HICKORY COUNTIANS IN WORLD WAR II
The 764 names listed below represent people "connected" to Hickory County in some way who served (either as civilians or military personnel) during World War II. Information in black type came from the World War II Army Enlistment Records File, accessed via the National Archives digital records project . All Army personnel who gave "Hickery" [sic] county, Missouri as their "permanent residence" are included below. Information in blue type came from newspaper clippings from The Index which were collected in 1943 and 1944 by Mrs. Florence McKinley. The notes in red come from various sources. Note that the people in both sets of records did not necessarily ever LIVE in Hickory County, and it is undoubtedly NOT a comprehensive list of Hickory Countians who participated in the war.
To save space, I've used a few abbreviations. M/M = Mr. & Mrs.; dau = daughter; SS board = Selective Service board; gs = grandson; grad = graduated from; bro = brother; prob = probably.
Please send additions, corrections and additional notes to Ginny Sharp for inclusion in this table.
| NAME | PLACE OF ENLISTMENT |
INDEX DATE/ DATE OF ENLISTMENT (DAY-MONTH-YEAR) |
GRADE: CODE | BRANCH: CODE | NOTES (most from INDEX articles) | ||
| B#BSKLOH, HAROLD D | KANSAS CITY KANSAS | 13 | 12 | 42 | Private | Air Corps | |
| EZO#Z#I#WIV | FT LEVENWORTH KANSAS | 5 | 6 | 56 | Private | Ordnance Department | |
| WNC#N#ZWBVZT Y | Undefined Code | 59 | 5 | 46 | Private | No branch assignment | |
| ACKER, WILFORD RAY | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 15 | 11 | 44 | Private | No branch assignment | |
| ADAMS, HAROLD | 1 | 7 | 43 | Private | of Macks Creek | ||
| ADAMS, PAUL | 17 | 6 | 43 | Wife=Lucille Barnhart, dau of Claud & Alma Eldred | |||
| AGEE, ERIC G | FT LEVENWORTH KANSAS | 15 | 11 | 44 | Private | No branch assignment | |
| ALLEN, ARCHIE J | Tenn. | 16 | 3 | 44 | Private | Field Artillery | Ft. Jackson, SC; then Tenn.; son of M/M E. E. Allen, Weaubleau |
| ALLEN, GLENN | Drew Field, FL | 16 | 3 | 44 | Private | Army Signal Corps | son of M/M E. E. Allen, Weaubleau |
| ALLEN, CECIL (BILL) | 9 | 3 | 44 | Private | Army | son of M/M J. W. Allen of Weaubleau, rte. 1 | |
| ALLEN, MYRL (PAT) | 9 | 3 | 44 | Corporal | Army | son of M/M J. W. Allen of Weaubleau, rte. 1; 11/43 @ Camp Buoy, Texas | |
| ALLEN, HAROLD (TOMMY) | 9 | 3 | 44 | M Sgt | Army | son of M/M J. W. Allen of Weaubleau, rte. 1; 9/30/43 @ Camp Ritchie, MD | |
| ALLEN, JOHN M. | 19 | 5 | 44 | PFC | Army | son of M/M Lawrence Allen of Weaubleau; in England | |
| Allen, Wendell [sic] | 6 | 4 | 44 | visiting parents; "…who has been overseas for 22 months, is now stationed in Panama Canal Zone, and doing very essential work for Uncle Sam." | |||
| AMLIN, LENNIE O. | 26 | 8 | 43 | Pvt. | Coast Artillery | son of M/M Leslie Amliine of Weaubleau; to England 1/44-5/44; inducted 4/1943; last mention 7/44 at Ft. Sam Houston | |
| ANDERSON, FREDDIE GLENDON | 16 | 12 | 43 | Sgt. | Army | "still in England'; has been in service 19 months & overseas one year | |
| ANDERSON, WALLACE G. | 24 | 6 | 43 | Lt. | Army Air Force | 7/44=bomber pilot; grandson of M/M Oscar Lindstrom of Preston; parents, M/M G. Anderson, of KC | |
| ANDERSON, WILLIAM | 17 | 2 | 44 | CC2 | Navy? | brother of Jake Anderson; announce arrival of 6 lb boy in Seattle | |
| ANDREWS, ELBERT | 20 | 4 | 44 | Pvt. | Army Infantry | married w/wife & son; formerly lived in Preston | |
| ANDREWS, JOE K. | 10 | 2 | 44 | Pvt. | Army Infantry | ||
| ANDREWS, ROBERT | 17 | 6 | 43 | Naval Air Corps | switched from reserves; training at Liberty; son of M/M Lawton Andrews of near Urbana; 3/44 @ Minneapolis; 5/44 to Great Lakes Naval Base | ||
| ANDREWS, JOHN F. | 15 | 7 | 43 | Private / Sgt. | Army | married Miss Nadine Morris on 10/21/43; son of Ray Andrews of Flemington | |
| ANDREWS, VINCENT W. | 18 | 2 | 44 | Navy | on duty aboard ship in the Pacific | ||
| ASHCROFT, LLOYD W | FT LEVENWORTH KANSAS | 23 | 4 | 46 | Private | Army | |
| ASHLEY, J WARREN | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 3 | 8 | 42 | Private | Army | 6/17/43--recently discharged from the Army |
| BAILEY, CECIL | 16 | 12 | 43 | Navy | Married w/wife & child; of Quincy; stationed at Naval hospital at San Diego; now overseas | ||
| BAILEY, ERNEST | 24 | 6 | 43 | Navy | son of Ida Bailey, Quincy; medical discharge at Oakland, CA; enlisted 4/42 | ||
| BAILEY, GUY T | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 22 | 7 | 42 | Private | Army | |
| BAILEY, HENRY ARTHUR | 16 | 1 | 44 | Navy | transferred from local SS board to Los Angeles for induction; sent to Farragut, ID for training; formerly lived in Wheatland | ||
| BAKE, JESSE PARISH | 23 | 3 | 44 | Machinist's Mate, 2nd class | Navy | ||
| BALDWIN, CHESTER | 24 | 2 | 44 | Sgt. | Army | son of Mrs. Grace Baldwin of Independence; Chester is "somewhere in England"; cousin of Mrs. Mary Harris, Preston | |
| BALLARD, HAROLD | 33 | 6 | 44 | Pfc | Army | move from Camp Adair, OR to Camp Barkley, TX | |
| BANDEL, KENNETH | 11 | 5 | 44 | Capt. | Army-advanced gunnery | son of M/M L. C. Bandel of Coronado, CA, formerly of Preston; returned from 4 yrs in "islands of the Pacific" | |
| BARNES, LIONEL L. | 15 | 7 | 43 | Navy | son of M/M Henry Barnes of Ojai, CA; grandson of Julian Fisher of Hickory Co.; formerly lived in south part of county | ||
| BARTSHE, ARTHUR A | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 31 | 12 | 41 | Private | Air Corps | son of Oral Bartshes of Hermitage; 6/17/43-Port Moresby, New Guinea; 7/1/43-promoted to Cpl., aviation mechanic; 12/3/43-Sgt. |
| BARTSHE, JACK EDGAR | 17 | 6 | 43 | Apprentice Seaman | Navy | from Wheatland, son of Mrs. Ethel Bartshe; @ Farragut, ID; 1/6/44-Radio Tech 3rd class, @ Treasure Island, San Francisco | |
| BASTEAN, MARY G | ST LOUIS MISSOURI | 30 | 12 | 42 | Aviation Cadet | Inactive Reserve | |
| BAUSELL, KENNETH W |
Fort Rosecrans, California |
2 | 11 | 42 | Private | Air Corps | son of Herman & Effie (O'Bryan) Bausell of Cross Timbers; was living in San Diego Co., CA prior to enlistment; airplane mechanic; single, no dependents |
| BAUSELL, OLIVER M |
Fort Rosecrans, California |
22 | 10 | 42 | Private | Cavalry | son of Herman & Effie (O'Bryan) Bausell of Cross Timbers; was living in San Diego Co., CA prior to enlistment; truck driver; single, no dependents |
| BAYES, VIRGIL E. | 23 | 12 | 43 | Pvt. | Army-infantry | son of Mrs. W. L. Bayes, Flemington star route; had one year of training | |
| BECK, CHARLES H | FT LEVENWORTH KANSAS | 14 | 1 | 44 | Private | Army | |
| BECK, EUGENE R. | 16 | 1 | 44 | PFC | Army | records section, enlisted technical training, College of the City of Los Angeles | |
| BECK, HAROLD L. | 6 | 1 | 44 | Army | son of Cpl. Wm. F. Beck; now at Ft. Lewis, WA | ||
| BECK, HENRY C. (Hank) | 8 | 7 | 43 | Seaman 2nd class | Navy | son of Col. Beck, formerly of Elkton vicinity; enlisted in Navy last August; active duty in Atlantic; 1/6/44-Electrical Mechanic, 3c, USN | |
| BECK, JOE L | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 12 | 1 | 43 | Undefined Code | Army | |
| BECK, WILLIAM J | SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI | 3 | 12 | 40 | Private | Army | 1/6/44-lt. in command of glider infantry troops at Ft. Bragg, NC |
| BELK, BASIL B | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 13 | 2 | 42 | Private | Army Air Corps | 8/26/43-son of M/M W. A. Belk of Wheatland; Army air corps somewhere in England since last May |
| BENEDICT, CHARLES EDWARD JR. | 22 | 7 | 43 | Private | Engineers Unit, Army | leaving for the Navy; son of M/M Charles Benedict of Hermitage; 12/23/43-promoted to corporal;4/30/44-Tech Sgt; 7/13/44-Sgt. Army engineers, wounded in action, poss. At Normandy | |
| BENNETT, HARRY LEE | 23 | 7 | 43 | Sgt. | Army | now at Camp Shelby, Miss., formerly at Camp Adair, OR; son of M/M C. E. Bennett of near Wheatland | |
| BENNETT, HARRY W | SCOTT FIELD ILLINOIS | 5 | 9 | 46 | Private | No branch assignment | |
| BENNETT, HERBERT | 5 | 8 | 43 | Pvt. | gunner, Army | son of Asa Bennett of Jordan; 2/18/44-wife=Luna Bennett of Jordan | |
| BERGSTROM, JOHN H. | 3 | 2 | 44 | Pvt. | Army Engineers | somewhere in Pacific; son of Mrs. Frances Bergstrom of Loma Linda, CA, formerly of Hermitage | |
| BERRY, GEORGE L | JEFFERSON BARRACKS MISSOURI | 19 | |||||