Prince George Virginia

Ozbat, Jesse A.
Army Captain

Jesse A. Ozbat, age 28, from Prince George, Virginia, Prince George county.

Parents: Aaron Ozbat

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Prince George High (2002) and Virginia State University (2006)
Military history: 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Date of death: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander was also killed.
“Honor Above All” Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in his memory.

Source: Department of Defense, Progress Index

Carey, Michael Marvin
Marines Private 1st class

Michael Marvin Carey, age 20, from Prince George, Virgnia, Prince George county.

Spouse: Married
Children: Mia, infant

Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 1St Bn, 5Th Mar, 1St Mardiv, Camp Pendleton, Ca

Date of death: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Death details: Drowned in the Euphrates River while trying to defuse a bomb under a bridge

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times; Library of Virginia, Richmond

Bayse, Richard
Army Specialist 5

Richard Bayse from Prince George, Virginia, Prince George county.

Spouse: Freeda Baker Bayse

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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