In Memory of Montgomery County Veterans who died for our freedom |
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Adcock* Vietnam George C. Burrow |
World War One Frank
Alexander Korea Iraq
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The gray granite war memorial is located outside the Montgomery County Police Station/Courthouse in Mount Ida, Arkansas and is sponsored by V.F. Post 5026 Mt. Ida.
WW2 Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Search the registry
American Battle Monuments
Commission (ABMC) If he, United States serviceman, died in the war
and if his body is overseas or was never recovered, obtain grave or memorial location by using the
Honor Roll.
*United States exhumed many American servicemen in Europe and the Pacific and repatriated them with military funerals. Out of the 38 servicemen listed for WWII, 15 were returned to the US or 39.5%.
| PFC C.A Adcock . Jr Aug. 22 1925 -
Dec. 16 1944 78th Div. Co. G. 309 Inf. ID: 38663322 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Pike County, AR Aug. 22 1925 - Dec. 16 1944 Status: KIA Buried at County Line Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
PFC William C. Berry Feb 22 1925 - Dec 16 1944 ID: 38665226 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR AR PFC 310 Inf 78 Inf Div. W.W.II Status: KIA Buried at Oden Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
| CAPT George W. Cearley ID: 0-922097 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: DNB May 5 1903 - Jan 12 1946 Ark Capt Co. B. 373 Eng 9 Reg. Buried: Joplin Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
Max Leon Dutton Oct. 13 1922 - Oct. 15 1944 TC USN WWII s/o Walter H. & Pollie Dutton BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Navy HOMETOWN : Norman, AR ACTIVITY DURING WWII HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS LANDSDOWNE DD-486 Buried at Peak Cemetery, Garland Co. AR |
| Eugene Grand Goodner Private, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 38334018 725th Bomber Squadron, 451st Bomber Group, Heavy Entered the Service from: Arkansas Died: 17-Mar-44 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart GUNNER ON B-24 LIBERATOR. Home Town: Oden, AR |
PFC Herbert G. Goodner ID: 37062296 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA Buried at Alley-Goodner Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR Aug. 21 1914 - Aug. 16 1944 |
| PFC Walter Guthrey ID: 38355813 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA Buried at Black Springs Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR Sep. 11 1914 - Dec. 4 1944 |
PFC Woodrow W. Hodges ID: 38177836 Branch of Service: U.S. Army ARK PFC 323 Inf. Hometown: Garland County, AR Status: KIA Buried at Mt. Ida Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR Oct. 21 1918 - Nov. 3 1944 |
| PFC Alvin J. Irons ID: 38663317 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA Buried at Rocky Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
SGT Halbert N. Jones ID: 37107587 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA |
| Sherman Horn Private, U.S. Army 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Arkansas Died: July 19, 1918 Buried at: Plot B Row 32 Grave 37 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Fere-en-Tardenois, France |
Joseph E. Lingren Private, U.S. Army Service # 6856070 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Arkansas Died: 15-Feb-45 Buried at: Plot J Row 7 Grave 11 Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France Awards: Soldier's Medal, Purple Heart |
| Pfc. Hovell Maddox Branch of Service: U.S. Marine Corps Hometown: Acampo, CA Status: KIA Buried: Black Springs Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR ARK PFC 7 Marines DIV WWII Nov. 27 1926 - Jun 12 1945 |
PVT Loyd J. McKinney ID: 38179989 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA Buried: Diggs Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR. Feb. 3 1913 - Mar 4 1944 PVT 10 Engr BN 3rd Div. WWII |
| Charles P. Sheffield Colonel, U.S. Army Air Forces 0-022853 Headquarters, 314th Bomber Wing Entered the Service from: Arkansas Died: September 5, 1945 Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii Awards: Bronze Star, Air Medal |
Hoyt Smith 1920 - 1944 ID: 03468209 Entered the Service From: Arkansas Rank: Aviation Machinist's Mate, Fir Service: U.S. Navy, United States Navy Died: Saturday, November 25, 1944 Memorialized at: Honolulu Memorial, HI, USA Awards: Purple Heart s/o Ross Memorial: Mount Ida Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
| PFC Radford R. Summit
ID: 38507072 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: DOW May 7 1923 - Jan 17 1945 s/o Daniel & Lavadie May 7 1923 - Jan 17 1945 Buried at Barber Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR |
PVT Leo Jose Summitt 1922- 1944 |
| PFC Wilburn L. Willis
ID: 18048401 Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Montgomery County, AR Status: KIA Buried: Black Springs Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR TX PFC 142 Inf. 36 Div. WWII Feb. 2 1916 - Mar 16 1945 |
William L. Worrell Private First Class, U.S. Army 38663315 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Arkansas Died: February 21, 1945 Buried at: Plot F Row 13 Grave 58 Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium Awards: Purple Heart |
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
from Arkansas. 13. (NWCTM-407-WWIICASARMY-AR)
WWII Casualties Arkansas
KIA Killed in action DOW Died of wounds DOI Died of injuries DNB Died non-battle FOD Finding of Death "determined to be dead under Public Law 490."
COL Colonel CAPT Captain AV C Aviation Cadet S SG Staff Sargent TEC3 Technician Third Grade CPL Corporal PFC Private First Class PVT Private
Whitt L. Moreland,
Medal of
Honor US Marine Corps Reserve (March 71930-1951) Buried at Whittington
Cemetery. Enlisted at Waco, TX. His photo is in the State Capital, of TX
in Austin in the new building underground.
29 May 1951: Private First Class Whitt L. Moreland, C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, earned the sixth-eight Medal of Honor of the Korean War. An intelligence scout attached to C Company, voluntarily accompanied a rifle platoon in an assault against a strongly defended enemy hill position near Kwagch'i-Gong, Korea where he materially assisted in seizing the position with his accurate rifle fire. After the position had been secured, PFC Moreland led a party forward through a fire-swept area to neutralize an enemy bunker 400meters beyond. Just short of the bunker, the enemy launched a volley of hand grenades at the party. Despite the personal danger involved, he kicked several of the grenades off the ridgeline and, while attempting to kick away another, slipped and fell near the deadly missile. Aware that the grenade would explode before he could dispose of it, he shouted a warning to his comrades and covered the grenade with his body, absorbing the full blast. His heroic actions at the cost of his own life saved his companions from possible injure or death. For his leadership and great valor, Private First Class Moreland was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart posthumously.
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'For The Fallen'
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
'In Flanders Fields'
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and new we lie
In Flanders Fields
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields
John McCrae
written in 1915
The following is from The Minister of Veterans Affairs
(Canada) Cat. No: V32-1272
John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, November 30, 1872. His illustrious career could
certainly not have been foreseen at that time. However, his father, David, and his mother,
Jane, both born in Scotland, must have relished the fact that their second son had come
into the world on St. Andrew's Day. In 1899 he enlisted as a Lieutenant in the
Canadian Artillery for service in the South African War. He wrote several poems during the
South African campaign probably the most well-known being 1906 poem 'The Unconquered Dead'.
When the thunder of the guns in Europe reverberated in the 1914 August nights, John McCrae
immediately volunteer his services to his country either as a doctor or a gunner. He
achieved both desires as he was appointed surgeon to the 1st Bridage Artillery which was
lead by his old comrade-in-arms (E.W.B. Morrison) from South Africa. He would often direct
the fire of the batteries in his sector when time permitted and when there was a lull in
his duties as a doctor.
The brigade was in position in Flanders in the spring of 1915, within sight of the village
of Ypres and John McCrae had his dressing station on the banks of the Ypres Canal. It was
here that he wrote 'In Flanders Fields'; the poem that was literally born of fire and
blood during the heaviest fighting of the second battle of Ypres. From his dressing
station he could see - day by day- the crosses springing up in the Canadian cemetery.
In Boulogne, on January 28, 1918, Colonel John McCrae died of pneumonia. He was buried on
January 29th with full military honours at the cemetery in nearby Wimereux. In the funeral
cortege, his horse Bonfire went first, led two grooms and decked in the regulation white
ribbons.
Veterans Burial Benefits ph 1-800-697-6947 to inquire about the veterans headstone and grave marker program.
Most of the markers go to recently deceased veterans, the tombstone and marker project also provides stones to replace those that have been lost, damaged or destroyed. It takes about a year for a headstone to be carved and shipped. Families may choose either granite or marble headstones, or a brass marker and the headstone or marker may be upright or flat.
Requires documentation of a veteran's service, filling out a few papers and someone to show where the grave is located. This Federal program tries to ensure that no veteran's grave goes unmarked includes Civil and Revolutionary War veterans.
Local history studies can illuminate national and
international historical events.
A school assignment : Ask students to select one soldier from the war
memorial in the local town and research that soldier's life and wartime service.
World War 2 Veteran's Survey Project
All veterans are invited to participate in filling out a
questionnaire to help preserve the heritage of that war. Postage is paid. To obtain your
World War 2 survey write or phone:
US Army Military History Institute
ATTN: Angela S. Lehr
WW2 Coordinator,
Carlisle Barracks,
Carsile, PA 17013-5008
or call 717-245-3225
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