Ronald Scott Owens, age 24, from Vero Beach, Florida, Indian River county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
William Marshall Clark, age 18, from Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida .
Spouse: Linda (Lytz)
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 23, 1972
Death details: Died in Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu of wounds recieived in combat in January when he was ambushed while walking point on a foot patrol near Saigon.
Source: National Archives, Vero Beach Press Journal (1972)
Larry Duane Aronhalt, age 18, from Vero Beach, Florida, Saint Lucie county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Vero Beach High graduate
Military history: 20th Engineer Brigade
Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Miami Herald (1970)
Gene Guy Evans from Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941)