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Charles Linwood Cordle, age 27, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Parents: W.T. Cordle
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 17, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Forest Lawn
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1970)
James Oscar Jr. Olzer, age 21, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Parents: James O. Olzer Sr.
Spouse: Lynne Hodges Olzer
Children: Sherri Marie Olzer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 13, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Seven Pines National
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1970)
Harry Lee Jr. James from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 8, 1970
Source: National Archives
Danny Lee Bitner, age 20, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 30, 1968
Spouse:
Children: Son, 9 months
School: Armstrong High graduate
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1968)
Robert Corbin Cox from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, January 8, 1951
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Sergeant Robert Corbin Cox, who joined the U.S. Army from Virginia, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11, near Chochiwon and was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea. He died on malnutrition on January 8, 1951, at the camp near Hanjang-ni, and was buried nearby; however his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Sergeant Cox is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edgar Jr. Robertson, age 20, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Parents: Edgar Robertson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1942)
Bernard Oliver Scott, age 24, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Parents: Joseph Scott
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives, Richmond News Leader (1942)
Ardenne A Woodward, age 21, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Parents: W. A. Woodward
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Richmond Times Dispatch (1942)
Randall Walter Brewer, age 21, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Parents: Clarence Alfonzo Brewer Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Daily Press (1996)
John Germon from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of disease, Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database