Salisbury Maryland

Caldwell, Eric Thomas
Army Corporal

Eric Thomas Caldwell, age 22, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Parents: Vanessa Caldwell and Brian Caldwell

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Gloucester High
Military history: Troop E, 2D Squadron, 8Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas; Joined Maryland National Guard in 2003 and enlisted in Army in 2005.

Date of death: Sunday, January 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, Daily Press, Military Times

Mcmullen, Michael Joseph
Army Staff Sergeant

Michael Joseph Mcmullen, age 20, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 243D Engineer Company, Reisterstown, Md

Date of death: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained Dec. 24 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Cooper, Richard Waller Jr.
Air Force Major

Richard Waller Jr. Cooper, age 30, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: December 19, 1972
Death details: On August 7, 2003, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Richard Waller Cooper Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Cooper joined the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 346th Bombardment Squadron. On December 19, 1972, he was the navigator aboard a B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 60608) on a night bombing mission near Hanoi, Vietnam. The B-52D was downed by enemy surface-to-air missiles, and Maj Cooper was killed in the incident. Enemy presence in the area prevented immediate search efforts for the aircraft’s crew. In February 1996, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team recovered remains that U.S. analysts eventually identified as those of Maj Cooper.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Olds, Ernest Arthur
Air Force col

Ernest Arthur Olds from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 11, 1968
Death details: North Vietnam
Cemetery: On August 2, 1996, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Ernest Arthur Olds Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Olds entered the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 11, 1968, he was the aircraft commander aboard an F-4D Phantom II (tail number 66-7719, call sign “Blackjack 02”) on an armed reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. Just outside the target area, the aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, killing Col Olds. His remains were not recovered at the time of his loss. In 1988, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains to U.S. custody and analysts subsequently identified Col Olds from these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Barnes, Barrie Vane
Army Specialist 4

Barrie Vane Barnes, age 19, from Wicomico County Salisbury, Maryland .

Parents: Rome L. Barnes

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wicomico High (1964)
Military history: 25th Infantry Division

Date of death: Friday, May 6, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam by a sniper’s bullet.
Cemetery: Hostile, killed

Source: National Archives, Daily Times (1966)

Taylor, Herbert
Army

Herbert Taylor, age 23, from Wicomico County Salisbury, Maryland .

Service era: World War II
Military history: 371 Infantry 92 Division

Date of death: Tuesday, February 12, 1946

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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