Roy E. Bringle
Roy E. Bringle was inducted in to the U.S. Army on December 5, 1950. His basic training was at Fort Riley, Kansas. He served in the 1st Infantry Division, Fort Ripley, Kansas at a rank of E-4, light truck driver. His awards included: badges for expert (rifle), expert (carbine), safe
Bert Harlan Berkley
Bert Harlan Berkley was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 20, 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. His military occupational speciality and number was rifleman 745/Command infantryman. He served as a PFC with infantry company 151st infantry; component AUS in southern Luzon, Philippine Island. His awards and decorations include the
Pvt Robert “Lee” Lewis
Pvt. Robert “Lee” Lewis (28 Mar 1895 – 12 Mar 1918) Private Lee Lewis was born in Atoka, Tenn., the son of R. E. Lewis and Elizabeth “Bettie” Gladden. He entered service on April 21, 1917 at the age of 22 in Memphis, Tenn., and trained as a field artilleryman.
1st LT Paul Claxton Calhoun
1st Lieutenant Paul Claxton Calhoun (May 15 1894 – Feb 27 1918) Paul Claxton Calhoun was born on March 15, 1894, the son of Isaac Richard Calhoun and Sula Claxton in Covington. He entered the United States Army as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant on May 15, 1917 at the age
CPL. John Wesley Bradshaw
Cpl. John Wesley Bradshaw (15 June 1879 – 2 Dec 1918) Corporal John Wesley Bradshaw was born in Burlison, Tipton County to James W. and Mary E. Bradshaw on June 15, 1879. A farmer in Burlison, he married Jennie Wilson on Jan. 11, 1901, and he was the father of
Pvt. James Robert Hindman
Pvt. James Robert Hindman (23 Mar 1897 – 7 Oct 1918) James Robert Hindman, a private with the Pioneer Infantry, Co. H. 57th Regiment, was born in Atoka, the only child of James Calvin and Mary Elizabeth Bell Hindman. He was just 21 years old when he enlisted on September
James Murphey Wylie
James Murphy Wylie enlisted in the U. S. Air Force from Memphis, Tennessee on January 2, 1951. After training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, James served with the 520th Air Defense Group, Air Defense Command, in Korea. His awards and decorations include the Korean Service Medal; the National Defense
James Osgood Burgess (1921-1944)
Born Jan. 7, 1921, in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, James Osgood Burgess was the second son and youngest child of Osgood Miller Burgess (1895-1967) and Bessie May Stovall (1891-1983). Older siblings included John Stovall Burgess (1918-1992) and sister, Janie Elizabeth Burgess (1916-2011). James, his mother and brother, moved to Munford
Jesse G. Hunt (1895-1918)
Corporal Jesse G. Hunt was born May 1895 to Willis Nathaniel Hunt and Annie Blond Strange in the Gift area of Tipton County, Tenn., the third of their four children. Jesse lost his mother at the tender age of 10, when his mother Annie died on Jun 30, 1906 after
Holmes N. Thompson (1894-1991)
Holmes Napoleon Thompson was born Feb. 2, 1894 in Mason, Tipton County, Tenn., the son of William Thompson and Martha Adams and the oldest boy of six siblings. Federal census report that he completed four years of high school and could read and write, which at that time was quite