Woodrow Beal Chastain, age 20, from Pickens, South Carolina, Pickens county.
Parents: Woodrow B. Chastain Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 15, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Jerry Hiott Williams, age 27, from Pickens, South Carolina, Pickens county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Friday, June 24, 1966
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Pleiku Province
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Charles Jr. Johnson, age 25, from Pickens County Pickens, South Carolina .
Parents: Essie Johnson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 30, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam when hit by hostile automatic weapons and mortar fire.
Source: National Archives, The State (1966)
Ross C. Walker from Pickens, South Carolina, Pickens county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)
James Garland Nations, age 23, from Pickens County Pickens, South Carolina .
Parents: Blansco Ila Nations
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Greenville News (1945)