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Jesse Adam Ault, age 20, from Dublin, Virginia, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 429Th Brigade Support Battalion, Roanoke, Va
Date of death: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Eugene Dooley, age 23, from Pulaski, Virginia, Pulaski county.
Parents: Ann Davis
Spouse: Christine (pregnant with first child)
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Pulaski County High graduate
Military history: Troop B, 1St Squadron, 3D Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Co 80913
Date of death: Sunday, June 8, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times; Library of Virginia, Richmond
Clay S Crowder from Pulaski, Virginia, Pulaski county.
Military history: Support
Date of death: Monday, September 15, 1980
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Lloyd W Sr Petery from Pulaski, Virginia, Pulaski county.
Military history: Support
Date of death: Thursday, May 4, 1978
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.
William Lee Farmer, age 19, from Pulaski County Dublin, Virginia .
Parents: Mazie S. Horton
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal William Lee Farmer, who joined the U.S. Army from Virginia, was a member of F Company of the 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On November 29, the 38th Infantry Regiment was ordered to defend the area east of Kunu-ri, to cover the start of the 2nd Division’s retreat. The CCF attacked as the 38th Infantry consolidated their defenses, forcing the defenders to fight their way back to Kunu-ri before joining the withdrawal to Sunchon. A series of moving battles ensued, and CPL Farmer went missing at some point during the fighting. He was never reported as a prisoner of war. Corporal Farmer’s remains have not been recovered, and he has not been associated with any remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Farmer is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Richmond Times Dispatch
Andrew E. Eads from Virginia, Pulaski county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, July 22, 1950
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association