Charlie P. Delashmit

Charlie Pink Delashmit served as a corporal in Battery A, 115th Field Artillery in England, France and Luxembourg. His campaigns included a defensive position north of toul from August 28 until September 10, 1918; St. Michael offensive from September 11 until September 13, 1918; Battle of Argonne Forest, west of

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William B. Delashmit

William Brownie Delashmit served in the U.S. Navy, during World War II. He died March 15, 1990. No photo or other information is available.  

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Hugh L Dawson, Jr.

Hugh L. Dawson, Jr., was inducted into the U. S. Army on September 26, 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. He was a Platoon Sergeant for Company H of the 417th Infantry Regiment in the 76th Division.Hugh sailed from Boston, Massachusetts and landed in Plymouth, England. He then crossed the English

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James C. Dunaway

James C. Dunaway served with the U.S. Navy from January 1962 to May 1966.  No other information or photograph is available. 

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William E. Dycus

William E. Dycus was inducted into the U.S. Army at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on January 21, 1942. He was attached to Battery B, 755th Field Artillery Battalion. (William had served previously with the ERC from June 8, 1940 until October 26, 1941.) He was in battles for: Normandy, Northern France,

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George R. Yarbrough

George Robert Yarbrough was inducted into the U. S. Army on July 27, 1960. He served with Headquarters Company B, 702nd Ordnance Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division, and was honorably discharged as a Tech 4 at Fort Benning, Georgia on July 16, 1962.

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Joseph Harry Yarbrough

Joseph Harry Yarbrough enlisted in the U. S. Air Force on September 7, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended radar operators’ school at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi. Assigned to Headquarters, Air Force Armament Center, Harry was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant (tech) on April 24, 1952, at Eglin AFB,

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Oliver Banks Zenar

Oliver Banks Zenar entered service in the U. S. Army on December 8, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and promoted to Tech 5, Oliver went to the European Theater as a messenger with the 100th infantry division in October, 1944. He was wounded in

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William C. Daniel

William C. Daniel was inducted into the U.S. Army on February 23, 1943. He served in Company A of the 773rd Amphibious Tracked Vehicle Battalion, during battles for the Philippine Islands and the Ryukyus Island chain. His awards included the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, with five

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Bill Jim Davis

William J. (Bill Jim) Davis enlisted in the U. S. Navy in December 1938. He was assigned to the USS Helena in September 1939. The Helena was damaged when she was torpedoed at pearl harbor on December 7, 1941 and suffered 21 killed, 79 wounded in that attack. Later, Bill

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