Charles Robert Kesterson, age 30, from Rockbridge County Raphine, Virginia .
Parents: Albert H. Kesterson
Spouse: Rosalie (Ecker) Kesterson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam when he stepped on an enemy mine.
Cemetery: Thornrose
Source: National Archives, Roanoke Times (1966), Daily News Leader (1966)
Charles Leroy Ayers from Lexington, Virginia, Rockbridge county.
Parents: James Edgar Ayers
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, April 22, 1945
Death details: Killed in action, Okinawa
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker; Virginia Military Death database, Library of Virginia, Richmond
Charles S. Hunter, age 23, from Rockbridge County Virginia.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, August 7, 1943
Death details: Killed in an airplane crash in New Guinea. He was aboard C-47-DL “Eagle Beaver” when it crashed into Cleveland Bay about 20 minutes after takeoff.
Source: National Archives
James Ludwell Cash, age 23, from Rockbridge County New Glasgow, Virginia .
Parents: Ludwell Cash
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Archives; Virginia Military Dead database, Library of Virginia Richmond, News and Advance (1943), Richmond Times Dispatch (1942)
Alexander M Hamilton, age 21, from Rockbridge County Virginia.
Parents: Mary Hamilton
Service era: Civil War
Date of death: Sunday, August 7, 1864
Death details: Died iat Marietta, Georgia
Cemetery: Memorialized at Clay Cemtery in Jones County, Iowa at the grave of his mother.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia., grave marker