Harley Warren, age 34, from Valdese, North Carolina.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1982
Death details: He was one of four U.N. officers killed when their jeep struck a mine on the outskirts of the war-torn Lebanese capital.
Cemetery: Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, North Carolina
Source: UPI, findagrave.com
Floyd Steve Harmon, age 23, from Burke County Valdese, North Carolina .
Spouse: Lois (Walsh)
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, 1-327 Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Thursday, February 24, 1966
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Elizabeth Star (1966)
Edward Everett Talbert, age 19, from Valdese, North Carolina, Stanly county.
Spouse: Ruby Metcalf Echols
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Aug. 5, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Talbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Talbert.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edward Everett Talbert, age 19, from Stanly County Valdese, North Carolina .
Spouse: Ruby Metcalf Echols
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Aug. 5, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Talbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Talbert.
Source: National Archives
Edward Everett Talbert, age 19, from Stanly County Valdese, North Carolina .
Spouse: Ruby Metcalf Echols
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Aug. 5, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Talbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Talbert.
Source: National Archives