Durrell Lavoy Bennett, age 22, from Spanaway, Washington, Pierce county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 16Th Infantry, 4 Bct, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Death details: Died after he encountered small arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Casey J (Io) Crate, age 26, from Spanaway, Washington, Pierce county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 23Rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida
Date of death: Monday, May 30, 2005
Death details: , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtis Lorenza Wooten III, age 20, from Spanaway, Washington, Pierce county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 1St Battalion, 77Th Armor, 1St Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jesse Hugh Lawson, age 28, from Pierce County Spanaway, Washington .
Parents: Connie D. Lawson
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bethel High (1956)
Date of death: Friday, June 11, 1965
Death details: The plane he was aboard struck a mountain while returning in severe weather from a mission in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, News Tribune (1965)
James C. Sorenson from Spanaway, Washington, Pierce county.
Spouse: Vivian L. Sorenson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)
James Roy Ruddy from Pierce County Spanaway, Washington .
Parents: Ida Ruddy
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org