Jay M. Hoskins, age 24, from Paris, Texas, Lamar county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.
Date of death: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combate operation in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Titus Lee Epps, age 22, from Paris, Texas, Lamar county.
Parents: Robert L. Epps Sr. and Patsy Ruth James
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Paris High (1969)
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 1970
Death details: Died when the jeep he was in struck a mine.
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Gordon C. McArthur, age 24, from Paris, Texas, Lamar county.
Service era: World War II
Parent: John R. McArthur Sr.
Date of death: February 21, 1942
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed in a takeoff at Westover Field in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Source: National Archives, Paris Texas News (1941), New York Daily News (1942), family