As we reflect back on Desert Storm and all those who served 30 years ago, let us take a moment to pause and remember the fallen. Below are names of 32 service members who were killed in action and buried in VA’s national cemeteries. People can visit their virtual memorial by clicking on their name.
The National Cemetery Administration provides a virtual memorial for all Veterans and service members who are interred in a national cemetery. The Veterans Legacy Memorial serves as a way for people to virtually visit the graves of our interred.
Please join us in honoring them by visiting their memorial, leaving a tribute, a memory, or a story.
The Fallen
Cpl. Frank C. Allen, Marine Corps
National Memorial Cemetery of Pacific
Wreaths on display at the graves of 7 crew members of Spirit 03 at Barrancas National Cemetery. Their virtual memorials are listed here.
Staff Sgt. John Perry Blessinger, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Capt. Douglas Lloyd Bradt, Air Force
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Senior Master Sgt. Paul Garfield Buege, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Sgt. Jason C. Carr, Army
Quantico National Cemetery
Sgt. Barry M. Clark, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Pfc. Melford Ray Collins, Army
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Lt. William Thompson Costen, Navy
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Pfc. Marty Davis, Army
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
Sgt. Young Min Dillon, Army
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Capt. Mario Fajardo, Army
Calverton National Cemetery
Sgt. Douglas Lance Fielder, Army
Nashville National Cemetery
Capt. Arthur Galvan, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Michael A. Harris, Army
New Bern National Cemetery
Tech. Sgt. Robert Kevin Hodges, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Pfc. Aaron W. Howard, Army
Fort Custer National Cemetery
Cpl. Phillip J. Jones, Marine Corps
Marietta National Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Damon V. Kanuha, Air Force
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Pfc. Jerry Leon King, Army
Salisbury National Cemetery
Pfc. David Walter Kramer, Army
Riverside National Cemetery
Sgt. Scott J. Lindsey, Army
Fayetteville National Cemetery
Senior Master Sgt. James Blaine May II, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Pvt. Adrienne L. Mitchell, Army
Riverside National Cemetery
Spc. James R. Murray Jr., Army
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
Tsgt. John Lee Oelschlager, Air Force
Barrancas National Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Patbouvier E. Ortiz, Army
Long Island National Cemetery
Lance Cpl. Christian Jay Porter, Marine Corps
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hal Hooper Reichle, Army
Marietta National Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Christopher Hoyt Stephens, Army
Houston National Cemetery
Pfc. Adrian L. Stokes, Army
Port Hudson National Cemetery
Pfc. Roger Edward Valentine, Army
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Sgt. 1st Class Harold P. Witzke III, Army
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
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