Tag: Wabash County Illinois

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Wright, Brian Albert
Army Specialist

Brian Albert Wright, age 19, from Keensburg, Illinois, Wabash county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 135Th Engineer Company, 876Th Engineer Battalion, (2 Mef), Lawrenceville, Il

Date of death: Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ramadi, Iraq

Cemetery: Highland in Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, grave marker

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Rayborn, Danny Keith
Army Private 1st class

Danny Keith Rayborn, age 21, from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Wabash county.

Parents: Howard Rayborn (preceded in death) and Lura V. Rayborn (1914 – 2007)

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company D, 2nd Batallian, 5th Cavalry; Bronze Star Medal

School: Mount Carmel High (1967)

Date of death: Tuesday, January 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Highland; Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Source: National Archives, gravemaker, Mount Carmel Daily Republican-Register (1970)

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Dixon, Harold D.
Marine Reserves Private

Harold D. Dixon from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Wabash county.

Parents: Grover Dixon (September 22, 1884 – July 19, 1961) and Edna A. Dixon (September 12, 1886 – May 28, 1943)

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, September 15, 1944
Death details: Died in action on Peleliu Island
Cemetery: Highland; Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Source: National Archives, gravemaker