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MILITARY
RECORDS
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have records you would like to included here, please email me:
Billie
Nichols Bennett
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CIVIL
WAR INFORMATION
CONFEDERATE PENSION
APPLICATIONS
Surnames on the above
"Confederate Pension
Applications" link:
Adams,
Alexander,
Archer, Gagley, Beall, Bishop,
Blackman, Boyett, Braswell, Brown,
Bryson,
Campbell, Cave,
Caver, Sheshire, Childress, Cobb, Coke,
Collins, Colwell, Conger, Cooper, Cox, Crain, Crutcher, Dancer, Demere,
Dennis, Dotson, Dunlap, Elliott, Fields, Finch, Fisher, Ford, Foy,
Garland, Gathing, George, Glasgow, Greear,
Grogan, Haley, Harkins,
Harpole, Harris, Hawkins, Hightower, Hollowell, Hopkins, Howard,
Hubbard, Huff, Ivy, Jackson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kelley, Key,
Lackey, Langham, Lee, Leslie, Luckie, Lykes, May, McReynolds, Miller,
Millsaps, Modrall, Mondey, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Myers, Neal,
Owen, Pearson, Phenix,
Porter, Price, Prince, Purvis, Reid,
Rodgers,
Rowland, Russell, Savage,
Sayle, Scales, Scott, Sheppard, Shook,
Simpson, Slater, Smith, Stewart, Sweet, Tegge,
Terry, Townsend, Ussery,
Wallis, West, Whitlow, Whittington, Wiggins, Wilkins, Willis,
Wimberly, Withers, Wood,
Wright,
Yardley.
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WWI INFORMATION
WWI
REGISTRATION - Nolan Co., TX
These contain images of all the Registration
Forms
A - B
C - D
E - F
G - H
Some of these contain Images
I-J
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L
M
N-O
P-Q
R
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T-V
W-Z
WWI - NOLAN
CO., TX - Recipients of the Medal of Honor,
Marine Corps Brevet Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or Air Force Cross
Adams, Harry
J. - DSC (WWI)
Focht, John
A. - DSC (WWI)
WWI
Registration Card Image
KONE,
Armstead - # 1
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World War II -
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WWII - NOLAN CO., TX
Recipients of the Medal of
Honor, Marine Corps Brevet
Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or
Air Force Cross
Hodges, Charles Wayne - DSC
(WWII)
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STATEMENTS BY
PVT. FRANCIS E. HEALER
"Hotter
Than Hell In The Hurtgen Forrest"
Page #1
Page #2
His personal description of the
battle on the beaches of Normandy, France.
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Bill
Saunders's brothers.
James
Howard
Saunders
served
aboard a
cruiser,
The
Miami.
Rex
Darby Saunders
served aboard a
cargo ship, The Arneb.
They
were uncles to Glenda Stroud. Her
grandparents were Harvie and
Bertie Cade Saunders of
Blackwell, TX.
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James
H. Saunders
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Submitted
by: Glenda Van Zandt Stroud
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Rex Darby
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S/Sgt. Robert H. Talley
Company E 142nd Infantry
36th Div
Holder
of the Silver Star and
Purple Heart with three
clusters, Infantryman’s
Badge, the Good Conduct
Medal and the “ETO” ribbon
with three stars.
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KOREAN "WAR" POLICE ACTION
KOREAN "WAR" POLICE ACTION - CASUALTY LIST -
Nolan Co., TX
U.S. Military Personnel who
Died from Hostile Action
(including missing and
captured) in the Korean War, 1950-1957
AMMANS, Mondal Rayburn, Pfc.
- Marines - Died of Wounds
Oct. 17, 1951
CAGLE, Milton L. (KIA) - DSC
(Korea)
NEVES, Tommy Jack, Sgt. -
Marines, Killed in Action
Sept. 4, 1952
Recipients of: Medal of
Honor, Marine Corps Brevet
Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or
Air Force Cross Cagle, Milton L. (KIA) - DSC
(Korea)
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VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAM WAR CASUALTIES -
NOLAN CO., TX
See Photographs of some
of these in the
Photographs section
below.
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ASHTON, Curtis Morris;
b. 11-30-1946 Sweetwater; d.
12-27-1969; AE1 Navy;
killed-hostile
BILLS, Rufus Wilson; b.
12-27-1932 Sweetwater;
d. 8-3-1967; SFC Army
DARNELL, Harold Dale; b.
4-25-1947 Sweetwater; d. 1-20-1970;
Sgt. Army; non-hos.
died-other
KENNON, Donald Neal; b.
7-25-1936 Sweetwater; d.
2-13-1969; Major Army
McDONALD, Billy Wallace;
b. 4-18-1934 Maryneal; d.
6-23-1969; SSgt Air
Force; hostile,
died-missing
McDONELL, R.D.; b.
1-21-1943 Sweetwater; d. 3-25-1971;
SSgt. Army; hostile,
died-missing
MORTON, William Ace
Billy; b. 7-1-1946
Sweetwater; d.
6-5-1970; Sgt Army;
hostile-killed
REED, Delma Lee; b.
10-24-1944 Sweetwater,
TX; d. 7-2-1967; CPL E-4
USMC; hostile-small arms
TURNER, Clarence S.,
III; b. 4-13-1949
Sweetwater; d.
1-14-1970; Sp5 Army;
hostile-killed
WATT, William Roy; b.
1-17-1947 Sweetwater; d. 2-29-1968;
1Lt Army;
hostile-killed
WILSON, Wilmer Dwayne;
b. 4-15-1948 Sweetwater; d.
4-16-1968; HN Navy;
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PERMIAN
BASIN VIETNAM VETERAN MEMORIAL
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IRAQ
WAR
IRAQ WAR CASUALTIES - NOLAN CO.,
TX
Operation
Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
A Salute
to Our Fallen Heroes
(Texas)
in
Iraq
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Sgt.
Conrad Alvarez
Sgt. Alvarez
died Wednesday, February 20,
2008 in Baghdad, Iraq, after
their vehicle was hit by a bomb.
Alvarez was an infantryman
assigned to A Co., 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team. He entered the Army in
March 2005 and arrived at Fort
Campbell in August 2005.
Link to:
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Sgt. Gary Wayne Jeffries
Sgt. Gary Wayne Jeffries of Roscoe, Nolan Co.,
TX was killed Monday, January 28, 2008 in Mosul, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, CO; he joined the Army in 1997. Submitted
by: Janie Healer Davis
Link to:
Obituary
Information & Tributes
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Scott
Jamar
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Army CW2, 32, of
Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX;
Killed April 2, 2003 Iraq When
his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq.
He
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army
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Distinguished Service Cross
Awards
The Nation's Second Highest
Award For Valor
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SWEETWATER
ADAMS,
John A. - DSC (WWI)
FOCHT,
John A. - DSC (WWI)
HODGES, Charles Wayne - DSC
(WWII)
Submitted by: Bill
Brown
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Photographs of Local
Military
Men and Women
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on the Photo to view a larger Picture
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Rufus Benjamin Noble WWII |
Junior Alderman WWII
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Eula Ethel Saunders
KOREA
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Carl Thurston
Healer
WWII |
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Ethel Meyer
Finley entered the Women's
Flying Training Detachment at Avenger Field, Sweetwater,
Texas in Class 43-W-5. She received Primary Instruction
in the Fairchild PT19, Basic in the BT 13 and Advanced
Training in the AT6 and Twin Engine in the UC78. In
September 1943 she graduated as a Woman Airforce Service
Pilot (WASP). Finley has been active in many aspects of
the WASP WWII organization. She served as Region I
Director 1986-1988 and was on the Memorial and Awards
Committee. In 1992 Finley was elected National
President. From 1993 to 1998 she was Editor of the WASP
News. Since 1988 she as Chair for Air Shows and Special
Events and in 1998 she became Region 1 Director.
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