Pacific Missouri

Baker, Riley Elam
Marines Corporal

Riley Elam Baker, age 22, from Pacific, Missouri, Franklin county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, (1-1 Ad, I Mef Fwd), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Date of death: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Cowsert, Kenneth William
Army Private 1st class

Kenneth William Cowsert, age 19, from Pacific, Missouri, Franklin county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died from an illness in a U.S. Army Hospital in Tokyo. His mother was at his bedside when he became critically ill. His father was unable to get there before Kenneth died.

Source: National Archives, Saint Clair Chronicle (1970)

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