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GLASCOCK LLOYD E.

L/CPL

US MARINE CORP

VIETNAM

1958-62

#80	SCOTT, FREDDIE E.	PVT	US ARMY	WW I	1918-19
	FREDDIE E. SCOTT: SERVICE #1,616,624. MR. SCOTT'S RESIDENCE AT THE TIME OF ENLISTMENT WAS ALBANY, LIVINGSTON PARISH, LOUISIANA. MR. SCOTT WAS INDUCTED INTO THE US ARMY AT SPRINGFIELD, LIVINGSTON PARISH, LOUISIANA ON SEPT. 5^TH , 1918. (PLACE OF BIRTH AMITE, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA BIRTH: JULY 23^RD , 1896) FREDDIE E. SCOTT SERVED WITH COMPANY K, 84 INF. UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE FOR THE ARMY. FREDDIE SCOTT WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGE ON JANUARY 26^TH , 1919.

#99	PALMER, ALBERT C.	RANK U/K	US ARMY	WW II	1942-45
	ALBERT C. PALMER WAS DRAFTED 09 SEPT 1942 AND HIS SEPARATION DATE WAS 11 OCT 1945.

#101	HERRING, RAY	RANK U/K	US ARMY	WW I	1914-18
	RAY HERRING SERVED WITH THE INFANTRY DURNING WW I.

#136	HOOVER, WOODROW DALTON	AMS-5	US NAVY	CWR/VIETNAM	1956-66
	DALTON HOOVER ENLISTED IN THE US NAVY RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. MAY 22,1956. DALTON WAS STATION IN ICELAND, FROM WHERE HE FLEW BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, ICELAND AND GREENLAND. DALTON SERVED IN THE US NAVY FOR 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS AND WAS SEPARTED AUGUST 4, 1966. DALTON HOOVER RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT AND THE NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDALS. DALTON WAS BORN 3-21-1938 AND DIED ON 9-14- 2005.

#141	THOMAS, WILBORN E.	SGT	US ARMY	KOREAN	1952-55
	WILBORN E. THOMAS: ENTERED THE ARMY OCT. 13^TH , 1952, DISCHARGED SEPT 26^TH, 1955. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, WILBORN SERVED WITH A LIGHT ARTILLARY COMPANY. HE HAD LEADERSHIP TRAINING AT FORT BLISS THEN ASSIGNED TO FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. AT FORT BRAGG WILBORN SERVED AS A TYPIST CLERK, THEN WAS ASSIGNED TO SOUTH KOREA FOR 15 MONTHS AS POST EXCHANGE MANAGER.

#145	ALLEN, JACK	SGT	US ARMY	WW II	1942-45
	WHILE IN THE ARMY, MY FATHER RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUIT MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL. SGT ALLEN SERVED IN NORTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY, TUNISIA AND SICILY.

#147	HERRING, NELSON P.	CPL	US ARMY	KOREAN	1950-52
	NELSON P. HERRING WAS DRAFTED DURNING THE KOREAN WAR BUT FORTUNALLY I SERVE MY TWO YEARS IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY IN THE MILITARY POLICE BATALLION.

#151	PURVIS, JESSIE MONROE	FIELD SGT 1^ST CLASS	US ARMY	KOREAN	1947-53
	JESSIE MONROE PURVIS SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AS A FIELD SGT 1^ST CLASS, MONROE ENTERED THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1947 AND WAS DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1953.

#153	J OHNSON, CLYDE J.	CPL	US ARMY	WW II	1944-46
	CLYDE J. JOHNSON CPL US ARMY SERVED WITH THE COMBAT ENGINEERS DURNING WW II.

#155	ALBIN, THOMAS F.	PFC	US ARMY	WW I	1918-19
	THOMAS F. ALBIN SERVED WITH THE141ST FIELD ARTILLERY HORSE CALVARY IN FRANCE DURNING WW I. THOMAS ENTERED THE US ARMY 28 MAY 1918 AND WAS DISCHARGED 2^ND MAY 1919.

#164	MARUSCHAK, JOHN S,	SEAMAN 1^ST CLASS	US NAVY	WW II	1944-46
	JOHN MARUSCHAK SERVED ABOARD THE USS REMUS DURING WW II.

#166	MIZELL, ROY M. KIA	PVT	US ARMY	WW II	1944-44
	ROY M. MIZELL WAS DRAFTED IN THE SPRING OF 1944, RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTSON, ARKANSAS. HE WAS GIVEN A SHORT FURLOUGH IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF 1944, THEN WAS SHIPPED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) AND WAS KILL IN ACTION ON 26 NOVEMBER 1944. ROY MIZELL WAS KILLED NEAR JAMEY, FRANCE AND WAS INTERNED IN THE LORRAINE MILITARY CEMETERY, LORRAINE, FRANCE. IN 1948 PVT ROY MIZELL’S REMAINS WAS RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND HE WAS RE-INTERNED IN THE COURTNEY CEMETERY, HOLDEN, LIVINGSTON PARISH, LOUISIANA.

#170	CAIN, CARL D.	SPEC-4^TH CLASS	US ARMY	VIETNAM	19---69
KIA	CARL D. CAIN FROM DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA SERVED WITH THE 254L INFANTRY @ CU CHI, VIETNAM. CARL WAS KILL IN ACTION ON MARCH 6^TH, 1969.

#172	SALASSI, ELLIOTT A.	NEED	US ARMY	WW II	1942-45
	ELLIOTT A. SALASSI SERVED WITH THE 43^RD, SIGNAL CORP DURNING WW II. ELLIOTT ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1942 AND WAS SEPARTED ON NOVEMBER 1945.

#174	WELLS, JR., THOMAS G.	PHA/SIGNALMEN-3rd, CLASS	US NAVY/US MARINES	WW II	1943-46
	THOMAS G. WELLS, JR. SERVED WITH THE U.S. NAVY IN 1943 AS A SIGNALMEN AND A PHARCMEY MATE. THOMAS WELLS, JR. WAS ATTACHED TO THE 3rd MARINE DIVISION,1st MARINES, 5th REGIMENT, AS A CORPSMAN. THOMAS SAW ACTION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, AT GUADALCANAL, TULOGI, MAJOWRO, KAWELIGENE, RUSSELLS ISLAND, ULITHA, GUAM AND OKINAWA. CORPSMAN THOMAS WELLS RECEIVED TWO PURPLE HARTS WITH PALM LEAVES. IN HIS SPARE TIME THOMAS SERVED AS A SIGNALMAN ABOARD THE U.S. NEW KENT (APA 217). THOMAS WELLS, JR. SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLE AND WAS SEPARTED FROM SERVICE IN 1946.

#176	DEVALL, JOHN B.	TECH-5-MD	US ARMY	WW II	19----45
POW	JOHN B. DEVALL SERVED IN THE US ARMY DURNING WW II IN THE EUROPEAN THEATHER, JOHN WAS A POW IN GERMANY. JOHN HAD SOME MEDICAL TRAINING. HE TENDED TO THE INJURED SERVICE MEN THE BEST HE COULD WITH WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.

#177	DAY, LEVE BURNETT		US ARMY	WW II	1940-45
	BURNETT LEVE DAY ENLISTMENT DATE 14 JULY 1940. BURNETT SERVED DURNING WW II IN THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN. BURNETT DAY RECEIVED DECRATIONS AND CITATIONS: (1) GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AR-600-68; (2) AMERICAN DEFENCE SV MEDAL; (3) EAMETO MEDAL. BURNETT SEPARATION DATE FROM THE US AMMY WAS 22 SEPT 1945.

#183	ROBERTSON, S.J.	BM-2	US NAVY	KOREAN	1950-54
	S.J. ROBERTSON SERVED IN THE US NAVY DURNING THE KOREAN CONFLICT ABOARD THE U.S.S. BENHAM DD796. S.J. WAS A BOATSWAINS MATE SECOND CLASS UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. AFTER THE KOREAN CONFLICT S.J. ROBERTSON SAILED THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS, THEIR MISSIONS WAS TO SEEK OUT EMENY SURFACE SHIPS AND SUBMARINES AND DESTROY THEM. AFTER THEIR MISSION WAS COMPLETED S.J. AND SHIPMATES SAILED AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE RETURNING HOME. THE U.S.S. BEHNAM DD-796 ALSO SERVED DURNING WW II IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. BM-2CLASS S.J. ROBERTSON SERVED WITH THE US NAVY FROM 1950 UNTIL

#184	PERKINS, WILLIAM W.	S/SGT	US ARMY	WW II	1941-45
	WILLIAM W. PERKINS SERVED IN THE US ARMY DURNING THE WAR WITH JAPAN, WILLIAM WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END IN SEPTEMBER 1945. S/SGT WILLIAM PERKINGS SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC, KISKA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, LEYTE, PHILLIPEAN ISLANDS, AND OKINAWIA.

#185	ADCOX, CHARLES R.	SGT	US ARMY	WW II	1943-46
	CHARLES R. ADCOX SERVED IN THE US ARMY DURING WW II, CHARLES ENTERED THE ARMY ON MAY 19, 1943 AND WAS DISCHARGED ON MARCH 11, 1946.

#189	BROWN, CLARENCE	SGT	US ARMY	WW II	1941-44
	CLARENCE BROWN WAS BORN IN WHITEHALL, LIVINGSTON PARISH, LOUISIANA IN 1913. CLARENCE ENLISTED IN THE US ARMY IN 1941, HE FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AGAINST THE JAPANESE.. CLARENCE SERVED ON GUAM AND THE PHILLIPINES. THE FIRST PART OF HIS ENLISTMENT CLARENCE WAS UTILIZED AS AN EXPERT BAZOOKA MAN. IN THE LATTER PART OF THE WAR THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF COOKS AND CLARENCE BEING AN EXCELLENT CAJUN FRENCH COOK WAS UTILIZED THEREFORE AS A US ARMY COOK, SO HE TOOK HIS TALENTS TO THE KITCHEN. IN THE LATTER PART OF 1944, CLARENCE AND HIS BUDDIES WERE PUT ON A TRANSPORT SHIP AND SENT HOME. THE VOYAGE TOOK SIX WEEKS. CLARENCE AND HIS SHIPMATES WERE FED SPAM EVERYDAY FOR SIX WEEKS. CLARENCE SWORE, SINCE THAT VOYAGE HOME HE WOULD NEVER EAT SPAM AGAIN. SARGARENT CLARENCE BROWN A PROUD AMERICAN VETERAN PAST AWAY AUGUST OF 1995 AT THE AGE OF 82.

#190	FUNG, STEPHEN PAUL G.	SGT E5	US ARMY	IRAQ WAR	2004-06
	STEVEN PAUL G. FUNG JOINED THE US ARMY AUGUST 31, 2004. AFTER BOOT CAMP STEVENPAUL WAS SENT TO HAWAII WERE HE TRAINED WITH THE HELICOPTER BRANCH "TROPICAL LIGHTING". ON JULY 22, 2006. STEVENPAUL WAS SENT TO IRAQ, WERE HE SERVED WITH THE "TROPICAL LIGHTING". AS A CREW CHIEF ON A BLACK HAWK #2-25. STEVENPAUL G. FUNG FOUGHT IN IRAQ IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM.

#191	"THE PIERSON & BLOUNT FAMILY'S"-
	TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THESE FAMILIES'S WHO SERVED IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. SOME OF THEM SERVED IN VARIOUS WARS AND SOME OF WHOM NEVER SAW WAR, BUT SERVED THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY IN PEACE TIME.

#192	STEWART, ELMER HORACE	FN	US NAVY	KOREAN	1952-55
	ELMER HORACE STEWART JOINED THE US NAVY WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. ELMER ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON 6 AUG 1952, IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. ELMER RECEIVED HIS TRANING AT THE U.S. NAVY RECRUIT STATION IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. OUT OF BOOT CAMP ELMER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS HENRICO (APA 45) TROOP CARRIER. THE HENRICO ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO 26 JULY 1952 AND IN SEPTEMBER RETURNED TO PEARL HARBOR FOR REPAIRS AND TRAINING. THE HENRICO SAIL AGAIN FOR KOREAN WATERS 7 MARCH 1953 RESUMING THE IMPORTANT JOB OF REDEPLOYING TROOPS ALONG THE COASTS AND TO JAPAN. DURNING JULY AND AUGUST SHE OPERATED BETWEEN PUSAN AND JAPAN AND JOINED IN THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS FOLLOWING THE ARMISTICE AGREEMENT. FOR HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE DURNING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE CONFLICT, HENRICO WAS AWARDED THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. ARRIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO 24 AUGUST 1953, THE ATTACK TRANSPORT ENGAGED IN COASTAL TRAINING OPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SHE SAILED FOR ANOTHER TOUR IN THE FAR EAST 24 OCTOBER 1954, AND PARTICIPATED IN AN AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING EXERCISE IN DECEMBER. AS WAR OVER THE TACHEN ISLANDS THREATENED IN FEBURARY, HENRICO AND OTHER NAVAL UNITS MOVED IN 8 FEBRUARY 1955 TO EVACATE NATIONALIST CHINESE TROOPS. AFTER ARRIVING KEELUNG, FORMOSA, 13 FEBURARY; SHE CARRIED TROOPS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND HONG KONG BEFORE RETURNING TO SAN DIEGO 22 APRIL 1955. ELMER'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DUTY ASSIGNMENT WAS GUAM, M.I. ABOARD THE APA USS HENRICO AS A FIREMAN, DURING TROOP LOADING AND UNLOADING ELMER'S DUTY WAS A MACHINE GUNNER ON THE VP BOATS. THEIR DUTY WAS TAKING PERSONEL FROM THE USS HENRICO TO THE BEACHES AND BACK. WHILE IN SERVICE ELMER COMPLETED HIS USAFI GED TEST ON 31 JULY 1953, AND RECEIVED HIS HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. ELMER STEWART RECEIVED THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WHILE SURVING ABOARD THE USS HENRICO APA 45. ELMER WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE US NAVY ON 10 NOV 1955.

#195

ALLEN, LOUIS WORTH

PFC

US ARMY

VIETNAM

1958-61

#203

GLASCOCK, THEODORE

US ARMY

WWII

1942-1945

#207	TOLER, TIMOTHY W.	LTC	US ARMY		1990-NEED
	TIMOTHY W, TOLER SERVED IN VIETNAM AS A RADIO-TROPO OFFICER (2LT.) .A LONG LINES COMMUNICATION DETACHMENT COMPANY COMMANDER (CAP.) . I WAS ALSO ASSIGNED JOINTLY AS A CIVICS ACTION OFFICER, SPONSORING A VIETNAM ORPHANGE CALLED "AN LOC". I ALSO SERVED AS PAY OFFICER AND FLEW MONTHLY A CROSS THE COUNTRY TO DELIVERY PAY TO OUR TROOPS. IN SAUDIA ARABIA, DURING DESERT STORM, I WAS THE ADJUTANT (S-I) FOR THE 321 ST MATERIAL MANGEMENT CENTER. (LTC) MR. TIMOTHY W. TOLER SERVED AS BAND DIRECTOR AT ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1985-86 BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE US ARMY.