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MONROE COUNTY WORLD WAR II VETERANS

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Rank

Unit/Status

Died

Buried

Ash, Charles

Lt

Unk

1943

Madison

Beaston, David L.

PFC

US Army

Sep 1981

Holy Rosary

Bono, John Tandy

S2

US Navy Reserve

Aug 1955

Holy Rosary

Bounds, Robert B.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Buckwalter, John Wm.

TSgt

106 Ord Med Maint

Apr 1972

Holy Rosary

Burditt, George L.

Unk

US Navy

Feb 1978

Holy Rosary

Castleman, Bennie E.

Sgt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Curran, Thomas Robert

PFC

1672 Engr Util Det

Feb 1965

Holy Rosary

Dean, Arthur D.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Dill, Elmer

Sgt

Ord Dept

Oct 1962

Cedar Grove

Farrell, Wm. R.

Sgt

US Army

1953

Madison

Finch, John William

Cpl

63 Air Svc CP AAF

May 1965

Holy Rosary

Finnigan, Stanley James

PFC

US Army

May 1977

Holy Rosary

Gamble, Silas William

TEC 4

US Army

Mar 1983

Holy Rosary

Gill, William Joseph

Pvt

159 Bn Inf Repl Tng

Jul 1963

Holy Rosary

Grimm, Mary Christine

TSgt

US Marine Corps Res

May 1953

Holy Rosary

Gwartney, Harold J.

PFC

KIA

Unk

Unk

Hagan, Walter Joseph Jr.

Unk

US Navy

Jul 1979

Holy Rosary

Hardesty, James Oscar

Unk

Unk

Jul 1989

Holy Rosary

Hayden, Caskie V.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Henderson, Donald P.

Unk

Unk

Apr 1969

Holy Rosary

Hollender, John Nicholas

Unk

Unk (Disabled)

Jan 1981

Holy Rosary

Hope, Edward D.     

SSG

Unk

Unk

Unk

James, Ellis E.         

PFC

DOW

Unk

Unk

Karnes, Herman J.

PFC

68 Arm. Inf. Co C

Dec 1944

Madison

Keeley, James Bradford

TEC 5

93 Armd Fld Arty Bn

Jul 1948

Holy Rosary

Kehr, Herschel Warren

Unk

US Air Force

Mar 1988

Holy Rosary

Kendrick, Eugene S.

Pvt

502 QM Co

Jan 1971

Holy Rosary

Kendrick, Joseph L.

Unk

US Army

Dec 1986

Holy Rosary

Kendrick, Michael H.

S1

US Navy

May 1983

Holy Rosary

Kendrick, Myrtle Cecilia

Ens

US Navy Nurse Corps

Mar 1963

Holy Rosary

Kern, Harold C.

SSG

DNB

Unk

Unk

Key, David Eugene

Unk

82 Airborne Div

Aug 1989

Holy Rosary

Key, James R. Jr.

SSG

Unk

Unk

Unk

King, John Richard

Unk

Unk

Mar 1977

Holy Rosary

Kinzer, William O.

PFC

DOW

Unk

Unk

Kluge, George C.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Lanham, Robert G.

Unk

US Navy Corpsman

Jan 1985

Holy Rosary

Lehenbauer, Adolph H. Jr

SC2

US Navy Reserve

Nov 1969

Holy Rosary

Little, James E.

PFC

US Army 79 Div

Jul 1944

Holy Rosary

Little, Neal E.

Sgt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Livers, Lester W.

PFC

KIA

Unk

Unk

Moss, Clifton Leo

SSgt

US Army

Aug 1974

Holy Rosary

Mudd, Anthony Alton

EM1

US Navy

Mar 1951

Holy Rosary

Mudd, Charles Ivan

PFC

Co C 83 Armd Med

Feb 1966

Holy Rosary

Mudd, Hugh A.

Unk

Spl US Navy Reserve

Dec 1953

Holy Rosary

Mudd, Joseph Owen

CK1

US Navy

Apr 1974

Holy Rosary

Osbourne, Edward R.

PFC

Inf BSM

Dec 1957

Holy Rosary

Pierceall, Eldon Austin

Unk

Unk

Oct 1989

Holy Rosary

Pierceall, Thomas Henry

TEC 4

US Army

Jul 1987

Holy Rosary

Pike, Joseph Carl

LT

US Navy Reserve

Nov 1950

Holy Rosary

Pulliam, Paul Echo

MSgt

US Army

Feb 1973

Holy Rosary

Richardson, Harold M.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Richardson, John Barrett

Sgt

US Army

Jan 1986

Holy Rosary

Reed, Gilbert B.

Tech 4

66 Fld Arty Bn

1965

Madison

Ritter, Mildred E.

1LT

US Army Air Corps

Apr 1986

Holy Rosary

Rushworth, Cornell C.

PFC

KIA

Unk

Unk

Schwarz, Earl

Unk

Unk

1983

Holy Rosary

Sharp, Cecil Od

Unk

Unk

Sep 1975

Holy Rosary

Shuck, Hubert B.

Pvt

KIA

Unk

Unk

Skinner, Harold Q.

PFC

1851 Svc Unit

1956

Madison

Spalding, John Francis

Unk

Unk

Nov 1962

Holy Rosary

Smiley, William L.

Sgt

3502 AAF Base Unit

1950

Madison

Smith, Robert Davis

Unk

US Navy Reserve

1958

Madison

Tewell, James

Unk

Unk

1949

St Stephen

Tewell, Wm. Glennon

Unk

US Army

Jan 1976

St Stephen

Tipton, Aubrey W.

PFC

KIA

Unk

Unk

Tisue, K. Luther

PFC

TRC C 113 Cav

Sep 1952

Phillips

Underhill, Joseph R.

Unk

US Army

Sep 1968

Holy Rosary

Whelan, Herman A.

Unk

US Navy

Sep 1981

St Andrews

Whitecotton, George A.

PFC

US Army

Jul 1960

St Peters

Wood, Stuart R.

Sgt

KIA

Unk

Unk

 

 

 

 

 

Legend: KIA Killed in Action, DOW Died of Wounds, DNB Died Non-Battle

Sources:

Cemetery Records of Monroe Co, Mo; Madison, MO; Vol III Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry

Catholic Cemeteries of Ralls & Monroe Co, MO by J.A. Buckman

Various cemetery records provided by Ms. Elaine Clickner