Deonte Autry, age 22, from Monroe, North Carolina, Union county.
Parents: Elvis and Seressa Autry
Service era: Post war on terror
Schools: Parkwood High (2019)
Date of death: Monday, November 14, 2022
Death details: Suicide
Source: WWLP
Davy Nathaniel Weaver, age 39, from Monroe, North Carolina, Union county.
Parents: Patsy Rabuck
Spouse: Kathy Tooney Weaver
Children: Ella, 2; two sons
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Lamar County High (1987)
Military history: Hhc, 648Th Engineer Battalion, Columbus, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, May 18, 2008
Death details: Died after his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Herman Victor Jr. Sturm, age 20, from Monroe, North Carolina, Union county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Patrick Bryant Sturm
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 9, 1970
Source: National Archives, Charlotte Observer (1970)
Robert Lee Jr. Curlee, age 24, from Monroe, North Carolina, Union county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 10, 1965
Death details: On June 10, 1965, a UH-1B Iroquois (tail number 63-38557) with a crew of four and three passengers took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, on a mission to extract personnel from the Dong Xoai Special Forces Camp, South Vietnam. The camp was under attack, and as the helicopter was disembarking its three passengers at the landing zone, it came under heavy mortar and small arms fire from enemy forces in the area. The helicopter took off and began climbing, but crashed shortly thereafter near Thuan Loi Airfield. One of the passengers radioed that everyone else on board was killed in the crash, and that he was taking heavy mortar and small-arms fire. The crew of another helicopter flying the same mission saw mortar rounds exploding in the area from where the passenger was last heard. Because of enemy activity in the area, a search and rescue mission could not be conducted. The four crew members and three passengers remain unaccounted for. Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Curlee Jr. entered the U.S. Army from North Carolina and was a member of Detachment SD5891, Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. He was a passenger aboard the UH-1B when it crashed on June 10, 1965, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Staff Sergeant Curlee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Robert Lee Jr. Curlee, age 34, from Union County Monroe, North Carolina .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 10, 1965
Death details: On June 10, 1965, a UH-1B Iroquois (tail number 63-38557) with a crew of four and three passengers took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, on a mission to extract personnel from the Dong Xoai Special Forces Camp, South Vietnam. The camp was under attack, and as the helicopter was disembarking its three passengers at the landing zone, it came under heavy mortar and small arms fire from enemy forces in the area. The helicopter took off and began climbing, but crashed shortly thereafter near Thuan Loi Airfield. One of the passengers radioed that everyone else on board was killed in the crash, and that he was taking heavy mortar and small-arms fire. The crew of another helicopter flying the same mission saw mortar rounds exploding in the area from where the passenger was last heard. Because of enemy activity in the area, a search and rescue mission could not be conducted. The four crew members and three passengers remain unaccounted for. Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Curlee Jr. entered the U.S. Army from North Carolina and was a member of Detachment SD5891, Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. He was a passenger aboard the UH-1B when it crashed on June 10, 1965, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Staff Sergeant Curlee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Robert Henry Moser, age 23, from Union County North Carolina.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 20, 1950
Death details: On July 20, 1950, the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was holding a defensive line in South Korea overlooking the Taejon Airport, northeast of the city. When enemy tanks broke through the line near the airport, U.S. troops were ordered to fall back through Taejon. The 3rd Battalion was ordered to lead the convoy out of Taejon, but ran into a series of collapsed structures and roadblocks that broke up the column. U.S. forces were unable to break through these roadblocks, and to avoid capture soldiers moved off-road and began filtering through the countryside in small groups. Corporal Robert Henry Moser entered the U.S. Army from North Carolina and served in Headquarters Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on July 20 during the withdrawal from Taejon. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody following the war, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Moser is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency