Jerry Oreall II Pope, age 35, from Tallahassee, Florida, Leon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Naval Medical Clinic, Quantico, Va
Date of death: Thursday, October 17, 2002
Death details: Sana, Yemen
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Matthew Joseph Bourgeois, age 35, from Tallahassee, Florida, Leon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Dam Neck, Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, March 28, 2002
Death details: killed by land mine during training exercise near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Another SEAL was injured. The mine had apparently been planted by Taliban or al-Qaida forces before they fled the area in December 2000.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
Frank Emanuel Williams, age 25, from Leon County Tallahassee, Florida .
Parents: Corrie Peters and Walter Williams
Spouse: Ruby William
Children: Bridgett N. William and stepson Laudric D. Tolbert
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 31, 1972
Cemetery: Barrancas National
Source: National Archives, Pensacola News Journal (1972)
John Jackson Parker, age 26, from Tallahassee, Florida, Leon county.
Parents: Beth Parker
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Leon High graduate, Duke University (1965)
Date of death: Wednesday, March 4, 1970
Death details: Lieutenant (LT) John Jackson Parker entered the U.S. Navy from Florida and was a member of Attack Squadron 86 embarked aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). On March 4, 1970, he piloted a single-seat A-7A Corsair II (bureau number: 153136; call sign: Sidewinder 400) and took off from the Coral Sea, radioed that he was airborne, but shortly thereafter crashed for unknown reasons into the South China Sea a few miles ahead of the carrier. Witnesses on the flight deck saw a small white flash immediately followed by a large explosion when the aircraft impacted the water. There was no transmission from “Sidewinder 400” following LT Parker’s initial report. His remains were not recovered following the incident. Today, LT Parker is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Miami Herald (1970), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency