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Rickey Leroy Scott, age 21, from Columbia City, Indiana, Whitley county.
Parents: Adrian M. Scott
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives., Evansville Courier & Press, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Avery Merrill II Nye, age 20, from South Whitley, Indiana, Whitley county.
Parents: Pauline Johnson
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: South Whitley High (1968)
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed when he stepped on a booby trap while walking guard at a prisoner of War camp in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
George L. Slagle, age 23, from Whitley County South Whitley, Indiana .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, July 18, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War