Plattsmouth Nebraska

Redding, Blaine E.
Army Specialist

Blaine E. Redding, age 22, from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Cass county.

Parents: Theresa Redding and Blaine Redding
Spouse: Victoria Nicole (Colwell) Redding

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted September 2007.

Date of death: Monday, June 7, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Konar, Afghanistan. Also killed were.Joshua A. Lukeala, 23, of Guam; Matthew R. Catlett, 23, of Houston, Texas; Charles S. Jirtle, 29, of Oklahoma.
Cemetery: Oak Hill, Plattsmouth

Source: Department of Defense, Journal Star, Houston Chronicle, Plattsmouth Journal, Military Times

Morrison, Tom Barton
Army Sergeant

Tom Barton Morrison, age 24, from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Cass county.

Spouse: Clarice M. Morrison

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)

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