Rogersville Alabama

Ball, Jimmy Rex
Army Private 1st class

Jimmy Rex Ball, age 24, from Lauderdale County Rogersville, Alabama .

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Troop D, 9th Calvary

Date of death: Saturday, May 28, 1966
Death details: Killed in action by fragments of a mine which upended his jeep.

Source: National Archives, Huntsville Times (1966)

Thornton, Cecil Howard
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Cecil Howard Thornton, age 21, from Rogersville, Alabama, Lauderdale county.

Parents: Maloy Earis Thornton

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2019

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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