James Lathem Ables born 16 February 1926 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Ruby Alice Lathem (b. 1903 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas - d. 1983 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 22 and James Olenthus Ables (b. 1899 Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas - d. 1966 Oakland, Alameda County, California) age 27.

1930 Census age 4 living in Brown County, Texas with his Mother, Grandparents John and Allie Lathem. 1935 living in JP1 Brown County, Texas. 1940 Census age 14 living in JP1 Brown County, Texas with Mother and Stepfather Thurman Cole. Graduated from Brownwood High School class of 1943 and went to the University of Texas in Austin. Registered for the draft at Brown County, Texas on 27 October 1945 while living at 2009 First St. Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and being a student at the University of Texas in Austin and listed his mother, Ruby Lathem Cole 2009 First St. Brownwood, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Worked for a congressman in Washington, D.C. 1948 to 1950. Married Miss Beverly Randolph Coleman (b. 1929 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas) on 2 September 1949 in Nueces County, Texas. On 26 July 1950, 2Lt Ables was activated at Austin with the USMC Reserves 15th Infantry Battalion and listed his wife, Mrs Beverly Ables of Corpus Christi, Texas, as his next of kin contact. In October 1950, 2Lt Ables was at Camp Pendleton with the USMC Training and Replacement Command. In April 1951, 2Lt Ables was at Pearl Harbor then South Korea with the 5th Marines. [nba]     

Second Lieutenant James L. Ables 050428 US Marine Corps Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Fleet Marine Force. On 21-23 April 1951, the 5th Marines were in the vicinity of Hwachon, north of the 38th parallel, when they had contact with the enemy and suffered casualties. Soon after they were ordered to withdraw south of the 38th parallel to the area of Hongchon. 2Lt Ables was killed in action on 29 April 1951 by gunshot or small arms fire, according to some official reports, but the casualty is not recorded in the 5th Marines record for that date.[1] He was buried in a temporary grave until 1952 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Greenleaf Cemetery at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. [1-5th Marine Regiment - Historical diary↗ - April 1951, seek pages 30-41.]

William Hester Adams born on 10 December 1920 at Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas to Anna Myrtle York (b. 6 August 1881 Tennessee-d. 28 January 1940 Maud, Bowie County, Texas) Age 39 and James Hiram Adams (b. 11 May 1878 Emory, Rains County, Texas-d. 10 March 1963 Maud, Bowie County, Texas) Age 57.

1930 census Age 10 living with his parents and four brothers in Precinct 5, Bowie County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural Bowie County, Texas. He was schooled in Bowie County but left school after the ninth grade. 1940 census Age 19 living with his father and a brother in Precinct 4, Bowie County, Texas while working for the WPA road project. He registered for the draft at age 18 in 1940 and enlisted in the US Army on 19 February 1941 serving during WW2 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Receiving an honorable discharge 13 September 1945 and immediately reenlisted while stationed at the Army's Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas. He married Miss Marcheta Evelyn Busby of San Saba, Texas. Receiving an honorable discharge 13 August 1948. He enlisted in the Enlisted Reserve Corps on 3 November 1949 and was called to active duty on 7 October 1950. 1950 census Age 29 living with his wife, a son and a daughter in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas. Receiving an honorable discharge on 16 August 1951 immediately reenlisted in the US Army serving in Japan and Korea.     

Master Sergeant William H. Adams 18033707 US Army Battery C, 10th Training Battalion, Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Regional Training Center, 4052 Service Unit, Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas. He was assigned to Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas while his wife and children lived in San Saba, Texas. MSgt Adams was involved in an automobile accident one mile south of El Paso, Texas just after midnight on Wednesday morning 17 November 1954. His car had overturned and he was dead on arrival at the William Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso, Texas. His body was shipped to San Saba, San Saba County, Texas and interred in the San Saba City Cemetery on Sunday 21 November 1954.

James 'Jimmy' Lee Alexander born on 24 November 1929 near Bangs, Brown County, Texas to Eva Jewel Pallett (b. 11 February 1911 McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma -d. 12 October 1988 Brown County, Texas) Age 18 and Richard Coke Alexander (b. 22 March 1898 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas -d. 13 January 1965 May, Brown County, Texas) Age 31.

1929 born and reared in Brown County, Texas. 1935 living on a farm in rural Brown County, Texas. 1940 census Age 10 living with his parents, grandparents Alexander, an uncle, a brother and a sister at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He enlisted in the US Navy as an Apprentice Seaman, nsn-3613252, on 12 November 1948 at Dallas, Texas. He was trained as a fireman and was then shipped out with the Pacific Fleet.    

Metalsmith Fireman Jimmy Lee Alexander 3613252 US Navy. The only record I found that had any info of his death was the VA Marker application which stated that he "died USAF Hospital, Clark AFB, APO 74" Angeles City, Philipines on 5 August 1951. No info about the cause of death or where he was stationed before arriving at the Air Force hospital. His body was repatriated to America and interred in the Jenkins Springs Cemetery, Early, Brown County, Texas on about 15 September 1951 with London-Burton Funeral Home in charge. .

Floyd Denver Ashcraft born 27 February 1918 in Indiana to Avis Elma Duncan (b. 1891 Manchester, Adams County, Ohio - d. 1977 Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois) Age 27 and Durward Dudley Ashcraft (b. 1891 Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky - d. 1968 Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois) Age 27.

1920 Census age 2 living in Sullivan Township, Livingston County, Illinois with his parents, a sister and a brother. 1930 Census age 13 living in Forrest, Livingston County, Illinois with his parents, four sisters and a brother. 1935 living same place. 1940 Census age 23 living in Franklin, Ripley County, Indiana in the home of Gorden and Lena Arnold as their cousin, and working as a farmhand. Enlisted in the US Army on 27 June 1940. Married Billie L. and I could not find anything about her. Floyd D. Ashcraft asn-07033233 a married white male born Indiana in 1918 residing in Brown County, Texas working as a tinsmith with one year of college education reenlisted from the Air National Guard into the US Army Air Corps as a Master Sergeant at MacDill Field, Florida on 25 April 1946. [nba] He may be related to the Dr. Elijah J. Ashcraft buried in the Greenleaf Cemetery at Brownwood, Texas who was a doctor in Bangs, Texas at the time Floyd was at College age, nothing concrete.     

Master Sergeant Floyd D. Ashcraft 7033233 US Air Force 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Andersen AFB, Guam. Deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa. He was onboard B-29A 44-61835 Dragon Lady  out of Kadena Airfield on 31 October 1951 on a combat bombing mission to a target in North Korea. The B-29 aircraft exploded shortly after take-off, 40 miles north of Kadena near the island of Izena Shima, when its number three engine caught fire and blew a wing off. All but two crew members perished in the crash. The remains of MSgt Ashcraft and seven other crewmen were recovered and identified. These eight were placed in four caskets and repatriated to America where they were interred together in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri on 6 May 1952 in Group Burial AF-1SF.

Joe Edward Barnes born 9 March 1931 in De Leon, Comanche County, Texas to Lillie Pearl Hazzard (b. 1888 Mississippi - d. 1976 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) age 43 and Jess Louis Barnes (b. 1882 Comyn, Comanche County, Texas - d. 1945 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) age 48.

1935 living in JP4 Comanche County, Texas. 1940 Census age 9 living in JP4 Comanche County, Texas with his parents, five brothers and a sister. Joined the US Army on 13 September 1951 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman in Hawaii. He received a furlough in May 1952 and visited his family and friends in Comyn. He left Comyn at the end of May 1952 heading for Japan and then to South Korea and the combat zone. [nba]   

Corporal Joe E. Barnes 54013946 US Army 23rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division. The Chinese had not attempted to take 'Old Baldy' again until the U.S. 2nd Division relieved the 45th Division during mid July. The Chinese took advantage of the relief as they mounted two attacks on the night of 17 July 1952 in strengths exceeding a reinforced battalion. Through quick reinforcement of the Old Baldy outpost and heavy close defensive fires, E and F Companies, 23rd Infantry Regiment, who were defending the hill managed to repel the first Chinese assault. But the second won a foothold on the slopes which the Chinese reinforced and then exploited. Chinese artillery and mortar fire became very intense; then the Chinese infantry followed up swiftly and seized the crest. Counterattacks by the 23d Regiment supported by air strikes and artillery and mortar fire, did not succeed in driving the Chinese from the newly won positions. Cpl Barnes was killed in action on 18 July 1952 in the Chinese counter-attack on hill 266 Old Baldy near Chorwon, North Korea. His bodily remains were repatriated to America and buried in the Comyn Cemetery at Comyn, Comanche County, Texas.

Rector Madison Bean born on 10 June 1928 at Gustine, Comanche County, Texas to Winnie Sue McCrary (b. 16 February 1897 Comanche County, Texas-d. 25 March 1978 Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia) Age 31 and Fred Grim Bean (b. 27 March 1896 Comanche County, Texas-d. 4 August 1972 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas) Age 32.

1930 census Age 1yr 9mo living with his parents, grandmother Bean and one brother in Precinct 2, Comanche County, Texas. 1935 living in Precinct 2, Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents and one brother in Precinct 2, Comanche County, Texas. He was born and reared in Gustine and he graduated from the Comanche High School in 1945. He attended the Texas A&M College for one semester. Joined the US Army Enlisted Reserve Corps on 24 August 1945 and was honorably released on 13 March 1946. He enlisted in the Regular Army Air Forces on 14 March 1946 and received a honorable discharge as a Private First Class on 16 August 1947. He enlisted in the US Air Force on 3 January 1951.     

Airman First Class Rector M. Bean 18243772 US Air Force 26th Bombardment Squadron, 11th Bombardment Wing, Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. He was a gunner on a B-36 superbomber 50-1066, piloted by Captain Frederick A. Sargent and the commander aboard was Captain Oliver F. Hildebrandt, out of Carswell AFB on a routine training mission on 28 May 1952 . The bomber had been airborne for over one hour and was coming into Carswell AFB at noon with one engine feathered. The landing gear hit well short of the concrete landing strip and then the bomber skidded down the runway. The bomber caught fire and explosions completely engulfed the plane but ten crew members escaped safely. Airman Bean was burned to death as were six other crewmen. I did not find the investigators conclusions as to the cause. Airman Bean's remains were sent to Gustine, Comanche County, Texas and was interred in the Union Cemetery on Friday late afternoon 30 May 1952. .

Thomas Charles Bruce born 28 July 1931 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California to Thelma Helena Edmondson (b. 1912 San Saba County, Texas - d. 1990 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 19 and Luther Herman Bruce (b. 1903 Terra Haute, Putnam County, Missouri - d. 1974 Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri) Age 28.

1935 living in Jackson Township, Putnam, Putnam County, Missouri. 1940 Census age 8 living in Jackson Township, Putnam, Putnam County, Missouri with his parents, a sister and a brother. Graduated from the Unionville High School. Enlisted in the US Marine Corps on 7 November 1949 at Houston, Texas, and listed his mother, of Goldthwaite, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Trained at the Marine Recruit Training Depot at San Diego, California, and then at the Marine Corps Base at Parris Island, South Carolina. [nba]     

Private First Class Thomas C. Bruce 1100294 US Marine Corps Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. From 1-11 December 1950 this battalion was engaged in combat operations in the rugged mountainous terrain of the CHOSIN Reservoir Area in snow and sub-zero temperature against Chinese Communist Forces. Troops of RCT-5 and RCT-7 were fed hot food and rested at HAGARU-RI on 4-5 December 1950. At first light on 6 December 1950, RGT-7 jumped off in the attack to the south to close KOTO-RI. The Division CP displaced from HAGARU-RI to KOTO-RI at 1420 6 December 1950. By late ln the afternoon of 7 December 1950 all units from HAGARU-RI had closed KOTO-RI. Extenslon of the liaison airfield at KOTO-RI to accomodate C-47 aircraft permitted the evacuation of casualties from KOTO-RI.[1] Pfc was killed in action on 7 December 1950 by an Explosive Device (Grenade, Mine, Booby Trap, etc.) in the vicinity of Koto-ri↗, North Korea. His bodily remains were repatriated to America and buried in the Parsons Cemetery at Putnam County, Missouri. [1-https://www.koreanwar2.org/kwp2/usmc/001/M001_CD01_1950_10_1.pdf]

Elton Ray Buchanan born 13 November 1929 in Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas to Mary Quimby Haile (b. 1908 Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas - d. 1988 Hockley County, Texas) age 21 and Sammie Brown Buchanan (b. 1887 Erath County, Texas - d. 1946 Collin County, Texas) age 42.

1930 Census [Eldon] age 5 months living in JP4 Callahan County, Texas with his parents, one brother, one sister and a brother-in-law. 1935 living in JP4 Callahan County, Texas. 1940 Census age 10 living in JP4 Callahan County, Texas with his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. The family removed to Hockley County, Texas and Elton probably graduated from Levelland High School class of 1946 or 1947. He worked for the same Levelland ice cream plant as his mother in 1948. He was working as a rural Levelland routeman for the McIlhaney Dairy as listed in a 1950 Lubbock city directory. On 8 February 1951, Elton was inducted during the Korean War into the US Army and listed his mother, Mrs Mary Buchanan of 200 Pine Street, Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Elton was trained with the 47th Infantry Division at the Army's Fort Rucker in Alabama and had attained the rank of Corporal.   

Corporal Elton Ray Buchanan 54039406 US Army 125th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Division Camp Rucker Alabama. The 47th "Viking" Division had participated in Exercise Long Horn during March 1952 at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas. Cpl Buchanan had finished the exercise and was on a 15 day furlough when he was instantly killed in a highway auto accident in Cochran County near Lahman where his car missed a curve and overturned at 10:30 p.m. on 21 April 1952. Cochran County is the county west of Levelland and Hockley County in the Texas panhandle. His body was shipped to Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas and interred at the Sipe Springs Cemetery on or about 25 April 1952.

Leslie Edward Burnham born on 22 October 1928 at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Myrtle Rimer Lane (b.12 Sep 1903 Mills County, Texas - d. 11 Oct 2001 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas) Age 25 and Leslie Dee Burnham (b. 25 Mar 1900 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas - d. 13 May 1965 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas) Age 28.

1930 census Age 1 living with his parents, a sister and three brothers in Pct1 San Saba County, Texas. 1935 Living in Pct1 San Saba County, Texas. He was reared in San Saba Couny and attended schools there. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents, a sister and three brothers in Pct1 San Saba County, Texas. He graduated about 1947 from the San Saba High School where he was active in sports and was writing about sports for the school's newspaper. He also wrote several columns for the sports section of the San Saba News. After graduation he worked as a ranch hand for the Owen Brothers of San Saba. He enlisted in the US Army on 11 July 1951 and was trained in Georgia and California.     

Corporal Leslie Edward Burnham 54013808 U.S. Army 63 Military Police Platoon, 6th Infantry Division. He was stationed at Fort Ord, Monterey County, California with the military police. On 4 March 1953, while in the barracks instructing another soldier how to clean a hand gun, he was fatally wounded in the chest by an accidental discharge of the .45 caliber pistol held by the other soldier. The bullet hit very near his heart and he was dead in just a few minutes. This non-battle event was in the line of duty. The body of Cpl Burnham was shipped to Texas where interred in the San Saba City Cemetery, San Saba County, Texas on Sunday 8 March 1953.

Billy Joe Bush born on 28 December 1932 at Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas to Sarah Evelyn Moss (b. 9 July 1911 Llano County, Texas-d. 12 August 1995 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas) Age 21 and Calvin Otis Bush (b. 1 Sep 1910 Mercury, McCulloch County, Texas-d. 1 Jan 1998 San Saba County, Texas) Age 22.

1935 living in rural San Saba County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his parents and two brothers at Odessa, Ector County, Texas. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps, mcsn-1117964, on 6 April 1950.     

Private First Class Billy Joe Bush 1117964 US Marine Corps Company H 5th Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Division Fleet Marine Force. He was a veteran of the Korean War and had returned to Camp LeJuene, N.C. in May 1951 and had a visit with his parents before reporting for duty. He was on his first leave since then. He was driving his 1949 Ford on the Brady highway one mile west of Rochelle and lost control flipping the car. He was thrown out of the car and suffered fatal head injuries. He died in the Brady Hospital 45 minutes after arrival there on 17 September 1951. His remains were buried in the Richland Springs Cemetery, Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas on Tuesday 18 September 1951. .

Milton Lee Cagle born 14 September 1928 at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas to Elsie Hazel Glover(b.23 April 1900 • Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas-d.11 December 1993 • Taylor County, Texas)Age 28 and Vernon Clarence Cagle(b.30 March 1901 • Carbon, Eastland County, Texas-d.3 February 1992 • Taylor County, Texas)Age 27.

1935 living in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents and siblings in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. He had graduated from Big Spring High School class of 1945 and then went on to study at Texas A&M College. His parents moved to Sweetwater about 1945. Registered for the WW2 draft at Brazos County, Texas for the local board of Nolan County, Texas on 20 September 1946 while residing at 603 Canfil, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas and being a student at Texas A&M College, College Station, Brazos County, Texas and listed his father, Mr. V. C. Cagle of Sweetwater, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He worked for the US Gypsum Company at Sweetwater before his induction. He had close relatives residing in Comanche County, Texas. He was drafted into the Army on 11 October 1950 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman stateside and in Japan before being sent to Korea on 28 March 1951.   

Private Milton Lee Cagle 54026223 US Army Company G 2nd Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division. Pvt Cagle's unit was engaged with enemy forces in the vicinity of Togol, Korea on 8 April 1951. His unit was assigned the mission of attacking a well-entrenched and determined enemy force. As the men advanced, they were suddenly pinned down by intense automatic-weapons fire from a camouflaged enemy bunker. Seeing that his comrades were in extreme danger, Pvt Cagle moved forward. Although wounded by the point-blank fire, he crawled close enough to the enemy position to silence the weapon with grenades. He was killed in the gallant and heroic action. His remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the family plot in the Stag Creek Cemetery at Sidney, Comanche County, Texas on Friday 21 September 1951. Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart.

Forrist Dwayne Caudle born on 20 April 1931 near Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas to Virgie Mae King (b. 31 October 1906 Young County, Texas-d. 25 June 1994 Stephenville, Erath County, Texas) Age 25 and Forris Temple Caudle (b. 16 December 1903 Robert Lee, Coke County, Texas-d. 9 March 1959 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) Age 28.

1935 living in Rural, Shackelford County, Texas. 1940 census Age 8 living with his parents and two brothers near Gorman, Eastland County, Texas. He graduated from the Desdemona High School with the class of 1948. He enlisted into the US Air Force on 5 June 1948 and received basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He was trained in airport fire protection at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. 1950 census Age 18 living at Hensley Airfield, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, an airman in the US Air Force. He was sent overseas to the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, Japan on 18 July 1951.     

Sergeant Forrist D. Caudle 18335386 US Air Force, 6161 Installation Squadron, Fire Protection & Aircraft Crash Rescue, Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Tama Area, Western Tokyo, Japan. During the takeoff run on 18 November 1951, Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-86247  pilot-in-command Captain John P. Brennan encountered an unexpected situation and decided to make an emergency braking procedure. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the heavy bomber overran and came to rest in flames. All eleven crew members were able to evacuate the cabin and were uninjured. Unfortunately, ten rescuers (3 Americans and 7 Japaneses) were killed when the aircraft was destroyed by the explosions of several bombs stored on board. Sgt Caudle was one of the killed firemen. His body was recovered and returned to America where his remains were interred at Merriman Cemetery, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas on Tuesday 18 December 1951.

Glenn Erwin Cherry born on 5 January 1920 at Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas to Oscie Adella Stricklan (b. 27 August 1896 Texas-d. 25 December 1953 Forest Hill, Tarrant County, Texas) Age 24 and Emmett Osman Cherry (b. 9 December 1898 Texas-d. 28 September 1945 Haskell, Haskell County, Texas) Age 22.

1920 census Age 3 months living with his parents in JP8, Coleman County, Texas. 1930 census Age 10 living with his parents and two siblings in JP3, Coleman County, Texas. He attended schools in Santa Anna Texas and finished one year of high school. He enlisted into the US Army National Guard, asn-20804618, on 25 November 1940 in Coleman, Texas and received infantry training with Coleman County Company B. He registered for the WW2 draft at Haskell, Haskell County, Texas on 16 April 1942 while living at Route.3 Haskell, Haskell County, Texas and being unemployed and listed his mother, Mrs. E. O. Cherry Route.3 Haskell, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He enlisted into the US Army, asn-38514203, on 28 May 1943 in Abilene, Texas and received artillery training and was sent to the European Theater of Operations. He was honorably discharge but reenlisted on 10 July 1947 in the US Air Force and was sent to occupied Japan in 1948. He was returned to America and assigned to Carswell AFB, Texas in May 1950, one month before the Korean War began.   

Sergeant Glenn E. Cherry 38514203 US Air Force, 7th Maintenance Vehicle Squadron 7th Maintenance & Supply Group 7th Bombardment Wing 7th Air Force Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. He had recently returned from Japan and was working a night shift. He was fatally injured about 3:30 a.m. Thursday 27 July 1950 when his car struck a lumber truck in the 3200 block of Riverside Drive. He was dead on arrival at a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Friday 28 July 1950 in Owens & Brumley Chapel with burial at Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Jack Wilton Cochran born 17 October 1929 in Okra, Eastland County, Texas to Myrle Adena Murray (b. 1912 Okra, Eastland County, Texas - d. 1997 Dallas County, Texas) age 17 and Jack C. Cochran (b.1905 Switzerland or Texas-d. unknown) Age 24.

1930 Census age 5 months living in JP5 Eastland County, Texas with his mother as a widow, in the home of his grandmother Alma Murray and her three sons. 1935 living in JP7 Eastland County, Texas. 1940 Census age 10 living in JP7 Eastland County, Texas with his mother and stepfather R B Erwin, a brother and a sister. Attended the Pasadena Junior College in 1949. Concerning the news article of 3 September 1950, if the Jack Cochran mentioned is his father that would explain why his father had disappeared. If it was the son, this Jack Cochran, he may have agreed to go straight into the Army instead of jail. He trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman. [nba]   

Sergeant Jack W. Cochran 18196488 US Army Company A 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. He was a Light Weapons Infantry Leader within the A Company. Once the dynamic attacks and counterattacks by UN and Chinese forces were spent, the 5th Cavalry Regiment was then part of the 'see-saw' fighting against the Communists for control of strategic hills and ridges across Korea. This static warfare was costly and frustrating. During one of the UN major fall campaigns, on 25 October 1951, A Company, 5th Cavalry was engaged in a desperate fight for control of a hill against the Communist Chinese Forces when Sgt Cochran was killed in action. Initially, he was reported as missing His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Rising Star Cemetery at Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas on Sunday 6 July 1952.

Billie Wayne Cox born 14 May 1927 in Strawn, Palo Pinto County, Texas to Ida Eulala Cowart (b. 1908 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas - d. 1977 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 20 and Sam Cox (b. unknown-d. ~California).

1930 Census age 2 living in Abilene, JP1 Taylor County, Texas with his mother who is married and working in a produce company, they are in the home of Fannie Aemfie and three children as roomers. 1935 living in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. School enrollment at Park Hill, Cherokee, Oklahoma on 21 January 1938 by his step-father, A M Casselman, with his age 10, date of birth 14 May 1928. 1940 census age 12 living in Cookson Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma with his mother, step-father A M Castleman and two step-brothers. School enrollment at Park Hill, Cherokee, Oklahoma on 18 January 1942 by his mother, Ida Casselman, with his age 14, date of birth 14 May 1928. His family, the Casselmans, moved to Denton Valley, Callahan County, Texas where he attended Denton High School. He registered for the WW2 draft at Baird, Callahan County, Texas on 14 May 1945 while living at c/oA M Casselman Route.2 Clyde, Callahan County, Texas and working for his step-father at Clyde and listed his step-father, A M Casselman Route.2 Clyde, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Billie W. Cox asn-38774158 a single white male born Texas 1927 residing in Callahan County, Texas working as a tinsmith with 2 years of high school education enlisted from reserves into active duty with the US Army Infantry as a private at Camp Roberts, California on 6 December 1945. Served three years in Germany. He was trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman. [nba]   

Corporal Billie W. Cox 38774158 US Army 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. On 18 July 1950, the 1st Cavalry Division was ordered to Korea and landed at Pohang-dong, 80 miles north of Pusan, and 25 miles south of the communist North Korean forces. Over the next few days, a defensive line was formed at Hwanggan, and the 5th Cavalry relieved elements of the battered 25th Infantry Division on the line. This line became known as the Pusan Perimeter, and the troopers held on for over 50 days against unrelenting North Korean attacks. When Operation Chromite was launched on 15 September 1950 at Inchon, pressure was relieved from the 1st Cavalry Division positions, allowing them to take the offensive. Cpl Cox was killed in action on 22 September 1950 by the communist North Korean forces in South Korea north of Hwanggan, North Chungcheong, South Korea. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Elmwood Memorial Park at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

O'Dean Thomas Cox born on 6 July 1921 at Bibb, Comanche County, Texas to Ila May Fielder(b.1897 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas-d.1985 Austin, Travis County, Texas)Age 24 and George William Cox(b.1900 Texas-d.1963 Waco, McLennan County, Texas)Age 22.

1930 census Age 9 living with his mother, four brothers and two sisters near Sipe Springs, JP6 Comanche County, Texas. 1935 living in the Waco State Home at Waco, McLennan County, Texas. 1940 census Age 18 living with three brothers and two sisters in the Waco State Home at Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Odean T. Cox asn-20809238 a single white male born Texas 1920 residing in McLennan County, Texas being a student with 2 years of high school education was activated from the National Guard into the US Army Infantry as a Private at Waco, McLennan County, Texas on 25 November 1940. He served in WW2 with the 36th Infantry Division as a Sergeant then a First Lieutenant O-2055220 and was awarded the Silver Star Medal. Captain Cox was the C.O. of Company K 143rd Infantry, which wore the Distinguished Unit Badge.   

Captain Odean T. Cox O-0060340 US Army Company L 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. Captain Cox was a member of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division acting Field Communications Chief. The Battle of Chochiwon was an early engagement between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War, taking place in the villages of Chonui and Chochiwon in western South Korea on 10–12 July 1950. After three days of intense fighting, the battle ended in a North Korean victory. Capt Cox was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Chochiwon, South Korea on 12 July 1950. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Rosemound Cemetery at Waco, McLennan County, Texas on Saturday 26 May 1951. Silver Star & 2 OLC from WW2, Bronze Star & 1 OLC from WW2, Purple Heart from WW2 & Korean War.

Jimmie Max Crawley born 3 October 1929 near Gorman, Eastland County, Texas to Mirtis Modell Wood (b. 1911 Rural Comanche County, Texas - d. 2002 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) age 17 and Roy Brown Crawley (b. 1903 Eastland County, Texas - d. 1981 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas) age 26.

1930 Census age 7 months living in JP5 Eastland County, Texas with his parents and a sister. 1935 living in Rural Eastland County, Texas. 1940 Census age 10 living in JP5 Eastland County, Texas with his parents and two sisters. Graduated from the Gorman High School then attended Ranger Junior College. He was attending the Midwestern University when he entered the US Army on 8 October 1951. Trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman and went overseas in March 1952. [nba]   

Corporal Jimmie M. Crawley 54013949 US Army 32nd Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division. The 7th Infantry Division's Operation Showdown↗ launched in the early morning hours of 14 October 1952, with the 31st Infantry and 32nd Infantry at the head of the attack. The target of the assault was the Triangle Hill complex in Gumbang-ri, North Korea. The 7th Infantry Division remained in the Triangle Hill area until the end of October. Cpl Crawley was seriously wounded by mortar shrapnel while carrying wounded comrades to safety on 15 October 1952 and he died of the wound on the same day. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Ranger, Eastland County, Texas on Friday 19 December 1952.

Roland Walter Cullins born 15 April 1924 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Alice Lee Reed (b. 1892 Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas - d. 1971 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 31 and Albert Bryan Cullins (b. 1885 Bell County, Texas - d. 1973 Bangs, Brown County, Texas) age 39.

1930 Census age 6 living in JP1 Coleman County, Texas with his parents, three brothers and three sisters. 1935 living in JP3 Coleman County, Texas. 1940 Census age 16 living in JP3 Coleman County, Texas with his parents, a brother and two sisters. Registered for the WW2 draft (name on draft card is Walter Roland Cullins signed Roland Cullins) at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas on 30 June 1942 while living at Fisk, Coleman County, Texas and working for Hubert Taylor at Fisk and listed his father, A. B. Cullins of Fisk, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He was inducted into the Army in 1948 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman. He received a dependency discharge to help support his parents and assigned to the Enlisted Reserve Corps. He was called into active duty on 15 October 1950. [nba]   

Private First Class Roland W. Cullins 54010108 US Army Company L 3rd Battalion 35th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division. After a month and a half of planning and reorganization, a new offensive was launched on 25 January 1951, and succeeded in recapturing Inchon and Kimpo Air Base. This was the first of several successful assaults on the PVA/KPA. The division next participated in Operation Ripper, during which it drove the PVA across the Han River. Success continued with Operations Dauntless and Piledriver in early 1951. These offensives secured part of the Iron Triangle which enhanced the UN's bargaining position. Pfc Cullins was killed in action on 14 February 1951, one day after he was released from a field hospital for treatment of frostbite, in the vicinity of Seoul, South Korea. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Bangs Cemetery at Bangs, Brown County, Texas on Saturday 1 September 1951.

James Kelly Damon born 5 January 1924 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona to Marian Pauline Shanks (b. 1898 Logansport, Cass County, Indiana - d. 1971 Baird, Callahan County, Texas) age 25 and George William Damon (b. 1880 Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan - d.1976 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) age 43. (He had a twin sister Jamie Jean Damon).

1930 Census age 6 living in Putnam, Callahan County, Texas with his parents and two sisters. 1935 living same place. 1940 Census age 16 living in JP8 Callahan County, Texas with his parents and two sisters. Graduate of Putnam High School. Registered for the WW2 draft at Baird, Callahan County, Texas on 30 June 1942 while living at Putnam, Callahan County, Texas and working for J. C. Clements in Putnam and listed his mother, Mrs. G. W. Damon of Putnam, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He enlisted in the US Marines in 1943 and served during WW2 with the 2nd Marine Division in the southwest Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1945 and assigned to the Marine Enlisted Reserves. He was called back to active duty on 20 December 1950 and went to South Korea with the 5th Marines. [nba]     

Corporal James K. Damon 936739 US Marine Corps A Company 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division. On 21-23 April 1951, the 5th Marines were in the vicinity of Hwachon, north of the 38th parallel, when they had contact with the enemy and suffered casualties. Soon after they were ordered to withdraw south of the 38th parallel to the area of Hongchon. By the end of May they had withdrawn some more to the south. Cpl Damon was killed in action by small arms fire on 29 May 1951 in South Korea. His body was recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Putnam Cemetery at Putnam, Callahan County, Texas on Tuesday 30 October 1951. [https://www.koreanwar2.org/kwp2/usmc/078/M078_CD21_1951_04_2107.pdf pages 32-33]

Ray Stuart Davis born on 18 January 1933 at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas to Claudia Rae Grant (b. 26 Aug 1906 Wilson County, Texas-d. 18 Dec 1939 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) Age 27 and Burnel Davis (b. 20 Apr 1903 Karnes County, Texas-d. 11 Oct 1990 McCulloch County, Texas) Age 30.

1935 living at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his father and a brother at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. 1950 census Age 17 living with his father and step-mother, and a sister at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and working in a grocery store as a grocery boy. He joined the Army National Guard on 21 February 1950 and was released 31 May 1951. He graduated from Brady High School with the class of 1951. On 1 June 1951 he enlisted in the US Air Force. Airman Davis was stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois when he married Miss Velma Harris of Cassville, Missouri in June 1952. He was sent to a station in Germany in October 1952.   

Airman Second Class Ray Stuart Davis AF25875554 US Air Force, 123rd Air Control & Warning Squadron, Flandern Kaserne, Ulm, Germany. He was driving a truck during a heavy early morning fog on 3 October 1953 when the truck failed to negotiate a curve and overturned. He was seriously injured but was not rescued for two and a half hours. He died of his injuries thirty minutes after arriving at the hospital. His body was shipped to Cassville, Missouri, home of his wife, and a memorial service was held in his honor. His body was then shipped to Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and buried in the Resthaven Cemetery on Tuesday 3 November 1953. .

Elbert R. D. Donham born on 17 June 1920 at Moran, Shackelford County, Texas to Edna Evelyn Farmer (b.10 May 1892 Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas-d. 19 March 1974 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 28 and Robert Tandy Donham (b. 24 May 1888 Mississippi-d. 26 Jan 1961 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 32.

1930 census Age 9 living with his parents, two sisters and a brother in Precinct 3, Shackelford County, Texas. He graduated from Cisco Junior College with the class of 1941 and held a private pilot's license. Registered for the WW2 draft on 1 July 1941 at Eastland, Eastland County, Texas while residing at Route 1, Cisco, Eastland County, Texas and working at his father's farm eight miles west of Cisco and listed his father, Mr. R. T. Donham of Rt.1 Cisco, Texas as his next of kin contact. Elbert R. D. Donham asn-18065612 a single white male born Texas 1920 residing in Eastland County, Texas being a student with two years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet at Dallas, Texas on 2 November 1941. Elbert married Helen Greynolds, of Cisco, Texas, in Maricopa County, Arizona on 14 June 1942 whlie he was stationed at Williams Field, Maricopa County, Arizona. First Lieutenant Donham and family were stationed in Mesa, Arizona and had his parents visit them January 1945. He served as a pilot throughout his WW2 service and was honorably discharged from active duty on 2 December 1945 as a Captain and entered the active Officer Reserve Corps on the same date. 1950 census Age 29 living with his wife, two sons and a daughter in JP2, Brown County, Texas and working his own farm. The Korean War kept dragging on and the US Air Force needed more experienced pilots for training new aviation cadets so they activated Captain Donham during 1952 for that reason.   

Captain Elbert R. D. Donham O-725694 US Air Force Officer Reserve Corps, 8707 Pilot Training Wing, NAS Hensley Field, Dallas County, Texas. Capt Donham and another instructor, MSgt Farris, were killed when the T-6 trainer plane they were flying crashed in a pasture four miles north of Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday 15 August 1953. The plane had suffered an explosion in mid-air and broke into pieces but did not burn. This non-battle event was in the line of duty. Capt Donham's body was recovered on Sunday and arrived in Cisco on Tuesday 18 August 1953 and buried the same day in the Oakwood Cemetery, Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. .

J. C. Edson born 22 June 1925 in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas to Ruby Florence Kendrick (b. 1904 Aquilla, Hill County, Texas - d. 1982 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) Age 21 and John Calvin Edson (b. 1888 Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama - d. 1967 Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas) Age 37. (He uses initials only according to his WW2 draft card).

1930 Census age 5 living in JP1 McCulloch County, Texas with his mother, step-father Amos Rolan and a sister. 1935 living in Brady, JP1 McCulloch County, Texas. 1940 Census age 15 living in Brady, JP1 McCulloch County, Texas with his mother, step-father, two sisters and a brother. Registered for the WW2 draft at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas on 22 June 1943 while living at Box.383 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and not working and listed his mother, Mrs. A. J. Rolan Box.383 Brady, McCulloch, Texas, as his next of kin contact. J. C. Edson asn-38515805 a single white male born Texas 1925 residing in McCulloch County, Texas working as a laundry hand with 2 years of high school education enlisted from civilian life in the US Army as a private at Abilene, Texas on 30 July 1943. He was assigned to the Army Air Forces and served two years overseas in England. Married Mavis Alma Ireland (b. 1926 Bridgewater, England) on 17 March 1946 at Bridgewater, England and they had a daughter Linda Christine Edson born 1947 in Ft Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He reenlisted in 1948 and was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division and trained with the artillery. [nba]     

Corporal J. C. Edson 38515805 US Army Service Battery 15th Field Artillery Battalion 105mm 2nd Infantry Division.The division arrived in Korea, via Busan (aka Pusan) South Korea on 23 July 1950, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States. Initially employed piecemeal through to 25 August 1950 in South Korea. Although some North Korean forces did cross the Nakdong River in places, for the most part the river still marks their furthest advance. Cpl Edson was killed in action on 11 August 1950 north of Busan and east of the Nakdong River in South Korea. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Resthaven Cemetery at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas.

Billie Jack Exline born 14 February 1932 Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas to Gertrude 'Gertie' Elizabeth Anderson (b. 1909 De Queen, Sevier County, Arkansas - d. 1985 Eastland, Eastland County, Texas) Age 23 and James Green Exline (b. 1876 Indiana - d. 1942 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas) Age 46.

1935 living in Cisco, JP6 Eastland County, Texas. 1940 census age 8 living in Cisco, JP6 Eastland County, Texas with his parents, two sisters and an aunt. He enlisted in the Army National Guard June 1949 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman while living at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. He was activated 2 September 1950 and sent to Fort Hood and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. [nba]   

Private Billie J. Exline 18320546 US Army Company F 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. On 18 July 1950, the 1st Cavalry Division was ordered to Korea and landed at Pohang-dong, 80 miles north of Pusan, and 25 miles south of the communist North Korean forces. Over the next few days, a defensive line was formed at Hwanggan, and the 5th Cavalry relieved elements of the battered 25th Infantry Division on the line. This line became known as the Pusan Perimeter, and the troopers held on for over 50 days against unrelenting North Korean attacks. When Operation Chromite was launched on 15 September 1950 at Inchon, pressure was relieved from the 1st Cavalry Division positions, allowing them to take the offensive. Pvt Exline was killed in action on 28 November 1950 by the communist North Korean forces in North Korea north of Hwanggan, North Chungcheong, South Korea. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Oakwood Cemetery at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas on Sunday 18 February 1951.

Clarence Edward Fairrow born 17 August 1928 in Owens, Brown County, Texas to Myrtle Lee Pittman (b. 1898 Owens, Brown County, Texas - d. 2003 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 21 and Johnnie Strawher Fairrow (b. 1897 Owen County, Kentucky - d. 1943 Blanket, Brown County, Texas) Age 32. (His WW2 draft card and his Texas birth certificate have the birth date of 17 August 1928).

1930 Census age 1 living in JP3 Brown County, Texas with his parents and two sisters. 1935 living in JP3 Brown County, Texas. 1940 Census age 11 living in JP3 Brown County, Texas with his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Registered for the WW2 draft at Brown County, Texas on 23 August 1946 while living at 1205 Indian Creek Road, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and not working and listed his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Lee Smith 1205 Indian Creek Road, Brownwood, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He and Gladys Ruby Gilmore got a marriage license in September 1948 bought in Coleman County, Texas, but no evidence found that they were actually married. He was inducted 30 March 1949 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division. [nba]     

Private First Class Clarence E. Fairrow 18346855 US Army 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. The 24th Infantry Division arrived in South Korea, through the port of Pusan the first week of July 1950. Division soldiers were repeatedly defeated and pushed south by the KPA's superior numbers and equipment while suffering huge numbers of casualties. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on 19 July 1950 and discharged from the Osaka Army Hospital in Japan on 31 August 1950 and returned to duty. On 1 November 1950, the division's 21st Infantry captured Chonggodo, 18 miles from the Yalu River and Korea's border with China. Pvt Fairrow was killed in action on 5 November 1950 by the Chinese communist in the vicinity of Chonggodo, North Korea near the China border and was statused as missing. Pvt Fairrows remains were finally recovered from the North Koreans in ~1954 and identified. His bodily remains were repatriated to America and buried in the Salt Creek Cemetery at Brown County, Texas on Sunday 20 March 1955.

Aubrey Lee Gibson born 18 September 1930 near Eola, Pct 2 Concho County, Texas to Jennie Lavada Thompson (b. 1887 Bastrop County, Texas - d. 1955 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) age 43 and Robert Bennett Gibson (b. 1889 Graham, Young County, Texas - d. 1947 Austin, Travis County, Texas) age 41. (There is a Texas birth certificate for a Ordney Lee Gibson born in Pct 2 Concho County, Texas born 18 September 1930).

1930 census, dated 12 April, lists Robert B and wife Jennie Gibson living with five children in Pct 2 Concho County, Texas. 1935 living in Menard, Menard County, Texas. 1940 Census, named Aubrey, age 9 living in Brady, JP1 McCulloch County, Texas with his parents, four brothers and a sister. Aubrey L. Gibson asn-18107630 single white male born Texas 1928 residing in McCulloch County, Texas working in a factory with a grammar school education enlisted in the US Army Field Artillery Hawaiian Department as a private at San Antonio, Texas on 14 January 1946. He spent three years with occupation forces in Europe. Reenlisted in the US Army in May 1949 and trained as a Field Artillery Cannoneer. [nba]   

Corporal Aubrey L. Gibson 18107630 US Army Battery A, 555th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team. It deployed to Korea on 25 July 1950 to reinforce Eighth Army in the shrinking area of United Nations control known as the Pusan Perimeter. In July and August it reinforced the 25th Infantry Division. Cpl Gibson was killed in an heroic action on 12 August 1950 inside the Pusan perimeter of South Korea. His body was not found or recovered and his name remains on the list of the missing. He is remembered on the Courts of the Missing tablets in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia. Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart.

Clyde Bernard Grayson born 4 February 1929 in Gustine, Comanche County, Texas to Edna Hulda Martha Angerman (b. 1904 Aleman, Hamilton County, Texas - d. 1992 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) age 24 and Thomas Roy Grayson (b. 1893 Sparta, Bell County, Texas - d. 1962 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas) age 34.

1930 Census age1 living in Gustine, JP2 Comanche County, Texas with his parents, a brother and two sisters. 1935 living in Comanche, JP1 Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census age 11 living in Comanche, JP1 Comanche County, Texas with his parents, a brother and two sisters. Registered for the draft at Comanche County, Texas on 4 February 1947 while living at 411 Duncan Street Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and being a student and listed his father, T. R. Grayson Box 681 Comanche, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Graduate of Comanche High School class of 1949. Enlisted in the US Army in June 1949 and trained as an Automotive Mechanic (2d Echelon) with the 24th Infantry Division. [nba]   

Private First Class Clyde B. Grayson 18337608 US Army 19th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. The 24th Infantry Division arrived in South Korea, through the port of Pusan the first week of July 1950. Division soldiers were repeatedly defeated and pushed south by the KPA's superior numbers and equipment while suffering huge numbers of casualties. On 8 August 1950, the KPA 4th Infantry Division crossed the Naktong river and attempted to penetrate the perimeter. The 24th Infantry Division counterattacked and forced the North Koreans back across the river. Pfc Grayson was reported Missing in Action on 10 August 1950 but later on his status was changed to Killed in Action 10 August 1950 in the vicinity of Central South Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until 1952 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Oakwood Cemetery at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas on Saturday 2 February 1952.

Samuel Eugene Hammer born on 8 July 1920 at Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas to Meriam (b.1892 Kansas-d. unknown)Age 28 and Aaron Hammer (b. 1855 Tennessee-d.1929 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas)Age 65. (The parents listed here are by my pure speculation and from the 1920 census, and Samuel's obituary. His mother remarried to Theodore McCall. Official records list Mr & Mrs J K Hammond as his foster parents.)

1930 census Age 9 living with his mother Meriam and step-father Theodore McCall and two others in Quincy, Greenwood County, Kansas. 1935 living in Rural Greenwood County, Kansas. 1940 census Age 19 living with his mother Meriam and step-father Theodore McCall and two others in Pleasant Grove, Greenwood County, Kansas. Samuel E. Hammer asn-09032551 a divorced white male born Kansas 1921 residing in Greenwood County, Kansas and with 4 years of high school education was enlisted into the US Army Ordnance Department as a private at Ft George Wright, Washington on 8 November 1940. Registered for the WW2 draft at Spokane, Spokane County, Washington on 28 February 1946 while residing at Box 1024, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington while working for the E.R.C. and listed Mary L. Boyles, at the same address, as his next of kin contact. He married Miss Jo Ann Switzer (b.1925 Baird, Callahan County, Texas, daughter of Edgar & Dana Foy Switzer). He and wife, Jo Ann, were residing in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas while he was stationed at San Marcos AFB.   

Major Samuel E. Hammer O-unknown US Air Force Air Training Command San Marcos Air Force Base, Hays County, Texas. The 3585th Pilot Training Wing and 3586th Tech Tng Sq (Liaison-Helicopter) reactivated for the return of helicopter and liaison flight training (the area had terrain similar to that of Korea.) Helicopter and Liaison mechanics' training also moved to the base from Sheppard AFB, and San Marcos had 5000 assigned and was the largest helicopter and Liaison training facility in the United States. Major Hammer was killed in an auto accident on 18 January 1953 at 12:45 a.m. just eight-tenths mile south of the AFB main gate on highway 21. He was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas on Wednesday 21 January 1953. Silver Star Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Hattie Mae Hampton born on 9 Oct 1911 in Dublin, Erath County, Texas to Mary Jane Hembree (b. 11 Jan 1873 Clay County, Alabama - d. 17 Sep 1946 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas) Age 38 and David Gray Hampton (b. 7 Feb 1868 Coryell County, Texas - d. 28 Mar 1950 Tarrant County, Texas) Age 43.

1920 census Age 8 living with her parents and an older sister in JPct 3 Erath County, Texas. Hattie was very active in her Methodist church and the Woman's Missionary Society. Attended schools in Comanche and graduated from Comanche High School class of 1929 then attended Texas Woman's College  in Fort Worth, Texas. 1930 census Age 18 living with her parents in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and was unemployed. 1935 living in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census Age 28 living with her parents in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and working as a housekeeper in homes. Hattie Mae Hampton asn-A-808686 a single white female, without dependents, born Texas 1911 residing in Comanche County working as a housekeeper in homes with four years of high school education enlisted from civil life in the US Army Women's Army Corps and the Quartermaster Corps as a Private on 26 February 1943 at Dallas, Texas. Trained and stationed at Fort Des Moines, Iowa until the post was closed following the end of WWII. Then was assigned to the atomic bomb project in Los Alamos, New Mexico and then sent to the Panama Canal Zone. She was in Panama Canal Zone when she became ill in 1949 and was transferred to Mobile, Alabama on 9 Aug 1949 and then to Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas the next day.     

Sergeant (Tec4) Hattie Mae Hampton A-808686 US Army Women's Army Corps and the Quartermaster Corps. Hattie was assigned to the Medical Holding Detachment, Brooke General Hospital on 10 August 1949 upon arriving from Mobile, Alabama. Hattie died Sunday 30 July 1950 at Brooke General Hospital, almost a year since arriving at the hospital, of ulcerative colitis and having anorexia nervosa. Funeral services were held Tuesday 1 Aug 1950 at Meissner Funeral Chapel, Fort Worth, Texas with interment following in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Edward Everrett Harbin born on 20 June 1933 at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas to Opal Lisenbee (b. 16 February 1911 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas-d. 28 March 1946 Eastland, Eastland County, Texas) Age 22 and Roy Taft Harbin (b. 11 March 1909 New Mexico-d. 28 November 1967 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) Age 24.

1935 living in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas. 1940 census Age 6 living with his parents, two sisters and a brother at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. He attended Eastland High School, where he made outstanding grades. 1950 census Age 16 living with his father and a brother in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He graduated from the Denison High School in June 1950 and the next month he enlisted in the US Navy. He received training as an electronics technician.   

Electronics Technician Second Class Petty Officer Edward Everrett Harbin 3671106 US Navy USS Sagamore ATA-208 Naval Station Norfolk. He drowned on Saturday 13 February 1954 after slipping overboard from a Navy tug boat near the Norfolk, Va. harbor. The Navy said the 20-year old seaman was assisting in handling a line to bring a barge into the harbor when he slipped on an icy deck and fell overboard. The Sagamore was his assigned tug boat. His body was finally recovered from the sea on Friday 2 April 1954. His remains were shipped to the Hamner Funeral Home in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas and buried in the Eastland City Cemetery on Thursday 8 April 1954 with military honors. .

Ormonde Dale Hatcher born on 5 July 1916 at Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas to Stella H. Hanna (b.19 December 1883 Tishomingo County, Mississippi - d.22 October 1969 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 33 and Leonidas Franklin Hatcher (b.30 November 1879 Humphreys County, Tennessee - d.5 August 1956 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 37.

1920 census Age 3 living with his parents, a brother and three sisters in JP8 Coleman County, Texas. 1930 census Age 13 living with his parents, a brother and two sisters in JP5 Nolan County, Texas. Graduated from Coleman High School in 1936 then in 1938 attended John Tarleton College at Stephenville, Texas. Married Miss Dorothy Parker of Gorman, Texas in Brazos County, Texas in March 1940 while attending Texas A&M and signed up with the Army Air Corps in 1941 while at A&M. Commisioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps upon graduation in 1942 and completed pilot training at several Texas air fields. In WW2 he flew B-17s over Europe and became a flight commander in the 8th Air Force. Honorably discharged on 21 January 1946 as Lieutenant Colonel with the awards; the Distinguished Flying Cross & one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal & two OLCs, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart. 1950 census Age 33 living with his wife and daughter in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas and working as the proprietor of an air conditioner company. Reactivated during the Korean War on 23 February 1951.   

Lieutenant Colonel Ormonde Dale Hatcher AO-409743 US Air Force, 3594th Training Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. LTC Hatcher was piloting an F-80C Shooting Star, the first combat jet in the USAF, on a routine training mission out of Nellis AFB, Nevada on 15 February 1952. He was in manuvers with another F-80C about 40 miles northwest of the air field when the two jets collided in mid-air and both crashed to the ground killing both pilots . LTC Hatcher's body was recovered and flown to Wichita Falls, Texas where funeral services were held and burial was in the Crestview Memorial Park, Wichita Falls, Texas on Tuesday 19 February 1952. His remains were disinterred, date unknown, and reinterred in the Gorman Cemetery, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas where his wife is buried. .

Verble Mondle Hodges born on 7 February 1929 at Edith, Coke County, Texas to Beulah Lorene Hattox (b. 20 Oct 1889 Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi-d. 3 Jul 1966 Goldsmith, Ector County, Texas) Age 39 and Johnnie Willie Hodges (b. 17 Sep 1887 Thornton, Limestone County, Texas-d. 7 Jan 1939 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) Age 41.

1930 census Age 1 yr 3 months living with his parents, three sisters and two brothers in JP5 Coke County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural, Erath County, Texas. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents, three sisters and two brothers in De Leon, Comanche County, Texas. He graduated from De Leon High School with the class of 1946. Shortly after graduation, he signed up with the US Navy in November 1946 which made him eligible for the WW2 Victory Medal and the World War II enscription on his headstone. He was called to active duty in the US Navy on 17 January 1947 and ended this initial tour with an honorable discharge on 7 November 1949. He resided in Odessa, Texas before being recalled from reserve status into the US Navy on 6 September 1950 during the Korean War.   

Personnelman Third Class Petty Officer Verble Hodges 9869810 US Navy, Navy Personnel Office, USNS David C. Shanks, US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service. He was admitted into the Naval Hospital at Bremerton, Washington for an undisclosed illness exact date unknown. Just after noon time on 6 March 1951 he went AWOL from the hospital. He went to Seattle that afternoon and in the restroom of a hotel he shot himself in the chest. He had left a suicide note especially for his mother. Read his note and more about him at The De Leon Free Press Fri 23 Mar 1951 by clicking this link. His body was removed to the Naval Hospital in Bremerton and then shipped, with a Navy escort, to De Leon, Comanche County, Texas and buried in the De Leon Cemetery on Wednesday 14 March 1951. .

John H. Hufstutler born on 20 September 1923 at Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas to Della Lutisha Wicker (b. 30 Nov 1890 Texas - d. 28 Sep 1973 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas) Age 33 and Henry Jefferson Hufstutler (b. 9 Apr 1887 Texas - d. 25 Mar 1982 McCulloch County, Texas) Age 36.

1930 census Age 6 living with his parents, one sister and three brothers in JP2 San Saba County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural, San Saba County, Texas. 1940 census Age 15 living with his parents and three brothers in Tom Green County, Texas. He attended school in San Saba and graduated high school at Rochelle, McCulloch County, Texas. He registered for the WW2 draft at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas on 30 June 1942 and residing in Brady and working on the C.B. Whitehead farm in McCulloch County, Texas and listed his mother, Mrs. Della Hufstutler of Brady, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He signed up with the US Navy on 3 March 1943 which made him eligible for the WW2 Victory Medal and the World War II enscription on his headstone, honorable discharged 9 Feb 1946. He was called to active duty in the US Navy on 4 Feb 1949 and served during the Korean War in enemy waters in 1952 aboard the USS Ross, a destroyer ship, and was a Gunner's Mate 2nd class. In about Aug 1952 he was sent to Albuquerque, New Mexico and while there his tour was up on 3 Feb 1953 so he reenlisted.     

First Class Petty Officer John H. Hufstutler 8405686 U.S. Naval Administration Unit Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was returning to the Sandia base from visiting his sister in Dalhart, Texas when he was involved in an automobile wreck. Petty Officer Hufstutler was killed in the accident near Tucumcari, New Mexico on early Monday morning 31 August 1953. His body was shipped, with a Navy escort, to Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and following his funeral service, was buried in the Resthaven Cemetery on Thursday 3 September 1953. .

Lewis Earl Jobe born 23 January 1930 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Anna Marie Giddens (b. 1902 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas - d. 1971 Brownwood, Brown County. Texas) Age 28 and Loyd Ludwell Jobe (b. 1899 Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri - d. 1966 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 31.

1930 Census age 2 months living in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas with his parents and a brother. 1935 living in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. 1940 Census age 10 living in Amarillo, JP4 Randall County, Texas with his parents and a brother. In 1942 living at 4007 Harrison St., Amarillo, Randall County, Texas. Attended Amarillo High School in 1946. Lewis graduated from Texas A & M in 1952 where he was Head Yell Leader. Commissioned in the US Army as 2nd Lieutenant upon his graduation from Texas A & M while his home was at Amarillo, Texas. [nba]   

Second Lieutenant Lewis E. Jobe O-67038 US Army Company F, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. The division continued patrol activity around Old Baldy and Pork Chop Hill into 1953, digging tunnels and building a network of outposts and bunkers on and around the hill. In April 1953, the KPA began stepping up offensive operations against UN forces. During the Battle of Porkchop Hill↗, the PVA 67th and 141st Divisions overran Pork Chop Hill using massed infantry and artillery fire. The hill had been under the control of the 31st Infantry. The 31st counterattacked with reinforcements from the 17th Infantry and recaptured the area the next day. On 6 July 1953 the PVA/KPA launched a determined attack against Pork Chop resulting in five days of fierce fighting with few meaningful results. 2Lt Jobe was killed in action on 8 July 1953 by the communists forces on Pork Chop Hill in central Korea and his body was never recovered. He is remembered in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia and by a cenotaph marker in the Greenleaf Cemetery↗ at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas.

Johnny Menlo Johnson born on 18 Dec 1918 at Clifton, Bosque County, Texas to Matilda Olina Olsen (b. 2 Feb 1891 Texas - d. 13 Oct 1973 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 27 and William L. Johnson (b. 26 Sep 1892 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas - d. 23 Jun 1972 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 26.

1920 census Age 1 living with his parents, a sister and grandmother Olsen in JP8 Coryell County, Texas. 1930 census Age 10 living with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in JP5 McCulloch County, Texas. 1935 living in Mercury, McCulloch County, Texas. Attended the Mercury High School. 1940 census Age 21 living with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and working hauling wood for the wood yard. Johnny M Johnson asn-18012759 a single white male born Texas in 1918 residing in McCulloch County, Texas being a Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor with four years of high school education enlisted from Civil Life into the US Army Air Corps as a Private at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 24 September 1940. Trained as a flight engineer for action in Europe during WW2, awarded the Air Medal and others, with the Air Corps Transport Carrier Group and served in North Africa, Italy and Europe. He was honorably discharged in 1945 and registered for the draft at Brady, McCulloch County, Texas on 15 October 1945 while living at Gen. Del., Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and being discharged and unemployed and listed his mother, Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Brady, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He reenlisted in 1947 in the Air Force and went to Germany with the Transport Air Lift Wing. 1950 census Age 31 living with his parents in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas and working as an aircraft mechanic on the Goodfellow Air Force Base.     

Master Sergeant Johnny Menlo Johnson AF18012759 US Air Force 371st Bombardment Squadron 307th Bombardment Wing. He was the flight engineer on B-29A 42-94045 out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa on 23 October 1951 on a combat bombing mission to the target at Namsi Airfield, North Korea with pilot Capt Robert M. Krumm. It turned out to be a Black Tuesday↗, because 6 of the 9 B-29 bombers in the formation were lost to Russian MiG-15s. MSgt Johnson was statused as missing in action on 23 October 1951. His status was changed to POW and the enemy claimed he was alive but no other information was given nor was he returned. He was declared dead on 28 Feb 1954 because his remains were not returned, and have not been to this day. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

George Paschal Keeney born 7 June 1929 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Ona Voleta Childers (b. 1910 Oklahoma - d. 1999 Corcoran, Kings County, California) age 18 and Dalton Bert Keeney (b. 1905 Bell County, Texas - d. 1979 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) age 23.

1930 Census age 6 months living in JP8 Coleman County, Texas with his parents and a brother. 1935 living in Pct 5 Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico. 1940 Census age 10 living in Pct 5 Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico with his parents and two brothers. George P Keeney asn-18271692 a single white male born 1929 in Texas and being unemployed with a grammar school education enlisted in the US Army as a private on 22 August 1946 at Fort Worth, Texas, Army Air Forces Tarrant Field. He was honorably discharged on 4 February 1947. 1950 Census age 20 living in Corcoran, Kings County, California with his parents and three brothers. Recalled or inducted into the US Army on 15 May 1951 in Kings County, California and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman. [nba]     

Private George P. Keeney 18271692 US Army Company F 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. In the spring, the division launched Operation Counter, which was an effort to establish 11 patrol bases around Old Baldy Hill↗. The division then defended the hill against a series of Chinese assaults. The 45th, in turn, was under constant artillery and mortar attack. Chinese troops were well dug-in and better trained than the troops of the inexperienced 45th, and it suffered casualties and frequently had to disengage when it was attacked. Pvt Keeney was killed in action on 22 September 1952 by shrapnel from an exploding mortar shell launched by the communist Chinese in the vicinity of Old Baldy Hill in western central North Korea. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and interred in the Tulare Cemetery at Tulare, Tulare County, California on Monday 24 November 1952.

William Harold Kellum born 20 October 1926 in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas to Jane Elizabeth Wommack (b. 1905 Cass County, Texas - d. 1987 Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas) age 21 and Herman Edward Kellum (b. 1900 Cass County, Texas - d. 1986 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) age 26.

1930 Census age 3 living in Albany, Shackelford County, Texas with his parents and a brother. 1935 living in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas. 1940 Census age 14 living in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas with his parents, two brothers and a sister. He received his elementary education in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and El Dorado, Arkansas. His high school education was at Haynesville, Louisiana, where in recognition of good grades and citizenship he was elected a member of the National Honor Society. Registered for the draft at Claiborne Parish, Louisiana on 20 October 1944 while living at 105 3rd East Street, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana and being a student in Haynesville High School and listed his father, H. E. Kellum of Haynesville, Louisiana, as his next of kin contact. He served five months in the US Navy in the closing months of World War II and was discharged on 31 August 1945. Went to West Point↗ in July 1946, and graduated 6 June 1950 commissioned Second Lieutenant and he was promoted to First Lieutenant only five months after graduation. He went to Korea in August 1950. [nba]     

First Lieutenant William H. Kellum O-62736 US Army Company G 2nd Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. Amid heavy casualties, the 24th Infantry Division retreated from North Korea to the Imjin River, south of the 38th Parallel, having been destabilised by the overwhelming PVA force. On 1 January 1951, 500,000 PVA troops attacked the Eighth Army's line at the Imjin River, forcing it back 50 miles and allowing the Chinese to capture Seoul. 1Lt Kellum was captured 3 January 1951 and taken to a prison camp in Pyoktong in North Korea, he was listed by the US Army as missing in action. Before he was captured he had been awarded the Bronze Star for leadership and later the heroic action in which he was taken prisoner earned him a Silver Star. He resisted his communists captors at every opportunity and was finally placed in isolation where he died of starvation and disease on 15 June 1951. His bodily remains were accepted from the North Koreans in 1955 and repatriated to America and reinterred in the Old Town Cemetery at Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana on Sunday 18 September 1955. Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Raymond Franklin King born 24 February 1919 in Mullin, Mills County, Texas to Mittie Minerva Tuggle (b. 1894 Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas - d. 1982 Bangs, Brown County, Texas) age 24 and Nathaniel David King (b. 1887 Zephyr, Brown County, Texas - d. 1936 Mills County, Texas) age 31.

1920 Census age 10 months living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his parents, a brother and twin sisters. 1930 Census age 11 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his parents, three brothers and three sisters. He joined the National Guard in 1939 and trained in ordnance. Married Greta Marie Traylor (b. 1925 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas - 2006 Waco, McLennan County, Texas) on 11 August 1943 in Brenton, Oregon they had a son Raymond Terrill King born 1946 and a daughter Charlotte Marie King born 1949. Raymond F. King asn-18005386 a married white male born Texas 1919 residing in Mills County, Texas working in a skilled occupation in manufacture of electrical machinery and accessories with four years of high school education reenlisted from the National Guard into the US Army Ordnance Department as a Master Sergeant at Fort Worth AAF Tarrant Field, Texas on 24 May 1946. According to the newspaper he had received a field promotion to Second Lieutenant while fighting in Europe during WW2 on 9 April 1945. [nba]     

First Lieutenant Raymond F. King O-2011764 US Army Headquarters Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. The division was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter starting on 16 September 1950 and Eighth Army then began a general offensive northward against crumbling KPA opposition to establish contact with forces of the 7th Infantry Division driving southward from the Inchon beachhead. Major elements of the KPA were destroyed and cut off in this aggressive penetration. 1Lt King cleared mines in a gallant and heroic action 18 to 21 September 1950 in the vicinity of Sindang-dong, Korea. Again, 1Lt King cleared mines in a gallant and heroic action against an armed enemy on 23 September 1950 in the vicinity of Chagye, Korea and was mortally wounded while working the last mine. His bodily remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Rock Springs Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on Saturday 28 July 1951. Silver Star & OLC, Bronze Star & V & OLC and Purple Heart.

Walter Syler King born 9 June 1921 in Winters, Runnels County, Texas to Bervie Oliver Speegle (b. 1896 Eastland County, Texas - d. 1946 Cisco, Eastland County, Texas) Age 25 and Alvin Hawkins King (b. 1886 Madison County, Tennessee - d. 1928 Scranton, Eastland County, Texas) Age 35.

1930 Censes age 8 living in JP6 Eastland County, Texas with his mother and two brothers in the home of his grandparents, Dave and Sally Speigle, an their two other adult children. 1935 living in JP6 Eastland County, Texas. Graduate of Cisco High School. 1940 Census age 18 living in JP6 Eastland County, Texas with his mother, step-father John Stuteville and three brothers, and working with the C.C.C. as a company clerk. Married Miss Faye Flores (b. 1921 Texas - d. 1973 Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon) on 3 July 1941 in Guadalupe County, Texas they had a son Walter Lee King born 1942 Eastland County, Texas. Registered for the draft at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on 16 February 1942 while living at 303 E. Locust St. San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas and working for the Texas District C.C.C. 120 Jones Ave. San Antonio, Texas, and listed his mother, Mrs. J. G. Stuteville Route 4 Box 23, Cisco, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Walter S. King asn-18104444 a married white male born Texas 1920 residing in Eastland County, Texas working as a clerk with a grammar school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps as a private at San Antonio, Texas on 9 April 1942. He became a pilot during WW2 and was very decorated for the 99 missions he flew as a bomber pilot against the Imperial Japanese forces in the southwest Pacific. He went to Japan in August 1950 to fly 38 bomber missions against the North Korean communists. [nba]   

Lieutenant Colonel Walter S. King O-10086A US Air Force 13th Bombardment Squadron (light, night intruder), 3rd Bombardment Wing. LtCol King was the pilot of the Douglas A-26B Invader 44-34297  out of Iwakuni Air Base, Japan on 21 February 1951 on a combat bombing and straffing mission to the target in North Korea. Before reaching the target but over the terrain of North Korea when a 1,000 pound bomb exploded prematurely in the bomb bay disintegrating the B-26 and the crew of three and a few other B-26s near it were crashed or damaged. LtCol King's remains were never found. He is remembered in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia and on a Cenotaph↗ Memorial. Silver Star and Purple Heart.

William Eugene 'Willie' Lee born 27 November 1920 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas to Mary Thelma Beavers (b. 1904 Bosqueville, McLennan County, Texas - d. 1955 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas) age 16 and William 'Willie' Lee (b. 1890 Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama - d. 1970 Temple, Bell County, Texas) age 30.

1930 Census age 9 living in Waco, McLennan County, Texas with his parents. 1935 living in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Joined the Army National Guard in 1939 and was activated for WW2 service in 1940. 1940 Census age 20 living as a lodger in Ft Clark, Kinney County, Texas as Assistant Gunner in the US Army. He served in the European theater in WW2. Married Jimmie Louise Mickaelis (b. 1924 Hatchel, Runnels County, Texas - d. 2019 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) on 2 January 1943 at Jackson County, Oregon they had a son Jimmy Eugene Lee born 1945 Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Willie E. Lee asn-06295361 a married white male born Texas 1919 residing in McLennan County, Texas a soldier with 2 years of high school education reenlisted in the US Army as a Technical Sergeant at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas on 7 December 1945. He trained as a heavy weapons assault crewman. He shipped out for Korea from Seattle on 23 June 1950 and entered the action on 18 July 1950. [nba]   

Sergeant First Class Willie E. Lee 6295361 US Army 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. The 1st Cavalry Division was rushed from Japan to Korea to help shore up the Pusan Perimeter, soon after daylight in the early morning of 18 July 1950, succeeded in carrying out the first amphibious landing of the Korean War. The first troops of the 5th Cavalry Regiment came ashore that afternoon. At noon on 19 July 1950, General Gay assumed command ashore and the 5th Cavalry started toward Taejon. Sfc Lee was killed in action on 28 July 1950 by shrapnel from a mortar shell exploding in the vicinity of Yongdong, South Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until 1951 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Oakwood Cemetery at Waco, McLennan County, Texas on Saturday 23 July 1951.

Paul Boyd Lightfoot Jr. born on 25 November 1918 at Bangs, Brown County, Texas to Lola Mae Fletcher (b.7 November 1897 Texas-d. 8 October 1963 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas) Age 21 and Paul Boyd Lightfoot (b. 21 September 1887 Junction, Kimble County, Texas-d. 17 February 1954 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas) Age 31.

1920 census Age 1 living with his parents in Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas. 1930 census Age 11 living with his parents in Pct7 Coleman County, Texas. Attended schools in Santa Anna and graduated from Santa Anna High School class of 1937 then attended Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Joined the Coleman County National Guard Company B in 1939. His National Guard Company was mobilized with the 142nd Infantry 36th Division and in 1941 shipped overseas to North Africa to prepare for the invasion of Italy. In 1944 he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He spent over 400 days in combat in Italy and discharged on 1 August 1945 as a Tech Sergeant. Registered for the WW2 draft at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas on 2 August 1945 while residing at Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas and being unemployed and listed his mother, Mrs. Lola Lightfoot, Box 231 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas as his next of kin contact. He reenlisted in the US Army in November 1945 and became an advisor to National Guard components. On 26 January 1946 he married Miss Elta Lois Burleson of Coleman at Coleman and he was stationed in Arkansas. 1950 census Age 31 living with his wife and daughter in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. The Korean War made his job more necessary. For Paul the war meant moving a lot from Army post to Army post in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas and California. He had attained the rank of Sergeant First Class in March 1951.   

Second Lieutenant Paul Boyd Lightfoot Jr. 20848696 US Army 4th Army Headquarters, National Guard Instructor. Paul was stationed at Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo County, California and living at Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California. Paul died Thursday 17 January 1952 at Camp Roberts of a heart attack. He was completing a course in Judo at the camp. He apparently had been in good health but had suffered a bout of influenza. 2Lt Lightfoot's body arrived in Santa Anna, Texas by rail at midnight Tuesday and was taken to the home of his parents until funeral time. Full military honors were held at the gravesite in the Santa Anna Cemetery, Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas on Wednesday 23 January 1952.

Frederic Antony Lucksinger Jr. born on 16 September 1932 at Austin, Travis County, Texas to Lorna Grace Kizer (b. 7 Dec 1911 Pittsburg, Camp County, Texas-d. 28 Aug 1986 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 21 and Frederic Antony Lucksinger (b. 8 Jan 1911 Austin, Travis County, Texas-d. 9 May 1985 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas) Age 21.

1935 living in Austin, Travis County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his parents, a brother and a sister in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He attended elementary schools at Owens, Rising Star and Kilgore Texas. 1950 census Age 17 living with his parents, a brother and a sister in Brown County, Texas being unemployed. He graduated from May High School in 1950. He enlisted in the US Navy on 9 April 1951 and listed his parents, Mr & Mrs F A Lucksinger Sr., Route 2, May, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He received his seaman recruit training at San Diego, California. He was then assigned to the Naval Air Force and attended aviation ordnance school at Jacksonville, Florida for nine months. Upon graduation he was sent to Kingsville Texas Naval Air Base where he remained until he was sent to Guam in September 1953.   

Aviation Ordnaceman Third Class Petty Officer Fred Anthony Lucksinger Jr. 4232648 US Navy Utility Squadron Five, Ashiya Air Base, Japan, Pacific Fleet Air Force. He was killed 5 February 1954 in the crash of a US Navy plane near Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan. He was a crewman on a JD-1 aircraft  which was returning to it's base after having provided services to ships in the Korea Strait. Apparent failure of the radio landing instruments of the airplane as it approached Ashiya AFB resulted in the crash. Ground crewmen reached the crash site on 6 February and were able to recover the bodies at that time. PO Lucksinger's body was sent to San Francisco where the funeral home prepared it for escorted shipment via railway to Brownwood, Texas 18 March 1954. He was buried in the May Cemetery at May, Brown County, Texas on Monday 22 March 1954. .

Harold Alfred Lykins born 8 March 1928 in Brown County, Texas to Lula Mae Jones (b. 12 Jan 1889 Indian Creek, Brown County, Texas - d. 25 Dec 1969 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas) Age 39 and Julian Mankey Lykins (b. 22 Sep 1871 Morgan County, Kentucky - d. 20 Dec 1944 Waco, McLennan County, Texas) Age 57.

1930 Census age 2 living in Pct. 5, Brown County, Texas with his mother (divorced or abandoned), two brothers and a sister. 1935 living in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. 1940 Census age 12 living in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas with his mother, two brothers and a sister. Registered for the draft at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas on 22 Aug 1945 [gave 22 Aug 1927 as his DOB so that he would be of age, also gave wrong place of birth] while living at 1416 Ave. B, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and unemployed and listed his mother, Mrs. J. M. Lykins at the same address, as his next of kin contact. Harold A Lykins asn-18099227 a single white male born Texas in 1928 residing in Brown County, Texas working as Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal worker with one year of high school education enlisted from civil life into the US Army No branch assignment as a private at Dallas Texas on 18 October 1945. He honorably served the US Air Force for two reenlistments. Married Juanita Marie Agee on 13 Sep 1950 in Tarrant County, Texas and they had one son.   

Airman First Class Harold Alfred Lykins AF-18099227 US Air Force 808th Air Base Group Bergstrom AFB Austin Texas. A1c Lykins was the 19th person stricken with polio in the Austin, Texas area during 1952. He was flown from Bergstrom AFB in Austin by an Air Force ambulance plane Thursday afternoon 19 June 1952 to the Brooke Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He died only 30 minutes after arrival. He was buried with millitary honors in the Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas on Monday 23 June 1952.

Lunsford Madison Lynch born on 3 October 1927 at O'Brien, Haskell County, Texas to Winnie Rosene Wedel (b. 13 March 1908 Texas-d. 22 March 1985 Texas) Age 19 and George Klondyke Lynch (b. 2 August 1897 Bell County, Texas-d. 9 September 1962 Temple, Bell County, Texas) Age 30.

1930 census Age 2 living with his parents and a sister in JP5 Haskell County, Texas. 1935 living in O'Brien, Haskell County, Texas. 1940 census Age 12 living with his parents, a brother and a sister in JP1 Gaines County, Texas. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 3 October 1945 while residing at Route 1, Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and listed his father, G. K. Lynch of Route 1 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Madison graduated from the Goldthwaite High School class of 1946. He enlisted for the US Air Force on 17 September 1948. 1950 census Age 22 living on Vance Air Force Base, Garfield County, Oklahoma. He reenlisted for the US Air Force on 17 September 1951.   

Staff Sergeant Lunsford Madison Lynch AF18338593 US Air Force, Headquarters Squadron 450th Air Base Group, Foster Air Force Base, Texas. (Foster AFB was inactivated in 1959) He was assigned to Foster AFB 2 miles northeast of Victoria, Texas in Victoria County, Texas, part of the Tactical Air Command, and living off base in Victoria County, Texas. SSgt Lynch was severely injured 8 July 1954 0715am in a head-on vehicle collision on US highway 59T Business, the Goliad highway, east of the Linden Hill Motel and 4 miles southwest of downtown Victoria, Texas. He died from the injuries at 1030am at the Foster AFB as medical staff were preparing to move him by air to Lackland AFB in San Antonio. SSgt Lynch's body was removed to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on the morning of Sunday 11 July 1954 and then buried that afternoon in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery. .

Truman Doyle Mauney born on 8 January 1925 at Stephens County, Texas to Ina Lenore Malone (b. 13 September 1901 Eastland County, Texas-d. 1 December 1968 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas) Age 24 and Sullivan M Mauney (b. 12 November 1897 Texas-d. 20 January 1990 Texas) Age 28.

1930 census Age 5 living with his parents and a sister in JP5 Comanche County, Texas. 1935 living in JP5 Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census Age 15 living with his parents, a brother and three sisters in JP5 Comanche County, Texas and helping on the farm. Registered for the draft at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas on 29 January 1943 while residing at RFD1 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas and working for his father on their farm and listed his father, S. M. Mauney RFD1, De Leon, Texas as his next of kin contact. Truman D. Mauney nsn-9385213 a single white male born Texas residing in Comanche County, Texas working as farm labor with a high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Navy as an Apprentice Seaman at Dallas, Texas on 1 February 1944. He served honorably during WW2 and was discharged 8 May 1946. He reenlisted in the US Navy for the Korean War on 15 August 1950 in California.   

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Petty Officer Truman D. Mauney 9385213 US Navy. He was aboard a PBM Mariner patrol bomber  out of Iwakuki Naval Base, near Hiroshima, Japan on a routine patrol Friday 8 August 1952. The crew was listed as missing when they did not return to base. The plane was sighted on Sunday where it had crashed on the southern Japanese island of Shikoku three miles south of Nagahama. His body was recovered and repatriated to America via a US Navy ship and interred in the De Leon Cemetery, De Leon, Comanche County, Texas on 29 September 1952. .

Duncan Oliver McCarty born on 27 July 1945 at Dublin, Erath County, Texas to Violet Mae Boyce (b. 3 Aug 1923 Sussex County, Delaware-d. 11 Mar 2007 Stephenville, Erath County, Texas) Age 22 and Eugene Victor McCarty (b. 10 Oct 1914 Comanche County, Texas-d. 31 Jan 1990 Stephenville, Erath County, Texas) Age 31.

1950 census Age 4 living with his parents and a sister in McCulloch County, Texas, has his father as a WW2 vet and working but no occupation listed. Attended school in Mozelle and played some quarterback on the 6-man football team. Graduated from the Mozelle High School in class of 1964. Enlisted in the US Army on 23 October 1964. After training, he was shipped overseas in 1965 for a one year tour in Camp Casey, South Korea, which is very close to the DMZ.   

Private First Class Duncan Oliver McCarty RA-18692692 US Army Hq & Hq Company, 1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, US Forces in Korea. He had returned from Korea duty for a well deserved leave at his hometown Mozelle, Texas. He was driving a car southbound on Hiway 377, 3.5 miles southwest of Dublin, on Saturday night 21 May 1966 when his car hit head-on, about 9:45 p.m., with a northbound car. He died of his injuries at 12:15 a.m. on Sunday 22 May 1966 at the Dublin Hospital, two and a half hours after the accident. His body was removed for funeral in Dublin, Erath County, Texas and burial in the Siloam Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, Texas on Monday 23 May 1966. .

Gilberto Menchaca Jr. born on 25 July 1925 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas to Melessia Mendosa (b. 7 February 1902 Bangs, Brown County, Texas-d. 29 May 1961 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas) Age 23 and Gilbert Salazar Menchaca (b. 4 February 1891 Mexico-d. 22 February 1973 Algerita, San Saba County, Texas) Age 34.

1935 living in Harkeyville, San Saba County, Texas. He was reared on the O. B. Harkey farm. 1940 census Age 14 living with his parents, grandfather Mendosa, two brothers and a sister in San Saba County, Texas. He attended San Saba High School. Registered for the WW2 draft at San Saba, San Saba County, Texas on 31 July 1943 while residing at Route 1, San Saba, San Saba County, Texas and working for Tom Harkey at Route 1, San Saba, San Saba County, Texas and listed his father Gilberto Menchaca Sr. of San Saba County, Texas, as his next of kin contact. He enlisted in the US Navy on 27 January 1944 and by 1945 had attained the rating of Seaman 1st Class Petty Officer aboard the USS Midway. He reenlisted in 1947 thinking of a career and was serving during the Korean War aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific having almost ten years of naval service.   

Seaman 1st Class Petty Officer Gilbert Menchaca Jr. 8430401 US Navy Gunner. The aircraft carrier on which he was serving was at Manila in the Philippines. Gilbert was reported by the US Navy as having drowned on 21 November 1953 in a Non-Battle event, no other details are known. Gilbert's body was recovered and shipped to Lometa, Texas and buried in the San Saba City Cemetery, San Saba, San Saba County, Texas on Sunday 3 January 1954.

David Meredith born 20 July 1925 in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey to Olga Louise Neubert (b. 1901 Maple shade, Burlington County, New Jersey - d. 1985 Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) and Charles David Meredith (b. 1869 Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania - d. 1934 Gloucester County, New Jersey).

1930 Census age 4 living in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey with his parents and a sister. 1935 living in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey. 1940 Census age 15 living in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey with his mother and a sister. Registered for the draft at Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey on 20 July 1943 while living at 215 Hunter St. Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey and unemployed and listed his mother, Mrs. O. L. Meredith at the same address, as his next of kin contact. David Meredith asn-42080661 a single white male born New Jersey in 1925 residing in Gloucester County, New Jersey not working with one year of college education enlisted from enlisted reserves into the US Army Air Corps as a private at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 December 1943. Married Mary Irene Wilson (b. 1926 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas) in June 1950 in Eastland County, Texas they had twin sons Davey and Rickey. [nba]   

Captain David Meredith O-2100868 US Air Force 371st Bombardment Squadron 307th Bombardment Wing. Capt Meredith was onboard the B-29A 44-62166 Fujigmo  out of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan on 22 July 1952 on a non-combat flight enroute to Suwon (K-13) AB, South Korea. Whilst en route, an engine caught fire. Shortly later, the heavy bomber aircraft caught fire and exploded in air northeast of Ocho-o, South Korea and crashed at Taegu, killing all 13 crew members. This was statused as a non-hostile accident. Capt Meredith's remains were recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Ranger, Eastland County, Texas.

Quinton E. Miller born 19 September 1931 in Cross Cut, Brown County, Texas to Tennie Loree Alford (b. 1909 Brown County, Texas - d. 2000 Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico) Age 22 and David Parks Miller (b. 1901 Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee - d. 1995 Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico) Age 30.

1935 living in Sipe Springs, JP6 Comanche County, Texas and attending school there. 1940 Census age 8 living in Sipe Springs, JP6 Comanche County, Texas with his parents and a sister. Attended the Rising Star High School in Eastland County and in 1947 he moved with his parents to Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico and attended Carlsbad High School in 1948. He enlisted in the Army on 15 January 1950 at Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico and he trained as a Light Weapons Infantry Leader at Camp Cook, California. He arrived in Korea on 23 January 1952. [nba]   

Sergeant First Class Quinton E. Miller US Army 18366311 US Army Company K 3rd Battalion 223rd Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Division. The division was first sent for training at Camp Cooke, Calif. In March 1951, the division’s Soldiers were sent to the Japanese island of Honshu. In January 1952, the members of the 40th Division were sent to Pusan, South Korea, to begin relieving the 24th Division on the front lines. In June 1952 the Division continued it's primarily defensive mission along the Kumhwa-Kumsong sector of the central front in North Korea. Sfc Miller was killed in a gallant and heroic action on 19 June 1952 in North Korea. His body was recovered and repatriated to America and buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery at Holder, Brown County, Texas on Wednesday 20 August 1952. Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Doyle Mills born 17 January 1933 in Coleman County, Texas to Bessie Mamie Cothren (b. 1901 Tandy, Oklahoma - d. 1980 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 32 and Augustus G. Mills (b. 1867 Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas - d. 1932 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas) age 65.

1935 living in Rural Coleman County, Texas. 1940 Census age 7 living in JP6 Brown County, Texas with his mother, stepfather Paul Burson, six brothers and two sisters. He quit school after the fifth grade to work on farms and help with his family's income. Doyle and his twin brother, Hoyt, joined the Army in Brownwood, Texas in 1950 just after turning 17 years of age. Their step-father signed the papers allowing them to join before reaching 18. Trained as a Heavy Weapons Infantryman while stationed at Camp Wood, California and at a base in Japan. [nba]     

Private First Class Doyle Mills 18298147 US Army Task Force Smith 1st Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. The Task Force Smith landed near Pusan on the 2nd of July 1950, loaded onto train cars and sent to Pyongtaek. Task Force Smith↙ was trucked 12 miles north from Pyongtaek, moving to a position three miles beyond the village of Osan on 4 July 1950. The group dug in on high ground that overlooked the highway and a railroad to the east. At 7:30 a.m. on 5 July 1950, a line of North Korean tanks churned into view, and the Americans let loose with all of the heavy weapons they had, which in the grand scheme of things weren’t much. Smith’s tiny force was soon to be as isolated as the men at the Alamo. Pfc Mills was reported Missing in Action on 5 July 1950 but later on his status was changed to Killed in Action 5 July 1950 in the vicinity of Osan in South Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until 1952 when his remains were recovered and repatriated to America and reinterred in the Greenleaf Cemetery at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas on Sunday 8 June 1952. It is unfortunate that his marker provided by the US Government had his first name misspelled, but we were able to get it replaced before 3 August 2021. Pfc Mills was one of the very first US soldiers killed in the Korean War and was the first from Brown County, Texas.

James Alton Newman born 14 May 1930 in Voss, Coleman County, Texas to Ila Mae Wilson (b. 1906 Stacy, McCulloch County, Texas - d. 1970 Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas) age 23 and James Milton Newman Jr. (b. 1902 Coleman County, Texas - d. 1969 Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas) age 28.

1935 living in Rural Tom Green County, Texas. 1940 Census age 9 living in JP2 Brown County, Texas with his parents and a brother. He graduated from May High School and moved to Dallas in 1949 for work. He enlisted in the Army at Brownwood, Texas on 25 August 1950 and listed his parents, Mr. & Mrs. James M. Newman Jr. of Owens, Brown County, Texas, as his next of kin contacts. He was trained as a Light Weapons Infantry Leader. [nba]     

Sergeant First Class James A. Newman 18269145 US Army Company A 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. On 03 October 1951, the 1st Team moved out from Line Wyoming and immediately into Chinese fire. For the next two days; hills were taken, lost and retaken. On the third day, the Chinese lines began to break in front of the 7th Cavalry. Sfc Newman was wounded in action and hospitalized for an unknown length of time before being returned to his company at the end of September 1951. On 10 – 11 October 1951, the Chinese counterattacked; twice, unsuccessfully against the 7th Cavalry. The southern end of Line Jamestown, along with a hill called “Old Baldy”, eventually fell to the determined Troopers. The Troopers did not know it, but Line Jamestown would be their last major combat of the Korean War. Sfc Newman was killed in action on 12 October 1951 in North Korea by the Red Chinese communists and his remains were not recovered. He is remembered on the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Arch Lee Parisher Jr. born 25 August 1915 in Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas to Artie “Allie” Arrott (b. Dec 1879 Texas - d. 15 Sep 1918 Aubrey, Denton County, Texas) Age 36 and Arch Lee Parisher Sr. (b. 23 Mar 1877 Cherokee, San Saba County, Texas - d. 21 Oct 1973 Clyde, Callahan County, Texas) Age 38.

1920 Census Age 4 was not found. 1930 Census Age 14 living in JP5, Callahan County, Texas with his father and stepmother, a sister and a brother. He graduated from Cherokee High School, San Saba County, Texas in May 1933. 1935 living in Callahan County, Texas. Arch L. Parisher Jr. asn-06292712 a single white male born Texas in 1915 residing in Callahan County, Texas working as a farm hand with four years of high school education enlisted from civil life into the US Army Air Corps as a private at Kelly Air Field, Texas in 1939. 1940 Census Age 25 living at the Kelly Air Field near San Antonio, Texas as a US Army soldier. At the end of WW2 he was honorably discharged from active duty in Dec 1945 as Master Sergeant in the Army Air Forces and immediately reenlisted at Goodfellow AAF, San Angelo, Texas on 5 Dec 1945. Married Faye Lorene Fellers (b. 8 Aug 1921 Lima, Bandera County, Texas) in about 1946 they lived in Baird, Texas. He served during the Cold War then reenlisted during Korean War on 6 Jan 1951. He was assigned to Travis AFB and he moved the whole family to Fairfield, California.   

Master Sergeant Arch L. Parisher Jr. 06292712 US Air Force 55th Air Transport Squadron, Travis AFB Fairfield, Solano County, California. Tragically, he was killed at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday 7 July 1954 in Fairfield when his car struck a loaded grain truck. He was thrown out of his car onto the road and died instantly. MSgt Parisher was interred on 13 July 1954 in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas at Section P-G Grave 315.

Guadalupe Sebastian Perez born 20 January 1916 in Melvin, McCulloch County, Texas to Josephina Rodriguez (b. 16 Sep 1899 Mexico - d. 28 Nov 1985 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 17 and Franciso Perez Sr. (b. 4 Oct 1893 Mexico - d. 12 May 1958 San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas) Age 23.

1920 Census Age 3 living in Melvin, McCulloch County, Texas with his parents, a sister and a brother. 1930 Census Age 14 living in JP3 McCulloch County, Texas with his parents, two sisters and three brothers. He graduated from the Melvin High School in May 1935. He then attended the Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. He graduated from SWTSC in May of 1939 and got a job as a teacher in his hometown of Melvin. Registered for the draft at Melvin, McCulloch County, Texas on 16 Oct 1940 while living at Rt.1 Box 21 Melvin, Texas and was employed as a teacher in Melvin and listed his father, Mr. Frank Perez Sr. at the same address, as his next of kin contact. Guadalupe Perez asn-18056606 a single white male born Texas in 1916 residing in McCulloch County, Texas working as a teacher with four years of college education enlisted from civil life into the US Army Air Corps as a private at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 19 July 1941. Married Jesusita "Susie" Gonzalez (b. 3 Aug 1920 San Marcos, Hays County, Texas) on 14 December 1941 in the St. Agnes Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas and they had four sons. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1947 as Captain in the Air Force Reserves. He attended the University of Texas and graduated as a Pharmcist then worked in Port Arthur, Texas as assistant manager for CVS drug store in 1952. He was recalled to active duty by the USAF during the Korean War about 1953 and was posted to Lackland AFB in San Antonio.   

Major Guadalupe S. Perez O-559297 US Air Force HQ Human Resources Research Center, Air Research & Development Command, Lackland AFB in San Antonio. Tragically and unexpectedly, he was found dead in bed Sunday morning, 10 January 1954, apparently having died of a heart attack. Major Perez was interred on 12 January 1954 in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas at Section AI Grave 22. His remains were disinterred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on 12 Oct 2009 and reinterred at the Memory Lawn Memorial Park, Martindale, Caldwell County, Texas with his wife Susie Perez.

Con Foly Poynor born on 17 July 1918 at Comanche County, Texas to Pearl Zella Malear(b.1880 Bell County, Texas-d.1955 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas) Age 38 and Murry Middleton Poynor(b.1878 Comanche County, Texas-d.1934 Eastland County, Texas) Age 40.

1930 census Age 11 living with his parents, a brother and grandfather Andrew Malear in JP1 Eastland County, Texas. Graduated from Ranger High School class of 1934. 1935 living in JP2 Eastland County, Texas. 1940 census Age 21 living with his mother at JP2 Eastland County, Texas, being a college student. Registered for the draft at Austin, Travis County, Texas on 5 February 1941 while living at 1903 1/2 Wichita, Austin, Texas and being a student at the University of Texas and listed his mother, Mrs. M. M. Poynor 604 Mesquite, Ranger, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Con F. Poynor asn-18031448 a single white male born Texas in 1918 residing in Eastland County, Texas being a student with three years of college education enlisted from enlisted reserve corps into the US Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet at Houston, Texas on 10 December 1941. Married Miss Helen Mae Keating of Longview, they met at U.T. in Austin, and they had a son born in 1944. Trained as a bombardier for action in Europe during WW2, flying 31 missions there. After being released from active duty he was an Air Force reservist and lived in Ranger, Texas as an insurance agent. He was recalled for active duty for the Korean War in March 1951 and shipped out to Okinawa in September 1951.     

First Lieutenant Con F. Poynor O-725476 US Air Force 371 Bombardment Squadron 307th Bombardment Wing. He was the bombardier on B-29A 42-94045 out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa on 23 October 1951 on a combat bombing mission to the target at Namsi Airfield, North Korea with pilot Capt Robert M. Krumm. It turned out to be a Black Tuesday↗, because 6 of the 9 B-29 bombers in the formation were lost to Russian MiG15s. 1Lt Poynor was statused as missing in action on 23 October 1951. His status was changed to KIA and declared dead in 1954 because his remains were not returned, and have not been to this day. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Also cenotaphs at the Arlington↗ National Cemetery and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia and the Colony↗ Cemetery at Morton Valley, Eastland County, Texas.

Curlous Milton Preas born on 16 December 1923 at McCulloch County, Texas to Nora Myrtle Rutherford(b.1905 Texas-d.1974 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 18 and Louis Henry Preas(b.1903 Texas-d.1988 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas) Age 20.

1930 census Age 7 living with his parents and two brothers at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. Registered for the WW2 draft at Coleman County, Texas on 30 June 1942 while living at Gen. Del. Coleman, Coleman County, Texas and working at Henry Seals near Coleman as a haybaler and listed his father, L. H. Preas Gen. Del. Coleman, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Trained as an Automatic Weapons Crewman.   

Corporal Curlous M. Preas 18337006 US Army Battery A 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion with the 24th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded in action by the communists enemy forces in South Korea on 16 July 1950 and returned to duty on 20 July 1950. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on 8 August 1950. He was presumed dead on 4 March 1954. His remains were not recovered. Cpl Preas is remembered in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, and at this Cenotaph↗ in the Coleman City Cemetery and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia.

Elvie J. Reed born on 1 January 1924 at Muleshoe, Bailey County, Texas to Myrtle Edna Short(b.1899 Texas-d.1981 Eastland, Eastland County, Texas) Age 25 and Benny Burrl Reed(b.1904 Eastland County, Texas-d.1976 Eastland, Eastland County, Texas) Age 20.

1930 census Age 6 living with his parents, two brothers and a sister at JP7 Eastland County, Texas. Attended shcools in Putnam and Cisco, Texas. 1935 living at JP8 Callahan County, Texas. 1940 census Age 16 living with his parents, a brother, three sisters, grandmother Cora Short and Dorothy Short at JP8 Callahan County, Texas. Married Mary Lucille Manley(b.1922 Yuma County, Colorado-d.1986 Canyon County, Idaho) on 18 July 1950 at Olympia, Washington. He enlisted in the US Army in 1948 and trained as a Combat Construction Specialist for the Corps of Engineers.   

Corporal Elvie J. Reed 18337019 US Army Company C 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion attached to the 2nd Infantry Division. The battalion was ordered to hold the town of Kunu-ri while Companies from the Battalion were attached to two infantry regiments, the 9th and 38th, to fill gaps in the defending lines. The lines eventually gave way to brutal assaults by three Chinese divisions and Cpl Reed was taken prisoner during the Battle of Kunu-ri with many other soldiers. Cpl Reed was reported as missing in action on 28 November 1950, captured by the North Koreans and sent to a prisoner of war camp without informing the U.N. officials. He was listed as presumed dead in 1954 because there had still been nothing from the North Korean Communists as to his status. In February 1956, his next of kin were informed that his remains had been found near Kyonktong, North Korea in a prison cemetery, but the date of death and cause had not been determined. According to the U.S. Korean War Honor Roll listing, his date of death in the prison camp was 6 September 1953 and as a Sergeant. Sgt Reed's bodily remains were repatriated to America in 1956 and reinterred in the Oakwood Cemetery at Cisco, Eastland County, Texas on Friday 24 February 1956.

John Ralph Richmond born on 3 March 1920 at Blanket, Brown County, Texas to Iris Davis (b.2 Sep 1890 Brown County, Texas-d.13 Mar 1926 Brown County, Texas) Age 30 and Macon Alvin Richmond (b.11 May 1887 Texas-d.8 Nov 1968 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) Age 33.

John was born two weeks after the census was taken from his mother on 14 February 1920. 1930 census Age 10 living with his father, a sister and a brother in Pct3 Brown County, Texas. He attended public grade school in Blanket, Texas and was active in the Boy Scouts. 1935 Age 15 living in the same house in Pct3 Brown County, Texas. He attended High School in Blanket but his senior year was at Brownwood High School and graduated in 1936. He attended Howard Payne College for one year and then enrolled at Texas A&M College. 1940 census Age 20 living with his father in Pct3 Brown County, Texas. He received a degree from Texas A&M College in civil engineering in 1941 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army and entered service at Camp Wolters, Texas. As a paratrooper during WW2 he participated in drops in the Pacific theater of operations including New Guinea and the Philippines. He received the Purple Heart and Silver Star during the recapture of Corregidor and his unit was awarded the Presidential unit citation. After 41 months of WW2 service in the Pacific with the 503rd Para Infantry, he returned to Texas as a Major and married Miss Margaret Annabelle Kundts of Fort Worth, Texas on 16 January 1946. They removed to Fort Benning, Georgia where Major Richmond was in the infantry school airborne department. 1950 census Age 30 living with his wife and a daughter in Camp Campbell, Christian County, Kentucky.     

Lieutenant Colonel John Ralph Richmond O-46217 US Army, Company B Airborne Battalion 1st Student Regiment, Airborne Department, Fort Benning, Georgia Infantry School. While he was acting assistant director of the Airborne Department, Fort Benning, Georgia Infantry School, he boarded an airplane going to Fort Bragg, N.C. The Beechcraft L-23 Seminole , a United States Army Aviation plane, took off from Fort Benning at 4:25 a.m. on Monday morning 10 August 1953. The plane crashed in a wooded area of Fort Benning 12 miles from where it took off. The searchers found it that Monday afternoon, not burned, and all three occupants were killed and recovered. LCol Richmond's funeral was held on Wednesday 12 August 1953 at Fort Benning, Georgia. His remains were shipped to San Antonio, Texas and buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on Friday 14 August 1953.

Andrew Campos Rivera born on 2 November 1930 at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas to Locadia Campos(b.1909 Caldwell County, Texas-d. unknown) Age 21 and Pedro Rivera(b.1902 Saragosa, Mexico-d. unknown) Age 27. (His Texas Birth Certificate has dob 2 Nov 1930, his listing by Alvin Bolton at Melvin Cemetery West Section (Spanish) has dob 30 Nov 1930 with no marker on Find A Grave memorial).

1935 living in JP3 McCulloch County, Texas. 1940 census Age 9 living with his parents, four brothers, a sister, and three cousins in JP3 McCulloch County, Texas.   

Sergeant First Class Andrew C. Rivera 57420535 Company L 3rd Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division. The division arrived in Korea, via Pusan on 23 July, becoming the first unit to reach Korea directly from the United States. In August 1951, the Division was on the offensive once again, ordered to attack a series of ridges that had been designated threats to the Eighth Army's line. These actions would devolve into the battles of Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge. The Division would not receive relief until October 1951, with its infantry regiments having suffered heavy losses. The 23rd Infantry Regiment bore the brunt of the damage, having been severely mauled on Heartbreak Ridge. Sfc Rivera was killed in action on 19 September 1951 in the battle for Heartbreak Ridge in North Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Melvin Cemetery at Melvin, McCulloch County, Texas.

William Rollins born on 18 August 1925 at Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas to Flora Mae Pendergrass(b.1899 Comanche County, Texas-d.1986 Rosepine Parish, Louisana) Age 26 and George Calvin Rollins(b.1887 Murray County, Georgia-d.1958 DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana) Age 43.

1930 census Age 4 living with his parents and a brother in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. 1935 living in Sipe Springs, JP6 Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census Age 14 living with his parents, a sister and a brother in Sipe Springs, JP6 Comanche County, Texas. Joined the Army Corps of Engineers National Guard. Registered for the draft at Comanche County, Texas on 17 April 1946 while living at Rt.1 Sidney, Comanche County, Texas and not working and listed his father, George Rollins Rt.1 Sidney, Texas, as his next of kin contact.     

First Lieutenant William Rollins O-2206600 US Army Company D Unit Commander 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion attached to the 2nd Infantry Division. The preparations for operation Touchdown required a period of tremendous activity on the part of the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion. 1Lt Rollins was killed in a courageous action↙ on 8 October 1951 in the vicinity of Heartbreak Ridge, North Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Pendergrass Cemetery at Sidney, Comanche County, Texas. Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Milton Earl Sebolt born on 26 July 1928 at Mills County, Texas to Mary Ellen Roush (b. 27 March 1902 Wells County, Indiana-d. 26 March 1975 Tom Green County, Texas) Age 26 and Tom D. Sebolt (b. 27 July 1895 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas-d. 9 January 1967 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 33.

1930 census Age 1 living with his parents, grandmother Sebolt and three brothers at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1935 living at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 11 living with his parents, grandmother Sebolt, two sisters and five brothers at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. Attended Goldthwaite Schools. Registered for the WW2 draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 26 July 1946 while residing at Box 495 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and working for Mr. Hugh McKenzie in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and listed his father, Mr. Tom Sebolt of Box 495 Goldthwaite, Texas as his next of kin contact. 1950 census Age 21 living with his parents, one sister and five brothers in rural Mills County, Texas and working as a bulldozer operator. Married Ruth Ell Duncan of Mills County, Texas in 1950. Milton E. Sebolt asn-54026378 entered the US Army on 9 November 1950 and was trained as an infantryman.   

Private First Class Milton E. Sebolt 54026378 US Army HQ & HQ Service Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. He was assigned to Ladd AFB, Alaska near Fairbanks' Fort Wainwright. Ladd was not exclusively an Air Force site. The Army was also present to provide antiaircraft (AAA) support and base defense. At Ladd, Cold War activities fell mainly into three time periods: an early phase from 1946 to 1950; a buildup and support hub phase from 1950 to 1957; and a transfer phase from 1958 to 1961, when the installation was turned over to the Army. From 1946 to 1950, personnel from Ladd laid some of the groundwork of the early Cold War with strategic reconnaissance and Arctic research projects. Among other missions, they made initial assessments of the Soviet presence in the Arctic; more fully developed the practice of polar navigation; extended Arctic topography; tested cold weather equipment, clothing, and human performance, as well as maintained the area air defenses of the region. In 1948, as Cold War tensions heightened, the Army's 4th Infantry sent ground defense soldiers to Ladd. From the onset of the Korean War in 1950 and continuing through 1957, Ladd saw intense use. Pfc Sebolt was off duty on 3 July 1952 and was on a fishing trip. He drowned at the lake near Fairbanks where he and an Army companion were fishing. No details of how he drowned in the lake were given to the newspaper. His body was recovered and sent via McCloud AFB, Seattle, Washington to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas for a funeral and then burial in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery on Friday 18 July 1952.

Eskel Lee Smart born on 25 May 1931 at Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas to Dovie Evelyn Hurt (b. 28 August 1901 Texas - d. 26 November 1934 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) Age 29 and David Lee Smart (b. 18 February 1905 Comanche County, Texas - d. 20 December 1964 Stephenville, Erath County, Texas) Age 26.

1934 Age 3 his mother died in November. 1940 Age 9 living with his father and step-mother at Route 3, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He attended High School in Comanche, Texas. 1950 census Age 19 living with his father and step-mother, a sister and a brother on Cotton Grove Road in Comanche County, Texas and working as a service station attendant. In 1951 he enlisted in the US Air Force on July 14 and had basic training and then was shipped overseas to England.   

Airman Second Class Eskel Lee Smart AF18410625 US Air Force 7558th Air Base Squadron, Chester, England. No details are known here about the automobile wreck in which he was involved on 7 February 1953. His body was taken to the Chester Royal Infirmary, Chester, England where he may have died or may have been dead on arrival. It was stated that he died "in the line of duty." His remains were repatriated to America and buried in the Cox Cemetery, about a mile and a half east of Sidney, Comanche County, Texas. .

George Emmett Smith born on 25 January 1931 at De Leon, Comanche County, Texas to Zora Jean 'Gene' Lawless(b.1905 Comanche County, Texas-d.2004 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 25 and Emmett Richard Smith(b.1904 Comanche County, Texas-d.1952 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) Age 27. (His original Texas Birth Certificate dob 25 January 1931, later on seen as 21 January 1930 and 21 January 1931).

1935 living at De Leon, JP5 Comanche County, Texas. 1940 census Age 9 living with his parents and a sister at De Leon, JP5 Comanche County, Texas. He was a life long resident of De Leon, Texas. Enlisted while residing at De Leon, Comanche County, Texas. Trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman before being deployed to Japan in 1949 with the 7th Cavalry Regiment Infantry.     

Private First Class George E. Smith 18222959 US Army Company A 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. The 1st Cavalry Division was rushed from Japan to Korea to help shore up the Pusan Perimeter, soon after daylight in the early morning of 18 July 1950, succeeded in carrying out the first amphibious landing of the Korean War. The first troops of the 5th Cavalry Regiment came ashore that afternoon. At noon on 19 July 1950, General Gay assumed command ashore and the 5th Cavalry started toward Taejon. Pfc Smith was killed in action on 24 July 1950 in the vicinity of Yongdong, South Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until 1952 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the De Leon Cemetery at De Leon, Comanche County, Texas on Sunday 5 October 1952.

Delmar Raydean Snider born on 13 June 1930 near Goree, Knox County, Texas to Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Robinson(b.1887 Springtown, Parker County, Texas-d.1964 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas) Age 43 and Henry Joseph Snider(b.1875 Bledsoe County, Tennessee-d.1934 Goree, Knox County, Texas) Age 54.

His mother moved the family to Comanche County, Texas after her husband died in 1934 and he was buried in Knox County, Texas. 1935 living in Rural Comanche County, Texas. 1940 Census age 10 living in De Leon, JP5 Comanche County, Texas with his mother, three brothers and three sisters. Enlisted in the US Army in February 1948 and trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman at Fort Ord, California. Went overseas 1949 to join the occupation forces of the 24th Division in Japan.   

Private First Class Delmar R. Snider 18222729 US Army Company E 19th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. The 24th Infantry Division arrived in South Korea, through the port of Pusan the first week of July 1950. Division soldiers were repeatedly defeated and pushed south by the KPA's superior numbers and equipment while suffering huge numbers of casualties. On 19 & 20 July 1950, the KPA divisions attacked the 24th Infantry Division's headquarters in Taejon and overran it in the Battle of Taejon. In the ensuing battle, 922 men of the 24th Infantry Division were killed. Pfc Snider was reported Missing in Action on 20 July 1950 but later on his status was changed to Killed in Action 20 July 1950 in the vicinity of Taejon in Central South Korea. He was buried in a temporary grave until 1952 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Friendship Cemetery at Knox County, Texas where is father was also buried in 1934. Then both were moved and reinterred in the De Leon Cemetery at De Leon, Comanche County, Texas.

George Allen Stuart born on 4 December 1941 at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas to Eula May Harrell (b. 22 Jul 1906 Red River County, Texas-d. 6 Mar 1990 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 35 and Henry Thomas Stuart (b. 25 Jan 1900 Collins County, Texas-d. 31 Jan 1969 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Age 41.

1950 census Age 8 living with his parents and two brothers at Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. He attended school and graduated at Talpa-Centennial High School in Coleman County, Texas. He attended Cisco Junior College in Eastland County, Texas. Enlisted in the US Army on 29 March 1963 and after training as a medic he was sent overseas for duty in Korea at the DMZ for at least one tour there. Sp5 Stuart completed his advanced medic training at Ft Sam Houston in December 1966. He reenlisted on 28 April 1967.   

Specialist Fifth Class George Allen Stuart RA-18660110 US Army, Company D, 1st Battalion, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. He was riding a motorcycle on a highway in San Antonio, when he went off the highway and crashed into a utility pole at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday 9 May 1967. He was dead on arrival at the Robert B. Green Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. His body was escorted to Coleman, Coleman County, Texas for his funeral and then burial in the Coleman City Cemetery on Friday 12 May 1967.

Billy Wayne Thomas born on 14 July 1925 in Coleman County, Texas to Mildred Pearl Fincher (b. 12 September 1902 Texas-d. 18 April 1973 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas) Age 23 and Floyd Smith Thomas (b. 9 December 1895 Denton County, Texas-d. 5 February 1975 Denton, Denton County, Texas) Age 30.

1930 census Age 4 living with his parents, grandfather Joe S Thomas, two brothers and two sisters in JP3 Coleman County, Texas. 1935 living in JP3 Coleman County, Texas. 1940 census Age 15 living with his parents, grandfather Joe S Thomas, Three brothers and two sisters in JP3 Coleman County, Texas. Registered for the WW2 draft at Coleman County, Texas on 14 July 1943 (rated 1A) while residing at Gouldbusk, Coleman County, Texas and was unemployed and listed his father Floyd S. Thomas of Gouldbusk, Texas as his next of kin contact. He served in the US Navy Seabees during WW2 and in 1944, Machinist Mate 3rd Class Petty Officer Thomas was on the island of Guam in the Pacific. He enlisted in the US Army on 19 August 1947.   

Sergeant First Class Billy W. Thomas 18297837 US Army Headquarters & Service Company, 70th Engineer Combat Battalion. SFC Thomas was identified as the death victim in an automobile accident near Zell am See, Austria, in the American occupied Austrian province of Salzburg. The deadly crash on 11 May 1951 was the result of the automobile, in which SFC Thomas was a passenger, hitting head-on with an Army bus one mile ouside of Zell am See. His body was recovered and repatriated to America. He was buried in the Gouldbusk cemetery at Gouldbusk, Coleman County, Texas on Thursday 7 June 1951.

Lawrence Clayton Thorne born on 10 January 1924 at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas to Ruth Bethel McCauley (b.1896 Stonewall County, Texas - d.1947 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) Age 28 and Samuel Clinton Thorne Sr. (b. 1894 Mason, Mason County, Texas - d. 1986 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas) Age 30.

He and his twin brother Glidden were born in Brownwood the same month that his family removed to San Angelo for his father's job. 1930 census Age 6 living with his parents, two brothers and a sister at San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. 1940 census Age 16 living with his parents, three brothers and a sister at San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. He graduated from the San Angelo [Central] High School in 1941 or 1942. Registered for the Selective Service draft on 30 June 1942 at San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas at the age of eighteen while residing at 1316 Live Oak Street, San Angelo, Texas. He was working at Goodfellow Air Field for Mr. G.L. King and listed his father, Mr. S.C. Thorne at the same home address, as his next of kin contact. Details of how he became a US Marine and pilot are missing. Marine muster rolls have him as a Second Lieutenant in October 1943 with the Marine Fighting Squadron 312 at Parris Island, South Carolina. Promoted to First Lieutenant about October 1944 with the Marine Fighting Squadron 312 at San Francisco, California. He was a reserve First Lieutenant as of 1946 and then attended the University of Texas where he graduated in about 1949. He volunteered for active duty in July 1950 at the beginning of the Korean War. He was promoted to Captain in April 1951 while with the VMF-112, Naval Air Station, Dallas, Texas. Captain Thorne was stationed at El Toro, California, with the VMF-232, Marine Air Group 15 in July 1951.   

Captain Lawrence Clayton Thorne O-028285 US Marine Corps, Marine Attack Training Squadron 10, MTG-10, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California. Capt Thorne was piloting a Marine fighter Vought F4U-5 Corsair 122033  on 20 March 1952 out of Marine Air Station, El Toro, California on a routine rocket and bombing practice mission. His plane crashed into the ground near El Centro, California killing him instantly. His remains were shipped to San Angelo, Tom Green County Texas and buried in the Fairmount Cemetery on 26 March 1952, at Block 86, Lot 86NW1/4, with the Cox Funeral Home in charge. He and his mother were removed from Fairmount and reinterred in the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas at The Last Supper Garden Lot 184 Space 4. This happened 8 Mar 1983.

Richard C. Van Cleave born on 8 March 1933 near Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas to Hazel Clayton(b.1913 Oklahoma-d.1942 Los Angeles County, California) Age 20 and Melton Cobb Van Cleave(b.1904 Texas-d.1986 Bexar County, Texas) Age 28.

1935 living in Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his parents, a brother, a sister and his grand mother Juanita Clayton. Left Lubbock High School in April 1950 to enlist in the US Army. He trained at Fort Ord, California for 14 weeksas a Light Weapons Infantryman before shipping out in August 1950 to Japan.   

Corporal Richard C. Van Cleave 18347428 US Army Company A 1st Battalion 17th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division Eighth Army Far East Command. By 1950, the 7th Infantry Division was one of only 10 active divisions in the force. It was one of four understrength divisions on occupation duty in Japan. The 7th Infantry Division began landing on 18 September 1950 at Inchon, after the 1st Marine Division. By April 1951 the entire Eighth Army was advancing north as one line stretching across the peninsula, reaching the 38th Parallel by May 1951. The division, now assigned to IX Corps, then assaulted and fought a fierce three-day battle culminating with the recapture of the terrain that had been lost near the Hwachon Reservoir just over the 38th Parallel in North Korea. Cpl Van Cleave was seriously wounded in a heroic action on 28 May 1951 in the vicinity of Chonjae-dong, Korea by intense small-arms and automatic-weapons fire. He died on 29 May 1951 as result of the wounds received in action. (Hopefully he was at one of the new units called MASH). His bodily remains were repatriated to America and interred in the Clyde Cemetery at Clyde, Callahan County, Texas on Monday 29 October 1951. Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) and Purple Heart.

Russell Van Young born on 17 May 1932 at Putnam, Callahan County, Texas to Delia Agnes Arvin(b.1902 Callahan County, Texas-d.1980 Callahan County, Texas) Age 30 and William Craten Young(b.1896 Callahan County, Texas-d. Callahan County, Texas) Age 36.

1935 living at JP8 Callahan County, Texas. 1940 census Age 7 living with his aunt Early Inez [Young] Hurst and two male cousins at JP8 Callahan County, Texas. Enlisted or Inducted while residing at San Mateo County, California. Trained as a Light Weapons Infantryman at Okinawa.     

Private Russell V. Young 19328641 US Army Company B 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment. On 27 July 1950 the 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry was sent to Anui to the north, where it was attacked and pushed back repeatedly by the KPA 4th Division. Pvt Young was Missing in Action during combat with hostile forces near Anui*, South Korea on 27 July 1950. His body remains were not recovered and Pvt Young was officially declared dead on 5 March 1954. He is remembered on the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii and the National Korean↗ War Veterans Memorial at Washington, District of Columbia. (*nowadays near Galchongil, Hamyanggun, South Gyeongsang, South Korea).