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- Adams, Berry Little, Pvt., A. 5/28/41—6/17/44. Killed in
action in France. PH. Father, William James Adams, Alexandria. - *Austin, Willie A., Pfc., A. 12/23/43—. Died of nonbattle
cause. - Barlow, Arthur Crawford, Lt. (jg), N. 2/9/43—2/21/44. Died
of sickness, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Wife, Mrs. Dorothy Rue
ger Barlow, R.F.D. 3. - Batten, Donald Sherwood, 1st Lt., A. 9/ /41—10/3/43. Killed
in action near Naples, Italy. AM with 4 OLC, EAMET, PH.
Mother, Mrs. Grace Lillian Batten. - Batten, George Rexford, Pfc., A. 5/31/44—3/19/45. Killed in
action in Germany. EAMET, BS, PH. Mother, Mrs. Grace
Lillian Batten. Wife, Mrs. Evelyn Batten. - Bellomy, Eugene Franklin, Pvt., M. 2/22/44—5/20/45. Died
of wounds received in action at Okinawa. APT, PH. Wife.
Mrs. Grace Jones Bellomy. - Bender, Frederick George, 1st Lt., A. 4/ /44—11/11/44. Officially
presumed dead after failing to return from a flight over the
China Sea. APT. Father, Samuel Z. Bender, Norfolk. - Berkeley, William Noland, Jr., 1st Lt., A. 10/9/42—8/23/44.
Killed in action near Paris, France. EAMET, ADS, PH. Wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Warren Berkeley, New York, New York. - Bishop, Ernest Webster, T/Sgt., A. 2/3/41—6/29/44. Killed
in action at St. Andre, France. ADS, EAMET with BA, EIB,
GCM, PH. Mother, Mrs. Queen V. Bishop. - Boykin, Edward Carrington Venable, Jr., Capt., A. 2/ /41—
12/31/43. Killed in action in Cognac, France. AM, EAMET
with 2 BSS, BS, PH. Father, Edward Boykin. - Bragg, Leslie Edward, Sgt., A. 2/3/41—7/1/44. Killed in action
near St. Lô, France. ADS, GCM, EAMET with BA, PUC, PH.298
Father, Early Venable Bragg. - Broome, Roger Greville Brooke, III, Maj., M. 1/ /41—1/18/45.
Died of wounds received in action on Saipan. ADS, AT, APT
with 2 BSS, PUC, NC, PH. Mother, Mrs. Elsie Anderson Broome. - Brown, Harry Elmer, Pfc., A. 1/29/41—8/4/44. Killed in action
in France. EIB, EAMET, PH. Wife, Mrs. Francine Marie
Brown, Washington, D. C. - Brown, Richard Marton, Pvt., A. 4/ /41—3/10/45. Killed
accidentally in line of duty at Louvain, Belgium. ADS, GCM,
EAMET with BSS, DUB, PH. Mother, Mrs. Hattie Mac
Brown. - Carroll, James Payne, Jr., T/5, A. 8/21/42—4/20/45. Died
of sickness, Manila, Philippine Islands. APT. Mother, Mrs.
Norah Clarke Carroll. - Carruthers, Elmer Irving, Jr., CCM, N. 7/13/42—11/20/43.
Killed in action at Bougainville. APT, SS, PH. Wife, Mrs.
Virginia Baker Carruthers, Hagerstown, Maryland. - Clarke, Samuel Gary, 2nd Lt., A. 11/3/42—3/4/45. Killed in
action near Venice, Italy. EAMET, DFC, PH. Mother, Mrs.
Lucille Owen Clarke. - Clemons, Henry Jenkins, 2nd Lt., A. 1/12/42—7/31/43. Killed
accidentally in an airplane crash at Lake Maurepas, Louisiana.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clemons. - Conrad, Ralph Erskine, 1st Lt., A. 1/7/42—12/29/44. Killed
in action on Leyte Island. AT, APT with 3 BSS and BA, CIB,
PH, BS, SS, V. Mother, Mrs. Jane Erskine Conrad. - Conwell, Rollin Nichol, Jr., 1st Lt., M. 5/ /42—5/4/44.
Killed accidentally in Honolulu in a crash of three planes on practice
flight. Wife, Mrs. Decca G. Conwell. - Cook, Joseph Darling, S/Sgt., M. Officially presumed dead after
having been missing in action on Guadalcanal. Wife, Mrs. J. D.
Cook. - Cowles, Harry Hubbard, Capt., M. 6/4/40—7/24/44. Killed in
action on Tinian. ADS, APT, PUC with UCS, PH. Father,
Peter Trible Cowles. - Cox, John Richard, S/Sgt., A. 2/16/40—6/6/44. Killed in
action on the Normandy Beachhead. BS, PH. Mother, Mrs.
Annie Pearl Cox, R.F.D. 2. - Cox, William E., Pvt., M. Killed in action. Wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Mae Hoke Cox, R.F.D. 1. - Craven, Robert Brooke, Sgt., A. 11/2/42—2/12/45. Killed
accidentally in an airplane crash in Berkshire, England. AM,
PUC, EAMET. Mother, Mrs. Lula Bryant Craven. - Craw, Demas Thurlow, Col., A. 6/12/24—11/8/42. Killed in
action near Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Mexican Border,
World War I Victory Medal with 2 stars, Occupation Medal,
Rhine Medal, Order of King George III of Greece with Crossed
Sword. ADS, EAMET, MH, PH. Wife, Mrs. Mary Victoria
Wesson Craw. - Creasy, Stewart Walker, Sgt., A. 10/13/42—11/20/44. Killed
in action in France. EAMET, PH. Sister, Miss Hilda Elizabeth
Creasy. - *Crenshaw, Lawrence, Cpl., A. 7/23/41—2/13/45. Killed in
action in northern Italy. GCM, CIB, PH. Sister, Mrs. Eva
Crenshaw Payne. - Critzer, Clyde Bernard, Pfc., A. 7/14/43—12/9/44. Killed in
action near Ruhrdorf, Germany. GCM, PH. Wife, Mrs. Kathleen
L. Critzer. - Cumming, Henry Harford, Jr., Col., A. 9/11/41—7/10/45.
Died of sickness in Leghorn, Italy. LM, ADS, EAMET with
2 BSS, V. Wife, Mrs. Grace Kerr Cumming. - Daniel, James Beverly, S/Sgt., A. 5/3/41—7/12/44. Killed in
action in France. EIB, ADS, EAMET, PH. Mother, Mrs.
James T. Daniel. - Dannenbrink, Louis Charles, Jr., Pfc., A. 5/22/43—2/13/44.
Killed in action in Italy. PH. Mother, Mrs. L. C. Dannenbrink,
Sr., Atlanta, Georgia. - Davis, Calvin Edgar, S/Sgt., A. 1/6/43—5/28/44. Died of
wounds received in action near Paris, France. PUC, AM with
4 OLC, PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd F. Davis. - Davis, George William, 2nd Lt., A. 11/3/42—9/5/45. Killed
accidentally in Pistoria, Italy. DUB with OLC, BS, GCM, CIB,
PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Murry Davis. - Davis, Raymond Earl, Pfc., A. 8/2/44—2/14/46. Died at McGuire
General Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, of wound received
in action. EAMET, GCM, CIB, PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd F. Davis. - Deane, King Jackson, 2nd Lt., A. 12/22/41—4/7/45. Killed
in action in Germany. SS, CIB, PH. Wife, Mrs. Florence E.
Duke Deane. - Desper, Jennings Austin, Pvt., A. 2/3/43—10/9/44. Killed in
action at Florence, Italy. PH. Mother, Mrs. Rachel Margaret
Jennings Desper. - Dudley, George Laurence, Sgt., A. 7/28/42—10/29/43. Killed
accidentally off the coast of Florida. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Dudley. - Dunlop, John, 2nd Lt., A. 12/7/42—8/15/44. Killed in action
in Italy. Wife, Mrs. Eloise Layman Dunlop, Roanoke. - Elliott, Ross Tompkins, Jr., Ens., N. 2/28/44—4/6/45. Killed in
action aboard ship off Okinawa. PH, EAMET, APT, V,
Mother, Mrs. Helen Harlow Elliott, Riverton, New Jersey. - Featherston, John Henry, Jr., Capt., A. 1/19/43—3/24/45. Killed in
action at Wesel, Germany. SS, PH with OLC, ADS, EAMET
with 3 BSS and BA, AT. Mother, Mrs. Margaret Hunter Featherston. - Fekas, Peter George, Pfc., A. 10/13/42—7/10/44. Killed in
action. PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Fekas. - French, Clyde Harold, Pfc., A. 6/28/44—2/21/45. Killed in
action at Olsdorf, Germany. EAMET with BSS, PH. Wife,
Mrs. Violet May French. - Gentry, Curtis Glenwood, S/Sgt., A. 2/3/41—12/9/44. Killed
in action in Holland. PUC, ADS, EAMET, PH with OLC, V.
Wife, Mrs. Willie Watts Gentry, Carysbrook. - Gibson, Clarence Cecil, T/5, A.—2/12/43. Killed accidentally
in an airplane crash in North Africa. EAMET. Sister,
Mrs. Mary W. Sheffield. - Gibson, Coleman Tafty, Pvt., A. 3/3/43—2/5/44. Died of natural
cause in Charlottesville. Wife, Mrs. Mamie Laura Gibson. - Gillum, John Nelson, Jr., S/Sgt., A. 10/28/42—11/5/44. Killed
in action over Ludwigshafen, Germany. GCM, EAMET, BS,
AM with OLC, DFC, PUC, PH. Mother, Mrs. Neva K. Gillum. - Goode, Thomas Henry, Pfc., A. 2/3/41—6/8/44. Killed in
action, Normandy. ADS, EAMET, GCM, PH. Grandmother,
Mrs. Ellen F. Goode. - Hackett, Princey Albert, Pfc., A. 7/14/43—2/23/45. Killed in
action in Germany. BS, PH. Wife, Mrs. Ann G. Hackett. - Haggard, Claude Swanson, Cpl., M. 2/3/42—7/9/44. Killed in
action on Saipan. EIB, SS, PUC, PH. Wife, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Bissette Haggard, Wilson, North Carolina. - Hall, Lester Lafollette, Pfc., A. 4/24/44—3/13/45. Killed in
action in Germany. PH. Wife, Mrs. Gladys Evelyn Hall. - Hamm, James Douglas, 2nd Lt., A. 10/31/42—5/3/43. Killed
in action in North Africa. AM with 2 OLC, PH. Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Strother Francis Hamm. - Harlow, Bernard C., 2nd Lt., A. 12/ /42—4/4/44. Officially
presumed to have died after an airplane crash in the Marshall
Islands. DFC, AM, PH. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Harlow. - Harlow, Van G., Pfc., A. 1/8/43—3/29/45. Killed in action
at Sapang Palay, Luzon. PH. Mother, Mrs. Nettie B. Harlow. - Harlow, Williard Bleadsoe, Jr., Slc, N.—10/10/42. Killed
in action at Guadalcanal. PH. Aunt, Mrs. Ollie Mae Hughes. - Harris, E. D., Pfc., A. 12/7/42—6/9/44. Killed in action in
France. GCM, PH. Mother, Mrs. Ocia Castle Harris. - Hartman, Richard Waugh, Pvt., A. 12/12/42—11/23/44. Killed
in action near Heistern, Germany. EAMET, PH. Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank E. Hartman. - Heath, Horace Walker, Ens., N. 2/6/42—7/8/45. Killed in maneuvers
over Hawaii. AM with 4 GS, DFC with GS. Mother,
Mrs. Hope Jones Heath. - Hedges, Nancy Holden, 2nd Lt., A. 7/7/43—4/22/45. Died of
sickness at the Moore General Hospital in North Carolina. AT.
Father, Dr. Halstead Shipman Hedges. - Hensley, James William, Pfc., A. 2/4/43—4/18/45. Killed in
action in northern Italy. PH, GCM. Mother, Mrs. Eva Hensley. - Hildreth, Nathaniel Thomas, 2nd Lt., A. 2/7/41—10/17/41.
Accidentally shot at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ADS. Mother,
Mrs. Jane Neave Brady Hildreth. Wife, Mrs. Margaret Sage
Hildreth, Schuyler. - Hover, Thomas Strode, Pvt., A.—11/20/42. Killed in an
accident in the British Isles. Mother, Mrs. Matty Strode Hover
McGill. - Hunt, Russell Hampton, 2nd Lt., A. 9/19/40—4/13/44. Killed
in an airplane crash in Kansas. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Hunt, Wildwood, New Jersey. - Kardos. John Chris, Sgt., A. 2/3/41—8/3/44. Killed in action
in France. ADS, EAMET with BA and BSS, GCM, PH.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kardos. - Keatts, Woodrow W., Pvt., A.—1/7/45. Killed in action
in Europe. EAMET, PH. Wife, Mrs. Catherine Keatts. - Kelly, Henry Percy, Pvt., A. 10/9/42—8/20/44. Killed accidentally
at the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. Aunt, Annie K.
Duncan, R.F.D. 1. - Kimmel, Manning Marius, Lt. Comdr., N. Killed on submarine
duty. Wife, Mrs. Agatha Gay Johnson Kimmel. - Linton, Harry Gold, Jr., 2nd Lt., A. 4/18/42—4/24/44. Killed
in action near Ploesti, Rumania. AT, EAMET with BSS, PH.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gold Linton. - Lowe, Harry, Jr., 1st Lt., A. 2/18/43—1/27/45. Killed in action
over Tokyo. APT, PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lowe, Blackstone. - Lupold, Melvin Garfield, Pvt., A. 3/9/44—9/11/44. Killed in
action in France. PH. Wife, Mrs. Dorothy McColl Lupold. - McCauley, Clarence Edward, Pvt., A. 3/9/44—2/11/45. Died in
German prison camp. EAMET, PH. Wife, Mrs. Madie Lee
McCauley. - Marshall, Wallace Jean, Cpl., A. 5/26/42—3/22/43. Killed accidentally
in Glasgow, Scotland. Mother, Mrs. Mamie Lee Marshall.302 - Martin, Wilbert Joab, Slc, N. 11/11/43—4/12/45. Killed in
action at Okinawa. PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Martin. - Massie, Roger Howell, 2nd Lt., A. 2/16/43—6/11/43. Killed in
an airplane crash at Temple Terrace, Florida. Mother, Mrs.
Jessie Howell Massie. - Mawyer, Marion Hugh, Pfc., A. 2/3/41—6/24/44. Killed in
action at St. Lô, France. GCM, EIB, PUC, PH. Sister, Miss
Malley Eloise Mawyer. - May, John Allen, Jr., T/5, A. 4/6/43—8/29/43. Killed accidentally
in Minnesota. Mother, Mrs. Estelle Marie Wood May,
Greensboro, North Carolina. - Miller, George Harold, Cpl., A. 7/8/42—5/10/45. Killed in a
plane collision near Cambridge, England. EAMET. Mother,
Mrs. Ashton C. Miller. - Miller. John Henry, Jr., Lt., N. 9/8/42—7/8/44. Killed in action
at port of London, England. EAMET, PH. Wife, Mrs. Grace
Starke Miller. - Mitchell, Louis Barrett, Pfc., A. 1/17/41—6/20/44. Killed in
action near St. Lô, France. EAMET, PH. Mother, Mrs. Maude
Wallace Mitchell, R.F.D. 2. - Mohler, Norman Stanley, Sgt., A.—4/5/45. Killed in action
at Lelmbach, Germany. PH. Mother, Mrs. Minnie M.
Welch Mohler. - Morris Emmett Edlee, Cpl., A. / /35—12/7/41. Killed in
action at Hickam Field, Hawaii. PH. Father, Charles E. Morris. - Morrison, Luther Franklin, Jr., Pvt., A. 8/4/42—6/6/44. Killed
in action in Normandy. PH. Mother, Mrs. Nannie Blue Morrison. - Morton, Powhatan Moncure, Lt. Col., A. 6/9/28—2/7/43. Killed
in an airplane crash en route to Australia. Wife, Mrs. Virginia
Cochran Morton. - Morton, William Wylie, 1st Lt., A. 8/16/41—3/16/43. Killed
in action over Lae, New Guinea. AM, PH, APT with 3 BSS,
DUB, V. Mother, Mrs. William R. Morton. - Neff, John Henry, Jr., 2nd Lt., M. 6/ /42—8/9/43. Killed in
an airplane crash in Florida. Wife, Mrs. Martha Patterson Neff,
Richmond. - Norford, Willie Peyton, Pvt., A. 8/28/43—9/22/44. Killed in
action in France. PH. Wife, Mrs. Anna Lucille Clarke Norford.
Kanawha Falls, West Virginia. - Norris, George Bernard, 2nd Lt., A. 3/ /43—6/24/44. Crashed
in training flight in England. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
F. Norris. - Norvell, Douglas Wayland, Cpl., M. 6/29/43—2/25/45. Killed
in action on Iwo Jima. PH. Mother, Mrs. Lelia Mamie Mawyer
Norvell. - Omohundro, Carl Brockenbrough, T/Sgt., A. 2/3/43—7/28/44.
Killed in action over Germany. AM with 2 OLC, PUC with
OLC, PH. Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wingfield Omohundro. - Payne, Kenneth Field, Sgt., A. 2/3/41—6/25/44. Killed in action
at Couvains, France. GCM, ADS, EAMET with BA and BSS,
PH. Sister, Mrs. Ruby P. Amos. - Peregory, Frank Dabney, T/Sgt., A. 2/3/41—6/14/44. Killed
in action at Grandcamp, France. SM, EAMET with BA, MH,
PH. Wife, Mrs. Bessie Kirby Peregory. - Peters, J. Paul, Jr. Killed in action in Italy. PH. Uncle, John S.
Peters. - Price, Wilbur Mac, Pfc., A. 5/12/43—1/9/44. Killed in action
at Bastogne, Belgium. EAMET, SS, PUC, PH. Mother, Mrs.
Ruth Durrer Price. - Rouleau, Louis Thomas, 2nd Lt., A. 9/24/42—5/15/44. Killed
in action in Italy. PH. Mother, Mrs. Louis T. Rouleau. - Sadler, Bertram Hilliard, 2nd Lt., A. 10/22/42—9/18/44.
Killed in action in Italy. PH. Wife, Mrs.
Sarah Ramsey Sadler. - Safley, George Andrew, T/5, A. 4/5/43—11/5/44. Killed in
action near Nancy, France. CIB, PH with OLC. Mother, Mrs.
Lucy Branham Safley. - Schauffler, William Gray, III, 1st Lt., A.—7/20/43.
Killed in action in the Solomon Islands. ADS, APT, SS, AM,
PH. Wife, Mrs. Nancy Holt Schauffler Preston. - Schlemmer, Frederick A., 1st Lt., A. 7/ /42—7/11/44. Killed
in action in Europe. EAMET, PH. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred C. Schlemmer, Fontanna Dam, North Carolina. - Seay, Harvey Jackson, S/Sgt., A. / /42—9/5/45. Killed in
an airplane crash in Alaska. Wife, Mrs. Ruby Seay. - Shepherd, John Eldon, III, Lt. Comdr., N. Killed in action in the
Pacific area. SS, NC, PUC, NMM, EAMET, APT, ADS.
Wife, Mrs. Margery Shaw Shepherd. - Shiflett, Herman, Pfc., A. Killed in action in the Southwest Pacific.
PH. Mother, Mrs. Sarah J. Shiflett. - Shue, Edward Luther, T/Sgt., A. 7/29/42—3/28/45. Killed
in action in flight near Dunkirk, France. PH. Father, L. E.
Shue, Waynesboro. - Simpson, Carter Berkeley, Maj., M. 6/1/39—1/22/45. Died
on a Japanese prison ship. GCM, APT, NC, PH. Mother, Mrs.
Mary Randolph Spottswood Berkeley Simpson. - Smith, Bernard Powell, Jr., Lt., A. 6/21/40—3/6/41. Killed in
an airplane crash at Langley Field, Virginia. Mother, Mrs. May304
Nelson Perry Smith, Bartow, Florida. - Stearns, Cuthbert Powell, Jr., 1st Lt., A. 6/22/42—11/20/44.
Killed in action near Epinal, France. PH. Parents, Brigadier
General and Mrs. Cuthbert Powell Stearns. - Story, James Elby, Pvt., A. 3/9/44—12/18/44. Killed in action
in Luxembourg. PH. Wife, Mrs. Audrey L. Payne Story,
R.F.D. 1. - Stringfellow, Lindsay Gordon, Pfc., M. 4/ /43-6/20/45.
Killed in action on Okinawa. APT, PH, V. Mother, Mrs.
Mary Lelia Stringfellow. - Taylor, Donald Charles, CMlc, N. 6/25/27—4/5/44. Killed in
action in the North Atlantic area. PH. Mother, Mrs. Margaret
King Lindsay. - *Terrell, James Henry, Sgt., A. Killed in action. PH. Wife, Mrs.
Sophie Terrell. - Thomas, Russell Wilson, Pfc., A. 3/18/41—6/9/43. Killed accidentally
in North Africa. Sister, Miss Elizabeth Thomas. - *Thurston, Golden L., T/5, A. 3/ /41—. Died of nonbattle
cause. Sister, Mrs. M. Dillard. - Tull, Montrose Graham, Lt. Comdr., N. 4/25/42—1/1/46.
Died in Charlottesville, 1/6/46, of illness incurred while in
service. GCM, AT, V, World War I Service Medal. Wife,
Mrs. Louise Nichols Tull. - Walton, Carroll Lynwood, Pvt., A. 1/24/43—7/9/44. Killed
in action in Italy. AT. EAMET with BSS, GCM, BS, V.
Father, Carroll J. Walton. - Wingfield, Paul Lindsey, S/Sgt., A. 1/5/43—9/22/44. Killed
accidentally in Germany. GCM, AM with 4 OLC, PUC, PH.
Wife, Mrs. Janice Hughes Wingfield. - Wood, Lewis Albert, S/Sgt., A. 7/4/42—9/16/44. Killed in
action in France. GCM, EIB, PH. Mother, Mrs. Mattie Stribling
Wood. - Wray, Edward Baker, Pfc., A. 5/23/42—9/23/43. Killed in
action in Italy. EAMET, PH. Mother, Mrs. Fannie Sue Wray,
Richmond.
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