Thomas Edward Hodge II from Virginia, Staunton, City of county.
Date of death: Saturday, January 9, 2010
Death details: Died unexpectedly while on leave in Mount Solon, Virginia
Cemetery: Stauton National
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com
Eddie L White, age 39, from Staunton, Virginia, Staunton county.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 16, 1980
Cemetery: Augusta Memoiral Park in Virginia
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com
Clarence Willis III Obie, age 20, from Staunton County Staunton, Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, December 22, 1971
Source: National Archives
Franklin U. Breckenridge, age 21, from Staunton, Virginia, Staunton county.
Parents: Sunberry P. Breckenridge
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 28, 1970
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1970)
Victor Lee Ellinger, age 24, from Staunton, Virginia, Staunton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lee High (1964)
Date of death: Tuesday, November 24, 1970
Cemetery: Thornrose
Source: National Archives, News Leader (2020)
Dwight Pollard Bowles, age 33, from Staunton County Staunton, Virginia .
Parents: Preceded in death by J. H. Bowles
Spouse: Dixie (Blackburn
Children: Vicki, 8; Kevin, 6; Dwight David, 2
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wilson Memorial High graduate
Date of death: Wednesday, November 3, 1965
Death details: Captain Dwight Pollard Bowles, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Virginia, served with the 562nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On November 3, 1965, Capt Bowles piloted a single-seat F-105 Thunderchief (tail number 61-0163) on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The Thunderchief was the fourth aircraft in a flight of four, and when the pilot made his bomb run on the target, other pilots in the flight saw that ordnance was released only from the right side of the aircraft. The ordnance on the left side failed to separate, and as Capt Bowles pulled up and turned, his Thunderchief crashed into a hill and exploded. He was not seen to eject, and no emergency beepers were detected afterward. A search and rescue effort was not possible due to enemy activity in the area. After the incident, the U.S. Air Force promoted Capt Bowles to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major Bowles is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Daily News Leader (1965), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles Kenneth Jr. Moran, age 32, from Staunton County Staunton, Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 25, 1965
Death details: Killed when his helicopter crashed into the South China Sea.
Source: National Archives, Chula Vista Star News (1965)
Woodrow Melvin Fitzgerald, age 31, from Staunton County Staunton, Virginia .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 24, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a twin-engine plane which was dropping flares in support of a Vinh Binh operation south of Saigon.
Source: National Archives, Associate Press (1963)
John Marshall Hanna, age 24, from Staunton, Virginia .
Parents: Mattie Hanna and preceded in death by Herman Hanna
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 1944
Death details: Killed in the sinking of the USS Gambier Bay during the Battle of Leyte.
Source: National Archives, News Leader (1944)