Ernest Harold Sutphin, age 21, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhs, 2D Battalion / 11Th Field Artillery, Schofield Barracks, Hi 96857
Date of death: Thursday, March 18, 2004
Death details: Died from injuries received in Landstuhl, Germany from injuries received in Iraq in a vehicle incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Roger Clinton Turner Jr., age 37, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht 1St Battalion 10Th Cavalry, 4Th Id, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Sunday, February 1, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Michael Lynch, age 20, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Parents: Vickie L. Lynch
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, December 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, UPI , Associated Press (1970)
James Marshall Doty, age 19, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 31, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Lester Earl Bunner, age 37, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Parents: Charles Bunner
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in southeast Asia
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National
Source: National Archives, Beckley Post Herald (1970), findagrave.com
Paul Marion Dailey, age 18, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 1, 1970
Cemetery: Evergreen North in Parkersburg
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Porter Ray Cain, age 29, from Wood County Parkersburg, West Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 12, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)
William Richard McPherson, age 25, from Wood County Parkersburg, West Virginia .
Spouse: Peggy
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Awarded the Bronze Star Medal in 1966 for utilizing his fluency wti the Vietnamese language to convey military knowledge to Vietnamese soldiers.
Date of death: Friday, December 3, 1965
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when his jeep hit a land mine.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965), The State (1966)
Harry Curtis McCartney, age 18, from Wood County Parkersburg, West Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Death details: Killed when the transport plane he was aboard crashed in Hong Kong.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1965), Associated Press (1965)
Louis Paul Gorrell, age 32, from Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wood county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, June 10, 1952
Death details: On the evening of June 10, 1952, a B-29 Superfortress (tail number 44-62183A, call sign “Saloon 47”) departed Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, with thirteen crew members on a night bombing operation targeting railroad bridges near Kwaksan, Korea. This Superfortress was part of a multiple-flight strike force that included twelve B-29s. As “Saloon 47” began its bomb run, it was illuminated by enemy searchlights and attacked by MiG-15 fighters. “Saloon 47” exploded and then fell to the ground in flames. Aerial searches failed to locate the aircraft or its crew, and circumstances surrounding their loss were unknown at the time. However, on August 30, 1953, during Operation Big Switch, one crew member from this loss was repatriated. He reported that the sudden explosion blew aboard the hit aircraft blew him outside midair and he lost consciousness but during his freefall, he regained consciousness, opened his parachute and landed in a rice paddy and was captured. Signs of the other twelve crew members were not reported or found following the incident. Captain Louis Paul Gorrell entered the U.S. Air Force from West Virginia and was assigned to the 28th Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group. He was the aircraft commander aboard “Saloon 47” when it crashed. No returning POWs mentioned contact with Capt Gorrell, nor was he seen at any know holding point, interrogation center, hospital, or permanent POW camp, and he remains unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Gorrell is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Washington Evening Star (1953)