Webster County West Virginia

Beckstrom, Sarah
Army Specialist

Sarah Beckstrom, age 20, from Webster County Webster Springs, West Virginia .

Service era: Post war on terror
Schools: Webster County High (2023)
Military history: 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade of the West Virginial National Guard

Date of death: Thursday, November 27, 2025
Death details: Died from wounds after she was shot while on assignment on the streets of Washington D.C.

Source: Associated Press (2025), Herald Mail (2015), West Virginia National Guard

Mills, Fairley Wain
Army Specialist 4

Fairley Wain Mills, age 21, from Webster County Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam. Died in a helicopter crash.

Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1966)

Thomas, Randall James
Navy Seaman 1st class

Randall James Thomas, age 20, from Webster County Cowen, West Virginia .

Parents: Ella Thomas

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives

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