Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Nathan Ross Elrod, age 20, from Salisbury, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 1St Bn, 6Th Mar, (1-1 Ad, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gregory Leonard Wahl, age 30, from Salisbury, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 4 Ar F Troop, Vilseck, Ge, Apo Ae 09112
Date of death: Monday, May 3, 2004
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lakeina Monique Francis, age 19, from Woodleaf, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
Carl Wayne Thompson, age 21, from Rowan County North Carolina.
Spouse: Gladys Mary Hall Thompson
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 196th Infantry Brigade; received Silver Star, Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Date of death: Tuesday, October 5, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Danville Bee (1971), Winston Salem Journal (1971)
Roger Lynn Teeter, age 24, from Salisbury, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, December 28, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Charlotte Observer, Associated Press (1970)
Richard Hugh Propst, age 20, from China Grove, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Ricky Norman Lowder, age 19, from China Grove, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Parents: Thomas R. Lowder
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Joe Hearne Rufty, age 25, from Salisbury, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Spouse: Jane A. Rufty
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 29, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Clarence R. Patterson, age 21, from Rowan County Kannapolis, North Carolina .
Service era: World War II
Schools: Cannon High (1940)
Date of death: Thursday, November 16, 1944
Death details: Killed during a training mission when the medium bomber he was flying crashed near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Source: Charlotte Observer (1944)