World War II Veterans of Forney
Compiled primarily from Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Kaufman County (published by American Legion Post No. 162, Terrell, Texas, 1944?).
Supplemented by records of the Forney American Legion Post; the Forney Messenger, 4 and 25 October 1945; and personal recollections of local residents, including Dan Taylor and Mick Spellman.
Veterans may or may not have lived in Forney at the time of enlistment. If you have any additions, please send them to us!
| Name | Service | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Adams, Billy Joe | Army | |
| Adams, Charlie | Navy | |
| Adams, Clifford M. | Army Air Force | |
| Adams, Herman L. | Army | |
| Adams, John Bell, Jr. | Army | |
| Adams, Morris Ray | Coast Guard | |
| Adams, Thomas Earl | Army | |
| Adams, Wilber Lewis | Navy Air Corps | |
| Adams, William Albert | Marines | |
| Akin, Jesse W. | Army Air Corps | |
| Anderson, Albert A. | ||
| Anderson, Raymond E. | Army | |
| Anderson, W.K. | Army | |
| Aslin, Jasper Newton, Jr. | Army | PVT. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J. Aslin, attended school in Fannin and Hunt counties. Entered Army Infantry February 23, 1943, trained at Camp Hood. Served in Belgium, Rhine River Crossing, and Germany. Wounded in Germany with a knee injury. 41st Armored Infantry Regiment. |
| Aslin, William A. | T/5. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J. Aslin, attended school in Fannin and Hunt counties. Entered Army Field Artillery on April 16, 1943, trained at Ft. Bragg, NC and Camp Pickett, VA. Served in New Guinea, Netherlands, East Indies, and the Philippines. Has Battle Stars. | |
| Banks, James H. | Army | African American, S/O Mr. and Mrs. Frank Banks, H/O Odessa Daniels Banks, attended Booker T. Washington school. Sgt. Entered Army Engineers January 1944, trained Camp Claireborne, La., served in England and France. |
| Banks, Robert | Army | African American, S/O Mr. and Mrs. Frank Banks, attended Booker T. Washington school. TSgt. Entered Army Infantry January 18, 1944, trained in Arizona, served in Oregon, Washington, and South Pacific,93rd Division. |
| Bannister, Madison B. | Army | |
| Bannister, Oscar Loyd | Army | |
| Bannister, Thad B. | Army Air Force | |
| Biddy, Floyd A. | Marines | POW, Purple Heart. |
| Black, Wayne Douglas | Army | |
| Bolding, Percy | Army | |
| Boles, William A. "Micky" | Army | |
| Boone, Keith | Navy | |
| Boles, William A. | SSgt. S/O Mr. J.A. Boles, graduated Forney High School. Attended Texas A&M. Entered Army Medical Corps February 15, 1943, trained at Campu Hulen, Texas and served overseas. 9th Army. | |
| Boykin, Ray O. | Army | |
| Bratcher, Lucille (Leta?) | Army | Nurse |
| Bratcher, Thomas Fattell | Army Air Force | |
| Brewer, Lorenza "Buddy" | Army | |
| Brooks, Theodore | Army Air Force | |
| Brown, Cecil E. | ||
| Burchfield, James M. | ||
| Burchfield, Roger E. | Army | |
| Burchfield, Thurman R. | ||
| Butler, Alfred A. | Army | |
| Camp, Marlin T. | ||
| Cannon, Alfred Allen | Army | |
| Carey, Henry L. | Army | KIA |
| Carpenter, A.V. | Army | |
| Cash, Charlie Clifton | Navy | |
| Cash, Lewis, A. | Army | |
| Chapman, Hubert L. | Army | TSgt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. S. Chapman, graduated from Forney High School. Entered Army February 1943. Trained at Camp Butner, NC and Miami Beach, FL. Served with Patton's 3d Army . Has a Purple Heart, ETO Ribbon, Silver Star and Infantryman's Combat Badge. Was KIA in France on November 24, 1944. |
| Chapman, W. Clint | Navy | SSMB3 (Barber). S/O Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Chapman, H/O of Allegra Belle Futrell Chapman, graduated from Forney High School. Entered Navy Seabees in 1943, trained at Camp Peary, VA and served with the C.B. Detachment 1011 at Ft. Pierce, FL. |
| Chappell, Robert M. | Navy | |
| Costello, Ed D. | Army | T/5. B/O Miss Hanna Mae Costello, H/O Sue Morris Costello. Attended St. Martin's Academy, Forney. Entered Army Field Artillery December 16, 1942, trained at Camp Howze. Served in the E.T.O. with the 84th Railsplitters Division. |
| Costello, James J. | Army | PFC. B/O Miss Hanna Mae Costello. Attended St. Martin's Academy, Forney. Entered the Army February 1942. Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in the Aleutian Islands for 31 months and then in France and Germany. Awarded the Good Conduct and Expert Rifleman's Medals. |
| Costello, John M. | Army | PFC. B/O Miss Hanna Mae Costello. Attended St. Martin's Academy, Forney. Entered the Army November 2, 1942. Trained at Camp Adair, Oregon, and served at Ft. Lewis, Washington as a POW Guard. |
| Costello, Thomas J. | Army | PFC. B/O Miss Hanna Mae Costello. Attended St. Martin's Academy, Forney. Entered the Army Infantry on February 9, 1942. Trained at Camp Roberts, CA, and served in the South Pacific for 37 months. |
| Costello, William O. | Army | Enlisted in the Army on November 19, 1942. |
| Crawford, William H., Jr. | Army | |
| Creecy, Joe L. | Navy | WT3 (Water Tender 3rd Class). S/O Mrs. M.C. Creecy. Attended schools at Post Oak end. Entered the Sea Bees December 11, 1942 and trained at Camp Endicott and Rhode Island. Served in the Aleutians 16 months and Camp Parks, CA. |
| Creecy, Robert J., Jr. | Army Air Corps | 2nd Lt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Creecy and H/O Martha Jane Duncan Creecy. Graduated from St. Martin's Academy, Forney. Enlisted in the Army Air Corps in May 1943. Received wings in Colorado, and B17 training at Hobbs, NM. Was a B29 pilot and was killed in an accident on November 10, 1944 in Clovis, NM. |
| Criswell, Jack F. | ||
| Criswell, James W. | ||
| Criswell, Leonard L. "Dick" | Army | |
| Criswell, Thomas R. | Army | |
| Crittenden, Harvey E. | Naval Reserves/ | Ph. M3. S/O Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Crittenden. Graduated from Forney High School May 1940. Entered the Naval Reserves in 1942, trained at Great Lakes. Served in Boston for one year, then served at a hospital in Long Island. Trained in the Marines and served in the Pacific. |
| Marines | ||
| Crittenden, James L. | ||
| Crosby, Edward | Marines | |
| Crosby, William D. | Army | |
| Crow, Luther R., Jr. | ||
| Crow, Paul Ray | Navy | |
| Crutcher, Harry A. | Army | |
| Cullins, John Riley | Army | |
| Daniel, Carl E. | ||
| Daniel, Robert A. | Army | LT. S/O Mr. and Mrs. R.R. Daniel, attended Forney High School. Entered the Army Infanry on March 22, 1942, and trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas with the 90th Infantry Division. Promoted to 1st LT January 1945. Expert Rifle Medal. Served in France with 217th Replacement Company. |
| Daniels, Arthur R. | Navy | MM2 (Machinest). S/O Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Daniels of Forney. Attended Blackland School in Forney. Entered the Navy Seabees on June 1, 1943, and trained at Camp Peary, VA. Searved at Pearl Harbor, Guam, Tinian and Saipan. |
| Daniels, Ralph F. | Army | PFC. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Daniels of Forney. Attended Blackland and Lone Elm schools. Entered the Army Engineers in April 1943. Trained at Camp Hood for 8 months and was wounded. Honorable Discharge in January 1944. |
| Darr, Audy Leon | Army | Purple Heart, Bronze Star. |
| Daugherty, Earl Lynn | Army | |
| Daugherty, Vaughn Wood | Marines | PFC. S/O Ripley and Lola Daugherty. Graduated from Forney High School in 1937. Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines on May 6, 1942. Died while a POW. Earned the Prisoner of War medal. American Legion Post 0591 named for PFC Daugherty. KIA. |
| Davis, Billy Ed | ||
| Davis, Gordon | Army | |
| Davis, James | Army | |
| Davis, Roy | Army | |
| Davis, T. Lindsey | Navy | |
| DeKoch, Melvin | ||
| Dewberry, Arthur | Army | |
| Dickey, Harris | Navy | |
| Dietz, Horace Leon | Navy | |
| Dietz, Louis Irl | ||
| Dixon, Tommie Jack | Marines | |
| Downer, Jimmy | ||
| Dozier, James L. | Army Air Force | |
| Dugan, James Edward | Army Air Force | |
| Dugan, John H. | Army | PFC. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Dugan, graduated from Forney High School. Entered the Army on March 29, 1943, and trained at McCloskey General Hospital and Camp Clairborne, LA. Served in England, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Received a Purple Heart . |
| Dugan, Thomas E. | Army | PVT. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Dugan, graduated from Forney High School. Entered the Army July 19, 1944, and trained at Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ft. Benning, GA, and Augusta, GA. Served in England, France, Belfium, and Germany with Battery "A" 538th Field Artillery Battalion starting in April 1945. |
| Dykes, Harold L. | Army | |
| Dykes, Bill | ||
| Edwards, Marvin | Army Air Force | POW . |
| Edwards, Weldon | Army | KIA . |
| Eudy, Rupert S. | Army | |
| Farmer, Dick | Army | |
| Feagin, Luther T. | Army | |
| Fleming, Daniel G. | Army | |
| Futrell, Raymond V. | Army | PFC. S/O Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Futrell, and H/O Mary Margaret Crofts Futrell. Attended Forney schools. Entered the Army Quartermasters Corps on May 24, 1943, and trained at Ft. Warren, WY. Served in the Southwest Pacific starting in December 1943. |
| Futrell, Robert D. | Army | |
| Garner, M.M., Jr. | Army | |
| Goolsby, Frank | Army | |
| Graham, Harrison | Navy | |
| Graham, Jeffery | Army | |
| Graham, J.W. | Army | |
| Grimes, Raymond | Navy | |
| Guynes, Julias Butkin | Army | |
| Hamilton, John Hill | Army | |
| Hamilton, Harmon R. | Army Air Corps | Sgt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. H.P Hamilton, and H/O Mrs. Vera Morton Hamilton. Entered the Army Air Corps in May 1943. Trained at varous fields of the south. Worked as a Flight Engineer, received his Wings at Keesler Field, MS. |
| Hamm, Coleman | Army | |
| Hamm, Herman E. "Jake" | Army | T/5. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Will Hamm, attended Forney High School. Entered the Army on February 9, 1942, and trained at Camp Wallace, Ft. Bliss and Ft. Fisher. Served in England, Belgium, France, and Germany with the 69th Infantry Division of the 1st Army. Has 3 Bronze Stars, Expert Rifleman's Medals and Good Conduct Ribbon. |
| Hardy, Hugh Lee | Navy | |
| Harris, Ben Barnett, Jr. | Army | |
| Harris, Robert B. "Bob" | Army | |
| Harris, Wilmer | Army | |
| Harvey, Richard Guy | Army | T/5. S/O Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Harvey of Forney. Entered the Army in February 1942. Trained at Camp Polk, LA and desert training in California. Was in D-Day Invasion. Served in England, France, Belgium, and Germany. |
| Harvey, William Archie, Jr. | Army | SSgt. S/O W.A. Harvey of Forney. Entered the Army in August 1936, and trained at Ft. Sam Houston. In 1939, was in the 23rd Infantry and the 18th Infantry, 1st Division. In 1943 was in the 76th Division. Honorable Discharge in Boston, MA in 1944. |
| Hatley, Earnest Young | Army | POW . |
| Hatley, Fowler | Army | 1 Aug 1910 - 16 Feb 1986. s/o Van Buren & Lottie Elizabeth McFarland Hatley. Enlisted on February 19, 1942 and separated on December 31, 1944. Received a Medal of Honor . Buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| Hatley, Warren G. | Army Air Corps | Enlisted October 16, 1942. |
| Hawks, Earnest W. | Army | |
| Hawks, John Thomas | Navy | |
| Hillis, Benjamin H., Jr. | Army Air Corps | Rank A/S. S/O Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Hillis, Sr. Graduated from Forney High School in 1938. Entered training lacking 3 hours for his BS degree. Volunteered for service June 9, 1942. Trained at Athens, GA and Sheppard Field, TX. |
| Hughes, C.D., Jr. | Army | |
| Hughes, George, Jr. | Army Air Force | |
| Hulsey, Burl B., Jr. | Army | |
| James, Roy | Army | |
| Johnston, Ray F. | Navy | KIA . |
| Johnston, Rob Roy | Marines | |
| Jones, James L. | Navy | |
| Jordon, Richard Perry | Army | |
| Kaiser, Julius | ||
| Kelly, Haywood M., Jr. "Bill" | Army | |
| Layden, James M. "Buster | Navy | |
| Layden, Johnny | Navy | |
| Layne, Leon | Navy | |
| Lewis, Cleon S., Jr. | ||
| Lewis, Leona Belle | ||
| Lewis, O.J. | ||
| Ligon, Cecil | Army | |
| Lucky, O.B. | Navy | African American, H/O Susie Edinbyrd Lucky, attended Booker T. Washington school. Sgt. Entered the Navy April 4, 1944, trained at Great Lakes, IL, served on Whidbey Island, WA. |
| Luttrell, James Ivan | Army | |
| Malone, James Leroy | Army | |
| Martin, Charles B. | Army | |
| Maykus, James A. | Navy | Rank S1. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maykus, attended Pilot Point School, Denton County. Entermed Navy May 1, 1944. Trained at Farragut, Idaho and Shoemaker. Served in South Pacific. Earned Asiatic Pacific and American Theater Ribbon with 2 stars and Philippine Ribbon with 3 stars. |
| McCoulskey, Arlis N. | Army | PVT. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McCoulskey, H/O of Viola McCoulskey. Graduated from Forney High School and Tyler Commercial College. Entered the Army Infantry on November 9, 1944, training at Camp Hood and Ft. Ord, CA. Served in the Pacific Theater. |
| McCoulskey, Byron W. | Army | TSgt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J.M. McCoulskey. Graduated from Forney High School and attended San Angelo Business College. Entered the Army Infantry April 14, 1942, training at Camp Barkeley, Ft. Benning, and Camp Howze. Served in Italy. Earned Expert Rifleman's and Good Conuct Medals. |
| McCoulskey, Norman W. | Army Air Corps | SSgt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J.M. McCoulskey. Graduated from San Angelo High. Entered the Army Air Corps on October 4, 1943, training at San Antonio. Served 9 months in Italy. Flew 48 missions over 6 European Countries. Has Air Medal, 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation and E.T.O. Ribbons with 3 battle stars. |
| McKee, Henry, Jr. | Army | |
| Mills, Charles R. | Army Air Force | |
| Mills, John Carlisle | Army | |
| Moore, Jess E. | Army | |
| Morgan, Robie D., Jr. | Army | CPL. S/O Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Morgan of Forney. Graduated from Van High School. Entered service May 18, 1943, trained at Camp Kohler, CA and Hawaii with the Signal Corps. Served at Anguor, Palu, Layte, and Okinawa. |
| Morgan, William Patrick | Navy | Rank S2. S/O Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Morgan of Forney. Graduated from Forney High Schol in 1943. Entered the Navy March 9, 1945, trained at San Diego, CA. Served at T.A.D. CEN. |
| Morris, Eli Hugh | Army | |
| Morris, Luther | Army Air Force | |
| Morton, Ed W. | Army Air Force | |
| Morton, John | ||
| Munn, William E. | ||
| Nalls, Joe L. | Navy | |
| Nash, Mack | Army | |
| Nash, William C. | Army | |
| Neal, James R. "Dick" | Army Air Force | |
| Neal, Roy L. | Navy | |
| Neely, Alex C., Jr. | Army | |
| Newton, Billy | Navy | |
| Newton, Jim | ||
| Nichols, James Paul | Army | 8 Dec 1921 - 29 Dec 1965. s/o Lewis Franklin & Mary Louise Paul Nichols. Buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| Novak, Paul Ray | Army | |
| Perry, William E. | Navy | KIA . |
| Pickens, Emmett W. | Army | Sgt. B/O Mrs. Roy McIntire, Forney. Attended Markout School. Entered the Army in November 1939, trained at Ft. Ord, CA. Served in the South Pacific. |
| Pickens, William T. | Navy | Rank S1. B/O Mrs. Roy McIntire, Forney. Attended Terrell schools. Entered the Navy in September 1944, trained in Virginia and served in the Pacific. Awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and two campaign ribbons. |
| Pickens, Homer L. | Army | PFC. S/O John M. Pickens, H/O Pauline Smith Pickens. Entered the Army in November 1940. Trained at Camp Bowie and Ft. Knox. Served in Africa and Italy. Wounded in Italy May 19, 1944. Received Purple Heart and many battle stars. |
| Pinson, Charles J. | Army | |
| Pinson, David | Army | |
| Pinson, James W., Jr. | Army | |
| Pinson, Jesse A. | Navy | |
| Pritchett, James Horace | Navy | |
| Pritchett, John Roy, Sr. | Navy | |
| Reed, Arlee | Army | African American, son of Rosa Reed, attended Booker T. Washington school. PVT. Entered Army August 4, 1944, trained at Ft. Sill, OK. Served in France. |
| Reed, L.C. (Clem?) | Army | African American, son of Rosa Reed, attended Booker T. Washington school. PFC. Entered Army September 19, 1942, trained at Barksdale Field, LA. |
| Reed, Nathaniel | Army | African American, son of Rosa Reed, attended Booker T. Washington school. PFC. Entered Army on November 17, 1942, trained at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, Shreveport, LA, and Los Angeles, CA. Served in Southwest Pacific, Netherlands, and West Indies. |
| Reed, Theodore | Army | African American, son of Rosa Reed, attended Booker T. Washington school. Cpl. Entered Army September 16, 1942, trained at Camp Wheeler, GA, served in India and Burma. Earned Asiatic Ribbon. |
| Reeder, W.M., Jr. | Navy | |
| Rhea, Frank B., Jr. | Navy | |
| Rhea, Robert Milton | Army | |
| Rhodes, Billy M. | ||
| Rhodes, Jack Scott | Navy | |
| Richman, Bondie O. | Army | PFC. H/O Mrs. Bondie Richman, Forney. Entered the Army May 2, 1944, trained at Little Rock, AR. With Gen Patton's 3rd Army, wounded in Belgium on December 25, 1945. Went to Harmon General Hospital, Longview, Texas. |
| Riter, Auble W., Jr. | Naval Reserve | Ensign. S/O Mrs. A.W. Riter, attended Terrell High School, New Mexico Military Ins. and University of Mexico. Entered U.S.N.R. in 1943, trained at Navy Supply School and Harvard University, Boston, MA. Served in the South Pacific. |
| Roberson, Harold R. | Army Air Force | |
| Roberts, Lafayette J. | ||
| Robertson, Dan Carl | Army | |
| Robertson, Kenneth R. | Army | |
| Roland, Bernace E. | Navy | |
| Roland, Bill | Navy | |
| Roland, Dewey Richard | Army | |
| Roycroft, Robert | ||
| Sands, Dave, Jr. | Army | |
| Saulter, Carl Lindsey | Navy | |
| Senter, Conway, Jr. | Navy | |
| Shaw, Thomas Carl | Army | Bronze Star. |
| Shelton, Thomas C. | ||
| Shipley, Billy Joe | Army | |
| Shipley, Dennie Holloway | Army | PFC. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Dennie Shipley, Forney. Graduated from Forney High School at age 15. Entered Air Borne Engineers May 5, 1943, trained at Camp Mackall, NC. Made combat training jumps in New Guinea and Wake Island. Wounded in New Guinea January 1944. Served in Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany. Has Purple Heart. Paratrooper. |
| Shipley, Frank R. | Army | |
| Shipley, Harry D. | Army | PFC. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Alec Shipley. Attended Lone Elm and Forney High School. Entered the Army February 17, 1943, trained at Camp Hulen, Texas and Camp Livingston, LA. Overseas February 11, 1944, stationd in England until the invasion of France on June 6, 1944. Then sent to Belgium and Germany, serving with the 9th Army. |
| Shipley, James R. | ||
| Shipley, Louis R. (Lewis?) | Army | |
| Shook, Joe | Army | PVT. S/O Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Shook. Attended school at Forney and Miller. Entered service November 9, 1944 in the Cavalry. Trained at Ft. Riley, KS, and served in the Pacific starting on May 17, 1945. |
| Singleton, Otho Wesley | Army | 30 May 1917 - 27 Jan 1953. s/o Espy & Lou Ella Jones Singleton. Buried Hillcrest Cemetery |
| Smith, Ewell Jr. | Navy | |
| Smith, Freddie | Army | |
| Smith, John Milton | Army | 20 Apr 1927 - 14 Oct 1957. s/o Ewell & Nan McKellar Smith. |
| Smith, Raymond Vernon | Army | |
| Spears, Oran | Army Air Corps | |
| Spellman, Mick C. | Army Air Corps | CPL. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spellman, Sr. Attended Forney High School, N.T.A.C., and University of Texas. Entered the Air Corps Administrative Dept. in November 1942, trained at Sheppard Field, Kearns Field and Johnson Field. Served overseas with the 8th Air Depot Group in the African Theater starting February 1944. |
| Spellman, Thomas Earl | Army Air Corps | Capt. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spellman, Sr., H/O Jean Thompson Spellman. Attended Forney High School, N.T.A.C., and Port Arthur Radio College. Entered Air Corps Communications in June 1942, trained at Scott Field, IL, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., Pyote Field and Grand Island, NE. |
| Spellman, Thomas Franklin | Navy | |
| Spratt, James W. | Army | |
| Stark, Ollie V. | ||
| Stegall, Linton F. | Army | |
| Stevenson, Nathaniel | Army | |
| Sullivan, Howard | ||
| Tanner, Clarence R. | Army | |
| Taylor, Dan | Army | 49th Division |
| Taylor, James V. | Army | |
| Taylor, R.M. "Bud" | Marine Air Corps | |
| Taylor, Roy E. | ||
| Taylor, William A. | Army | CPL. S/O Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor, Forney. Attended Forney High School. Entered the service November 12, 1942, trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Served in Germany with the 7th Army in the 12th Armored Division. |
| Terry, Orville B. | ||
| Thomas, O. Pendleton | Navy | |
| Thomas, T.M. | Army | |
| Thomas, Willie | Army | |
| Tillery, Fate | ||
| Townsend, Clifford | Army Air Force | |
| Townsend, James | Army Air Force | |
| Townsend, Tom Earl | Army Air Force | |
| Trail, Carroll | ||
| Trail, Geraldine | Army | LT. D/O Mr. and Mrs. Newt Trail, graduate of Forney High School in 1937 and of Methodist Hospital School of Nursing of Dallas in 1942. Entered the Army Nurse Corps in July 1943. Went to New Guinea October 1943 and one of the first American nurses to enter the Philippines with General MacArthur's forces. |
| Trott, Jack S. | Army Air Force | |
| Tucker, Melvin Talif | Army Air Force | |
| Tune, James Myers | Army Air Corps | Served in the Pacific theater. |
| Tune, Thomas C. | Navy | |
| Vaughn, Sydney Lewis | Army | KIA . 22 Oct 1920 - 1 Jul 1944 s/o Sydney and Cleo Lewis Vaughn. Buried at Heat Cemetery, Rockwall, Texas |
| Venner, Charles E. | Navy | MM3. S/O Mr. and Mrs. George Venner, H/O Bettie Jo Alstat Venner. Attended Crandall Schools. Entered the Navy Sea Bees June 19, 1943, trained at Davisville, RI. Served at Pearl Harbor and Namiu. Has 2 battle stars. |
| Venner, Robert M. | Navy | Rank Y3. S/O Mr. and Mrs. George Venner, graduate of Crandall High School 1941. Entered the Navy January 7, 1943, trained at Great Lakes and Key West, FL. Served 19 months in South America. |
| Wallace, Jack C. | Army | |
| Wallace, James E. | Navy | |
| Wallace, Loye | Army | |
| Watkins, Alexander F. | Navy | |
| Weant, Oneal | Navy | |
| Weatherby, James R. | Army | |
| Weatherford, Rollie A. | Navy | |
| Whittemore, Clyde C. | Navy | |
| Whittemore, James Weldon | Navy | |
| Whittemore, Newt Eugene | Army | |
| Whittemore, Perry N. | Army | |
| Williams, Billy Joe | Army Air Force | |
| Williams, Gaines, Jr. | Navy | |
| Williams, James Cole "Buddy" | Army Air Force | |
| Willmon, Thomas H. | Army | |
| Wiser, Clifford A. | Army | |
| Wiser, Frank L., Jr. | Army | |
| Wiser, Newton D. | Army |
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