St. Louis County MIssouri

Johnson, Lavena Lynn
Army Private 1st class

Lavena Lynn Johnson, age 19, from Florissant, Missouri, St Louis county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhd, 129Th Combat Support Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Parents: John and Linda Johnson

School: Hazelwood Central High (2004)

Death details: Found dead in tent in Balad, Iraq. Army concluded she shot herself, family disagreed.

Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, NPR

Cohen, Gerald A.
Army Private 1st class

Gerald A. Cohen, age 30, from St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Saturday, March 2, 1991
Death details: Died non-battle

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense

Jones, Alexander
Navy Airman apprentice

Alexander Jones, age 19, from St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense

Ross, Alan
Marines Corporal

Alan Ross, age 19, from St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Parents: Samuel Ross

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: O’Fallon High

Date of death: Sunday, May 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)

McCoy, Peter Joseph
Marines Private 1st class

Peter Joseph McCoy, age 19, from Berkeley, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Parents: Mrs Tate N. Haase

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Berkeley High (1969)

Date of death: Saturday, May 23, 1970
Death details: Killed when the observation post he was helping to establish in Quang Nan Province came under attack.

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)

Koger, Sidney Keith
Marines Lance corporal

Sidney Keith Koger, age 20, from St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Lapine

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Webster School in East Saint Louis and O’Fallon Technical High

Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Drowned when he fell from a bidge near Danang.

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1970)

Mayberry, Michael Joseph
Army Sergeant

Michael Joseph Mayberry, age 19, from St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Parents: Harold D. and Gloria Mayberry

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, April 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Resurrection in Affton, Missouri

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Saint Louis Post Dispart (1970)

Prevedel, Charles Francis
Army Sergeant 1st class

Charles Francis Prevedel, age 25, from Florissant, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, April 17, 1969
Death details: On November 18, 2003, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class Charles Francis Prevedel, missing from the Vietnam War. Sergeant First Class Prevedel joined the U.S. Army from Missouri and was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On April 17, 1969, he was a part of a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The patrol was ambushed by enemy forces, and thunderstorms in the area prevented air support from reaching the recon team. SFC Prevedel was killed during the incident, but search teams that surveyed the area the next day found no sign of him or the other patrol members. However, after the war, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team excavated the site of the ambush and recovered human remains there. In 2003, some of the recovered remains were identified as those of SFC Prevedel.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

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