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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 Marion (1927-1999) U. S. Marine Corps [see obituary] Armstrong, John Albin (1917-1993) Corporal U. S. Army Apr. 8, 1941 Australia, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal. Fiji, Bougainville, Philippines [see obituary] [see photo] Austin, Junius Perry (1917-1996) Boatswain Mate U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Baldasare, Edna (Gibbs) (1921-2010)
(Click on name for photo and information)Ensign U.S. Navy [see obituary] [see photo] Ballance, Clen Labin (1924-1989) Corporal U. S. Marine Corps Oct. 2, 1943 Okinawa, Tinian Island, Saipan, and Japan
[see obituary]Ballance, Gene Tunney (1926-2023) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Nov. 29, 1944 Pacific Theater, China [see photo] [see obituary] Ballance, James Kirk (1916-2009) U. S. Army [see obituary] Ballance, Lawrence (1922-1995) U.S. Army [see obituary] Ballance, Leon Gerald (1917-2003) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1942 Panama [see obituary] [see photo] Ballance, Ronald Baum (1918-2010) T/5 U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1941 New Guinea [see obituary] Ballance, Talmadge B. (1922-2013) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Oct. 22, 1942 Hawaii, Japan [see obituary] [see photo] Ballance, Vernon Edward (1923-2014) Private 1st Class U. S. Army July 28, 1944 France Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria
[see photo] [see obituary]Ballance, Wesley Wise (1919-2008) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 14, 1941 France, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia
[see obituary] [see photo]Banner, Jack Lynwood (1915-2015) U.S. Army Air Force [see obituary] Barber Jr., Samuel Hobart (1924-2002) Private U. S. Army May 29, 1943 [see photo] [see obituary] Baum, Edward Tomlin (1926-1944)
[scans from Katherine Rasdorf]Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy June 20, 1944 Killed in Action - Dutch New Guinea on Nov. 14, 1944
[see obituary] [see news clipping] [application for headstone] [military marker]Beckwith, Harold (1925-1945) U. S. Army US Army TEC 4 - 509 Port BN -Killed in Action
Cambridge American Cemetery & Memorial
See WWII Draft -Image 1 - Image 2Bell, Wilbur Rollins (1922-2004) U.S. Marine Corps [see obituary] 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
[see photo] [see obituary]Berry, Garland G. (1927-1993) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Oct. 2, 1945 [see photo] [see obituary] Berry, J. B. (1926-1993) Seaman 2nd Class U. S. Navy Oct. 10, 1944 [see photo] [see obituary] Berry, Jabin Gibbs (1904-1964) Lieutenant J. G. U. S. Navy [see obituary] 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 [see photo] Berry, William Aaron (1925-2002) Major U.S. Army [see obituary] Berry, William Green U. S. Army Jan. 2, 1944 Bishop, Walter Edward (1921-2004) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Blake, James Elwood (1922-1992) U. S. Army Blake, Maxwell Lawson (1924-1985) Corporal U. S. Marines Oct. 2, 1943 Peleliu, Palau, Okinawa, Guam, Japan Blake, Russell L. (1927-2016) U. S. Navy Served on the USS North Carolina [see obituary] Blake, Travis E. Sr. (1922-2014 U. S. Army Served with the 157th Infantry; Purple Heart [see obituary] Blake, William D. Sr. (1921-1998) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Boomer, Samuel Jay (1926-2017) U. S. Army [see obituary] Bouchard, Sibyl Carawan (1920-2005) 1st Lt. Army Nurse Corps 1945 [see obituary with photo] Bowen, Elwood Boyce (1923-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army [see obituary] Bridgman, Merritt E. (1921-2009) MSgt U. S. Army [see obituary] Brinn, Burl S. (1919-1971) [see obituary] Brinn, Grady E. (1918-1995) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy July 11, 1941 Eniwetok, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Brinn, Humphrey (1917-1997) U. S. Navy Brinn, James Aubrey (1926-1996) U. S. Army Brown, Charles Matthew Jr. (1917-1999) U.S. Navy [see obituary] Brown, Elwood Boyce (1923-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army Brown, John Kenneth (1921-2014) SSgt U. S. Army [see obituary] Brown, Robert Eugene (1917-1997) U. S. Army Burrus, Andrew Jefferson (1921-1979) PFC U.S. Aemy [see obituary] Burrus, Robert Smith (1921-1992) U.S. Navy [see obituary] Burrus, Romulus V. (1921-1945) PFC U.S. Army Nov. 15, 1942 Co. B, 365 Inf. Reg.; Killed in Action Feb. 10, 1945 Burrus, William S. (1930 - 2021) Col. U.S. Army [see obituary] Bush, George Edward (1917-2000) U. S. Navy On USS Weehawken sunk in a typhoon Cahoon, George Washington (1912-1956) Private U. S. Army Company C. 78th Infantry; Eng. Cahoon, Gilbert L. (1919-1998) 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 Wilson (1922-1948) 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 Franklin (1917-2017) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 1942 England, France [see obituary] Cahoon, Kinzie (1923-1999) U. S. Army 1943 [see obituary] Cahoon, Melvin Ransom (1924-1970) U. S. Army [see obituary] Cahoon, Oliver Winston (1921-1996) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Cahoon, Robert Bruce Jr. (1922-2006) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Cahoon, Roy Craig (1920-2005) SSgt U.S. Army Air Force 1942 European Theatre, England, France [see obituary] Cahoon, Sammie Edmon (1907-1968) 1942 [see obituary] Cahoon, Shelton Audley (1919-1991) U. S. Coast Guard 1942 [see obituary] Carawan, Charlie Eugene (1917-1995) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Carawan, Columbus Herman Jr. (1918-1988) U. S. Army Apr. 8, 1941 [see obituary] Carawan, Flavious Poe (1923-2009) U. S. Army Jan. 30, 1943 [see obituary] Carawan, James Cushing (1921-1944) Sgt. U. S. Army Feb. 16, 1942 5th Ranger Battalion; KIA in France & buried there; Purple Heart [see obituary] Carawan, Ottis Jr. (1920-2012) ENC U. S. Navy Submarine Service; Bronze Star [also served in Korea] [see obituary] Carawan, Roy Jarvis (1921-1998) U. S. Army Air Force Aug 13, 1942 [see obituary] Carawan, Wilbur Gladstone (1927-2012) SSgt U.S. Army Air Force 19th Air Repair; Victory Medal [see obituary] Clayton, Hinton Leslie (1911-2007) U. S. Navy 1942-1945 [see obituary] Clayton, Howard Edmon (1918-1990) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Clayton, William Steele Jr. (1919-1992) U. S. Navy 1939-1945 [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Cox, Joseph Wilbur (1921-1997) U. S. Army [see obituary] Cox, Roy Starr, Jr. (1920-1963) Chief Gunners Mate U. S. Navy [see photo compliments of Lucinda Jennings]
[see obituary] [also served in Korea]Cox, William Harvey (1915-1981) SSgt U. S. Army 1942-1945 [see obituary] Credle, Albert Bryce (1923-2010) CPO U. S. Navy Served aboard the USS McDougal
[see obituary]Credle, Benjamin Silas (1920-2002) U. S. Army 63rd Infantry Division; [see obituary] Credle, Mervia Carlton (1918-2004) U. S. Army [see obituary] Credle, Walter Allen (1919-1991) U.S. Army Air Force [see obituary] Cuthrell, Carlos Hoover (1919-2009) U. S. Army [see obituary] Cuthrell, Curtis Braxton (1922-1986) U. S. Army [see obituary] Cuthrell, Edna Hearne Dillard (1921-2015) Yeoman 1st Class U. S. Navy (WAVES) Sept. 22, 1942 [see photo]
[see obituary]Cuthrell, Garvin Ray (1923-2001) U. S. Army May 24, 1943 South Pacific Theater; Silver Star & 3 Purple Hearts 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 Sicily Invasion [see obituary] 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 Cutrell, Delbert T. (1923-2014) [see obituary] Cutrell, Ira Glenn Sr. (1925-2008) Army Air Corps [see obituary] Cutrell, John Bross (1917-2005) U. S. Army Awarded the Purple Heart & 2 Bronze Stars
[see obituary]Cutrell, Joseph W. (1923-2007) U. S. Army 88th Division; POW [see obituary] Cutrell, Millard Willis (1922-1978) [see obituary] Cutrell, Rufus Richard (1926-2000) USN [see obituary] Cutrell, Russell Earl (1924-1993) U.S. Army Purple Heart [see obituary] Cutrell, Willie Earl (1916-1989) U.S. Army [see obituary] Daniels, Thomas Carroll (1917-____) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Oct. 22, 1942 Davis, Claude David (1919-2006) USN [see obituary] Davis, Fred Ollie (1919-2006) USN [see obituary] Dawson, Thomas Henry (1903-1942) Fireman U. S. Navy No. 2, C. I. Douglas, Harry Harrison (1914-2006) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps Feb. 1942 China-Burma-India Theater Dudley, Samuel A. (1916-1969) 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 English, James Mileham (1915?-1982) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Evans, Thurman Martin (1921-1993) U. S. Army [see obituary] Farrow, Carl Graydon (1911-1993) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Flowers, Cecil Lloyd (1926-1980) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Apr. 25, 1945 Italy; Korea Flowers, Harvey Jarvis (1914-1987) U. S. Army [see obituary] Flowers, Max D. (1920-2000) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Flowers, Ronald D. (1922-2002) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Garrish, Irvin Scott (1916-1997) U. S. Coast Guard
USA Corps of Engineers[see obituary] Garrish, John Elbert (1926-1994) U. S. Army [see obituary] Garrish, Leslie F. (1914?-1991) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Garrish, Richard Powers (1925-1996) U. S. Navy Purple Heart [see obituary] Garrish, Willard J. (1915-1998) U. S. Navy Atlantic and PacificTheaters; 26 years service
[see obituary]Garrish, William Potter Sr. (1910-1982) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Gaskill, Anthony Thurston (1903?-2000) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Gaskill, B. Owen (1915-2000) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gaskill, Christopher Farrow (1909-1991) [see obituary] Gaskill, Enoch Clayton, Sr. (1918-1994) U. S. Navy
Quarter Master Corps[see obituary] Gaskins, John (1924?-2006) U. S. Army [see obituary] 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) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Gibbs, Arthur Killed in Action Gibbs, Bernell U. S. Army Gibbs, Chesley Lee (1918-2005) U. S. Army [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Gibbs, Ellis Benjamin (1921- 2008) T/5 Civilian CCC
U. S. ArmyJan. 8, 1941 France, Belgium and Germany Gibbs, Edmond (1921-1965) Private 1st Class U. S. Army 357th AAA SLT Battalion; CAC Gibbs, Jr., Edward Carlton (1925 - 2001 U. S. Navy [see obituary] 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
[see obituary]Gibbs, Sr., Floyd Guy (1917-1996) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, Francis Benjamin (1921-2011) U. S. Navy Spring, 1942 [see obituary] Gibbs, George Thomas (1914-1997) T/4 U. S. Army Apr. 8, 1941 New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Fiji. [see obituary] Gibbs, Gerald Windley (1917-1990) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, Guy A. (1909-1991) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, Hallett W. (1911- 2003) Machinist U. S. Coast Guard May 26, 1930 Atlantic and Pacific Theaters [see obituary] Gibbs, Harold Bride (1921-1980) MM 2nd Class
Bos'nU.S. Coast Guard
Merchant MarineJun-Dec 1942
Mar. 17, 1943Sandy Hook, NJ and Freeport, NY
Atlantic/Pacific/European Theaters
[see obituary]Gibbs, Henry Brian (1921-1996) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 194 2 New Guinea, Philippines, Japan [see obituary] Gibbs, Herbert Sadler (1919-2015) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Gibbs, Hugh Blair (1914-1996) Corporal U. S. Army Aug. 15, 1941 France, Belgium, Germany [see obituary] Gibbs, Sr., Hugh Linwood (1915-2003) U. S. Coast Guard
Merchant Marines
CCC[see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Gibbs, Jack Blount (1925-2004) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Gibbs, James Elwood (1918-2005) U. S. Army Received a Purple Heart [see obituary] Gibbs, Jenness C. (1915-2000) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Gibbs, John Bannister ((1920-1951) Boatswain Mate 1st Class U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Gibbs, Marvin Ferris (1928-1979) U. S. Navy Gibbs, Max Edward, Sr. (1922-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, Nathan Killed in Action Gibbs, Otis Carem (1920-1952) Private 1st Class U. S. Army 395th Infantry Gibbs, Paris William (1912-1942?) U. S. Navy Buried at Sea Gibbs, Ronald E. (1915-1981) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, Shirrell W. (1924-____) Coxswain U. S. Navy Mar. 13, 1943 Pacific Theater Gibbs, Sullivan Grant (1922-1993) U. S. Navy U.S.S. West Point, Pacific Theater [see obituary] Gibbs, Tom U. S. Navy Gibbs, Verna Gray (1923-1991) U. S. Army & Merchant Marine Gibbs, William Arvel (1923- 2000) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gibbs, William Bernice (1913-1976) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Gibbs, William Selby (1927-1999) U. S. Coast Guard [see obituary] Gibbs, Willis K., Jr. (1916-1997) U. S. Army [see obituary] Gilliam, Harvey (1916-2014) U. S. Army [see obituary] Groce, Sr., James David (1923-2004) Gunner's Mate U. S. Coast Guard
U. S. NavyAlso served during Korean War [see obituary] Guthrie, Bruce Midyette (1914-1984) 1st Engineer Merchant Marine [see obituary] Guthrie, Cecil Max (1910-1992) Merchant Marine [see obituary] 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) [see obituary] Harris, Frank Odell (1918-1977) Corporal U. S. Army Air Corps Aug. 1, 1942 North Africa and Italy [see obituary] Harris, Frank Woodruff (1919-1945) Private U. S. Army Killed in Action; Buried in Belgium; Purple Heart Harris, Henry Craven (1926-1962) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Naval Reserve Sept. 6, 1944 Caribbean, Atlantic, Pacific Theaters Harris, Julian Franklin (1907-1990) Merchant Marines
USCG & U.S. Army[see obituary] Harris, Marion A. (1921-1979)
(Click on name for more info)July, 1942 In Medical Corps Harris, Milton (1925-2011)
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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 [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Hodges, Roy S. (1923-2017) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Hooker, Milton (1926-1990) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Howard, Charles Thomas (1924-2015) U. S. Army [see obituary] Howard, Curtis Edward (1920-1980) U. S. Navy
Seabee[see obituary] Howard, Edgar H. (1905-1990) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Howard, Irvin Macklen (1925-2004) [see obituary] Howard, James (1921-1990) Private U.S. Army Howard, Lawton Wesley Sr. (1912-2002) U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers[see obituary] Howard, Lindsey (1909-1990) U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers[see obituary] Howard, Marvin Wyche (1897-1969) Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army Captain of Seagoing Dredge Chester Harding in European Theater Huddleston, Hambrick Oliver (1925-2002) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Hudson, William Wallace (1912-2000) U. S. Army Stationed in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese Hunnings, Willie B. (1914-2000) U. S. Army [see obituary] Jackson, George Guthrie (1922-2005) U. S. Army [see obituary] Jarvis, David Wilson (1921-2019) U. S. Navy Also served in the Korean War
[see obituary]Jarvis, Foster Linwood (1921-1993) Senior Chief Petty Officer U. S. Navy Also served in Viet Nam in 1968. Served 26 years [see obituary] Jarvis, Henry Lincoln (1919-2000) Chief Warrant Office-4 U. S. Navy Served on battleship Missouri in WW II. Served 23 years [see obituary] Jarvis, Joseph H., Jr. (1926-1991) Technical Sergeant U. S. Army June 30, 1944 India Jarvis, Warren (1928-2013) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Jennette, Garland Windley (1916-2002) U.S. Army Iwo Jima [see obituary] Johnson, Henry Vanderbilt (1920-1991) SP5 U.S. Army [see obituary] Jones, Herbert S., Jr. (1926-1991) U. S. Navy Also served in Korea Jones, Williams Jay (1925-1943) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Kelly, Eugene Lafayette (1914-1982) Machinist U. S. Navy Apr. 8, 1936 Atlantic, Salerno & Anzio, Italy, Pacific Theater
Also served in KoreaKight, John Fisk (1916-1991) U. S. Army Served 30 years Lee, Bonner Reginald (1910-1984 U. S. Navy [see obituary] Lewis, Erdis L. (1917-2003) U. S. Navy Aug. 26, 1942 [see obituary] Litchfield, Claude Davis (1926-1997) U. S. Marines Wounded on the beach of Iwo Jima. Discharged May 6, 1946
[see obituary]Liverman, Henry Joseph (1925-2003) U. S. Navy Also served during the Korean War
[see obituary]Lloyd, Earl William (1920-2009) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Long, George Aubrey (1927-____) Junior Engineer /
PrivateMerchant Marine /
U. S. ArmyFeb., 1945 /
Apr. 13, 1946Atlantic Theater Long, Mendall H. (1920-2008) Chief Engineer Merchant Marine Feb. 1941 Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific Theaters. [see obituary] Lowe, Edison Bryan (1926-2000) U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] Lupton, Cecil Rhodes (1924-2002) QM 1st Class U. S. Navy [see obituary] 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.
[see obituary]Lupton, Leewood Allen (1926-2014) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Mackey, Herman (1897-1976) Private U.S. Army Mackey, William Edward Sr. (1926-2003) U. S. Army [see obituary] Mann, Joseph (1907-1985) Captain Merchant Marine Mann, Leondis (1918-2000) U. S. Army May '41-Oct '45
Sept '50-May '52[see obituary] Mann, Thurston Jefferson (1920-2006) Lt. U. S. Navy [see obituary] Mann, Walter Burrus Sr. (1925-2016) Private U.S. Army [see obituary] Mann, William Austin (1922-2008) Merchant Marine [see obituary] Manning, Edward Dunn (1919-1944) Lt. U.S. Army [see obituary] Killed in France Manning, Floyd Poe Sr. (1925-2016 U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] Marshall, Arthur Bruce (1920-2009) U. S. Navy Pearl Harbor Survivor [see obituary] Marshall, Charles Henry (1914-1945) TEC 5 U. S. Army Field Artillery; Killed in Action Marshall, Samuel Shirrell, Sr. (1921-2000) U. S. Army [see obituary] Martin, Florence Peterson (1919-2004) Nurse U. S. Navy [see obituary] Mason, Alfred Milton Sr. (1927-2001) SSgt U. S. Army [see obituary] Mason, Fred Ayers (1908-1996) U. S. Army New Guinea, Phillipines [see obituary] Mason, Edmond Otis (1909-1979) U. S. Army [see obituary] Mason, Jack Nicholson (1915-1971) U. S. Army CP Head Quarters SVC Company, 323rd Engineers; BM [see obituary] Mason, John Jesse (1921-2013) Colonel U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] Mason, Sr., Kenneth Russell (1922-2015)
(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)
[see obituary with photo]Mason, Marie (1916-2021) 1st Lt. Army Nurse Corps 1943-1946 [see obituary] Massie, Otis Howard (1915-1966) Private 1st Class U. S. Army McClaud, Elmo (1919-1980) Private 1st Class U. S. Army July 14, 1942 McCuller, Froza (1922-2007) Private 1st Class U.S. Army Nov. 27, 1945 [see obituary] [see St. Lydia Cemetery] McGowan, David Foy, Sr. (1915-1987) Captain U. S. Marines Served as Supply Officer in Pacific Theater [see obituary] McKinney, Earl Gray (1927-2012) U. S. Army [see obituary] McKinney, Edward Horace (1920-1943) U. S. Army Killed in Action McKinney, Elbert Oliver (1915-2002) U. S. Army [see obituary] McKinney, Grafton Odette (1917-1975)
(Click on name for more info)Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy Mar. 14, 1944 USS Bradford (DD-545) [see obituary] McKinney, Harold E. (1915-1980) U. S. Army McKinney, Horace Robert (1924-2007) U. S. Navy see obituary] McKinney, Hyatt J. (1916-2005)
(Click on name for obituary)U. S. Army 1940 108th Reserve Division; North Africa, Normandy; Battle of the Bulge; 7 medals McKinney, Noah Robinson (1919-2008) U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] McKinney, Robert E. (1917-1999) U. S. Navy [see obituary] McKinney, Romulus O. (1911-1993) U. S. Army [see obituary] McKinney, Sherrill U. S. Navy Buried at Sea McKinney, Victor Astor (1925-2002_ U. S. Navy [see obituary] McKinney, William Forrest (1915-1968) TEC 5 U. S. Army Ordinance Department [see obituary] Merrick, John Riley (1920-1999) Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps Midgett, Cardell (1928-1995) U. S. Army [see obituary] Midgette, Charlie Edward (1920-1991) U. S. Army [see obituary] Midgette, Ellis T. (1925-2009) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Midgette, John Nuby, Sr. (1897-1971 U. S. Army
USCG[see obituary] Midgette, Julian Mann (1905-1975) [see obituary] Midyette, David Pell (1916-1997) U. S. Army [see obituary] Midyette, Eugene Mallard (1922-1996) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Midyette, Gerald Monroe (1916-2006) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Midyette, Hassell Elwood (1917-1989) Technical Sergeant U. S. Army June 4, 1941 Hawaii, Guam [see obituary] Midyette, John Vernon (1920-2004) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Midyette, McWaters Alexander (1922-1999) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Midyette, William Gleason (1918-1996) U. S. Army Stationed in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese [see obituary] 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
[see photo]Mooney, Golden (1913-1999) Private U. S. Army July 31, 1942 [see obituary] Morris, Hugh (1912-1978) [see obituary] Morris, Warren Comelis (1917-1993) U. S. Navy Wounded at Pearl Harobr; Purple Heart [see obituary] Mutro, Theodore (c1921-2009) USCG [see obituary] Neal, Royden S. (1921-1980) Sergeant U. S. Army Aug. 12, 1942 [see obituary] O'Neal, Arthur N. (1884-1956) USCG [see obituary] 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, Calvin J. (1926-2013) U. S. Army [see obituary] O'Neal, Charles Morris (1922-2005) US Army Corps of Engineers [see obituary] O'Neal, Elbert Wilford (1923-2011) U. S. Army [see obituary] O'Neal, Harry Jr. (1912-1974) US Army Corps of Engineers [see obituary] O'Neal, Jack Dempsey (1920-1975) Major U. S. Army Also served in the Korean War
[see obituary]O'Neal, John Freeman (1920-1994) U. S. Navy [see obituary] O'Neal, John Thomas Sr. (1924-2007) U. S. Army [see obituary] O'Neal, Joseph (1904-1963) Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army Captain of Seagoing Dredge "Russell" in European Theater [see obituary] O'Neal, Leon Gray (1927-1968) TEC 5 U. S. Army O'Neal, Leslie Jack (1917-1958) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Oct. 23, 1941 [see obituary] O'Neal, Major Warren (1925-2009) USAF [see obituary] O'Neal, Ralph Byron (1910-2002) USCG
1931-1934[see obituary] O'Neal, Robert Fowler (1921-2009) USCG Served on Cutter Walnut & sent to Pearl Harbor immediately after it was bombed. [see obituary] O'Neal, Robert Glenn (1918-1947) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Field Artillery [see obituary] O'Neal, Ronald Thomas (1929-2011) USCG [see obituary] O'Neal, Sam Barber (1924-2011) Private 1st Class U. S. Army June 22, 1944 France, Belgium, Holland, Wounded in action in Germany, Apr. 1, 1945
[see obituary]O'Neal, Steve Monroe (1926-1976) U. S. Army [see obituary] O'Neal, Thomas Gregory (1922-1992) Machinist Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy June 17, 1941 Pacific Theater, Philippines
[see obituary]O'Neal, Van Henry (1915-1993) [see obituary] O'Neal, Walter Miller (1922-2008) U. S. Army [see obituary] O'Neal, William Arthur, Jr. (1926-1996) U. S. Army [see obituary] Overton, Earl K. (1884-1942) Marines? [see obituary] 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 (1927-2017) Seaman 2nd Class U. S. Navy July 11, 1943 [see obituary] Payne, Durwood Wallace (1913-1963) USAF [see obituary] Payne, George Speilman (1926-2006) T/5 U. S. Army Feb. 16, 1945 Philippines, Japan [see obituary] 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 Pedrick, Willis Leroy (1922-2011) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Peterson, Curfield (1924-2016) Army Air Transport Command [see obituary] Peterson, James Thomas (1923-2006) U. S. Army [see obituary] Pledger, Melvin T. (1927-____) Technician 5 U. S. Army Feb. 1, 1946 Germany Pugh, Carl Jennings (1911-1983) Boatswain Merchant Marines Aug. 25, 1943 Mediterranean. Middle East, North Africa, European Theaters Pugh, Carnie David (1914-1974) U. S. Army [see obituary] Pugh, Earl Dawson, Sr. (1906-1993) Boatswain Mate 1st Class U. S. Navy July, 1941 Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Japan; USS Missouri. [see obituary] Pugh, James Audry (1917-1998) U. S. Army [see obituary] Pugh, John Thomas Jr. (1910-1993) Corporal U. S. Army Oct. 23, 1942 [see obituary] Pugh, Jr., Joseph James Madison (1922-1999) U. S. Navy North Atlantic; Served 20 years
[see his obituary with photo]Ramon, Edward Charles (1915-1994) Sergeant Major U. S. Army Also served in Korea; Served 28 years
[see obituary]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 Rhodes, Rebecca Jarvis (1924-1990) USCG [see obituary] Rice, James Morgan (1921-2004) [see obituary] Robinson, Willard A. (1907-1968) Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Rose, Fred Edward (1918-1994) Merchant Marines [see obituary] Rush, Wolford E.A. (1921 TX -1954) European Naval Commucations Agency USCG [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Saunderson, Romulus W. (1909-1966) Private U. S. Army Battery K, 202th Coastal Artillery Sawyer, Calvin (1921-2007) U. S. Army [see obituary] Sawyer, Gilbert Ellis (1922-1988) U. S. Army [see obituary] Sawyer, Joseph Leon (1918-1997) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Sawyer, Ormond Dempsey , Sr. (1922-1963) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Company A, 28th Infantry; Purple Heart Sawyer, Vernon Lupton (1922-2018) U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] Scarborough, Jack U. S. Navy / U. S. Coast Guard Sears, Frank William, Jr. (1919-1995) U. S. Army [see obituary] Selby, David Hubert (1906-1983) CBM U. S. Navy July 20, 1941 Iwo Jima, Okinawa [see obituary] Sewell, Aubrey Christopher (1925-2004) U. S. Army [see obituary] Sewell, Keith (1916-2008) U. S. Army [see obituary] Shaffer, John Allen Sr. (1926-2017) Medic U. S. Army [see obituary] 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 Smith, Mark L. (c1928 - 2009) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Smithwick, Archie Rupert (1920-1971) Radarman 2nd Class U. S. Navy 1939-1945 Served on the USS Ranger [see his photo] Spencer, Branch Allen (1918-2011 ) 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. (1922-2014) 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 Arthur (1921 -2005) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Spencer, Warren Gray (1924-2017) SMSgt U.S.A.F. 1943-1964 Also Korean War & Vietnam [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Swindell, Hal Gray (1922-2017) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Swindell, Kenneth Monroe (1916-2000) [see obituary] Swindell, Lee Thomas (1916-1989) Seaman 1st Class U. S. Navy June 24, 1941 Okinawa, Japan Swindell, Palmer Lee (1916-1972) Private 1st Class U. S. Army Nov. 22, 1942 France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Japan [see obituary] 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 Teeter, Frank Dwayne Sr. (1923-1994) Master Chief Engineer USCG [see obituary] Thompson, George Norman (1922-2009) U. S. Navy Also served in Korea [see obituary] 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 Ward, Lee Marion (1920-2003) MSgt USAF [see obituary] Wardlow, Frank (1917-1997) U. S. Army Air Corps [see obituary] Warner, Otis Filmore (1907-1987) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Warner, Ottis Williard (1923-1969 U.S. Army [see obituary] 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 (1920-2006) CGM U. S. Navy Jan. 18, 1939 New Georgia, Bougainville, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen, Okinawa
[see obituary]Watson, John Lloyd Sr. (1918-2001) Hospital Corpsman U. S. Navy [see obituary] Watson, Roy (1925-1991) U.S. Army [see obituary] Watson, Samuel Benson (1911-1990) U.S. Army Watson, William David (1914-1945) Private U.S. Army Infantry Webster, Essie Pugh McAllister (1919-2020) Medical Corpsman U.S. Army [see obituary] 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 [see obituary] Whitfield, William Arnold (1916-1994) U.S. Army [see obituary] Wibiral, Rev. Frank Walter (1909-1991) Chief Musician U. S. Navy [see obituary] Williams, Cecil Byrum (1921 -2015) 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
[see obituary]Williams, Effron Avery Jr. (1918 - 2016) Captain U. S. Army Air Corps Mar. 3, 1942 Pacific Theater [see obituary] Williams, Joseph Odell (1925-1993) Private 1st Class U. S. Army May 18, 1944 France, Belgium, Germany
[see obituary]Williams, Melvin Wright (1924-2017) U. S. Army [see obituary] Williams, Olian Riggs Sr. (1921-2010) U. S. Army [see obituary] Williams, William Joseph Jr. (1921-2012) U. S. Army [see obituary] Williams, William Wallace, Sr. (1922-1995) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Willis, Jack Carroll Sr. (1920-1997) U. S. Navy [see obituary] Windley, Marion Leroy (1900-1959) CMoMM U. S. Navy Womac, Ulysses Levi (1923-2000) USCG [see obituary] Young, Willie E. Sr. (1922-2007) U. S. Army [see obituary]
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, mainly Margie Brooks
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