Donald Clayton Carwile, age 29, from Oxford, Mississippi, Lafayette county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 506Th Infantry, 4 Bct, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Friday, August 15, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Wardack, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Ellis Williams, age 26, from Lafayette County Oxford, Mississippi .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 1966
Death details: On November 24, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Chief Master Sergeant James Ellis Williams, missing from the Vietnam War. Chief Master Sergeant Williams entered the U.S. Air Force from Mississippi and was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron. He served as the flight engineer on board an AC-47D Spooky (serial number 43-49546) on an armed reconnaissance mission departing from Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam. While operating over Laos, the Spooky was shot down by enemy forces and Chief Master Sergeant Williams was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1997, a joint investigative team recovered remains which were later identified as those of Chief Master Sergeant Williams. Chief Master Sergeant Williams is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1999), Webster Progress Times (1973)
James Ellis Williams, age 26, from Lafayette County Oxford, Mississippi .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 1966
Death details: On November 24, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Chief Master Sergeant James Ellis Williams, missing from the Vietnam War. Chief Master Sergeant Williams entered the U.S. Air Force from Mississippi and was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron. He served as the flight engineer on board an AC-47D Spooky (serial number 43-49546) on an armed reconnaissance mission departing from Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam. While operating over Laos, the Spooky was shot down by enemy forces and Chief Master Sergeant Williams was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1997, a joint investigative team recovered remains which were later identified as those of Chief Master Sergeant Williams. Chief Master Sergeant Williams is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1999), Webster Progress Times (1973)