World War II Honor Roll - Knox County, Tennessee

US Army /Air Corps

 

 

 

NAME:

RANK:
Aaron, James L.
PVT
DNB
Adams, George
PVT
KIA
Allen, James C  Jr.
1 LT
KIA
Anderson, Carl J.
S SG
FOD
Andes, Ivan A.
CPL
DNB
Anthes, Calvin L
2 LT
KIA
Armstrong, Ralph C.
PFC
DNB
Arnetta, Sam M.
PVT
KIA
Atchley, James C.
PVT
DNB
Atkins, Paul E.
2 LT
FOD
Ault, Earl J.
PVT
DOW
Austin, John D.
Maj
DNB
Babelay, Herbert C.
TEC5
DNB
Badgett, James L.
PFC
KIA
Bailes, Hartsell L.
S SG
KIA
Bailie, Gilbert H.
S SG
KIA
Ball, Frank H. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Banner, John C.
PVT
DNB
Banner, Walter M.
TEC 4
KIA
Barker, Wilson B. Jr.
CPL
KIA
Barrickman, James A.
2 LT
KIA
Bates, Fred B.
PVT
DOW
Bean, John L.
PVT
DNB
Bell, John E.
PFC
KIA
Best, William H.
PFC
DOW
Bewer, Paul U.
PFC
DOW
Black, Charles H.
PFC
KIA
Blackburn, John H.
PVT
DNB
Blair,  Earl L.
PFC
KIA
Blalock, Lester F.
PVT
DNB
Blaufeld, Walter N. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Blazier, Grady H.
2 LT
KIA
Bonner, William W.
1 LT
FOD
Bowden, Nicholls W.
1 LT
KIA
Bowerman, George L.
PFC
KIA
Bowers, Jack L.
PFC
KIA
Breeden, James A.
PVT
DNB
Bright, Raymond U
TEC 5
DNB
Brogdon, Archlious B
PFC
KIA
Brooks, Mayford D.
PVT
KIA
Broyles, John R. Jr.
SGT
KIA
Bunch, Clofus R.
TEC5
KIA
Burchfield, Thomas E.
PVT
KIA
Burgin, James L.
SGT
KIA
Burgin, Thomas H.
CPL
DNB
Burnett, Walter E. Jr.
1 LT
DNB
Burton, Gerald C.
S SG
FOD
Byerly, John T.
CAPT
DOW
Byrd, Charles W.
PFC
KIA
Capps, Lee R.
SGT
KIA
Carey, Herman C.
2 LT
DNB
Carroll, Edward B.
PFC
DNB
Cash, James W.
PFC
KIA
Castleberry, Howard M.
PVT
KIA
Cathey, Joe E.
S SG
DOW
Caylor, Frank H. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Chambers, Cay
TEC 5
KIA
Chambers, Robert L. Jr.
TEC 5
DNB
Chandler, Robert P. Jr.
S SG
DNB
Chandler, Wilfred T.
Capt.
KIA
Childress, John N.
SGT
KIA
Chrisman, William
PFC
KIA
Clabough, Frank M.
PFC
KIA
Clark, Lester G.
TEC 5
KIA
Clark, Wyman K.
Capt
KIA
Clarke, Charles R. Jr.
TEC 4
DNB
Clayton, Roy E.
PVT
DNB
Clemons, Esley Jr.
PFC
DNB
Clifton, Eugene B.
PVT
FOD
Cline, Gerome
PFC
DOW
Clowers, Henry T.
PVT
FOD
Coffey, Shelley C.
SGT
KIA
Coffin, Hector 3rd
PFC
DNB
Coffman, Alvin W.
TEC 4
KIA
Coile, Paul C.
PVT
DNB
Cole, Leroy H.
SGT
KIA
Collingsworth  W. F. Jr.
1 LT
DNB
Collins, Noah V.
PFC
DNB
Colvin, Richard H.
2 LT
KIA
Combest, Cecil
SGT
KIA
Conway, Homer C.
PVT
KIA
Cooper, Melvin O.
SGT
KIA
Cooper, Otis E.
PFC
KIA
Cooper, Raymond L.
PFC
DNB
Coppenger, Roy K.
PFC
DNB
Corum, Clyde R.
PFC
KIA
Cothren, Edward F. Jr.
1 LT
KIA
Covington, Lester W. V.
PVT
DNB
Coward, Matt T.
2 LT
DNB
Cox, Marion B.
S SG
KIA
Cox, Monroe H.
CPL
KIA
Craig, Brown A.
CAPT
KIA
Crum, John H.
PVT
DNB
Cruze, Clifford C.
PFC
DNB
Cruze, Kenneth A.
PFC
DNB
Cruze, William H.
PVT
KIA
Cummings, Herbert B.
T SG
KIA
Cunningham, Perry E.
S SG
KIA
Curnutt, Harry L.
PFC
KIA
Davis, Walter E.
2 LT
KIA
Davis, William J.
PVT
DNB
De Marcus, Warren M.
2 LT
KIA
Dean, William T.
PFC
KIA
Derreberry, Boyd R.
PVT
KIA
Dickey, Steward R. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Dodson, Edgar C.
PVT
KIA
Dooley, Walter E.
1 LT
FOD
Douglas, Hugh W.
CPL
FOD
Doyal, Faine M.
2 LT
FOD
Drinnen, Thomas B.
CAPT
DNB
Dunn, Earl S.
TEC 5
KIA
Dunn, Hollis E.
PVT
KIA
Dyer, Harless
PVT
KIA
Dyer, Porter H.
PFC
KIA
Easley, Charles B.
2 LT
KIA
Eckle, Murrell W.
PFC
KIA
Ellis, Sam L.
COL
DNB
Ellison, James A.
S SG
KIA
Elza, Karl B.
AV C
DNB
Fain, Clifford L.
PFC
DNB
Farmer, Earl F.
PFC
KIA
Faulkner, Ralph H.
PVT
KIA
Feeman, Frank J.
2 LT
DNB
Fielden, Lincoln A.
PVT
DNB
Fine, John
CPL
KIA
Ford, Fred C.
1 LT
KIA
Ford, Walter A.
PVT
DOW
Foster, Clifton R.
PFC
KIA
Fox, Charles E.
PFC
KIA
Fox, Louis O.
PFC
KIA
Francis, David
S SG
KIA
Francis, Louis Jr.
CPL
KIA
Francis, Phillip
S SG
DNB
Freels, Paul A.
PFC
KIA
Frye, James N.
SGT
DOW
Furgerson, Richard L.
CPL
DNB
Gaddis, Ralph E.
PFC
KIA
Gardner, Lester J.
PVT
KIA
Gatliff, Ben D.
PVT
KIA
Gentry, Edward R.
CPL
M
Geyer, F. H. 3rd
CPL
KIA
Gilbert, James D.
1 LT
KIA
Glover, James C.
S SG
KIA
Goddard, Lewis F.
1 SG
KIA
Goolsbe, Arthur L.
PVT
KIA
Gordeman, Onie J.
PFC
DNB
Gosnell, Hugh S.
PFC
KIA
Gossage, Harold R.
PVT
KIA
Graves, Ralph E.
PFC
DNB
Graves, Virgil R.
PVT
KIA
Gray, Millard C.
PFC
DOW
Green, Elihue
PVT
KIA
Green, Jack
TEC 5
KIA
Green, Lonnie Jr.
PVT
KIA
Grooms, Edward C.
1 LT
DNB
Grosclose, Eugene
PVT
DOW
Gunn, Norman
PVT
DNB
Hackworth, Elmer B.
PVT
KIA
Haire, Jack
PFC
KIA
Haire, Lawrence F.
PVT
DNB
Hall, Francis L.
S SG
KIA
Halliburton, Joseph G.
2 LT
KIA
Hamilton, Frank
PVT
KIA
Hansard, Leroy J.
PVT
KIA
Hanson, Earnest
PFC
DNB
Harmon, William E.
PVT
KIA
Harris, Edward L.
2 LT
KIA
Harris, James D.
PVT
DNB
Harris, Julius
PVT
DNB
Harris, Vernon M.
S SG
DNB
Harrison, William R.
PVT
DNB
Hart, Kenneth B.
PVT
KIA
Hatmaker, Charles
PVT
KIA
Hayes, Charles W.
2 LT
KIA
Headrick, Clifford H.
PFC
DNB
Hedgecock, Charles
PFC
KIA
Henderson, Edward L.
PFC
KIA
Henley, Charles H. Jr.
1 LT
FOD
Henry, Ulysses S.
PVT
KIA
Hensley, John R.
PFC
KIA
Hensley, Roscoe O.
PFC
FOD
Hewitt, Billy F.
PVT
KIA
Hicks, James G. Jr.
CAPT
DNB
Hicks, Karl K.
2 LT
KIA
Hoard, Robert C.
PFC
KIA
Horner, Walter M.
SGT
KIA
Hudson, Charles R.
CPL
DOW
Huff, Jack D.
T SG
KIA
Hull, James C.
1 LT
KIA
Hundley, C. C. F.
PVT
KIA
Hunt, John D.
PFC
KIA
Hunt, Thomas J.
S SG
KIA
Hurst, Albert P.
PFC
KIA
Husky, Walter
CAPT
DNB
Hyde, Arnold J.
TEC 4
KIA
Hyder, Leroy
1 LT
KIA
Imes, Wendell P.
2 LT
KIA
Irwin, Charles B.
S SG
KIA
Ivens, Murrell D.
PVT
KIA
Jarnagin, John K.
PFC
DNB
Jenkins, Robert M.
PFC
KIA
Johnson, Edward F.
CPL
DNB
Johnson, John B.
TEC 5
DNB
Johnson, John W.
PVT
KIA
Johnston, Charles D.
MAJ
FOD
Joiner, Glen E.
S SG
FOD
Jones, Hugh J. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Jones, Roy D.
TEC 5
DNB
Julian, William M. Jr.
S SG
KIA
Keck, Elmer
PFC
KIA
Keesling, Edward F.
S SG
KIA
Kelley, Benjamin H. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Kemp, Edward Jr.
S SG
DNB
Kennedy, James C.
PFC
KIA
Kennedy, William A. Jr.
1 LT
FOD
Kidd, Bert L. Jr.
S SG
FOD
Killian, William L.
CPL
FOD
King, Orville R.
PFC
KIA
Kirby, William J.
TEC 4
KIA
Kitts, Ford L.
PFC
KIA
Kline, Leroy
2 LT
DNB
Knight, Walter B.
PFC
KIA
Kreis, William W.
MAJ
DOW
Lambert, William C.
PFC
KIA
Land, James T.
SGT
FOD
Lane, Anderson F. Jr.
2 LT
DNB
Lane, Mc Kinley B.
PFC
KIA
Lane, Rudolph L.
PVT
FOD
Lauderback, Wallace
PVT
DNB
Lawson, Wesley T.
S SG
KIA
Ledgerwood, Jay V. Jr.
PFC
DNB
Lennon, Edgar F. Jr
PVT
DNB
Levity, John S. Jr.
TEC 5
KIA
Lilly, Clarence M.
SGT
DOW
Lindley, George E.
1 LT
KIA
Lindsey, Lewis M
PVT
KIA
Lister, Alner D.
FL O
KIA
Long, Howard E.
PVT
DNB
Long, James D.
CAPT
KIA
Long, Odell
TEC5
DNB
Lowe, Alvin M.
T SG
DOW
Loy, Romie E.
S SG
KIA
Lyle, John A. Jr.
S SG
DNB
Majors, Hoyle E.
S SG
FOD
Manning, George H.
PFC
KIA
Manuel, James E.
PVT
DOW
Maples, John D.
CPL
KIA
Maples, Paul
PVT
KIA
Maples, Sherman W.
TEC 3
DNB
Martin, Francis J.
PFC
DNB
Martin, Jack H.
S SG
KIA
Martin, James N.
PVT
DNB
Martin, James W.
PVT
KIA
Mary, William H. Jr.
2 LT
FOD
Mason, Orbin L.
CPL
DOW
Mc Cloud, Cecil L.
T SG
KIA
Mc Cook, Robert S.
2 LT
KIA
Mc Coy, Arthur R.
2 LT
FOD
Mc Coy, Berney H.
PFC
DNB
Mc Coy, Paul C.
PFC
KIA
Mc Cready, Joe R
1 LT
DNB
Mc Cutchan, Hugh H. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Mc Daniel, C. J. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Mc Daniel, James V.
PFC
DOW
Mc Donald, Wilson J.
PVT
KIA
Mc Elyea, Charles E.
PVT
FOD
Mc Elyea, Raymond S.
PFC
KIA
Mc Fall, Ralph L.
PFC
KIA
Mc Harris, Tomas J.
2 LT
KIA
Mc Millan, Bayless C.
PVT
KIA
Mc Millan, Bill A.
PFC
KIA
Meadows, Alfred L.
PVT
KIA
Merriman, James O.
PFC
KIA
Merritt, Charles A.
PVT
KIA
Merritt, Harvin L.
PVT
DOW
Miller, James R.
PVT
DOW
Miller, Leroy
S SG
KIA
Miller, Logan C.
PVT
KIA
Miller, Loyd W.
SGT
DNB
Miller, Max
S SG
DNB
Miller, Robert R.
PFC
KIA
Mills, Robert W.
PFC
KIA
Minch, Richard
1 LT
DNB
Minton, William E.
PVT
KIA
Mitchell, Benton B.
CAPT
DNB
Mitchell, Donald M.
PVT
KIA
Mitchell, William W.
1 LT
KIA
Monday, Troy A.
TEC 5
DNB
Moneymaker, Albert L.
S SG
KIA
Moore, Raymond E.
2 LT
FOD
Morrissey, D C. Jr.
CPL
FOD
Moss, Joe
PVT
DNB
Mullins, Elmer E.
PFC
KIA
Murphy, Alva C.
CAPT
KIA
Murphy, Dewey C.
PVT
KIA
Murrian, James A. Jr.
S SG
DNB
Myers, Jim C.
PVT
KIA
Myers, Willard E
PFC
DNB
Naugher, Jack W.
PVT
DNB
Neely, William R.
PVT
DOW
Nelson, William H.
PFC
KIA
Newcomb, Luther L.
PFC
DNB
Newhan, William H.
1 LT
KIA
Norris, Frank S. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Norris, John A. Jr.
2 LT
DNB
Norvell, Howard V.
PFC
KIA
Ogden, Samuel L.
CAPT
KIA
Ogle,Claude L.
SGT
DNB
Ott, Junior F.
CPL
DNB
Ottingle, Charles D.
SGT
DNB
Owens, Horace D. A.
PFC
KIA
Pack, Charles W.
PVT
DNB
Parker, John W.
PVT
KIA
Parker, Roy M
1 LT
KIA
Parkey, Wayne A. Jr.
TEC 5
KIA
Paskell, Rayford C.
PVT
KIA
Patrick, Henry C. 3rd
1 LT
DNB
Patton, Glenn W.
PVT
DOW
Peavler, Idle
PVT
DNB
Pedigo, Robert L.
2 LT
DNB
Perrin, Ross W. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Peters, Belvin J.
S SG
KIA
Peterson, Ross H.
S SG
KIA
Pettiford, Claude J.
PVT
KIA
Phifer, Lambreth A
2 LT
DNB
Phillips, Robert M.
2 LT
FOD
Pierce, Carl E.
CPL
DNB
Pinkerton, John H.
S SG
KIA
Pitts, Clifford H.
PVT
KIA
Porter, William E.
PVT
DNB
Porterfield, W. H.
PFC
KIA
Roche, Allan L.
PVT
DNB
Rohines, Howard O.
PVT
KIA
Roop, Eugene W. N.
S SG
KIA
Rose, Carl B.
PVT
KIA
Rose, Charles H. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Rose, Jack W.
PFC
KIA
Rutherford, Earl
PVT
KIA
Sanders, J. D.
PVT
DNB
Sands, John W.
PFC
KIA
Satterfield, Roy M.
S SG
KIA
Scarbrough, Frank C.
S SG
DNB
Scarlett, Harry E.
PVT
DNB
Scruggs, James C.
S SG
DNB
Seeber, Virgil R.
TEC 5
KIA
Shankles, Willis C.
PFC
KIA
Sharp, Floyd Jr.
PFC
KIA
Sheddan Lou C. Jr
T SG
KIA
Shipley, James E.
PFC
KIA
Short, Robert
CPL
DNB
Shuler, Cleo H.
PFC
KIA
Singleton, Elmer
PFC
KIA
Sink, Jay M Jr.
1 LT
DNB
Sise, Charlie E.
S SG
KIA
Sisson, thomas C.
PFC
KIA
Smelser, Beauford L.
PVT
KIA
Smeltzer, Clarence A.
PFC
KIA
Smith, Daniel B.
PFC
KIA
Smith, Eugene A.
PFC
DOW
Smith, George Jr.
PVT
KIA
Smith, Hoyle W
PVT
KIA
Smith, John R.
PFC
KIA
Smith, Kennith L.
PVT
KIA
Smith, Nelson W.
S SG
FOD
Smith, Peyton M. Jr.
2 LT
KIA
Smith, William K.
PFC
KIA
Snyder, Kenneth H.
PFC
KIA
Solomon, Frank D.
PVT
KIA
Solomon, Ples J.
PVT
KIA
Sotherland, Fred N.
PVT
DNB
Spurgeon, Lemuel C.
PVT
KIA
Stalcup, Elbert P.
PVT
DNB
Stallings, John D.
PVT
KIA
Standridge, Walter F.
PFC
KIA
Stevenson, Clinton C.
S SG
KIA
Stewart George B.
TEC 4
DNB
Stewart, Horace E. Jr.
S Sg
KIA
Still, James N. Jr.
S SG
DNB
Stout, Paul S.
PFC
KIA
Stroup, Wiley O.
TEC 5
FOD
Suffridge, Fred
PVT
DNB
Sullivan, Howard P.
PVT
KIA
Sunderland, Theodore
S SG
KIA
Swaggerty, Edward C.
TEC 5
KIA
Swaggerty, Robert E.
PFC
KIA
Swan, Willaford E.
CAPT
KIA
Swanner, J. H.
T SG
FOD
Swanson, Wendell F.
MAJ
KIA
Talbott, Harold E.
PVT
DOW
Talley, Robert L.
PFC
DNB
Taylor, Arbeth L.
PVT
KIA
Taylor, Charles
PVT
DOW
Taylor, Forrest D.
T SG
KIA
Testerman, B. H. Jr.
SGT
KIA
Thomas, Leroy R
PFC
KIA
Thompson, Charles L.
PVT
KIA
Thompson, Charles T.
PVT
DOW
Thompson, Hubert T. E.
PVT
DNB
Tindell, Adrian M.
PVT
KIA
Tinnel, Clarence
PVT
KIA
Tipton, Charles E.
PFC
KIA
Tipton, Howard W.
PVT
DNB
Tipton, Marl A.
PVT
KIA
Tonkin, Harris C.
SGT
KIA
Townsend, David D
CPL
KIA
Troutt, Lloyd E.
PVT
KIA
Troxler, Jobe
PFC
KIA
Tucker, Harris A.
2 LT
KIA
Tucker, Willis N.
1 LT
KIA
Valentine, Charles A.
PVT
DNB
Vineyard, Carl A.
CPL
DNB
Waggoner, John A.
PVT
KIA
Waggoner, Samuel H.
T SG
KIA
Wagoner, Noble D.
2 LT
DNB
Wakefield, Millard
PVT
DNB
Wallace, Robert C. Jr
2 LT
DOW
Wallace, Robert T.
T SG
BRA
Waller, Jack L.
PVT
KIA
Wayland, Harry R.
1 LT
DNB
Webber, Roy L.
TEC 5
KIA
Welch, Daniel F.
TEC 5
DNB
West, J. C.
PVT
KIA
West, Warren J.
PFC
KIA
White, Harold H.
1 LT
KIA
White, William W.
PVT
DNB
Williams, Jack E.
S SG
FOD
Williams, James B.
PVT
DNB
Wilson, Charles T.
PVT
DNB
Wilson, Herman C.
PFC
KIA
Wilson, William L.
PVT
KIA
Wingfield, Henry J.
PVT
KIA
Wood, Elbert G. Jr.
PFC
KIA
Worsham, Raymond W. Jr.
LT C.
FOD
Wright, Charles A.
PVT
KIA
Wright, Charles R. Jr
SGT
KIA
Wright, Wade E.
PFC
KIA
Wyatt, James R.
PVT
DNB

 


Grades / Ranks:

GRADE: This is synonymous with the misnomer "rank", and the abbreviations which may be found in this book are as follows:

Types of Casualties ("Status"):

Abbreviation:   Explanation:
KIA: "An individual who was killed in action, whether at the front or by enemy action in the rear areas, or if a prisoner of war, whether by air bombardment of his prison camp or by being shot while escaping" - Killed in Action..
DOW: "Persons who were wounded and later died are marked DOW - Died of Wounds"
DOI: "Those who suffered fatal battle INJURIES as opposed to WOUNDS, in combat or in combat area, and died in a line-of-duty status. "Died of injuries"
DNB: Died Non-Battle.  Other line-of-duty deaths, such as from sickness, homicide, suicide, or accidents outside combat areas (including training and maneuvers).
FOD: Individuals who were determined to be dead under Public Law 490 are designated "FOD" -- Finding of Death.
M: Missing persons

 


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