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Timothy Hamilton Walker, age 38, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 64Th Bsb, 3 Bct, 4 Id
Date of death: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Allen Buerstetta, age 20, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Det A, I Co, 3D Bn, 24Th Mar, 4Th Mar Div, Nashville, Tn
Date of death: Monday, October 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Williams Ponder III, age 36, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Asadabad, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark Perkins, age 21, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Parents: Phyllis andMarvin Perkins
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Page High (1981)
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Killed in Grenada
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Tennessean (1983)
John Willie Jr. Woods, age 19, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 30, 1966
Death details: Killed when the helicopter he was aboard crashed.
Source: National Archives, Williamson Herald (2021)
George Curtis Hood, age 23, from Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, July 6, 1953
Death details: On July 6, 1953, a large Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) unit attacked and overran the U.S. Army outposts on Pork Chop Hill in an attempt to seize whatever territory possible before the impending armistice agreement. After fighting for the position for four days, on July 10, the 7th Infantry Division Commander determined that the CCF disregard for casualties and desire to hold the outpost outweighed the position’s tactical value, and ordered a withdrawal that was eventually completed on July 11. The U.S. never again controlled Pork Chop Hill, preventing thorough recovery efforts for those who were killed or went missing during the fighting. Corporal George Curtis Hood entered the U.S. Army from Tennessee and was a member of Company A of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He went missing in action during the fighting at Pork Chop Hill on July 6, 1950, though the exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. His remains were not recovered, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Hood is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Frank S. Frazier, age 23, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Knoxville National
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com