Our Family's Journey Through Time

Killed in Action

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

AGEE, Anthony Jr
        Birth: 1739 Virginia
        Death: 1779 Albermarle Barracks, Albemarle County, Virginia
        Military: 1779 ; American Army - Revolutionary War
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War

ANDERSON, John A Sr
        Birth: 13 Jan 1724 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
        Death: 08 Oct 1781 Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina
        Military: 1780 South Carolina; American Army - Revolutionary War; Fought with Colonel Roebuck at the Siege of Augusta
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action due to injuries at the Siege of Augusta
        Burial: Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina

ANDREWS, William III
        Birth: 12 Apr 1723 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
        Death: 24 Dec 1759 Quebec, Canada
        Military: 1759 ; British American Army - 7 Years War (French and Indian War in North America);
        Fought in the Battle of Plains of Abraham (Siege of Quebec)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - French Indian War - Siege of Quebec

ARTHUR, James Ambrose
        Birth: 1708 Bedford County, Virginia
        Death: 1756 Sussex County, Virginia
        Military: 1756 Virginia; British American Army - French Indian War
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - French Indian War - Killed by Indians

BARNETT, Henry Thomas
        Birth: 02 Feb 1837 Granville County, North Carolina
        Death: Dec 1861
        Military: 1861 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War between the States; Company E, 14th Tennessee Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed In Action - Civil War - Battle of Winchester
        Burial: Harrisonburg, Virginia

BARNETT, Samuel Smith
        Birth: 15 Oct 1843 Christian County, Kentucky
        Death: 1876 Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee
        Military: 25 Dec 1861 Fort Donelson, Dover, Stewart, Tennessee; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        Company F, Tennessee 50th Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Died after the War due to injuries
        Burial: Barnett Cemetery on Ft Campbell, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee

BENNETT, Irving B
        Birth: 30 May 1900 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
        Death: 11 Dec 1943 ; Lost at Sea on Collier Suffolk
        Military: Abt. 1942 ; US Merchant Marine - WWII; Chief Engineer on collier SS Suffolk
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Mount View Cemetery, Camden, Knox, Maine; Cenotaph for Irving Bennett "Lost at Sea"

BLINER, John Edward
        Birth: 04 Feb 1945 Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
        Death: 15 Jul 1969 Quảng Trị, Quang Tri, Vietnam; Age: 24 - Killed by Booby Trap
        Military: 16 Nov 1968 Santa Clara County, California; US Army - Vietnam: PFC; C Company, 11th Infantry, 1st Battalian
        Award(s): Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Vietnam War
        Burial: Shelton Memorial Park, Shelton, Mason, Washington

BOATRIGHT, Jasper George
        Birth: 19 Jun 1918 Leadwood, St Francois, Missouri
        Death: 18 Apr 1945 Germany; Died in the Battle for the Liberation of Europe
        Military: 1945 ; US Army - WWII: 414th Infantry 104th Division and overran Nordhausen
        and the Dora-Mittlebau concentration camp
        Award(s): Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands;
        "CPL 414 INF 104 DIV" (Plot A Row 2 Grave 16)

BONE, Alpha James
        Birth: 26 Sep 1898 Sabula, Iron, Missouri
        Death: 23 Oct 1944 Miami Army Base, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
        Military: 1917 ; US Army - World War I and US Army Air Forces World War II
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II (Heart Attack)
        Burial: Bismarck Masonic Cemetery, Bismarck, St Francois, Missouri; Maude and Alpha Bone buried together

BROWN, Harvey Legrand
        Birth: 09 Jul 1939 Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas
        Death: 25 Apr 1966 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
        Military: 1962 ; US Army - Vietnam War
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Died on Active Duty during Vietnam War
        Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee

BUNKER, Beniah
        Birth: 1757 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine
        Death: 1783 Arkansas; Died in Arkansas at Colbert's Raid
        Military: 20 Jul 1776 New Hampshire; American Army- Revolutionary War: Private, Fought in Colbert's Raid in Arkansas
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War

BUNKER, John
        Birth: 16 Jul 1667 Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
        Death: 08 Jul 1707 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Indian Wars

BURSON, Aaron Emanuel
        Birth: 27 Jun 1834 Illinois
        Death: 04 Mar 1864 Regimental Hospital, Culleoka, Maury, Tennessee; Measles
        Military: 19 Jan 1864 Iowa; Union Army - War of the Rebellion: Company F, Iowa 39th Infantry Regiment
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

BURSON, Benjamin J Jr
        Birth: 02 Nov 1838 Iroquois County, Illinois
        Death: 12 Jul 1863 Jackson County, Mississippi; Missing during the Siege of Jackson
        Military: 21 May 1861 Iowa; Union Army - War of the Rebellion: Company G, Iowa 3rd Infantry Regiment;
        Fought in the Seige of Jackson; Missing in Action
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

CHAMBERLIN, Alfred C
        Birth: 21 Jul 1920 Maine
        Death: 13 Mar 1944 England; US Bomber Crash over England
        Military: 28 Nov 1938 ; US Army Air Corps - WWII: 1st Lieutenant; 409th BS 93rd Bomb Group; Killed in Action
        Award(s): Air Medal and Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: York Hill Cemetery, Sullivan, Hancock, Maine

CLOER, George Washington Jr
        Birth: Abt. 1824 Lauderdale County, Alabama
        Death: 1863 ; Died in the Confederate Army
        Military: 15 Mar 1862 Texas; Confederate Army - War Between the States: Private; 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); Killed in Action in 1863
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Warden Cemetery, Weston, Collin, Texas

CLOER, Henry Greenberry
        Birth: 01 Jan 1841 Alabama
        Death: 19 Sep 1862 ; Died in the Confederate Army
        Military: 07 Jul 1862 Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        Private; Company K, Arkansas 35th Infantry Regiment; Killed in Action
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

CLOER, James William
        Birth: 02 May 1829 Alabama
        Death: 16 Mar 1863 Washington County, Arkansas; Died while on leave to attend his son with smallpox
        Military: 15 Feb 1863 Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas; Union Army - War of the Rebellion;
        Company E, 1st Arkansas Infantry Volunteers
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Cloer Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas; "Pvt ● Co E ● 1 Ark Infantry ● Civil War"

COBB, Ervin James
        Birth: 27 Nov 1840 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death: 26 Dec 1863 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Military: Abt. 1862 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War between the States
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Battle of Fort Donelson (Exposure)
        Burial: Barnett Cemetery on Ft Campbell, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee

COBB, George Alexander
        Birth: Abt. 1843 Tennessee
        Death: Feb 1862 Fort Donelson, Dover, Stewart, Tennessee
        Military: Abt. 1861 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War Between the States; PVT, Company E, 14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Battle of Fort Donelson

COLLINS, Benjamin Franklin 'Frank'
        Birth: Abt. 1814 Kentucky
        Death: 17 Jul 1862 Mobile, Mobile, Alabama; Died of Disease
        Military: May 1862 Mobile, Mobile, Alabama; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        Private, Company F, Alabama 38th Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action while in the Confederate Army
        Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama

COLYOTT, Grover Leon
        Birth: 17 Jul 1923 Ironton, Iron, Missouri
        Death: 06 Aug 1969 Germany; Killed in car crash in Germany while on active duty
        Military: 12 Oct 1943 ; US Navy - WWII and US Army Air Corps/US Air Force - Korea and Vietnam Wars
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Vietnam War
        Burial: Rayfield Cemetery, Lesterville, Reynolds, Missouri; Betty Randolph and Grover Coylett
        "CM Sgt ● Army Air Force ● World War II" buried together

CUMMINGS, Kennie
        Birth: 27 Dec 1922 Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia
        Death: 16 Jul 1950 South Korea; Killed in Combat
        Military: 18 Sep 1940 West Virginia; US Army - WWII and Korean War; 19th Infantry Regiment,
        10th Engineers, 24th Division; Missing in Action in Korea
        Award(s): Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Korean War
        Burial: Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia

DAVIS, John E
        Birth: 1837 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
        Death: 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland; Killed at the Battle of Antietam
        Military: 1862 Pennsylvania; Union Army - War of the Rebellion;
        Private, Company D, Pennsylvania 125th Infantry - Killed at Antietam
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland

DISTELHURST, Alfred Edgar Jr
        Birth: Abt. 1917 Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina
        Death: 09 Jan 1943 ; SS Broad Arrow torpedoed by German U-Boat U-124 in the Atlantic Ocean
        Military: 1943 ; US Merchant Marines - SS Broad Arrow; Coxwain
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Lost at Sea - Atlantic Ocean

DONELSON, Daniel Smith
        Birth: 23 Jun 1801 Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee
        Death: 17 Apr 1863 Montvale Springs, Blount, Tennessee
        Military: Abt. 1861 Tennessee; US Army (Second Lieutenant ), Tennessee Militia (Brigadier General),
        and Confederate Army - War between the States (Major General)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War (chronic diarrhea)
        Burial: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee

DRAKE, William Alonzo
        Birth: 1844 Giles County, Tennessee
        Death: 01 Jul 1863 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania; Died in Battle of Gettysburg
        Military: 1863 ; Confederate Army - War between the States
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

FARMER, David
        Birth: Abt. 1812 Missouri
        Death: 04 Nov 1861 New House of Refuge General Hospital, St Louis, Missouri; Thyphoid
        Military: 1861 Missouri; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Company A, Colonel Burgess SS; Killed in Action: Typhoid
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War (Typhoid)
        Burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri

GALLEY, Clarence Foster
        Birth: 12 Dec 1925 Maine
        Death: 09 Apr 1945 Germany
        Military: 20 Jan 1944 ; US Army -WWII; Killed in Germany
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II - Shot in Combat
        Burial: Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine

GEMBAR, William A 'Bill'
        Birth: 25 Jul 1920 Pennsylvania
        Death: 14 Jul 1944 ; Died in the American Army
        Military: 27 Jun 1942 ; US Army - WWII: T/Sgt, Company L, 330 Ohio Infantry, 83rd Division; Killed in Action on 14 Jul 1944
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Saint Marys Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage, Ohio;
        "330 Infantry Regiment ● 83rd Division" ~ Killed in Action in France in World War II

GIBSON, Howard Jackson 'Jack'
        Birth: 07 Aug 1929 St Francois County, Missouri
        Death: 09 Oct 1951 Hudong-ni, North Korea; Died while fighting the Chinese at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir
        Military: Abt. 1950 ; US Army - Korean War: Private, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team;
        Fought in Battle of Chosin Reservoir
        Award(s): Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal,
        the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation
        and the Korean War Service Medal
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Korean War
        Burial: Pendleton Cemetery, Doe Run, St Francois, Missouri; Jack Gibson "Missouri PVT 5 Infantry Korea"

GOODMAN, Benjamin Lewis
        Birth: 1732 Hanover County, Virginia
        Death: 18 Nov 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina; Massacred by
        Major William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and a large force of Loyalist militia at the Hayes Station Massacre
        Military: 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina; American Army - Revolutionary War: Little River District Regiment of Militia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Hayes Station Edgehill Plantation, Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina; Site of the Hayes Station Massacre

GRAY, William R
        Birth: 1745 Gillingham, Dorset, England
        Death: 18 Oct 1780 Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina; Died at the Battle of Kings Mountain
        Military: 1777 North Carolina; American Army - Revolutionary War: 1st North Carolina Militia; died at Kings Mountain.
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Kings Mountain Battleground Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina

GREEN, Cecil Johnson
        Birth: 26 Sep 1916 Tennessee
        Death: 23 Jan 1942 ; Lost at Sea when USS Neches was torpedoed by I-72
        Military: 1942 Honolulu County, Hawaii; US Navy - WWII; Seaman 1st class, USS Neches (AO-5)
        Award(s): Purple Heart (Posthumously)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Honolulu Memorial at the WWII Courts of the Missing, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii

GREEN, Zachariah Alexander 'Zack'
        Birth: 13 Mar 1888 Williamson County, Tennessee
        Death: 14 Oct 1918 Meuse, Lorraine, France; Died during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
        Military: 28 Jun 1918 France; US Army - WWI: Private; 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division
        Cause of Death: Killed in action - World War I
        Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Meuse, Lorraine, France;
        Killed in action in France during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I

HANDY, Walter Elmer
        Birth: 27 Sep 1941 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
        Death: 13 Mar 1968 Pleiku, Vietnam; Died in the American Army
        Military: 1968 Vietnam; US Army - Vietnam: PFC; 585 Engineer Company
        Award(s): Bronze Star and Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Vietnam War
        Burial: Highland Cemetery, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming; Walter Handy "Wyoming PFC 585 Engineer Co Vietnam - BSM PH"

HARDING, Leonard Ezell
        Birth: 16 Feb 1918 Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky
        Death: 19 Sep 1943 Millwood, Ware, Georgia; Died while piloting RP-47C Thunderbolt #41-6121
        when an engine fire caused his aircraft to crash, six miles south of Millwood, Georgia
        Military: 10 Nov 1941 Fort Knox, Bullitt, Kentucky; US Army Air Corps- WWII: First Lieutenant,
        85th Fighter-Bomber Group, 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; Piloted RP-47C Thunderbolt in Waycross, Georgia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Hickman City Cemetery, Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky; 1st Lt Ezell Harding

HARGROVE, Keziah
        Birth: 1720 Surry County, Virginia
        Death: 1756 Sussex County, Virginia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - French Indian War - Killed by Indians

HARRISON, James Robert III
        Birth: 23 Feb 1916 Montclair, Essex, New Jersey
        Death: 23 Oct 1943 Germany; Previously Reported Missing After Air Operations over Germany
        Military: 1943 Germany; Royal Canadian Air Force - WWII; Flying Officer; Killed in Action
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Hanover War Cemetery, Seelze, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

HARRISON, Richard
        Birth: 1572 Lancaster, Lancashire, England
        Death: Jul 1603 Accomack County, Virginia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - he was the first white person of English family to be killed by Indians in America

HOOD, John
        Birth: 1769 Frederick County, Virginia
        Death: 22 Jan 1813 Frenchtown, Monroe, Michigan; Died at Battle of River Raisin
        Military: 1812 ; American Army - War of 1812; Fought in Battle of Frenchtown (Battle of River Raisin)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - War of 1812
        Burial: River Raisin National Battlefield, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan

HOOD, Lawrence
        Birth: 09 Aug 1896 Desloge, St Francois, Missouri
        Death: 14 Jan 1939 Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri;
        Died after the war as a result of exposure to mustard gas during the war
        Military: 1917 Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri;
        US Army - WWI: PFC; Company F, 5th Infantry, Missouri National Guard
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War I
        Burial: St Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri;
        Bernice Armbruster and Lawrence Hood, buried togther

KAROW, Gustave Ludwig
        Birth: 09 Aug 1893 Georgia
        Death: 25 Jun 1920 Parris Island, Beaufort, South Carolina; Died in airplane crash while on Active Duty
        Military: 28 Oct 1916 Parris Island, Beaufort, South Carolina; US Marine Corps - WWI:
        Captain - Killed in airplane accident
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War I
        Burial: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia;
        Killed in Action - Died in Airplane crash over Parris Island SC during World War I

KEEL, Elias Hardy
        Birth: 1841 Ripley County, Missouri
        Death: 1865 ; Died as a Confederate Soldier
        Military: 1865 ; Confederate Army - War between the States
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

KEEL, John D
        Birth: 1838 Ripley County, Missouri
        Death: 10 Jul 1864 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland; Died as a Prisoner of War from the Battle of Monocacy
        Military: 1864 Missouri; Confederate Army - War between the States - Private, Company G, West LA Artillary
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland; John D Keel "Co G - LA WEST ARTY - CSA"

KEEL, John Louis
        Birth: 1842 Missouri
        Death: 1862 ; Died as a Confederate Soldier
        Military: 1862 Missouri; Confederate Army - War between the States; Company D, 4th Missouri Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action in Civil War

KELLER, Jesse E
        Birth: 1825
        Death: 28 Feb 1863 Washington County, Arkansas; Died of Brain Fever
        Military: 17 Nov 1862 Arkansas; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Farrier; Company F, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
        Killed in Action (Died from Brain Fever two days after being discharged)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Sonora Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

KILLEBREW, Paul Dotson
        Birth: 27 Oct 1924 Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee
        Death: 28 Jun 1944 Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Killed in Battle in France
        Military: 24 Jul 1943 Tennessee; US Army - WWII; PVT; 116th Infantry; 29 Division; Killed in Battle
        Award(s): Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France;
        Killed in Action in France during World War II

LADD, Rufus Bailey
        Birth: 09 May 1830 Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
        Death: 08 Oct 1864 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Died during the Occupation of New Orleans
        Military: 04 Mar 1864 Maine; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Company H, 2nd Maine Cavalry; Died in Service
        Military: Aug 1862 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Union Navy - War of the Rebellion
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St Bernard, Louisiana

LOVELESS, Chester
        Birth: 27 Dec 1915 Perry, Noble, Oklahoma
        Death: 25 Oct 1944 ; Killed in the Taiwan Straights when USS Tang was hit by her own torpedo
        Military: 29 Oct 1940 ; US Navy - World War II; Killed when USS Tang (SS-306) was sunk by its own torpedo
        Award(s): Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Lost on USS Tang
        Burial: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines

MADDESON, Isaac
        Birth: 1590 London, England
        Death: 1624 Charles City County, Virginia; Died at Shirley Hundred massacre
        Military: 1624 ; American Army - Indian Wars; Captain; Fought at Shirley Hundred
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Indian War

MASON, William T
        Birth: 1821 Hancock County, Maine
        Death: 17 Aug 1863 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; Meningitis
        Military: 11 Oct 1862 Maine; Union Army - War of the Rebellion;
        Company E, 26 Maine Infantry, Faught in the Siege of Port Hudson
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action: Died of disease on the day the 26th Maine Infantry was mustered out
        Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine

MATHES, William Nelson
        Birth: 1828 Warren County, Tennessee
        Death: 15 Feb 1863 Douglas County, Missouri; Murdered by Bushwackers
        Military: Abt. 1862 Iowa; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Company E; Iowa 37th Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri

MAYBERRY, William D
        Birth: 1818 Vaughnsville, Putnam, Ohio
        Death: 20 May 1862 US Army Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana;
        Died as a result of injuries received at the Battle of Shiloh
        Military: 02 Sep 1861 Ohio; Union Army - War of the Rebellion: Private,
        Company A, Ohio 57th Infantry Regiment; Fought in the Battle of Shiloh
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

MAYES, Marmaduke
        Birth: 1839 Grainger County, Tennessee
        Death: 20 Nov 1863 Point Lookout, St Mary's County, Maryland; Died as a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout
        Military: 1863 ; Confederate Army - War between the States: Company G 61st Tennessee, Confederate S/S
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War (Smallpox)
        Burial: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, St Mary's County, Maryland; CO G 61 TENN, Confed S/S

MCCONNELL, Frank Brower
        Birth: 02 Jul 1894 Tennessee
        Death: 13 Jun 1927 Langley Field, Hampton, Elizabeth, Virginia
        Military: Abt. 1925 Tennessee; Tennessee National Guard Air Corps
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Airplane Crash
        Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

MCSWAIN, David L 'Davie'
        Birth: 21 Nov 1830 Rutherford County, North Carolina
        Death: 23 Sep 1861 Richmond, Virginia
        Military: 1861 North Carolina; Confederate Army - War between the States: Company H, 28th Regiment,
        North Carolina Infantry; Killed in Richmond
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

MIDDLETON, Richard Wayne
        Birth: 14 Jun 1946 Missouri
        Death: 27 Oct 1967 Quảng Trị, Quang Tri, Vietnam; Died from Hostile Fire
        Military: 22 Mar 1966 Vietnam; US Marine Corps - Vietnam War
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Vietnam War
        Burial: Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Iron, Missouri; "PFC ● US Marine Corps ● Vietnam"

MORIARTY, Peter Joseph
        Birth: 12 Apr 1894 Bear River, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
        Death: 14 Nov 1917 Passendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
        Military: 03 Nov 1915 Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Army - World War I; 52nd Battalion
        Cause of Death: Killed in action - World War I
        Burial: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

NORTHCUTT, George W
        Birth: 05 Dec 1825 Green County, Kentucky
        Death: 26 Mar 1863 Hospital Ship Nashville, Madison Parish, Louisiana
        Military: Abt. 1862 Missouri; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; 31st Missouri Volunteers
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

OWENS, Elias P
        Birth: 1822 North Carolina
        Death: 29 Jul 1862 Battle Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia; Typhoid Fever
        Military: 17 Mar 1862 Cleveland County, North Carolina; Confederate Army - War Between the States:
        Private; Company H; 28th North Carolina Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore, Cleveland, North Carolina; "Co H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA"

PALMER, John Wesley
        Birth: 1820 Warren County, North Carolina
        Death: 23 Jul 1851
        Military: Abt. 1850 ; US Navy - Master's Mate
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - US Navy - Body Lost

PARK, William Joseph
        Birth: 19 Dec 1891
        Death: 29 Oct 1918 Romange, Jura, Franche-Comté, France;
        Died in France during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I
        Military: 1918 Romagne, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; US Army - WWI:
        PVT, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
        Cause of Death: Killed in action - World War I
        Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Meuse, Lorraine, France;
        "Pvt ● 101 Inf ● 26 Div ● Illinois" Killed in Action: Died in France during World War I

ROE, Frank Clifford
        Birth: 22 Sep 1921 Robertson County, Tennessee
        Death: 26 Nov 1944 Flugzeugabsturz, Germany; Shot down over Germany
        Military: Abt. 1943 ; US Army Air Force, Flight Officer on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117),
        852nd Bomber Squadron, 491st Bomber Group, 8th Air Force
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia

SAVOY, Arthur Joseph III
        Birth: 16 Mar 1961 Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts
        Death: 24 Jul 1982 Cumberland County, North Carolina
        Military: Oct 1981 Fort Bragg, Cumberland, North Carolina; US Army
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Automobile accident while on Active Duty
        Burial: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Manchester, Kennebec, Maine

SEVERSON, Donald Grant
        Birth: 29 Sep 1922 Boyceville, Dunn, Wisconsin
        Death: 07 Sep 1951 Eilson Air Force Base, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
        Military: 12 Nov 1942 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; US Air Force - WWII: Capt
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Plane Crash at Eilson Air Force Base
        Burial: Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Wheeler, Dunn, Wisconsin

SHOLAR, Henry Washington
        Birth: 28 Oct 1828 Trigg County, Kentucky
        Death: 11 Jan 1865 Burton Barracks Post Hospital, St Louis, Missouri; Smallpox
        Military: 15 May 1863 Missouri; Union Army - War of the Rebellion;
        Originally enlisted in 2nd Missouri State Militia, transferred to 14th Missouri Cavalry. Died of Smallpox
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri;
        Originally buried on Arsenal Island, reinterred to National Cemetery

SHY, Burnell Reed
        Birth: 27 Apr 1913 Centerville, Reynolds, Missouri
        Death: 14 Jul 1944 Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
        Military: 21 Mar 1942 ; US Army - World War II, 1LT, 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
        Award(s): Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action in Italy
        Burial: Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

SISK, Joe Clifford
        Birth: 07 Oct 1931 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
        Death: 15 Aug 1950 Pusan, South Korea; Died at the Battle of Pusan
        Military: 04 Oct 1949 ; US Army - Korean War; Fought in the Battle of Pusan
        Award(s): Purple Heart and Bronze Star
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Korean War
        Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee; Died at the Battle of Pusan

SMITH, Jesse George
        Birth: 11 Feb 1845 McMinn County, Tennessee
        Death: 22 Mar 1863 Rutherford County, Tennessee; Died at Battle of Stones River
        Military: 1863 ; Union Army - War of the Rebellion: First Tennessee Infantry - Fought in the Battle of Stones River
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee

SMITH, Nimrod Newton
        Birth: 27 Jun 1827 Anderson County, South Carolina
        Death: Abt. 1865 Alton, Madison, Illinois; Died in Military Prison as a Prisoner of War
        Military: 23 Nov 1861 McMinn County, Tennessee; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, Fought at the Battle of Vicksburg
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison, Illinois

STAPLE, Samuel
        Birth: 11 Apr 1707 Kittery, York, Maine
        Death: 1776 Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Executed while a British prisoner
        Military: 1776 Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; When the British evacuated Bagaduce, Maine,
         Samuel was seized and carried off on a "Man of War" vessel and utilized as a pilot.
        Once the Penobscot Bay was cleared, it is presumed that he was shot and thrown overboard.
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine

SUMNER, William L
        Birth: 1847 Trigg County, Kentucky
        Death: 05 Mar 1862 Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Died at Camp Douglas
        Military: 1862 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War between the States; 50th Tennessee Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Died as a Prisoner of War
        Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois; Confederate Mound

TIDWELL, George Washington
        Birth: 1827 Dickson County, Tennessee
        Death: 08 Jul 1848 Louisiana; Died in the Mexican American War
        Military: 30 Sep 1847 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; American Army - Mexican American War: Private; Third Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Mexican American War
        Burial: Body lost or destroyed

TOLAND, Daniel Robert
        Birth: 28 Feb 1919 Massachusetts
        Death: 26 Jun 1942 Pago Pago, Ma'oputasi, American Samoa
        Military: 03 Sep 1939 ; US Marine Corps - World War II; Co "B", First Marine Battalion, Fleet Marine Force Samoan Islands
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Training Accident
        Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

TRAUGHBER, Rex Alba
        Birth: 18 Oct 1923 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death: 27 Apr 1945 San Benito, Batangas Province, Philippines; Killed in Luzon
        Military: 16 Jun 1944 ; US Army - WWII; 511th Parachute Infantry, 11th Airborne; Killed in Battle of Luzon
        Award(s): Purple Heart
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - World War II
        Burial: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines

TURNER, Lindsay Clinton
        Birth: 14 Apr 1949 Edgemoor, Chester, South Carolina
        Death: 10 Aug 1969 Quảng Trị, Quang Tri, Vietnam; Died at War
        Military: 17 Mar 1969 Vietnam; US Marine Corps - Vietnam War; PFC, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
        Award(s): two Purple Hearts and Silver Star
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Vietnam War
        Burial: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgemoor, Chester, South Carolina; PFC ● Co E 2BN ● 3 Marines ● Vietnam ● SS - PH and G

TWOMEY, Morris David
        Birth: 05 Nov 1818 Rutherford County, Tennessee
        Death: 17 Feb 1862 Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi;
        Died in Mississippi following Confederate defeat at Fort Donelson
        Military: 22 Mar 1861 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        2nd Lieutenant; Company I, 48th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

VAUGHN, John Thomas
        Birth: 07 Mar 1923 Montgomery County, Tennessee
        Death: 16 May 1946 Pine Castle Army Air Field, Orlando, Orange, Florida; Shot by aircraft-launched rocket
        Military: 1942 ; US Army Air Corps - WWII; Killed in Air accident
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Post WWII
        Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee

VAUGHN, William Thomas
        Birth: Abt. 1841 Halifax County, Virginia
        Death: 06 Aug 1864 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania; Died of wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg
        Military: 1861 Alabama; Confederate Army - War Between the States; Company B, 5th Alabama Infantry;
        Prisoner of War 1862; Appears on a Report of killed, wounded or missing, in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
        and killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War

WALL, Andrew
        Birth: 1812 Maine
        Death: 04 Sep 1864 Andersonville POW Camp, Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia
        Military: 02 Dec 1861 Maine; Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Pvt, Company K, 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Prisoner of war (diarrhea)
        Burial: Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia

WARD, George
        Birth: 17 Mar 1787 Georgia; Cherokee Nation East
        Death: 17 Mar 1863 ; assasinated by the Pin Indians
        Military: Jul 1861 ; First Cherokee Mounted Volunteers CSA (Watie's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers;
        2d Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas; 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Ward Cemetery, Sycamore, Delaware, Oklahoma

WEATHERSPOON, Jesse Ruffen
        Birth: 14 Apr 1822 North Carolina
        Death: 14 Aug 1863 Union Prison Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
        Military: 13 Dec 1862 Tennessee; Confederate Army - War Between the States;
        Private, Company G, 10 Tennessee Cavalry, Died as a Prisoner of War
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: Lowes Bend Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee

WHITE, William
        Birth: 1754 Virginia
        Death: 08 Mar 1782 Buckhannon Fort, Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia; (Buckhannon was in Virginia until 1863)
        Military: Bef. 1782 ; Scout and Indian Fighter
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - shot and scalped during Indian attack
        Burial: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia; (Buckhannon was in Virginia until 1863)

WILLIAMS, Daniel
        Birth: 1763 Granville County, North Carolina
        Death: 18 Nov 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina;
        Massacred by Major William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and a large force of Loyalist militia
        Military: 18 Nov 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina; American Army - Revolutionary War: South Carolina Militia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Hayes Station Edgehill Plantation, Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina; Site of the Hayes Station Massacre

WILLIAMS, James Henderson
        Birth: 10 Nov 1740 Hanover County, Virginia; Old Fork Church
        Death: 07 Oct 1780 Gaston County, North Carolina; Died at the Battle of Kings Mountain
        Military: 1780 ; American Army - Revolutionary War:
        Led at Battles of Stono Ferry, Briar Creek, Musgrove Mill, and King's Mountain; "Hero of Kings Mountain"
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina; Cherokee County Administration Building

WILLIAMS, Joseph
        Birth: 1767 Granville County, North Carolina
        Death: 17 Nov 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina;
        Massacred by Major William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and a large force of Loyalist militia
        Military: 18 Nov 1781 Laurens County, South Carolina; American Army - Revolutionary War: South Carolina Militia
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
        Burial: Hayes Station Edgehill Plantation, Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina;
        Killed at the Hayes Station Massacre during Revolutionary War

WILLIAMS, Thomas Jefferson 'Jeff'
        Birth: 04 Jun 1811 Caswell County, North Carolina
        Death: 12 Feb 1865 Conway County, Arkansas; Shot as he opened his front door
        Military: Abt. 1860 Conway County, Arkansas; Union Army - War of the Rebellion;
        Captain of Company B, 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion
        Military: 1838 Tennessee; Tennessee Militia escorting several hundred Cherokee Indians west to Indian Territory.
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War - Assassinated by Witt's Rebel guerrillas
        Burial: Grandview Cemetery, Conway County, Arkansas

WILLIAMS, William
        Birth: Abt. 1780 North Carolina
        Death: 01 Jan 1815 Camp Covington, Chatham County, Georgia; Died of pleurisy
        Military: 28 Sep 1814 Georgia; American Army - War of 1812; Captain Burwell Pope's company, 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - War of 1812

YARBROUGH, Edwin
        Birth: 1829 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death: 19 Aug 1863 Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia
        Military: 10 Nov 1862 Fort Donelson, Dover, Stewart, Tennessee;
        Confederate Army - War Between the States; Company F; Tennessee 50th Infantry
        Cause of Death: Killed in Action - Civil War
        Burial: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia; (Confederate Section)

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