Jeremy Alexander Brown, age 26, from Mabscott, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 66Th Military Intelligence Company, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Sunday, July 3, 2005
Death details: Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Miitary Times
Darren Dale Vankomen, age 33, from Beckley, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Troop, 2D Squadron, 14Th Cavalry, 25Th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Lewis Hatcher, age 18, from Sundial, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Parents: James H. Hatcher
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, 1st Battalion, Division 7th Infantry
Date of death: Friday, November 13, 1970
Source: National Archives, Beckley Post Herald (1970)
Benny Ray Halstead, age 20, from Glen Morgan, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 26, 1970
Source: National Archives, Beckley Post Herald (1970)
Roy Carlas Ransom, age 22, from Fairdale, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Drowned after the truck he was riding in went into the water after a bridge collapsed.
Cemetery: Manning
Source: National Archives, Raleigh Register (1970)
Lawrence Douglas Richmond, age 25, from Crab Orchard, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 17, 1970
Source: National Archives
Raymond Dale Bragg, age 21, from Stanaford, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Spouse: Carolyn L. Bragg
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 15, 1970
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Thomas Andrew Norris, age 20, from Jonben, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, November 13, 1968
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Pleiku Province
Source: National Archives, Evansville Courier & Press, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
George Winton Thompson, age 25, from Raleigh County Beckley, West Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 1966
Death details: On November 24, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major George Winton Thompson, missing from the Vietnam War. Major Thompson entered the U.S. Air Force from West Virginia and was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron. He served as the navigator on board an AC-47D Spooky (serial number 43-49546) on an armed reconnaissance mission departing from Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam. While operating over Laos, the Spooky was shot down by enemy forces and Major Thompson was killed. Hostile presence in the area prevented immediate recovery efforts. In 1997, a joint investigative team recovered remains which were later identified as those of Major Thompson. Major Thompson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1999)
John Edward Walker, age 30, from Skelton, West Virginia, Raleigh county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, June 12, 1951
Death details: Killed aboard the destroyer USS Walke which was was providing anti-submarine protection to carriers from Task Force 77 off the east coast of Wonsan, North Korea, when it was struck on the port side by an enemy mine or torpedo. The force of the explosion tossed many sailors into the water, and those who were injured had a difficult time staying afloat while they waited for rescue. Twenty-six sailors were killed in the explosion and forty were wounded.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency