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Rank
Surname
Given Name
Town
County
Status
Serial #
Next of Kin
Photo Info

Private

ADAMS,

Arthur

Jeremiah

Letcher

Came Home

 

 

 

Purple Heart

Pvt., USMCR.

ADAMS,

Henry L.

Mayking

Letcher

Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions

 

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Adams

 

 

Electrian's mate 1c, USN.

ADKINS,

Ralph Langley

Whitesburg

Letcher

Released from Prison Camp

 

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boaz Adkins, Box 416

 

 

Fire Controlman 3c, USNR.
BATES, Henry, Jr. East Jenkins Letcher Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
Mother, Mrs. Dinah Bates  
 
Asst. Cook, USMCR.
BLAIR, Fess Osborne Jeremiah Letcher Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Blair  
 

Pvt., USMCR.

BLANTON,

George

Farraday

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Wife, Mrs. George Blanton

 

 

Pvt., USMCR.
BOWENS, Has, Jr. Millstone Letcher Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Has Bowens, Sr.  
 
Hospital Apprentice 1c, USNR.
BURKE,  Arville East Jenkins Letcher Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leffey L. Burke  
 

Pfc., USMC.

CHILDERS,

Mack T.

McRoberts

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Thomas H. Childers

 

 

Cpl, USMCR.
CRAFT, Grover E. Mayking Letcher Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
Wife, Mrs. Grover E. Craft  
 

Seaman 1c, USN.

FLINT,

Chester

McRoberts

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Warnie Flint

 

 

Storekeeper 3c, USN.

GILLIAM,

Jesse James

Mayking

Letcher

Died or Killed as Prisoner of War

 

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hascue G. Gilliam

 

 

Seaman 1c, USNR.

HAMPTON,

Jerry Proffit

Letcher

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. Solomon H. Hampton

 

 

 

HOLBROOK,

Chester

 

Letcher

Killed in Action

 

 

 

Dan Mohn

Watertender 2c,, USNR.

HOLBROOK,

Wesley

Seco

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Mother, Mrs. Maggie Holbrook (Wife, Ruby Holbrook, serving with armed forces.)

 

 

Machinist's mate 1c, USN. HOLBROOKS, Benjamin Millstone Letcher Released from Prison Camp  
Father, Mr. Dolph Holbrooks  
 

Apprentice seaman, USNR.

JENKINS,

Harold Swisher

Fleming

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. John A. Jenkins

 

 

Pfc., USMCR.

JONES,

Walter H.

Carbon Glow

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Henry M. Jones

 

 

Private

PECE,

James T.

 

Letcher

Killed in Action

 

 

 

Charles Reals

Pfc., USMCR.

STIDHAM,

Robert L.

Cromona

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. Britton Stidham

 

 

Pvt., USMCR.

VANCE,

Lindesay

Jenkins

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Mother, Mrs. Mary Baker

 

 

Fireman 1c, USN.

WASSUM,

Joseph Cox

Jenkins

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Robert Howe Wassum, Gen. Del.

 

 

Seaman 2c, USNR.

WHITAKER,

Herbert

Whitaker

Floyd or Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Whitaker

 

 

Electrician's Mate 2c, USN.

WHITAKER,

James Richard, Jr.

Letcher

Letcher

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. James Richard Whitaker, Sr.