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Biographies

The Veterans Memorial Database will feature biographies on veterans whose names appear on the wall. These veterans have been selected primarily due to the assistance of family members, who have donated photographs, letters, and other primary documents. To donate materials, contact Debra Basham at (304) 558-0230.

World War I


James Charles Allen
Lane Schofield Anderson
Timothy Lawrence Barber
Joseph Harkley Bell
Louis Bennett Jr.
Thomas Bennett
Edward Leo Blake and William Thomas Blake
Blaine Benjamin Boggs
Clayton Bosworth Brandon
John Morgan Brawley
Charles Basil Bumgarner and Ray Clarence Pettit
Benjamin Harrison Carr
Clifton Chapman
Guy Benton Christopher
Jay E. Compton
Nason French Conaway
William Frederick Cook
Barton Gordon Dayton Core
Charlotte Agnes Cox
Everett Otha Creasy
James Gibbons Cruise
Leland Kittle Currence
Amon J. Cutright
Hoddie Wilbur Daniels
Dayton Dove
Addie Duffield
Coleman Ray Ferguson
Carl Joseph Fint
Frank J. Fisher Jr.
Lorenza Dow Flint
Harry Carl Froehlich
Sidney Flemings Gatewood
Albert Andrew Gerken
Earl A. Gilmore
Stark Daily Godwin
Cecil Smith Hall
Leslie Warner Halterman
Joe Hamilton
Victor Hamilton
Arthur Thomas Hanline
Robert A. Hanna
Raymond L. Harman
Edmund Caskie Harrison
Walter Lee Haynes
Isaac Roy Hedrick
Sterling Willard Hinchman
Cecil Claud Hockenberry
Walter Scott Homan Jr.
Eli Hornick
Lewis Alexander Holley
Kenny Huffman
Lester Fairfax Hughes
Rudolph J. Isch
George Dayton Jackson
Owen Jarrett
Solomon Johnson
Okey Delbert Jones
Clarence Alva Kerns
James Done Kerns
Randall G. Ketterman
Abraham Edward Kimble
Bert C. Kines
John Earl Kraft (Craft)
Albert Kyle Lambert
William Orbry Lambert
Harry A. Layfield
Clyde Lex Lester
Lonzo Samuel Lipscomb
William Fred Louk
Angelo Mazzarella
Claude C. McDaniel
Otha Howe McGee
Clio Bradford McKeever
Ralph Henry McKown
Charles Cleveland Meadows
Fred Clyde Miller
Karl H. Miller
Charles Asa Moffett
Edward Jacob Mullenax
Denver Lee Mullins
Howard Salathiel Myers
William Michael Mylius
Alva Dallas Nestor
Nelson Newman
Sainto Nicola
Bruce McKinley Noble
Roy Earl Parrish
Clyde Earl Parsons
Hubert Monroe Phares
Irvin I. Pritt
James Elliott Reed
Lloyd Floyd Reed
Mark S. Reed
Walter Deco Reed
William C. Rhodes
James Grover Richardson
William Aschman Riheldaffer
James William Rinehart
Robert James Ritter
James Parks Robson
Lucinda Lovie Rose
Hoy B. Rosier
Lester Scott
Wayne Sellards
James Frances Settles
Goff Lyman Shroyer
Olen S. Simmons
Price Simmons
Benjamin Harrison Sisler
Ray Odbert Skidmore
Henry Louis Sleeth
Clyde Herman Slider
Victor Hugo Smith
William Howard Southall
Edmond David Stewart Jr.
William Howard Stewart
Clarence Benjamin Stockhoff
Jacob Bruce Triplett
James Rusmisaell Tucker
Fortunato Valenzise
Levi Jackson Vance and Homer Vance
Foster Vandevander
Charles Dallas Wamsley
Roy Warner
Luther Alexander Waybright
William Franklin Waychoff
Wilbur Wilson Weese
Coy White
Dayton White
Jason White
Oliver Franklin Wilfong
Forrest Grey Williams
Sherman H. Williams
Harrison McClester Withrow
Otis Loyola Withrow
Leon Johnson Wimer
Alice M. Young

World War II


Opie Lee Abbott
Emwood Calvin Ables
Howard Lacy Ables
John P. Ables
Thomas Joseph Abruzzino
Robert Lee Acord
Paul Adamos
Paul Andrew Adamovich
Bernard W. Adams
Charles Kendrick Adams Jr.
Coy Adams
Edgar G. Adams
Gaylerd David Adams
Glenn Gene Adams
Harold W. Adams Jr.
Howard V. Adams
James Forest Adams
Joseph Adams Jr.
Lawrence E. Adams
Leo Carl Adams
Sid Adams
Warren Steele Adams
Donald E. Addison
Albert Benton Adkins
Alison Wright Adkins
Amon Adkins
Clifford Adkins
Conley Odell Adkins
Elbie Adkins
Elmer Adkins (of Kanawha)
Elmer Adkins (of Wayne)
Howard Lucas Adkins
Lee Hamilton Adkins and Damon Erskin Adkins
Robert Harold Adkins
Sullivan John Africano
Jamie Horton Alexander
Elwyn Alford Allen
James Paul Angelo
Earnest Hersea Angle
Junior Bruce Arbogast
Forrest William Armentrout
Vensen Spillman Armstrong
Jack Sterling M. Arnett
Peter Oscar Babich
Mitchell Woods Bacon
Shirley Eugene Bailey
Arlen Richard Baldridge
Virgil Kenneth Baldwin
Enoch Bales Jr.
Marvin Everett Bales
John James Barber
Russell Lee Barbor
Nick Baron
Monzel Barker
Woodrow Wilson Barr
Sykes Lee Beasley
Eugene William and Kermit Becker
Edward Earl Beckner
Loyd Dexter Beckner
Dennis Howard Bennett
Charles Albert Bias Jr.
Thomas Campbell Bibb
Gale Carson Bland
Anthon Martin Bloniarz
James Franklin Bolyard
Ralph Lewis Boone
Daniel Borovich
John Nacil Bowling
James Marion Bowyer Jr.
Sherald Perry Brady
Edwin Neil Brissey
John George Britvec
William Creed Brogan
Tilmon David Browning
George Brozovich
Charles Lee Bruce
Claude L. Bryant
Fred Bsharah
James Wesley Buchanan
Walter Joseph Buran
Harold Lee Burge
James Francis Burkhammer
Willard Burkhammer
Arthur Lee Burner
Robert Palmer Cady
Angelo Canei
James Dewey Carroll
Joseph William Carroll
John Ohley Casdorph, Jr.
Charles Ray Casto and Richard Eugene Casto
David Ervin Casto
Nicolangelo (Nick A.) Cavallaro
Jesse Herbert Chaffin
Ogle Ferguson Chambers
William Seymour Chapman Sr.
William Garnett Christian
John Thurman Clevenger Jr.
Thomas Edgar "Jock" Clifford
Robert Russell Clingerman Jr.
Edgle Woodrow Cole
Richard Theodore Colebank
Valentino Cerrini Colombo
Willard Earnest Collett
Clarence Calvin Comer
Irvin Franklin Conley
John Conn
Andrew Fred Cook Jr. and Dallas Harry Cook
Donald Moore Cookman
Lee Peter Cordent
Barton Wayne Core
William H. Corkrean Jr.
Charles Edward Craft
Russell Dale Cresse
Dennis Howard Daniel
William Adrian Bias Davenport
Clellan Clayton Davis
Harlan G. Davis
Harry Gilbert Deem Jr.
Charles Randall Dotson
Clarence Lewis Dragoo
Stanislaw Frank Drwall
Walter Casimir Drwall
Joseph Easter
Thomas James Edgell
Harold Clyde Elyard
Tony Esposito
Artice Cleo Estep
Hobert Oather Estep
Friend Elmus Fair
Edgar J. Farley
James Robert Feeney
Robert Edward Femoyer
James Edward Findley
James Samuel Findley
John Everal Finlayson
Jay R. Finley Jr.
Anna Marie Fisher
Kermit Camden Fisher
Roy Lee Foster
Charles Obey Frame
Ira V. French
William Miller Frye Jr.
James Howard Galloway
George Austin Garlitz
Kenneth Oakley Garrett
Austin Leonard Gear
James Junior George
John William Gill
Joseph Irwin Grant
Bud Richard Greathouse
Willie David Greenawalt
Silbert Pershing Greene
Robert Morgan Gregg
Virgil E. Groves
Joseph Harding Gunnoe
Jimmie Gyovai
Wilbur S. Hager
Clifford Ray Hall
Wilbur Stevens Hall
James Norton Halstead
John C. Hammat Jr.
James Harold Hamrick
Lawrence Nelson Harris
Fred Thomas Hartley
Jack Ronald Hartley
Richard Earl Harvey
Homer Harold Hash
William George Hawks
James Harold and Gene Edward Hayes
Russell S. Hayes
Philip Herschel Hazelett
Clinton Monroe Hedrick
Ralph Gerald Henretty
Eugene D. Hensley
Clarence C. Herrick
William Keith Hickman
Harold Williams Hicks
Roger Louis Hicks
Bobby Neal Hiser
Richard William Horrigan
John Junior Hrivnak
Jess Willard Hudnall
Jennings Basil Huffman and James Lawrence Huffman
Johnie Orville Huffman
Aubrey Festus Hughes
Thedford Thomas Hughes and Lamer Lynell Hughes
Robert Lee Hull
John Warden Hunt
James Edward Mason Jackson

Herschel Ashby Jarrell
Oliver Morris Johnson
Burman, Johnnie, and Ozro Jones
Raymond Harrison Jones (WW II) and Thomas Dale Jones (Korea)
William Pinkney Jones
John Kalausich
Pete Kavadas
Carl L. Keller
Jonah Edward Kelley
Jack Russell Kemper
Okey Bertrum Kennedy Jr.
Owen David Kerens
James Columbus Kerns
Hilton Snowdon Kessel
Jerome Elwood Kiger
John Joseph Killeen
James H. Kimbler
Emmett Leonard Kines
Marshall Lee King
Paul Earnest King
Ray Daniel Kittle
Cecil Woodrow Kuhn
Kermit Dale Kuhn
Eldon Lawrence Kyle
Robert Paul Laderach
Richard J. Lambert
Margel Siron Landes
Marple Willard Landes
Lewis Milton Larew
Blair James Lazzelle
John Marion Legg (WW II) and Mancel Neely Legg (Korea)
Charles Wesley Lewellyn and William Todd Lewellyn
Virginia Louise Link
Melvin Grey Livesay
Claude Leroy Locke
John Manfredi
James Edward Marlier
Edward Salvatore Mascioli
Joseph Churchill Maxwell
Orville Andrew May
James Fields Mayenschein
Donald Robert McCloud
Clyde A. McClung
Earl Norman McClure
Clarence William McComas
George W. McConnell
John Burk McCue
John Ryan McCulloch
John William McDonald
Hobert Bosworth McGee
Jessie Carrington McGhee
Orville Lee McGinnis
George Vincent McGraw
John Clark McKinney III
Edna Columbia McQuain
Wray Donley McQuay
James Leslie Meadows
Parker Meikle
Everett Eugene Metheny
Dallas Watson Miller
Kent Francis Miller
Darius Willard Mills and Harold Edgar Mills
Roscoe Harry Moles
Murl Harvey Murphy
Harvey Loyal Myers
Aldon Wendel Neptune
John Beard Newman
Carl Nichols
Paul Harding Nuzum
Frank Howard Obrad Jr.
Kermit Reed Orders
Henry Martin Orth Jr.
Ralph Ohley Osborne
Warren Maynard Owens
Kermit Delmer Oxley
Burrell Gilbert Pannell
Charles James Parsons
Frank A. Passavant
Lloyd Bryan Paugh
James Clifford Pauley
Leon Shelburn Paxton
William Henry Pennington Jr.
Omer Jessie Perdue
Aubra Russell Perry Jr., Herbert Newton Perry, and Robert Calvin Perry
Lawrence E. Perry
Robert Ray Perry
Russell Hamilton Peterson
Richard Henry Pfau
Jacob Cecil Phares
Robert Earl Phares
Shirley James Phillips
Woodrow Wilson Phillips
John Ira Pinkerman
Mike Plasha
Bert C. Ponceroff
Clarence Alfred Potterfield
Clarence Prager
Thomas Edward Priddy
Charles Stanley Prince
Dellet Junior Proudfoot
Glen Edmond Pryor
George Edward Pyles
Woodrow Carmen Radcliffe
Cleon Wilson Raese Jr. and Donald Walter Raeses
Michael Alphonse Rafferty
James Thomas Rasco
Frank Edward Reed
Rexal Dane Reed
Bill W. Richardson
Robert Maxwell Richey
Burl Grant Richmond
Mikey Stanford Rickard
Henry Vernon Roach
John Robert Roberts
Robert Warren Robinson
William Amol Ronk
Abraham Clotten Sams
Charles Sarka
Charles Edward Schane
Keith Everett Selders
Basil Clair Sharp
Glen Hubert Sharp
Robert Luther Sibley Jr.
Harry Isadore Silverstein
Charles Burgess Simmons
Harry Huling Simon
Edsel W. Simons
Waitman George Simons
John Joseph Sitarz
Eugene Mitchell Skaggs
Bow Smith
Bulah Smith
Carl Edward Smith
Carl Jefferson Smith
Carl Lissell Smith
Leo Smith
Samuel Ralph Smith Jr.
Woodrow Wilson Smith
John Richard Sole
Pete John Sotirakis
Charles Joseph Spainhour
Sherman Avery Spaulding
Joseph Dewitt Specht
Morris E. Stacey
Ozie Golden Staten
Jack Warren Staton
Harold Stefancic
Cecil Clayton Stemple
Roy Woodrow Stemple
Clarence Robert Stewart
James Aubrey Stewart
Grafton Samuel Stidger
Carey Kenneth Stockwell
Willie Ray Stollings
William Doy Stone
Vance Davidson Stonestreet
Delmont W. Strait
Denvil Dale Summers
Carl Edward Tatterson
Herbert Joseph Thomas Jr.
Randall James Thomas
Edward Thompson
Lawrence Wade Thompson
Robert Lee Thompson
Albert Hanley Totten
Orville Bias Tully and Grant Perry Tully
Cletus Wellington Tusing
Sara Blanche Vance
Clarence Garold Van Horn
Russell P. Vidoloff
John Peter Vournakis
Jack Wayne Wade
Eskridge Allen Waggoner
Thomas Dawson Waldie Jr.
Gilbert Harding Walker
Johnnie Arvil Wallace
Howard Randle Ware
James J. Waters
Vernon Watkins
Clifford Dale Watson
Lee Edward Waugh
Charles Chipley Wetzel
Walter Cline Wetzel
James Wilmer White
Kemble White Jr.
Charles Edward Whiteman
James Elwood Wickline
Franklin Joseph Wilgus
Jack Oswald Williams
Perry Paul Williams
Phil Holland Williams
Clyde Jennings Williamson
Waldo Ray Williamson
Joseph Reid Wilmoth
Charles Frederick Wilson
Charles Henry Wilson Jr.
Clyde Richard Wilson
Willie Paul Wilson
Bernard Ramon Wimmer
Chesley Casper Winkler and George Henry Winkler
George Lewis Winkler
Donald William Winter
Robert Lee Wolverton
Russell Dawson Woods
Howard Francis Woodyard
Byrd Workman Sr.
Simon Trevie Workman
Steve William Wounaris
John David Wright
Thomas Monroe Wright
Fred Frank Young Jr.
Doyle I. Zirkle

Korea


Loren Vincent Adams
Jack Delano Armentrout
James Shellace Armentrout
Paul Brown Armentrout
William Ora Artrip
Oliver Clinton Ball Jr.
George Milton Barrick Jr.
Gilbert Henry Booth
Robert Haymond Burke
Teddy Ray Chandler
Cornelius H. Charlton
Boyers Morgan Clark Jr.
Robert Gray Clatworthy Jr.
Pete Whitfield Conley
Charles Edward Criss
Kennie Cummings
Daniel Dee Cunningham
Kenneth Earl Cunningham
Harold Cutlip
Ray Edward Dowler
John Robert Elwell
Murry Neil Fowler
Orlan Jefferson Fulks
Andrew Lee Greer
Alva Clifford Groves
Charles Henry Grubb
Jackie Paul Hackett
Otmer Franklin Hodges Jr.
Allen Edward Hunter
Lonnie Bryant Hylton Jr.
Jack Robert Hyre
Raymond Harrison (WW II) and Thomas Dale Jones (Korea)
Edward Paul Juristy
Darwin Keith Kyle
John Marion Legg (WW II) and Mancel Neely Legg (Korea)
James E. Lunsford
Buhl Jennings Mace
Aubrey Chester McClung
Vance Ballard McWhorter
Lawrence Alexander Meredith
Junior Everette Michael
Robert Clinton Miller
Robert Junior Miller
Alfred Eugene Mitchell
Paul Mitchem
Jesse Muncy
Francis Junior Nuce
Howard Wayland Ogden
Mason Nowlin Patterson
Carl Wesley Pearl
Margaret Fae Perry
Ralph Eugene Pomeroy
Junior Ellsworth Reed
Bobby Jack Ruddle
Earl Junior Sanders
Darrell Wesley Scarbrough
Kenneth Shadrick
Oral Raymond Sharp
Clarence Edmond Shreve
William Edward Shuck Jr.
Thomas Joseph Sigley
Clarence Virgil Slack Jr.
Gerald Kermit Smith
Nason Dale Stalnaker
Robert Elbon Stalnaker
Eugene Odare Summers
James Haynes Thomas
Gene Dempsey Totten
Frank Beckwith Tucker
Kennie Varney
Don Edgar Wade
Jack Leo Walker
Cook Wikel Jr.
Richard Gene Welch
Carl Emmons West
David Lee West
Paul Russell West
Eugene White
William Henry Whitman
Edwin Keatley Whittington
Theodore Remington Woo
James Edwin Woods

Vietnam


Edward Cody Adams
James Clarence Adams
Charles Frederick Armentrout
Raymond Lee Armentrout
Stanley William Armentrout
Bobby Wayne Armes
Franklin Darrell Ashley II
Dale Clarke Bailey
Charles Andrew Baldwin II
John Robert Ball
Robert Jameson Barton
Paul Eugene Bays
Ted Belcher
Thomas William Bennett
James Grayson Berry
Ronald Lee Berry
Earl Roger Biggs
Daniel Lee Birthisel
Dencil Ray Blankenship
Jackie Everett Bolen Jr.
James Gilbert Bosley
Wayne Douglas Boyer
Rodney Allen Breedlove
Roger Lee Byus
William Lee Carr Jr.
David Rickey Carson
Ted Howard Christian Jr.
Robert Arthur Clark
Karol Clay
Earl Russell Cobb
David Jim Collins
David Samuel Cook
Michael Linn Cooper
James Russell Corder
James Blaine Cox
Roger Gene Craig
Major Roy Dalton Jr.
Edwin Russell Danehart
John Michael Davis
Glenn Vincent Davey
Thomas Kenton Deeds
Jackie Lee Dickens
Danny Joe Dodd
James Edward Duncan
Robert Lee Fleck
Billy Keith Ford
Julius Cartwright Foster
John Leslie Gibbs
Carl Bradford Goodson
Roger Dale Griffith
Clarence Edward Hagey
Jerry Lee Halpenny
Marvin Jim Hanna
Charles Mitchell Hannah
Robert Willard Hartsock
Carmel Bernon Harvey Jr.
James Lewis Hatcher
Gary Lee Haught
Mark Joseph Haverland Jr.
Roy Dwight Heaster
Larry Steven Heater
James Ralph Heeter
Alan Dale Helmick
George Ward Henry Jr.
Ronald Eugene Hesson
James Rush Hickman
Guy Richard Hively
Charles David Hoffman
Romey Earl Hughart Jr.
Howard Wade Jackson
Thomas Alan Johnson
Bernard Francis Jones
Whyley Elton Josh
John Alda Kemp
Fred Michael Kerns
Wayne Huffman Kidd
Cecil Wilbert Kittle Jr.
Donald Gene Lanham
Charles Wesley Lantz
Larry Keith Lee
Willie Thomas Lewis
Larry Francis Lucas
Larry Raymond Martin
Gary Wayne Martini
Terry Lee McClanahan
Hobart Wilson McComas Jr.
David Paul McCord
George William McDaniel
Phill Gene McDonald
Joseph Stanley McKinney
Arthur Nello McMellon
Harry Carlyle McMicken
Terry Lee McNear
William Richard McPherson
Leo Menendez Jr.
James Herbert Mikels Jr.
Charles Willard Miller Jr.
James Ray Miller
Chester Aubrey Mollett
Steven Paul Mollohan
Frankie Zoly Molnar
Gary Wayne Morgan
Rodney Eugene Morgan
Ronald Keith Neal
Philip Larry Nichols
James Theodore Noss
Shirley Wayne O'Boyle
Gordon Dean Perry
John Price Pickett
Archie Andrew Porter
Wavel Wayne Powell
Joe Harold Pringle
Dana Lee Rager
Billy Wayne Rapp
Bobbie Joe Ratliff
Stanley Eugene Riffle
Loyd Eugene Robinson
David Lee Robison
Perry Thomas Rose
David Lee Sackett
James Ray Sargent
James Howard Sawyer
Donald Francis Schnably
Jimmie Wilson Shannon
Roger Lee Simpson
Harry Richard Sine Jr.
Joseph Slavensky, Jr.
Billy Jake Smith
James David Smith
Robert Lee Smith
Gene William Somers Jr.
William Cogar States
Rodney Dale Staton
Jimmy Goethel Stewart
Ray William Stotler
Samuel Reed Summerfield
Daniel Ferrel Tallman
Robert Arnold Tate Jr.
James Lawrence Taylor
Michael Dale Thomas
Robert Dewey Thompson
John Wesley Valentine
Wendell Levern Wallace
Donald Webb
Michael Alonzo Wells
Darrell Charles West
William Carl Whitlatch, Jr.
John Ray Williams
Larry Gail Williamson
John William Wilt Jr.
Alfred Melvin Wolfe
Leonard Joe Zelaski Jr.

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Joseph Phillip Bongiorni III
Eugene Ramon Camara
David Lee Cosner
Russell Eugene Cyzick
Timothy Joseph Dunnigan
John William Garrett Jr.
Mark Edward Hutchison
Marion Ellsworth Kees
Joseph Gordon Kime III
Rueben Gideon Kirk III
Victor Theodore Lake Jr.
Christopher Burns Lester
Kenneth Douglas Scott

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