Tag: Washington County Arkansas

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Hardin, Ethan C.
Army Specialist

Ethan C. Hardin, age 25, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Washington county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Date of death: Friday, January 7, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered at Logar Province, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Pfc Ira B. Laningham IV was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Air Force

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Penny, Richard R.
Marines Lance corporal

Richard R. Penny, age 21, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Washington county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Thursday, May 6, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Seideman, Tyler Ross
Army Specialist

Tyler Ross Seideman, age 20, from Lincoln, Arkansas, Washington county.

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Lincoln High graduate (2004)
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Death details: Among 14 soldiers killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in northern Iraq
Cemetery: National cemetery in Fayetteville

Source: Department of Defense, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

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Lindsey, Scott J.
Army Corporal

Scott J. Lindsey, age 27, from Springdale, Arkansas, Washington county.

Parents: Joe and Beatrice Lindsey
Spouse: Debra
Children: Three children

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Friday, March 1, 1991
Death details: Killed when his vehicle hit a mine.
Cemetery: Fayetteville National, Arkansas

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Veterans Affairs

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Keeter, Marvin Ross
Army Sergeant

Marvin Ross Keeter, age 21, from Washington County Fayetteville, Arkansas .

Parents: Luther C. Keeter

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, December 2, 1971
Death details: Killed in action

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)

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Ingrum, John Daniel
Army 1st lieutenant

John Daniel Ingrum, age 22, from Springdale, Arkansas, Washington county.

Parents: Dan B. Ingrum

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Tulsa Daily World (1970)

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Melody, Edward Bruce
Army Warrant officer 1st class

Edward Bruce Melody, age 21, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Washington county.

Parents: Giles and Rose (Moreski) Melody

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, February 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Streator Times (1970)

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Lewis, Roy Robert
Army Specialist 4

Roy Robert Lewis, age 25, from Farmington, Arkansas, Washington county.

Spouse: Bonnie Lewis

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, January 11, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Northwest Arkansas Times (1970)

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Meroney, Virgil Kersh III
Air Force Captain

Virgil Kersh III Meroney, age 25, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Washington county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, March 1, 1969
Death details: Air Force Col. Wendell Keller of Fargo, N.D., and Capt. Virgil K. Meroney III of Fayetteville, Ark., were buried in a single casket representing their crew on Oct. 19, 2012 in Arlington National Cemetery. Meroney was interred individually on June 9, in his hometown. On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire. No parachutes were seen after the aircraft was hit. Heavy enemy presence in the area prevented recovery efforts. From 1994 to 2011, joint U.S.-Lao People’s Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) teams, led by Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted several investigations and excavations of the crash site in Khammouan Province, Laos. The teams located human remains, military equipment, a military identification card, and aircraft wreckage of an F-4, including an engine data plate and radio call-sign plate. During the 17 years of investigations, analysts evaluated the material evidence and the accounts of more than 40 eyewitnesses to confirm the information correlated with the crew’s loss location. To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools including dental comparisons and radiograph comparisons.

Source: National Archives, Department of Defense

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Garrison, Dale Robinson
Army Private 1st class

Dale Robinson Garrison, age 19, from Springdale, Arkansas, Washington county.

Parents: Mary Garrison

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Corporal Dale Robinson Garrison joined the U.S. Army from Arkansas and was a member of Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 1, 1950, members of Company E were near Unsan when they came under heavy attack and were forced to withdraw. Corporal Garrison was captured during the battle and marched with other 8th Cavalry POWs to the Sambokkol temporary holding point in northwest North Korea. Corporal Garrison died while held at Sambokkol as a result of a chest wound that he had received during the combat that led to his capture. Records do not provide a specific date of death or burial location and his name has not been identified among any remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today Corporal Garrison is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Northwest Arkansas Times (1950)