Military Legacy Of Pulaski County, Kentucky And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF PULASKI 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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PULASKI COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME, A - Z

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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BURDINE

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BURDINE, DAVID (1831 – ), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Burdine, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Dallas, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Dykes, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: ca 1829 or 1831 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Mary Polly and Robert Burdine.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Lindsay and Elijah Burden.
GREAT-GRAND-PARENTS: Josephine Rose and James Burden, American Revolutionary War.
GREAT-GRANDSON: Lee Roy “Peanut” Smith (1942-2019), who married Wanda Sue Cornett.
SPOUSE: Margaret Ann Cash. (She also married William W. Woodall.)
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 24 July 1861.
DISCHARGE DATE: 13 October 1864.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company K, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Union Army, Civil War.
DATE OF DEATH: circa1912 or 1922; unable to read type-over year on headstone application card.
CEMETERY: Burdine Valley Cemetery, Lincoln, Kentucky on Headstone Application. Bethany Cemetery, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky on findagrave.
SOURCES: 1890 Veterans Schedules, Pulaski County, Kentucky. U. S. Civil War Soldiers. U. S. Headstone Application For Military Veterans, 1925-1963. Findagrave.
NOTE: I placed David Burdine 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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RANEY

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RANEY, GREENUP “GREEN” (1847 – 1912), UNION ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. ALTERNATE SPELLING: Rainey.
HOMETOWN: Burdine, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 August 1845 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
SON OF: Celia.
SPOUSE: Martha Ann Ponter / Pointer.
GREAT-GRANDSON: Lee Roy “Peanut” Smith (1942-2019), who married Wanda Sue Cornett.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 16 April 1865 at Stanford, Kentucky.
DISCHARGE DATE: 27 July 1865 at Stanford, Kentucky.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Union Army Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B, Halls Gap Battalion, Capital Guards, Kentucky Infantry.
CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX: 26 July 1890, Filed for Invalid Pension.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 September 1912 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Goforth Cemetery, Shopville, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: American Civil War Soldiers. Civil War Pension Index. U. S. Civil War Soldier Records And Profiles.
NOTE: I placed Greenup “Green” Raney 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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WORLD WAR I

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HOOD

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HOOD, JOHN SHERMAN (1889-1952), U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Pulaski County, Kentucky, U. S. A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 September 1889.
PARENTS: Mary and John William Hood.
SPOUSE: Lola Ferrell.
SON: John R. Hood, Staff Sergeant, 109th Infantry, 28th Division, Killed In Action on 10 August 1944, World War II.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 29 April 1918.
DISCHARGE DATE: 24 May 1919.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2893041.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Field Artillery.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Headquarters Company, 322nd Field Artillery, 83rd Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, WORLD WAR I:
The ship, CANOPIC sailed on 12 June 1918 from New York, New York. On board was Private John Hood, 2893041, 322 Field Artillery Headquarters Company, National Army, 83rd Division. Kin, Lola F. Hood, wife, of Somerset, Kentucky.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 May 1952.
CEMETERY: Somerset City Cemetery, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.

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WORLD WAR II

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BAUGH

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BAUGH, HENRY WOODSON (1923-1994), U. S. ARMY, PRISONER OF WAR, ESCAPED FROM THE GERMAN PRISONER COLUMN OF HELL DEATH MARCH, REUNITED WITH THE U. S. ARMY MILITARY FORCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Eubank, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
~ On the 1930 Census, Woodstock Road, Eubank, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
~ On the 1940 Census, Fourth and Railroad Street, Eubank, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 August 1923 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Grace Ann McNelly and Elza Baugh, who was a World War I Veteran.
SPOUSE: Alma Jewell Bartee.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1 or 8 February 1943 in Columbus, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE: 10 December 1945.
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 87th Infantry (Golden Acorn) Division, U. S. Army, World War II.
WORLD WAR II. U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASES AND RELATED RECORDS, 1942-1945:
~ “Three American soldiers, believed to be the only U. S. prisoners in the infamous “Column of Hell”, have confirmed British stories of that German version of the “Death March of Bataan” in a recent War Department interview at the Boston Port of Debarkation.”
~ “First Lieutenant William M. Fairley of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a machine gun platoon leader of the 87th Infantry (Golden Acorn) Division, told the story of his capture, the harrowing retreat of the German prison column before the advancing allied Forces and his subsequent escape.”
~ “Five days after we were taken, Technical Sergeant Thomas W. Finley of Nassau, New York, Corporal Henry W. Baugh of Springfield, Ohio, and I decided to attempt escape.... We hid in a hayloft and stayed behind, when the [German] column moved out ...”
EUROPEAN THEATRE.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 December 1994.
CEMETERY: Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Clark County, Ohio.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Record. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. War Department Press Releases and Related Records, 1942-1945. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

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BESHEARS

A FEW OF MANY ALTERNATE SPELLINGS: BRASSEIR. BRASHEARS, BRASHEAR.

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BESHEARS, HERFORD CLIFFORD (1918 – 1945), KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Naomi, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Ard, Wayne County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 August 1918 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: John Morgan Beshears and Iva Ard.
GRANDPARENTS: Phaylas / Phalous Beshears and Louella Jenny Smith.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: James Morgan Alexander Beshears and Sarah Taylor Coe.
EIGHTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: “Mary Richford and Benjamin Brashear, ... a French Huguenot Protestant, ... who was born in France about 1626, ... migrated to the Colony of Virginia about 1637 ... and settled in the Province of Maryland in 1658.” Source: The Brashear Story A Family History byTroy L. Back and Leon Brashear, c.1962.
SPOUSE:
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 22 October 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE: 25 April 1945, Killed In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35667414.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Troop E, 5th Cavalry Regiment, U. S. Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: South Pacific Theatre.
TROOP SHIP, U. S. S. BROOKS (APD – 10), 28 FEBRUARY 1944:
~ List of Non-enlisted Troop Passengers, sailing from Classified for Dangerous Waters.
~ Beshears, Herford C., Pfc, 35667414, Amphibious Operations.
WOUNDED IN ACTION: 22 February 1945, Manila.
DATE OF DEATH: 25 April 1945, Philippine Islands, Killed In Action, World War II.
PLACE OF DEATH: Philippine Islands, Killed In Action, World War II.
TYPES OF INJURY: Battle Casualty.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
FIRST BURIAL, 1945: USAF Cemetery, Manila No. 2, Philippine Islands.
SOMERSET NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, MAY 16, 1945, SOMERSET, PULASKI COUNTY, KENTUCKY:
~ “Names of three more Pulaski youths, Pfc Herford C. Beshears, Pvt. Ottis C. Bray and Pvt. Ray Floyd, have been inscribed on the country’s Gold Star Honor Roll, during this past week. This makes a total of 144 county youths, who have given their lives in World War II.”
REPATRIATED: Yes.
SECOND BURIAL, INTERMENT: 19 October 1948.
CEMETERY: Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
HEADSTONE ORDERED: 19 November 1948
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. The Brashear Story A Family History byTroy L. Back and Leon Brashear, c.1962. U. S. Burial Register, Military Posts and National Cemeteries. U. S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962. U. S. Navy World War II Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, List of Non-enlisted Troop Passengers of the ship, U.S.S. BROOKS. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.
NOTE: I placed my sixth-cousin-one-time-removed, Herford Clifford Beshears 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.
NOTE: I placed Herford Clifford Beshears on my ~Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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BRAY

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BRAY, OTTIS C. (1914 – 1944), MISSING IN ACTION, ENGLISH CHANNEL, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: R.R. 1, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 September 1914 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: James Alvin Bray and Leanna Cline.
GRANDPARENTS: Martin Bray and Polly Ann Stogsdill.
SPOUSE:
REGISTERED FOR THE DRAFT: 16 October 1940 in Hamilton, Ohio.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 24 April 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE: 28 December 1944, Missing In Action, English Channel, WWII.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35453098.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Headquarters Company, 15th Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
“SS EMPIRE JAVELIN, AN INFANTRY TROOP LANDING SHIP, EMBARKED 1,483 U. S. SERVICEMEN AT SOUTHHAMPTON AND SAILED INTO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL FOR LE HAVRE, FRANCE ON 28 DECEMBER 1944:”
~ “In the English Channel on the afternoon of the 28th there was an explosion on board the SS EMPIRE JAVELIN without warning … the ship sunk … at least 20 lives were lost and 20 more injured.” Source, en.wikipedia.org.
~ Was Ottis C. Bray on board?
DATE OF DEATH: 28 December 1944, Missing In Action, English Channel, World War II.
PLACE OF DEATH: English Channel, World War II.
TYPE OF INJURY: Battle Casualty. Injured In The Line Of Duty.
STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION.
CEMETERY: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridgeshire, England.
MEMORIALIZED: Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
MONUMENT: Cambridge, England.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart.
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commision; abmc.gov. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. SS EMPIRE JAVELIN; enwikipedia.org. U. S. Defense POW / MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records For Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. U. S. World War II Draft Cards 1940-1947. U. S. World War II Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.

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FEESE

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FEESE, ROLLIN MONTGOMERY, JR. (1913-1943), CREW CHIEF ON BOARD THE C-49-DO “CALAMITY MARY JANE” AIRCRAFT, WHEN IT VANISHED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE, DECLARED MISSING IN WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Hawkins Avenue, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 September 1913, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Ella Flowers and Rollin Montgomery Feese, Sr.
SISTER: Katherine Elizabeth Feese, who married Clifford Ward Early. Clifford was the grandson of Julia McNealy and Jubal Anderson Early, Confederate States Army Lieutenant General, American Civil War.
NIECE: Mary Belle Early.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 5 February 1942 in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky. MAY 1942, WORLD WAR II, ROLLIN MONTGOMERY FEESE, JR.’S LAST VISIT WITH HIS SISTER, KATHERINE ELIZABETH FEESE EARLY AND HER NEW BORN DAUGHTER, MARY BELLE EARLY:
Remembering her mother’s account of an event during World War II, Mary Belle Early Howell shared a precious piece of family history, “Although my mother’s previous children had been born at home, I was born in May 1942 at the Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville in Boyle County, Kentucky. While we were in the hospital, my mother’s brother, Rollin Montgomery Feese, Jr. arrived for a visit. He had enlisted in the United States Army earlier in the year and was expecting to be sent to the Pacific Theatre. After my uncle said his farewell and left the room, my mother could hear the sound of his footsteps on the floor, as he walked away. At that moment, she knew that she would never see her brother again. Years passed. Quite often my mother and I would walk up to the World War II Memorial in Somerset. She taught me how to recognize her brother’s name, to reach out and touch the letters and to always remember our last visit with him.”
DISCHARGE DATE: 8 April 1943, Missing In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35265290.
RANK: Staff Sergeant. Crew Chief.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Air Force.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 46th Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group, U. S. Army Air Force, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Pacific Theatre.
DATE OF DEATH: 8 April 1943, Missing In Action, World War II.
“CALAMITY MARY JANE”, 8 APRIL 1943, 5:40 AM: “... [the plane] took off from Garbutt Airfield at Townsville ... bound for Port Moresby ... failed to arrive ... failed to return ... officially declared Missing In Action.” Source: Pacific Wrecks; pacificwrecks.com.
PLACE OF DEATH: Pacific Theatre, World War II.
STATUS: Missing In Action / Missing, Finding of Death. Data varied on different documents.
DISPOSITION: Nonrecoverable.
MEMORIALIZED: Fort William McKinley, Manila American Cemetery And Memorial, Manila, Philippines.
SOURCES: ABMC Tablets of the Missing. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. National Archives. Pacific Wrecks; pacificwrecks.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. U. S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. World War II Memorial Registry.

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FLOYD

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FLOYD, RAY (1913 – 1945), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 May 1913. Born in Kentucky on the 1930 Census. Born in Illinois on the 1940 Census. Born in Monticello, Illinois on Draft Registration Card. Born Monticello, Pulaski County, Kentucky on Findagrave.
PARENTS: Dock Floyd (1877-1937) and Nannie Weddle.
BROTHER: Ralph Floyd (1944-1992), U. S. Navy, Vietnam War.
SPOUSE: Myrl V. Wright.
DAUGHTER: Mary Alice Floyd.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 10 April 1944 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky.
DISCHARGE DATE: 23 April 1945. Killed In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35080236.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 4th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division, U. S. Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre.
THE FIRST ARMORED DIVISION, EUROPEAN THEATRE:
~ “After the Allied invasion of Sicily, the 1st Armored Division, which was part of the American Fifth Army, invaded mainland Italy.
~ “… The division continued … combat to the Po Valley until the German forces in Italy surrendered on 2 May 1945.” Source, 1st Armored Division (United States); en.wikipedia.org.
DATE OF DEATH: 23 April 1945. Killed In Action, World War II.
PLACE OF DEATH: Italy.
TYPE OF INJURY: Battle Casualty.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
CEMETERY: Florence American Cemetery, Via Cassia, Italy.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission; abmc.gov. Census. Findagrave. First Armored Division (United States); en.wikipedia.org. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records for U. S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. U. S. World War II Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.

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HOOD

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HOOD, JOHN R. (1918-1944), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, U. S. A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 December 1918 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Lola Ferrell and John Sherman Hood, a World War I Veteran.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 5 March 1942 in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky.
DISCHARGE DATE: 10 August 1944, Killed In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35132567.
RANK: Staff Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
DATE OF DEATH: 10 August 1944, Killed In Action, World War II.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
BURIAL: Temporary Cemetery, 3543.
CEMETERY: Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James (Permanent Cemetery), Saint James, France.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart.
SOURCES: Census. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records for U. S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. World War II Memorial Registry. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listing.

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RANDALL

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RANDALL, MURRELL (1924-1945), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky, U. S. A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 March 1924, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Zena James and Clifford Randall.
GRANDPARENTS: Barbara Ellen Stogsdill and Robert Randall, Jr.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Eleanor Sears and Robert Randall, Sr.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
REGISTRATION DATE: 30 June 1942 in Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 16 April 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE: 3 March 1945, Killed In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35799484.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Army, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 March 1945, Killed In Action, World War II.
STATUS: Killed In Action, World War II.
BURIAL: First Burial currently unknown.
REPATRIATED: Yes.
INTERMENT: 11 December 1947. Mrs. Randall (mother) received Flag.
CEMETERY: Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. National Archives. U. S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries. U. S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. Veterans’ Gravesites. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. U. S. WWII Draft Cards. World War II Memorial Registry.

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RUTHERFORD

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RUTHERFORD, ROBERT CLEO (1921 – 1945), KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Eubank, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Ludlow Falls, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 May 1921 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Oscar Cleo Rutherford and Mary A. Birt.
GRANDPARENTS: Michael Rutherford and Mary Elizabeth Baugh.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Aaron Rutherford and Susannah Mullins.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Rutherford and Elizabeth Grigsby.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Rhoda Rutherford (daughter of Elizabeth M. Adkins and Joseph W. Rutherford) and Julius Rutherford, (son of Ursula Parish and William Rutherford). Julius was an American Revolutionary War Soldiers, who was stationed at Valley Forge.
SIXTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Robert Rutherford and Margaret Vawter.
SPOUSE:
U. S. WORLD WAR II DRAFT CARD: First signed 1 February 1942. Notified of a change of address from Ludlow Falls, Ohio on 4 May 1942.
ENTERED SERVICE FORM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 1 March 1945, Killed In Action, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35667405.
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army, World War II.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 14th Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division, U. S. Army.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre.
NINTH ARMORED DIVISION, 28 FEBRUARY 1945:
~ “… the 9th Armored Division’s Command Post was Sprimont, Liege, Belgium.” Source, U. S. Army Center of Military History Order of Battle of The U. S. Army – WWII – ETO, 9th Armored Division; history.army.mil.
~ “… the 9th (Armored Division) smashed across the Roer (River) to Rheinback, sending patrols into Remagen.” Source: military-history.fandom.com, 9th Armored Division, United States.
HOSPITAL ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE: March 1945.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 March 1945.
PLACE OF DEATH: European Theatre.
TYPE OF INJURY: Battle Casualty.
STATUS: Killed In Action, World War II.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
FIRST BURIAL: Temporary Cemetery 1240.
REPATRIATED: No.
SECOND BURIAL: Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, 1201, Hombourg, Belgium.
MONUMENT: Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission. Census. Findagrave. Ninth Armored Division, United States; military-history.fandom.com. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Army Center of Military History Order of Battle of the U.S. Army – WWII – ETO, 9th Armored Division; history.army.mil. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records for U. S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s sixth-cousin-one-time-removed, Robert Cleo Rutherford on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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SMITH

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SMITH, ZORA (1920 – 1944), FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION ASSAULTED OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY, 6 JUNE 1944, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Ansel, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 August 1920, Casey County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Quincy Clay Smith, a World War I Veteran, and Ella Jane Dick.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: James K. Crawford Smith and Maranda C. Irvine.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Silas William Dick and Louisa Lulu Randolph.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Crawford Smith and Delilah Randolph.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Calvin Randolph and Abigail G. Warren.
POSSIBLE FIFTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Richard Randolph and Jane Bolling, who was the great-great-granddaughter of Pocahontas Powhatan.
POSSIBLE SIXTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: William Randolph and Mary Royal Isham of the Colony of Virginia.
SPOUSE: Myrtle A. Wesley, daughter of Charles Wesley and Elizabeth Gaddis. Myrtle also wed second, Forrest Woodall.
SON: Doy G. Smith, born 21 May 1943 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, deceased, married Joyce A. Blair.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 8 April 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE: 7 September 1944, Killed In Action, World War II.
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 1 year, 5 months.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35798614.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Eighteenth Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division aka Big Red One aka The Fighting First, U. S. Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre, World War II.
INVASION OF NORMANDY, D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944, WORLD WARII:
~ “U. S. ARMY DIVISIONS, 1st Infantry Division – Big Red One, Division Chronicle.”
~ “The First Division Assaulted Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944 …”
~ “The Division followed up the St. Lo break-through with an attack on Marigny, 27 July 1944 …”
~ “… and then drove across France in a continuous offensive, reaching the German border in Aachen in September.”
~ Source, www.armydivs.com.
HOSPITAL ADMISSION DATE, SEPTEMBER 1944: Medical Treatment, Transfusion
DATE OF DEATH: 7 September 1944, Killed In Action, World War II.
PLACE OF DEATH: European Theatre, World War II.
CAUSE OF DEATH DIAGNOSIS: Artillery Shell.
TYPE OF INJURY: Battle Casualty. Injured In The Line Of Duty.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
DISPOSITION: Twice Buried.
FIRST BURIAL, CEMETERY: Temporary Cemetery 3568, European Theatre.
SECOND BURIAL, PERMANENT CEMETERY, 3502: Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Dinoze, France, Plot B, Row 32, Grave 15.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission; abmc.gov. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. Marriage Records. U. S. Army Divisions, Division Chronicle, www.armydivs.com. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

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