Joseph Richard Berlin Jr., age 21, from Chelsea, Alabama.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 4Th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, December 30, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jean Paul Medlin, age 27, from Pelham, Alabama, Shelby county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 5Th Cavalry, 2 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, May 19, 2007
Death details: Killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bradley Otis Brown, age 28, from Calera, Alabama, Shelby county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Will Danny Billings, age 24, from Helena, Alabama, Shelby county.
Parents: Will Billings
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 6, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Oscar Allen Connell, age 22, from Montevallo, Alabama, Shelby county.
Spouse: Abbie M. Connell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Claude Marvin Bunch, age 45, from Shelby County Helena, Alabama .
Parents: Molly Harris
Spouse: Virginia
Children: Michael, Gail Durand
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 16, 1965
Death details: Killed in an accidental explosion at Bein Hoa, Vietnam.
Cemetery: Glen Haven Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1965), Birmingham Post Herald (1965), Orlando Evening Star (1965)