Edward J. Kimble, age 23, from Fort Stockton, Texas, Pecos county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Kimble, Edward J.
Duran, Salvador Gutierrez
Army Staff sergeant
Salvador Gutierrez Duran, age 25, from Fort Stockton, Texas, Pecos county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Attended high school in McCamey, Texas and graduated from Sul Ross State University.
Date of death: Wednesday, May 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, San Angelo Weekly Standard (1970)
Clinton, Dale M.
Army Specialst 5
Dale M. Clinton, age 32, from Iraan, Texas, Pecos county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, June 3, 1961
Death details: Died when his car crashed into a guard rail in Germany.
Cemetery: Fort Worth Star Telegram (1961)
Bowen, Edward Marion
Army Corporal
Edward Marion Bowen from Pecos County Crane, Texas .
Spouse: Dorothy O. Bowen
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Edward Marion Bowen, who joined the U.S. Army from Texas, served with the Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit was providing direct supporting fire for the 2nd Infantry Division’s withdrawal. He was marched with other prisoners to a temporary prison camp in the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley, where he died of malnutrition and exposure on an unspecified date in late December 1950. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Bowen is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency