Jimmy Javier Arroyave, age 30, from Woodland, California, Yolo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Cssb-1, Cssg-11, 1St Fssg, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Death details: Northeast Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Neil Christopher Roberts, age 32, from Woodland, California, Yolo county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Comnavspecwardevgru Dam Neck Va
Date of death: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Death details: Hostile; , Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Albert Julio Estrada, age 18, from Yolo County Woodland, California .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 1950
Death details: On April 16, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of Cpl. Albert Julio Estrada, missing from the Korean War. Estrada entered the U.S. Army from California and was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. Estrada’s B Battery was part of the task-organized 31st Regimental Combat Team, which had been organized to relieve the 5th Marines on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. The 31st RCT arrived at the P’ungnyuri Inlet on Nov. 27, 1950. That night, Chinese Communist Forces launched a massive surprise attack against the 31st RCT. Large-scale attacks continued through Dec. 1, when the RCT withdrew to the town of Hagaru-ri at the base of the Chosin Reservoir. By Dec. 2, the survivors of the 31st RCT were in place on the defensive perimeter surrounding the town of Hagaru-ri near East Hill. Chinese forces attacked their positions on the evening of Dec. 3 and again overnight on December 5-6. A general withdrawal to Hamhung began on December 6. Estrada went missing during the fighting in Hagaru-ri on Dec. 6, 1950. The U.S. Army did not receive any information to indicate that he was ever held as a Prisoner of War and, absent evidence of his survival, on Dec. 31, 1953, issued a presumptive finding of death. He was declared non-recoverable on Jan. 16, 1956. In July 2018 North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification. Based on the laboratory analysis and total circumstantial evidence, a portion of the remains were identified as those of Estrada. He is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Los Angeles Times (1954)
William Harris Hickman, age 35, from Yolo County Woodland, California .
Parents: William H. Hickman Sr.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Captain William Harris Hickman, who joined the U.S. Army from the District of Columbia, served with Battery A, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on November 30, 1950, as his unit made a fighting withdrawal to Sunchon, North Korea. Although several soldiers from his unit witnessed his death, his body could not be immediately recovered due to the confusion on the battlefield and later searches could not be conducted because the area was under enemy control. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Captain Hickman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Sacramento Bee (1951)