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Lewis, Ralph E.
Army Staff sergeant

Ralph E. Lewis, age 39, from Front Royal, Virginia, Warren county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Monday, January 14, 1991
Cemetery: Florida National

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Powell, William Edward
Army Major

William Edward Powell, age 42, from Front Royal, Virginia, Warren county

Date of death: Monday, September 21, 1981
Death details: Died in the crash of a C130 cargo plane at Indian Springs, Nevada

Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, findagrave.com., Washington Post

Poole, Robert Vernon
Army Recruit

Robert Vernon Poole, age 25, from Front Royal, Virginia, Warren county.

Parents: James Poole
Children: Rex

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Prospect Hill in Front Royal

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com, Covington Virginian (1961)

Derflinger, James M.
Army Private

James M. Derflinger from Virginia, Warren county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 3, 1945
Death details: Died non-battle

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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