Wayne Baker born on 4 June 1921 at Evant, Hamilton County, Texas to Lonnie Callie Burney(b.1887 Texas-d.1971 Brownwood, Texas ) Age 35 and Fred N. Baker(b.1879 Texas-d.1963 Texas) Age 42.

1930 census Age 8 living with his mother and three brothers in JP5 Hamilton County, Texas. Joined the US Navy on 11 September 1939 and listed his mother, Mrs. Lonni B. Baker, P.O. Box 15, Star, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Served in the Atlantic. [nba]   

Boatswain's Mate Second Class Petty Officer Wayne Baker 3561422 US Navy SS Richard Bland Steam merchant Russian convoys. The Richard Bland was carrying a lumber cargo from Murmansk, Russia to New York via Loch Ewe, Scotland and was northeast of Iceland when torpedoed by German Uboat 255 on 10 March 1943. Thirty four persons were lost including BM2 Baker, statused as missing 10 March 1943. The War Dept issued a FOD, finding of death, one year plus one day after the loss on 11 March 1944. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial at Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Norman Odell Black born 20 April 1919 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Mary cordelia Huckabee(b.1890 Caradan, Mills County, Texas-d.1972 Goldthwaite, Texas) Age 29 and Irk Black(b.1886 Coryell County, Texas-d.1965 Goldthwaite, Texas) Age 33.

1920 census Age 9mo. living with his parents and two sisters in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 11 living with his parents and four sisters in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living in Ward 6 Fort Worth, JP1 Tarrant County, Texas. 1940 census Age 20 living as a boarder, working as a clerk in a garment factory, in Ward 6 Fort Worth, JP1 Tarrant County, Texas. Registered for the draft in Fort Worth, Texas on 16 October 1940 and listed his father in Goldthwaite, Texas as next of kin. Norman O. Black asn-18064508 a single white male born Texas in 1919 residing in Tarrant County, Texas and working as a bookkeeper with one year of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps in Dallas, Texas on 27 December 1941.   

Technical Sergeant Norman O. Black 18064508 US Army Air Forces 585th Bombardment Squadron 394th Bombardment Group 9th Air Force was the Engineer-Gunner aboard B-26G 43-34562 out of Boreham Airfield, England on 21 February 1945 on a combat bombing mission to the target Vlotho, Germany. [MACR 12589 ] The B-26 was shot down by Fw-190D flown by Gerhard Just of JG-26 at Vragender , Netherlands. The B-26 aflame and out of control crashed and burned, five crewmen were killed, three bailed out and became POW. The five KIAs together were repatriated to America in 1950 and reinterred together, a group burial in a common grave, in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky on 17 February 1950.

Roger Bentley Clements born 2 October 1917 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Tillie Kathleen Saylor (b. 1891 Mills County, Texas - d. 1951 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 26 and Wesley Duke Clements (b. 1887 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas - d. 1966 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 30.

1920 Census age 2 living in Pct1 Mills County, Texas with his parents, and sister. 1930 Census age 12 living in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas with his parents, sister and grandfather Wilford Saylor. 1935 living in JP1 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 22 living in JP1 Mills County, Texas with his parents and two sisters. Attended John Tarleton Agriculturial College and Texas A&M. Joined↙ the Royal Canadian Air Force in October or early November 1940. Registered for the U.S.Army draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 10 July 1941 while giving his address as in Goldthwaite but working for the R.C.A.F. in Canada and listed his father of Goldthwaite as his next of kin contact (hand written on front of card a note 'cancelled in Canadian Air Force'). The RCAF sent him overseas to England in July 1941 and in March 1942 was sent to Egypt, North African campaign. [nba]   

Flight Sergeant Roger B. Clements 300113 Royal Canadian Air Force 37th Bombardment Squadron Middle Eastern Command was the observer/nose gunner aboard the Vickers 416 Wellington Mark 1C ES989 bomber out of Egypt on 7 September 1942 on a combat bombing mission to the target at Tobruk, Libya. The bomber did not return to home base and no information as to it's demise or location were found. The plane and all of the crewmen were statused as missing and in 1943 were declared dead. Promoted posthumously to Warrant Officer Class II service number R/67894. WO Clements is remembered on the Column 264 in the Alamein Memorial in the Alamein War Memorial at El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt.

James Lester Collier born 10 May 1918 in Center City, Mills County, Texas to Willie Mason(b.1891 Oklahoma-d.1976 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 27 and Hardy Ranson Collier(b.1890 Center City, Mills County, Texas-d.1980 Center City, Mills County, Texas) Age 28.

1920 census Age 1 living with his parents and four siblings in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 11 living with his parents and eight siblings and his maternal grandmother in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living in Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 20 living with the Charley Baird family as a boarder and working as bookkeeper for a lumber yard in Abilene, JP1 Taylor County, Texas. Registered for the draft in Abilene, Texas, while working for South Texas Lumber Company, on 16 October 1940 and listed his father in Goldthwaite, Texas as his next of kin. James L. Collier asn-18054635 a single white male born Texas in 1918 residing in Taylor County, Texas and working as a bookkeeper with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps at San Angelo, Texas on 26 March 1941. Married Miss Aleen A. Simcek in Temple, Texas or San Angelo, Texas on 5 June 1943.   

Staff Sergeant James L. Collier 18054635 US Army Air Forces Fifth Air Force was a passenger aboard B-24J 44-41254 departing Mokmer Airfield, Biak Island, Indonesia on 26 January 1945 on a non-combat courier mission to Mindoro, Phillipines. [MACR 14226 ] The B-24 was flying low to avoid bad weather but then entered thick fog over land and hit a mountain between Adlay and Carrascal , Mindanao Island, Philippines, and crashed breaking apart, the front section burned but the rear part did not, however all aboard were killed except one Sgt Strawn who was in the rear of the plane. The dead were buried in temporary graves and after the war eight of them including SSgt Collier were repatriated to America and reinterred in a group burial grave at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri on 10 February 1950.

Joseph Haynie Conner born on 20 November 1925 at Mullin, Mills County, Texas to Myrtle Bettie Huffman(b.1906 Mills County, Texas-d.1984 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 19 and Walter Lewis Conner(b.1898 Wilson County, Texas-d.1987 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 27.

1930 census Age 4 living with his parents and three siblings at JP3 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living at JP3 Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 14 living with his parents and four siblings at JP3 Mills County, Texas. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 20 November 1943 while living and working in Mullin, Mills County, Texas and listed his father of Mullin as his next of kin contact. Joined the US Navy in March 1944 and listed his mother, Mrs. Myrtle B. Conner, Rt. 3, Mullin, Texas as his next of kin contact. Shipped out for the southwest Pacific on 26 January 1945.   

Seaman First Class Petty Officer Joseph H. Conner 9386758 US Navy USS Sangamon CVE-26 was aboard ship leaving the anchorage at Kerama Retto when a enemy Japanese kamikaze pilot bombed and crashed into the deck causing extensive fire and explosions. His action killed eleven sailors, seriously wounded twenty-one and another twenty-five were missing from Sangamon. S1c Conner was one of the missing, and has never been recovered. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

John Henry Kemper Dalton born on 7 May 1915 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Marilda Pearl Kemper(b.1889 Arkansas-d.1966 Fort Worth, Texas) Age 26 and Grover Dalton(b.1888 Mullin, Texas-d.1978 Goldthwaite, Texas) Age 27.

1920 census Age 4 living with his parents and two sisters in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 14 living with his parents, grandmother and two sisters in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1935 living in Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 24 living as a single boarder in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas working as a bookkeeper for an oil company with two years of college. Registered for the draft at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there for Grisham-Hunter Corp., and listed his father, Grover Dalton of Goldthwaite, as his next of kin contact. Married Miss Odessa Bradbury of Abilene and they had a daughter. John H K Dalton asn-38229842 a married white male born Texas in 1915 residing in Taylor County, Texas working as an accountant with three years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Abilene, Texas on 10 October 1942.   

Technician Fifth Grade John H. K. Dalton 38229842 US Army 96th Infantry Division was stationed at Camp White, Oregon when he became seriously ill a few days before he died in the base hospital on Friday 4 May 1945. Mrs Odessa Dalton of Abilene was notified. His body was shipped to Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas and interred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery on Wednesday 9 May 1945.

Earnest Earl Denton born 26 September 1914 in Mills County, Texas to Della Belle Watkins (b. 1886 Wilbarger County, Texas - d. 1941 Caradan, Mills county, Texas) Age 28 and William David Denton (b. 1885 Bastrop County, Texas - d. 1966 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 29.

1920 Census age 5 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, four brothers and grandmother Mrs. M. A. Turner. 1930 Census age 16 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, four brothers, a sister and grandmother Mary Denton. 1935 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 26 working as a farmer and living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, two brothers, a sister and grandmother Mary Denton. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living in Caradan, Mills, County, Texas and working as a farmer there and listed his father, Mr. W. D. Denton of Route 1, Caradan, as his next of kin contact. Earnest E. Denton asn-38136291 a single white male born Texas in 1914 residing in Mills County, Texas working as a farmer with a grammar school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Abilene, Texas on 2 September 1942. [nba]   

Private First Class Earnest E. Denton 38136291 US Army 7th Infantry Division with the Aleutians secured, the Division moved to Hawaii, where it trained in amphibious landing technique and in jungle warfare. On 31 January 1944 the 7th Infantry Division landed on islands in the Kwajalein Atoll in conjunction with the Fourth Marine Division, and in a week of heavy fighting, wrested them from the Japanese. Pfc Denton was killed in action on 2 February 1944 during this offensive against enemy Japanese forces and was buried in a temporary grave and then reinterred at a Hawaiian Island cemetery. His remains were repatriated to America in 1948 and reinterred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on 9 March 1948.

Clifford Warren Doggett born 5 March 1921 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Huldah Rebecca Langford (b. 1898 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas - d. 1987 Tom Green County, Texas) age 23 and Clifford Cleat Doggett (b. 1892 Center City, Mills County, Texas - d. 1974 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 29.

1930 Census age 8 living in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas with his parents, two brothers and two cousins. 1935 living in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. Graduated from Cisco High School in 1940. Clifford W. Doggett msn-294603 single white male born Texas in 1921 enlisted in the US Marine Corps at Dallas, Texas on 5 September 1940 for Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California and listed his mother, Mrs. Huldah R. Doggett, Cisco, Texas as his next of kin contact. [nba]   

Corporal Clifford W. Doggett 294603 US Marine Corps Battery H Third Battalion 10th Marines Regiment Second Marine Division. The 10th Marines was an artillery regiment and was with the Second Marine Division in the battle for Saipan, Marianas Islands which began with an assault beach landing 15 June 1944. Cpl Doggett was killed in gallant action during this bloody battle against the enemy Japanese forces. His mother, Mrs. Huldah R. Doggett of Houston, Texas was notified. He was buried in a temporary grave and after the war in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 9 January 1949. Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Elwain Evans Doggett born 11 June 1916 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Bertha Mabel Evans (b. 1894 Falls County, Texas - d. 1974 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 22 and Walter Lee Doggett (b.1892 Mills County, Texas - d. 1952 Austin, Travis County, Texas) age 24.

1920 Census age 3 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, a sister and a brother. 1930 Census age 13 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, two brothers and two sisters. 1935 living in Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 23 living in Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas with his parents (His father was a deputy sheriff and ran the county jail), two brothers and two sisters, working as a surveyor. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there and listed his father as his next of kin contact. Elwain E. Doggett asn-38035022 a single white male born Texas in 1916 residing in Mills County, Texas working as a surveyor with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Dallas, Texas on 19 November 1940. He was stationed at Camp Bowie for three years in the military police before volunteering to go overseas. [nba]     

Staff Sergeant Elwain E. Doggett 38035022 US Army 379th Infantry Regiment 95th Infantry Division. On 16 November 1944 Task Force Bacon, 95th Infantry Division, starts south toward Metz, France along the east bank of the Moselle River, the 379th Infantry, strengthening its attack, takes St Hubert Farm and Moscou Farm. 17 November 1944 Task Force Bacon, gets almost to Metz, stopping for the night within sight of Fort St Julien. Then west of the Moselle River, the 95th Division continues toward Metz. 18 November 1944 Task Force Bacon, pushes into the northeast part of Metz, overrunning Fort St Julien and Fort Bellacroix. The 95th forces west of Metz reach the Moselle River and find all bridges except one blown. The 379th Infantry Regiment drives to the Moselle River at Moulins-les-Metz, where a bridge is down. SSgt Doggett is killed in action during this drive against the enemy German forces and is awarded the Silver Star Medal, posthumously, for his gallantry in action. He was buried in a temporary grave there in France until after the war when in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 2 September 1948. Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Jack Ward Farmer born 29 Jan 1907 in Mills County, Texas to Fannie Sarah Perkins (b. 1876 Texas - d. 1910 Mullin, Mills County, Texas) Age 29 and Seth Sheppard Farmer (b. 1877 Paige, Bastrop County, Texas - d. 1982 Mason, Mason County, Texas) Age 29.

1910 Census age 3 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his parents. 1920 Census age 13 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his father, stepmother Altha, brother, two sisters and stepbrother. 1930 Census age 23 living in JP1 Crane County, Texas working in the oilfield as a truck driver. 1935 living in rural Ward County, Texas. 1940 Census age 33 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas at the home of uncle Will W. Perkins, aunt Lucile, and three cousins, working in the oilfield as a truck driver. Registered for the draft at Mason, Mason County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living there and working at Camp Bowie for McKee Construction Company and listed his father of Mason as his nest of kin contact. Jack W. Farmer asn-18007468 a single white male born Texas in 1907 residing in Mills County, Texas working in the oilfields with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps for the Puerto Rican Department as a private at Dallas, Texas on 19 November 1940.  

Private Jack W. Farmer 18007468 US Army Air Forces Headquarters Squadron 48th Air Base Group was at the US Army Losey Airfield, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico in the base hospital where he died of heart failure on 7 July 1942 caused by acute myocarditis, cause of the condition unknown per the death certificate. He was buried in a cemetery there and his father was notified of his death. Pvt Farmer's remains were repatriated to America in 1948 and reinterred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on 15 July 1948.

Thomas Burton Galloway born 17 June 1903 in Orange, Orange County, Texas to Elizabeth Heard Reid(b.1883 Elliott, Texas-d.1954 Houston, Texas) Age 20 and Glidwell Orville Galloway(b.1874 Milam County, Texas-d.1931 Harris County, Texas) Age 29.

1910 census Age 6 living with his parents and five siblings in JP2 Robertson County, Texas. About 1930 married Miss Ellen Ruth DeWeese. 1935 living in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 36 living with his wife and two children in Killeen, JP7 Bell County, Texas and working as a printer for a weekly paper. Thomas B. Galloway asn-18233104 a married white male with dependents born Texas in 1903 residing in Palo Pinto County, Texas working as a [printer] with four years of high school education enlisted from the Reserve into the US Army at San Antonio, Texas on 19 July 1943. Transferred to England with the Army Air Force in March 1944.   

Corporal Thomas B. Galloway 18233104 US Army Air Forces 839th Bombardment Squadron 487th Bombardment Group 8th Air Force served overseas at Lavenham Airfield, England for a year before becoming so ill he had to return home in March 1945. Cpl Galloway died after surgery for a brain tumor at McCluskey Hospital, Temple, Bell County, Texas on 11 August 1945. His body was shipped to Goldthwaite, Texas where he was interred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery.

Wilton Woodrow Hamilton born 27 January 1912 in Mullin, Mills County, Texas to Cassie Magnolia Farmer(b.1880 Texas-d.1959 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 32 and Decatur Allison Hamilton(b.1878 Bastrop County, Texas-d.1960 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 34.

1920 census Age 8 living with his parents and six siblings in JP3 Mills County, Texas. Registered for the draft in Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas for the Mills County Board on 16 October 1940 and listed his father in Mullin, Texas as next of kin. Wilton W. Hamilton asn-38125596 a single white male born Texas in 1912 residing in Mills County, Texas and working for Humble Oil Company with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army at Camp Wolters, Texas on 24 March 1942.   

Staff Sergeant Wilton W. Hamilton 38125596 US Army Air Forces 512th Bombardment Squadron 376th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force was the assistant engineer-gunner aboard B-24D 42-72768 out of San Pancrazio Airfield, Italy on 28 December 1943 on a combat bombing mission to Vicenza, Italy. [MACR 1614 ] When they arrived at the target, many of the enemy fighters attacked the B-24s formation and SSgt Hamilton's B-24 was shot down, as were several, by a Bf-109G fighter at Vicenza , Italy. Five crewmen on his plane bailed out and became POWs, but he did not and he and four others were killed in the crash. SSgt Hamilton was buried in a temporary grave and after the war he was repatriated to America and reinterred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on 10 February 1950.

Earl Eugene Harvey born 12 December 1918 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Martha Rebecca Bibby (b. 1884 Magazine, Logan County, Arkansas - d. 1955 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas) Age 34 and Ira Omar Harvey (b. 1884 Lampasas County, Texas - d. 1958 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas) Age 34.

1920 Census age 1 living in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas with his parents, a brother and a sister. 1930 Census age 11 living in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas with his parents and two brothers. 1935 living in Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas. Graduate of Goldthwaite High School in May 1936. 1940 Census age 21 living in Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas with his parents and a brother. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working in Austin, Texas (attending the University of Texas) and listed his father of Goldthwaite as his next of kin contact. Earl E. Harvey asn-38632025 a single white male born Texas in 1918 residing in Mills County, Texas working as a draftsman with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Dallas, Texas on 27 July 1944. Married Miss Ruby Pamela Benjamin of Indiana on 13 December 1944 and then only days after sailed for the European Theater. [nba]     

Private First Class Earl E. Harvey 38632025 US Army L Company 109th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division had crossed the Rhine-Rhone Canal in February 1945 and was in position along the Olef River near Schleiden, Germany and was killed in action on 4 March 1945 fighting the enemy German forces. He was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war when in 1947 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 13 November 1947.

William Talmage Head born on 27 August 1912 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Annie Idell Lucas(b.1892 Mills County, Texas-d.1955 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 20 and William Wesley Head(b.1888 Center City, Mills County, Texas-d.1956 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 24.

1920 census Age 7 living with his parents and two brothers at JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 17 living with his parents and four brothers at JP2 Mills County, Texas. Graduated from Goldthwaite High School class of 1930. 1935 living in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. Graduated from Daniel Baker College class of 1935 and then taught and coached in Talpa ISD for four years. Then He was hired at Strawn ISD in 1939. 1940 census Age 27 living as a boarder in the home of R L Staggs at Strawn, JP8 Palo Pinto County, Texas, working as a teacher in the public school. Registered for the draft at Strawn, Palo Pinto County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there at the Strawn ISD and listed his father, Mr William W Head of Goldthwaite, as his next of kin contact. William T. Head asn-20804225 a single white male born Texas in 1912 residing in Brown County, Texas working as a teacher with four years of college education activated from the National Guard into the US Army Infantry as a Sergeant at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas on 25 November 1940. Trained with the division at Mansfield, Louisiana in 1941, appointed Second Lieutenant in May 1941. Trained in South Carolina where he married a nurse, Miss Najala A. Kawaja of Nova Scotia, Canada, in January 1942 and they had a son.     

First Lieutenant William T. Head O-415775 US Army A Company 142nd Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Division. Attended Officers Maintenance Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in June to September 1942, then to Camp Blanding, Florida for maneuvers, then August 1942 was staged at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts where he was promoted to First Lieutenant on 16 January 1943 while awaiting their turn to shipout at the New York Port of Embarkation on 2 April 1943, for service in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. He fought the enemy German forces in North Africa, in Italy, and France. On 15 September 1944, the division was attached to the French First Army. The 36th advanced to the Moselle River at Remiremont and the foothills of the Vosges. 1Lt Head was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart (Posthumously) for his extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 21 September 1944 in France. In a grinding offensive early in December 1944, the division crossed the Meurthe River, breached the Ste. Marie Pass and burst into the Alsatian Plains. 1Lt Head was killed in action 8 December 1944 in the vicinity of Saint Marie Pass, France. He was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war when in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 14 December 1948.

Anton Herman Hohertz born 18 October 1925 near Priddy in Mills County, Texas to Frieda Wilhelmina Kunkel (b. 1900 Priddy, Mills County, Texas - d. 1983 Hamilton County, Texas) Age 24 and Ewald Albert Hohertz (b. 1900 Priddy, Mill County, Texas - d. 1988 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 25.

1930 Census age 4 living in Pct5 Mills County, Texas with his parents and a brother. 1935 living in Priddy, JP6 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 14 living in Priddy, JP6 Mills County, Texas with his parents, a brother and three sisters. Inducted into the US Army om 24 September 1944 and sailed for the Pacific Theater in February 1945. [nba]     

Private First Class Anton H. Hohertz 38635548 US Army 307th Infantry Regiment 77th Infantry Division was on Okinawa Island, Japan in combat against enemy Japanese forces when he was slightly wounded on 13 May 1945. He was seriously wounded in action on 22 May 1945 and died of the wounds on 27 May 1945. Pfc Hohertz's body was buried in a temporary grave and after the war in 1949 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Priddy, Mills County, Texas on 8 March 1949.

Herbert Theodore Hohertz born 27 May 1910 near Priddy in Mills County, Texas to Jenny Clara Petrick (b. 1879 Friedrick, Swaide, Germany - d. 1965 Comanche, Comanche County, Texas) age 30 and Herman Albert Hohertz (b. 1873 Washington County, Texas - d. 1962 Priddy, Mills County, Texas) age 37.

1920 Census age 9 living in JP6 Mills County, Texas with parents and four brothers. 1930 Census age 19 living in JP5 Mills County, Texas with parents and brother Martin. 1935 living Rural Mitchell County, Texas. 1940 Census age 29 living in Priddy, JP6 Mills County, Texas as a bachelor and a farmer. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living there and working a farm near there and listed his father of Priddy as his next of kin contact. Inducted into the US Army Air Forces on 5 March 1942 and was transferred to the Infantry in December 1944, shipped out to France in February 1945. [nba]     

Sergeant Herbert T. Hohertz 38104948 US Army K Company Third Battalion 255th Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Division. On 18 April 1945 the 255th Infantry continued it's attack in the vicinity of Schwabisch Hall, Germany. The Third Battalion to the northeast of Hall began it's action at 0300 attacking from south of the Kocher River. The attack met stiff enemy opposition but went forward inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy German forces and resulting in the capture of many German prisoners. During the day the battalion cleared the towns of Eltershofen, Buhlerzimmern, Weckrieden, and Veinau. At the end of the day, the Third Battalion Command Post was in Eltershofen, Germany with all of the K Company except for one platoon which included Sgt Hohertz who was killed in action this day. Sgt Hohertz's body was buried in a temporary grave until after the war when in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on 28 September 1948.

Fred Junior Laughlin born 14 August 1923 in Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas to Frances Irene Varnell (b. 1903 Lavaca County, Texas - d. 1991 Liberty County, Texas) age 20 and John Fredrick "Fred" Laughlin (b. 1897 Bastrop county, Texas - d. 1975 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 26.

1930 Census age 6 living in JP1 Mills County, Texas with his parents and a sister Ina. 1935 living in Rural Mills County Texas. 1940 Census age 16 living in JP1 Mills County, Texas with his parents, brother James and grandfather Richard Varnell. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 30 June 1942 while living and working at Camp Hood in Killeen, Texas and listed his mother, Mrs. Fred Laughlin of Goldthwaite, as his next of kin contact. Enlisted in the US Marine Corps on 19 January 1943, trained as a radio operator in San Diego, California, and shipped to Pacific Theater 12 August 1944. [nba]   

Private First Class Fred J. Laughlin 820975 US Marine Corps C Company First Battalion 27th Marines Regiment Fifth Marine Division Fareast Marine Force landed on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, southeast of Mount Suribachi. The division sustained heavy initial losses, and Pfc Laughlin was killed in action during the continued assault on 22 February 1945 by the enemy Japanese forces. Pfc Laughlin was buried in a temporary grave on Iwo Jima until after the war when in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on Wednesday 19 May 1948.

Maurice Long born on 20 April 1918 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Arkie Beatrice Hartman(b.1897 Mills County, Texas-d.1990 Goldthwaite, Texas) Age 21 and Daniel E. 'Dan' Long(b.1893 Texas-d.1966 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 25.

1920 census Age 1 living with his parents at JP4 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 11 living with his parents and two siblings at JP4 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living at Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 21 living with his parents and two siblings at Goldthwaite, JP1 Mills County, Texas, working as a farm hand. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there and listed his father, Dan E Long of Goldthwaite, as his next of kin contact. Maurice Long asn-38038464 a single white male born Texas in 1918 residing in Mills County, Texas working with two years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Dallas, Texas on 12 February 1941. Stationed at Charleston, South Carolina before going overseas in March 1944.  

Sergeant Maurice Long 38038464 US Army 115th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division. The 29th took part in the assault on Brest which lasted from 25 August 1944 until 18 September 1944. After a short rest, the division returned to XIX Corps and moved to defensive positions along the Teveren-Geilenkirchen line in Germany and maintained those positions through October 1944. Sgt Long was fighting against the enemy German forces when he was killed in action on 18 October 1944. He was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war when in 1949 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Big Valley Cemetery at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 26 June 1949.

Enoch Earl Masters born 26 October 1920 in Gillespie County, Texas to Clara Nixon(b.1892 Gillespie County, Texas-d.1963 Brownwood, Texas) Age 28 and William Andrew Masters(b.1891 Kerr County, Texas-d.1964 Gustine, Comanche County, Texas) Age 29.

1930 census (sic.Enod Mister) Age 9 living with his parents and five siblings in Pct6 Gillespie County, Texas. 1935 living in Gillespie County, Texas. 1940 census Age 19 living with his parents and five siblings in Priddy, JP6 Mills County, Texas. Registered for the draft in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 February 1942 and listed his father in Mullin, Mills County, Texas as next of kin. Enoch E. Masters asn-38135990 a single white male born Texas in 1920 residing in Mills County, Texas and working as a farm hand with three years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army at Abilene, Texas on 24 August 1942.   

Staff Sergeant Enoch E. Masters 38135990 US Army Air Force 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force was assistant radio operator-gunner aboard B-24J 42-99981 out of Wendling Airfield, England on 18 March 1944 on a combat bombing mission to the target Friedrichshafen , Germany. [MACR 3328 ] After leaving the target the B-24 was attacked by enemy fighters and sustained damage enough to cause the pilot to order the crew to bailout 30 km north of Freiberg, Germany, which five did, but SSgt Masters and four others did not. SSgt Masters was buried in a temporary grave and after the war his remains were repatriated to Texas and interred in the Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche, Texas on 2 February 1949.

T. H. McArthur born 25 May 1920 in Albany, Shackelford County, Texas to Lonua Daisy George(b.1889 Brown County, Texas-d.1924 Brownwood, Texas) Age 31 and Tom W McArthur(b.1883 Brown County, Texas-d.1964 Goldthwaite, Texas ) Age 38.

1930 census Age 9 living with his parents and a sibling in Pct2 Mills County, Texas. 1935 census Age 4 living in Pct2 Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 19 living with his parents in Pct2 Mills County, Texas. Graduated High School at Zephyr and attended Daniel Baker College in Brownwood. T. H. McArthur asn-18038715 a single white male born Texas in 1920 residing in Mills County, Texas working as an actor with two years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet at Fort Worth, Texas on 10 Feb 1941. Received his wings and rank of Second Lieutenant at March Field, California on October 31, 1941.   

Captain T. H. McArthur O-429831 US Army Air Forces 95th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Group 12th Air Force piloting a P-38 out of the airfield in Algeria on 3 May 1943 on a combat bomber support mission and upon the return to base at night, he crashed into a mountain in Algeria and was killed. Capt McArthur's remains were buried in a temporary grave there in North Africa and repatriated to America in 1948. He was reinterred in the Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 Jun 1948.

Edwin Newman Mitchell born 25 Sep 1914 in Lampasas County, Texas to Mary Etta Young(b.1891 Texas-d.1968 Evant, Coryell County, Texas) Age 23 and Mack Day Mitchell(b.1888 Texas-d.1943 Lampasas County, Texas) Age 26.

1920 census Age 5 living with his parents and two siblings in Adamsville, Lampasas County, Texas. 1930 census Age 16 living with his parents and five siblings in Pct4 Lampasas County, Texas. Enlisted from civilian life with a tenth grade education into the US Army Air Corps on 13 Nov 1936. 1940 census Age 25 living at Hickam Field (Private, 17th ABS), Honolulu, Hawaii Territory.   

Sergeant Edwin N. Mitchell US Army Air Corps 17th Air Base Squadron Hickam Field, Hawaii was wounded during the Japanese attack of Hickam Field on 7 Dec 1941 and he died of the wounds on 8 Dec 1941. He was buried in a temporary grave in Hawaii and repatriated to Texas in 1948. Sgt Mitchell's remains were reinterred in the Hines Chapel Cemetery near Adamsville, Lampasas County, Texas on 7 Mch 1948.

Morriece Glenn Moody born on 19 March 1922 in Texas to Effie Florence Cooper(b.1887 Ellis County, Texas-d.1983 California) Age 35 and Morris Madison Moody(b.1883 Gilmer, Texas-d.1968 Goldthwaite, Texas) Age 39.

1930 census Age 8 living with his parents in JP3 Mills County, Texas. 1935 census Age 13 living with his parents in JP3 Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 18 living with his parents in JP3 Mills County, Texas. Morriece G. Moody asn-18039729 a single white male born Texas in 1922 residing in Mills County, Texas and working as a farm laborer with two years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Air Corps at Dallas, Texas on 14 January 1942.  

Staff Sergeant Morriece G. Moody 18039729 US Army Air Forces 386th Bombardment Squadron 306th Bombardment Group 8th Air Force was the tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17F 42-29806 out of Thurleigh Airfield , England on 21 May 1943 on a combat bombing mission to target Wilhelmshafen, Germany and over the target the B-17 was hit by enemy flak. The B-17 did not make it back home but was ditched in the North Sea. 5 drowned and 5 rescued by German seaplane and flown to hospital in Heligoland. 2Lt Young (the bombardier) saw SSgt Moody in the water, inflating his life vest but was never heard of again. Evidently he drowned and was status MIA, until his body was recovered from the sea 7 August 1943 and restatus to KIA, and his remains buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.

Marion Harris Murphy born on 23 March 1921 at Houston, Harris County, Texas to Katie Mae Pearce(b.1882 Texas-d.1961 Post, Texas) Age 39 and Samuel Harrison Murphy(b.1878 Bertram, Texas-d.1951 San Saba, Texas) Age 43.

1930 census Age 8 living with his parents, grandmother and three siblings in JP3 Lampasas County, Texas. Registered for the draft at San Diego, California on 16 February 1942 while living and working there for the Consolidated Aircraft Inc. and listed his father, Mr. S.H. Murphy of Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas as his next of kin contact. Marion H. Murphy asn-38370373 a single white male born Texas in 1921 residing in Mills County, Texas working as an airplane mechanic with one year of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Abilene, Texas on 28 January 1943. Married Miss Nora Wood of Fort Worth, Texas in September 1943. Sent overseas to the European Theater of Operations in February 1945.   

Private First Class Marion H. Murphy 38370373 US Army 394th Infantry Regiment 99th Infantry Division. On 2 March 1945, the division took the offensive, moving toward Cologne and crossing the Erft Canal near Glesch. After clearing towns west of the Rhine, it crossed the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on 11 March 1945. The 99th Infantry Division was the first complete division to cross the Rhine. They continued to Linz am Rhein and to the Wied River. Crossing on 23 March 1945, it pushed east on the Koln-Frankfurt highway to Giessen. Against light resistance it crossed the Dill River and pushed on to Krofdorf-Gleiberg, taking Giessen 29 March 1945. The 99th then moved to Schwarzenau, 3 April 1945, and attacked the southeast sector of the Ruhr Pocket on 5 April 1945. The enemy German forces resisted fiercely, and Pfc Murphy was killed in action on 7 April 1945 in the Ruhr Valley, Germany. He was buried in a temporary grave until after the war when in 1949 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Lometa Cemetery at Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas.

James Thomas Owens born 24 December 1925 in Mills County, Texas to Lois Loretta Venable (b. 1905 Belton, Bell County, Texas - d. 1995 Mills County, Texas) Age 20 and James Sherwood Owens (b. 1896 Center City, Mills County, Texas - d. 1986 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 29.

1930 Census age 4 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents and sister Lucy. 1935 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 14 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his parents, a sister and three brothers. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 24 December 1943 while living there and being unemployed listed his father of Goldthwaite as his next of kin contact. Inducted into the US Army on 25 July 1944, trained at Mineral Wells, Seattle, Honolulu in January of 1945 and Marianas Islands. [nba]   

Private James T. Owens 38631999 US Army F Company 32nd Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division, as part of the joint Army and US Marine US 10th Army, took part in the invasion of Okinawa 1 April 1945 and landed south on Okinawa. For eighty-two days, the 7th engaged in some of the most fierce combat of the entire war in the Pacific. Each successive ridge-line that the 10th Army fought for was dotted with caves, tunnels, and bunkers that the Japanese fought for to the death. Pvt Owens was killed in action on 24 May 1945 by one of the enemy Japanese snipers on Okinawa. He was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war when in 1949 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Center City Cemetery at Center City, Mills County, Texas on Friday 15 July 1949.

Archie O. Qualls born 7 August 1907 in Caradan, Mills County, Texas to Mary Ann 'Bessie' Epperson (b. 1870 Meriwether County, Georgia - d. 1920 Austin, Travis County, Texas) Age 37 and Ambros Melrose Qualls (b. 1856 Calhoun County, Illinois - d. 1938 Pampa, Gray County, Texas) Age 51.

1910 Census age 3 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with parents, five brothers and a sister. 1920 Census age 12 living in JP2 Mills County, Texas with his father, four brothers and a sister. 1930 Census age 22 living in Gray County, Texas at home of brother Leonard and wife Dovie and their four children and two brothers. 1935 living in Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas. Married Miss Esther Ellen Elder of Panhandle, Texas at Sayre, Oklahoma on 17 January 1937. 1940 Census age 32 living in Hutchinson County, Texas with wife Esther. Registered for the draft at Fritch, Hutchinson County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there for Texoma Natural Gas and listed his wife of Fritch as his next of kin contact. Entered the US Army in April 1943 and shipped out to Antwerp, Belgium in April 1944. [nba]   

Technical Sergeant Archie Qualls 38343577 US Army 338th Harbor Craft Company Transportation Corps was stationed at the sea port of Antwerp, Belgium where US Army Transport ships could supply the troops in Europe. The harbor craft included tug boats, cargo barges, and floating cranes to help move the equipment and supplies. The occupation phase in Europe was several months underway since V-E day and so it was likely a surprise to his family to hear that TSgt Qualls had been killed. Reported on one of his memorials that on 29 September 1945 he was killed on base at Antwerp, Belgium by a civilian driver who crashed into about thirty soldiers, killing four and injuring several others. TSgt Qualls is interred in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial at Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

George Abraham Roberts born 14 November 1915 in Caradan, Mills County, Texas to Emma Lou Swindle(b.1872 Alabama-d.1950 Caradan, Texas) Age 43 and James Henry Roberts(b.1863 Alabama-d.1958 Brown County, Texas) Age 52.

1920 census Age 4 living with his parents and five siblings in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 14 living with his parents and two siblings in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living with his parents in JP2 Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 23 living with his parents in JP2 Mills County, Texas. George A. Roberts asn-38131864 a married white male born Texas in 1916 residing in Mills County, Texas and working as a farmer with two years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army at Abilene, Texas on 9 April 1942. His wife is unidentified and not mentioned in obit, so makes it possible it is a mistake in record that he was married.  

Technical Sergeant George A. Roberts 38131864 US Army Air Forces 500th Bombardment Squadron 345th Bombardment Group Fifth Air Force was a passenger aboard C-47 41-7733 of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron out of Townsville, Australia on 7 August 1943 bound for Brisbane, Australia for a furlough with some R & R. Shortly after take off, for reasons unknown, the C-47 crashed into Cleveland Bay, Brisbane, QLD, Ausralia killing four crew and twenty three passengers. TSgt Roberts was buried there in Brisbane until 1948 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery at San Antonio, Texas on 9 July 1948.

Alvin Alton Rose born 15 October 1921 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas to Cordie Francis Benningfield (b. 1898 Mills County, Texas - d. 1983 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 23 and Alvin McNeal Rose (b. 1896 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas - d. 1984 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 25.

1930 Census age 8 living in Mills County, Texas with parents, brother and two sisters. 1935 living in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 18 living in JP1 Mills County, Texas with parents, brother and two sisters. Graduated from Goldthwaite High School in May 1940. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 16 February 1942 while living there but working at Grand Praire, Texas and listed his father, Neal Rose of Goldthwaite, as his next of kin contact. Married Miss Alta B. Johnson of Mullin, Texas on 7 March 1942 in Dallas, Texas. Alvin A. Rose asn-38689204 a married white male born Texas in 1921 residing in Dallas County, Texas working in an aircraft plant with four years of high school education inducted into the US Army as a private at Camp Wolters, Texas on 29 June 1944. [nba]   

Private Alvin A. Rose 38689204 US Army 19th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division landed on Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, on 17 April 1945, cut across the island to clear it of the enemy Japanese forces and the campaign closed officially on 30 June 1945. Pvt Rose was a casualty in this campaign, being killed in action on 11 May 1945. He was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war and then reinterred in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial at Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Edward Charley Rost born 19 December 1924 in Priddy, Mills County, Texas to Bertha Julianna Kunkel (b. 1896 Mills County, Texas - d. 1987 Priddy, Mills County, Texas) Age 28 and Edward Rost (b. 1895 Carmine, Washington County, Texas - d. 1961 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 29.

1930 Census age 5 living in JP5 Mills County, Texas with his parents and two brothers. 1935 living in JP6 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 15 living in JP6 Mills County, Texas with his parents, two brothers and a sister. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 26 December 1942 while living at Priddy and being unemployed and listed his father as his next of kin contact. Edward C. Rost asn-38682870 a single white male born Texas in 1924 residing in Mills County, Texas working as a farmer with three years of high school education inducted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Camp Wolters, Texas on 23 March 1944. Shipped out overseas to Naples, Italy on 4 January 1945. [nba]   

Private First Class Edward C. Rost 38682870 US Army 85th Infantry Regiment 10th Infantry 'Mountain' Division in March 1945 took Mound Della Spe, west of Bologna, Italy and cutoff the Axis routes of resupply and communication into the Po Valley, setting the stage for the next Fifth Army offensive. The division maintained defensive positions in this area for three weeks, anticipating a counteroffensive by the German forces. The division resumed its attack on 14 April 1945, attacking Torre Iussi and Rocca Roffeno to the north of Mount Della Spe. On 17 April, it broke through the German defenses, which allowed it to advance into the Po Valley area. Pfc Rost was killed in action on 17 April 1945 in the offensive south of Po Valley, Italy. He was buried there in a temporary grave until 1949 when his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Priddy, Mills County, Texas on 8 March 1949.

Lonnie Thomas Slaughter born on 8 October 1914 in Lima, Bandera County, Texas to Serena Monte Bessent(b.1882 Bandera County, Texas-d.1971 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 32 and Louie Jess Slaughter(b.1884 Bandera County, Texas-d.1979 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) Age 30.

1920 census Age 5 living with his parents and four siblings in JP3 Bandera County, Texas. 1930 census Age 14 living with his parents and five siblings in JP3 Bandera County, Texas. 1935 living in rural Mills County, Texas. 1940 census Age 24 living with his parents in JP2 Mills County, Texas, working as a farm hand. Registered for the draft for Mills County, Texas Local Board at Caradan, Mills County, Texas on 16 October 1940 while living and working there and listed his father, Mr Jess Louie Slaughter of Caradan, as his next of kin contact. Lonnie T. Slaughter asn-38031345 a married white male born Texas in 1914 residing in Mills County, Texas working as a farm hand with a grammar school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private at Ft Sam Houston, Texas on 9 April 1941.    

Private Lonnie T. Slaughter 38031345 US Army 200th Coast Artillery Regiment Coast Artillery Corps. Following infantry training, he was deployed to the Philippine Islands, and based at Fort Stotsenburg, Luzon Island. He served as a member of Battery A in the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment , the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. His unit participated in the battle of the Philippines, the conquest of the Philippine Islands by the Imperial Japanese army and naval forces 8 December 1941 to 6 May 1942. While retreating to the Bataan peninsula, he was captured on 9 April 1942 during the ensuing Battle of Bataan. As a prisoner, his captors subjected him to participate in the "Bataan Death March", incarcerated at the prisoner of war camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon Island. This infamous march was followed by forty months in Prisoner of War Camps. Pvt Slaughter was one of the POWs loaded onto the Arisan Maru 'Hell Ship' headed for a POW camp in China or Japan, but it was sunk by a US submarine on 24 October 1944. Pvt Slaughter is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial at Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Estell Anderson Spinks born 15 November 1925 in Mullin, Mills County, Texas to Eva Lena Anderson (b. 1904 Mills County, Texas - d. 2001 Bangs, Brown County, Texas) age 21 and William Franklin Spinks (b. 1899 Mills County, Texas - d 1982 Brownwood, Brown county, Texas) age 26.

1930 Census age 4 and a half living in Pct2 Comanche County, Texas with his parents, a brother and a sister. 1935 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas. 1940 Census age 14 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his parents, two brothers and a sister. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 15 November 1943 while living in Mills County near Zephyr, Texas and was unemployed and listed his father, W. F. Spinks of Rt. 1 Zephyr, Texas, as his next of kin contact. Inducted into the US Army as a private on 7 May 1944 at Camp Wolters, Texas and shipped out to France on about 28 November 1944. [nba]     

Private Estell A. Spinks 38686799 US Army K Company 253rd Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Division arrived in Marseille, France, on 8 December 1944, trained at Haguenau and, under the designation Task Force Harris, protected the east flank of the Seventh Army along the Rhine River. The task force fought defensively from 22 to 30 December 1944 against the enemy German forces, and Pvt Spinks was seriously wounded by German machine gun fire on 24 December 1944 and died in a field hospital on Christmas Day 1944. He was buried in France in a temporary grave until after the war when in 1948 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Oakview Cemetery at Mullin, Mills County, Texas on Saturday 21 August 1948.

Vernon Ellis Toliver born 25 November 1916 near Lampasas in north Burnet County, Texas to Margaret "Maggie" Lee Rose Ingram (b. 1890 Lavaca County, Texas - d. 1985 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 25 and Ira Dell Toliver (b. 1888 Killen, Bell County, Texas - d. 1973 Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas) age 27.

1920 Census age 4 living in JP3 Mills County, Texas with his parents, three sisters and a brother. 1930 Census age 14 living in Pct1 Erath County, Texas with his parents, four sisters and three brothers. Graduated from Dublin High School on 2 June 1933. 1935 living in Waco, McLennan County, Texas working for Dr Pepper. Transferred to Kansas City, Missouri with Dr Pepper. 1940 Census age 24 living in Ward 5 Quincy, Adams County, Illinois as a lodger in home of Hugh Reeder, and working as the manager of a beverage company. Registered for the draft at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois on 16 October 1940 while living and working there for the Dr Pepper Bottling Company and listed his mother, Mrs Maggie Toliver of Mullin, Mills County, Texas as his next of kin contact. Married Mrs Elizabeth C. Weatherred Shroeder, whom he first met in Waco, and moved to Quincy, Illinois to manage the Dr Pepper plant. Entered the US Army in 1943 and arrived overseas in the European Theater in late 1944. [nba]     

Private First Class Vernon E. Toliver 36684178 US Army 302nd Infantry Regiment 94th Infantry Division was near Sinz, Germany fighting the enemy German Panzer forces when he was killed in action on Friday 16 February 1945. Pfc Toliver was buried in a temporary grave there until after the war when in 1949 his remains were repatriated to America and reinterred in the Oakview Cemetery at Mullin, Mills County, Texas on Wednesday 13 April 1949.

Eli Ward Tully born 27 January 1925 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas to Maggie Sprey Ward (b. 1892 Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas - d. 1966 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 32 and Albert Revelie Tully (b. 1892 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas - d. 1984 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas) age 32.

1930 Census age 5 living in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas with his parents and brother Albert. 1935 living in Fort Worth, JP1 Tarrant County, Texas. 1940 Census age 15 living in Fort Worth, JP1 Tarrant County, Texas with his parents. In Fort Worth he attended Paschal High School and he graduated from Goldthwaite High School. Registered for the draft at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas on 27 January 1943 while living there and being unemployed, with a mailing address of Bend, Texas, and listed his father of Fort Worth as his next of kin contact. Joined the US Navy on 20 June 1944 and shipped out to the Pacific Theater in October 1944. [nba]     

Seaman First Class Petty Officer Eli Ward Tully 9390362 US Navy Reserve USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95, location Bonin & Volcano Islands, was aboard and crusing off of Iwo Jima when hit by two Japanese kamikazes within two minutes of each other sinking the USS Bismarck Sea with 318 of her crew lost, 26 of them from Texas , including Seaman Tully. He was one of the sailors missing and declared killed in action on 21 February 1945. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial at Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Ruth Eldeanne Warlick born 2 March 1917 in San Saba County, Texas to Ida Elizabeth Sewell (b. 1879 Tennessee - d. 1963 San Saba, San Saba County, Texas) Age 38 and James Wyre Warlick (b. 1878 Missouri - d. 1934 Mills County, Texas) Age 39.

1920 Census age 3 living in JP2 San Saba County, Texas with her parents, two brothers and a sister. 1930 census age 14 living in Pct1 San Saba County, Texas with her parents, two brothers and a sister. 1935 living in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas. 1940 Census age 23 living in Brady, JP1 McCulloch County, Texas listed as a roomer and working as a waitress in a cafe. Working as a sales clerk in Abilene, Texas in 1942. Working in the Convair Plant at Fort Worth in 1943. Ruth E. Warlick asn-A-809574 a single white female born Texas in 1916 residing in Tarrant County, Texas working as a sales clerk with four years of high school education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army Women's Army Corps at Dallas, Texas on 19 March 1944. [nba]     

Private First Class Ruth E. Warlick A-809574 US Army Women's Army Corps Troop Carrier Command was a passenger aboard Douglas C-47B 44-76406 out of Accra Airfield, Ghana on 30 May 1945 on a routine transport mission to the Robert's Field, Liberia where she would find her new assignment, along with 17 other WACs also on the aircraft. [MACR 14550 ] The Douglas C-47 disappeared off the Atlantic coast of Drewin , Cote D'Ivoire after sending a distress message. A witness observed the plane hit the water at a 45 degree angle. No wreckage or bodies were ever found and all 21 aboard the C-47 were statused as MIA. Pfc Warlick is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial at Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Edward Eugene Wilmeth born 19 January 1921 in Ebony, Mills County, Texas to Delilah Caldonia 'Callie' Dickens (b. 1883 San Saba County, Texas - d. 1951 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 37 and James Ransom Wilmeth Jr. (b. 1883 Brown County, Texas - d. 1969 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas) age 37. (His name was changed to Eugene Dickens Wilmeth by his mother via birth certificate affidavit on 4 February 1942 filed in Mills County, Texas).

1930 Census age 9 living in Pct6 Mills County, Texas with his parents, two brothers, two sisters and a grandmother. 1935 living in Ebony, JP5 Mills County, Texas. Graduated from Brownwood High School in May 1938. 1940 Census age 19 living in Ebony, JP5 Mills County, Texas with his parents and a sister, away from home at Texas A&M college. He was King Cotton at A&M College in 1942 when they were in the Cotton Bowl and graduated the same year. Upon graduation he earned his Second Lieutenant commission in the regular US Army and trained in Fort Benning, Georgia and in Fort Knox, Kentucky before being sent to Ireland in September 1942. [nba]     

Second Lieutenant Eugene D. Wilmeth O-465404 US Army A Company First Battalion 168th Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Division. After continuing its training in Ireland, the 34th Infantry Division saw its first combat in the North African invasion, 8 November 1942, landing at Algiers and seizing the port and outlying airfields. He was in the 133rd Infantry Regiment and transferred to the 168th in January 1943. Elements of the Division took part in numerous subsequent engagements in Tunisia during the Allied build-up, notably at Sened Station, Paid Pass, Sbeitla, and Fondouk Gap. 2Lt Wilmeth was wounded in action in March 1943 and was hospitalized for two weeks, then he returned to the line. In April 1943 the Division assaulted Hill 609, capturing it on 1 May 1943. The 34th then drove through Chouigui Pass to Tebourba and Ferryville in Tunisia where 2Lt Wilmeth was killed in action on 7 May 1943 by artillery shrapnel. He was buried in a temporary grave and after the war his remains were reinterred in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial at Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Lillard Graham Wilmeth born 16 March 1913 in Ebony, Mills County, Texas to Delilah Callie Dickens(b.1883 Algerita, San Saba County, Texas-d.1951 Brownwood, Texas) Age 29 and James Randolph Wilmeth(b.1883 Mukewater, Brown County, Texas-d.1969 Brownwood, Texas) Age 29.

1920 census Age 6 living with his parents and four siblings in JP5 Mills County, Texas. 1930 census Age 17 living with his parents and four siblings in JP6 Mills County, Texas. 1935 living in Ebony, Mills County, Texas, was the principal of the Ebony school. 1940 Age 27 living alone, working as junior agronomist for Soil Consevation Service, in Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas. Registered for the draft in Mesquite, Texas on 16 October 1940 and listed his father as next of kin. Lillard G. Wilmeth asn-38037994 a single white male born Texas in 1913 residing in Mills County, Texas and working professionally with four years of college education enlisted from civilian life into the US Army as a private in Dallas, Texas on 6 February 1941.     

Captain Lillard G. Wilmeth O-1291739 US Army Headquarters Troop Second Squad 124th Cavalry Regiment, "the last horse cavalry", was in the Burma task force from 1944 until his death. He contracted Scrub Typhus Fever and died 11 February 1945 in a hospital in east India and buried in the Kalaikunda Cemetery. Capt Wilmeth's remains were reinterred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii on 27 January 1949.