Raymond Dwayne II Hill, age 39, from Turlock, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 184Th Infantry (Tf Baghdad), Modesto, Ca
Date of death: Saturday, October 29, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Oscar Sanchez, age 19, from Modesto, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 1St Battalion, 24Th Infantry Regiment (25Th Id), Fort Lewis Wa
Date of death: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Dwayne Anderson Jr., age 21, from Modesto, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co, 3D Bn, 5Th Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin Richard Wood, age 20, from Modesto, California, Stanislaus county.
Parents: Richard Wood
Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing
Schools: Downey High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Cemetery: San Joaquin Valley National
Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)
Randall J. Garcia, age 19, from Stanislaus County Modesto, California .
Parents: Jess and Vilet Garcia
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Auburn Journal (1983)
Roy Dwight Barnes, age 25, from Stanislaus County Modesto, California .
Parents: Arthur Lee Barnes and Verna Mae Runyan
Spouse: Shirley
Children: Ray, Daryl, Brandi
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, October 22, 1971
Death details: Killed while piloting a helicopter in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Lakewood Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Modesto Bee (1971)
Larry Allen Walker, age 20, from Denair, California, Stanislaus county.
Parents: Durward D. Walker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 13, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner
Antonio Silva, age 21, from Westley, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Stanley Scott Clark, age 40, from Modesto, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Married
Children: Karen
Date of death: Friday, February 14, 1969
Death details: On February 14, 1969, an F-4D Phantom II (tail number 65-0651, call sign Pintail 01) with a crew of two took off from Ubon Airfield, Thailand, as the lead aircraft on a two-plane night strike mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Ban Bac, Saravane Province, Laos. After its second pass over the target area, this aircraft was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and burst into flames. At this time, the aircraft commander informed the pilot the aircraft was on fire and control was lost, and then stated, “We’ve got to get out.” The aircraft entered a cloud layer at about 10,000 feet and was obscured from view, but was then seen again as it descended and crashed into a river. The backseater successfully ejected and was rescued the next day, February 15. He reported he did not see another parachute during his descent, and while on the ground was unable to establish communications with the other crew member. The crash area was recaptured by friendly forces about three months later, and the aircraft’s wreckage was located, but there were no remains at the crash site.
Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Scott Clark entered the U.S. Air Force from California and was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was the aircraft commander of this Phantom II when it crashed, and he was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted Lieutenant Colonel Clark to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Clark is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Jeff Wright, age 20, from Modesto, California, Stanislaus county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, April 6, 1957
Death details: Killed in an attempted Army prison break in Tokyo. Wright was killed by a guard after scaling the third and last fence surrounding the US Army guardhouse at Camp Drake
Source: UP (1957)