This page is dedicated to Hyde County's servicemen and women who were killed in action during wartime in the 20th century. This includes the soldiers of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard who died in World War I, World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. To this I would like to add the Merchant Marine, often overlooked for their service to our country. I would also like to expand this dedication to include those soldiers and sailors who fell in wars in the past centuries, i.e. the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers from Hyde County. In order to do so, we need your assistance to make this data accurate and complete. If you have information on any veteran from Hyde County who were Killed in Action from any of our country's wars, please contact me. Any information you have will contribute to honoring Hyde County's Veterans.
| Soldier's Name | Residence | Branch of Service |
Date of Death | Remarks |
| Beckwith, Robert Nathaniel (1895-1918) | Lake Landing | U. S. Army | Oct. 26, 1918 | Sergeant, Co. A, 534th Engineers |
| Holloway, John | Swan Quarter | |||
| Neal, Dave S. (1894-1918) | Fairfield | U. S. Army | Oct. 29, 1918 | Died at Camp Valdahom, France |
| Payne, Hugh Becton (1894-1919) | Lake Landing | March 1, 1919 | Died at Mazoy, Germany | |
| Sadler, Thomas Milton | Fairfield | U. S. Army | Sept. 30, 1918 | Pvt. 120 Inf., 30th Div.; Died in France |
| Simpson, Samuel Junius? | Fairfield | |||
| Spencer, Ralph S. | Fairfield | U. S. Army | Oct. 10, 1918 | Co. M 120th Inf.; 20th Div.; AEF |
| Watson, John Dancy (1899-1918) | Engelhard | Sept. 1, 1918 | Died at Flanders, Belgium Company K, 120th Infantry, 30th Division |
| Soldier's Name | Residence | Branch of Service |
Date of Death | Remarks |
| Baum, Edward T. (1926-1944) | Fairfield | U. S. Navy | Nov. 14, 1944 | Seaman 1st Class; Killed in Dutch New Guinea |
| Beckwith, Harold | U. S. Army | TEC4 | ||
| Berry, Shelton (1918-1944) | U. S. Army | May 16, 1944 | Private 1st Class, Killed in Action | |
| Burrus, Romulus V. | U. S. Army | Private 1st Class; Killed in Action | ||
| Carawan, James C. | U. S. Army | Sept. 2, 1944 | Sergeant; 5th Ranger Battalion; Killed in Action in Brittany, France; Awarded the Purple Heart | |
| Cockrell, Forrest E. | U. S. Army | Private 1st Class; Killed in Action | ||
| Cox, Clarence E. | U. S. Army | Staff Sergeant | ||
| Gaskins, William Joseph III (1920-1945) | U. S. Army | April 30, 1945 | T/5, 5th Head Quarters Company;18th Division | |
| Gibbs, Arthur Woodrow | U. S. Army | Sept. 25, 1944 | Private; Medical Dept.; Killed in Action | |
| Gibbs, Nathan | U. S. Army | Private 1st Class | ||
| Gibbs, Paris W. | U. S. Navy | Buried at Sea | ||
| Harris, Frank W. | U. S. Army | Feb. 8, 1945 | Private; 21st Inf. Battalion; 11th Armored Division; Killed in Action in Belgium | |
| Lupton, Charlie R. Jr. (1921-1944) | U. S. Army Air Corps | Aug. 6, 1944 | Sergeant, 859th Boomer Squadron
in England; Killed on Aug. 6, 1944 while serving as a turret gunner on a B-24 when returning from a mission over enemy territory |
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| Marshall, Charles Henry (1921-1945) | U. S. Army | Feb. 27, 1945 | Field Artillery; Died in Germany | |
| McKinney, Edward Horace (1920-1943) | U. S. Army | Feb. 23, 1943 | Corporal | |
| McKinney, Sherrill | U. S. Navy | . | Buried at Sea | |
| Sheridan, Dennis P. Jr. | U. S. Army | c1945 | 1st Lieutenant JG; Quartermaster Corps; POW in Japan; Died during transportation from Olongapo to San Fernando, Philippine Islands | |
| Swindell, Thurman Randolph (1919-1942) | Engelhard | U. S. Navy | June 4, 1942 | Aviation Machinist Mate 1st
Class; Killed during the Battle of Midway |
| Soldier's Name | Residence | Branch of Service | Date of Death |
Remarks |
| Jennette, Delbert G. (1929-1950) | U. S. Army | Aug. 10, 1950 | 5th Infantry Regiment; Killed in Action |
| Soldier's Name | Residence | Rank | Branch of Service | Date of Death | Remarks |
| Cahoon, Morgan Lane (1950-1970) | Fairfield | Private 1st Class | U. S. Army | Feb. 11, 1970 | 101st Airborne Division Killed
in Action during artillery or mortar attack in Thua Thien Province |
| Cutrell, Nickey Wade (1946-1969) | Engelhard | Sergeant | U. S. Army | Feb. 11, 1970 | 1st Signal Brigade; Died in
vehicle crash, Binh Duong Province |
| Keyes, Arnell (1944-1966) | Swan Quarter | Private First Class | U. S. Army | Mar. 4, 1966 | 101st Airborne Division Killed in Action by small arms fire |
| Sawyer, Donald Sherwood (1949-1969) | Scranton | Private 1st Class | U. S. Marines | Apr. 11, 1969 | Killed in Action from multiple
fragmentation wounds. Quang Tri Province |
| Spotanske, Serge Walter (1947-1968) | Swan Quarter | Corporal | U. S. Marines | Dec. 6, 1968 | Killed in Action by small arms fire. Quang Nam Province |
Researched by Cecil L. Lewis and John B. McGowan
Copyright 2005