Anthony J. Denier, age 26, from Mechanicville, New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David T. Miller, age 19, from Wilton, New York, Saratoga county.
Parents: Leslie Miller and Jesse Miller
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Monday, June 21, 2010
Death details: Died at Lar Sholtan Village Afghanistan from wounds suffered when a suicide bomber attacked his unit. Spc. Andrew R. Looney was also killed in the incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Clarksville Online, Military Times
Stanley Howard Barrett, age 19, from Waterford, New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Troope A, 1st Cavalry
Date of death: Saturday, October 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in action. His brother Stephen C. Barrett was killed in Vietnam in 1968.
Source: National Archives, Troy Record (1970)
Floyd Edward III Andrus, age 22, from Greenfield Center, New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed into a hanger and started on fire.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Associated Press (1970)
Edmond Eugene III Smith, age 19, from Glens Falls, New York, Saratoga county.
Parents: Edmond Smith II
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Glens Falls High
Date of death: Tuesday, February 3, 1970
Death details: Died in 106th Gneral Hospital in Jpan from severe burns received in Vietnam on January 23, 1970.
Source: National Archives, Post Star (1970)
Floyd William Pohl, age 23, from Saratoga County Stillwater, New York .
Parents: Raymond W. Pohl
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Hudson Valley Community College (1964)
Date of death: Thursday, January 13, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Post Star (1966)
George B. Burt, age 22, from Saratoga County Saratoga Springs, New York .
Parents: Stepfather William Cobb
Spouse: Elizabeth M. Burt
Children: John, baby
Service era: Korea
Schools: Lake Central High
Date of death: Thursday, June 18, 1953
Death details: Killed in the crash of an Air Force C0124 Globemaster near Tokyo.
Source: United Press (1953), Associated Press (1953)
Robert Daniel Furlow from New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, May 3, 1951
Death details: On July 5, 1950, Task Force Smith, the first U.S. ground element to engage North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) troops, was defending a position north of Osan, South Korea. The Task Force’s goal was to delay enemy forces by blocking their movement down the road south from Suwon to Taejon, which was a major avenue of advance for the NKPA. That morning, the Task Force was engaged by a column of enemy tanks. The anti-tank weapons that the infantrymen employed were ineffective, and a large number of tanks broke through their position. Task Force Smith was forced to withdraw to the south, suffering heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Robert Daniel Furlow, who joined the U.S. Army from New York, served with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. His unit was part of Task Force Smith, and he was captured by enemy forces on July 5, 1950. He was forced to march to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died of exhaustion and pneumonia at the camp near An-dong on May 3, 1951. He was buried on the edge of the compound; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Furlow is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter A. Smead, age 24, from New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 1950
Death details: Smead was a member of Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, after his unit was attacked by enemy forces as they attempted to withdraw near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John W. Martin from New York, Saratoga county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On September 24, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class John William Martin, missing from the Korean War.
Private First Class Martin joined the U.S. Army from New York and was a member of the Medical Company attached to the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. In November 1950, his unit was a part of the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), which was defending the area north of Sinhung-ni, on the eastern side of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. On November 27, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a large-scale surprise attack against U.S. forces in the Chosin Reservoir. The 31st RCT was forced to initiate a fighting withdrawal southward. PFC Martin went missing in action on December 2 during this withdrawal. He was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he has not been identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. In September 2001, a joint U.S. and North Korean investigative team recovered remains from a burial site near where the 31st RCT fought in the Chosin Reservoir. These remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory, and PFC Martin was identified among them in 2018.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency