Douglas M. III Vose, age 38, from Concrete, Washington, Skagit county. Their last known residence was in Concrete.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart, Germany.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathan William Nakis, age 19, from Sedro Woolley, Washington, Skagit county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 52D Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Albany, Or 97321
Date of death: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Death details: Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kerry David Scott, age 21, from Concrete, Washington, Skagit county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion 32Nd Infantry, Fort Drum, Ny 13602
Date of death: Monday, October 6, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jerry Owen Lafayette, age 21, from Concrete, Washington, Skagit county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1971
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Dennis Richard Linnell, age 20, from Mount Vernon, Washington, Skagit county.
Parents: Pauline and C.E. Linnell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Burlington-Edison High (1968), Skagit Valley College
Date of death: Wednesday, November 11, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Cemetery: Burlington
Source: National Archives, Bellingham Herald (1970)
James Drew Schmidt, age 21, from Mount Vernon, Washington, Skagit county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 17, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Russell Cranston Hibler, age 23, from Anacortes, Washington, Skagit county.
Spouse: Jennifer Hibler
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 30, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Edward James Jr. Jacobs from Mount Vernon, Washington, Skagit county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, August 25, 1967
Death details: On August 25, 1967, an RA-3B Skywarrior (bureau number 144835, call sign “Quizshow 09”) with three crew members carried out a night reconnaissance mission over the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. As the aircraft approached the coastline, radar contact was lost, and could not be reestablished. A search for “Quizshow 09” discovered no sign of it or its crew. All three members of the crew remain unaccounted for.
Commander Edward James Jacobs Jr., who joined the U.S. Navy from Washington, was a member of Heavy Photographic Squadron 61. He was the pilot of “Quizshow 09” when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted for. Today, Commander Jacobs is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Albert James Gray, age 18, from Skagit County Anacortes, Washington .
Parents: Florence Elizabeth Gray
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, Bellingham Herald (1942)
Walter Howard Ponder, age 35, from Skagit County Mount Vernon, Washington .
Parents: W.A. Ponder
Spouse: Dorothy Elizabeth Ponder
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Utah
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Tennessean (1942)