Tag: Wayne County Mississippi

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Newman, Eric
Army Sergeant

Eric Newman, age 30, from Waynesboro, Mississippi, Wayne county.

Parents: Merlin Newman Jr. (preceded in death) and Dianne Newman
Spouse: Charidy Newman
Children: Step daughter Larissa Leigh

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squardron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Survelliance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Death details: Died in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Hebron, Waynesboro

Source: Department of Defense, Freeman Funeral Home, Military Times

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Davis, James Woodrow
Air Force Staff sergeant

James Woodrow Davis, age 28, from Waynesboro, Mississippi, Wayne county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 11, 1968
Death details: On March 11, 1968, North Vietnamese soldiers conducted a sapper attack against a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Navigation system, designated Lima Site 85 in Houaphan Province, Laos, also referred to as Phou Pha Thi. The enemy attacked very early in the morning, using grenades and mortars, and eventually killing eleven U.S. Air Force personnel. Nine Americans were later rescued from the site, one who was wounded and then later died of his injuries before he reached the evacuation base. Staff Sergeant James Woodrow Davis, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Mississippi, served with Detachment 1, 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron. He was killed during the attack on Lima Site 85 on March 11, 1968, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Staff Sergeant Davis is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency