Wicomico County Maryland

Turner, Wardell B.
Army Sergeant Major

Wardell B. Turner, age 48, from Nanticoke, Maryland.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Bennett High (1984), Towson University (1999); Central Missouri State University (2011)
Military history: Headquarters, Fort Drum, New York

Date of death: Monday, November 24, 2014
Death details: Died in Kabul, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Latham, Thomas Lee
Army Sergeant

Thomas Lee Latham, age 23, from Delmar, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 14Th Infantry, Fort Drum, Ny

Date of death: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Caldwell, Eric Thomas
Army Corporal

Eric Thomas Caldwell, age 22, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Parents: Vanessa Caldwell and Brian Caldwell

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Gloucester High
Military history: Troop E, 2D Squadron, 8Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas; Joined Maryland National Guard in 2003 and enlisted in Army in 2005.

Date of death: Sunday, January 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, Daily Press, Military Times

Mcmullen, Michael Joseph
Army Staff Sergeant

Michael Joseph Mcmullen, age 20, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 243D Engineer Company, Reisterstown, Md

Date of death: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained Dec. 24 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Guy, Robert Allen
Marines Private 1st class

Robert Allen Guy, age 26, from Willards, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: I Co, 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, (Rct-8) , 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Date of death: Thursday, April 21, 2005
Death details: Al Karmah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Cohee, Walter Francis III
Marines Staff Sergeant

Walter Francis Cohee III, age 26, from Mardela Springs, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmh-361, Mag-16, 3D Maw, Mcas Miramar, Ca

Date of death: Sunday, January 20, 2002
Death details: CH-53E from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361), supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, crashed 60 kilometers south of Bagram in northern Afghanistan. Staff SGT Walter F. Cohee III and Staff SGT Dwight J. Morgan killed and five injured. 20 January 2002.

Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times

Cooper, Richard Waller Jr.
Air Force Major

Richard Waller Jr. Cooper, age 30, from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: December 19, 1972
Death details: On August 7, 2003, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Richard Waller Cooper Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Cooper joined the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 346th Bombardment Squadron. On December 19, 1972, he was the navigator aboard a B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 60608) on a night bombing mission near Hanoi, Vietnam. The B-52D was downed by enemy surface-to-air missiles, and Maj Cooper was killed in the incident. Enemy presence in the area prevented immediate search efforts for the aircraft’s crew. In February 1996, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team recovered remains that U.S. analysts eventually identified as those of Maj Cooper.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Killmon, Frederick Russell
Marines Corporal

Frederick Russell Killmon, age 20, from Delmar, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Delmar High graduate
Military history: Company A, 1st Platoon

Date of death: Monday, August 31, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Salisbury Daily Times (1970)

Olds, Ernest Arthur
Air Force col

Ernest Arthur Olds from Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 11, 1968
Death details: North Vietnam
Cemetery: On August 2, 1996, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Ernest Arthur Olds Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Olds entered the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 11, 1968, he was the aircraft commander aboard an F-4D Phantom II (tail number 66-7719, call sign “Blackjack 02”) on an armed reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. Just outside the target area, the aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, killing Col Olds. His remains were not recovered at the time of his loss. In 1988, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains to U.S. custody and analysts subsequently identified Col Olds from these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Hopkins, Aaron Milton
Army Private 1st class

Aaron Milton Hopkins, age 20, from Mardela Springs, Maryland, Wicomico county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Friday, June 24, 1966
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Pleiku Province
Cemetery: Zion United Methodist Church in Santo Domingo, Maryland

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

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