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Colonel William Cooper
April 24, 1966
Col. William Earl "Coop" Cooper was born on September 16, 1920, in Dothan, Alabama and was raised in Albany, GA where he graduated from Albany High School in 1938. Pursuing his lifelong desire to be a fighter pilot, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 13, 1939, and entered Infantry Officer Candidate School on September 16, 1940. After...
Jonathan R. Posey Pfc/Usmcr
December 2, 1950
Funeral service for the late, Jonathan Reed Posey, Jr. PFC/USMC, will be held at 11:00 am Monday, August 12, 2013, at the Memorial Chapel, Fort Meyer, VA. Interment with full military honors will immediately follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Relatives, friends and those wishing to pay tribute must arrive by 10:30 am at the Memorial Bridge or Fort Meyer...
Billy Johnson, Pfc, Usmc
November 30, 1950
Billy Edward Johnson was born on August 29, 1929. According to records Texas was his home or enlistment state and Crosby County included within the archival record, with Crosbyton listed as the city. He had enlisted in the Marine Corps. Served during the Korean War. He had the rank of Private First Class. He served with Detachment 1, 32nd...
PFC Robert John Prew, USMC
July 7, 1944
PFC Robert J. Prew, USMC
On June 15, 1944, roughly 70,000 American soldiers from the 27th Infantry Division and marines from the 2nd Marine Division and 4th Marine Division landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Saipan in the Marianas Islands in what would come to be known as the Battle of Saipan. Allied commanders wanted to use...
Richard Murphy
June 15, 1944
Marine Corps Reserve Staff Sgt. Richard J. Murphy, Jr., 26, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, accounted for on July 25, 2018, will be buried December 1, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. On June 15, 1944, Murphy was a member of 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which landed at Red Beach, Saipan, when American forces participated in the battle for...
Larry Roberts
November 24, 1943
Marine Corps Pfc. Larry R. Roberts, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Roberts was assigned to Special Weapons Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island....
Charles Donald Miller Pfc. Usmc Reserve
November 22, 1943
On October 23, 2020, Marine Corps Reserve PFC Charles Donald Miller, 19, killed in World War II, will finally be laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors. Born October 5, 1924 in Albany, Indiana, Charles was the older of two children blessed to the union of Donald "Don" and Lucille (nee Brown) Miller. Like...
Pfc. Harold William Hayden, Usmc
November 22, 1943
Harold William Hayden was born on 28 September 1924. He grew up in Hamilton County Ohio with his parents, Donald Schuyler and Clara (Menard) Hayden, and siblings Phyllis, Donald, and June; the family moved around the greater Cincinnati area, and had homes in Norwood and Deer Park. Donald and Clara's marriage ultimately ended in divorce; she remarried to one...
Pvt. Jack Rudolph Stambaugh, Usmc
November 22, 1943
Jack entered the world in Wichita Falls, Texas, on 27 June 1923. His birth name is not known; at a young age, Jack was adopted by James Madison and Stella (Hankins) Stambaugh and went to live in nearby Archer County. He grew up with three half-sisters – Opal Clyde, Nettie Jim, and Mary Lou – and attended school in...
Edward Nalazek
November 21, 1943
On November 21, 1943 PFC Edward Augustine Nalazek, USMC gave his life for his country on Betio Island, Tarwa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati. Born on March 26, 1916. On Monday February 10, 2020 at 10:45 am a Mass of Resurrection was held at the Memorial Chapel of Fort Myer, VA. Interment with full military honors followed at...
1Lt. Justin Green Mills, Usmc
November 20, 1943
Born December 12, 1917, in Houston, Texas, Justin was the 2nd of three children blessed to the union of Roger Quarles and Aline Mary (nee Ruiz) Mills. Before his baby sister was born, the family moved to Grandpa and Grandma Mills’ farm in Lockhart. Jobs were tough to come by in those days though. Roger worked for a bit...
Sgt. Fred Farris Usmc
November 20, 1943
Fred Farris was born on 4 August 1924, the first child for nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Gilmore Farris and her husband, also named Fred. Two younger siblings arrived before the decade was out. The Farris family made their home in Hillsboro, Texas for several years before Elizabeth and Fred Senior divorced. Elizabeth took Fred Junior, Kenneth, and Betty Jo to China...
Colonel William Cooper
April 24, 1966
Col. William Earl "Coop" Cooper was born on September 16, 1920, in Dothan, Alabama and was raised in Albany, GA where he graduated from Albany High School in 1938. Pursuing his lifelong desire to be a fighter pilot, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 13, 1939, and entered Infantry Officer Candidate School on September 16, 1940. After...
Jonathan R. Posey Pfc/Usmcr
December 2, 1950
Funeral service for the late, Jonathan Reed Posey, Jr. PFC/USMC, will be held at 11:00 am Monday, August 12, 2013, at the Memorial Chapel, Fort Meyer, VA. Interment with full military honors will immediately follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Relatives, friends and those wishing to pay tribute must arrive by 10:30 am at the Memorial Bridge or Fort Meyer...
Billy Johnson, Pfc, Usmc
November 30, 1950
Billy Edward Johnson was born on August 29, 1929. According to records Texas was his home or enlistment state and Crosby County included within the archival record, with Crosbyton listed as the city. He had enlisted in the Marine Corps. Served during the Korean War. He had the rank of Private First Class. He served with Detachment 1, 32nd...
PFC Robert John Prew, USMC
July 7, 1944
PFC Robert J. Prew, USMC
On June 15, 1944, roughly 70,000 American soldiers from the 27th Infantry Division and marines from the 2nd Marine Division and 4th Marine Division landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Saipan in the Marianas Islands in what would come to be known as the Battle of Saipan. Allied commanders wanted to use...
Richard Murphy
June 15, 1944
Marine Corps Reserve Staff Sgt. Richard J. Murphy, Jr., 26, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, accounted for on July 25, 2018, will be buried December 1, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. On June 15, 1944, Murphy was a member of 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which landed at Red Beach, Saipan, when American forces participated in the battle for...
Larry Roberts
November 24, 1943
Marine Corps Pfc. Larry R. Roberts, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Roberts was assigned to Special Weapons Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island....
Charles Donald Miller Pfc. Usmc Reserve
November 22, 1943
On October 23, 2020, Marine Corps Reserve PFC Charles Donald Miller, 19, killed in World War II, will finally be laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors. Born October 5, 1924 in Albany, Indiana, Charles was the older of two children blessed to the union of Donald "Don" and Lucille (nee Brown) Miller. Like...
Pfc. Harold William Hayden, Usmc
November 22, 1943
Harold William Hayden was born on 28 September 1924. He grew up in Hamilton County Ohio with his parents, Donald Schuyler and Clara (Menard) Hayden, and siblings Phyllis, Donald, and June; the family moved around the greater Cincinnati area, and had homes in Norwood and Deer Park. Donald and Clara's marriage ultimately ended in divorce; she remarried to one...
Pvt. Jack Rudolph Stambaugh, Usmc
November 22, 1943
Jack entered the world in Wichita Falls, Texas, on 27 June 1923. His birth name is not known; at a young age, Jack was adopted by James Madison and Stella (Hankins) Stambaugh and went to live in nearby Archer County. He grew up with three half-sisters – Opal Clyde, Nettie Jim, and Mary Lou – and attended school in...
Edward Nalazek
November 21, 1943
On November 21, 1943 PFC Edward Augustine Nalazek, USMC gave his life for his country on Betio Island, Tarwa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati. Born on March 26, 1916. On Monday February 10, 2020 at 10:45 am a Mass of Resurrection was held at the Memorial Chapel of Fort Myer, VA. Interment with full military honors followed at...
1Lt. Justin Green Mills, Usmc
November 20, 1943
Born December 12, 1917, in Houston, Texas, Justin was the 2nd of three children blessed to the union of Roger Quarles and Aline Mary (nee Ruiz) Mills. Before his baby sister was born, the family moved to Grandpa and Grandma Mills’ farm in Lockhart. Jobs were tough to come by in those days though. Roger worked for a bit...
Sgt. Fred Farris Usmc
November 20, 1943
Fred Farris was born on 4 August 1924, the first child for nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Gilmore Farris and her husband, also named Fred. Two younger siblings arrived before the decade was out. The Farris family made their home in Hillsboro, Texas for several years before Elizabeth and Fred Senior divorced. Elizabeth took Fred Junior, Kenneth, and Betty Jo to China...
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