Tag: Portsmouth County Virginia

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Billingsley, Trammaine J.
Army Private 1st class

Trammaine J. Billingsley, age 20, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.

Parents: Zelda Adams Billingsley and Travis L. Billingsley

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Booker T. Washington High, Norfolk
Military history: 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvided explosive device, while conductin combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan. Killed were Carlos A. Benitez, Rafael Martinez Jr. and Tramaine J. Billingsley.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, Virgina Pilot, Military Times

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Towns, Robin Leslie Sr
Army Sergeant 1st class

Robin Leslie Sr Towns, age 52, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth (City) county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 275Th Military Police Co, 97Th Military Police Bn, 89 Mp Bde, Washington, D.C.

Date of death: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Bayji, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Williams, Jonathan M.
Army Corporal

Jonathan M. Williams, age 23, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed in a SCUD missile attack.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles; Library of Virginia, Richmond

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Gibbs, Warner Jr.
Marines Lance corporal

Warner Jr. Gibbs, age 22, from Portsmouth County Portsmouth, Virginia .

Parents: Jane Y. Lewis

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Longview Daily News (1983)

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Perkins, Cecil Carrington Jr.
Army Captain

Cecil Carrington Perkins Jr., age 25, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, December 14, 1971

Death details:  On December 14, 1971, a U-21A aircraft (tail number: 66-18041; call sign: Longtrip 041) with two crew members and four passengers took off from Phu Bai, Republic of (South) Vietnam, on an administrative mission to Da Nang. During the flight, the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency, and the pilot radioed that he had lost an engine and had a fire. Within minutes of this transmission, all radio and radar contact with “Longtrip 041” was lost. They immediately launched search and rescue aircraft, but bad weather soon forced to return to base. Searches continued for the next three days but failed to locate any of the crew or its passengers.

Captain (CPT) Cecil Carrington Perkins Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Virginia and served in the Combat Assault Company, 165th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the copilot of “Longtrip 041” when it was lost, and his remains have not been recovered. Today, Captain Perkins is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

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Marchbank, Larry Overton
Navy Petty officer 1st class

Larry Overton Marchbank, age 27, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed into a hanger and started on fire.

Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Associated Press (1970)

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Vaughan, Milton Lee
Army Private 1st class

Milton Lee Vaughan, age 21, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Saturday, August 27, 1966
Death details: Wounded July 7, 1966 in Pleiku Province and died of those wounds at Walter Reed Hospital
Cemetery: Roosevelt Memorial Park, Chesapeake

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

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Mabine, Octavius
Navy Mess attendant 1st class

Octavius Mabine, age 21, from Portsmouth County Portsmouth, Virginia .

Parents: Essie Ora Mabine

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma Accounted for November 20, 2020

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Newport News Daily Press (1942)

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Royals, William Nicholas
Navy Fireman 1st class

William Nicholas Royals, age 20, from Portsmouth County Portsmouth, Virginia .

Parents: Mary Ann Royals

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, Ledger Star (1960)