Charles Allan Barnard born on 7 January 1934 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas to Ina Eutychus Gattis (b.12 Jun 1897 Atwell, Callahan County, Texas-d.19 Feb 1982 Denton, Denton County, Texas) Age 37 and George Madison Barnard (b.12 Mar 1894 Leon Junction, Coryell County, Texas-d. 23 Aug 1983 Callahan County, Texas) Age 40.

1935 living in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. 1940 census Age 6 living with his parents, six sisters and three brothers in JP1 Jones County, Texas. His family moved into Callahan County in 1944. 1950 census Age 16 living with his parents, two sisters and two brothers in Callahan County, Texas and attending school. He graduated from Cross Plains High School in 1951. He attended Abilene Christian College for two years. He enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet program at Dallas, Texas in August 1955. He took basic training in Pensacola, Florida and was stationed for a while in Kingsville, Texas. He returned to Pensacola and was then assigned to the Naval Base in Cuba in the summer of 1956. After his scheduled discharge on 18 August 1958, he had planned to get married.     

Lieutenant (junior grade) Charles Allen Barnard O-606813 US Navy Reserve. He was a naval airman stationed in Cuba and was killed in a plane crash at sea on 17 January 1958 . No details of the crash or the location were given to his parents by Navy officials. His body was not recovered. A memorial service for LTjg Charles Barnard was conducted in Cross Plains, Texas at the Church of Christ on Tuesday 21 January 1958. His father ordered a VA Marker for his son in November 1973 to be placed in the Cross Plains Memorial Park, Cross Plains, Callahan County, Texas as a memorial. .

John Wyman Bell born on 18 July 1939 at Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma to Clara E. Watson (b. 1908 Texas-d. 1964 Coleman County, Texas) Age 31 and William T. Bell (b. 1900 Texas-d. 1970 Coleman County, Texas) Age 38.

1940 Census Age 9 months living with his parents and four siblings in Jeter, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. 1950 census Age 10 living with his parents and five siblings in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. He attended Coleman schools and was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Coleman. He joined the National Guard with the Coleman Company B in April 1956 and then enlisted in the Regular US Army on 10 August 1956 at the age of seventeen. After his basic training he was assigned to the Transportation Corps at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.    

Private John Wyman Bell RA25867385 US Army 86th Transportation Company, Transportation Corps, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Private Bell was home on Leave from the Army. Reported that at 6:30 p.m. 5 August 1957 he "was killed Monday night when the car in which he was a passenger overturned several times on a curve" eleven miles west of Coleman on the Winters highway. The curve was wet from an afternoon shower. His body was recovered and the Stevens Funeral Home in Coleman was in charge of arrangements. Military funeral services were held in Coleman on Friday 9 August 1957 with interment in the Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. .

Oliver Sherrill Blakemore born on 4 November 1903 at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas to Emma Bell Roberts (b. 20 Feb 1871 Texas-d. 28 Jan 1944 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas) Age 32 and Daniel Hamlin Blakemore (b. 7 Dec 1845 Tennessee-d. 17 Dec 1912 Comanche County, Texas) Age 58.

Born and raised in Comanche. 1910 Census Age 7 living with his parents and three siblings in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. 1920 census Age 17 living with his mother and three siblings in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. He volunteered for service with the Calvary on 24 Feb 1920, and served in the Army for twelve years until 1933. He enlisted in the US Army Corps of Engineers on 16 July 1942 and served until honorable discharge on 7 Aug 1945. He married Mrs. Ruth Inez (Palmer) Milton (her son John David Milton↙ died as a Jap prisoner of war in 1942). He reenlisted on 19 Nov 1946 and was deployed to Japan.    

Corporal Oliver S. Blakemore 6208691 US Army HQ Company 123rd Engineers Survey Battalion. Reports are that on 10 May 1947 he "was killed in the line of duty" in Kokubunji, Japan while serving in a survey battalion. His body was recovered and shipped to Seattle, Washington and then sent to Comanche, Texas arriving on Saturday 5 July 1947. Military funeral services were held in Comanche on Sunday 6 July 1947 with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. .

Harvey Wayne Boykin born on 28 May 1948 at San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas to Vera Elizabeth Groves (b. 9 Oct 1922 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas-d. 23 Dec 2007 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 26 and Curtis Lamar Boykin (b. 3 Mar 1909 Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming-d. 6 Oct 1972 Tom Green County, Texas) Age 39.

He was raised in Fredericksburg, Texas and graduated from high school there in about 1966. He married Ada Helen Coates in Mason, Texas on 2 September 1967, they have two children. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1968.   

Petty Officer Second Class Harvey Wayne Boykin US Navy Aviation Mechanic. He was a naval aviation mechanic stationed at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. He died in Norfolk, Virginia on 16 September 1976. The death certificate stated he died from a gunshot wound to the chest but the reason was undetermined. A newspaper article posted 17 Sep 1976 stated his death was a murder by a woman passenger in his pickup truck. His body was shipped to Brownwood, Texas and the funeral was in the First Baptist Church of Bangs, Texas with burial in the Bangs Cemetery, Bangs, Brown County, Texas on Wednesday 22 September 1976. .

David Robert Britton born on 27 January 1954 at Clyde, Callahan County, Texas to Iva Lea Shelton (b. 3 Jan 1929 Brown County, Texas-d. 19 Feb 2009 Giddings, Lee County, Texas) Age 25 and Calvin Lee Britton (b. 2 Mar 1929 Clyde, Callahan County, Texas-d. 5 Apr 1965 Jones County, Texas) Age 25.

Born and raised in Clyde but moved to Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas in 1966 with his mother and step-father. Enlisted in the US Army in about February 1972 and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.   

Private David Robert Britton RA456027015 US Army Company C, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Reports are that on Saturday morning 18 August 1973, he was lying in the middle of highway 71 about three miles southeast of Smithville near Kirtley, Texas. A car driven by Mr. Brown hit him and he died at the scene before medical help arrived. His body was removed to Clyde, Callahan County, Texas and buried in the Clyde Cemetery on Wednesday 22 August 1973. .

George Marshall Broom born on 24 May 1929 in Eastland County, Texas to Lettie Ruth Ogle (b. 15 Aug 1906 Comanche County, Texas- d. 12 Feb 1996 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) Age 23 and Jessie George Broom (b. 25 Jan 1905 Comanche County, Texas - d. 22 Jan 1981 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) Age 24.

1930 census Age 10 months living with his parents and three siblings in JP5 Eastland County, Texas. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents at Stephenville, Erath County, Texas. He attended schools in Erath and Eastland Counties. George M Broom asn-18271598 single white male born Texas 1929 working in manufacture of electrical machinery with Grammar school education enlisted from Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge in the Air Corps at Ft Worth Aaf Tarrant Fld Texas on 7 Aug 1946. Served during WW2 in the Army Air Forces as a Private.   

Private First Class George Marshall Broom 18271598 US Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, Florida. Pfc Broom was killed early Wednesday morning 28 January 1948 when his automobile crashed into a bridge three miles west of Mary Esther, Okaloosa County, Florida, on the Gulf Coast Highway, according to a State Highway Patrolman. His body was shipped, with a military escort, to Duster, Comanche County, Texas and buried in the Oakland Cemetery on Friday 30 January 1948.

Ambrus Durward Carnes born on 12 June 1943 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Lois Irene Byrd (b. 25 July 1916 Brown County, Texas-d. 31 Jan 1989 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 27 and Edward Jackson Carnes (b. 12 Jul 1908 Brown County, Texas-d. 8 Mar 1990 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 35.

1950 census Age 6 living with his parents and two brothers, Clayton and Benny, in JP1 Brown County, Texas. He attended Brownwood schools and graduated from the Brownwood High School in May 1961. He married Judith Ann Ellis in Jun 1960 in Brownwood and their first child was a son born June 1961. He attended Howard Payne College and graduated in 1966. While in college he was also in the National Guard and received specialist training at Fort Jackson, S.C. in Jun 1962. He was commissioned a Second Leiutenant in the National Guard Infantry in Jun 1965. He enlisted in the Regular US Army on 23 Oct 1967 and made First Lieutenant by Jun 1968 and made Captain in 1969. He served at many posts, Camp Mabry, Ft Jackson, Alaska, Ft Bragg, Ft Hood, Arkadelphia 1982, Washington D.C., and two tours in Vietnam where he earned the Silver Star and two Bronze Stars plus other awards. On 1 Aug 1984, LtCol Carnes was assigned a temporary duty to the Headquarters Southern Command in Panama Canal Zone.   

Lieutenant Colonel Ambrus Durward Carnes O-2321619 US Army HQ Southern Command Panama Canal Zone. On He was aboard a USAF Lockheed C‑130A‑7LM Hercules, serial 56‑0501 , assigned to the 95th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 440th Tactical Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve), based at Billy Mitchell Field, Milwaukee. Departed Howard Air Force Base, Panama, en route to Trujillo‑Capiro Airport, Honduras for a scheduled resupply mission, with a planned stop at Comayagua. Following an uneventful flight from Howard Airbase in Panama, the crew started the approach to Trujillo Airport in marginal weather conditions. While completing a left turn at low height with gear and flaps retracted, the aircraft struck the water surface with its left wingtip. Out of control, it crashed in the sea about 8 miles northwest of the airport. All 21 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was estimated to be 2,500 meters in haze with a 1,500 feet ceiling and a northerly wind gusting to 25 knots. Foul weather hampered search and rescue efforts. About half of the victims’ bodies were recovered over the following days. LtCol Carnes' body was taken to the Davis-Morris Funeral Home in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. Interment in the Eastlawn Memorial Park, Early, Brown County, Texas on Monday 28 January 1985. .

Wade Harlen Chaulk born on 15 December 1951 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas to Dorothy Faye Carroll (b. 3 Apr 1929 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas-d. 4 Aug 1997 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 22 and Uriah Chaulk (b. 7 Dec 1917 Newfoundland, Canada-d. 17 Sep 1987 Newfoundland, Canada) Age 34.

He was raised by his mother since his father was a wayfaring sailor that was in port at Galveston when Wade was conceived. Moved from Ft Worth with his mother to De Leon in 1960. Wade graduated from the De Leon High School in 1970. He enlisted in the US Army on 18 Jan 1971 and received basic training in Ft Dix, New Jersey and Ft Sill, Oklahoma before shipping out to Vietnam. In Vietnam he was assigned as a driver in headquarters 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division and was awarded Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in May 1972. He was stationed at Ft Hood, Texas where he took the re-up bonus in June 1973 and then he married Nila L Painter on 31 July 1973 in Comanche County, Texas. He divorced Nila L Chaulk on 29 September 1975 in Comanche County, Texas.   

Specialist Fourth Grade Wade Harlen Chaulk 411551289 US Army HQ 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He died on 9 March 1976 Tuesday morning in a car wreck near Killeen, Texas. He was driving a car on FM 439 that left the roadway and flipped upside down in the Little Nolan Creek, Bell County, Texas, and he drowned. His body was taken to De Leon, Comanche County, Texas and buried in the De Leon Cemetery on Thursday 11 March 1976. .

Gean Ray Close born on 11 September 1941 at Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas to Laphie Hasteline Hair (b. 22 Jun 1901 Coleman County, Texas-d. 29 Oct 1958 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas) Age 39 and Joseph Raymond Close (b. 25 Jun 1902 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas-d. 6 May 1977 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas) Age 39.

1950 census Age 9 living with his parents and sister in grandfather Hair's house at JP1 Coleman County, Texas. He attended school in Santa Anna, Texas. He joined the US Army on 26 October 1960 and was trained as an aircraft maintenaceman. He was in Vietnam prior to being stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He was a career Army soldier and had made ramk of Sergeant First Class.   

Sergeant First Class Gean Ray Close RA455647451 US Army, Aircraft Maintenance Depot, Fort Hood, Texas. He was a senior aircraft maintenance tech at Fort Hood and had been at Fort Hood for the last four years. He resided in Killeen, Bell County, Texas, the city adjacent to the Fort Hood. He died of a sudden illness, heart failure, at the Darnall Army Hospital on Thursday 30 October 1980 at 4 p.m. His body was escorted to Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas for burial in the Santa Anna Cemetery on Tuesday 4 November 1980. .

William Warren Crawford born on 11 April 1924 in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas to Mandy Lee Smith (b. 26 Dec 1902 Mills County, Texas- d. 21 Dec 1976 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas) Age 22 and Joshua Perry Crawford (b. 16 Mar 1893 Holt, San Saba County, Texas - d. 12 Feb 1979 Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas) Age 31.

1930 census Age 5 living with his parents and two siblings in Precinct 2, Glasscock County, Texas. 1935 living in Brown County, Texas. 1940 census Age 16 living with his parents and two siblings in McCulloch County, Texas. He attended schools in Brown and McCulloch Counties. William W Crawford asn-18200420 single white male born Texas 1924 working as Semiskilled motion picture projectionists with 4 years of high school education enlisted from civil life in the Air Corps at San Antonio Texas on 3 Nov 1942. Married Winnie Rhina Ables on Saturday 21 November 1942 in Travis County, Texas. Served during WW2 in the Army Air Forces as a 2nd Lieutenant.   

Major William Warren Crawford AO-708662 US Air Force, 513th Fighter Interceptor Squadron 406th Fighter Interceptor Group, Manston, England. At 12.59 on 23rd August 1954, F-86F-25 Sabre, aircraft number 52-5420  took off on a routine test flight. Major Crawford was killed Monday 23 August 1954 when his North American F-86 Sabrejet exploded in air and crashed at Littlebourne, City of Canterbury, Kent, England. He resided with his wife at Ramsgate, England. His body was shipped, with a military escort, to San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas and buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on Wednesday 8 September 1954.

Billie Jack Cummings born on 9 April 1931 at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Linnie Grace Rutledge (b. 30 Oct 1904 Brown County, Texas-d. 3 Jul 1964 Dallas County, Texas) Age 27 and Raymond Fred Cummings (b. 6 Oct 1902 Coleman County, Texas-d. 8 Jun 1978 Coleman County, Texas) Age 28.

1935 living at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. 1940 census Age 8 living his parents and four sisters in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. He attended Coleman Schools. Billy J. Cummings AF-18297746 enlisted for four years in the US Air Force on 12 Aug 1947, at 16 years of age, and received basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. He reenlisted on 24 Feb 1951 but was discharged under less than honorable conditions on 6 Jun 1952. Married Miss Roselle Riley in July 1952 in Midland, Texas, they had a son. Billy J. Cummings RA-18446898 enlisted in the US Army on 29 Apr 1955 and was trained as an infantryman with airborne qualifications as a paratrooper. Sergeant Cummings was stationed at Ft Campbell, Ky with the 506th Infantry.   

Sergeant Billy J. Cummings RA-18446898 US Army Company E, 506th Infantry, 1st Airborne Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was sent to Fort Benning Georgia for temporary duty, possibly training. He died 27 May 1957 in the post hospital at Fort Benning from a gun shot wound, no other details of the injury were released. According to Georgia newspaper reports on 29 May 1957 the Army PIO stated that Sgt Cummings had taken his own life by a gunshot in his barracks. According to Coleman, Texas newspapers reports on 4 Jun 1957 the death was the result of an accident. His body was shipped to Coleman, Coleman County, Texas for a military burial at the Coleman City Cemetery on Saturday 1 June 1957.
The first VA Marker application, made by his wife in June 1957, was cancelled . The existing VA Marker on his grave was applied for by his mother in November 1960 .

Randall Gene Davis born on 13 November 1948 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Edna Alice Stark (b. 26 Dec 1905 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas-d. 21 Nov 1956 Mills County, Texas) Age 43 and Joe Alley Davis (b. 19 Mar 1907 Brown County, Texas-d. 12 Dec 1970 Temple, Bell County, Texas) Age 41.

Born and raised in Mills County, Texas. He enlisted in the US Army on 20 August 1969. He married Brenda R Clark on 22 December 1969 in Harris County, Texas and they had a son. He served in the Vietnam War. He divorced Brenda R Davis on 4 January 1977 in Harris County, Texas.     

Chief Warrant Officer Third Grade Randall Gene Davis WO-467762034 US Army, 180th Aviation Company, United States Army Aviation, West Germany. Monday 25 February 1980 in the afternoon, he was pilot of the CH-47 Chinook  on a maintenance test flight for installation of the number one engine. At approximately 500 feet, while conducting the turbine engine analysis check, the combining transmission phasing mechanism decoupled, resulting in rotor system dephasing and blade meshing. The forward and aft transmissions, and rotor systems separated in flight. The aircraft subsequently crashed into a pine forest along highway BAB 6 and was totally destroyed killing all five aboard. His body was escorted back to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and buried in the Rocksprings Cemetery, Mills County, Texas on Friday 7 March 1980. .

Thurman Cox Emfinger born on 11 Feb 1922 at Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas to Lois Cox (b. 30 May 1902 Texas-d. 17 Dec 1989 Sutton County, Texas) Age 20 and Woodson Emfinger (b. 28 Apr 1898 Texas-d. 13 Jan 1986 Tom Green County, Texas) Age 24.

1930 census Age 8 living with his parents and a sister in JP7 Brown County, Texas. 1940 census Age 18 living with his parents and sister in May, Brown County, Texas. He attended schools in Brown County, Texas. Thurman C Emfinger asn-18176954 single white male born Texas 1922 working mechanic with one year college education enlisted from civil life in the Air Corps at Dallas, Texas on 29 Sep 1942. Served during WW2 in the Army Air Forces as a First Lieutenant. Married Miss Bernice Marion Griffin of San Angelo at Lake View on 3 March 1946, they have two children.     

First Leiutenant Thurman C. Emfinger O-2088730 US Air Force, Headquarters Squadron, 5th Air Force, Japan. Lt Emfinger was aboard the Douglas B-26B Invader s/n 44-34262  which took off from Komaki AB, Japan on a routine training mission. He was killed in the crash of the Air Force bomber on Mount Fujiyama on 27 March 1949. There was an oddity, Thurman's wife was enroute to Japan aboard the Army Transport ship General Ainsworth at the same time of Thurman's death. His body was shipped, with his wife and a military escort, to Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, north of May town, Brown County, Texas on Tuesday 3 May 1949.

John Marks Farmer Jr. born on 2 August 1919 at Humble, Harris County, Texas to Alpha Sexton (b. 28 Feb 1895 Mills County, Texas-d. 30 Jun 1971 Kerrville, Kerr, Texas) Age 24 and John Marks Farmer Sr. (b. 1 Sep 1882 Texas-d. 1 Oct 1934 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 37.

1920 census Age 4 months living with his parents and two sisters in JP4 Harris County, Texas. 1930 census Age 10 living with his parents and three sisters in JP1 Brown County, Texas. He attended schools in Brown and Mills Counties, Texas for four years of high school. 1935 living in Mullin, Mills County, Texas. Joined the Army National Guard on 22 Aug 1939. 1940 census Age 20 living as a US Army soldier on Fort Sill Military Reservation, Comanche County, Oklahoma. John M Farmer Jr. asn-06295669 married white male born Texas 1919 within 3 months of Discharge National Guard in Federal Service with 4 years of high school education re-enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 6 January 1946. Served during WW2 in the Army Air Forces as a Sergeant. Married Miss Geneve Sceile of Salt Lake, Utah in an informal wedding at Fort Worth, Texas on 7 June 1946, they had five children. He served with the US Army Air Forces in World War II and with the US Air Force during the Korean War and during the Cold War.   

Master Sergeant John Marks Farmer Jr. AF-06295669 US Air Force, 3550th Combat Crew Training Wing, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia. MSgt was stationed at Moody AFB, Georgia since April 1956 attached to a maintenance and supply squadron. He and his family were living in Valdosta, Georgia. MSgt Farmer died of a heart attack on 30 April 1958. The body of the sergeant was found in his auto, parked on the base near the Non-Commissioned Officer Club that night. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. His funeral services were held in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on Tuesday 6 May 1958 at 1:30 p.m. with full military honors. Served for 18 years, 8 months, and 8 days.

Billy Dean Fitzgerald born on 11 May 1937 at San Saba County, Texas to Mary Annie Lindsey (b. 5 Apr 1919 Texas-d. 11 Feb 2006 San Saba County, Texas) Age 18 and Jessie Lee Fitzgerald (b. 12 May 1915 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas-d. 25 Dec 1985 San Saba County, Texas) Age 22.

1940 census Age 2 living with his parents and a sister in JP1 San Saba County, Texas. 1950 census Age 12 living with his parents, two sisters and a brother in JP1 San Saba County, Texas. He attended schools in San Saba County, Texas. He enlisted in the US Air Force on 18 November 1954. He was sent to Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas for his military basic training.   

Airman Third Class Billy Dean Fitzgerald AF-18474085 US Air Force, 3726th Basic Military Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. He was returning to the air base on highway 87 Fredricksburg road, well before I-10 was built, when the car in which he was a passenger collided with another car headon near Leon Springs, Bexar County, Texas. He was killed in the crash on 26 February 1956 at 2:10 a.m. and was pronounced dead on arrival at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio. His body was shipped, with military escort, to San Saba, San Saba County, Texas and buried in the China Creek Cemetery, Harkeyville, San Saba County, Texas on Wednesday 29 February 1956. .

Harry Jack Harbour born on 29 December 1925 at Proctor, Comanche County, Texas to Willie Amelia Woods (b. 14 Mar 1890 Texas-d. 8 Dec 1979 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 35 and Robert Selwine Harbour (b. 14 Oct 1889 Brenham, Washington County, Texas-d. 24 Jun 1975 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 36.

1930 census Age 4 living with his parents and 5 siblings in Precinct 4, Comanche County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural, Erath County, Texas. 1940 census Age 14 living with his parents and 4 siblings in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. He attended school in Proctor, Texas and in Comanche, Texas. Registered for the WW2 Draft in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas on 29 Dec 1943 while residing at 1207 E. Central in Comanche and working at the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company in Brownwood, Texas and listed his father, R. S. Harbour of Box 673, Comanche, Texas as his next of kin contact. He was drafted into the US Army Air Forces on 1 Feb 1944. He had served overseas in the European Theater during WW2. He reenlisted on 19 Nov 1945 at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas being married and having the rank of Sergeant. 1950 census Age 24 living with his wife, Virginia, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He had two years of service in Korea before returning to the states and being stationed at Lackland AFB, Texas. He had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal (no record of when the BSM was awarded).     

Technical Sergeant Harry J. Harbour AF-38630111 US Air Force, 745th Airborne Early Warning Squadron, 3700th Air Installation Group, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. He was riding on a motorcycle on highway 90 outside of the city limits of San Antonio, when the motorcycle on which he was a riding collided with a car headon. He was killed in the crash on 5 April 1956 at 5:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead on arrival at the USAF Hospital Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. His funeral was held on Monday 9 April 1956 in the Chapel No.1 at Lackland AFB and interment followed in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

M. J. Harris born on 13 May 1933 in Eastland County, Texas to Gracie Viola Rhyne (b. 26 Aug 1894 Waleska, Cherokee County, Georgia-d. 22 Jun 1968 Baird, Callahan County, Texas) Age 39 and Harvey Lorenzo Harris (b. 12 May 1893 Pleasant Plains, Independence County, Arkansas-d. 18 Feb 1963 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 40.

1935 living in rural Eastland County, Texas. 1940 census Age 6 living with his parents, three brothers, a sister and grandmother Rhyne in JP4 Eastland County, Texas. 1950 census Age 16 living with his parents and a brother in JP6 Eastland County, Texas and working as a farm helper. He enlisted in the US Air Force during the Korean War on 14 June 1951 and received his military basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. In August 1953, found in a brother's obit, he was stationed in San Antonio with the USAF. He had been trained as a medical technician and he reenlisted in the US Air Force on 26 May 1955 and he was stationed at the Laredo Air Force Base, since-deactivated. He worked in the base hospital.   

Airman First Class M. J. Harris AF-18392477 US Air Force, 3640th USAF Hospital, Laredo Air Force Base, Texas. He was driving alone 8 miles north of Encinal, LaSalle County, Texas on Saturday 17 December 1955 and at 6 p.m. he wrecked his vehicle, overturning several times. He was critically injured and was taken to the air base hospital, where he worked, in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. He died the next day at 9 p.m. of head trauma. His body was removed to Carbon, Eastland County, Texas and buried in the Murray Memorial Cemetery on Wednesday 21 December 1955. .

Dowell Odell Hartsfield born on 12 October 1948 at Ranger, Eastland County, Texas to Lillian Opal Johnson (b. 3 Apr 1913 Palo Pinto County, Texas-d. 19 Mar 1979 Georgia) Age 35 and Raymond Hartsfield (b. 2 Apr 1906 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas-d. 9 Aug 1961 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois) Age 42.

1950 census Age 1 living with his mother, grandmother Johnson, three half-sisters and a brother in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas. He was the valedictorian of the Ranger High School class of 1967. Dowell attended Texas Tech University and made the distinguished Dean's List. He married Betty J. Medford on 17 July 1971 at Eastland County, Texas. He entered the Navy Reserve on 5 Dec 1972 as an Ensign, graduating from dental school and becoming a commissioned officer of the Navy Dental Corps. He was activated on 24 June 1974.   

Lieutenant Dowell Odell Hartsfield O-465821469 US Navy, Dental Corps, Panama City, Panamá, Panama. He was serving in the Navy Dental Corps when he died in the Canal Zone. I do not know if he was assigned to a ship in port there or if he was at a Panama duty station when he became ill. He died on 26 February 1976 in the U.S. Army's Gorgas Hospital in Panama City. His body was escorted to Ranger, Eastland County, Texas and buried in the Evergreen Cemetery on Monday 1 March 1976. .

Leonidas Franklin Hatcher Jr. born on 7 November 1921 at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Stella H. Hanna (b. 19 Dec 1883 Tishomingo County, Mississippi-d. 22 Oct 1969 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 38 and Leonidas Franklin Hatcher (b. 30 Nov 1879 Humphreys County, Tennessee-d. 5 Aug 1956 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 42.

1930 census Age 8 living with his parents, two sisters and a brother at Pct 5, Nolan County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural, Coleman County, Texas. 1940 census Age 18 living with his parents in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas finishing high school. He graduated from Coleman High School and then attended Tarleton College. Registered for the draft on 16 February 1942 at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas while residing at 103 Colorado St., Coleman, Texas and working at the Owl Drug Store and listed his father, L.F. Hatcher, Coleman, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Leon F. Hatcher asn-18083724 a single white male born Texas 1921 and residing in Coleman County, Texas and attending college with one year of college education enlisted from civil life into the US Army Air Corps as a Private at Dallas, Texas on 25 March 1942. As a pilot in WW2 he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross twice and several Air Medals. 1950 census Age 28 living with his wife Gretchen in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas and a member of the US Air Force.   

Major Leon F. Hatcher O-671652 US Air Force 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, Florida. He was the aircraft commander aboard the B-47B Stratojet 51-2104  out of Homestead AFB on a routine training mission 13 March 1958 with a crew of four. Just minutes after takeoff at 1500 feet the bomber exploded and then crashed into the ground and burned, 10 miles southwest of the runway . All four crewmen were killed and all bodies were recovered. Maj Hatcher's remains were shipped to Coleman, Coleman County, Texas then interred in the Coleman City Cemetery on Tuesday 18 March 1958. .

Robert Glenn Jones born on 27 September 1953 at Amarillo, Potter County, Texas to Margaret Kathleen Shacklett (b. 18 Mar 1928 Byars, Oklahoma-d.18 Nov 2015 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 25 and Robert Ardell Jones (b. 4 Oct 1926 Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas-d. 2 Nov 2015 Baird, Callahan County, Texas) Age 27.

He was raised in Amarillo and then Abilene. He moved to Abilene, Texas in 1961 and he graduated from the Cooper High School in 1973. He joined the US Navy Reserves on 12 December 1972 and was activated to a recruit duty station on 18 June 1973.   

Personnelman Petty Officer Second Class Robert Glenn Jones 449028813 US Navy Personnel Department, Corpus Christi Naval Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. He drowned at 8 p.m. on Friday 29 June 1979 in a Corpus Christi apartment swimming pool. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the naval base station hospital. The drowning was accidental. His body was escorted to Baird, Callahan County, Texas and buried in the Ross Cemetery. .

Jodie Leroy Lobstein born on 7 Aug 1912 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Julia Angeline Griffith (b. 11 Feb 1876 Polk County, Arkansas-d. 4 Feb 1956 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 36 and William M. Lobstein (b. 29 Mar 1872 Missouri-d. 22 Apr 1951 Coleman County, Texas) Age 40.

1920 census Age 8 living with his parents and three sisters in Pct.8, Coleman County, Texas. 1935 living in rural Coleman County, Texas. 1940 census Age 28 living with his parents in Coleman County, Texas and working as a ranch hand. Jodie L Lobstein asn-18020986 a divorced white male born 1912 in Texas residing in Coleman County working as a Farm hand, animal and livestock with 3 years of college education enlisted from civil life into the US Army Signal Corps as a Private at Fort Worth, Texas on 9 September 1940. He was immediately assigned to the 321st Signal Aviation Company, 15th Bombardment Wing, Fresno, California. He served the US Army Air Forces during the World War II in the southwest Pacific and was then stationed at Drew Field in Tampa. He married Miss Esther W. Howard in Tampa on 23 June 1945. He continued in the US Air Force through the Cold War and the Korean War and was stationed at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida among several other Air Force Bases.   

Master Sergeant Jodie Leroy Lobstein AF-18020986 US Air Force, Headquarter Squadron 809th Air Base Group, MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida. He was in Newfoundland on a temporary duty assignment when he unexpectedly died there on 3 December 1958 (details are missing in the newspapers). His body was removed to Tampa, Florida and buried in the Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida with full military honors provided by MacDill AFB on Monday 15 December 1958. .

Roy Buford Miller Jr. born on 31 Jan 1934 in New Mexico to Odessa Lucile Virdell (b. 2 Apr 1913 Mason County, Texas - d. 24 Apr 1991 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) Age 21 and Roy Buford Miller (b. 2 Mar 1909 Lee County, Texas - d. 22 Sep 1976 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) Age 25.

1935 living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1940 census Age 6 living with his parents and two sisters in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. 1950 census Age 16 living with his parents and one sister in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. Graduated from Brady High School in 1952 and then attended The Texas A&M College. Graduated A&M in 1957 and received his commission as Second Lieutenant in the Air Force.

Second Lieutenant Roy Buford Miller Jr. US Air Force. Died 8 Feb 1958 aged 24 in Solano County, California. No details found in newspaper archives or any other sources. There is a marker for him in the Resthaven Cemetery, Brady, McCulloch County, Texas.

Garrett Addison Nalley born on 30 July 1910 at Coleman County, Texas to Anita Virginia Garrett (b. 7 Dec 1884 Grandview, Johnson County, Texas-d. 27 Mar 1957 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 26 and Thomas Orenbaun Nalley (b. 23 Jan 1881 West Station (now West) McLennan County, Texas-d. 1 Oct 1968 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas) Age 29.

1920 census Age 9 living with his parents, two sisters and two brothers in JP3 Callahan County, Texas. Graduated from Coleman High School class of 1930. In the 1930 census Age 19 living with his parents, a sister and two brothers in JP6 Coleman County, Texas. Married Miss Adelaide Watkins 24 December 1933. Graduated from the Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas. Registered for the WW2 draft at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while residing at 1305 Melwood, Brownwood, Texas and working for himself and listed his wife, Adelaide Nalley 1305 Melwood, Brownwood, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Pastored Baptist Church in Center City, Texas. Entered the US Army 5 June 1944. Served in WW2 and Korean War was overseas for 10 years. 1946 living in Coleman. 1947 living in El Paso. 1950 census Age 39 living with his wife, a daughter and a son in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California and as member of the Armed Forces. In 1951 he was assigned as a Protestant Chaplain at Camp Stoneman, North of San Francisco at Pittsburg, California, as a Captain. 1957 training at Ft Polk, Louisiana.   

Lieutenant Colonel Garrett Addison Nalley O-552309 US Army, USAG Foret d'Orleans, France, Chaplain Corps. He served for 16 years during WW2, Cold War, Korean War and many places at home, Texas, California and Louisiana, and overseas, China, Japan, Pacific Islands, Alaska and France. He died of a heart attack on 4 July 1960 in the service as chaplain to the Orleans, France area soldiers. His body was shipped to America and arrived in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. His funeral and burial in the Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas was on Thursday 14 July 1960. .

Jimmy Lee Norris born on 12 January 1953 at Sherman, Grayson County, Texas to Margie Ellen Wheeler (b. 19 May 1931 Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas-d. 28 Oct 2018 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 22 and Barney Givens Norris (b. 2 Feb 1922 Talpa, Coleman County, Texas-d.14 Feb 2003 San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas) Age 31.

He was born in Sherman and his parents relocated back at San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas where he was raised and educated. He graduated High School in 1972 and joined the US Navy on 5 July 1972. He was trained as an Aviation Structural Mechanic. He reported for duty at Chase Field, Beeville, Texas in late 1976. No additional service information found.   

Aviation Structural Mechanic Petty Officer Second Class Jimmy Lee Norris 457986068 US Navy, AME Shop VT-24, Naval Air Station, Chase Field, Beeville, Bee County, Texas. PO Norris, Amn Haynes and two other men were working in a flight hanger at the NAS when an accidental explosion occurred at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 7 November 1978. Norris and Haynes, working on an ejection seat, were both killed when the seat ejector shell exploded and the two other men were injuried. PO Norris' body was escorted to San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas for the funeral and following with military graveside rites at Talpa Cemetery in Talpa, Coleman County, Texas on Friday 10 November 1978. .

Alan Joseph Pryor born on 6 October 1953 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Helen Mae Brawner (b. 23 Sep 1924 Harriet, Tom Green County, Texas - d. 17 Oct 1984 Lincoln County, New Mexico) Age 29 and Elbert Joseph Pryor (b. 22 Dec 1919 Hill County, Texas - d. 9 May 2003 Midland, Midland County, Texas) Age 34.

When he was born his parents were residing in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. The family relocated to Midland, Midland County, Texas. He was a 1971 graduate of Robert E Lee High School in Midland and then graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant by the ROTC before enlisting in the Air Force as an aviation cadet at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, receiving his pilot wings in Oct 1978. He was a T-38 jet instructor at Williams AFB, Arizona and then served at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. He married Jami Lou Wyatt on 19 Nov 1980 in Austin, Travis County, Texas on Bergstrom AFB. He transferred to Cannon AFB, Clovis, New Mexico in 1981 to fly F-111s in the 27th Tactical Fighter Training Wing.   

Captain Alan Joseph Pryor O-unknown US Air Force 524th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron 27th Tactical Fighter Training Wing. Capt Pryor was aboard the General Dynamics F-111D 68-0164 as pilot instructor with student pilot 1Lt Elbert H Torn on 17 October 1984 on a routine training mission out of Cannon AFB. The F-111D crashed into the side of a hill at 7:28 p.m local time Wednesday, fifteen miles north of Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico killing both pilots. Capt Pryor's remains were shipped to Midland, Midland County, Texas and buried with full military honors in the Resthaven Memorial Park, Midland, Texas on Friday 26 October 1984.

Sidney H. Ragsdale Jr. born on 25 November 1932 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Pauline Simpson (b. 19 Sep 1913 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas-d. 4 Feb 2000 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 19 and Sidney Hollis Ragsdale (b. 12 Jul 1908 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas-d. 6 Sep 1965 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 24.

When he was born his parents were residing in Talpa, Coleman County, Texas. 1935 living in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his parents and a brother in Crane, Crane County, Texas. He was a 1951 honor graduate of Coleman High School. He attended Texas A&M and Texas Tech before enlisting in the Air Force as an aviation cadet on 27 January 1953. He served in Korea following his graduation from Williams Air Force Base flight school in Arizona in 1954. He was a fighter pilot in Korea for one year with the 311th Fighter-Bomber Squadron and the 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. He was stationed to Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina in 1956. He was never-married and drove a 1958 Chevy Impala.   

First Lieutenant Sidney Hollis Ragsdale Jr. O-3038062 US Air Force 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. He had left the AFB and was traveling one mile south on Highway 17 in his 1958 Chevy Impala and the car went off the highway through brush and struck a tree. The death certificate fixed the time of death at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning 16 September 1958 in Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina. The wreckage was not found until 10 a.m. because of dense fog in the area. His body was shipped to Coleman, Coleman County, Texas and buried in the Coleman City Cemetery on Friday 19 September 1958. .

Burton Alden Reeves born on 3 May 1923 at Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas to Bessie Ray Hill (b. 15 Nov 1889 Bangs, Brown County, Texas-d. 10 Aug 1956 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 33 and Leonard Burton Reeves (b. 18 Jun 1890 Blanket, Brown County, Texas-d. 13 Sep 1950 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 33.

1930 census Age 6 living with his parents and a brother at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. 1935 living in rural Brown County, Texas. 1940 census Age 16 living with his parents at Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma. Graduated from Erick High School and attended Howard Payne College. He married Miss Mary Brooks in 1942 and they had two children, a girl 3 years old and a son 4 months old at the time of their father's death, but their little boy died two months later in November 1949. Registered for the draft on 30 June 1942 at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas while residing at 1711 Durham St., Brownwood, Texas and working for J.T. Garner and listed his wife, Mary Brooks Reeves, 1711 Durham St., Brownwood, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Burton A Reeves asn-18110295 a married white male born Texas 1923 residing in Brown County, Texas with 2 years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps as a private at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas on 5 September 1942. He earned is wings as a flying Fortress navigator at San Marcos on 8 Apr 1944. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.  He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with the 15th Air Force.   He was promoted to Captain.      

Captain Burton Alden Reeves O-15688 US Air Force 8th Troop Carrier Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Group, McChord AFB, Washington. Capt Reeves was aboard a C-82 Flying Boxcar , not clear who was piloting the aircraft, with two others when the plane crashed into the forest near Olympia, Washington and burned causing a forest fire. All three crewmen were killed and badly burned, they Died In Service. The crew was reported to be on a routine night training flight enroute to McChord AFB near Tacoma when the accident occured. His remains were shipped to Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and buried in the Greenleaf Cemetery there on Saturday 8 October 1949. .

Norman Ray Strawn born on 4 August 1954 at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas to Wanda Colleen Rouse (b. 25 Mar 1923 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas-d. 4 Jan 2001 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 31 and Ira Gordon Strawn (b. 3 Sep 1918 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas-d. 24 Aug 2006 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 36.

He was born and raised at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. He was educated in the schools at Cisco and graduated high school with the class of 1972. He enlisted in the US Army on 3 July 1972. He was trained as a communications specialist and sent to Baumholder, Germany for his duty station.   

Specialist Fourth Class Norman Ray Strawn 466068906 US Army, 1st Signal Battalion, Baumholder, West Germany. He died Thursday 26 September 1974 in Baumholder, Germany where he was stationed as a result of a bicycle accident. He reportedly was riding a bicycle in a mountainous area and went over an embankment. His body was recovered and repatriated to America. His body was escorted to Cisco, Eastland County, Texas for a funeral and burial in the Oakwood Cemetery on Wednesday 2 October 1974. .

Wayne Gordon Stuart born on 28 November 1940 at San Diego, San Diego County, California to Lola Mae Anderson (b. 21 Feb 1911 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas-d. 7 Jun 1983 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 29 and Gus Stuart (b. 11 Oct 1901 Independence County, Arkansas-d. 17 Jun 1970 Temple, Bell County, Texas) Age 39.

1950 census Age 9 living with his parents, a sister and a brother in Homeland, San Diego County, California. Graduated from Brownwood High School with the class of 1958. He was an Eagle Scout. Enlistment in the US Navy on 22 September 1958. He was assigned to the USS Somers and completed a tour of the Pacific in 1960.   

Sonarman Third Class Petty Officer Wayne Gordon Stuart 5110036 US Navy, USS Somers DD-947, San Diego, California. He was aboard the destroyer Somers which was operating about 15 miles offshore of southern California. He was working to repair his sonar equipment on Tuesday 31 January 1961. He was killed by electrical shock while making the repair. His body was shipped to Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and buried in the Greenleaf Cemetery on Sunday 4 February 1961. .

John Weems Sullivan born on 11 September 1938 at Robstown, Nueces County, Texas to Mary Alice Weathers (b. 16 Jun 1913 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas-d. 12 Oct 1992 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas) Age 25 and John Lawrence Sullivan Jr. (b.1908 Brackettville, Texas-d. 15 Nov 1946 Crystal City, Zavala County, Texas) Age 30.

1940 census Age 1 living with his parents in JP6 Nueces County, Texas. When he was about eight years of age, his father died in 1946 in south Texas in Crystal City. His mother married Mr. Williams in 1947 in Colorado. They were living in New Mexico in 1953. At 17 years of age, he enlisted in the US Navy on 18 November 1955 and entered basic military training. He married Dorothy I. McCafferty in San Diego County, California on 30 December 1959, they had two children. He was assigned to the destroyer USS Floyd B. Parks as a Damage Controlman.   

Navy Damage Controlman Petty Officer Third Class John Weems Sullivan 4774923 US Navy, USS Floyd B. Parks DD-884. The destroyer supported nuclear tests in the Central Pacific in the later 1950s. The ship was in port at San Diego, California at the time John was on shore leave. On Saturday 14 January 1961, he and another sailor Claud M. Connley were killed when the motorcycle they were riding plunged over a 128 foot cliff in southeast San Diego. Police said their motorcycle was traveling at an excessive speed and the two apparently failed to notice a dead end until too late. His remains had a naval escort to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and buried in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery on Friday 20 January 1961. .

Gary Dean Summers born on 15 September 1953 at Gorman, Eastland County, Texas to Letha L. Elrod (b. 26 Feb 1921 Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama-d. 5 Apr 2006 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 32 and Dean Junior Summers (b. 29 Jun 1923 Bib (near Sidney), Comanche County, Texas-d. Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 30.

By Sep 1953 his parents had removed from Rising Star, where they were on the 1950 census, to Gorman in Eastland County, Texas. He attended school in Comanche, Texas and graduated from Comanche High School with the class of 1971. He attended a computer school in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the Army on 12 July 1971 and was sworn in for active duty on 25 August 1971. After his basic military training, he graduated from the Army Aerial Surveillance and Electronic Warfare School. He was sent to serve in Germany as an aerial photographer arriving there in June 1972.   

Specialist Fourth Class Gary Dean Summers 451927487 US Army, 73rd Military Intelligence Company, Special Forces, Hanau, Germany. He was aboard a Mohawk OV-1D 69-17014  with CW2 David A. Wissler pilot, one hour out of Hanau, Germany on 13 July 1973 on a routine aerial surveillance mission when the aircraft crashed at or near Baumholder, Germany. Both men were killed and their bodies were recovered. Spc Summers' body was escorted to Comanche, Comanche County, Texas for funeral and military burial service at the Gardens of Memory Cemetery on Sunday 22 July 1973. .

John Paul Szczur born 23 June 1948 in Poland to Sophia Szczur (b. 28 May 1907 Poland-d. 25 Jan 1989 Texas) Age 41 and Wasyl Szczur (b. 10 Jun 1910 Poland-d. 28 Nov 1984 Texas) Age 38. (John Paul aka Iwan Szczur per passport list on arriving ship's manifest)

1951 on Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists as Iwan Szczur Age 3 arriving with his parents and sister Maria (aka Mary) at New York, NY. He was a ten year resident of Callahan County, Texas, since about 1964. Married Nancy Collins on 5 January 1970 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas. He joined the US Air Force on 21 September 1972 and had served in Alaska during the Vietnam War.   

Sergeant John Paul Szczur US Air Force, Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Sgt Szczur, who had just recently moved to Baird from Alaska, died of a single gunshot wound in his throat. A German made .22 caliber pistol was found near the body. Justice of the Peace pronounced the man dead at the scene at 5 p.m. Tuesday 29 October 1974. The J.P. made a final ruling of an accidental death in the case on 4 November 1974. Sgt Szczur 's body was removed to Godfrey Funeral Home in Baird, Callahan County, Texas for burial in the Ross Cemetery on Friday 1 November 1974.

Lewis Edward Taylor born on 26 January 1949 at Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas to Mary Elizabeth McSwain (b. 28 Feb 1914 Dublin, Erath County, Texas-d. 19 Mar 1991 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas) Age 35 and Leonard Fred Taylor (b. 1 Oct 1910 Lincoln, New Mexico-d. 27 Jan 2003 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 39.

1950 census Age 1 living with his parents, three sisters and two brothers in May, Brown County, Texas. He graduated from Comanche High School in 1967. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in late 1967. He was sent to Vietnam in Jan 1968. He married Mary Ruth Bessent on 21 Dec 1968 in Comanche County, Texas. He was released from the Marines date and status unknown. Divorced Mary Ruth in 27 Aug 1971 in Comanche County, Texas. He married Judy C. Taylor on 18 Dec 1971. He joined the US Army September 1974 and reenlisted in July 1977. He divorced Judy C. Taylor on 5 Dec 1977 in Taylor County, Texas.   

Sergeant Lewis Edward Taylor RA450829802 US Army 1st Signal Battalion in Kaiserslautern, West Germany. He was serving his second Army enlistment and was promoted to Sergeant in September 1977. He was killed in a car wreck on Monday 13 February 1978 in Vogelweh, Germany. No details were found in US newspapers on the internet about the wreck. His body was shipped to Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and buried in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery on Monday 20 February 1978. .

Clyde Claude Tilly Jr. born on 2 August 1935 at Oliver Springs near Hasse, Comanche County, Texas to Mabel Maude Reed (b. 1 Jul 1904 Hasse, Comanche County, Texas-d. 18 Jun 1993 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 31 and Clyde Claude Tilly (b. 14 Apr 1904 Oklahoma-d. 3 Apr 1985 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 31.

His parents were living in Comanche County, Texas and Clyde Junior was born and raised there. 1950 census Age 14 living with his parents and a brother in JP5 Comanche County, Texas. He graduated from De Leon High School in 1952. He barely 18 on 18 August 1953 when he married Lita Dell Terry in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. He graduated fron the University of Texas class of 1956. He entered the Regular US Army on 2 November 1956 receiving his commission through the ROTC at UT. His first marriage ended in divorce in Austin on 17 May 1957 and he remarried in 1960 to Delores Blakely, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and they had two children, a boy and a girl. Major Tilly graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College in June 1968. He served during the Vietnam War and became a career soldier in the US Army serving in Germany, Iran, Vietnam and Hawaii.   

Lieutenant Colonel Clyde C. Tilly Jr. 075044 US Army, Cincinnati District Recruiting Command, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the commander of the 3rd Battlion, 77th Armored Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Polk, Louisiana when in December 1975 he was assigned the command of the District Recruiting station in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his family removed into a house at 12024 Mill Road, Springfield, Ohio in December 1975. A tragety occurred in that house on 17 May 1976 which caused the death of LCol Tilly, his wife and daughter. They died from carbon monoxide poisoning. All three bodies were shipped to De Leon, Comanche County, Texas and buried in the De Leon Cemetery on Friday 21 May 1976. .

Terry Gene Williams born on 23 June 1954 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Norma Vivian McDonald (b. 9 Nov 1926 Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas-d. 22 Feb 2014 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 28 and Wallace Lonnie Williams (b. 17 Jul 1918 Ebony, Mills County, Texas-d. 11 Apr 2008 Victoria, Victoria County, Texas) Age 36.

He was born and raised in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and attended school there. He joined the US Army in September 1972 and completed eight weeks of basic training at the Infantry Training Center, Ft. Polk, Louisiana on 1 December 1972. He married LaNora Price 22 May 1975 in Goldthwaite, Texas. He was with Company B 1st Battalion 81st Armor at Ft. Hood, Texas and was promoted to Specialist Fourth Class in April 1974 before he was sent to Germany the same year.   

Sergeant Terry Gene Williams 462949992 US Army Company C 2nd Battalion 64th Armor, Schweinfurt, Germany. He had been in Germany for fifteen months as a tank crewman and had been promoted to Sergeant. He was killed on 17 October 1975 in Germany, the result of an injury received in an Army tank accident while participating in a military training exercise. His body was recovered and escorted to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas for a funeral and then burial in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery on Friday 24 October 1975. .