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St. Sgt. Jim T. McCloy was a resident of McGehee before WW II. He enlisted in the USAAF and became a radio operator/gunner aboard a B-17. He was killed in action after a raid on Lille (France). Jim was finally laid to rest in the American Battle Monuments Commission cemetary at Margraten, the Netherlands. (Photo and Info submitted courtesy of Marco Beyleveld, Limburg province, the Netherlands.

GARLAND BAYLISS

CATHERINE GASTON

HARRY LAMBERT

LAWRENCE SHOOK

THOMAS HEMINGWAY

HOWARD VARDAMAN

BILLIE CALHOUN

BEN RAYDER

EUGENE BRINKLEY

PENICK REITZAMMER

FRANK ROSS

BLANCHE PINCKARD

W. H. HOWARD

Buford Conner, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Conner of Palmyra, Ar., joined the U S Navy in 1946 at age 17, went to boot camp at San Diago. After training went to Philadelphia, Pa and participated in commissioning the U S Macon 132. He did 18 months of sea duty as storekeeper on the Macon, which tested radar equipment and other technology. He was transferred to USS Cadmus in Norfork, Va. where he served the remaining time and was discharged in 1948. He attended Arkansas A & M College in Monticello, Ar. and received a degree in Business in 1951. He began teaching at Tillar, Ar. and later, served as principal. He received a masters degree in Education Administration from University of Arkansas. He served as school administrator at Desha CentralSchool at Rohwer, Ar from 1957to 1967. He became administrator of McGehee School in 1967 until his retirement in 1986. He lives in McGehee, Ar.

Edward Lamar Binns Jr.
US Army 1943 - 1946

William E. LaFarra: Bill joined the Navy in July 1944 and served as Radio Technician aboard the USS Landers APA 178 in the Pacific in the Fifth Amphibious Corps.
Medals received: American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign with two battle stars, Japanese Occupation, Meritious Service, Victory Medal, and the Navy and Marine Combat Ribbon. Bill served in the Naval Reserve in 1956-1960 as Chief Electronic Technician.

Clyde V. Griffing, Tech Sgt englisted 13 April 1944 at Camp Robinson, AR. Served Co C 737th
Railway Operating Bn. New Guinea, Luzon, Phillipines, Kyushu, Japan. Medals Recieved:
American Theatre Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal with one Battle star. Phillipines Liberation
Ribbon with one Battle Star, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Japanese Occupation Medal.
Recieved two Army Commendation Medals and was Separated on 14 April 1946 at Camp Chafee,
AR.

Rex Denton was a boatswain's mate 1st class on the USS Hector. He served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1948. Rex played baseball for the US Navy baseball team in the South Pacific. He was Desha County Veterans Service Officer and a member of Claude E. Jaynes American Legion Post 79 in McGehee, Arkansas. Rex loved people, his family, his town and McGehee Owl and Arkansas Razorback athletics This photo was submitted in loving memory of his dad by Marty Denton.

Rex Denton hits  a homerun for America while playing on the US Navy ball team in the South Pacific.

Robert L. Henry (right) 7 ^th Inf. Div. 17 ^th Regiment 49 ^th Field Artillery Battalion US Army. 1949 through 1955. Korean conflict for 26 months. Received the Bronze Star.

Robert H. Adcock US Army
139th Army Airways
Communications Squadron

W.L. (Buddy) Stanford
Army Europe WWII

Roy Lee Fryar SP4 Crew Chief with First Calv Medivac; Vietnam. Years 1969-1970.
Son of Lonnie and Lummie Fryar and lifelong resident of Desha County

Albert L Murphy
A/1C USAF
1960-1965
Medical Corps-X-Ray Technician

Albert Lester Murphy
Arkansas National Guard Specialist E-4, 1993-2001
Detachment 2 Company A, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
Alpha Company,1st Battalion, 114th Aviation

Lester Pool

LT. Marvin L. Wall, Medical Service Corps, U.S.Navy

Ray E Bush
US Navy WWII

Ray Bush ,Jr.
US ARMY

Raleigh Fred Birch
US Army

Paul David Ramey
US Army

Paul David Ramey,Jr
US Navy

Marlie Dale Moreland Jr
United States Navy

T/5 W.H. HOWARD USA
14 AD, 25 TANK BN
WWII EUROPE 1944-45
2 Bronze Stars (w/ oak leaf cluster)
Purple Heart
Army Good Conduct Medal
American Campaign Medal
WWII Victory Medal
WWII Occupation Medal (w/ Germany bar)
European Campaign Medal (w/ 3 battle stars)

WH Howard (Municipal Court Judge WH Howard, McGehee, AR); b. 1 Apr 1923 Boydell, AR; d. 13 Mar 1966 McGehee, AR

1945 portrait of T/5 WH Howard as painted by Henry Niestle,
Dachau, Germany immediately after the war during his assignment
as member Occupation Forces, Germany

Grover E. Williams

Date of Induction: February 19, 1942
Date of Discharge : August 3, 1945
Branch of Service: U.S. Army Company E 19th Infantry
Military Occupation: Cook and Combat
Places of Deployment: Hawaii, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia
Decorations and Citations:
Distinguished Unit Badge 19 Inf 45 AP
Service Ribbon and 3 Bronze Service Stars
Philippine Liberation Ribbon and 2 Bronze Stars
Good Conduct Medal

Dorse E. Stevens, son of the late Arthur and Willie Mae Stevens, of McGehee, AR, was born Dec. 11, 1922 in Warren, AR. He entered the Army in 1947, after completing a six year hitch in the Navy. His honors and awards include, Congressional Medal with The Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Cluster, WWII Victory Medal, Army Occupation Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Overseas assignments include Germany, Philippine Islands, Nanas Islands, London, and Cuba. He retired from the U.S. Army after 28 years of service. Dorse died Sept. 9, 2000 in Shreveport, LA. Burial at Hill Crest Cemetery with full Military Honors.

Orlando Cingolani
WWII March 1941-Sept. 1945
Arkansas National Guard
206 Coast Artillery
Stationed in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Kenneth "Kent" Brantley, Eighth Air Force, 381st Bombardment Group, 585th Squadron.
Kent Brantley began basic training in November 1942 at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas. He went to Purdue University; earned his Aerial Gunner Wings in Salt Lake City, Utah; joined his B-17 crew in Gulfport, Mississippi in May 1944; and was sent to Ridgewell Field in August 1944.
He flew 35 missions over the English Channel in the European Theater, returning home in 1945. He served as an Arkansas State Trooper before settling in McGehee, where he worked on the city police force. Mr. Brantley served on the McGehee Public School Board and was Arkansas State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars during 1963. He was president of the McGehee Jaycees and the Lions Club, and quartermaster for the American Legion. Mr. Brantley died on January 19, 1997. His military service and memoirs are featured in the book UNTOLD UNTIL NOW, the World War II Stories of Daddy and Other Heroes (Nova Publishers, 1999).

H.T. Huie
Technician 5th Grade
905 Engineer Air Force Headquarters Co.
Campaign - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea
Decorations Received - Good Conduct Medal, AP Theater Ribbon, 2 Bronze Service Stars, WWII Victory Ribbon, Phillipine Liberation Ribbon, USAFFE 45, Lapel Button issued ASR Score September 2, 1945
After the war Mr. Huie married Miss Beatrice Starnes and moved to McGehee in 1946. Mr. Huie took agriculture classes taught by Mr. Leland Stanford. Mr. Huie started farming that year and farmed until 2004.