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

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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

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Gone but not forgotten: Remembering those whose lives were lost in Vietnam

By Sherri Onorati, The Covington Leader,  May 22, 2014 Two veterans mourn fallen soldiers at the Celebration of Service and Sacrifice event’s traveling Vietnam Memorial in October 2013. Nearly a dozen Tipton Countians were killed in action during Vietnam. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, the day we honor

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Remembering Tipton County’s fallen servicemembers on Memorial Day

By Echo Day, The Leader, May 29, 2023 Tipton County Veterans Memorial/Tipton County Museum Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died in service to the country. The following men from Tipton County died while serving the country during wartime. A memorial commemorating their sacrifice is at

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William Finnie Cates

William Finnie Cates was born on April 30, 1916 to William E. and Ruby E. Wiseman Cates of Drummonds. He married Juanita Tate on June 14, 1940 in Tipton County and on Jan. 21, 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves. A seaman second class, he was killed on

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George R. Blalack

Private First Class George R. Blalack attached to the 168th Infantry, 34th Division, U.S. Army, was wounded while carrying supplies by mule train to the front line. Later dying of his injuries on Dec. 15, 1944, Blalack was buried in plot number 33, row 7, Florence American Cemetery and Memorial,

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James Osgood Burgess

James Osgood Burgess graduated from U.S. Army flight training at Yuma Army Air Field, Yuma, Arizona on August 30, 1943, as an aviation pilot with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was stationed with the Fifth Air Force, V-Bomber command ,345th bomb group ,500th bomb detachment. James was killed in

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William Rodney Atkins, Jr

William Rodney Atkins, Jr. was drafted in September 1944. He was assigned to basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. William was shipped to Fort Dix, New Jersey in December 1944. He staged through England for combat in France and Germany from January to March 1945.  William was killed in action

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