Tag: Portsmouth 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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Branum, Pamela
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer

Pamela Branum from Portsmouth, Virginia

Date of death: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Death details: Died aboard USNS Comfort in Panama

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com,  Sturtevant Funeral Home

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Sykes, Shawn Dante
Army Specialsit

Shawn Dante Sykes, age 28, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth (City) county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 215Th Combat Support Battalion, 3Rd Bct, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx

Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Death details: Landstuhl, Germany

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Lanum, Christopher N
Army Specialist

Christopher N Lanum, age 25, from Virginia, Portsmouth, City of county.

Parents: Tammy Llewellyn and Anthony Lanum and stepfather Matthew Llewellyn

Child: Andrea Lanum

Date of death: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by Civil Authorities, Warren Co, Virginia after authorities said he attacked another soldier and fled the base.

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond; Daily Press (2009), Legacy

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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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Benson, Stephen N.
Navy Lieutenant

Stephen N. Benson, 26, of Portsmouth, Virginia

Service era: Iraq

Date of death: Friday, October 18, 2002
Death details: died when two F/A-18F Super Hornets collided during an exercise in California.

Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: U.S. Navy, findagrave.com

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O’Neill, Edward Randall
Navy Lieutenant

Edward Randall O’Neill, age 27, from Virginia, Portsmouth, City of county.

Date of death: Monday, January 10, 1994

Spouse: Michelle

Child: Michael, 1

Parent: William

Schools: LaSalle High (1984), Philadelphia; Villanova University, U.S. Naval Academy (1989)
Death details: Accident, Atlantic Ocean 500 miles northeast of Bermuda

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Philadelphia Inquirer (1994)

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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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Russell, Ronald C
Army Private 1st Class

Ronald C Russell from Virginia, Portsmouth, City of county.

Date of death: Thursday, December 12, 1985
Death details: Accident, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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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)