Known Wayne County residents who died in combat from World War I through the Korean War
By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on July 18, 2010 1:50 AM
Korean War
* James Elias Bass, of Goldsboro, died Oct. 30, 1951
* Daniel Joseph Carter, hometown unknown, died March 11, 1952
* William Lloyd Howell, of Pikeville, died Oct. 3, 1951
* John Henry King, of Goldsboro, died July 31, 1952
* James Lee Kornegay, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 6, 1951
* John W. Lamm, of Goldsboro, died Oct. 4, 1951
* I.L Littleton, of Pikeville, died Dec. 31, 1953
* James Merritt, hometown unknown, died either Sept. 1, 1950 or Aug. 22, 1950
* Forrest L. Price, of Seven Springs, died March 10, 1953
Vietnam War
* Emmett E. Ballree, of Mount Olive, died May 4, 1967
* Murray L. Borden Jr., of Goldsboro, died Oct. 12, 1966
* Dan Bullock, of Goldsboro, died June 7, 1969
* James R. Coates, of Dudley, died Sept. 17, 1968
* William D. Crawford, of Pikeville, died March 13, 1968
* Donald E. Daniels, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 14, 1966
* Edgar F. Davis, of Goldsboro, died March 5, 1979
* James P. DeVaney, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 28, 1970
* Robert A. Govan, hometown unknown, died March 6, 1978
* Joseph M. Grantham III, of Goldsboro, died May 19, 1967
* William W. Hail, hometown unknown, died Feb. 9, 1978
* Phillip D. Hardy, of Mount Olive, died June 11, 1969
* Joseph N. Hargrove, of Mount Olive, died July 21, 1976
* Casco D. Howell, of Goldsboro, died July 20, 1966
* Ernest R. Howell, of Goldsboro, died April 30, 1971
* Ralph Howell, of Eureka, died Nov. 26, 1970
* Robert H. Irwin, hometown unknown, died June 29, 1978
* Dan L. Jenkins, of Goldsboro, died Jan. 29, 1969
* Stokely J. Jones, of Goldsboro, died Sept. 17, 1969
* Wilbert E. Jones, of Mount Olive, died Oct. 17, 1969
* Bobby R. Lane, of Goldsboro, died June 18, 1968
* Billy W. McKeel, of Pikeville, died Jan. 12, 1967
* Rudolph S. Parrish, of Fremont, died Aug. 21, 1969
* Hubert Pearsall Jr., of Mount Olive, died Nov. 21, 1966
* Phillip W. Pigford, of Mount Olive, died March 6, 1968
* George P. Power, of Mount Olive, died June 16, 1968
* James L. Ratliff, hometown unknown, died Aug. 6, 1968
* Richard V. Riggs, of Goldsboro, died May 14, 1968
* William C. Sutton, of Goldsboro, died Jan. 28, 1970
* Edmund R. Toler, of Goldsboro, Aug. 13, 1968
* Paul G. Underwood, hometown unknown, died Jan. 9, 1978
* Kenneth E. Vanhoy, of Goldsboro, died May 17, 1969
* Albert Vick Jr., of Goldsboro, died July 25, 1969
* Richard W. Watson, of Goldsboro, June 3, 1969
World War I
* Jesse J. Baker, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Roscoe Benton, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Andrew Best, of Fremont, death date unknown
* James H. Blalock, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Willie L. Blalock, of Fremont, death date unknown
* Bruce L. Blevins, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Levi C. Branson, of Bentonville, death date unknown
* Irving Bryant, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Fred Lawton Casey, of Seven Springs, death date unknown
* Carol B. Clinton, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Eulas Lee Collins, of Pikeville, death date unknown
* Roland Cox, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* John Creech, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Marion Lee Daniels, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Daniel Davis, of Saulston, death date unknown
* Gaston L. Dortch, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Mack Elliott, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James Irvin Fulford, of Morehead City, death date unknown
* William James Gardner, of Pikeville, death date unknown
* Andrian H. Grantham, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Moses Hadley, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Samuel Hadley, of Pikeville, death date unknown
* Herbert Lee Handley, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* George R. Hardesty, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Faison Harris, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* James Hill, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Sidney W. Hinson, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Wyatt Hinson, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James Herbert Hogan, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Harry B. Hood, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Sam G. Hummell, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Cleon Ray Jones, of Indian Springs, death date unknown
* Ezra A. Mayo, of Fremont, death date unknown
* Ezra Moore, of Dudley, death date unknown
* William O. Mozingo, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Chas Raynor, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Fred Reed, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Mortimer Roscower, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Jesse R. Ruffin, of Fremont, death date unknown
* Herman P. Shackleford, of Fremont, death date unknown
* Chas Dixon Shaver, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Leslie Jurney Short, of Fremont, death date unknown
* King David Simmons, of Dudley, death date unknown
* Willie Simmons, of LaGrange, death date unknown
* Foster B. Stevens, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Isaac Stevens, of Faison, death date unknown
* Elam Summerlin, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* James G. Summerlin, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Ben Ira Taylor, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Nathaniel K. Thornton, of Bentonville, death date unknown
* Arthur Turner, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* William Walston, of Stantonsburg, death date unknown
* R.H. Westbrook, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Grover Cleveland Wiggins, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Major Williams, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Danzie Winn, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Guy Winstead, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Shade Wooten, hometown unknown, death date unknown
World War II
* Robert E. Abel, hometown unknown, died March 19, 1945
* Albert J. Adams, of Seven Springs, died Feb. 23, 1945
* Henry W. Allen Jr., of LaGrange, died Jan. 6, 1944
* Bruce Anderson, of Dudley, died Feb. 2, 1943
* Raymond R. Anderson, of Mount Olive, died June 24, 1944
* Cleveland Balkcum, of Goldsboro, died April 22, 1944
* George W. Barber, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* William A. Barwick, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Jerry H. Beamon, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Benjamin F. Bell, of Mount Olive, died Oct. 15, 1944
* William H. Bell, of Brogden, death date unknown
* Robert O. Benton, of Goldsboro, died June 14, 1944
* J.R. Best, of Pikeville, death date unknown
* Norman E. Best, of Mount Olive, died March 3, 1945
* James Horace Blackman, of Princeton, death date unknown
* James Lee Blackman, of Goldsboro, died May 14, 1943
* Paul L. Borden Jr., of Goldsboro, died Feb. 5, 1945
* William Louis Britt, of Goldsboro, died Aug. 31, 1943
* Ben R. Brock, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Glennie M. Brock, of Mount Olive, died Feb. 4, 1944
* James L. Byrd, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Raeford L. Campbell, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Archie B. Carter, of Dudley, died March 29, 1945
* Carl C. Caset, of Dudley, died March 1, 1945
* Earl Chestnut, of Dobbersville, died Nov. 17, 1944
* Linwood Ray Combs, of Goldsboro, died April 5, 1945
* Harold Crawford, of Fremont, death date unknown
* Lawton Crumpler Jr., of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Wayne Garland Crumpler, of Goldsboro, died May 28, 1945
* Woodard W. Crumpler, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Edward Carlyle Daily, of Goldsboro, died Dec. 7, 1941
* Jake Davis, of Goldsboro, died July 1, 1944
* I.D. Dickerson, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James Edmundson, of Goldsboro, died April 25, 1943
* Clarence M. Edwards, of Princeton, died June 15, 1944
* Wayne Roland Edwards, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Albert L. Ellington, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* William H. Ellis, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Richard Elmore, of LaGrange, died March 12, 1945
* Gene J. Elzas, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Ray E. Eubanks, of LaGrange, death date unknown
* Marvin L. Faircloth, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 25, 1945
* Stephen P. Faircloth, of Goldsboro, died Sept. 20, 1944
* Joseph Farah, of Mount Olive, died Feb. 28, 1945
* Louis H. Faulk, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Reulien R. Floyd, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Thurston D. Fogleman, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Alleyne Foster, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Carl E. Franklin, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Ralph Giddens, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* George E. Grantham, of Mount Olive, died Jan. 15, 1942
* Robert Greenfield, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Clifton Hamm, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Thomas P. Harrison, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 21, 1945
* Robert R. Hatch, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Henry Edward Herring, of Pikeville, death date unknown
* Cecil Hertford, of Warsaw, died June 22, 1944
* May S. Higgins, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* David R. Hill, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Ray Hill, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Liston Levi Hines, of Goldsboro, died June 6, 1944
* Wilbert O. Hodge, of Kenly, death date unknown
* John Hollingsworth, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Horace Horton, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Roland W. Horton Jr., of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Charles M. Howell, of Goldsboro, died July 20, 1944
* Ernest C. Howell, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 5, 1944
* George F. Howell, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 1, 1943
* James L. Howell, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* W.A. Harry Hundley, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Alton Jarmon, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Louis J. Jernigan, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Douglas T. Johnson, of Four Oaks, death date unknown
* Wayne Lee Johnson, of Nahunta, death date unknown
* Jack Jones, of Wilson, death date unknown
* J.C. Jones, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Melvin B. Jones, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Jack Jones, of Wilson, death date unknown
* J.C. Jones, of Grantham, death date unknown
* Melvin B. Jones, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Roy Wayne Jones, of Grantham, death date unknown
* Charles C. Keller, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Roscoe Kelly, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Charles S. Killette, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Ben R. King, of Smith Chapel, death date unknown
* Willie Lane, of Goldsboro, died Dec. 11, 1944
* Harvey J. Langston, of Fremont, death date unkown
* Raymond J. Langston, of Goldsboro, died Dec. 11, 1944
* Charles C. Lassiter, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Henry H. Lee, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Rayford S. Lynch, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Hugh D. Marshburn, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James T. Marshburn, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Carl O. Martin, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 1, 1943
* Wilbert C. Massey, of Princeton, death date unknown
* Margus I. McCarty, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Gary L. McDonald, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James P. McLamb, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Tyson Hardy Mewborn, of Goldsboro, death date unkown
* James Allen Mozingo, of Dudley, died Nov. 13, 1944
* Earnest Newsome, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Melville W. Odom, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James L. Parker, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 24, 1945
* William F. Parker, of Goldsboro, died April 6, 1945
* Tryphon D. Peacock, of Goldsboro, died April 15, 1945
* Willis G. Peele Jr., of Goldsboro, died March 1, 1945
* Boddie Perry, of Goldsboro, died Jan. 11, 1945
* William J. Pierce, hometown unknown, death date unkown
* Charlie E. Pike, of Mount Olive, died Sept. 25, 1944
* Donald N. Pope, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Dudley A. Powell Jr., of Fremont, died Nov. 1, 1942
* James A. Powell, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Charles Malcom Price, of Seven Springs, died April 26, 1945
* Leon Price, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 9, 1942
* Royal Puckett, of Mount Olive, death date unknown
* Roscoe Quinn, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Blanton E. Reaves, of Goldsboro, died Oct. 19, 1943
* Joe Renfrow, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Bryant Roberts, hometown unknown, died Dec. 5, 1944
* Willie Rogers, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* John C. Rose Jr., of Fremont, died May 24, 1945
* L.L. Smith, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Harold H. Smothers, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Emmett Spicer, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 6, 1945
* Kermit Stallings, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Alvin T. Strickland, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 29, 1944
* Richard Summerlin, of Goldsboro, died May 18, 1942
* Daniel C. Sutton, of Goldsboro, died Nov. 21, 1944
* Edd Leddell Sutton, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Herbert A. Sutton, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Benjamin W. Taylor, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Henry A. Taylor, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* James L. Taylor , of Goldsboro, died July 1, 1943
* Robert L. Taylor, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* James A. Thomas, of Goldsboro, died April 23, 1944
* James Richard Troutman, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Johnnie Joseph Turnage, of LaGrange, died March 1, 1945
* Ira Wade, of Seven Springs, died July 13, 1943
* Charles Warren, of Newton Grove, of Newton Grove, died Nov. 18, 1944
* Henry Edwin Weeks, of Goldsboro, died Aug. 12, 1944
* Gordon Whitaker Jr., of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* Charles E. Wiegand, of Goldsboro, died Aug. 8, 1944
* Cecil H. Wiggs, of Warsaw, death date unknown
* Robert E. Williams, of Goldsboro, death date unknown
* William C. Wilson Jr., hometown unknown, death date unknown
* Joseph D. Winchester, hometown unknown, death date unknown
* George B. Womble Jr., of Goldsboro, died Dec. 5, 1944
* Donza Wood, of Goldsboro, died Feb. 15, 1945
* Bernice R. Wynn, of Brogden, death date unknown
* Ray Edwin York, of Goldsboro, died May 28, 1945