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Richards, James Paul
Army Sergeant

James Paul Richards, age 21, from Rogersville, Tennessee, Hawkins county.

Parents: Riddie Richards and preceded in death by John H. Richards

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, February 26, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds suffered in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Crawford, Gale Vernon
Army Specialist 4

Gale Vernon Crawford, age 20, from Hawkins County Rogersville, Tennessee .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 11, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1966)

Price, Lewis E.
Army Private 1st class

Lewis E. Price, age 23, from Rogersville, Tennessee, Hawkins county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, November 6, 1944
Death details: On September 24, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Lewis E. Price, missing from World War II. Private First Class Price, who entered the U.S. Army from Tennessee, was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On November 6, 1944, he killed in action while on a reconnaissance patrol southwest of Hürtgen, Germany, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. His body was not recovered at the time of his loss due to ongoing combat in the area. In 2016, DPAA analysts reviewed remains recovered north of Germeter, near the suspected area of PFC Price’s loss. In 2018, U.S. analysts identified these recovered remains as those of PFC Price.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Floyd, James C.
Private

James C. Floyd, age 18, from Rogersville, Tennessee, Hawkins county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Sunday, July 7, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: McBridge Cemetery in Hawkins County, Tennessee

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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