All wars have men and women who do not return home.  Iredell County had a total of 127 men make the ultimate sacrifice during World War II.  These men are listed here in alphabetical order.  If it is known where they lost their lives, it is posted beside their name.

JAY EDGAR ALLEY (PH -USS ARIZONA)
WILLIAM F. ANTHONY, Jr.
HERBERT R. BAKER (FRANCE)
HERMAN B. BALLARD (GERMANY)
HERMAN P. BEAVER
CHARLES S. BECK (GERMANY)
WILLIAM M. BECKHAM
WILLIAM G. BELK (GERMANY)
KEITH W. BLACKWELDER (MISSOURI)
THRENT EARL BRADY
EARNEST BREWER
JAMES C. BREWER
CHARLES E. BROOKS
DOUGLAS F. BROTHERTON
PLATO J. BROWN
WALTER F. BROWN (FRANCE)
JAMES LUKE BROYHILL
WILLIAM A. BURGESS
MACK N. BYERS
RALPH H. CALDWELL
JOHN GLENN CATES
JOSEPH W. COOPER  (POW)
FORREST EARL COCKRELL (ITALY)
ROBERT L. COWAN
HUGH S. DENNY
JULIUS B. EARLE, Jr.
WILLIAM C. ESTES
BILL F. FORSYTH
KENNETH J. FOUTZ
PARKS F. FOX
RAYMOND EDSEL FREEZE
ROYELL FRONTIS
ARTHUR J. FRYE (LUZON)
JOHN F. GANTT
JAMES ALEXANDER GARRISON
THOMAS S. GILLIAM
PAUL M. HAGER
CLARENCE R. HARRIS
WILLIAM D. HARRIS
ROY C. HARTLINE
HARRY GORDON HEATH
LEWIS W. HOLLER, Jr.
ROBERT W. HOLMES
OSBORNE A. HOOVER
VOIGHT B. HOOVER
ELMER HOWARD
JOSEPH DANIEL HUTCHENS
JAMES L. JENKINS
BILLY WINFRED JOHNSON
BRISTOL REECE JOHNSON
FRANK JOHNSON (ATLANTIC-MM)
JAMES D. JOHNSTON
DAVID R. JOLLY, Sr.
ARTHUR M. JONES
GEORGE W. JOSEY, Jr.
MAX W. JOYNER
LAMUEL S. KERLEY
JOHN PRICE KERR (AFRICA)
ALBERT M. KING (FRANCE)
MARTIN LUTHER KLUTTZ  (OKINAWA)
ROBERT WILLIAM LLOYD
FRED J. LOWRANCE
PAUL J. LOWRANCE
JUDSON A. LYONE

CLYDE E. McDANIEL
DONALD L. McLELLAND
GRAHAM N. McLELLAND
WALTER C. MALCOMB (FRANCE)
ROSS I. MARLOW (FRANCE)
CHARLES P. MAYBERRY
PAUL R. MAYBERRY
RICHARD MESSICK
JOSEPH H. MILLER
RICHARD W. MILLS
WILLIAM COURTNEY MILLS
DON P. MOORE
JAMES C. MOORE
JOHNNIE D. MOORE
PAUL S. MOORE
ROBERT N. MOOSE
HENRY C. MORRISON
EDWARD M. MOSER
CRAIG L. MUNDAY
JASPER LEE MURDOCK
RICHARD W. MYERS
JOHNNIE C. ORREN
E. F. OVERCASH (NORMANDY)
CHARLES E. PATTERSON
JAMES E. PAYNE
LESTER L. PEACOCK
PEAT PLEDGER
PAUL B. POSTON
NOBLE R. PREVETTE
FRED N. REAVIS
CECIL R. REDMOND
J. R. REEP
HAROLD H. ROBERTS
IRA G. ROYSTER
HARLAN V. SAFRIT
ALVIN SCOTT, Jr.
EDGAR E. SCOTT
D. C. SHAVER
CHARLES M. SHERRILL
WILLIAM T. SHERRILL
GROVER G. SHOOK
RALPH EASLY SIPES
GEORGE HOYLE SMITH
JOHN BREM SMITH
LEE R. SMITH
JAMES T. SMOOT
HARRY YOUNG SOMERS
JUNIOR SOUTHER
HUIE SPEAKS
FRED A. STACK
R. C. SWANN
HARRY HUGH SYKES
WILLIAM P. TAYSE
EARNEST E. TUCKER
WILLIAM T. WALLER
HERBERT M. WATTS
JAMES L. WEANER
CLARENCE W. WEBSTER
JOHN S. WESTTON
GEORGE G. WHITE
EUGENE T. WHITENER
THOMAS W. WILLIAMS
SAMUEL G. YORK

"When we mourn soldiers who have died, let us first thank God that these men lived!"
Gen. George Patton

copyright 2004 Iredell WWII
May 2004