World War II Dead of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Following is a partial listing of the World War II dead from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Corrections, additions, and associated articles are solicited (see end of listing).
A
- John H. Abernathy, 1Lt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Billy Morgan Adams, PFC, U. S. Army, KIA
- Claude S. Adams, Jr., Cpl., U.S. Air Force, KIA, 9/1/1944, Assam, India
- Oscar R. Adams, TEC5, U.S. Army, KIA, 12/09/44
- William M. “Billie” Adams, PFC, U.S. Army
- James E. Allen, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Charles L. Allred, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 4/21/1945, Germany
- Donald Anderson, SSgt., U.S. Army, DOW, 10/14/1944, France
- Robert L. Anderson, Cpl., U.S. Army, DNB
- Harold Clinton Anderson, 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 3/6/1945
- Ted Anderson, Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy, KIA/DOW, 2/11/45
- John Walter Archer, Jr.
- Bernard J. Arnn, PFC, U. S. Navy, KIA
- Calvin C. Arthur, Cpl., U.S. Army, KIA
- Lewis Morgan Arthur, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/11/1944
- Buford Atkinson, 1Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/5/1945, Luzon, Philippine Islands
B
- Bill A. Bailey, LTC, KIA
- James A. Banks, Jr.
- Carson M. Barbour, TEC4, KIA
- Kyle N. Barbour, USN (Parents: Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Barbour, Route 2, Ringgold — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- William Kyle Barbour, Gunner's Mate 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, KIA/DOW, 11/13/1942
- Harry E. Barksdale, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 4/7/1945; buried at the American Cemetery in Margraten, the Netherlands: cemetery registration number 33856572, Section I, Row 18, Grave 5; 310th Infantry, 78th Division (information from Melissa Bowra)
- Willard C. Barksdale, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/21/1945
- Robert Douglas Bass, Cpl., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 3/31/1941, Brewton, Alabama
- Joseph Franklin Baugh, Jr., 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 11/11/1943, Roswell, New Mexico
- Walter T. Baynes, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 5/23/1943, Italy
- Lee R. Bennett, Jr., SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- William Berger
- Witcher T. Berger, 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA
- James C. Bigger, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 1/21/1945
- Henry Stuart Blair, Cpl., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB
- William Johnson Blair, Capt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 2/17/1945
- William B. Bletcher
- Clyde A. Boaze, SSgt., U.S. Army, FOD
- Carroll Preston Booker, Pvt., U.S. Army
- Bennie G. Bradner, Pvt., U.S. Army Marine Corps Reserve, KIA/DOW
- Willis J. Brandon, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 7/25/1945, Philippine Islands
- Chesley W. Brannon, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Bernard Bremmer
- Oakey H. Bridges, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB, 4/21/1945, Germany
- Edward Lee Brooks, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Richard H. Brooks, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Douglas Rowe Brown, Cpl, U.S. Army, 8/15/1944, France
- Royal F. Brown, Cpl., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 1/1/1945, England
- Joseph T. Bryant, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 6/15/1944, Normandy, France
- Willie O. Burnett, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
C
- Brown H. Carpenter, Maj., U.S. Army, DNB, 10/5/1944, Chester Township, New Jersey
- Frank C. Chaney, SSgt., U.S. Army, FOD. 1/1/1945, Europe
- Rufus Bascom Carr, SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 6/6/1944, Normandy, France
- Clyde D. Chatten
- Warren D. Chatten, PFC, U.S. Army, DOW
- William Elmer Clifton, Pvt., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 9/7/1944, Pacific (Wife: Mrs. Frances Clifton, Washington, D.C. — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- James Harry Cobbs, SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/10/1945, Italy
- Cecil E. Cole, Pvt., U.S. Army, FOD, 12/6/1944, France
- Johnny L. Coleman, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Albert L. Collins, 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, FOD, 6/10/1944, over France
- Ryland Douglas Compton, Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, 11/14/1943, Pacific
- Estel Calvin Conner, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/28/1943, New Guinea
- Wilson Jennings Cooper, Aviation Radioman 1st Class, U.S. Navy, KIA/DOW, 11/1/1943, Pacific
- Jesse H. Copeland, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 11/8/1942, North Africa
- Hassell S. Coward, Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, 6/8/1944, near Saint-Mareouf Island, English Channel
- Elmo W. Cox, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Wallace Cox, Sgt., U.S. Army
- Walter T. Creasy, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Curtis W. Crews, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- William Crossland, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
D
- Berkley P. Dalton, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- James C. Dalton, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Morris D. Dalton, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- William J. Dalton, Jr., PFC, U.S. Army, DOW, 11/23/1945
- Willis J. Dance, 1Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 3/28/1943, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Ernest W. Daniel, Jr., PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Eldren Davis, PFC, U.S. Army, DOW
- Fraser E. Davis, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- John R. Davis, SSgt., U.S. Army, DNB, 9/9/1944, Galesburg, Illinois
- Andrew O. Dawson, Sgt., U.S. Army, DOW
- James W. Denkins, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/11/1943, Sicily
- Ralph S. Dill, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/24/1945, Germany
- Ozzie DeMerritt Dixon, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 7/2/1942
- Claude Albert Dewberry, PFC, U.S. Army, 1/9/1945, Pacific
- Jesse Willard Dickens, Shipfitter 3rd Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, KIA/DOW, 3/19/1945, Pacific
- Dunn Dillard
- Percy H. Dixon, Pvt., U.S. Army, FOD, 1/1/1943, North Africa
- George Grant Dockery, Seaman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, DNB, 9/13/1943
- Dewey Linwood Dodd, Pvt., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, KIA/DOW
- Willard H. Dodson, Pvt., U.S. Army, 7/8/1944, France
- Charles Wade Douglas
- Elbert L. Dove, Pvt., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, KIA/DOW
- Lawrence R. Dowdy, 2Lt., U.S. Army, KIA, 8/22/1944, France
- Carl DuBose, Sgt., U.S. Army Air Force, FOD, 1/21/1945, over England
- Russell P. Dunham, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Charlie Wade Durham, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
E
- John W. Easley, Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps, 8/2/1944
- Nelson Coleman Edwards, SSgt., U.S. Army, DOW, 11/1/1944, France
- Wilbert Edwards, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Benton Elliott
- Fitzgerald Elliott
- Fitzhugh Elliott, Cpl., U.S. Army, DOW (Mother: Mrs. Hettie L. Elliott, Dry Fork — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- William B. Elliott, TEC5, U.S. Army, KIA
- George R. Ellison, 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, FOD, 3/5/1944, New Guinea
- Giles James Emerson, Pvt., U.S. Army, DOW (Wife: Mrs. Mary Helen Emerson, Route 1, Danville — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Ezra Webb Evans, Storekeeper 2nd Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, KIA/DOW, 10/30/1944, Pacific
- Raymond T. Evans, Sgt., U.S. Army (Mother: Mrs. Loretta J. Evans, Route 1, Danville — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
F
- Curtis W. Farthing, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 10/13/1944
- James H. Fay
- William H. Fielding, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Lester A. Fitts, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 10/6/1942, Germany border
- Clyde M. Franklin, SSgt., FOD
G
- Archer T. Gammon, SSgt., U. S. Army, KIA Belgium 1/11/45 (Congressional Medal of Honor)
- Charles P. Garrison, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 9/13/1944
- Billy Luther George, PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
- Edward A. Gibson, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- John Gibson
- Tillman Gibson
- Robert C. Giles, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Daniel David Glass, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Paul E. Gourdon, Jr., 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/11/1944, France
- Joseph L. Grant, 2Lt., U.S. Army, DNB, New Mexico
H
- Walter F. Haley, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 8/27/1945, Hawaii
- William T. Haley, 1Lt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Thornton L. Haley, U.S. Army (Or Navy? — Mother: Mrs. William Haley, Axton — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Herschel O. Hamblin, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 6/21/1944, Germany
- Dennis Moyer Hancock, Water Tender 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, 5/17/1945, Pacific
- Herman Hankins, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Frank J. Hanks, PFC, U.S. Army, DOW, 9/18/1944, Germany
- Raymond A. Hardy, Cpl., U.S. Army, KIA
- John Madison Haskins, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/20/1944, France
- James P. Hawks, Sgt., KIA
- Everette Blaine Hayden, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 9/15/1944, France
- Fred C. Haymore, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Wallace Murray Haywood, 1Lt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Willie J. Hazelwood, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/27/1945
- Embra Roper Henderson, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Willis Ervin Herndon, Pvt., U.S. Army (Father: Arthur J. Herndon, Route 1, Axton — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Bruce Otis Hicks, Seaman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, KIA/DOW, 9/23/1944
- James G. Hill, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 1/30/1944, Anzio, Italy
- William E. Hinton, SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- David L. Hodges, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Milton Hodges
- Walter Hole
- Julian S. Holley, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- J.W. Hopkins, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Navy
- Lewis T. Hopkins, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 9/17/1944, France
- Henry Corbett Horton, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 3/28/1945
- Sterling P. Hudson, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 12/29/1944, Belgium
- Norman S. Huggins, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA2/16/1944, Italy
- Otha C. Hundley, SSgt., U.S. Army, FOD, 1/31/1944
- Percy Hunt
- Carson S. Hyler, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Charles Samuel Hyler, Jr., Hospital Apprentice 1st Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, KIA/DOW, 2/25/1945, Pacific
I
- Garnett W. Ingram, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 1/10/1945, Leyte, Philippine Islands
J
- James D. Jefferson, Pvt., U.S. Army, DOW
- Richard Garland Jefferson, Fl.O., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 9/7/1945, near Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama
- Randolph T. Jennings, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Elijah D. Johnson, TSgt., U.S. Army, FOD
- John O. Johnson
- Carlisle Jones, Sergeant, U.S. Army
- Charles Preston Jones, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB, 1/23/1945
- Clyde S. Jones, PFC, U.S. Army
- John Paul Jones, Jr., PFC, U.S. Army, DOW, 6/28/1944, Northern Burma
- Perry R. Jordan, Pvt., U.S. Army, DOW, 6/12/1944, France
K
- Richard L. Kanutz, Lt., U.S. Army
- Floyd B. Keatts, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Walter R. Keatts, PFC, U.S. Army (Mother: Mrs. Martha F. Keatts, Java — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Woodrow W. Keatts, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 1/7/1945, Europe
- Willard Holland Keeling, 1Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 6/25/1943, Sylvester, Georgia
- Albert L. Keen, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/24/1944, France
- Reuben Cicero Kelly, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Rudolph L. King, 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 7/15/1943, Caribbean
L
- Fred W. LaBrie, Cpl., U.S. Army, DNB, 2/29/1944, Bangor, Northern Ireland
- William B. Lamkin, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 11/15/1944, France
- William D. Langhorne, Jr.
- Archie D. LaPrade, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 6/7/1944, Maine
- Charles Henry Larimer, Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy, 10/30/1942, Virginia (Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larimer, Tazewell — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Philip G. Lauman, Jr., Maj., U.S. Army, KIA, 12/15/1944, Pacific
- Johnnie E. Law, SStg., U.S. Army, KIA
- Lewis E. Leftwich, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Murphy E. Lemon
- Jack K. Lewis, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, FOD, 7/28/1943, Europe
- Bryant M. Loftis, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, 5/21/1943, Europe
- Curtis W. Loftis, PFC, U.S. Army
- Rodger Louis Lumpkin, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Paul E. Lynch, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
M
- William F. Mangrum, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Tom C. Mason, Sgt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Leslie Wayne Martin, TSgt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Walter M. Martin, Pvt., U.S Army
- William D. Martin, Pvt., U.S. Army
- Henry Matherly
- Irvin W. Mays, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- George H. McCall, Jr., Cpl., U.S. Army, KIA
- Hartwell L. McDaniel, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 7/7/1944, France
- Wade V. McVay
- James W. Meeks, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Bernard Mills
- Walter T. Mills, SSgt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Howard S. Mitchell, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- John A. Mitchell, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Berkley E. Mize, PFC, DOW, 7/16/1944, France
- Peyton V. Montgomery, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 10/4/1944, France
- James M. Moon, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 9/5/1945, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Harding G. Moore
- Morris L. Moore, SSgt., U.S. Army, DNB, 5/7/1942, Corregidor, Philippine Islands
- Richard Moore, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Alva James Moorefield, Jr., Gunner's Mate 1st Class, U.S. Navy, KIA/DOW, 5/12/1945, Okinawa (Mother: Mrs. Archer J. Moorefield, Schoolfield — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8. — Date of newspaper indicates date of death is incorrect.)
- Carter Moorefield
- Charlie C. Moorefield, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 10/22/1944, Italy
- George Shirley Moss, Sgt., U.S> Army, DNB
- Andrew Ross Munro, Pvt., U.S. Army, DOW, 8/6/1944, France
N
- Cecil A. Neal
- Henry T. Neal, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Thomas Fitzgerald Neal, Jr., Capt., U. S. Army Air Corps, KIA, 4/29/44, over Germany
- Dewey M. New, Sr., Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 8/29/1944, Germany
O
- Ernest N. Oakes, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 5/24/1944, Italy
- Charlie C. Owens, Jr., PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Glenn M. Ozment, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 3/20/1945, Germany
P
- James A. Page, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Raymond C. Parker, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 3/30/1945, Europe
- James A. Parker, Jr., PFC, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 2/23/1945, Iwo Jima
- Wade C. Parker, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- James P. Parsons, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- John W. Paschal, U.S. Army, SSgt., FOD
- Aubrey Coleman Patterson
- Thomas W. Petty, Cpl., U.S. Army, KIA/DOW
- Herbert Pickeral
- Harold L. Pillow, SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 1/14/1945, Mageret, Belgium
- William A. Platt, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Frank E. Power
- Ernest L. Prather, Cpl., U.S. Army Air Force, DNB, 8/21/1942
- Charles Walton Purcell, Capt., U.S. Army, DNB, 11/11/1944, Napier Field, California
R
- Marvin S. Radford, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB, 7/28/1945, Philippine Islands
- Donald Lee Ramsey, 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA, 4/20/1945, Ie Shima
- Warren C. Reed
- Basil I. Reynolds, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/12/1943, New Guinea
- Randolph H. Reynolds, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Ira L. Richardson, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/16/1943, Rendova Island
- George H. Roberts, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Frank Garland Robertson, Jr., TSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 1/30/1944, over Germany
- Thomas R. Rodgers, 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/19/1944, Italy
- David P. Rorer, Jr., PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Andrew Thomas Rowland, Pvt., U.S. Army
S
- Thomas W. Sandridge, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Cecil H. Saunders
- Holsie E. Saunders, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA (Father: John E. Saunders, Reusens — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Claude Irvin Scearce, PFC, U.S. Army (Parents: Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Scearce, Route 6, Danville — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8.)
- Harry J. Scearce, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Samuel Ray Shears, PFC, U.S. Army, DOW
- George Casper Sheets, Aviation Mate 1st Class, U.S. Navy, DNB
- Maurice W. Shelor, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Lester A. Shelton, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 2/18/1944, Italy
- Raymond J. Shelton, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- Raymond S. Shelton, Cpl., U.S. Army, DNB
- Rudolph E. Shields, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, FOD, 8/5/1944
- Alton F. Short, PFC, U.S. Army
- William B. Shotwell
- Raymond Simpson, Pvt., U.S. Army, DOW
- William Simpson
- Hardin W. Slate, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Thomas Slayton
- Edward Hamilton Snead, PFC, U.S. Army, DNB
- John E. Snead
- William Archer Snead, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB, 5/21/1942, Philippine Islands
- Theron L. Snyder, TEC5, U.S. Army, DNB, 1/15/1946, Philippine Islands
- Charles D. St. Clair, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- James M. Stout, SSgt., U.S. Army, 12/26/1944
- William B. Strader, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 9/15/1944, France
- Harvey Lincoln Stroud, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Benjamin Chapman Sutherland, Pvt., U.S. Army, 7/31/1944, France
T
- Roy H. Talbott, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- William Robert Tanksley, Seaman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, DNB
- Julian H. Tate, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 5/21/1944, France
- Lester W. Terrell, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 4/1/1945
- George Wesley Terry, Jr., 2Lt., U.S. Army, DNB, 7/25/1943, North Africa
- Homer Lee Thompson, Pvt., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, KIA/DOW
- John E. Toliver, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Gordon Lee Trent, Jr., Cpt., U.S. Army, 1/27/1945
- Guy A. Tuck, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Otha Herman Tuck, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Warren C. Tucker, Sr., Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- William I. Tucker, SSgt., U.S. Army, DOW
- Arthur Harrison Turner, 2nd Ltd., U.S. Army, DNB
- Louis M. Turner, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Army
- James C. Twilley, Jr., Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 11/3/1944, France
V
- Jesse James Vaughan, Cpl, U.S. Army
- Glenn C. Vaughn, 2Lt., U.S. Army Air Force, KIA, 12/11/1944, over Rhine River RR Bridge at Mannheim, Germany
- Ellis E. Vernon
- Charles Hobson Viccellio, 1Lt., U. S. Army Air Corps, DOW, 7/26/1944, France (see reference)
W
- Ralph L. Wagner, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA
- Haywood Walker, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Ralph D. Ware, PFC, U.S. Army, DOW
- Percy Edward Watlington, Jr., Pvt., U. S. Marine Corps (6th Division), KIA Okinawa 06/17/45 (Parents: Mrs. Ida S. Watlington, Chatham — information from The Pittsylvania Star, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, January 18, 1945, p. 8. — Date of newspaper indicates that date of death is incorrect.)
- Thomas J. Weadon, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 6/9/1944
- Wilmer T. Weddle, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/25/1944, France
- William Stokes Wells, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 2/3/1943
- George Gale White
- Samuel Lew Whitlow, SSgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Vester H. Wiles, TEC5, U.S. Army, KIA, 12/17/1944, Belgium
- Jesse W. Wilkerson, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA, 10/18/1943, Italy
- Paul Turner Wilkenson, PFC, U.S. Army, KIA, 6/16/1944, Normandy, France
- George W. Wilson, Jr., 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Roy R. Wimmer, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA, 1/6/1945, France
- James Herman Winn, Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy Reserve, 11/2/1943, mid-Atlantic
- Raymond Luther Winn, Sgt., U.S. Army, KIA
- Harry W. Womack, Pvt., U.S. Army, KIA
- James P. Worsham, Jr., 1Lt., U.S. Army, KIA, 7/3/1945, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Clarence Daniel Wyatt, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
Y
- Robert J. Yeaman, Pvt., U.S. Army, DNB
- Fred Lavillon Yeatts, Capt., U.S. Army, DNB, 5/29/1943, North Africa
- Holsie M. Yeatts, TEC5, DNB
Key:
- DNB: Died, Non-Battle
- DOI: Died of Injuries
- DOW: Died of Wounds
- DWC: Died While Captured
- DWM: Died While Missing
- FOD: Finding of Death
- KIA: Killed in Action
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