MILITARY LEGACY OF PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND BEYOND
GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY
Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons
Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),
who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,
and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.
Copyright 2017 ~ infor@perrycountykentuckymilitarylegacy.com ~ All Rights Reserved
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WORLD WAR II, THE GREATEST GENERATION (1941 - 1945)
PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES
REMEMBER AND NAME, B
A World War II Introduction With Medal Of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross And Silver Star Medal Recipients Were Placed In The A Section.
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BACK
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BACK, JAMES WILLIAM “BILL” JR. (1925 – 1944), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II
HOMETOWN: Fourseam, Perry County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 July 1925 in Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Nevada “Vada” Gilliam and James William “Bill” Back, Sr.
PATERNAL GRADPARENTS: Mary E. Taulbee and Calloway Back.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATe: 7 August 1942.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35464582.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company E, 329th Infantry, 83rd Division.
DATE OF DEATH: 27 July 1944. “Also RPT 19 September 1944 B” written on Headstone Application.
PLACE OF DEATH: FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: First Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1948. Headstone application signed on 25 May 1948 by Bill Back, Sr. of Taulbee, Breathitt County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Englewood Cemetery, Christopher, Perry County, Kentucky
MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: BILL BACK JR. carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Draft Card, 1940-1947.
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BAKER
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BAKER, CARL (1919-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Forked Mouth, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 March 1919, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Mary Bell Stidham and Buell Baker.
GRANDPARENTS: Martha Campbell and Hiram C. Stidham.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 8 January 1938.
SERVICE NUMBER: 6493706.
1940 CENSUS: U. S. Army, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Wahiawa, Hawaii, Co L, 35th Infantry.
RANK: Private First Class
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 10th Infantry, 5th Division, Company A, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 30 July 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: FRANCE, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1948.
CEMETERY: Campbell Cemetery, Busy, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CARL BAKER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Rosters of WWII Dead. WWII Memorial Registry.
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BAKER, CLYDE (1925-1945), DIED NON BATTLE, ACCIDENT, ARIZONA, USA, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Squabble Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 April 1925, Breathitt County, Kentucky
PARENTS: Isabelle Bowling and Charles Baker.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 9 June 1945.
SERVICE NUMBER: 45005227.
RANK: Private.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Corps of Engineers, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 30 September 1945, accidental drowning at Imperial Dam. (WWII ended 2 September 1945.)
PLACE OF DEATH: Yuma, Yuma County, ARIZONA, USA.
STATUS: DIED NON BATTLE, Accidental Drowning.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
CEMETERY: Baker Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CLYDE BAKER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Arizona, County Coroner and Death Records. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. WWII Draft Cards. U. S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files.
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BAKER, JAMES ELMER (1927 – 1953), U. S. ARMY, MEDICAL SERVICE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Typo, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Owsley County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 July 1927 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Ella J. Fugate and Crusoe Baker.
SPOUSE: Yes.
U. S. WORLD WAR II DRAFT CARDS, 1940-1947: James Elmer Baker, age 18 of Typo, Perry County, Kentucky, Signed July 31, 1945.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 6 or 7 November 1945 in Huntington, West Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE: 14 January 1953. Separation From Service By Death. Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident, Resulting in Death, While In Military Service.
SERVICE NUMBER: RA (Regular Army) 45032742.
PENSION XC 17 086 991.
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Army Medical Service.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: MED Detachment 4005th Medical Department, Fort Hood A/S Ameds TX.
U. S. WORLD WAR II HOSPITAL ADMISSION CARD FILES, 1942-1954.
~ Diagnosis: Fracture Location, Cranium, face, neck, skull.
~ Causative Agent: Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident.
DATE OF DEATH: 14 January 1953 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Combs Cemetery, Combs, Perry County, Kentucky, USA. Inscription: James E. Baker, July 31, 1927 – January 14, 1953, Kentucky, Corporal, 4005 Medical Department, World War II.
U. S. MILITARY HEADSTONE APPLICATION:; Signed April 20, 1953 by Mrs. Jessie N. Baker of Typo, Kentucky.
MONUMENT: JAMES ELMER BAKER carved on the PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.
NOTE: I placed James Elmer Baker on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BAKER, JAMES MONROE “JUNIOR”, JR. (1925 – 1943), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, TUNISIA, WORLD WAR II.
NOTE: Dates and Locations varied on many documents.
HOMETOWN: Jeff, Perry County, Kentucky. On the 1940 Census, James was living in Jeff with his older half-brother, Chester Baker.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Cumberland, Letcher County, Kentucky, where James was living with his parents on the 1930 Census. Letcher County was listed as his hometown on the World War II Memorial Registry and National Archives Records.
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 April 1925 in Letcher County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Louise Collins (1897-1937) and James Monroe Baker, Sr. (1887-1974), who served in the U. S. Army from April 1918 to 23 November 1918, World War I.
GRANDPARENTS: Melvinia “Vinia” Smith and Wesley Collins.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Katharine Thomas and Thomas Collins.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Williams and Thomas J. Collins (Saponi Tribe).
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Lucy Bearpaw Proctor and James Edward Thomas. Under orders by the U. S. Government, James, Lucy and their ten children were forced to leave home and begin the horrendous march on THE TRAIL OF TEARS. James died, but Lucy and her children managed to escape from the U. S. Army Soldiers and hide among relatives in Letcher County, Kentucky. Source: The Family Histories of Letcher County.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 28 December 1940 in Roanoke, Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE: 30 April 1943, Killed In Action on Active Duty, World War II.
SERVICE NUMBER: 13015613.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry, U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company B, 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Algeria – French Morocco, Tunisia.
~ “The First Infantry Division … 21 January 1943 – 9 May 1943, [was] helping secure Tunisia.” Source; history.army.mil.
DATE OF DEATH: 30 April 1943, Killed In Action, Tunisia, North African Area, World War II.
~ Killed In Action, Details Not Know.
~ Causative Agent: Shell Fragment; shell explosion.
~ Injured in the Line of Duty (Battle Casualty).
STATUS: Killed In Action.
FIRST BURIAL AND CEMETERY: World War II.
REPATRIATED: Yes. “Death occurred overseas. Returned from: Beja – Tripolitania (Libya).” SECOND INTERMENT: 18 June 1948.
SECOND BURIAL AND CEMETERY, 1948: Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
MONUMENT: JAMES BAKER, JR. was carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. 1st Infantry Division, World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles; history.army.mil. National Archives and Records. The Family Histories of Letcher County [Kentucky], Volume 1 and 2 by Zandra Addington Perry and Creda Baker Isaacs, 1955. U. S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms. U. S. Roster of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Hospital Admission Card Files. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-thrice-removed, James Monroe Baker, Jr. on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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MONUMENT: WILLIAM B. BALLARD carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
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BARGER
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BARGER, CHESTER B. (1915-1945), DIED NON BATTLE, ENGLAND, POST WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Saul, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 June 1915, Leslie County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Elizabeth Estep and Franklin G. Barger.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 3 November 1943.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35879477.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company A, 861st Field Artillery Battalion, 63rd Infantry Division, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 9 October 1945. (WWII ended 2 September 1945.)
PLACE OF DEATH: England.
STATUS: DIED NON BATTLE, POST WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1948.
CEMETERY: Barger Cemetery, Chavies, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CHESTER BARGER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Rosters of WWII Dead. U. S. World War II Draft Cards.
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BARKER
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BARKER, ESTILL L. (1914-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, GERMANY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Lothair, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Morgan County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 January 1914, Morgan County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Maggie Whitt and John Barker.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTED: June 1941.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15055558.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company H, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry “The Fighting Falcons” Division, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 17 April 1945.
PLACE OF DEATH: GERMANY, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: about 1949.
CEMETERY: Black Gold Cemetery, Lothair, Perry Co., Kentucky or Morgan Cemetery, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: ESTILL L. BARKER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: “On 17 April 1945 the Command Post of the 9th Infantry Division was Wippra, Saxony, Germany.” Source: 9th Infantry Division in World War II, mrfa2.org/9thWWII.htm. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. WWII Memorial Registry.
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BEGLEY
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BEGLEY, WALLACE (1920 – 1943) DIED NON BATTLE, ENGLAND, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETWON: Leslie County, Kentucky on the National Archives and Records Administration War Department Files.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Cutchshin, Leslie County, Kentucky. Perry County, Kentucky, per Memorial Plaque placement.
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 January 1920 in Dry Hill AKA Hell For Certain, Leslie County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Malvery and Ballard Begley.
1930 AN 1940 CENSUS: Resided in Cutchshin, Leslie County, Kentucky.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 9 April 1942.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35451178.
RANK: Technician Fourth Grade.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, Armored Force Infantry.
DATE OF DEATH: 18 December 1943.
PLACE OF DEATH: ENGLAND, WORLD WAR II
STATUS: DIED NON BATTLE.
REPATRIATED: 1950. U. S. Headstone Application signed 29 March 1950 by David Begley, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky, L & N RR.
CEMETERY: Begley Cemetery, Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky on the Headstone Application. Riverside Cemetery, Perry County, Kentucky on Findagrave.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: WALLACE BEGLEY carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Rosters of WWII Dead. World War II Memorial Registry.
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BEVERLEY
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BEVERLEY, ELLIS SR. (1922-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, ITALY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Dwarf, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Knott County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 or 19 December 1922, Knott County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Arlena Arrena Sheperd/Shepherd and Robert Robin Beverley.
GRANDPARENTS: Martha Ritchie and Ellis Levi Beverley.
SPOUSE: Clova Fugate, daughter of Leotta “Letty” S. Fugate and John M. Fugate.
SON: Ellis Beverley, Jr. (14 August 1943 – 15 February 1944). Near the day of death of their 6-month-old-son, Clova might have received a telegram notifying her, that her husband had been Killed In Action. Did Clova next marry Roy Cannon Yonts, who died in 1947? Clova married Fletcher Gibson in 1948.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 6 February 1943.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35713501.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 February 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: ITALY?
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1949.
CEMETERY: Riverside Cemetery, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: ELLIS BEVERLY carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: “In January 1944, the Division drove into the Gustav line, took Mount Trocchio after a bitter fight, pushed across the Rapido, attacked Monastery Hill, and fought its way into Cassino ...” Source: 34th Infantry Division WWII Combat Chronicle; website: army.mil. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my fifth-cousin-one-time-removed, Ellis Beverley, Sr. on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BEVERLY, CLIFTON (1908-1961), U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Kodak, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 August 1908 in Kentucky.
PARENTS: Louisa Combs and Henry Beverly.
SPOUSE: Mable/Mabel Ruth Mutchler.
STEP-SON: Louie Jay, Jr., P. O. W., who Died Non Battle in a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp in the Philippines, WWII.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 15 October 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
DATE OF DEATH: 11 June 1961.
PLACE OF DEATH: Hazard Memorial Hospital, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Rest Haven Cemetery, Jeff, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Death Index. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records.
NOTE: I place my fourth-cousin-three-times-removed, Clifton Beverly on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BONNYMAN
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BONNYMAN, ALEXANDER “SANDY”, JR. (1910-1943), U. S. MARINE CORPS, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT, KILLED IN ACTION, TARAWA ATOLL, GILBERT ISLANDS, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Perry County, Kentucky. OTHER RESIDENCE: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Sante Fe, Sante Fe County, New Mexico.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 May 1910, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
PARENTS: Frances Rhea Berry and Alexander Bonnyman, Sr., who founded the Blue Diamond Coal Company in Perry County, Kentucky.
SPOUSE: Josephine Bell.
CHILDREN: Frances and Josephine.
GRANDSON: Clay Bonnyman Evans, who participated in the identification of his grandfather's remains.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: New Mexico.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 7 July 1942.
SERVICE NUMBER: 0-017525.
RANK: First Lieutenant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Marine Corps Reserve.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 2nd Battalion Shore Party, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Guadalcanal. Battle of Tarawa. World War II. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION DATE: November 20 - 22, 1943. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION PLACE: Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION: View on the website, U. S. Congressional Medal of Honor Society Recipients; cmohs.org.
DATE OF DEATH: 22 November 1943.
PLACE OF DEATH: Betio Island, TARAWA Atoll, Gilbert Islands.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
DISPOSITION: For Years, Nonrecoverable, Battlefield Burial Place Unknown. In 2015 the cemetery and his remains were idenitified.
MEMORIAL: Tablets of the Missing, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. In Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, a Memorial Stone with “Buried At Sea” was placed in his memory by his family, but they believed that the location of his grave had been lost. Years of heartache accompanied their efforts to have him found, so they could bring him home.
FIRST BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: 22 November 1943, Tarawa Atoll, Betio Island, Gilbert Island, World War II. Over the years, the location of his burial and of the cemetery became unknown.
REMAINS RECOVERED: March 2015, History Flight found a trench cemetery on Tarawa and began to recovered the remains of World War II Marines. Source: The Washington Post, July 2, 2015, "Golden ending: How one man discovered his war hero grandfather's long lost grave" by Michael E. Miller. Website: washingtonpost.com
REMAINS IDENTIFIED: On 28 May 2015 archaeologist, Kristen Baker, Mark Noah and Clay Bonnyman Evans were working a site in a U. S. Marines World War II burial ground on Tarawa. Evans, a free lance journalist, was a volunteer for History Flight, which had been founded by Mark Noah. Evans and Noah were present, when Baker found a skeleton with gold teeth. The grave and remains of Evan’s grandfather, Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. had been found. Source: The Washington Post, July 2, 2015, “Golden ending: How one man discovered his war hero grandfather’s long lost grave” by Michael E. Miller. Website: washingtonpost.com.
REPATRIATED: September 2015.
SECOND BURIAL: 27 September 2015, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
CEMETERY: Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: ALEXANDER BONNYMAN JR. carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS AND METALS: Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Medal. SOURCES: Census. Clay Bonnyman Evans, a Freelanch Journalist. Combat Naval Casualties, WWII. Findagrave. The Official Website of the United States Marine Corps; marines.mil. The Kingsport Times (Knoxville), April 16, 1953. The National World War II Memorial Registry. The Washington Post, July 2, 2015, "Golden ending: How one man discovered his war hero grandfather's long lost grave" by Michael E. Miller; washingtonpost.com. U. S. Congressional Medal of Honor Society Recipients; cmohs.org. U. S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls. WWI, WWII, Korean War Casualty Listings. WWII & Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas.
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BOWLING
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BOWLING, CARTER (1925-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 March 1925, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Maria Mona Bowling and Boyd Bowling.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Alaphair Morris and Joel Bowling.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Mary E. Eversole and William Bowling.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 3 September 1943.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35874003.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: On a Headstone Application Card: Company D, 190th Battalion, 60th Regiment, IRTC (Infantry Replacement Training Center); 120th Infantry Regiment, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 9 July 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: FRANCE, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1948.
CEMETERY: Bowling Cemetery, Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CARTER BOWLING carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: “On 7 July [1944] the Division moved forward again, crossing the Vire River and penetrating as far as St Jean-de-Day.” Source: 30th Infantry Division Facts; website, 30thinfantry.org. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. 30th Infantry Division; 30thinfantry.org. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my sixth-cousin, Carter Bowling on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BOWLING, OSCAR (1923-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 9 November 1923.
PARENTS: Sallie Barger and Robert Bowling.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 24 March 1941.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35136218.
RANK: Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company C, Field Artillery, 317th Infantry Regiment and 808th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 80th Infantry Division, USAGF, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 13 November 944.
PLACE OF DEATH: FRANCE, WWII.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1948.
CEMETERY: Riverside Cemetery, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: OSCAR BOWLING carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: On 13 November 1944 the command post was Charbonnages, Moselle, France. Source: 80th Infantry Division, History of the 80th, website, 80thdivision.com/80thHistory.htm. SOURCES: Census. 80th Infantry Division, History of the 80th; 80thdivision.com. Findagrave. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Rosters Of World War II Dead. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my fifth-cousin-two-times-removed, Oscar Bowling on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BOWLING, TAYLOR (1919-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Allais, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Leslie County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 January 1919, Leslie County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Rella Bowling and Roscoe Bowling.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: America Bowling. Source: Findagrave.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Ibbie Hensley and Felix G. Bowling.
SPOUSE: Oda Davidson.
CHILDREN: Jerry and Don.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35873846.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 19 July 1944.
PLACE OF DEATH: FRANCE.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
BURIAL: Battlefield Burial Unknown.
REPATRIATED: Yes.
CEMETERY: Riverside, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. Non Military Headstone Inscription: “Just in the morning of his day, in youth and love, he died.” MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: TAYLOR BOWLING carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
NOTE: “... the Division landed at Omaha Beach, 18 June 1944, and entered the hedgerow struggle south of Carentan, 27 June ...” Source: 83d Infantry Division WWII Combat Chronicle; website: army.mil. SOURCES: Census. 83d Infantry Division WWII Combat Chronicle; army.mil. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Rosters Of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my fifth-cousin-two-times-removed, Taylor Bowling on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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MONUMENT: ARLIE BRANSON carved on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
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BRASHEAR
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BRASHEAR, CORBETT H. “BURR HEAD” (1923-2003), SURVIVED THE SINKING OF SS DAN BEARD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky. (Mason’s Creek District).
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 December 1923.
PARENTS: Lilly Watts and Marion Hylton Brashear. GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Pratt and James N. Brashear, Jr. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth "Bet" Young and James N. Brashear, Sr. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
SPOUSE: Justine Shively, first wife. Anita Baker, second wife.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 8555258.
RANK: Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: United States Navy.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: SS DAN BEARD.
10 DECEMBER 1944, STUMBLE HEAD, WALES: In WWII GM3 Corbett Brashear & his kinsman, S1c Limuel Brashear were armed guards on the SS Dan Beard. German U-Boat-1202 broke the ship in two in a torpedo attack. Corbett swam five miles to shore. Limuel was declared Lost At Sea, Missing In Action. Sources: uboat.net and Brashear family interviews.
19 JULY 1945, USS UNIMAK (AVP-31): Report of Changes, Enlisted Passengers on board, sailing for GRID to BABE, Corbett H. Brashear, GM3C, 855 52 58.
DATE OF DEATH: 2 November 2003.
CEMETERY: Rest Haven Cemetery, Jeff, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-two-times removed, Corbett Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, EARL (1914-2004), PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS, EUROPEAN THEATRE, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 April 1914.
PARENTS: Ora Holcomb Brashear and Hezekiah B. Brashear. GRANDPARENTS: Judy Pratt and Robert H. Brashear. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Harris and James B. Brashear. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret "Peggy" Bright and Sampson Brashear, War of 1812 Soldier. THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
SPOUSE: Hazel Wooton.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 8 October 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35664399.
RANK: Technician Fifth Grade (Tech 5).
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
SERVICE OCCUPATION: Fought, drove trucks; telephone and telegraph lineman, switch boards, communication.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 340th Infantry, 69th Division, Signal Battalion, European Theater, World War II. NOTE: After the war ended, Earl Brashear returned home with photographs of concentration camps, that he had helped liberate. Source: Annis Brashear Mullins, daughter of Hazel Wooton Brashear and Earl Brashear.
DATE OF DEATH: 24 February 2004.
PLACE OF DEATH: Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Cole Evans Cemetery, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Brashear Family Interviews. Findagrave. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records.
NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-one-time-removed, Earl Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, IVON BROWN “COTTON” (1924-2007), U. S. NAVY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 August 1924 in Viper, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Margaret “Maggie” Hall and General Lee Brashear.
GRANDPARENTS: Mary Brewer and Emanuel Brashear.
GRANDPARENTS: Sally Combs and John H. Hall. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Harris and James B. Brashear. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret "Peggy" Bright and Sampson Brashear, War of 1812 Soldier. THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
SPOUSE: Jean B. Begley.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 28 January 1943 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 867 20 92.
RANK: ARM3c.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: United States Navy V6s.
BOOT CAMP: Trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Company 145, Navy Chief Carruthers. In his company were Perry County men known to him: Claude Vernon Cooper of Hazard, Jack Brashear of Hazard and Carlo (Mac) Whitaker of Mason’s Creek.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Currently Unknown.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 June 2007.
PLACE OF DEATH: Currently Unknown.
CEMETERY: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Departing Passenger And Crew Lists. U. S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-cousin-one-time-removed, Ivon Brown “Cotton” Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, LIMUEL (1925-1944), MISSING IN ACTION, LOST AT SEA IN THE SINKING OF S.S. DAN BEARD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Big Branch, a section of Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 June 1925, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Bessie Pridemore and Henry ‘Chub’ Brashear.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Linda Ashley and George Pridemore.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Caudill and Samuel Brashear. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Edgman and John Brashear. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary "Polly" Back and Jesse B. Caudill. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Adams and Stephen Caudill, American Revolutionary War Soldier. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Susannah Maggard and Henry Back, Jr., War of 1812 Soldier. THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Yarbrough and James Caudill.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE: 8555255.
RANK: Seaman, First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Navy Reserve.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Seaman, First Class Armed Guard, SS DAN BEARD (EC2-S-C1), WWII. SS DAN BEARD FINAL VOYAGE: “December 10, 1944 – Final Voyage – Steaming non-escorted in ballast from Barry, Wales to Belfast, Ireland, she [SS DAN BEARD] was sunk by a torpedo from U-1202 [German Submarine] ... Armed Guard, Limuel Brashear, S1c, KY.” Source: SS DAN BEARD, WWII LOSS; websites: comcast.net. and uboat.net.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 December 1944, WWII.
PLACE OF DEATH: ATLANTIC OCEAN, WWII.
STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION-LOST AT SEA, Sinking of SS DAN BEARD (EC2-S-C1).
DISPOSITION: NONRECOVERABLE.
FAMILY INTERVIEWS: His kin stated that he survived the sinking, but was last seen drifting away and became Lost At Sea. Gunner’s Mate 3c Corbett Brashear survived the sinking of SS Dan Beard. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: LIMUEL BRASHER carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
MEMORIALIZED: Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. State Summary of War Casualties [Kentucky], U. S. Navy 1946, Compiled April 1946 By Casualty Section, Office Of Public Information, Navy Department. uboat.net. U. S. Navy Casualties Books. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. World War II Navy, Marine Corps And Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings. NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-twice-removed, Limuel Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, OLA LEON (1926 – 2002), ARMED GUARD, U. S. NAVY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Allais, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
OTHER RESIDENCE: Walkertown Station, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 January 1926 at Walkertown, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Eva Ross and George Dishmond Brashear, a World War I Veteran.
GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Farler and Nathaniel Brashear.
GRANDPARENTS: Rachel Newnam and John Ross.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Hall and Robert S. Brashear.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Matilda Fields and William F. Farler.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth “Bet” Young and James N. Brashear.
FIFTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Thomas Farley and Judith Clay, cousin of famous Kentucky statesman, Henry Clay.
SPOUSE: Lois Jean Johnson, daughter of Virgie Bowling and Kelly Johnson.
CO-AUTHOR OF GENEALOGY BOOK: The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, c. 1962.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 12 February 1943.
DISCHARGE DATE: 23 February 1946.
RE-ENLISTMENT: 7 June 1945 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
RE-ENLISTMENT: 23 February 1946, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35983499.
RANK: SM2c.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Navy.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Armed Guard, U. S. Navy, World War II.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Atlantic Theatre. Pacific Theatre.
ARMED GUARD SHIPS GUARDED BY SM2 OLA LEON BRASHEAR:
~ SS THEODORE PARKER, 1943 – 1944.
~ SS MARINE WOLFE, 1944 – 1945.
~ SS COE (V), 1945.
~ USS ALABAMA (BB-60), 1945.
~ USS IOWA (BB-61), 1945 – 1946.
~ USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73), 1946.
NEW YORK PASSENGER LISTS, SS MARINE WOLF (C4-5-B2), CARGO AND TROOP SHIP:
~ Sailed 18 August 1944 from the port of Naples, Italy; arrived in New York on 1 September 1944. Passenger, United States Navy Armed Guard, No. 61, Brashear, Ola Leon SM3c, 635 11 37.
~ Sailed 25 September 1944 from Cherbourg, France; arrived 10 October 1944 in New York. Passenger, United States Armed Guard, No. 61, Brashear, Ola Leon SM3c, 635 11 37.
~ Sailed 26 January 1945 from the port of Southampton; arrived 9 February 1945 in New York. U. S. Navy Armed Guard, No. 57, Brashear, Ola Leon SM2c, 635 11 37.
~ Sailed 11 March 1945 from the port of Plymouth, England; arrived 21 March 1945 in New York. U. S. Navy Armed Guard No. 54, Brashear, Ola Leon, SM2c, 635 11 37.
DATE OF DEATH: 29 October 2002.
CEMETERY: William Campbell “Frosty Bill” Brashear Cemetery AKA Nathaniel Brashear Cemetery, Big Branch, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. New York Ship Passenger Lists. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards. All Members Ship LST; armed-guard.com.
NOTE: I placed my third-cousin-one-time-removed, Ola Leon Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, OWEN (1925-1994), U. S. ARMY, PRISONER OF WAR, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Ohio. Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana.
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 July 1925, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
PARENTS: Polly Hurt and Henry Harlan Brashear. GRANDPARENTS: Sampson Brashear and Mary Ann Hall, daughter of Elizabeth Branson and Phillip Whisman Hall. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth "Bet" Young and James N. Brashear, Sr. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier. SPOUSE: Thelma Stacy, daughter of Etha Caudill and Lloyd Stacy.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky, Swearing of Oath in Cincinnati, Ohio.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35875232.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 24 September 1943. Release Date: 24 November 1945.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: United States Army, Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: European Theater, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 16 February 1994.
PLACE OF DEATH: Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
WORLD WAR II MILITARY STATUS: “PRISONER OF WAR. RETURNED TO MILITARY CONTROL, LIBERATED ...” Source: WWII Prisoners of War, 1941-1946.
DETAINING COUNTY: Germany, Camp 3.
CEMETERY: Big Cedar Cemetery, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. Michael Delynn Brashear. Ohio Deaths. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. World War II Prisoner of War.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-twice-removed, Owen Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, PRESTON TAULBEE ‘JAY’ (1909 – 1977), U. S. ARMY, PRISONER OF WAR, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETWON: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 April 1909 at Fusonia, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Nathaniel Brashear and Sarah Farler, who was the daughter of Matilda Fields and William Farler / Farley, Union Civil War Soldier. GRANDPARENTS: Sally Hall and Robert S. Brashear. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth "Bet" Young and James N. Brashear, Sr. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier. NEVER MARRIED.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Perry County, Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 25 March 1942. DISCHARGE DATE: 6 October 1945. SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army. Infantry. COMBAT ORGANIZATION:
PRISONER OF WAR, WORLD WAR II: ~ Report Date: 1 October 1944. ~ Latest Report Date: 29 May 1945. DETAINING COUNTRY: Germany.
STATUS: “Returned to Military Control, Liberated. Source: WW II Prisoners of War, 1941 – 1946.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre. Holland.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 November 1977.
CEMETERY: Felix Brashear Cemetery, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal. Prisoner Of War Medal. Combat Infantry Badge.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Death Index. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. World War II Memorial Registry. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-twice-removed, Preston Taulbee “Jay” Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRASHEAR, ROBERT LEE JR. (1927 – 1948), U. S. NAVY, USS PROPUS, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Elk Branch Road, Perry County, Kentucky. Berea College Foundation School and Campus Housing For Married Couples, Berea, Madison County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 May 1927, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Robert Lee Brashear, Sr. and Docia Combs.
GRANDPARENTS: James N. Brashear, Jr. and Elizabeth Pratt.
GRANDPARENTS: Ira Combs, Reverend and Martha Burton.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: James N. Brashear, Sr. and Elizabeth Young.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Tarleton “Talt” Combs and Elizabeth Ison.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John “Father of the Eight Brothers” Combs and Nancy.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: William Cornett, an American Civil War Veteran and his first wife, Rhoda Gilliam.
SPOUSE: Wanda Daily (26 October 1930 – 2 March 1948), daughter of Marie Lula Sorrell and Robert Daily.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 December 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISCHARGE DATE:
SERVICE NUMBER: 8563168
RANK: S2c.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Navy, World War II.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Navy, U. S. S. PROPUS (AK-132), World War II.
USS PROPUS, COMMISSION DAY, 22 JUNE 1944:
~ Plank Owner, Lee Brashear, Jr., 8563168, S2c, Enlisted 2 December 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio, V—6-SV, Received on Board 22 June 1944, R/S, Jacksonville, Florida.
~ USS PROPUS, a Cargo and Troop Ship, Report of Changes, 30 September 1944, Lee Brashear, Jr. 8563168, S2c, Transferred on 22 September 1944 to USNH, Oakland, California.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Atlantic Theatre. Pacific Theatre.
DATE OF MARRIAGE: 14 June 1947 in Covington, Kentucky.
DATE OF DEATH: 2 March 1948, “In Memoriam … Before daybreak on the morning of March 2, 1948, in their smoldering pre-fabricated veterans “hut” on Draper Row, Lee and Wanda Brashear, Foundation School Students, awakened too late to escape suffocation in an accidental fire.” Source, In Memoriam, with a Wedding Photograph included, Chimes, Berea College Yearbook, 1948, page 121.
PLACE OF DEATH: A Pre-fabricated veterans “Hut” for students, designated only for a married couple, 31 Draper Row, Berea College Campus, Berea, Madison County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Berea College Chimes Yearbook. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. Kentucky Death Records. Newspaper clippings. U. S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls. USS PROPUS AK – 132; navsource.org.
NOTE: I placed my second-cousin-two-times removed, Robert Lee Brashear, Jr., on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BROCK, AARON (1925-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, LOST AT SEA, USS LAGARTO SUNK, PACIFIC, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Big Willard, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Forked Mouth and Busy in Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 September 1925, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Ellen Abner and Chester Arthur Brock.
GRANDPARENTS: Arlenia/Orleana and Aaron Brock.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
WWII JEWISH SERVICEMAN CARD, 1942-1947, DEATH, NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD, BUREAU OF WAR RECORDS: Aaron Brock, S/2c, Next of Kin, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Arthur Brock of Busy, Perry County, Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 08562114.
RANK: Seaman Second Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Navy Reserve.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Sailor on the U. S. Navy Submarine, USS LAGARTO SS-371, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 May 1945, on board the USS LAGARTO submarine, when she was sunk by the Japanese.
PLACE OF DEATH: USS LAGARTO (SS-371), Pacific Theatre, South China Sea.
STATUS: KILLED, MISSING IN ACTION, LOST AT SEA, WWII.
DISPOSITION: NONRECOVERABLE. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: AARON BROCK carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
MEMORIALIZED: Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines. Olive Branch Cemetery, Olive Branch, Ohio; Batavia Union Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SHIP WRECK DISCOVERED, MAY 2005: Divers found the wreck, USS LAGARTO. SOURCES: Census. Findgrave. Kentucky Birth Index. Kentucky Soldiers In World War II. U. S. Headstone And Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. Navy Casualties Books Missing In Action Or During Operational War Missions. U. S. World War II And Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas. U. S. World War II Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947. U. S. World War II Memorial Registry.
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BROWN
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BROWN, CECIL (1920-1942), KILLED IN ACTION, NORTH AFRICA, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Mason's Creek (Left Fork) and Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 April 1920, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Mollie Lee Brashear and Morton Brown.
GRANDPARENTS: Hannah Branson and Allan C. Brashear. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Rebecca Christian and John Brashear. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret "Peggy" Bright and Sampson Brashear, War of 1812 Soldier. THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Eakin and Samuel Brashear, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15056898.
RANK: Technician Fifth Grade.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Infantry, WWII.
DATE OF DEATH: 8 November 1942, North Africa, WWII.
PLACE OF DEATH: NORTH AFRICA.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
BURIAL: Temporary Cemetery # 560. Permanent Cemetery Tunis #9001.
CEMETERY: North African American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CECIL BROWN carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. World War II Memorial Registry.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-cousin-one-time-removed, Cecil Brown on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BRUMMETT
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BRUMMETT, JAMES WILLIAM (1914-1943), KILLED IN ACTION, ITALY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Mason's Creek (Left Fork), Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 June 1914 or 19 June 1915, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Effa Malva Kidd and Silvanus “Vanus” “Van” Brummett.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35455918.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company L, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 December 943.
PLACE OF DEATH: ITALY.
STATUS: KILLED IN ACTION, WWII.
DISPOSITION: BURIED.
BATTLEFIELD BURIAL: Currently Unknown.
REPATRIATED: 1949.
CEMETERY: Black Hawk Cemetery, Happy, Perry County, Kentucky. MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: JAMES W. BRUMMETT carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead. U. S. World War II Draft Cards. World War II Memorial Registry.
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BUCKNER
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BUCKNER, JAMES FRANKLIN (1912-1983), UNITED STATES ARMY, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Vicco, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky. Glomawr, Perry County, Kentucky. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 March 1912, Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Eliza Elzora Frances Harmon and Gilbert Lafayette Buckner.
CIRCUMSTANCES: When he was 5-years-old, James lost his mother in 1917. His older brother, Cyrus Taylor Buckner Died of Disease in 1918, while serving in World War I. When he was 7-years-old, James lost his father in 1919. His brother, Leon and his sister, Edna, kept the family together by taking charge of the household in Glomawr.
EDUCATION: Vicco-Sassafras High School. B. S. and M. A. Degree. University of Kentucky. Columbia University.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky. Physical and Swearing in at Cinncinati, Ohio; then returned to Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 27 June 1942. DISCHARGE DATE: 31 October 1945 at Camp Perry, Ohio.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35 459 979.
RANK: Technician Fifth Grade.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army. DEML, Detached Enlisted Men’s List. (Rumored Top Secret.)
COMPONENT: AUS. Army of the United States.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY AND NO. (NUMBER): Supply Clerk 835.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 1590th SU Station Complement, Camp Perry.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Naples-Foggia. North Appenines.
DATE OF DEPARTURE: 5 March 1943; DESTINATION: EAME. DATE OF ARRIVAL: 19 March 1943.
DATE OF DEPARTURE: 15 June 1944; DESTINATION: U. S. DATE OF ARRIVAL: 10 July 1944.
OCCUPATION: ~ Principal and Teacher, Vicco Grade School and High School, Vicco, Perry County, Kentucky. ~ Teacher and Coach, Dilce Combs Memorial High School, Jeff, Perry County, Kentucky. He taught an Algebra I class for the school year of 1956-1957, an Algebra II class for the school year of 1957-1958 and a Trigonometry class for the school year of 1958-1959. Waukesha Lowe was one of his students in Algebra I, Algebra II and Trigonometry, from 1956-1959. ~ Teacher, Morton Junior High School, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
DATE OF DEATH: 21 September 1983.
PLACE OF DEATH: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: Rest Haven Cemetery, Jeff, Perry County, Kentucky.
U. S. AWARDS AND MEDALS: EAME Theatre Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars. American Theatre Ribbon. Good Conduct Ribbon. SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Indes. Kentucky Death Index. Family Interviews and Personal Letters. U. S. Army Military Discharge Document. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death Files. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947. Waukesha Lowe Sammons.
NOTE: I placed James Franklin Buckner on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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BURNETT
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BURNETT, CHARLES EDWARD (1919-1943), DIED NON BATTLE, AIR CORPS PLANE CRASH, UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Lothair, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 January 1919, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Gertrude Nail and Virgil Burnett.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15057139.
RANK: Technical Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Air Corps.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 9th and 60th T. C. Squadron V. A. F. S. Advanced Flying School, World War II. ~ “... U. S. Army Air Corps 3-53#42-5537 crashed towing a glider ...” Source: findagrave.
DATE OF DEATH: 31 January 1943.
PLACE OF DEATH: U. S. Army Air Corps C-53 Plane #42-15537 crashed, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
STATUS: DIED NON BATTLE IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH.
DISPOSITION: Buried.
CEMETERY: Pleasant View Cemetery, Graysville, Rhea County, Tennessee. Headstone Inscription: "Day Is Done, Gone The Sun, From The Lake, From The Hill, From The Sky, All Is Done, Safely Rest, God Is Nigh." MEMORIAL PLAQUE: WWII Memorial Plaque, first displayed at the Bobby Davis Living Memorial; currently displayed at Memorial Gym in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. MONUMENT: CHARLES E. BURNETT carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
SOURCES: California, U. S. Death Index. Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Birth Index. U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. World War II Memorial Registry.
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BURNS
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BURNS, ELMER (1908-1945), DIED, KENTUCKY, USA, POST-WORLD WAR II.
HOMETOWN: Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Fort Benning, Georgia in 1940. Buckhorn, Squabble Creek, Perry County, Kentucky at time of death.
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 June 1908, Perry County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Laura Belle McIntosh and Garfield Burns.
SPOUSE: Martha.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 18 October 1939. HONORABLE DISCHARGE: 1 December 1944.
SERVICE NUMBER: 6669764. PENSION NUMBER: C-4692420.
RANK: Staff Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 3612th S U, Gardiner General Hospital on Headstone Application.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 December 1945. Post-World War II.
PLACE OF DEATH: Perry County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY: McIntosh Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky. Headstone Application signed by Mrs. Martha Burns of Buckhorn, Kentucky on 28 March 1946.
MONUMENT: ELMER BURNS carved within the WWII military section on PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, a memorial located in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky. SOURCES: Census. Kentucky Death Records. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Draft Cards, 1940-1947.
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