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Harrison, James Warren Jr
Army Colonel

James Warren Harrison Jr., age 47, from Waynesville, Missouri, Pulaski county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: United States Army Command And General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date of death: Sunday, May 6, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Kabul, Afghanistan

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Bax, Bernard Herman
Army Private 1st class

Bernard Herman Bax, age 19, from Dixon, Missouri, Pulaski county.

Parents: Henry P and Christine J. Dubbert Bax

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Elizabeth High (1969)

Date of death: Friday, May 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Saint Anthony

Source: National Archives, Jefferson City Post Tribune (1970)

Rice, Hubert Lloyd
Army Sergeant 1st class

Hubert Lloyd Rice from Waynesville, Missouri, Pulaski county.

Spouse: Bertha K. Rice

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)

Bandy, Wayne Lynn
Navy Musician 2nd class

Wayne Lynn Bandy, age 21, from Pulaski County Waynesville, Missouri .

Parents: John L. Bandy

Service era: World War II
Schools: Waynesville (1939)

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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