Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Christopher J. Scott, age 21, from Tyrone, New York, Schuyler county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 716 Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Saturday, September 3, 2011
Death details: Died at Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ross Edward Bedient, age 21, from Valois, New York, Schuyler county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Elmira Star Gazette (1970)
John Edward Rarrick, age 20, from Beaver Dams, New York, Schuyler county.
Parents: Jack Rarrick
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Corning-Painted Post West High (1967)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Division
Date of death: Thursday, April 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Star Gazette (1970)
Albert Eugene Simpson, age 20, from Schuyler County Watkins Glenn, New York .
Parents: Vern Albert Simpson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Star Gazette (1942)
Albert Eugene Simpson, age 20, from Schuyler County Watkins Glenn, New York .
Parents: Vern Albert Simpson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Star Gazette (1942)