Washington County Maryland

Htaik, Maung P.
Marines Lance corporal

Maung P. Htaik, age 20, from Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington county.

Parents: Hla Htaik and Flory Myint Shwe
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Smithsburg High (2008)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted February 2009.

Date of death: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Also killed was Jacob A. Tate.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Hayes, Erik Wayne
Army Specialist

Erik Wayne Hayes, age 24, from Cascade, Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2 Bn, 2D Inf, 1St Inf Div, Apo Ae 09112, (Vilseck, Germany)

Date of death: Monday, November 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Wibberley, Craig Bryan
Navy Seaman

Craig Bryan Wibberley, age 19, from Williamsport, Maryland, Washington 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

Sanbower, Ronald Lee
Army Specialist 4

Ronald Lee Sanbower, age 20, from Smithsburg, Maryland, Washington county.

Parents: John W. and Carmen M. Law Sanbower
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Smithsburg Senior High (1968)

Date of death: Wednesday, April 14, 1971
Death details: Accidentally killed while working on a helicopter in Vietnam
Cemetery: Smithsburg

Source: National Archives, Hagerstown Morning Herald (1971)

Ronneberg, Hugh Julius
Army Corporal

Hugh Julius Ronneberg, age 20, from Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington county.

Parents: John Ronneberg

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam when a mine was detonated by a tank he was driving.

Source: National Archives, Bridgewater Courier News (1970)

Dodd, James Erwin
Army Master sergeant

James Erwin Dodd, age 23, from Fort Ritchie, Maryland, Washington county.

Spouse: Opal M. Dodd

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, March 8, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Non-hostile, illness

Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)

Delauter, Roy C.
Army Corporal

Roy C. Delauter from Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On January 18, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Roy Charles Delauter, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant Delauter entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On November 27, 1950, his unit was positioned on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces launched a large-scale surprise attack against U.S. forces at the reservoir. On December 1, the huge numerical superiority of the CCF forced the 32nd Infantry to withdraw southward to friendly lines at Hagaru-ri to the south. Constant enemy fire and roadblocks made the withdrawal route extremely treacherous. SGT Delauter was reported missing in action on December 2, 1950, following the withdrawal to Hagaru-ri. In 2018, the DPRK returned fifty-five boxes of remains purported to be those of U.S. servicemembers killed during the war to the United States. One of these boxes reportedly contained remains from Sinhung-ri, on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir where SGT Delauter was lost. Laboratory analysis led to the identification of one set of these remains as those of SGT Delauter.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Forsythe, Joseph A.
Corporal

Joseph A. Forsythe, age 22, from Clear Spring, Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Clear Spring

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

Garrish, Frank T.
Corporal

Frank T. Garrish, age 25, from Williamsport, Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, September 9, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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