John Calvin Halsey, age 20, from West Point, Georgia, Troup county.
Parents: John H. Halsey
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 25, 1971
Death details: Died from malaria and black water fever in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Columbus Ledger (1971)
Thomas Allen Duckett, age 24, from LaGrange, Georgia, Troup county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 1970
Death details: On December 12, 1970, an O-2A Skymaster (tail number 67-21428, call sign “Nail 84”) with two crew members departed Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on a nighttime visual reconnaissance mission over central Laos. The aircraft failed to return to base, and was declared missing when its fuel supply would have been exhausted, approximately three hours after the crew’s last radio contact with the airborne command and control center. A search was initiated the following morning and the crash site was located, along with one parachute on the ground nearby, and rescue beeper signals were detected. However, the two missing crew members could not be located, and enemy presence in the area prevented ground search operations.
First Lieutenant Thomas Allen Duckett, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Georgia, served with the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron and was the pilot of this aircraft at the time of its loss. He remains unaccounted for. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted First Lieutenant Duckett to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major Duckett is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Tommy Lee Barnes, age 21, from LaGrange, Georgia, Troup county.
Spouse: Pat H. Barnes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Billy Joe Maxwell, age 19, from Hogansville, Georgia, Troup county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: Heavy Mortar Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: He was reported missing in action on Nov. 30,1950, when his unit engaged against enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. His remains could not be recovered following the battle. Accounted for on Aug. 7, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter Gates from Troup County Odessadale, Georgia .
Parents: Mary McClendon
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, June 21, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War