Mark Mayo, age 25, from District of Columbia.
Parents: Sharon Blair.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Williamsport High (2007)
Date of death: Monday, March 24, 2014
Death details: Killed at Naval Station Norfolk when a civilian tried to get to Pier One and the Destroyer USS Mahan. The civilian took a gun from another officer and shot and killed Mayo during a struggle.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Fox DC
Keisha Marie Morgan, age 25, from Washington, DC, District Of Columbia county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2008
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Darrell Cornelius Lewis, age 31, from Washington, DC, District Of Columbia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Infantry Brigade, 1St Infantry Division (Transition Team), Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Vashir, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Associated Press
Gregory Edward MacDonald, age 29, from Washington, D.C.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co, 4Th Lar Bn, Fredrick, Md
Date of death: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Death details: killed when the light armored vehicle he was traveling in rolled over in Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, U.S., Navy
Calvin Coolidge Cooke, age 26, from Washington D.C.
Spouse: Carol Anderson Wade
Children: Angela, Melissa, Laurel
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 26, 1972
Death details: Air Force Staff Sgt. Calvin Cooke Jr. was aboard a C-130 Hercules on a night resupply mission over Vietnam April 26, 1972 when ground fire brought it down. His sister Darlene was bowling with their mother days later when three servicemen entered the building. “My mother knew what it was as soon as they were there,” Darlene said in 1984. “My mother died two years ago, still believing he was alive.” Seven years later, her father passed. In 2006, the military identified Calvin’s remains. His daughter traveled with the remains to Arlington National Cemetery, where they were buried next to her mom’s grave.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press 2006, 1984), The Lexington Park Enterprise (2006)
John Edmund Schneider, age 19, from District of Columbia.
Parents: James Philip Schneider
Service era: Korea
Schools: Western High
Date of death: Friday, September 1, 1950
Death details: In late July of 1950, reinforcements from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division arrived in Pusan, South Korea, and within hours of their arrival were already being moved to the front lines along the Pusan Perimeter to help repel the invading North Korean People’s Army (NKPA). Troops were positioned along the eastern bank of the Naktong River, which was shallow enough to be crossed on foot in several places. On August 31, members of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, were defending the eastern shore of the Naktong, near the town of Yongsan, when at nightfall the NKPA advanced over the Naktong and began an offensive against American positions along the river. Heavy fighting broke out, and many of the 9th Infantry Regiment’s positions were overrun. Corporal John Edmund Schneider, who entered the U.S. Army from the District of Columbia, was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. His unit was stationed along the Naktong River when he went missing near Yongsan, South Korea, on or about September 1, 1950, though specific details surrounding his loss are unknown. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and attempts to locate his remains following the end of hostilities were unsuccessful. Today, Corporal Schneider is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Evening Star (1950)
Chester F. Lowe from District of Columbia.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 3, 1945
Death details: Died non-battle
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
L. C. Jr. Reed from District of Columbia.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 25, 1945
Death details: Died non-battle
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Robert Henry Barringer, age 20, from District of Columbia.
Parents: William Henry Barringer
Service era: World War II
Schools: McKinley High (1943)
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Evening Star (1945), On Eternal Patrol
Frederick S. Burns from District of Columbia.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, June 27, 1945
Death details: Died missing
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker