clifford George Goodwin. age 24. from Diamond, Missouri, Newton county.
Parents: Clara L. Goodwin
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 28, 2017
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Billy Johnson, age 22, from Newton County Neosho, Missouri .
Parents: W. G. Johnson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains accounted for February 26, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Neosho Times (1942)