GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS FIELD OF HONOR THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FROM GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Michael Cross ---alpha@texoma.net ALL THE SERVICE MEN LISTED BELOW LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II ADAMS JESSIE LEROY KIA ON U.S.S. TENNESSEE AT PEARL HARBOR AIKEN VERNON ALEXANDER JONES PAUL , KILLED AUG 2,1945 ALLEN ROY ANDERSON JOHNIE H. KILLED ON LUZON APR 16,1945 SILVER STAR PH. ARMSTRONG ROBERT S. ARNOLD BILL S-SGT KIA JUL 9,1944 IN FRANCE ATKINS CLAUDE AYERS KENNETH M.. KILLED IN BATTLE FOR NORMANDY, IN FRANCE, PRES. CITATION & PH BAKER LESTER S\SGT KIA NOV 1944 IN GERMANY SILVER STAR , PRES. - CITATION BALES WILLIAM MANUEL BARBEE WILLIAM BURL SGT KIA MAY 23,1944 IN ITALY BATTLE STARS , OAK LEAF CLUSTER BARKER ALVIN LEE CAPTIAN KIA 0CT 8,1943 IN GERMANY , 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS BASS WILLIAM R. S-SGT MIA RADIO-GUNNER ON B-29 BEAUCHAMP W. F. BELDEN JR. HARRY KIA BELL ALVIN RAY LT. KIA FEB 6,1945 152 INF 38 DIV ON LUZON, SILVER STAR P.H. BELL HAROLD C. KIA BENSON HOWARD DALE BENTLEY DELBERT CPL KIA JUN 28,1944 ON SAIPAN 8th REGT 2nd DIV USMC. 1 BATTLE STAR, PH BIDWELL JOHN ELTON JR. BLACKBURN EDGAR L. CPL KIA SEP 9,1943 SILVER STAR P.H. BLEVINS LONNIE C. BOGGS LaFERNE KIA BOYD DONALD GLADNEY LT. KILLED DURING CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT OCT-1941 IN B-17 BOMBER BRATZ GERALD RAY KIA IN FEB 1942 US MARINE CORPS BRIDGES BILLY S/SGT KIA AUG 1943 . MADE 35 MISSIONS AS TAIL GUNNER ON B-17 BRINKLEY TONY WEBER A.M.S. 3/C. KIA MAR--1944 BROOKS ROY M. T/SGT KIA AUG 28,1944 AT KERAMPE FRANCE CO G 23th INF 2th DIV BSM-PH OLC BROWN EARL WILSON BROWN HAROLD E. SILVER STAR P.H. BROWN PAUL LUTHER SGT KIA AUG 1944 SILVER STAR, PURPLE HEART BUFFALO PAUL BURGESS JAMES A. SGT KILLED IN SINKING OF TROOP SHIP OFF COAST ALGERIA APR 30,1944 BURGESS ANDREW BURKHAM EDWARD L BURKHAM DOYLE T . PVT KIA MAR 29,1945. ON CEBU IN THE PHILIPPINES P.H. 182th INF. BUTCHER WILLIAM J. CAGLE LLOYD B. MIA JAN-1945 IN FRANCE CAMBRON LUTHER C. JR. KIA MAR-1945 ON LUZON, 4 BATTLE STARS , PH , 8th CAVALRY CANOTSEY L. D. CARAWAY JAMES T. CARPENTER JOHN JR CARTER AYMAR CARTER CHARLES H. KIA CARTWRIGHT WILLIAM CAVENDER ALFRED D. WOUNDED NOV-1944, DIED NOV-1944 BRONZE STAR, THREE BATTLE STARS, PH CHEATHAM TOMMIE CLARK CLYDE E. COOK WILLIE L. S/SGT KILLED JUN 10,1945 3 MAJOR BATTLE STARS COTTON RANDELL O LT. MIA NOV--1942 PILOT OF B-17 IN NEW GUINEA COVINGTON RAY WILKES S/SGT US ARMY AIR FORCE COX JR. ALEX ALFRED MIA SINCE OCT-1944 CURTIS CHARLES W. KIA IN GERMANY ON APR 6,1945 DERRELL JACK S-SGT KIA MAR-1945 BURIED SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE DODSON HASKALL JACK KIA APR 1,1944 AT NAPLES, ITALY DOUGLAS HERMAN F. TEC-5 DIED IN JAN-1945 IN FRANCE DRIGGS ORVAL O. KIA SEP 25,1944 IN FRANCE, SILVER STAR, PH DUCKETT WALLACE H. SGT KIA JUN 21,1945 IN THE MARIANAS PH DUNCAN SAMUEL VERNON KIA DYCKMAN STUART EARHEART EDGAR L. PVT KILLED ON MINDANAO ISLAND JUL-1945 , HAS 5 BATTLE STARS ELKINS EDWARD E. KIA ELLIOTT BILLY Y. KIA ELLIOTT WELDON L. KIA NOV 7,1944 IN THE PHILIPPINES ENGLAND RICHARD BOYD KIA DEC 7,1941 AT PEARL HARBOR ON USS WEST VIRGINIA ESTES JACK FISCHER MIA ON A B-29 JAN 3,1945 - 3 BATTLE STARS, CREDIT FOR TWO JAP PLANES FAIR CHARLES EDISON FAIRCHILD LEO B. PFC DIED FEB 12,1945 IN A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FINNEY HAROLD L. SGT KIA NOV 1944 LEYTE ISLAND FLANERY GUY W. SGT KIA JUN 3,1944 AT APRILL'A ITALY FORD JACK KIA FORD LEO W FRANCIS ALTUS LEE FRANCIS DAVID S. S-SGT KILLED IN MAR-1945 IN ENGLAND FULMER CARL GAFFORD BEN P. KIA GAILEY JAMES W. PFC KIA SEP 16,1943 WITH THE 36TH DIV. SALERNO ITALY, SILVER STAR PH GARNER CLARENCE CARLYL GIBSON ALVIN LEE GIBSON BRYCE C. JR. GOOD WALKER. GREEN MARLIN E KIA IN ITALY AT CASSINO IN NOV 1943 GREGG PASHALL J. JR. KIA HAINLINE CHARLES E. HALES LOYD HALLEY JOHN W. HALLIDAY CECIL HAMILTON HUGH DALE KIA HAMILTON W. N. JR. KILLED OCEANSIDE CALIF. HANEY ROBERT O. KIA APR 17,1945 ON QYUKU ISLANDS HARALSON LaRUE ] KIA HARDWICK CLIFFORD G. JR. [1916-1942] KIA HARNER JOHN T. HART BARNEY F. KIA HASH CHESTER DAVE SGT KILLED MAY 24,1945 ON OKINAWA 4th MARINES 6th MARINE DIV HAWKINS ANDY HELTON HERMAN T. HENDERSON RAY R. HERBERT JOHN HESTER HAROLD L. HICKS RUSSELL D. HIGDON JOSEPH D. HILL GEORGE R. HITE RAY M. KIA APR 22,1945 AT AMBERG GERMANY PH HOCKER RICHARD HOGG JESSE T. JR. HOLDER CARL W. KIA HOLLEY JOHN. W. JR KIA JUL 21,1944 ON GUAM HOPKINS DON KIA HORTON BILLY HOTT EARL D. KILLED IN JEEP WRECK JAN 27,1943 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIF. HUDGINS LONZO PVT KILLED NOV 10,1944 53th ARMD INF 4th ARMD DIV HUDSON JESS CARL HUNT DON HYDE ROBERT IRWIN RAYMOND R. KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH OCT 24,1942 ISOM L. C. JACKSON LEROY JENNINGS ALBERT G. KIA NOV 8,1944 IN SOARLAUTERN GERMANY. WITH THE 9th AIR FORCE JOHNSON ANDREW D KIA NOV 27,1943 AT TARAWA-WOUNDED ON GUADALCANAL JOHNSON OTHELL [BOB] KIA AUG 10,1944 ON GUAM PH. JOLLY HENRY V. CPL KIA DEC 15,1944 IN ITALY JONES DAVID C. KILLED SEP 30,1944 JONES CHARLES E. PVT KIA JUL 5,1944 313th INF JONES J. D. KIA NOV 28,1944 IN FRANCE JUHL JR. OTTO H. KENT CHARLES JR. KENT LONNIE J JR. KIA JUL 14,1944 IN FRANCE 23rd INF 2nd DIV KEY JAMES RALPH SGT WOUNDED NOV 22,1944 , DIED DEC 22,1944 ON LEYTE ISLAND LANE GEORGE E. S/SGT DIED OF WOUNDS NOV 13,1944 ,IN THE PHILLIPPNES LANE HARVEY MONROE TEC-4 191st TANK BN. LATONA ANTHONY B. PFC KIA NOV 1942 PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AND WINGS POSTHUMOUSLY LEIPSE ROBERT A. LEONI ALBERT G. LEROY JACKSON LILLY LAWRENCE S/SGT KIA OCT 1,1944 CHATTURENE, FRANCE 359th INF 90th DIV LINDSEY DAVID FRANK LOST IN TYPHOON ABOARD DESTROYER MONAGHAN DEC 18,1944 LINDSEY J. M. CPL KILLED MAR 22,1945 IN GERMANY 7 BATTLE STARS, PH LITSEY SHEPHERD T/SGT KIA NOV 5,1944 IN ACTION OVER GERMANY LITTLE MORIS LITTLE WILLIAM K. LOVEDAY DUDLEY J. LUCAS CHARLES LELAND KIA MANDEL CARL KIA JUN 22,1944 ST. LO. FRANCE MARTIN CARL PVT KIA JUN 22,1944 IN FRANCE MARTIN CARL H. S/SGT KIA OCT 13,1943 ON GUADALCANAL MARTIN LESLIE VIBLE KIA MARVIN E. V. JR. CPL KIA MAR-1945 ON IWO JIMA. MATLOCK GUY M. MATTHEWS EDWARD L. MAULDIN LEE H. S/SGT KIA OCT 13,1944 IN HURTGEN FOREST MAYO JOHN A. KIA McBRIDE CLETUS KIA PFC 182nd INF 1st DIV. McCAFFERTY BRADY EVERETTE KIA MAY 21,1943 McCALISTER CHARLES L. KIA McCURDY J. R. KILLED FEB 1944 IN ENGLAND McDANIEL GORDON D. KIA McDONALD ROBERT ENSIGN USNR McGEHEE EMMENT W SGT KIA MAR 4,1945 IN GERMANY MEEK GEORGE KIA MEEK RICHARD LT BOMBARIER KILLED IN CRASHED JAN 1944 MILAM MARVIN L. KIA MILLER JESSE F. CPL FIELD ARTY MILLER RHEA MITCHELL FRED SGT KILLED JUL 28,1944 IN FRANCE 9th INF 2th INF DIV MITCHELL GEORGE H. KILLED DEC 22,1944 ON LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINES TROOP G. 7th CAV. MONTGOMERY DEWEY PATTON KIA NOV 13,1942 AT GUADALCANAL PRES. CITATION. PH MOORE NEAL K. KIA JAN-1945 WITH 33RD DIV. IN BELGIUM MOORE SAM B. MORGAN MOSES J.. DIED FEB 1,1945 FROM A HEART ATTACK MORROW ERWIN W. K NEATHERY CHARLES NEIL ROBERT NEWSOME A. J. 2nd LT KIA OCT 1944 IN CHINA NICHOLAS MARTIN A. NICHOLES ROY LEE S/SGT GUNNER ON B-17 ON 21st MISSION PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER ITALY NOEL JOSEPH PFC KILLED JUL 3,1944 17th MARINES O'NEAL J. W. CPL KILLED JUN 18,1944 23rd MARINES 4th MARINE DIV. OWENS BILLY JOE PACK JESSE O. PAGE HOMER BRYAN PATTILLO SAM PEACOCK HARRY KIA PELLY EARL LEON KIA MAY 15,1943 PERRIN KENNETH PHEMISTER ROIS B. PHILLIPS LEONARD RAY KIA OCT 20,1944 PIKE WILLIAM J. KIA SHIP TORPEDOED JUL 16,1943 DIED OF WOUNDS POLLACK JIM KIA POINDEXTER JAMES NOBLE, MAJOR COMPLETED 112 MISSIONS, KILLED IN ENGLAND POINTS CLYDE EUDELL PORTER ROBERT K. JR. PRENTICE BEN KIA PRUITT DON C.. KIA OCT -1944 IN GERMANY PH PULLIAM EDWIN W KIA MAY-1945 PH HAD BEEN AT GUADAICANAL, NEW GUIINEA, LUZON RAGSDALE BAILEY KIA IN JUNE 1944 WITH INF UNIT, PRES. CITATION, PH. RAINES VERNON RAY KILLED IN APRIL-1945 BEEN AT BOUGAINVILLE, AND THE PHILIPPINES RANSON WILLIAM H. KIA REMMER PAUL RENFRO ORVEL R. KIA SEP 22,1944 IN ITALY REYNOLDS DOUGLAS RAY RIDDLE JOE JAMES RISK EDWARD ROBERTS LUTHER E. KIA IN OCT-1944 DURING THE PHILLIPE INVASION ROBINSON JAMES CALVIN RODDY ROBERT S. KIA IN MAY-1943 SHOT DOWN OVER FRANCE ROGERS JOE ROLLINS PERNEL ROOP GEORGE H. RUNNELS GEORGE RAY KIA RUSSELL JOHN STANLEY KIA RUTLEDGE JAMES KIA SAVAGE CARROL SGT KILLED OCT 4,1944 IN ITALY, AIR MEDAL, PH SAWYER ARCHIE GLEN KIA FEB 19,1944 SCARBERRY BYRLE M. S-SGT KIA IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND MAY 20,1945 AAF SCHEID MARVIN VANN KIA FEB 19,1944 SCOTT R. L. KIA SCYRKELS RUSSELL H. KILLED IN PLANE CRASH IN 1943 AT ELTROA,CALF SELF EUGENE H. KIA LOST IN ACTION IN THE CORAL SEA SEXTON JOE A. SHARP EARL LaVERNE KILLED ON AUG 11,1942 PLANE ACCIDENT ENGLAND SHULL LEO MARVIN SINCLAIR DAY SINCLAIR FLOYD H. SIMMONS MANCEL M.M. 1/C KILLED ON JUN 10,1944 SERVED AT NEW CALEDONIA SMALLWOOD CHARLES S/2 KILLED AUG 23,1943 US NAVY GUADALCANAL SMITH HARVEY LEE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPS KILLED WHEN SHIP TAKING HIM TO JAPAN WAS SUNK SORY JOSEPH I. STALLINGS CHARLES RAY STANBERY THERMAN JAS STEED RAYMOND C. STEHAM GEORGE L. SGT KIA MAY 20,1945 ON MINDANAO ISLAND SULLIVAN J. R SUTTON EUGENE . TEMPELMEYER CHARLES S/SGT KILLED MAR 3,1944 US MARINE CORPS THOMAS ARLIS KIA THOMAS EDWIN E. THOMAS JACK L. THOMPSON JOHN W PFC KIA NOV 19,1944 IN FRANCE 10th ARMD INF 4th ARMD DIV THOMPSON ROBERT J. LT. KIA ON APR 21,1944 THOMPSON THOMAS HAROLD S-SGT MIA JUL-1944 SERVED IN INDIA ON A C-47 TRANSPORT THORNHILL JACK L. KIA ON LUZON APR 19,1945 VAUGHAN JAMES W. PFC KILLED IN FRANCE SEP 12,1944 VEST CHARLES E/ VESTAL HAROLD JR. KILLED JUL 12,1944 23rd INF 2nd INF DIV VESTAL WILLIAM L. WADE JOHN E. WALLACE WALLACE C. WARREN BILLY SCOTT WARREN WENDELL W. WATSON CLARENCE LEE MIA MAY 7,1942 WATSON JAMES G. WEATHERLY CHARLES E. SGT KIA WITH SEVEN CREW MEMBERS OVER KASSU, GERMANY WEBSTER GEORGE B. JR. WELLS RAYMOND L. KIA JUN 10,1945 ON OKINAWA WENDT WILLIAM B.. JR.. S 1/C KIA IN DEC 1944 JAP SUICIDE PLANE HIT SHIP WHITFIELD JOHN T. WHITTEMORE FRANK WILDER LONNIE C. WILLIAMS GEORGE J. KIA MAY 21,1945 ON OKINAWA, 1st MARINE DIV. WILLINGHAM ISAAC KIA ON JUN 10,1944 ON NORMANDY BEACHHEAD WINCHESTER JOHN D. ENTERED SERVICE AUG--1942 KILLED ON FIRST FURLOUGH AT HOME WOOD HOMER A. WOOD JAMES E. WORTHAM WILLIAM C . T/SGT KILLED JUL 26,1944 NEAR ST LO IN FRANCE 9th INF 2ND INF DIV. WRIGHT JACK 1st LT. KIA ON LEYTE NOV 13,1944 --- 2 BATTLE STARS, PH ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 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