Military Legacy of Perry County, Kentucky and Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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WORLD WAR II, THE GREATEST GENERATION (1941 - 1945)
PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES
INTRODUCTION ~ MEN LOST ~ SURVIVORS ~ UNITED STATES MILITARY MEDALS
REMEMBER AND NAME, A

In his 1998 book published by Random House, THE GREATEST GENERATION, Tom Brokaw “coined the phrase” for all, who served on the home front and overseas in World War II.

During World War II Perry County military men LOST included: a sailor during the attack on Pearl Harbor on the first day of the war; a marine at Wake Island on the second day of war in the Pacific; a sailor on the sinking of USS JACOB JONES by a German U-Boat off the coast of Delaware in the Atlantic Ocean in the third month of war; a soldier on D-Day in the first assault wave on Omaha Beach at Normandy; a sailor in a Kamikaze Attack at Okinawa; an army airman in a B-24 H Liberator; a soldier in the “Devil’s Brigade,” which was an American-Canadian Commando Unit, First Special Service Force; a sailor in the sinking of the submarine, USS TRITON; an airman in a Glider Infantry Regiment, who died in the Kiekberg Forest; a sailor on the USS ATLANTA at Guadalcanal; a Prisoner of War soldier on a Japanese Hell Ship; an Army Ranger in the Battle of Anzio, Italy; a Prisoner of War soldier in the Japanese Palawan Massacre; a sailor in the sinking of the SS DAN BEARD; a Missing-In Action marine at Guadalcanal; a soldier in North Africa; an army airman on troop transport ship, H. M. T. RHONA, when the ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by a German guided missile, which was kept secret for decades.

Numerous souls were non-recoverable. Many were buried on foreign soil. Others were repatriated, returned home to family and laid to rest in Englewood or Riverside or family cemeteries throughout Perry County and beyond. The harsh consequences of the Loss of The Fallen were: communities torn asunder, children left without a complete family circle to sustain them and families living with an anguish that never ceased.

Perry County military SURVIVORS included: a soldier, who was in the First Wave at Omaha Beach on D-Day, cut a gap in a wire obstruction, led his section through a mine field, moved onward through an assault on an enemy machine gun position and became a recipient of a Silver Star Medal and the Distinguished Service Cross; a sixteen-year-old paratrooper, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, missed the drop zone and returned through enemy territory to the American lines; a sailor, who was on board as the SS DAN BEARD sank beneath the sea; a sailor on the USS COOPER, when she was hit by a torpedo, exploded, broke in half and sank within a minute in the Battle of Ormoc Bay; a sailor on the USS YORKTOWN, who was in the Battle of the Coral Sea and endured the destruction of his ship in the Battle of Midway; a marine from Mason’s Creek, who became an Atomic Veteran; four brothers, whose parents died while they were in service, resulting in four sisters being placed in the Kentucky Baptist Children’s Home in Glendale in Hardin County; a young woman from the middle fork of Mason’s Creek, who became a Navy Yeoman in the WAVES and a waitress employed at the Judy and Grant Combs Cafe in Vicco, who became a Sergeant in the Women’s Army Air Corps.

Three-quarters of a century have passed since the Day of Infamy. The lives and deeds of many, who answered the Call to Arms, have vanished from view. Search out the stories and the photographs of our Warriors. Become familiar with their names, their families, their kinships, their communities, their values, their sacrifices and their place in history. Bestow honor on the Greatest Generation, who connected us to our past, gave us our present and offered us a vision of hope for sustaining our Constitution, our Liberty, our Flag and our United States of America for future generations. ~~ Waukesha Lowe Sammons.

WWII DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS MEDAL RECIPIENT:
COLWELL, CURTIS (1917-1995) OF VICCO, D-DAY, FIRST WAVE, OMAHA BEACH.

WWII SILVER STAR MEDAL RECIPIENTS:
CLEMONS, JAMES M. (1922-1944) OF GLOMAWR, KILLED IN ACTION, ITALY.
COLE, WILLIAM ROBERT (1913-1944) OF HAZARD, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE.
COLWELL, CURTIS (1917-1995) OF VICCO, D-DAY, FIRST WAVE, OMAHA BEACH.
COLWELL, PAUL (1916-1958) OF FORKED MOUTH, EUROPEAN THEATER.
GAYHART, IRVIN G. (1923-1993) OF HARVEYTON, EUROPEAN THEATER.
IVEY, ANDREW (1923-1944) OF CAMPBELL, KILLED IN ACTION, GERMANY.
LOWE, ALBERT ROY (1917-1944) OF KODAK AND VICCO, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE.
SHEPHERD, LAURENCE (1925-1943) OF BLUE DIAMOND, KIA LOST AT SEA, PACIFIC
VALENTINE, CLAY (1911-1945) OF PERRY COUNTY, KILLED IN ACTION, LUZON.

Selected men gathered in Hazard on a given day, were loaded into a special bus, traveled to Fort Thomas, Kentucky and/or to an enormous inductee center processing building in Cincinnati, Ohio for a physical examination, etc. Whichever state, Kentucky or Ohio, that a man was in, during his swearing of an oath of allegiance, was typed as his place of enlistment on his papers. The men were driven back to Fort Thomas for further instructions, where they remained until they were assigned to various camps, bases, forts and air fields. Military troop trains transported the men to their basic training locations. Source: WWII Veteran, Ralph Miller (1923-2013) of Kodak, Perry County, Kentucky.

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ABNER
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ABNER, DANIEL LANGDON (1916-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, HOLLAND, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 February 1916.
PARENTS: Emma Langdon and Justice Abner. When Dan was two years old, his father was killed in a coal mine accident from falling slate in the Coneva Coal Mine at Chavies.
STEP-FATHER: John D. Dixon.
SPOUSE: Nella Barger of Bowlingtown, married 11 January 1943 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1940 CENSUS: Fort Thomas Army Military Reservation, KY, Private, Co G, 10th Infantry, 5th Division, U. S. Army.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 21 August 1935.
SERVICE NUMBER: 6658526.
RANK: First Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 82nd Airborne “Double A, All American” Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Company G, WWII.                     HOSPITAL ADMISSION DATE: September 1944.                        TYPE OF INJURY: Casualty, Battle, Injured in the line of duty.                                                                                                    HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DATE: 30 September 1944, upon death.                                                                                            BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Operation Market Garden.
DATE OF DEATH: 30 September 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: HOLLAND, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1949.
CEMETERY: Bowlingtown Cemetery, Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky.                                                             MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.               MONUMENT: DAN LANGDON ABNER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS: The 325th Regiment was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation.
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN: The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment participated in Operation Market Garden and Battled the German 190th “Hammer” Division for Kiekberg Forest on September 27th – 30th, 1944.
SOURCES: ~ Census. ~ Findagrave. ~ North Carolina, U. S. Marriage Records. ~ The 82nd Airborne, The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment Unit History, www.ww2-airborne.us. ~ U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. ~ U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. ~ U. S. World War II Hospital Admissions Card Files. ~ WWII Memorial Registry.
~ 82nd Airborne Division During WWII-Overview website ww2-airborne.us./division/82-overview.html.
~ 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, C Company, 1st Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, website 327gir.com/325GIR.html.

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MONUMENT: SAMMIE ADAMS carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.

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ALEXANDER

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ALEXANDER, ARNOLD ALDEN (1922-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, GERMANY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Barridge, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 November 1922, Wolf County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Dova “Dovie” L. Reynolds and Albert Raymond Alexander, Sr.
GRANDPARENTS: Farinda Clarinda E. Collier and David Crockett Reynolds.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Weirman and David J. Ivan Reynolds, a Civil War Soldier in the Union Army Cavalry, 4th Kentucky Infantry, Company C; Captured 30 July 1864 at Newnan, Georgia; Became a Prisoner of War Soldier, Confined at Camp Sumter Confederate Prison Camp in Andersonville, Georgia; Died at Andersonville on 19 September 1864 and placed in their burial grounds.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 7 June 1944.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35089209.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: United States Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armored Division, 7th Army, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 January 1945.
PLACE OF DEATH: GERMANY, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1949.
CEMETERY: Evans Cemetery, Beattysville, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: ARNOLD A. ALEXANDER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTEe: The 14th Armored Division “thwarted the heavy German attack in the Bitche Salient launched New Year’s Eve.” SOURCE: Census. Findagrave. 14th Armored Division, website: www.history.army.mil/. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Roster of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records.
NOTE: I placed Arnold Alden Alexander on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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ALLEN

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ALLEN, CHARLES “CHARLIE” D. (1921-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, GERMANY, WORLD WAR II.                                HOMETOWN: Tribbey, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 May 1921, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Birdie Bell Dickerson and James William Allen.
BROTHER: James William Allen, Jr. (1923-1944) Killed In Action in World War.
BROTHER: Sergeant Samuel “Bucky” Allen (1935-1967), Killed In Action in the Vietnam War.
SPOUSE: Della Pauline Lawson (1922-1948), who married second, William Gay.
CHILDREN: Della Charlene Allen (1944-2003) and Brenda Carol Allen.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35713496.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company E, 83rd Infantry Division, 9th Army, World War II (incomplete data).
DATE OF DEATH: 14 April 1945.                                                                                                                                            PLACE OF DEATH: GERMANY, KIA WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: about 1948.
CEMETERY: Riverside Cemetery, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. Buried beside his brother, James William “J. W.” Allen. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.                                                                                                        MONUMENT: CHARLIE D. ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: 13 April 1945, Command Post of the 83rd Infantry Division, Calbe, Magdeburg, Germany. Source: history.army.mil.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
NOTE: I placed Charles D. Allen on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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ALLEN, HENRY (1924 -1944), DIED OF WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Lost Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 March, 1924, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Mr. Allen and Leonora Campbell, who married Wade Combs in Perry County in 1928.
GRANDPARENTS: Orlena Hall and Ira Campbell.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Rachel Noble and James Campbell.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Polly Combs and Joseph Hall.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Allen and Samuel “Cedar Head Sam” Combs, Union Army, American Civil War.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35873996.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry “Tough” Ombres” Division, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 18 June 1944
PLACE OF DEATH: NORMANDY, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
STATUS: DIED OF WOUNDS, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown. Temporary Cemetery 3584. Permanent Cemetery 3505.
CEMETERY: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: HENRY ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal. SOURCES: Census. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records for U. S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas.
NOTE: I placed my sixth-cousin, Henry Allen, on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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ALLEN, JAMES D. (? - ?), DIED, HOLLAND, WORLD WAR II.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.

MONUMENT: JAMES D. ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.

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ALLEN, JAMES WILLIAM, JR. (1923-1944) KILLED IN ACTION, NETHERLANDS, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Tribbey, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 February 1923.
PARENTS: Berdie Bell Dickerson and James William Allen, Sr.
BROTHER: Charles D. Allen (1921-1945), Killed In Action, Germany on 14 April 1945, WWII. Brother of: Sergeant Samuel “Bucky” Allen (1935-1967), Killed In Action in the Vietnam War.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15090280.
RANK: Staff Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Co H, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 20 September 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: NETHERLANDS, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, Operation Market Garden, Waal River Crossing Assault Against The Enemy. Source: www.ww2-airborne.us/division/82_overview.htlm.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: about 1948.
CEMETERY: Riverside Cemetery, Perry County, Kentucky. Buried beside his brother, Charlie. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: J. W. ALLEN JR. and WILLIE ALLEN JR. carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records.
NOTE: I placed James William Allen, Jr. on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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ALLEN, MORRISON D. (about 1923-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, BURMA, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: about 1923, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Currently Unknown.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky
1940 CENSUS: Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky, Soldier, 21st FA Home Station.
SECOND ENLISTMENT DATE: 27 February 1942.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15090874.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 209th Engineers Combat Battalion, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, 13 June 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: BURMA. (Building the Ledo Road?, World War II.)
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION.
DISPOSITION: NONRECOVERABLE. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: MORRISON D. ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
MEMORIALIZED AT: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines. Source: Global Findagrave Memorial # 56758595.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal. SOURCES: ~ American Battle Monuments Commission. ~ Census. ~ Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC. ~ National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files; WWII Memorial Registry. ~ U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. ~ World War II Missing In Action Or Buried At Sea. ~ WWII And Korean Conflict Veterans Interred. ~ WWII Military Personnel MIA or LOS.

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ALLEN, SHELBY (1923-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, OKINAWA, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Ary, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Hamilton County, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 or 10 January 1923.
PARENTS: Sarah Noble and John D. Allen.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Ohio.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 24 May 1944.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35087537.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company K, 382nd Infantry, 96th “Deadeye” Division, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 May 1945.
PLACE OF DEATH: OKINAWA, JAPAN.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1949.
CEMETERY: Napier Cemetery, Rowdy, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: SHELBY ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
MEMORIALIZED AT: WWII Peace Park Memorial Monument, Okinawa, Japan.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-cousin-three-times-removed, Shelby Allen on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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ALLEN, TROY P. (1924-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, ITALY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: ARY, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 July 1924, Ary, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Isabell Brewer and Enoch Allen.
GRANDPARENTS: Abby Hall and George W. Allen.
GRANDPARENTS: Jane Stacy and William McKinley Brewer.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15333216.
RANK: Private, Fireman Controlman.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Rangers.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: First Ranger Battalion, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 26 January 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: BATTLE OF ANZIO, ANZIO BEACH, SICILIA, ITALY.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, World War II.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
FIRST TEMPORARY BURIAL: Cemetery 5260.
SECOND PERMANENT BURIAL: Nettuno, Italy.
CEMETERY: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: TROY ALLEN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone And Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. World War II And Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas.
NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-one-time-removed, Troy P. Allen on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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MONUMENT: WILLIE ALLEN JR. carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.

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AMIS

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AMIS, BOB T. (1926-1950), WORLD WAR II AND KILLED IN ACTION IN THE KOREAN WAR.
HOMETOWN: Bowling, Perry County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 August 1926, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Ida E. Deaton and Oscar J. Amis.
GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Eversole and John Horton Amis.
WORLD WAR II U. S. MILITARY SERVICE:
ENLISTMENT DATE: 25 November 1944. DISCHARGE DATE: 2 August 1946.
KOREAN WAR U. S. MILITARY SERVICE:
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35785881.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Company A, Korean War.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 August 1950, KOREAN WAR.
PLACE OF DEATH: South Korea.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, South Korean, Korean War, “while fighting the enemy”.
DISPOSITION: Buried. FIRST BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: Headstone Application, about 1952, signed by Oscar J. Amis of Buckhorn, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Amis Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: BOB T. AMIS carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957. U. S. World War II Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listing.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-cousin-two-times-removed, Bob T. Amis on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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