My "local" war memorial, the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, is pretty well documented. Instead, I will feature the memorial in the coal mining town of Pocahontas, Virginia, located in Tazewell County. The Roll of Honor commemorates local soldiers who fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The list is primarily those who fought; the World War II section includes stars by the names of those who gave their lives in service.
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| Pocahontas, VA Roll of Honor photograph taken 6 Mar 2010 by author |
World War II (main listing)
- Abshire, Kenneth
- Adams, Wm. McKinley
- Albert, Earlie
- Alexander, Chas. P.
- Alexander, J.M.
- Allen, William A.
- Allen, Audney J.
- Allison, John Jr.
- Austin, Avery E.
- Arrington, James S.
- Asbury, Harry E.
- Atkins, Kyle H.
- Atwell, John T.
- Austin, Frank L.
- Bailey, Emory J.
- Bailey, Lacy E.
- Bailey, P.J.
- Bailey, P.J. Jr.
- * Baker, William A.
- Ballard, Claude H.
- Ballard, Evelyn H.
- * Bare, Raymond S.
- Barksdale, Arthur J.
- Barnes, Geo. F.
- Barnes, W.H.
- Barrett, Howard H.
- Barrett, Paris A.
- Bell, Thomas
- Berbert, Lewis F.
- Bertok, Alexander G.
- Bertok, Ernest F.
- Bertok, Louis P.
- Beuford, James Jr.
- Beuford, Sherman
- * Bishop, Houston
- Bishop, Walton A. Jr.
- Blevins, Billie E.
- Blevins, Mack Alexander
- Bogle, Robert M.
- Boone, Daniel R.
- Boone, Edward C.
- Boone, Floyd G.
- Boone, James L.
- Borbas, Louis J.
- Bowling, Paul C.
- Bowling, Robert Q.
- Branch, James R.
- Branch, Sherman L.
- Brazeal, C.E. Jr.
- Brewster, Alexander H.
- Brightbill, Harold S.
- Brinegar, Perry M.
- Brinkley, Preston E.
- Brown, Aaron W.
- Brown, James E. Jr.
- Brown, Roy E.
- Burton, George
- Burton, Robert L.
- Butner, Andrew D.
- Butt, Charles A. Jr.
- Butt, Charles Bentley
- Butt, Harry Edward
- Butterworth, Jos. H.
- Byrd, Charles A.
- Byrd, Robert C.
- Caldwell, Freeman L.
- Carter, James E. Jr.
- Carter, LaSalle
- Carter, Thomas
- Catron, William E.
- Cattazura, Medico
- Chafin, Edward B.
- Chanbers, LeFrage, J.
- Cheatham, Martin L.
- Cheek, James H. Jr.
- Christian, Charles B.
- Clark, Arthur C.
- Clark, John B.
- Claytor, Roy R.
- Cochran, Ray
- Cole, Leonard H.
- Coles, Vincent L.
- Conley, James L.
- Cooper, Charlie W.
- Crandill, Thomas
- Crawford, James H.
- Creasy, Russell G.
- Crist, Johnny J.
- Crist, Steve J.
- Crockett, James H.
- Crockett, Roy I.
- Dangerfield, Clyde E.
- Daniels, Eddie B.
- Davidson, Grant O.
- Davidson, Lloyd F.
- Davis, Charles A.
- Davis, John H.
- Dawson, Christopher C.
- Dawson, George D.
- Dawson, John M.
- Delph, Enman
- Deskins, Olen
- Dessaw, Joseph
- Dillon, Alexander M.
- Dishman, Jack O.K.
- Dixon, Edward C.
- Dixon, Frankie J.
- Dixon, Robert L.
- Dobos, Francis J.
- Dunn, Mathew
- Dye, Frederick O.
- Dye, Jack E.
- Dye, Lawrence E.
- Ealy, Ralph H.
- Edmunds, America E.
- Edmonds, Harry E.
- Edwards, Wyatte B.
- Ellett, C. Aubrey
- Ellett, J. Carlyle
- Ellington, Redonia
- Erdelyi, Alexander E.
- Eskut, Michael L.
- Eskut, Steve John
- Ferguson, Louis A.
- Fern, Scott
- Fern, Vick L.
- Ferrell, Harold R.
- Finney, McNeal
- Fitzgerald, Douglas Jr.
- Fletcher, Billy R.
- Forster, Grieve Jr.
- Foster, Richard B.
- Franklin, Wendell B.
- French, Earl G.
- French, Jack
- Garrett, George R.
- Garris, Lewis F.
- Garwood, John H.
- Gibson, Cecil W.
- Gibson, Eugene M.
- Gibson, James S.
- Gibson, Kenneth A.
- Gibson, Paul B.
- Gibson, P.M. Jr.
- Gilbert, Barnes E.
- Gilbert, Clarence R.
- Gillespie, N.
- Gills, Robert R.
- Gilmore, Jack N.
- Glenn, Clarence E.
- Goodloe, Edw. K.
- Gravely, Cecil A.
- Gravely, Euel F.
- Gravely, Herbert L.
- Green, Charles
- Green, Sherman P.
- Greenberg, Joseph E.
- Greer, Roy E.
- Griffith, George W. Jr.
- Griffith, Joseph F.
- Griffith, Martha L.
- Griffith, Nell P.
- Grubb, H.P. Jr.
- Guynn, Mack S. Jr.
- Guyton, M.B.
- Hairston, Hubert G.
- Hall, Harry Jr.
- Hall, James A.
- Hall, Roland E.
- Hamilin, Ladonia H.
- Hammed, Paul A.
- Hammett, William I.
- Hankins, John Y.
- Hankshaw, Cecil E.
- Hardnett, Thomas Jr.
- Harman, Beuford W.
- Harman, Charles L. Jr.
- Harman, John H.
- Harmon, Clarence E.
- Harold, Edgar L.
- Harold, James W.
- Harold, Vernon R.
- Harrald, Elwood E.
- Harris, Leslie
- Harris, Norman G.
- Harris, Junior L.
- Harris, Paul
- Harris, Sherman E.
- Harrison, Carl V.
- Harrison, James R.
- Harry, Clarence M. Jr.
- Hawthorne, Charles W.
- Hayes, Ervin E.
- Hayton, William
- Head, Herny H.
- Hedrick, Luther M.
- Hedrick, Ray E.
- Helms, David O.
- Henley, William
- Hendricks, Cecil
- Hendricks, Harold W.
- Henshaw, Roy L.
- Herring, Howard
- Honaker, Albert N. Jr.
- Honaker, Jack B.
- Howe, John H.
- Huffman, Fleming D.
- Huffman, Max J.
- Hunter, Andrew J.
- Hudson, Robert C.
- Hunter, William
- Hurt, Robert T.
- Hutchins, Ira R.
- Hypes, Bernard C.
- Hypes, Clarence A.
- Hypes, Fred
- Jackson, Edward
- Jackson, George Jr.
- Jeffrey, Dallas J.
- Jennings, James C.
- Jennings, Roy M.
- Johnson, Burl L.
- Johnson, Frank
- Johnson, James R.
- Johnson, Joseph H.I.
- Johnson, Robert L.
- Johnson, Willis L.
- Jones, Dallas W.
- Jones, Matthew
- Jones, Matthew C. Jr.
- Jones, Richard A.
- Jordan, John G.
- Jordan, William Banks
- Keene, Edward Jr.
- Keller, Charles C.
- Kelley, Robert H.
- Kelly, Olen P.
- Kertesz, William M.
- Keyes, Chatmon E.
- Kiely, Robert V. Jr.
- King, Charles V.
- King, William H.
- Kovach, Andy S.
- Kovach, Gaza
- Kovach, Frank
- Kovach, William
- Lail, Donald E.
- Lail, Roby L.
- Lambert, William E.
- Lavender, Hazel T.
- Lawson, Alice M.
- Lawson, Earnest H.
- Lawson, James E.
- Laxton, John R.
- Lester, Billy
- Lester, Lonnie M.
- Lester, Martin E.
- Leister, Benjamin H.
- Levay, Juilis T.
- Levay, William J.
- Lewis, Herbert C.
- Lewis, Claude J.
- Lineberry, John C.
- Little, Louis G. Jr.
- Lively, Alfred P.
- Lotito, Christopher
- Lotito, Domenick
- Lotito, Frank
- Lotito, Nicholas
- Lotito, Ralph
- Lovelace, Wesley E.
- Lowery, Ernest R.
- Lowry, Ralph
- Macom, John A. Jr.
- Magrill, Carl H.
- Mareno, Carmelo
- Marino, Joseph
- * Marino, Paul
- Marino, Sam A.
- Martin, Obie
- Mathews, Herman I.
- Mathews, Grandison G.
- Mathews, Henry J. Jr.
- Matney, John H.
- Matson, Arthur T.
- Matson, Clarence P.
- Matson, Jesse T.
- Matson, Paul
- Matson, William O.
- Matz, Frank A.
- Maxes, Bubert E.
- Maxey, Charles M.
- Maxey, James B.
- Maxey, Kelley
- Maxey, Mason
- Maxey, Wilburn
- Maxey, William K. Jr.
- McClanahan, James M.
- McCloud, Herman R.
- McCormick, William Jr
- McGrady, George E.
- McFarlane, Raymond C.
- McLoughlin, Kenneth T.
- McNeil, James W.
- McNulty, Frank S.
- McNulty, James G. Jr.
- McNulty, John A.
- McReynolds, Jim
- Mihilasky, Woodrow J.
- Miles, Alfred K.
- Miles, Elmer F.
- Miller, Columbus
- Miller, Herman H.
- Miller, James M.
- Miller, Paul R.
- Miller, Wm. T. J.
- Milliner, Edward
- Mitchell, Arthur R.
- Mitchell, Earl M.
- Mitchell, Frank
- Mitchell, Howard M.
- Mitchell, James Jr.
- Mitchell, Matthew
- Mitchell, Stewart C.
- Moody, Frank P.
- Moore, William J.
- Moore, Roby James
- Moore, William Jr.
- Moticha, Michael
- Moticha, Zygmont
- Mulholland, Everett
- Mulholland, Guy
- Mullin, John Buchanan
- Mullin, William S.
- Muse, Archie
- Muse, John R.
- Muse, William
- Music, Billie J.
- Mussalow, Henry F.
- Mussalow, John R.
- Mustard, Clinton L.
- Mustard, Grat F. Jr.
- Nagy, Alexander
- Nagy, Gaspier L. Jr.
- Nagy, Mill M.
- Napper, Joseph M.
- Napier, Cecil L.
- Neece, Lossie E.
- Nelson, Hamilton L.
- Nester, Forrest M.
- Newman, Arthur T.
- Noechel, John D.
- Noechel, Jack
- Nowlin, McKinley
- * Nowlin, John R.
- Oakes, Carnell S.
- Odham, George W.
- Oley, Robert B.
- Overstreet, Clarence L.
- Overstreet, George A.
- Overstreet, William W.
- Owens, Walter F.
- Owens, Wayne L.
- Pais, Anthony M.
- Pais, Alexander A.
- Pais, Ellwood A.
- Pais, Wilson J.
- Parish, Casper L.
- Parker, Oscar Jr.
- Pauley, Hamilton
- Powell, Henry T.
- People, William E.
- Perry, Ezra M.
- Perry, Robert T.
- Pichick, John
- Pochick, Frank
- Poindexter, Cloyce F.
- Poindexter, Dwight D.
- Popp, Steve
- Potter, Clarence E.
- Prentice, Allison M.
- Prentice, Emily
- Prentice, Thomas
- Prentice, William H.
- Price, Ira M.
- Price, Max B.
- Pugh, Robert J.
- Pugh, Samuel
- Rachel, George F.
- Ramsey, Cecil
- Ramsey, Dennis H.
- Ramsey, Gilbert E.
- Ramsey, Jess B.
- Ramsey, Joe L.
- Ramsey, William L.
- Rangeo, Bennie
- Rangeo, Jesse J.
- Rangeo, Stanley
- Rangeo, Zygmont S.
- Reedy, Estel E.
- Reedy, Luther T.
- Reid, Garnet W.
- Rinchick, Johnnie
- Robinette, Jesse W.
- Robinette, Robert F.
- Rose, James C.
- Rudisill, Walter C.
- * Rutherford, Carl
- Rutherford, Robert L.
- Rutherford, William A.
- Sabo, Alexander
- Samourian, Harry A.
- Satmary, Andrew D.
- Satmary, John S.
- Satmary, Mary J.
- Satmary, Rose D.
- Saunder, Herbert S.
- Saunders, Hampton
- Savko, John Jr.
- Scoleri, Phillip A.
- Shell, Harry A.
- Shew, Carl
- Shew, Jack K.
- Shew, Noah F.
- Shew, Pervin W.
- Shrewsberry, Warren G.
- Shumate, Barnes J.
- Shumate, George V.
- Shumate, Paul H.
- Shumate, Vints E.
- Sinkford, Wade E.
- Sinkler, Robert B.
- Skewes, William G.
- Slater, Frank R.
- Smith, Alfred T.
- Smith, Hubert Jr.
- Smith, James Ellwood
- Smith, John Peerless
- Smith, Robert H.
- Smith, Thomas R.
- Snider, Stanley
- Soos, Frank Michael
- Soos, John R.
- Soos, Joseph Jr.
- Sproles, A.V. Jr.
- Sproles, John H.
- Stephon, John F.
- Stephon, Louis R.
- Stevenson, Charles A.
- Stith, Kent D.
- Stith, Robert L.
- Sult, Richard A.
- Sutphin, Giles
- Swim, Jake D.
- Synan, William S.
- Taylor, Claude P.
- Taylor, Irvine B.
- Taylor, James C.
- Taylor, Walter M.
- Thomas, Earl S.
- Thomas, Elbert
- Thomas, Elwood J.
- Thomas, Filbert B.
- Thomas, Johnny E.
- Thompson, James J.
- Thompson, Morris Y.
- Thompson, Robert R.
- Thorpe, Thomas Jr.
- Thurmond, James M.
- Tibbs, William B.
- Toth, William B.
- Toth, Zollie A.
- Toth, Mike A. Jr.
- Toth, John L.
- Wagner, Adam S.
- Wagner, Dennis R.
- Wagner, Ernest G. Jr.
- Wagner John B.
- Walk, Neaunous E.
- Walker, Grandison L.
- Walker, Marshall A.
- Wall, Arley C.
- Wallace, Robert S. Jr.
- Wallace, Wert M
- Ward, Charles H.
- Ward, James E.
- Ward, Willard M.
- Warner, William B.
- Washington, Theodore
- Watson, Alphonso
- Watson, Charles
- Watson, James H.
- Watson, William H.
- Wells, David H. Jr.
- Wells, John M.
- Westmoreland, Shelby F.
- Westmoreland, Willie D.
- Wheeler, G.
- White, Robert L.
- White, Thomas B.
- Whitehead, Guy R.
- Whitlow, Herman L.
- Whitlow, Otis M.
- Whitt, James E.
- Whitworth, John L.
- Widner, Cecil B.
- Widener, Ralph W.
- Williams, John T.
- Williams, Alonzo B.
- Witt, LeRoy R.
- Wittcher, Irvin R.
- Wood, Frank Jr.
- Wood, Richard
- Wooden, Billie E.
- Woody, Floyd H.
- Woody, Kenneth L.
- Wright, Lee
- Wright, Luddie G. Jr.
- Wright, Wayne
- Wright, Wayne B.
- Wyse, Herndon H.
- Yancey, Sidney T. Jr.
- Young, John M.
- Young, William C.
- Zaborsky, Francis J.
- Zaborsky, Louis M.
- Zaborsky, Matthew J.
- Zaborsky, Stephen J.
World War II (separate additions underneath the main list)
- Paris O. Hill
- George French
- Clyde Nunley
- McConley "Buck" Byrd
- Winnas P. Anderson
- Harvey J. Asbury
- William Butt
- Maurice Lee Collins
- Raven R. Compton
- Harmon V. Cook, Sr.
- Douglas Gillespie
- Elwood Gillespie
- George H. Gillespie
- Paul Gillespie
- Bernard E. Higginbotham
- Harold Welch
- Ernest Lee Sluss
- (plus ten other names partially blocked in my photograph - will update this post at a later date to include these names)
Korean War 1950-1955
- Woody Milliner
- Edward L. Milliner
- William Bill Milliner
- Walter R. Bailey
- Kenneth B. Franklin
- Charles R. Collins
- Loyd A. Collins
- Ernie Collins
- James W. Davis
- Shirley D. Odham
- Floyd E. Boone
- Don Boone
- Ronald J. McKinney
- Billy R. Higginbotham
- James M. Davidson
- Claude E. Davidson
- Harry Barrett
- Paul J. Cox
- John M. Griffith
- Kenneth Dillon
- Charles W. Pardon
- Neal Martin
- Paul S. Dickens
- Frank E. Welch, Jr.
- Stanley E. Welch
- Charles B. Welch
- Johney E. Welch
- Frank R. Mullin
- Charles H. Thompson
- Winfred R. Harman
- Donnie Dale Mitchem
- Teddy Lowry
- Ernest Gravely
- Eual Gravely
- Marcus Gravely
- Daniel Eugene French
- Luther C. Lewis
- Luther R. Lewis
- Lacy E. Lewis
- Frank Rodriguez
- George Scott
- C.N. 'Buddy' Smith
- James J. Baker
- James M. Miller
- Randy L. Perry
- John V. Perry
- Janice R. Wright
- Bill Compton
- George V. Shumate
- James D. Shumate
- John H. Shumate
- Noah J. Shumate
- Walter L. Shumate
- Ernest F. Gillespie
- Hubert Asbury
- Alfred Billings
- C.L. Gregory, Jr.
- L.T. Cregger
- Harold E. Earnest
- Arman S. Earnest
- James C. Gillespie
- Jack M. Jones
- John Shanahan
- James Shanahan
- Charles E. Carter
- Thomas J. Carter
- Louis M. Satmary
- Norman Murphy
- Louis M. Zaborsky
- Dennis H. Ramsey
- Thomas Gravely
- Albert L. Ballard
Vietnam War 1961-1975
- Woody Milliner
- Edward L. Milliner
- William 'Bill' Milliner
- Dallas Milliner
- James J. Baker
- Ralph Burkhalter
- Charles 'Cracker' Boone
- Gary Wayne Bradner
- Gerald Bradner
- Jack R. Bradner
- Charles E. Fitzgerald
- Donald R. Jackson
- Ronald L. Rash
- Donald R. Rash
- Charles Hylton
- Glen D. Moore
- James L. Shumate
- Vincent E. Shumate
- Walter Shumate
- Douglas R. Wright
- Wayne B. Wright, Jr.
- David R. Woodard
- Hubert E. Woodard
- Stanley M. Davis
- John G. Davis
- Ernest F. Gillespie
- Ronald 'Rocks' Fleming
- Ralph H. Browning
- Alfred D. Billings
- Thomas E. Shupe
- Doc Short
- Jerry L. Ruble
- Roger Lowry
- Cornelius Jackson
- William D. Jackson
- Robert L. Leonard
- Joseph S. Gibson
- James A. Mitchell
- Avery L. Austin
- Jerry C. Gravley
- James M. Davidson
- C.N. 'Buddy' Smith
- Connie R. Hash
- Richard Janey
- Jonney E. Welch
- Lewis Crouch
- Clyde M. Parrish
- Frank Smolarick
- Larry J. Green
- Harmon Cook, Jr.
- Herb Francisco
- Jerry L. Sluss
- Thomas Jenkins
- Alvin G. Billings
- W.D. Owens
- Fred H. Murray
- James E. Murray
- Charles R. Collins
- Loyd A. Collins
- Wesley H. Dixon
- Edward M. Byrd
- Thomas J. Carter
- John W. Odham, Jr.
- Harry E. Nolley
- Harold E. Earnest
- Arman S. Earnest
- Donald R. French
- Herbert E. Hess
- Ray A. Williams
- John P. Danko
- Robert Jackson
- Taylor Jackson
- Dennis H. Ramsey
- Tony R. Leonard
- John E. Gravely
- Ronnie Ballard
Thanks to each and every one of them.
Feel free to suggest corrections or provide updates.
