William Robert Asquith, age 20, from Louisiana, Missouri, Pike county.
Parents: Floyd T. Asquith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Elmer L. Smith from Louisiana, Missouri, Pike county.
Spouse: Hatsue T. Smith
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)
Orval Austin Tranbarger, age 20, from Pike County Bowling Green, Missouri .
Parents: Major M. Tranbarger
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 18, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency