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World War II
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Veteran's Name Rank Branch of Service Entered Service Remarks Alcox, Leonard Alton (1920-1995) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Allcox, Maxton M. (1926-1999) U. S. Marine Corps Armstrong, J. A. (1917-____) Corporal U. S. Army Apr. 8, 1941 New Caledonia, Guadalcanal. Fiji, Bougainville, Philippines Austin, Junius Perry (1917-1996) Boatswain Mate U. S. Coast Guard Baldasare, Edna (Gibbs) (1921-2010)
(Click on name for photo and information)Ensign U.S. Navy Ballance, Clem Labin (1924-1989) Corporal U. S. Marine Corps Oct. 2, 1943 Okinawa, Tinian Island, Saipan, and Japan Ballance, Gene Tunney (1926-____) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Nov. 29, 1944 Pacific Theater, China Ballance, James Kirk (1916-____ ) U. S. Army Ballance, Leon Gerald (1926-____) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1942 Panama Ballance, Ronald B. (1918-____) T/5 U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1941 New Guinea Ballance, Talmadge B. (1922-____) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Oct. 22, 1942 Hawaii, Japan Ballance, Vernon E. (1923-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army July 28, 1944 France Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria Ballance, Wesley Wise (1919-____) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1941 France, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia Barber, Sam H. (1924-____) Private U. S. Army May 29, 1943 Baum, Edward T. (1926-1944) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy June, 1944 Killed in Action - Dutch New Guinea on Nov. 14, 1944 Beckwith, Harold Killed in Action Berry, Ben U. S. Navy Berry, Bryan Webster (1920-1946) Pharmacist Mate
2nd ClassU. S. Navy Mar. 26, 1940 Guam; Spent 44 months in a Japanese POW camp. Killed in accident on Feb. 3, 1946 Berry, Garland G. (1927-____) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Oct. 2, 1945 Berry, J. B. (1926-____) Seaman 2nd Class U. S. Navy Oct. 10, 1944 Berry, Jabin Gibbs (1904-1964) Lieutenant J. G. U. S. Navy Berry, Shelton (1918-1944) Private First Class U. S. Army May 16, 1940 Panama, France, Germany; 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division; Killed in Action in Belgium Dec. 21, 1944 Berry, William Green U. S. Army Jan. 2, 1944 Blake, James Elwood (1922-1992) U. S. Army Blake, Maxwell Lawson (1924-____) Corporal U. S. Marines Oct. 2, 1943 Peleliu, Palau, Okinawa, Guam, Japan Brinn, Grady E. (1918-____) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy July 11, 1941 Eniwetok, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Brinn, James Aubrey (1926-1996) U. S. Army Brown, Elwood Boyce (1923-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army Brown, Robert Eugene (1917-1997) U. S. Army Bush, George Edward (1917-2000) U. S. Navy On USS Weehawken sunk in a typhoon Burrus, Remulus V. Killed in Action Cahoon, George Washington (1912-1956) Private U. S. Army Company C. 78th Infantry; Eng. Cahoon, Gilbert L. (1919-____) Boatswains Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy June 4, 1940 Atlantic Theater Cahoon, Hallet W. (1915-1983) Corporal U. S. Army Feb. 5, 1942 Suez Canal, Palestine, Egypt, Italy Cahoon, Henry W. (1922-____) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy June 21, 1944 Cahoon, James Lawson (1925-1990) MoMM 3rd Class U. S. Navy Nov. __, 1943 Hawaii, Guam Cahoon, John F. (1919-____) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 1942 England, France Cahoon, Oliver Winston (1921-1996) U. S. Navy Cahoon, Shelton Audley (1919-1991) U. S. Coast Guard Carawan, Charlie Eugene (1917-1995) U. S. Navy Carawan, James C. Killed in Action Carawan, Roy Jarvis (1921-1998) U. S. Army Air Corps Clark, Edward Royden U. S. Navy Cockrell, Forrest E. Killed in Action Collins, James S. (1922-1989) Private U. S. Army Cox, Clarence E. Killed in Action Cox, James Earl (1911-1966) CMoMM U. S. Navy Reserve Cox, Joseph Wilbur (1921-1997) U. S. Army Cox, Roy Starr, Jr. (1920-1963) Chief Gunners Mate U. S. Navy Cuthrell, Edna Dillard (1921-____) Yoeman 1st Class U. S. Navy (WAVES) Sept. 22, 1942 Cuthrell, George Linwood (1916-1989) Captain U. S. Army Jan. 23, 1941 92nd Arnored Field Artillery; Served in North Africa, D-Day at Normandy, across France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Served 5 years until 1946; Recalled for 17 months service in Korea Cuthrell, Guy Russell (1918-1991) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Aug. 28, 1942 Philippines Cuthrell, James Aubrey (1920-1995) U. S. Navy Cuthrell, Rufus Richard (1926-2000) U. S. Navy Cuthrell, Russell Earl (1924-1993) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Apr. 1, 1943 France. Wounded in Action in Germany, Feb. 27, 1945 Daniels, Thomas Carroll (1917-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Oct. 22, 1942 Dawson, Thomas Henry (1903-1942) Fireman U. S. Navy No. 2, C. I. Douglas, Harry Harrison (1914-____) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps Feb. 1942 China-Burma-India Theater Dudley, Samuel A. (1916-____) Corporal U. S. Army Aug. 15, 1941 France, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia Dunbar, David Henry (1908-1996) U. S. Army European Theater Dunbar, Edgar L. (1912-1953) Private Engineers Elkins, Jesse Lee (1925-1994) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class U. S. Navy Also served in Korea and Viet Nam; 20 year veteran Evans, Thomas Martin (1921-1993) U. S. Army Flowers, Cecil Lloyd (1926-1980) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Apr. 25, 1945 Italy; Korea Garrish, John Elbert (1926-1994) U. S. Army Garrish, Richard Powers (1925-1996) U. S. Navy Purple Heart Garrish, Willard J. (1915-1998) U. S. Navy Atlantic and PacificTheaters; 26 years service Gaskill, Christopher Farrow (1909-1991) Gaskill, Enoch Clayton, Sr. (1918-1994) U. S. Navy Quarter Master Corps Gaskins, William Joseph, III (1920-1945) TEC 5 U. S. Army 5th Head Quarters Company, 18th Infantry Division; Killed in Action Gibbs, Alton A. (1919-1998) Gibbs, Arthur Killed in Action Gibbs, Bernell U. S. Army Gibbs, Cornel (1925-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army June 22, 1944 France; Wounded in Action in Germany on Apr. 2, 1945 Gibbs, David Lee (1927-1999) U. S. Army Gibbs, Ellis B. (1925-____) T/5 U. S. Army Jan. 8, 1941 France, Belgium and Germany Gibbs, Edmond (1921-1965) Private 1st Class U. S. Army 357th AAA SLT Battalion; CAC Gibbs, Flave Farrell (1921-1974)
Contact: Kay F. GibbsCarpenters Mate 1st Class U. S. Coast Guard Sept. 10, 1942 On LST-763 at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Japan Gibbs, Floyd Guy (1917-1996) U. S. Army Gibbs, Francis Benjamin (1921-____) U. S. Navy Spring, 1942 Gibbs, George Thomas (1914-1997) T/4 U. S. Army Apr. 8, 1941 New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Fiji. Gibbs, Gerald Windley (1917-1990) U. S. Army Gibbs, Guy A. (1909-1991) U. S. Army Gibbs, Hallett W. (1911- 2003) Machinist U. S. Coast Guard May 26, 1930 Atlantic and Pacific Theaters Gibbs, Henry Brian (1921-1996) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 194 2 New Guinea, Philippines, Japan Gibbs, Hugh Blair (1914-1996) Corporal U. S. Army Aug. 15, 1941 France, Belgium, Germany Gibbs, Ira B. (1916-1997) Boatswain Mate 2nd Class U. S. Coast Guard Mar. 29, 1939 Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Mindanao, Bougainville Gibbs, Israel Spruill (1915-1967) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Air Corps 812th Base Unit Gibbs, Jack U. S. Navy Gibbs, Jenness C. (1915-2000) U. S. Coast Guard Gibbs, John Bannister ((1920-1951) Boatswain Mate 1st Class U. S. Coast Guard Gibbs, Joe B., Jr. (1911-1986) Ordinary Seaman Merchant Marine 1939 Lost at Sea while on board ship on Jan. 18, 1942 Gibbs, John S. (1923-____) T/5 U. S. Army Feb. 6, 1945 . Gibbs, Joseph A. (1925-1946) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Oct. 20, 1943 Marshalls, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan; Wounded in action on Leyte. Died July 28, 1946. Gibbs, Lem Leon (1919-1995) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Jan. 8, 1941 Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany; Wounded in France, May 13, 1944 Gibbs, Marvin U. S. Navy Gibbs, Max Edward, Sr. (1922-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army Gibbs, Nathan Killed in Action Gibbs, Otis Carem (1920-1952) Private 1st Class U. S. Army 395th Infantry Gibbs, Paris U. S. Navy Buried at Sea Gibbs, Shirrell W. (1924-____) Coxswain U. S. Navy Mar. 13, 1943 Pacific Theater Gibbs, Sullivant Grant (1922-1993) U. S. Navy U.S.S. West Point, Pacific Theater Gibbs, Tom U. S. Navy Gibbs, Verna Gray (1923-1991) U. S. Army & Merchant Marine Gibbs, William Selby (1927-1999) U. S. Coast Guard Gibbs, Willis K., Jr. (1916-1997) U. S. Army Guthrie, Cecil Max (1910-1992) Merchant Marine Hardison, Beverly Oren (1921-1957) Machinist Mate 2nd Class U. S. Navy Reserve Hardison, Graham Berch (1925-1993) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Dec. 7, 1943 Atlantic & Pacific Theaters Hardison, John M. (1924-1995) T/5 U. S. Army Feb. 12, 1943 North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany Harris, Cecil Reuben (1912-1999) Merchant Marine Harris, Earl Dunning (1910- 1986)
(Click on name for more info)U. S. Army Jan. 1941 In the MPs, went overseas twice to bring back American Prisoners of War Harris, Elbert M. (1916-1999) Harris, Frank O. (1918-____) Corporal U. S. Army Air Corps Aug. 1, 1942 North Africa and Italy Harris, Frank W. Killed in Action Harris, Henry Craven (1926-1962) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Naval Reserve Sept. 6, 1944 Caribbean, Atlantic, Pacific Theaters Harris, Marion A. (1921-1979)
(Click on name for more info)July, 1942 In Medical Corps Harris, Milton (1925-____)
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Article: "Crossing the Po"Private 1st Class U. S. Army July 1943 Served in Italy 10th Mountain Division in 1944 and 1st Cavalry Division in Korea 1950-1951 Harris, Robert R. (1915-1988)
(Click on name for more info)Master Sergeant U. S. Army 1935 13th Field Artillery Brigade; in North Africa in 1942, then Sicily and Italy Harris, Seth Blount, Jr. (1918-1996) U. S. Army Air Corps Harris, Shadrac Harold (1913-1962) MoMM 1st Class U. S. Coast Guard Reserve Harris, Warren Lee (1903-1957) Private U. S. Army Battery, 601st Field Artillery Battalion Harris, Warren Spencer, Jr. (1916-1988) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Apr. 4, 1944 Harris, William Edgar (1922-1963) Boatswain Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy June 4, 1940 Atlantic and Pacific Theaters Harris, William Geofrey (1917-____)
(Click on name for more info)Major U. S. Army Nov., 1939 Ordinance in Italy; received a battlefield commission Hodges, Bruce Lee (1920-1993) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army July 31, 1942 France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Austria Hodges, James Warren (1918-1996) U. S. Army Hooker, Milton (1926-1990) U. S. Navy Howard, Edgar H. (1905-1990) U. S. Navy Howard, James (1921-1990) Private U.S. Army Howard, Marvin W. Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army Captain of Seagoing Dredge Chester Harding in European Theater Hudson, William Wallace (1912-2000) U. S. Army Stationed in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese Jarvis, Foster Linwood (1921-1993) Senior Chief Petty Officer U. S. Navy Also served in Viet Nam in 1968. Served 26 years Jarvis, Henry Lincoln (1919-2000) Chief Warrant Office-4 U. S. Navy Served on battleship Missouri in WW II. Served 23 years Jarvis, Joseph H., Jr. (1926-1991) Technical Sergeant U. S. Army June 30, 1944 India Jennette, Garland Windley (1916-2002) U.S. Army Iwo Jima Johnson, Henry Vanderbilt (1920-1991) SP5 U.S. Army Jones, Herbert S., Jr. (1926-1991) U. S. Navy Also served in Korea Kelly, Eugene L. (1914-____) Machinist U. S. Navy Apr. 8, 1936 Atlantic, Salerno & Anzio, Italy, Pacific Theater Kight, John Fisk (1916-1991) U. S. Army Served 30 years Lewis, Erdis L. (1917-2003) U. S. Navy Aug. 26, 1942 Lowe, Edison Bryan (1926-2000) U. S. Army Air Corps Litchfield, Claude Davis (1926-1997) U. S. Marines Wounded on the beach of Iwo Jima. Discharged May 6, 1946 Long, George A. (1927-____) Junior Engineer /
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Apr. 13, 1946Atlantic Theater Long, Mendall H. (1920-____) Chief Engineer Merchant Marine Feb. 1941 Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific Theaters. Lupton, Charlie Rouse, Jr. (1921-1944) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps 859th Boomer Squadron stationed in England; Killed in Action on Aug. 6, 1944 while serving as a turret gunner on a B-24 when returning from a mission over enemy territory. Mackey, Herman (1897-1976) Private U.S.Army Mann, Joseph (1907-1985) Captain Merchant Marine Marshall, Charles Henry (1914-1945) TEC 5 U. S. Army Field Artillery; Killed in Action Marshall, Samuel Shirrell, Sr. (1921-2000) U. S. Army Mason, Fred Ayers (1908-1996) U. S. Army New Guinea, Phillipines Mason, Jack Nicholson (1915-1971) U. S. Army CP Head Quarters SVC Company, 323rd Engineers; BM Mason, Kenneth Russell (1922-____)
(Click on name for photo and information)Petty Officer 1st Class U. S. Navy Oct. 23, 1940 USS Arkansas (1940-1942)
USS San Juan (1942-1944)
USS Pasadena (1944-end of war)Massie, Otis Howard (1915-1966) Private 1st Class U. S. Army McGowan, David Foy, Sr. (1915-1987) Captain U. S. Marines Served as Supply Officer in Pacific Theater McKinney, Edward Horace (1920-1943) U. S. Army Killed in Action McKinney, Grafton Odette (1917-1975)
(Click on name for more info)Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Mar. 14, 1944 USS Bradford (DD-545) McKinney, Harold E. (1915-1980) U. S. Army McKinney, Hyatt J. (1916-2005)
(Click on name for Salisbury Post article)U. S. Army 1940 108th Reserve Division; North Africa, Normandy; Battle of the Bulge; 7 medals McKinney, Robert E. (1917-1999) U. S. Navy McKinney, Romulus O. (1911-1993) U. S. Army McKinney, Sherrill U. S. Navy Buried at Sea McKinney, William Forrest (1915-1968) TEC 5 U. S. Army Ordinance Department Merrick, John Riley (1920-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps Midgett, Cardell (____-1995) U. S. Army Midgette, Charlie Edward (1920-1991) U. S. Army Midyette, David Pell (1916-1997) U. S. Army Midyette, Eugene Mallard (1922-1996) U. S. Navy Midyette, Hassell Elwood (1917-1989) Technical Sergeant U. S. Army June 4, 1941 Hawaii, Guam Midyette, McWaters Alexander (1922-1999) U. S. Navy Midyette, William Gleason (1918-1996) U. S. Army Stationed in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese Miller, Edward Clement, Jr. (1913-1957) Corporal U. S. Army Head Quarters Detachment, Quarter Master Depot Mooney, Clifton Hudson, Jr. (1924-1999) U. S. Marines Oct. 2, 1943 1st Marine Division in South Pacific Mooney, Golden (1913-1999) Private U. S. Army July 31, 1942 Neal, Royden S. (1921-____) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 1942 O'Neal, Benjamin Lee (1919-2004) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Apr. 7, 1941 Battery B, 72nd Field Artillery; At Guadalcanal and South Pacific O'Neal, John Freeman (1920-1994) U. S. Navy O'Neal, Joseph (1904-1963) Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army Captain of Seagoing Dredge "Russell" in European Theater O'Neal, Leon Gray (1927-1968) TEC 5 U. S. Army O'Neal, Leslie Jack (1917- ____) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Oct. 23, 1941 O'Neal, Robert Glenn (1918-1947) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Field Artillery O'Neal, Sam Barber (1924-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army June 22, 1944 France, Belgium, Holland, Wounded in action in Germany, Apr. 1, 1945 O'Neal, Thomas Gregory (1922-1992) Machinist Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy June 17, 1941 Pacific Theater, Philippines O'Neal, Van Henry (1915-1993) O'Neal, William Arthur, Jr. (1926-1996) U. S. Army Payne, Alton Warren (1918-1992) Commander U. S. Navy July, 1941 Flight School, received wings Aug., 1942. 38th Scouting Squadron, SAS, Unit II Payne, Archie Melling (1927-____) Seaman 2nd Class U. S. Navy July 11, 1943 Payne, George Speilman (1926-2006) T/5 U. S. Army Feb. 16, 1945 Philippines, Japan Payne, New Holland (1921-1942) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy . U.S. Naval Station, Elizabeth City, NC Payne, Spencer E. (1923-1974) T/4 U. S. Army Jan. 6, 1943 New Guinea, Philippines, Japan Pledger, Melvin T. (1927-____) Technician 5 U. S. Army Feb. 1, 1946 Germany Pugh, Carl Jennings (1911-1983) Boatswain Merchant Marine Aug. 25, 1943 Mediterranean. Middle East, North Africa, European Theaters Pugh, Earl Dawson, Sr. (1906-1993) Boatswain Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy July, 1941 Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Japan; USS Missouri. Pugh, James Audry (1917-1998) U. S. Army Pugh, John Thomas Jr. (1910-1993) Corporal U. S. Army Oct. 23, 1942 Pugh, Joseph (1922-1999) U. S. Navy North Atlantic; Served 20 years Ramon, Edward Charles (1915-1994) Sergeant Major U. S. Army Also served in Korea; Served 28 years Rayburn, Daniel Webster(1911-1967) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps 24th CBT Mapping Squadron Rhem, William Arthur (1918-1965) Technical Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1942 30th LC; England, Scotland. Also in U.S. Air Force in Korea Robinson, Willard A. (1907-1968) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Sadler, Emmett Darrell (1924-2006) Private U. S. Army July 25, 1944 France, Belgium, Wounded in Action in Germany on May 5, 1945 Sadler, Guy (1918-1984) Private U. S. Army July 31, 1942 Panama, South America Sadler, Hiram (1915-1987) Private 1st Class U. S. Army July 7, 1945 France, Germany Sadler, James Milton (1920-1992) U. S. Army Saunderson, Romulus W. (1909-1966) Private U. S. Army Battery K, 202th Coastal Artillery Sawyer, Ormond Dempsey , Sr. (1922-1963) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Company A, 28th Infantry; Purple Heart Scarborough, Jack U. S. Navy / U. S. Coast Guard Sears, Frank William, Jr. (1919-1995) U. S. Army Selby, David Hubert (1906-1983) CBM U. S. Navy July 20, 1941 Iwo Jima, Okinawa Sheridan, Dennis P., Jr. (1921 - 1945) Captain U.S. Army May 7, 1942 12th Quartermaster Regiment Philippine Scouts; Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands; Missing in Action; Purple Heart Simpson, David Robert (1919-1991) 1st Lieutenant U. S. Army Smith, Bernie Leighton (1927-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Dec. 19, 1945 France, Belgium, Germany Smith, David Ross (1923-1990) U. S. Navy Spencer, Branch A. (1918-____ ) Sergeant U.S. Army Air Corps Oct. 15, 1941
to Dec. 8, 1945Spencer, Dayton Ralph (1903-1965) CBM U. S. Navy Reserve Spencer, Edward W. (1922- ____) MoMM 1st Class U. S. Navy Sept. 3, 1942
to Nov. 9, 1945In invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Okinawa Spencer, Edwin Keith (1926-1997) Corporal U. S. Marines Apr. 7, 1944 Spencer, Elmer C. (1914-1992) Sergeant U. S. Army Feb. 5, 1942 Philippines, Japan Spencer, Elwood Lamar (1918-1965) TEC 4 U. S. Army 384th Field Artillery Spencer, Flave F. (1923-1986) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Jan. 29, 1943 Philippines, Okinawa, Guam Spencer, Leslie A. (1921 -____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Spencer, Woodrow (1919-1981) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Oct. 9, 1942 France, Belgium, Germany Styron, Floyd M. (1920-1971) Private U. S. Army Styron, Pelig Garland (1924-1995) U. S. Navy Swindell, Lee Thomas (1916-1989) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy June 24, 1941 Okinawa, Japan Swindell, Palmer L. (1916-1972) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Nov. 22, 1942 France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Japan Swindell, Thurman Randolph (1919-1942) Aviation Machinist
Mate 1st ClassU. S. Navy Apr. __, 1938 Pacific Theater; Killed in Action at the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942 Tolson, Charles S. (1891-1963) Fireman 2nd Class U. S. Navy Reserve Force Tunnell, Fred S. (1913-1976) T/4 U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1940 France Tunnell, Gilbert Bernard, Sr. (1918-1969) Master Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps Aug. 14, 1940 North Africa, Italy; 739th Boomer Squadron Tunnell, Robert Edward (1914-1966) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Head Quarters Company, PAC Sect. SIGC Waits, Joseph Alexander (1909-1964) Major U.S. Army 4th Civil Engineer Squadron Wardlow, Frank (1917-1997) U. S. Army Air Corps Watson, Donald Bain (1917-1957) CCS U. S. Navy Nov. 1935 Atlantic Theater; Philippines, Palaus, Okinawa Watson, George Israel (1919-1987) 2nd Lieutenant U. S. Navy Nov. 1942 France, Belgium and Germany as a Mechanized Infantry platoon leader with the 5th Armored Division He retired from the US Army Reserves as a Lt Colonel, moved back to the homeplace [Lake Landing area] where he lived for the last 5 years of his life, and is buried in the family plot at Amity Church. [Information kindly provided by his son, Bill Watson.]
Watson, James Rufus (1924-1959) TEC 5 U.S. Army 1880th Engineers; AVNBN Watson, John Israel (1920-____) CGM U. S. Navy Jan. 18, 1939 New Georgia, Bougainville, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen, Okinawa Watson, Roy (1925-1991) U.S. Army Watson, Samuel Benson (1911-1990) U.S. Army Watson, William David (1914-1945) Private U.S. Army Infantry Weston, Clifford Clary (1925-1997) Corporal U. S. Army Air Corps Aircraft Engineer, China, Burma, India Theater Weston, Lawrence B. (1907-1952) Seaman 2nd Class U. S. Navy Reserve Whitfield, William Arnold (1916-1994) U.S. Army Wibiral, Rev. Frank Walker (1909-1991) Chief Musician U. S. Navy Williams, Cecil Byrum (1921 - ____) U. S. Army Aug. 26, 1942 Williams, Cecil O. (1922-2000) T/3 U. S. Army Dec. 4, 1942 France, Belgium, Germany; Philippines Williams, Chester Stafford, Sr. (1925-2000) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Feb. 16, 1945 Philippines, Guam, Marianas Williams, Effron Avery (1918 - ____) Captain U. S. Army Air Corps Mar. 3, 1942 Pacific Theater Williams, Joseph Odell (1925-1993) Private 1st Class U. S. Army May 18, 1944 France, Belgium, Germany Williams, William Wallace, Sr. (1922-1995) U. S. Navy Windley, Marion Leroy (1900-1959) CMoMM U. S. Navy
Sources:
In Memory Of... An Index to Hyde County Cemeteries by Martha Rebecca Swindell and R. S. Spencer, Jr.;
Hyde County History by the Hyde County Historical Society;
Hyde Co., NCGenWeb - Hyde County Newspaper Articles by Kay Midgett Sheppard;
Hyde Co., NCGenWeb - Hyde County Messenger by Kay Midgett Sheppard;
Hyde Co., NCGenWeb - Hyde County Obituaries
Contributions by various Hyde County Researchers.
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