In memoriam
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on November 9, 2009 1:46 PM
The following men have been confirmed as sons of Duplin County lost in World War II:
* J.D. Albertson -- killed in action Sept. 6, 1944
* John Thomas Avent -- killed in action Aug. 10, 1944
* William Arthur Barwick -- killed in action June 18, 1945
* Fred King Blaylock -- died of battle wounds, no date found
* Maceo Blount -- killed in action Sept. 2, 1943
* Chancey Evis Boney -- killed in action Oct. 28, 1944
* Luke Wright Boney Jr. -- killed in action Aug. 6, 1944
* Doword Bostic -- died of asphyxiation Dec. 11, 1945
* Larry Thomas Bostic -- killed in action July 15, 1944
* Samuel Rufus Bowden III -- killed in action May 23, 1944
* Sam S. Brinson -- died of disease Aug. 11, 1945
* Ben Claude Brock -- killed in action Nov. 26, 1944
* Glennie Marion Brock -- killed in action Nov. 10, 1944
* James Mason Brown Jr. -- killed in action March 25, 1945
* Elton Council Bryan -- killed in action Sept. 2, 1944
* Robert W. Buck -- killed in action Oct. 20, 1944
* Talmadge Alonzo Bunch -- killed in action Oct. 5, 1942
* Dortch Edward Carlton -- died of disease, no date found
* Irwin Harris Carr -- killed in action Dec. 28, 1943
* Joseph Columbus Carr -- killed in action July 5, 1944
* Graham Best Cavenaugh -- killed in action, no date found
* Roy Lee Cottle -- died of battle wounds March 20, 1945
* Elmer Ward Dail -- died of disease, no date found
* William A. Davis -- killed in action, no date found
* Norwood Harris Dobson -- killed in action May 8, 1944
* Clifton Ferris Edgerton -- killed in action Sept. 19, 1944
* Alton Ray English -- killed in action June 6, 1944
* James Elmer Faison -- died of battle wounds Jan. 1, 1945
* Vernie Odell Fountain -- killed in action Oct. 13, 1943
* William Glasgow -- died of disease April 12, 1945
* James Lee Grady -- killed in action Feb. 10, 1945
* Daniel Hill -- no details found
* Voil Hill -- died of disease, no date found
* Howard Horne -- died overseas April 9, 1945
* Francis Lee Hunt -- killed in action Aug. 12, 1944
* Arnold Jackson -- died of battle wounds July 6, 1944
* Charles Henry Jackson -- killed in action July 10, 1943
* Jack Jones -- killed in action April 2, 1945
* Roscoe Kelly -- killed in action Dec. 26, 1944
* Ned Caesar Kenion -- killed in action Nov. 12, 1943
* George Boney King Jr. -- died of battle wounds June 18, 1944
* William Samuel Kornegay -- killed in action Sept. 16, 1943
* Roy Lanier -- killed in action Nov. 13, 1942
* Henry Dougald MacMillian Jr. -- killed Dec. 27, 1943
* Herman Thurman McCalop -- killed in action March 15, 1943
* Lawson Groves Matthews -- died of wounds sustained in automobile crash Sept. 16, 1945
* Don Lon Mercer -- killed in action Feb. 18, 1944
* Forrest Merritt Jr. -- killed in action July 23, 1944
* Tyson Hardy Mewborn -- died in U.S. Oct. 31, 1945
* Grover Lee Miller -- killed in action Jan. 16, 1945
* Edward D. Murphy Jr. -- died of disease Aug. 12, 1944
* John Wiley Murphy -- died of disease July 1, 1945
* Jay P. Newsome -- killed in action June 5, 1944
* Claude Orrell Jr. -- no details found
* Charlie T. Parker -- killed in action, no date found
* Don Everette Pate -- missing in action March 1944, declared dead Jan. 16, 1946
* Charles Leonard Peirce -- killed in action Sept. 30, 1944
* Charlie Edgar Pike Jr. -- killed in action Sept. 25, 1944
* Ned Potter -- killed in action Feb. 29, 1944
* William H. Rogers -- killed in action Oct. 2 1944
* Ottis Lee Savage -- killed in action Oct. 24, 1944
* Roy Sherman Savage -- killed in action, no date found
* John Wesley Shaffer Jr. -- killed in action March 4, 1945
* Arthur J. Sheppard -- died of battle wounds March 6, 1945
* Marcus Waitus Sheppard -- killed in action, no date found
* James Dempsey Simmons -- killed in action March 16, 1944
* Corris Hampton Smith -- killed in action Nov. 26, 1944
* Willard Smith -- killed in action June 18, 1944
* Theodore Dunn Southerland -- killed in action Nov. 24, 1943
* Maleon D. Stanford -- died of disease, no date found
* Pender Surcy -- killed in action Aug. 12, 1944
* William Lloyd Swinson -- died of disease Sept. 25, 1945
* Burtis J. Taylor -- killed in action Dec. 7, 1944
* Jeff Clayton Taylor -- died of disease Feb. 21, 1946
* Charles Abernathy Teachey -- killed in action Dec. 28, 1944
* Ira Berry Teachey Jr. -- killed in action March 15, 1945
* Leroy James Teachey Jr. -- killed in action March 2, 1944
* Philip Teachey -- killed in action April 18, 1945
* Mike Gregory Thomas -- killed in action Feb. 17, 1945
* Clifton Turner -- killed in action, no date found
* Hurbert James Turner -- died of battle wounds Sept. 18, 1944
* Osborne Casteen Turner -- killed in action Oct. 2, 1944
* Ralph Moten Turner -- killed in action Aug. 9, 1942
* Woodrow Weeks -- killed in action July 25, 1944
* Marvin Whaley -- killed in action Dec. 14, 1944
* Cecil Hertford Wiggs -- killed in action June 22, 1944
* David Stephen Williams -- died in U.S. June 27, 1943
* Hallie Farris Williams -- killed in action July 18, 1944
* Robert E. Williams -- killed in action March 9, 1945
* Willis Steele Wilson -- died of battle wounds April 26, 1945