HYDE COUNTY'S VIET NAM VETERANS
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VIET NAM VETERANS
| Name | Rank |
Branch of Service |
Remarks |
| ADAMS, Wilbert Jr. [1941-2004] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| ALT, Douglas [1937 - ] | SSgt | USAF | Served from 1954-1963 [see photo] |
| ARMSTRONG, James Martin [1942 - 2019] | U. S. Army | [see obituary with photo] | |
| ARMSTRONG, Roy Dixon [1937 - 1996] | SP4 | U. S. Army | Fulford Cemetery - [see obituary] |
| BALLANCE, Henry Leigh [1946-2022] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| BALLANCE, Reginald [c1948-2004] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| BERRY, Carl Edwin [1944 - 2016] | SP5 | U. S. Army | [see obituary with photo] |
| BERRY, Lester Morris [1947 - ] | U. S. Army | ||
| BISHOP, Joseph Henry Sr. [1943 - 2016] | Capt. | U. S. Army | 10 years of service with 2 tours of Vietnam [see obituary with photo] |
| BLOUNT, Don | E-2 | U.S. Navy | 1972-1973 |
| BLOUNT, Ernie E. [1946 - 1998] | U.S. Army | 2 Tours | |
| BLOUNT, Nate | |||
| BRINN, Burnie Gerald [1950 - ] | SP4 | U. S. Army |
January 7, 1971 to January 8, 1972 Headquarters Co. 8 Engineers Battalion First Calvary Division 1 Air Mobile 501 Engineer Company |
| BRINN, Ralph Holton Jr. [1945 - ] | Sgt. E5 | U. S. Army | 1966-1968; 32nd Signal Battalion - Hochst, Germany |
| BROCK, Hillard Jr. [1947 - ] | PFC | U. S. Army |
|
| BROOKS, Larry Leslie [1943 - 1999] (see photo of Larry submitted by Margie Brooks) |
SFC | U. S. Army | Served 20 years, two tours in Viet Nam
(1966 & 1968) Also served
aboard the USNS
Corpus Christi Bay,
which was an Army Aviation floating aircraft maintenance facility anchored in
Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam. |
| BRYANT, Leon [1943-2013] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| BURRUS, David | U. S. Army | ||
| CAHOON, Donald | SFC | U. S. Army | Aug. 8, 1965 - Aug. 8, 1969; Fairbanks, Alaska |
| CAHOON, Morgan Lane [1950-1970) | PFC | U. S. Army | 101st Airborne Division; Killed in Action: Feb. 11, 1970 [see his Find-A-Grave page with photos] |
| CAHOON, Robert Lawrence [1947 - 2017] | U. S. Army | [see obituary with photo] | |
| CAPPS, Donald Patrick [1945 - 2002] | U. S. Army | 25th Infantry [see obituary] | |
| CARAWAN, Dexter Warren [1940 - 2012] | TSgt | USAF | [see obituary] |
| CARAWAN, Seth Donnie [1947 - 2023] | SFC | U. S. Army | [see his military page] [see obituary] |
| CARAWAN, Merlin [1938 - 1992] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| CARTER, Garland Van [1948 - ] | Sgt. | USAF | Served 1969-1973; radio communication operator 1970-'71 |
| CARTWRIGHT, James Harold [1941-2016] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| CHAMPION, Sampson R. [1946 - ] | U. S. Army | ||
| CLARKE, Roderick Wayne [1934 - 2007] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| COLLINS, Charley Junior | USAF | Served 1958-1979 [see obituary] | |
| COMBS, Lester Andrew [1942-2016] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| COOPER, Soloman Nathaniel [1944 - ] | U. S. Army | ||
| COX, Levon Braxton [1944-1990] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| COX, Richard M. | E-5 | U. S. Army | 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi
Providence, Vietnam. Received the Bronze Star & the Purple Heart. |
| COX, Thomas B. [1932-2016] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| CREDLE, Blount Avery [1942-2022] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| CREDLE, Jr., James Henry [1941 - 1997] | SFC | U. S. Army | Green Hill Cemetery |
| CREDLE, James Lee [1947 - 2008] | SP4 | U. S. Army |
St. John Missionary Church [see obituary] |
| CREDLE, Walter Gray (1937 - 2023) | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| CULLIFER, Statz Daniel Jr. [1936-2011] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| CUTHRELL, Nicky Wade [1946 - 1969)] | Sgt. | U. S. Army | 595th Signal Spt. Co.; 1st Signal
Brigade; Killed In Action: Jan. 15, 1969 [see obituary] |
| CUTRELL, Howard Landise [1944 -
2019] [see obituary] |
PFC | U. S. Army |
|
| DANIELS, Robert Wayne [1943-2007] | USN & Merchant Marines | [see obituary] | |
| DAVIS, Robert Rex (1943-2024) | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| DAVIS, Victor Tyson [1950 - 2016] | Sgt. | U. S. Army | [see obituary] |
| DEATH, Richard [c.1941 - 2017] | USN | [see obituary] | |
| DEESE, Donald Wayne [1943-1993] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| ELKINS, Jesse Lee [1925 - 1994] | BM3 | USN | Fulford Cemetery - [see obituary] |
| EQUILS, William Medford [1932 - 2020] | MSgt | USAF | 1952-1972 - Served in Korea and in Vietnam [see obituary] |
| FONVILLE, Willie [1939 - 2020] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| FREEMAN, James | U. S. Army | ||
| FULCHER, Gerald H. [1929-2015] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| GARRISH, Kenneth Wayne [1951?-1999] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| GARRISH, Norman Lee [1947 - 2019] | 514th MP; 2 tours; Bronze Star [see obituary] | ||
| GASKILL, William Potter, Jr. [1943?-2017] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, Andrew | U. S. Army | ||
| GIBBS, JR., Charles Olian [1936-2017] | DC [Damage Controlman] |
USCG | Served aboard WAK-198 Cutter Kukui (1958-1963) [see obituary] |
| GIBBS, Clyde B. | PFC | U. S. Army | Vietnam in 1964 |
| GIBBS, David Isaiah [1940-2023] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, James Audry [1945 - 2005] | MMFN | USN | Fulford Cemetery - [see obituary] |
| GIBBS, Jr., James P. [1945 - 1989] | PFC | U. S. Army | Brooks-Cox Cemetery [see obituary] |
| GIBBS, Jessie H. | MSgt | U. S. Army | 1961-1981 with one tour in Vietnam |
| GiBBS, Joseph Thomas [1935-2004] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, K. D. | U. S. Army | ||
| GIBBS, Norwood Lee [1938-2009] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, Perry | U. S. Army | ||
| GIBBS, Robert Leon Sr. | Lance Corporal | USMC | 1961-1965 - One tour in Okinawa 1963-'64 [see obituary] |
| GIBBS, Rexie Royce [1938-2021] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, Sondra Hinnant [1943-2022] | U. S. Army NC Nat'l. Guard |
[see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, Tommy L. | U. S. Army | ||
| GIBBS, Victor T. | U. S. Army | ||
| GIBBS, Vincent D. [1949-2007] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| GIBBS, Wallace H. | U. S. Army | ||
| GURGANUS, James H. | U. S. Army | ||
| HARRIS, Weldon | U. S. Army | ||
| HARRIS, William G. | U. S. Army | ||
| HOGGARD, JR., Fletcher Colbert [1931 - 2009] | Sonarman | USCG | [see obituary] |
| HOLLOWAY, Linwood Garland [1949 - 2012] | SSgt | USAF | Green Hill Cemetery |
| HUNNINGS, Callas Winfield [1938-2005] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| HURD, Otis Wayne [1949 - 2019] | USAF | [see obituary with photo] | |
| JARVIS, Foster Linwood [1921 - 1993] | Chief Petty Officer | USN | Served 26 years; also served in WW II [see obituary] |
| JENNETTE, Robert Eugene [1940-1996] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| JONES, Myron Edwin Jr. [1947 - 2012] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| KEYES, Arnell [1944 - 1966] | PFC | U. S. Army | 101st Airborne Division; Killed in
Action: March 4, 1966 [see his Find-A-Grave page with photo] |
| KEYES, Harlem M. (brother of Arnell Keyes) |
USMC | Served 1966-1969 in 3rd Marine Division, 9th Marines, India Company; Wounded twice | |
| LEWARK, William Gary [1944 - 2005] | USN | [see obituary] | |
| LEWIS, Cecil Lamar [1946 - 2004] | SP4 | U. S. Army | Fulford Cemetery - [see obituary] |
| LEWIS, Dean Russell [1944-2023] | U. S. Army | Fulford Cemetery - [see obituary] | |
| LOCKYER, JR., Wallace Edwin [1937-2021] | U.S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| LUCAS, Geraldine Gibbs | Nurse | U. S. Army | [see obituary] |
| LUCAS, Hayes Dyrone [1953 - 1986] | U. S. Army | Green Hill Cemetery | |
| LUCAS, Thomas Lee [1935 - 1992] | CS3 | USN | Hampton National Cemetery |
| LUMSDEN, SR., Roy Wilson [1949 - 2005] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| MACKEY, Elton L. | U. S. Army | ||
| MANN, Richard Lee Jr. [1935-2021] | Lt | U. S. Army | [see obituary] |
| MANN, Walter Davis [1937-1999- | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| MARSHALL, JR., Murel Eugene [1942 - 2015] | USN | [see obituary] | |
| MARSHALL, Robert Autry [1925-2010] | MSgt | USAF | [see obituary] |
| MARSHALL, Roy Wayne [1944-2017] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| MASON, SR., David T. | USAF | ||
| MASON, JR., Jack N. | U. S. Army | ||
| MASON, James Allen [1949-2009] | Sgt. | U. S. Army | [see obituary] |
| MASON, Reginal Royce [1941-2016] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| McGOWAN, John Burney [1941 - 2009] | QM-3 | USN | 1959-1963; two tours off the coast of Vietnam in 1961 & 1963 and in Operation Bominic I at Johnson Island Hydrogen Bomb tests in 1962 [see obituary] |
| McKINNEY, Curtis Conway [1933-2004 | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| McKINNEY, Jimmy Dwight Sr. [1942-2017] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| MERRICK, Winfield | Airman 3rd Class | USAF | Green Hill Cemetery |
| MIDGETT, William Thomas [1950 - 2017] | U.S. Army | [see obituary with photo] | |
| MIDGETTE, Alton | U.S. Army | ||
| MIDGETTE, Roy | U. S. Army | ||
| MIDGETTE, Zion Bunyan Jr. [1938-1993] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| MOONEY, Lindsey G. Jr. [1940-2021] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| MOONEY, SR., Shelton Leon [1945 - 2009] | U. S. Army | HHC - 35th Engineer Group; Cam Rahn Bay [see obituary] | |
| MURRAY, David T. | U. S. Army | ||
| NEWMAN, Mitchell Paul [1945 - 2016] | U. S. Army | [see obituary with photo] | |
| NEWMAN, SR., Thomas Edward [1943 - 2020] | Sgt | U. S. Army | Served 1965-1967 [see obituary] |
| NOBLE, Bennie Lee [1938-2000] | USMC | [see obituary] | |
| O'NEAL, JR., Alfred Strange [1947 - 2015] | USMC | [see obituary with photo] | |
| O'NEAL, Carlton Boyce [1942-2014] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| O'NEAL, Jimmy Willard [1940-2003] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| O'NEAL, Larry Allen [1942 - 2003] | SP4 | U.S. Army | [see obituary] Fairfield Cemetery |
| O'NEAL, Richard Charles [1945-2017] | U.S. Army & USCG | [see obituary] | |
| O'NEAL, Stafford [1945-2021] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| PUGH, Leonard Theodore Jr. [1932-2007] | Master Chief | USN | [see obituary] [Dameron Hickson Pugh Cemetery] |
| RABURN, Johnnie Parkins [1948 - 1999] | USCG | [see obituary] | |
| RADCLIFF, GURNWOOD LEE JR. [1951-2012] | U. S. Army Army Nat'l. Guard |
[see obituary] | |
| ROBINSON, Raymomd Lavern [1952-2022] | SP5 | U. S. Army | [see obituary] |
| ROPER, Henry Lee Jr. [1947 - ] | U. S. Army | 1969-1970 | |
| SADLER, Garry W. | U. S. Army | ||
| SAWYER, Donald Sherwood [1949 - 1969] | PFC | USMC | HK Company, Head Quarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division; Killed In Action: Apr. 11, 1969; Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart |
| SAWYER, John [1939 - ] | USMC | 1969-1970 | |
| SCHMITT, Robert Gray [1942 - 2006] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| SEARS, Nathaniel Bennett [1939-2007] | Engineman 2nd Class | USCG | [see obituary] |
| SELBY, Gregory | PO 3rd Class | USN | 1967-1972 |
| SELBY, Wallace | U. S. Army | ||
| SILVERTHORNE, Cecil Norman [1946 - 2000] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| SMITH, Bernis Leighton [1927 - 2016] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| SMITHWICK, Bruce S. | U. S. Army | ||
| SMITHWICK, Danny R. | U. S. Army | ||
| SPOTANSKI, Serge Walter [1947 - 1968] | Corporal | USMC | KIA by small arms fire; Quang Nam Province, Dec. 6, 1968 |
| SWINDELL, Michael Thurman | Petty Off. 2nd Class | USN | Served in country 1969-1970 & off-shore on the USS Hornet for 14 months |
| TOMLINSON, Jonathan W. "JW" | A1C | USAF | Served 1961-1966 Charleston, SC |
| TOPPING, Clifford B. | U. S. Army | ||
| WALLER, Ray Thomas [1940-2007] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| WARD, Jerry Ellsworth [1939-2009] | USAF | [see obituary] | |
| WARNER, George Blackburn Jr. [1951-2004] | USN | [see obituary] | |
| WATSON, Ernest C. "Ernie" | Corporal | USMC | 2nd Bn. - Served 1966-1968 [see obituary] |
| WESTON, Samuel G. [1940 - 2002] | SP4 | U. S. Army | Ada & Addison Brown Memorial Cemetery |
| WHEELER, Walter Fletcher [1937 - 2022] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] | |
| WHITFIELD, David [1951 - 1996] | Sergeant | U. S. Army | |
| WHITFIELD, Willie A. [1946 - 1995] | SP4 | U. S. Army | Ada & Addison Brown Memorial Cemetery |
| WILLIAMS, Brice | Sergeant | U. S. Army | Served Aug, 1966 to Aug, 1968 |
| WILLIAMS, Edward Wendell [1935 - 2009] | U. S. Army | [see obituary] Also served in the Korean War | |
| WILLIAMS, Ira Dixon [1929 - 2002] | TSgt. | US Army/USAF | [see obituary] Soule Cemetery; Vietnam 1969-'70 |
| WILLIAMS, Sammie E. | |||
|
WILLIAMS,
William Farrow (Click on Name for more info) |
Lt. Col. | USAF | Aircraft Commander on the first
Trans-Pacific Helicopter Flight in
1970 from Alaska to Viet Nam; Commander of Detachment 5, 39th ARRS, Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, FL. [see obituary] |
| WILLIAMSON, Charles Pratt Jr. [1936-2011] | [see obituary] | ||
| WILSON, Jack [1943-2015] | USN | [see obituary] | |
| WISE, Robert Graham [1938-2014] | Chief Engineer | USCG | [see obituary] |
| WYNN, William James [1943-2022] | USAF | [see obituary] |
Contributed by Cecil L. Lewis
Copyright 2020
