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LOFC remembers and honors those Veterans who gave the utlimate sacrifice |
| VETERAN | DATE OF DEATH | BRANCH | RANK | WAR CAMPAIGN | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart, James B. | 05 JUL 1943 | US Army Mississippi National Guard - 172 Infantry 43rd Division | PFC - Private First Class | WORLD WAR II | Died of Wounds, Army personnel who were wounded in action and later died of those wounds |
| Lehman, James Bedford | 12 MAY 1944 | US ARMY - 350 Inf 88 Inf Div | PVT - Private | WORLD WAR II | Killed in Action - Anzio Beachhead in Italy |
| Miller, Herbert Leonard | 06 JUN 1944 | US ARMY | 1LF - First Lieutenant | WORLD WAR II | Killed by machine gun fire at the Battle of St. Lo. in France |
| Moses, Thurmond | 10 JUN 1944 | US Army - MS Natl Guard - Battery B 114th Field Artillery | CPL - Corporal | WORLD WAR II | Died with Typhoid Fever while in the service in New Guinea |
| McDaniel, Paul M. | 19 JUN 1944 | US MARINE CORPS | PFC - Private First Class | WORLD WAR II | Died from wounds received on June 15th in the invasion of Saipan. |
| Hooker Jr., Nathan Berry | 12 JUL 1944 | US Army - 9th Division of 1st Army | 1st Lt - First Lieutenant | WORLD WAR II - European Theater | Casualty of D-Day who died in St. Lo, Normandy, France |
| Swinney, Fred Shepard | 18 OCT 1944 | US Navy Reserve (Mississippi) | ARM2 - Aviation Radioman Petty Officer 2nd Class | WORLD WAR II - Pacific Theater | Fred Shepard Swinney was a Navy Radioman and died when the Hellcat fighter in which he was flying was shot down. His remains were not recovered and his death was classified as "Lost at Sea." |
| Cox, Homer Dudley | 24 DEC 1944 | US Navy Reserve (Mississippi) | SK 1C - Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer | WORLD WAR II | Combat dead - Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, or Lost Lives as a result of Operational Movements in War Zones |
| Ware, Walter L. | 08 JAN 1945 | US ARMY - 86 MECZ CAV RCN SQ 6 ARMD DIV | PVT - Private | WORLD WAR II | Killed in Action - In Bastogne, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium while serving with a reconnaissance squadron of the 86th cavalry, U.S. Army Ground forces, as a radio operator |
| Lebby Jr., Thomas Dotterer | 10 MAY 1952 | US NAVY | KOREAN WAR | Lost at Sea - Washed overboard from a destroyer | |
| Fuller Jr., Cpl. Floyd E. "Eddie" | 19 MAY 1970 | US Army - Co A 503 Inf 173 Airborne Bridgade | CPL - Corporal | VIETNAM | Killed in Combat - South Vietnam, Binh Dinh province |
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