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William Harding Newton , age 21, from Huntington County Roanoke, Virginia .
Parents: William S. Newton
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destroyer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Roanoke World News (1941)
Wallace L. Sowers, age 22, from Northampton County Cheriton, Virginia .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Richmond Times Dispatch (1941)
Stanley E. Bernard, age 28, from Mount Ida, Virginia.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1918
Death details: Killed in action, France
Source: Soldiers of the Great War; Library of Virginia, Richmond, findagrave.com
Benjamin R. Reed from Floyd County Floyd, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, October 28, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Milton J. Lake, age 22, from Shenandoah County Strasburg, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 22, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
William W. Gibson from Campbell County Concord, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 22, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War; Library of Virginia, Richmond
Charlie L. Winn, age 29, from Lunenburg County Lunenburg, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 15, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
James Jennings, age 22, from Newport News, Virginia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, July 10, 1918
Death details: Died of disease, Camp Stuart, Newport News, Virginia
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database
Joel Watkins Franklin from Virginia, Campbell county.
Service era: Civil War
Military history: 56th Georgia Infantry
Date of death: August 10, 1865
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Saint Clair Jr. Webb from Princess Anne County Virginia.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Captain St. Clair Webb Jr., who joined the U.S. Army from Virginia, served with the Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, as his unit was withdrawing from Kunu-ri to Sunchon, and was marched with other prisoners to the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley in North Korea. CPT Webb died of malnutrition at Pukchin-Tarigol; however, the evidence is not clear on an exact date, and no burial information is available. His remains have not been recovered, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Webb is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency