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.

Copyright 2017 ~ info@perrycountykentuckymilitarylegacy.com ~ All Rights Reserved

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WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES ARMY DIVISIONS

PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS AND MARINES

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1st Armored Division, 6th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ John Denvil Cole of LOTHAIR, Finding of Death (FOD), Missing In Action in North Africa on 8 November 1942.

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1st Armored Division, 13th Armored Regiment, WWII.

~ Marcus Fields of MASON’S CREEK, Died Non Battle in North Africa on 16 February 1943.

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1st Cavalry Division, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.

~ Dan Cornett of HAZARD, Killed In Action in Leyte on 10 November 1944.

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1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Company E, WWII.

~ Curtis Colwell of VICCO, Distinguished Service Cross, SSM, D-Day, First Wave, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, WWII.

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1st Ranger Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Troy P. Allen of ARY, Killed In Action in Anzio, Italy on 26 January 1944.

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1st Special Service Force, 1st Regiment, 5th Company, “Devil’s Brigade”, American-Canadian Commando Unit, WWII.

~ Joe Williams of BLUE DIAMOND, Killed in Action in Italy on 28 May 1944.

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2nd Marine Air Wings, Marine Fighting Squadron 211, Marine Air Group 21, USMC, WWII.

~ Winslow Couch of BIG CREEK, Killed In Action on Wake Island on 8 December 1941, Day Two of WWII.

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2nd Marine Division, 8th Marine Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Walter Orlando Reeves of CHRISTOPHER, Killed In Action in Asia? on 25 October 1945?

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2nd Marine Division, 8th Marines, 2nd Battalion, US Army WWII.

~ Gilbert Norman “Pete” Vitatoe of ALLOCK, Killed In Action at GUADALCANAL on 22 November 1942, WWII.

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2nd Division, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.

~ William Robert Cole of HAZARD, Silver Star Medal, Killed In Action in France on 11 September 1944. 

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2nd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Lewis Stacy of HAZARD, Killed In Action in France on 23 July 1944.

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3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Vance Morgan of HAZARD, Killed In Action in Germany on 16 March 1945.

[Vance’s brother, Arthur Morgan was Killed In Action in Germany on 4 March 1945.]

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3rd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Herman Feltner of BIG WILLARD, Killed In Action in North Africa on 10 August 1943.

~ John Delbert “Junior” Utley of HARVEYTON, Killed In Action, Germany on 19 April 1945.

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3rd Infantry Division, 15th Infantry Regiment, US Army, WWII.

~Nathan T. Turner of DOLAN, Killed In Action in Italy on 13 October 1943.

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3rd Marine Division, WWII.

~ James S. Campbell of NAPFOR, Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on 7 March 1945.

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4th Armored Division, 8th Tank Battalion, WWII.

~ Carter Feltner of WILLARD, Killed In Acton in France on 10 November 1944.

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4th Infantry Divison, 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII. 

~ Frank Young of FARLER, Killed In Action in France on 11 June 1944.

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4th Infantry “Ivy” Division, 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Andrew Ivey of CAMPBELL, Killed In Action in Germany on 4 December 1944.

~ Buster Arthern Young of VICCO, Killed In Action in France on 9 July 1944.

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5th Air Transport Squad, Army Air Corps, WWII.

~ Ercel Stallard of HAZARD, Died Non Battle in Florida, in United States on 5 March 1942. 

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5th Infantry Division, 10th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII. 

~Daniel Langdon Abner of BOWLINGTOWN, Killed In Action, Holland, 30 September 1944.

~Carl Baker of FORKED MOUTH, Killed In Action in France on 30 July 1944.

~Edward Collins of HAZARD, Killed In Action in France on 11 September 1944.

~Harry Vernon Cornett of HAZARD, Missing, FOD, in France on 12 September 1944.

~Norvel Hamons of VIPER, Killed In Action in France on 10 September 1944.

~Cleon McIntyre of VIPER, Killed In Action in France on 9 November 1944.

~Raymond Popp of WILLARD, Killed In Action in France on 3 November 1944.

~Homer Robinson of HILTON, Killed In Action in Luxembourg on 18 January 1945.

~Everett Sizemore of BULAN, Killed In Action in France on 20 September 1944.

~T. G. Spencer of BLUE DIAMOND, Died Non Battle in Iceland on 18 September 1942.

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5th Infantry Division, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Medical Battalion, WWII.

~ Charles Homer Taylor of HARVEYTON, Killed In Action in France on 29 July 1944.

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5th Infantry Division, 11th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Mason Fields of LITTLE WILLARD, Died Non Battle in Iceland on 29 December 1943.

~ Arlie Hensley of BLUE DIAMOND, Killed In Action in Luxembourg on 26 December 1944.

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5th Infantry Division, 46th Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.

~ Hubert Crase of STORM KING, Killed In Action in France on 23 August 1944.

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5th Infantry Division, 50th Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.

~ Jackie Davidson of GRAPEVINE, Killed In Action in Germany on 18 March 1945.

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5th Marine Division, Unknown, U. S. Marine Corps, WWII.

~ Charles Lloyd Ward of WALKERTOWN, Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945.

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5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, WWII.

~ Woodrow Wilson H. Shepherd of CLEMONS, Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on 3 March 1945.

~ Charlie Fields of FORKED MOUTH, Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on 4 March 1945.

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5th Marine Division, 28th Marines Regiment, First Battalion, Company B, U. S. M. C. WWII.

~ Carl Monroe Strong of BULAN, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima on 14 March 1945.

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5th Marine Division, 28th Marines Regiment, Third Battalion, Co. G, Fleet Marine Force, WWII

~ August Collins of ALLAIS, Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on 1 March 1945.

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6th Armored Division, 146th Armored Signal Company, WWII.

~ Harold K. Combs of HAPPY, Killed In Action in Germany on 2 April 1945.

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7th Division, 32nd Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Harold Harvey of GLOMAWR, Died Of Wounds on Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands on 4 February 1944.

~ George Morris of SQUABBLE CREEK, Killed In Action on Okinawa on 8 April 1944.

~ Haskel Elmo Perkins of GLOMAWR, Killed In Action on Okinawa on 13 April 1945. 

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8th Armored Infantry Division, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, U. S. ARMY, WWII.

~ Ralph Miller of KODAK, Wounded In Action in Essen, Germany on 28 March 1945.

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8th Service Command Replacements, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ James Sandlin Jim Riley of BUCKHORN, Died Non Battle in Arkansas, USA on 15 May 1943

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9th Armored Division, 2nd Medical Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Lee O. Lowry of COMBS, Killed In Action in Germany on 12 April 1945.

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9th Armored Division, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ William David Williams of GLOMAWR, Killed In Action in Germany on 13 April 1945.

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9th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII. 

~ Estill L. Barker of LOTHAIR, Killed In Action in Germany on 17 April 1945.

~ Roy Lee Hurt of HARDBURLEY, Died Non Battle in Unknown on 5 November 1944.

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9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ George Washington Combs, Jr. of BIG BRANCH, Killed In Action in France on 10 August 1944.  [The data varied, because the 69th Division was on a document, but must not be correct?  Or was he in two divisions?]

~ Cleveland Dykes of ALLOCK, Killed In Action in Belgium on 21 November 1944.

~ Arnold Ritchie of WALKERTOWN, Killed In Action in France on 17 June 1944.

~ Thurman Stevens of HAZARD, Killed in Action in Germany on 25 November 1944.

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9th Infantry Division, 60th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army WWII.

~ Lester Spicer of BOWLINGTOWN, Killed In Action in France on 3 August 1944.

~ Elmer Taylor of BULAN, Killed In Action in Germany on 7 April 1945.

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9th Reconnaissance Troop Armored Division, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Irvon Noble of ARY, Died Non Battle in Europe on 3 April 1945.

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10th Armored Division, 54th Armored Infantry Battalion,  U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Willie Raleigh of HARDBURLY, Killed In Action in Germany on 27 February 1945.

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10th Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Hoble Halcomb of LEATHERWOOD, Killed In Action in Italy on 21 April 1945.

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11th Armored Division, 63rd Infantry Battalion, U. S. Army, WW II.

~ Jesse Fugate of COMBS, Killed In Action in Germany on 31 March 1945.

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13th Armored Division, 59th Airborne Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ James M. Fugate of ARY, Killed In Action in Germany on 12 April 1945.

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14th Armored Division, 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Army, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Arnold Alden Alexander of BARRIDGE, Killed In Action in Germany on 1 January 1945.

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14th Armored Division, 68th Armored Infantry Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Johnny White of Perry County, Died Non Battle in Unknown on 1 June 1945.

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17th  Replacement Depot, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Pete Whitaker of BIG CREEK, Status Unknown in France on 25 March 1945.

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20th Armored Division, 65th Infantry Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Robert Oren “Bobby” Davis of HAZARD, Died Non Battle in Germany on 13 July 1945.

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24th Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Thomas H. “Tommy” Lewis of BRIAR FORK, Killed In Action on Leyte on 21 October 1944.

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25th Infantry Division, 35th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Clay Valentine of PERRY COUNTY, Silver Star Medal Recipient-Oak Leaf Cluster, Killed In Action, Luzon, 22 Mar 1945.

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26th Infantry Division, 104th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ Kenneth Bruce Rogers of BULAN, Killed In Action in Germany on 1 April 1945.

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26th Infantry Division, 328th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Arliss Maggard of CHAVIES, Killed In Action in Luxembourg on 25 December 1944.

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28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, 6th Calvary Group, WWII.

~ William "Bill" Caudill of BIG BRANCH, Killed In Action in Germany on 28 March 1945.

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28th Infantry Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Marshall Jackson of NAPFOR, Killed In Action in Germany on 13 September 1944.

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29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Johnnie Singleton of FUSONIA, Killed In Action, in the First Assault Wave on Omaha Beach, D-Day in Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.

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30th Infantry Division, 120th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ Carter Bowling of BOWLINGTOWN, Killed In Action in FRANCE on 9 July 1944. 

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34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII. 

~ Ellis Beverley of DWARF, Killed In Action in Italy on 3 February 1944.

~ George W. Costello of ALLAIS, Killed In Action in Italy on 3 April 1944.


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35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Marcus Grigsby of BULAN, Killed In Action in Belgium on 8 January 1945.

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36th Infantry Division, 141st Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ James M. Clemons of GLOMAWR, Killed In Action in Italy on 21 January 1944.

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36th Infantry Division, 142nd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ James William Brummett of MASON’S CREEK (Left Fork), Killed In Action in Italy on 3 December 1943.

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42nd Infantry Division, 232nd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Benjamin Patrick of ARY, Killed In Action in Germany on 8 April 1945.

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43rd Division, 172nd Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Arthur Caudill of BIG BRANCH, Killed In Action in the Philippines on 19 March 1945.

~ Walter Cook of Clemons, Killed In Action in Luzon on 25 May 1945. 

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44th Infantry Division, 324th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Everett Campbell of BLUE DIAMOND, Killed In Action in France on 31 October 1944.

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45th Infantry Division, 157th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Aster Tucker of DWARF, Killed In Action in Italy on 26 May 1944.

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45th Infantry Division, 180th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ James D. Clay, Jr. of HAZARD, Killed In Action in France on 22 October 1944.

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56th Cavalry Brigade, 112th Cavalry Regiment, WWII.

~ Luther W. Davidson of GRAPEVINE, Killed In Action in Luzon on 16 February 1945.

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59th Coast Artillery Corps, 59th Cavalry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Ted Edger F. Vitatoe of LOTHAIR, Prisoner of War, Killed in Action, Palawan Massacre, Philippines on 14 December 1944.

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60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft), E Battery, WWII.

~ Earnest H. Dixon of PERRY COUNTY, Prisoner of War, Missing, Died- Non- Battle, Japanese Hell Ship Circumstances in the Philippines on 15 December 1944.

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63rd Infantry Division, 861st Field Artillery Battalion, U. S. Army, Post-WWII.

~ Chester B. Barger of SAUL, Died Non Battle in England on 9 October 1945.

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65th Infantry Division, 261st Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Nathan B. Cochran of JEFF, Killed In Action in Germany on 26 April 1945.

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66th Infantry Division, 262nd Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Otis Farler of FARLER, Killed In Action, S.S. LEOPOLDVILLE, Troop Transport, English Channel, 25 December 1944.

~ John F. Parker of BONNYMAN, Killed In Action, S.S. LEOPOLDVILLE, Troop Transport, English Channel, 25 Dec 1944.

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76th Infantry Division, 304th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Arthur Morgan of HAZARD, Killed In Action in Germany on 4 March 1945.

[Arthur’s brother, Vance Morgan was Killed In Action in Germany on 16 March 1945.]

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77th Infantry Division, 307th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Joseph E. “Joe” Ray of HAZARD, Killed In Action on Okinawa on 1 May 1945, WWII.

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79th Infantry Division, 313th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Justine Pratt of PERRY COUNTY, Killed In Action in France on 19 December 1944.

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79th Infantry Division, 315th Infantry Regiment.

~ Herman Hall of MASON’S CREEK, Missing, Killed In Action in France on 15 January 1945.

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80th Infantry Division, 808th Tank Destroyer Battalion, USAGF, WWII.

~ Oscar Bowling of HAZARD, Killed In Action In France on 13 November 1944, WWII.

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82nd Airborne Division, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ James William Allen, Jr. of TRIBBEY, Co H, 3rd Battalion, Killed In Action in the Netherlands, 20 September 1944, WWII.  (His Brother, Charles D. Allen, KIA in Germany on 14 April 1945 WWII).

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82nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Squadron) Mechanized, Light Division, U.S. Army WWII.

~ Eugene Russell Kelly of LOTHAIR, Died Non Battle in the United States on 8 July 1942.

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83rd Division, 9th Army, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Charles D. Allen of TRIBBEY, Killed In Action in Germany on 14 April 1945. 

(His brother, James William Allen, Jr. of Tribbey, Killed In Action in the Netherlands on 20 Sept 1944.)

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83rd Infantry Division, 329th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Eugene Gayhart of HARVEYTON, Died Of Wounds in France on 8 August 1944.

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83rd Infantry Division, 331st Regiment, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ Taylor Bowling of ALLAIS, Killed In Action in France on 19 July 1944.

~ Ray Couch (twin) of SECOND CREEK, Died Of Wounds in France on 11 August 1944.

~ Woodrow Wilson Sizemore of ALLAIS, Killed In Action in France on 9 July 1944.

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85th Division, 339th Infantry, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Artie Wayne Lowe of KODAK, Wounded In Action in Italy in September 1944.

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87th Infantry Division, 346th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Floyd Willard Napier of BOWLINGTOWN, Killed In Action in France on 19 December 1944.

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88th Infantry Division, 35th Infanty Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Elden Riley of LOTHAIR, Died Of Wounds in Unknown on 8 June 1944.

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88th Infantry Division, 349th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Chester Morgan of AVAWAM, Killed In Action in Italy on 17 April 1945.

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88th Infantry Division, 351st Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Letcher "Letch" Turner of PERRY COUNTY, Killed In Action in Italy on 25 September 1944.

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90th Infantry “Tough Ombres” Division, 357th Infantry Regiment,  U. S. Army, WWII.

~ William Henry Johnson of COMBS, Killed In Action in France on 15 November 1944.

~ Darwin Kingsley Oliver of HAZARD, West Point Graduate, Killed in Action France, 25 July 1944

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90th Infantry “Tough Ombres” Division, 359th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Henry Allen of LOST CREEK, Died Of Wounds in France on 18 June 1944.

~ Fred Gross of BUCKHORN, Lightly Wounded In Action in France on 16 September 1944; and later in the war, he was Wounded In Action in the Battle of the Bulge.   

~ Albert Roy “Jake” Lowe of KODAK and VICCO, Silver Star Medal, Killed In Action in France on 16 September 1944.

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91st Infantry Division, 316th Engineer Combat  Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ John Joseph Golubic, Jr. of HAZARD, Died Of Wounds in Italy on 11 December 1944.

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91st Infantry Division, 361st Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ James V. Thomas of HAZARD, Killed in Action in Italy on 30 April 1945.

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92nd Medical Battalion, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Sewell B. Fields of LITTLE WILLARD, Died Non Battle in North Carolina on 9 May 1943.

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94th Infantry Division, 376th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ John H. Wells of HAZARD, Died Of Wounds in Luxembourg on 16 January 1945.

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95th Infantry “Victory” Division, 279th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII

~ Earl Roach of COMBS, Killed In Action in Germany on 4 April 1945.

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95th Infantry Division, 377th Infantry Regiment, Company K, WWII.

~ Warren G. Harden Combs of ACUP, Died Non Battle in Germany on 29 March 1945.

~ Benjamin F. Watkins of HARDBURLEY, Killed In Action in France on 17 November 1944. 

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96th Infantry Division, 381st Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Henry Nunn, Jr. of WALKERTOWN, Killed In Action at Okinawa on 19 April 1945.

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96th Infantry Division, 382nd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Shelby Allen of ARY, Killed In Action, Okinawa, Japan, 10 May 1945.

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97th Infantry Division, 386th Infantry Regiment, WWII.

~ Eugene A. Cornett of HAZARD, Killed In Action in Germany on 7 April 1945.

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98th Field Artillery Battalion (Mule Pack), 136th  Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Wallace Wooten of HAZARD, Unknown, Died on 20 February 1945.

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99th Infantry Division, 394th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Tony C. Noplis of HAZARD, Killed In Action in Germany on 3 March 1945.

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104th Infantry Division, 414th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Arthur Floyd Lowe of KODAK, Wounded In Action on 25 March 1945.

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209th Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ Morrison D. Allen, of PERRY COUNTY, MIA, Killed In Action in Burma on 13 June 1944.

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605th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Headquarters Company, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Thurman C. Clemons of BULAN, Died Non Battle in Tennessee, USA on 17 December 1943.

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654th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, Company A.

~ Oscar Pollard of BLUE DIAMOND, Killed In Action in France on 10 October 1944.

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743rd Tank Battalion Infantry, U.S. Army, WWII.

~ Eugene Gene White of HAZARD, Died Of Wounds in France on 14 August 1944.

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803rd Engineers Battalion Aviation, U. S. Army Airforces, WWII.

~ Louie Jay, Jr., of KODAK, Prisoner of War, Died Non Battle in Philippines on 26 July 1942.

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805th Replacement Battalion, Infantry, U. S. Army, WWII.

~ Lernon Noble of ARY, Died Non Battle in Ohio, USA on 3 October 1945, Post-WWII.

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824th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 7th Army, WWII.

~ Irvin Williams, Jr. of DICE, Died Non Battle in Austria on 10 May 1945.

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863rd Antiaircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion (AAA A.W. BN) Battery B., Company D; 51st AAA BG Coast Artillery Corps, WWII.

~ Dock Mason Ritchie of MONTGOMERY CREEK, Killed In Action, France, 10 August 1944.

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893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, WWII.

~ Garrett William "Willie" Combs, Jr. of GLOMAWR, Died Non Battle, Germany, 25 April 1945.

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991st Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.

~ Lester Clay McIntire of KODAK, Died Of Wounds in France on 19 August 1944.

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UNKNOWN MILITARY ORGANIZATION

~ Clyde Baker of SQABBLE CREEK, Died Non Battle in Arizona, USA on 30 September 1945.

~ Cecil Brown of MASON’S CREEK, Killed In Action in North Africa on 8 November 1942.

 ~ Warren G. Campbell of BUSY, Killed In Action in Unknown on 6 or 13 January 1945.

~ Clifford L. Canter of HAZARD, Died Non Battle in Unknown in 1944.

~ Cecil H. Combs of AVAWAM, Died Non Battle in the United States on 14 August 1944.

~ Curtis Combs of GLOMAWR, Killed In Action in Pacific on November 1944.

~ Leonard Elwood Combs of LOTHAIR, Missing In Action in Marianas on 20 June 1945.

~ Virgle C. Cook of HAZARD, Died Non Battle in United States on 7 May 1943.

~ Charles L. Cornett of HAZARD, Died Non Battle in United States on 30 October 1943.

~ Jack Davidson, Jr., of PERRY COUNTY, Died Non Battle, Unknown.

~ William Edward Evans of TRIBBEY, Unknown.

~ Cecil Kirth Grigsby of HARDBURLEY, Killed In Action in Unknown on 26 August 1944.

~ Pleasant “Pleas” B. Hacker of BOWLINGTOWN, Killed In Action, Unknown.

~ Edward Hampton of HAZARD, Killed In Action in France? on 29 July 1944.

~ John Anderson Jackson of NAPFOR, Killed In Action in Unknown on 3 March 1945.

~ Eugene R. Johnson of STORM KING, Killed In Action, Unknown on 8 November 1942.

~ Kenneth Maggard of HILTON, Died Non Battle, in United States on 25 December 1943.

~ Green Noble of LOST CREEK, Died Non Battle, in Unknown on 26 June 1945.

~ Darwin Kingsley Oliver of HAZARD, West Point Class of 1939, KIA France, 25 July 1944.

~ Walter Orlando Reeves of CHRISTOPHER, Killed In Action on 25 October 1945?

~ Willie Stacy of ARY, Died Non Battle in Kentucky on 20 May 1942.

~ Robert Lee Watkins of HAZARD, Killed in Action in England in 1944.

~ James Clifton Watson of GLOMAWR, Unknown, died on 23 December 1941.

~ Pete Whitaker of BIG CREEK, Status Unknown, died on 25 March 1945.

~ Johnny White of PERRY COUNTY, Died Non Battle in Unknown on 1 June 1945. 

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