Slidell Louisiana

Powell, Matthew C.
Army Specialist

Matthew C. Powell, age 20, from Slidell, Louisiana, St. Tammany county.

Parents: Janie Rabalais Powell and Lloyd “Butch” P. Powell III; stepmother, Connie S. Powell
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Northshore High
Military history: 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Death details: Died at Kandahar Airfield of wounds suffered at Ghunday, Ghar, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his military vehicle using an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Garden of Memories; Metairie, Louisiana

Source: Department of Defense, The Times-Picayune, Military Times

Parker, Kristian Eirik
Army Private 1st class

Kristian Eirik Parker, age 23, from Slidell, Louisiana, St Tammany county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 205Th Engineer Battalion, Slidell, La 70460

Date of death: Monday, September 29, 2003
Death details: Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Knieper, Philip George Jr.
Army Corporal

Philip George Jr. Knieper, age 20, from Slidell, Louisiana, Saint Tammany county.

Spouse: Shirley

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, March 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Gomez, Charles Clay Jr.
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Charles Clay Jr. Gomez, age 18, from Slidell, Louisiana, St. Tammany county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 19, 2018

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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