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Gold Star Honor Roll
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Charlottesville City

• 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
  

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  near St. Lô, France. ADS, GCM, EAMET with BA, PUC, PH.
  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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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
  

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  in Glasgow, Scotland. Mother, Mrs. Mamie Lee Marshall.


• 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.

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• 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
  

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  an airplane crash at Langley Field, Virginia. Mother, Mrs. May
  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.