Tag: Preston county West Virginia

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Cole, Brent Scott Army Chief warrant officer 4

Brent Scott Cole, age 38, from Reedsville, West Virginia, Preston county.

Parents: Helen
Spouse: Vanessa Cole

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 82D Aviation, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Distinguished Flying Cross

Date of death: Friday, May 22, 2009
Death details: Died when his AH-64 helicopter crashed near Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Memorialized with the renaming of Andrews Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Source: Department of Defense, Fayetteville Observer, Military Times

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Lockhart, Freddie Lewis
Army Warrant officer 1st class

Freddie Lewis Lockhart, age 37, from Terra Alta, West Virginia, Preston county.

Spouse: Clara L. Lockhart

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 25, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)

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Schmidle, Harold W.
Army Technician sergeant

Harold W. Schmidle, age 24, from Kingwood, West Virginia, Preston county.

Parents: Mrs. Jennie McCroby

Service era: World War II
Military history: Awarded Silver Star posthumously for leading his reduced squad into a position from which he repulsed enemy rushes until mortally wounded.

Date of death: Monday, February 19, 1945
Death details: Killed in action, Philippines in the Battle of Banzai Point on Corregidor Island
Cemetery: In 2022, a rural West Virginia bridge was named in his honor. Buries in Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood, West Virginia

Source: National Archives, Assocaited Press (2022), findagraave.com