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Thornburg, Vincent
Marines Gunnery sergeant

Vincent Thornburg, age 38, from New Market, Iowa, Taylor county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, February 3, 1970
Death details: Body recovered

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Carroll Daily Times Herald (1970)

Murphy, Verle W.
Marines Corporal

Verle W. Murphy, age 33, from Taylor County Bedford, Iowa .

Parents: William B. Murphy

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, December 29, 1941

Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1943)

Tucker, William David
Navy Fireman 1st class

William David Tucker, age 19, from Bedford, Iowa, Taylor county.

Parents: William Virgus Tucker

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for December 3, 2020

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Wood, Ernest W.
Private

Ernest W. Wood, age 31, from Taylor County Iowa.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Tuesday, September 17, 1918
Death details: Died of disease

Source: Soldiers of the Great War

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