Spring Lake North Carolina

Adkins, Trevor B.
Army Private 1st class

Trevor B. Adkins, age 21, from Spring Lake, North Carolina.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 978th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Date of death: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Death details: Died of wounds when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Maidan Shahr, Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Killed were Sgt. Ricardo Seija, Spc. Erica P. Alecksen, Spc. Clarence Williams III, Pfc. Trevor B. Adkins, Pfc. Alejandro J. Pardo, Pfc. Cameron J. Stambaugh.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Sutton, Greg Lamonte
Army Sergeant 1st class

Greg Lamonte Sutton, age 38, from Spring Lake, North Carolina, Cumberland county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 212Th Mobilized Integrated Training Team, Fort Riley, Kansas

Date of death: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Merritt, Brian K.
Army Private 1st class

Brian K. Merritt, age 33, from Spring Lake, North Carolina, Cumberland county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Sunday, October 30, 1983
Death details: One of three American soldiers from a multi-national force patrolling the Sinai Peninsula who were killed when their truck crashed into a tree near the northwestern Sinai town of El Arish.

Source: Detroit Free Press (1983), Poughkeepsie Journal (1983)

James, John Mathas
Marines Lance corporal

John Mathas James, age 20, from Cumberland County Spring Lake, North Carolina .

Parents: Thomas W. James

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, April 12, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, UPI (1966), News and Record (1966)

Hickman, Randall Sherwood
Army Sergeant 1st class

Randall Sherwood Hickman, age 26, from Cumberland County Spring Lake, North Carolina .

Parents: Troy Hickman

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, March 15, 1966
Death details: Died in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Cameron Hill Prebyterian Church near Spout Springs

Source: National Archives, Herald Sun (1966)

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