COLLIN COUNTY
WORLD WAR II
MEMORIAL

ABBOTT, HULETT H.  Nevada,  PFC 38115085  KIA
ABERNATHY, MERCER G.  McKinney,  2^nd Lt. 02009170,  navigator on B17, killed in mid-air collision over the North Sea.
ALLEN, WOODROW H. McKinney, Machinist 1^st Class, Navy, survived five major battles at sea in the Pacific including the sinking of the  USS Hornet, decorated for bravery, killed in accidental explosion aboard ship Sept. 4, 1943.
APPLIN, ARCHIE A.  PFC, 9^th Army, Coast Artillery Corps,  KIA Mar. 25, 1944, in Germany.
ARNOLD, JOHN C. 22, Anna, S/Sgt. 6951483, Air Corps, killed April 19, 1942, in plane crash in North Africa.

BAILEY, JAMES A. 19,  McKinney,  KIA Sep. 1944.
BASS, LOUIS F. Princeton, 1^st Lt. 0807662, Air Corps, pilot of B24, KIA April 21, 1944, over Germany on his third mission.
BENTLY, ROBERT W. McKinney, Sgt. 18006959, Co. E. 23^rd Inf. 2^nd Div. KIA Aug 4, 1944, in France, awarded the Bronze Star  posthumously.
BIRKET, NOBLE L. Wylie, Pvt. 38632405, KIA
BLACKBURN, EDGAR  28,  Celina,  KIA September 9, 1943.
BLAINE, ROBERT W. 27, Plano, 1^st Lt. 0423910, Air Corps pilot of B24 Liberator, killed March 8, 1943, when shot down over Rennes,  France, in raid on German U-boat facility.
BLASKE, ALBERT F. Princeton, T/Sgt. 38115078, KIA
BLUE, VERNON McKinney, 1^st Lt. Air Corps, KIA when shot down Nov. 28, 1944, over Belgium.
BOONE, CARL W. 24, KIA in Sicily, August 11, 1943.
BOLTON, RICHARD L. Lebanon, Seaman 2^nd Class, Navy, killed Aug. 9, 1942, in sinking of USS Quincy off of Savo Island in the  Solomons. The ship’s captain along with 370 sailors died with 167 wounded.
BOWERS, JACK K. JR. Farmersville
BOWERS, NOLAN B. Blue Ridge, PFC, KIA Nov. 25, 1944, with Patton’s 3^rd Army in Germany.
BOWEN, LINDSAY L. JR. McKinney, All-star football player at Rice University, 2^nd Lt. 0774498, 15^th Army Air Force, KIA when shot  down in Nov. 1944, over Czechoslovakia.
BOYER, CHARLES McKinney, Air Corps, killed in plane crash.
BRASWELL, ALBERT D. Blue Ridge, Air Corps, flight officer, died in training accident near Panama City, Fla.
BRASWELL, JESSE O. 2^ND Lt. 0762697, KIA
BRYCE, HILTON H. 18, Branch, 2^nd Lt. Air Corps, killed in plane crash while training at Biggs Field, El Paso, one of the youngest pilots to die in the service.
BUMPASS, JACK K. JR. Farmersville, Air Corps, KIA Mar. 1944, at Anzio, Italy.
BURNETT, WILLIAM G. Navy, KIA Oct. 25, 1944, when his ship, the USS Johnson, was sunk off the coast of Samar Island in the Philippines.
BURNS, ELZIEL L. Cpl. 18080552
BUTLER, BOBBY JACK  Prosper   US ARMY  KIA
BUSH, GIBSON E. Allen, PFC, US MARINE CORPS, KIA June 14, 1944, in battle of Cape Gloucester near New Britain Island. He was a machine gunner who accounted for over 100 dead enemy soldiers in the battle in which he was killed.
BYNUM, DEE FOREST  26, McKinney, Warrant Officer, lawyer, died of illness Feb. 1944, at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

CAIN, VERNON M. McKinney, PFC, US MARINE CORPS, KIA Mar. 2, 1945, in the Philippines.
CAMBRON, YANDELL     Farmersville On the same day that Japan surrendered and the war ended, he was killed in action along with all 10 men of his squad in a rice paddy on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines.
CAMERON, JACK COOGAN McKinney, Radioman 1st Class, US NAVY,  Graduate of McKinney High School, attended Texas A&M. Flew 29 missions over Japanese territory, survived numerous battles in the Solomon Islands & Bismark Archipelago. Killed in plane crash in New Ireland. Body never recovered.          
CAMPBELL WILLIAM J. 34, McKinney, Sgt. 38155006, tank commander, KIA in Europe.
CANTRELL, OSCAR L. JR. 24, McKinney, 1^ST Lt. Air Corps, 0663847, killed in bomber crash Feb. 19, 1943.
CARAWAY, JAMES THOMAS. 22, McKinney, was a football star in high school and college, 1^st Lt. Air Corps, KIA Aug. 11, 1944, in  B24 crash in India while flying missions ‘over the hump’ to China. ‘Over the Hump"’ meant flying 20,000 feet over the world’s  loftiest and most treacherous mountain range, the Himalayas, in planes loaded with more freight than designed to carry. (His  nephew, Thomas G. Caraway, was KIA in Vietnam in 1967).
CARPENTER, HENRY D. McKinney, Pvt. 38638577, died of meningitis June 12, 1945, on Luzon Island in the Philippines.
CARVER, ARTHUR B. Farmersville
CARVER, JOE E. JR. Farmersville, Pvt. 3862898, Served in the Army Air Corps as a gunner. He had flown his required number os missions and was about to go home, when he volunteered to take the place of a sick crewman. The plane did not return from the mission. KIA Sep. 1944, in France.
CARVER, WILLIAM A. Farmersville, Sgt. KIA
CHANDLER, THOMAS E. Chambersville, KIA Aug. 26, 1944, in France.
CLAY, WILLIAM H. 26, McKinney, KIA Sep. 16, 1944, in France.
CLINTON, WELDON D. Farmersville, T/Sgt. 6954832, KIA in North Africa in the early days of the war.
COLEMAN, ARISTOTLE D. 1^ST Lt. 0711344, KIA.
COMMONS, BILLY FRANK McKinney, Lt. Navy fighter pilot, KIA Dec. 1945, when shot down in the Philippines. His name is listed on  the World War II memorial at the East Texas State University football stadium in Commerce.
COOPER, MARVIN R. (PETTY) Farmersville, PFC 38079802, with 3^rd Army, KIA Nov. 15, 1944, in France.
COPUS, CHARLIE W. McKinney, 1^ST Lt. 01180154, field artillery, KIA Sep. 18, 1944, near Lorraine, France.
CORLEY, WILLIAM A. Josephine, Wylie, Farmersville   Seaman 1^st Class, Navy. Joined the Navy in 1942, served on the Cruiser - USS Savannah.  KIA during the invasion of Salerno, Italy, by a radio bomb dropped from an enemy plane..
COWLING, JAMES W (SONNY) Westminster, T/Sgt. 6955286, KIA March 23, 1944, in Italy and buried there.
CRAVER, ARTHUR B. Princeton, Sgt. 38045799, KIA Feb. 25, 1945, on Luzon Island in the Philippines.
CROSSNOE, ODIE W. McKinney, Pvt. 38423588, Army cook, KIA Dec. 28, 1944, in Belgium.
CUFFMAN, ROBERT E. 21, Allen, Pvt. 39141371, Tank Destroyer Battalion, KIA Dec. 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, near Luxembourg, Germany.
CULVER, CURTIS McKinney, in D-Day landing at Normandy, KIA June 11, 1944, in France.
CURTIS, MARVIN J. Pike, S/Sgt. Air Corps, killed in bomber crash June 13, 1943, near Sioux City, Iowa.

DALTON, GEORGE Princeton, PFC 38631141, KIA
DAVIS, BENNIE N. McKinney, Seaman 1^st Class, Navy, killed Jan. 2, 1945, in an accident onboard ship.
DECKER, BOYCE D. Plano, PFC 38433934, KIA
DERRYBERRY, JERRAL W. 23, McKinney, Capt. 0413579, Air Corps, pilot, killed in B17 crash June 1943 near Soledad, Ca..
DERRYBERRY, LEE H. 22, McKinney, Pvt. 18006035, Troop A, 5th Cav. 1st. Div. KIA Nov. 29, 1944, on Leyte Island in South Pacific. (brother of Jerral)
DICKEN, WILLIE J. JR. 22, Farmersville, Pvt. 38425905, Headquarters Company, 756th Tank Battalion. He tried to enlist on 15 Nov. 1941, but was turned down because of flat fee, and was later drafted in January 1943. Fought in the battles of Naples, Salerno, and Foggia, Italy. On Feb. 10, 1944, at Cassino, Italy, he was killed by sniper fire while trying to recover a disabled American tank neat Monte Cassino after the Rapid River crossing. Buried in Merit, Texas.
DILLION, NEVIL LEE 28  Farmersville, Lieutenant. Entered the Army in March 1941. Served in France with an armored infantry unit and was killed in action 21 December, 1944. He is buried in the United States Military Cemetery, St. Avold, France. In the same ceremony in which Audie Murphy received the French Croix de Guerre, Lt. Dillon's widow was presented with the Silver Star.
DODSON, WAYNE McKinney, worked at Ashburn General Hospital in McKinney (later to be known as the VA Hospital) before enlisting, PFC, KIA Jan. 21, 1945, in Germany.
DONNETT, EARL JR. Frisco, Navy KIA Jan, 1942.
DOOLEY, JAMES C. Plano, PFC 38631049, KIA May 5, 1945, on the Island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
DUNCAN, SIDNEY C. Frisco, PFC 38041797, KIA
DUNN, JAMES W. McKinney, Cpl. 6287332, reported missing in 1942 during Battle of Corrigador, later declared dead.
DUVALL, STANLEY M. Celina, Lt. USMC, was an outstanding athlete at Southern Methodist University, pilot, KIA Jan. 1944, in the South Pacific.

EAST, AUBREY F. 33, McKinney, 1^st Lt. 702^nd Tank Battalion, KIA Sep. 13, 1944, in France.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM F. McKinney, PFC US MARINE CORPS, KIA on Saipan Sept. 1944.
ELLIOTT, JAMES H. 22, McKinney, S/Sgt. 18006158, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA July 28, 1944, in France.
ESTEP, CARL J. Anna, Seaman 1^st Class, Navy, Killed on USS Arizona Dec. 7 1941, during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. First  reported Collin County casualty of WWII. His name is listed on the monument in Hawaii.
EUBANKS, L. J. (HOTSHOT) Farmersville, PFC 38423596, 9^th Infantry, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA June 28, 1944, in France.
EVANS, MILES E. S/Sgt. 18036159, KIA.

FIELDS, RAY E. Anna, PFC 38079823, KIA Nov. 25, 1944, in France.
FOREMAN, HOWARD G. Farmersville, 2^ND Lt. 0722474, Air Corps, bombardier and navigator on B26, KIA Dec. 12, 1944, when shot down over Belgium.
FRENCH, JAMES P. 24, Plano, KIA Sep. 19, 1944, in France.
FURR, JIM H. 20, McKinney, Watertender 2^nd Class, Navy, WIA at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, on board the USS Helena, KIA July 6, 1943, when Helena sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf.

GADDY, JESSE RAY  Farmersville, PFC 38431096
GLASS, WALTER MAX JR. Farmersville, Pvt. Army Electrical Engineers, KIA July 6, 1944, on Saipan in the South Pacific.
GOODNER, JIM B. 21, McKinney, 2^ND Lt. 04756872, Air Corps pilot, KIA Apr. 11, 1944, when B17 Flying Fortress shot down over Germany.

HAGUE, GEORGE F. 21, McKinney, S/Sgt. 38117786, Air Corps, gunner on bomber, KIA May 1942, when shot down over Europe.
HALL, LOUIS W. Copeville, Pvt. 38682962, KIA 1944, in Germany.
HAMMACK, TROY B. Sgt. 38631055, died of wounds.
HAMPTON, EDWIN W. 26, McKinney, former preacher at the Church of Christ, 1^st Lt. Chaplain with 59^th Division, KIA Dec. 18, 1944 in Belgium.
HARRINGTON, CHARLES E. JR. Plano, Lt. US MARINE CORPS, KIA Mar. 3, 1945, at Iwo Jima.
HARTNESS, DURWOOD Farmersville, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA July 27, 1944 in France.
HARTNESS, WELDON B. Farmersville, PFC 38115084, 1^st Army, KIA in the Battle for St. Lo, France.
HAYWOOD, FRANCIS R. Pvt. 38333221
HEATHINGTON, TERRY McKinney, US Naval Reserve, died July 19, 1943.
HENSLEE, RAY W. 23, Farmersville 1^ST Lt. 0725975, Air Corps, had been in the war zone for only twelve days when KIA Nov. 12, 1942, over Western Europe while navigator on a bomber.
HILL, RALPH O. Frisco, Sgt. US MARINE CORPS, fought in New Guinea, Bougainville, wounded on Guadalcanal, wounded on Guam, KIA July 21, 1944, in the Mariana Islands in the South Pacific.
HILL, OREN R. Frisco, KIA June 1944, in South Pacific.
HOLLEY, JOE R. 23, Allen, T/Sgt. 38079775, Army Medical Corps, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA Sep. 19, 1944, in Germany. Awarded Bronze Star: "Volunteered to evacuate casualties under enemy artillery fire without regard for his own personal safety, and in the process saved many lives."
HOLMES, DEE  Farmersville, KIA at Bougainville in the South Pacific.
HONAKER, BILLY  Farmersville, Pharmacist Mate 1^st Class, Navy, KIA Aug. 9, 1942, during invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands when his ship the USS Jarvis, was sunk by Japanese aircraft. All hands were killed.
HUMPHRIES, ELMER R. McKinney, 691182
HUMPHRIES, VERNON RAY Culleoka, Pvt. 18039406, fought in North Africa, Sicily, France, KIA Apr. 25, 1945, in Germany.

IVES, DUDLEY R. 2^ND Lt. 0687035

JACKSON, VERNON H. Farmersville, Sgt. 5955485, landed at Normandy on D-Day, WIA at the Battle of St. Lo, France, later died of those wounds.
JEANES, RABY L. 1^ST Lt. 0685992, KIA
JOHNSON, MABRON P. Farmersville, T/Sgt. 18007370, awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, KIA June 20, 1944, while gunner on B24 Liberator over Europe.
JOHNSON, STEWERT R. JR. 19, Farmersville, Navy, KIA Dec. 1941.

KAUFMAN, GENE Cpl. 18179994 KIA
KELLY, JACK Capt. captured at Corrigador, held in Japanese Prisoner Camp #1 near Manila, and was killed Dec. 15, 1944, on the ‘Hell Ship’ Oryoko Maru, on which he was one of 1,619 prisoners crammed aboard. The destination was Japan, but the ship was hit by US Navy bombers and stood dead in the water off Olongopo Point in Subic Bay. The ship had to be abandoned and at least 250  men who weren’t killed in the bombing were either machine gunned by the Japanese or drown. Only 271 lived through captivity to be liberated in August 1945.
KELLY, TOM Anna, Sgt. 18180909, Air Corps, gunner on B17 Flying Fortress, KIA March 1944, when shot down over Germany.
KIMBERLIN, DEWEY Farmersville, KIA in Germany during a crossing of the Rhine River
KINNEY, LOWELL E. Celina, 2^ND Lt. 0661848, KIA when B17 shot down over Europe in January 1942.
KIRBY, JACK 21, McKinney, Cpl. US MARINE CORPS, machine gunner, KIA Feb. 28, 1945, at Iwo Jima Island, was part of the unit that placed the flag atop Mt. Suribachi.
KRUG, KENNETH JR. McKinney, Lt. Air Corps, radio technician, KIA Feb. 4, 1944.

LACY, HOWELL L. (BUD) Altoga, T/Sgt. in D-Day landing at Normandy, KIA June 15, 1944, in France.
LAIR, JOHN C. Celina, PFC 38431923, KIA September 1944.
LAMDEN, WILLIE L. PFC 38697067, KIA
LAWSON, HERMAN D. Princeton, Sgt. 18080524, played first base for the Foster Army Field baseball team, with six members killed in plane crash near Smiley, Texas.
LEECH, LANDRUM W. Farmersville, 90^th Infantry, KIA at Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944.
LEWIS, VIRGIL Wylie, Pvt. 38046333
LINECUM, M. T. JR. 20, Altoga, Cpl. US MARINE CORPS, KIA Feb. 28, 1945, at Iwo Jima Island.
LLOYD, ELMER E. Celina, PFC 38434534, died of wounds.
LOVELADY, DUDLEY J. McKinney, T/Sgt. 38042909
LUCAS, VESTAL R. Pvt. 38419909, died of wounds.
LUNDY, W. C. PFC 38081152
LUSCOMBE, FRANCIS R. Anna, Navy, pilot of ‘Hellcat’ fighter based on aircraft carrier, KIA Feb. 16, 1945, in the South Pacific.

MANN, RUDD V. 26, Allen, 2^ND Lt. 0431136, Army Air Corps, pilot instructor, killed in plane crash Jan. 1942, when an engine stalled and he chose to crash into a stack of lumber instead of landing in a street full of people.
MASSEY, JESSE D. Farmersville, Pvt. 5^th Army, KIA June 3, 1944, in Italy.
MARTIN, ROBERT O. PFC 18006164, KIA
McCLAIN, ALFRED A. Pvt. 6954833
McCLUSKY, HUGH C. PFC 38638112, KIA
McCRARY, LLOYD R. Farmersville, Pvt. 38343432, Combat Engineers, 49^th Div. 7^th Army, KIA April, 1945.
McCRAW, LLOYD D. McKinney, T/Sgt. 6267033, died of wounds.
McFARLING, DOYLE J. Navy, KIA Nov. 17, 1943, when his ship, the USS McKeon, was sunk near Bougainville by Japanese aircraft.
McGUFFEE, L. J. Anna, Sgt. 38630591
McKNIGHT, THOMAS E. Anna, Capt. 0487149, KIA
McMILLAN, MARVIN L. Sgt. 38099580, KIA
McNEIL, HENRY J. McKinney, PFC 6293032
MESSER, CHESTER D. Nevada, PFC, KIA in Aleutian Islands July 1943.
MILLER, CALVIN C. 1^ST Lt. 0747462, KIA
MILLICAN, MATHER PARNELL 20, Farmersville, S/Sgt. Killed in bomber crash May 1943.
MONTGOMERY, J. L. Copeville, Sgt. 38431919  On February 2, 1945, Sgt. Montgomery, a 21 year old tank commander in Co. A, 740th Tank Battalion, left his tank when the gun jammed and his two-way radio would not work.  On foot he led another tank from his platoon into position to fire at a German tank that was approaching.  An artillery round hit the second tank near where Sgt. Montgomery was standing and killed him instantly.  Sgt. Montgomery was awarded the Silver Star for his bravery in that battle near Udenbreth, Germany.  Sgt. Montgomery is buried at Tompson Cemetery just south of Copeville, Texas.
MONTGOMERY, JAMES WILLIS Copeville, Pvt. 38631097, KIA in action during the battle for Okinawa.
MOODY, CHESTER E. Capt. Air Corps, killed in plane crash.
MORELAND, CYREL D. 19, McKinney, Merchant Marines, killed in July 1944, in explosion aboard ship at Oakland, California.
MORGAN, JAMES M. 18, Anna, Pvt. US MARINE CORPS, KIA in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Jan. 1944. After an all day battle in jungle conditions, he was shot in the head by a sniper that night.
MORRISON, GEORGE W. PFC 38079775, KIA
MORRISON, EDGAR M. Farmersville, Pvt. 18036364, K Co. 31^st Inf., killed while POW aboard the "Hell Ship" Arisan Maru when sunk by USS Shark Oct. 24, 1944.
MOUNGER, A. L. Princeton, Pvt. Air Corps, killed Dec. 17, 1944, at Alexandria, Louisiana when struck by bomber while walking across the runway.
MOUSER, CALVIN H. Josephine, 2^ND Lt. 0546613
MYRIC, GERALD 25, McKinney, died of illness March 1943.

NANCE, CLIFFORD B. Plano, T/Sgt. 18048236
NEELY, GORDON K. Anna, S/Sgt. 18007298, trained Ski Troopers in Canada, 23^rd Inf. 2^nd Div. landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA June 16, 1944, in France.

OSBURN, VAIL E. 23, Valdasta, Cpl. US MARINE CORPS, KIA in South Pacific Dec. 6, 1943, buried in Hawaii.

PARRIS, HUGH, B. JR. 24, McKinney, 1^st Lt. Air Corps, pilot of B24 Liberator, killed in South Pacific Sept. 22, 1943.
PARKER, HARRISON VANCE  Farmersville  Lieutenant. Was KIA when his plane was shot down over Iwo Jima.
PATTERSON, HAROLD J. 19, Plano, Seaman 1^st Class Navy, killed on USS Arizona Dec. 7, 1941, during initial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. His name is inscribed on the monument at the site.
PEARSON, W. M. Plano, Pvt. USMC, KIA Oct. 31, 1944, in New Guinea while on eight-man recon patrol. His body was carried eight  miles through the jungle by comrades and is buried in the South Pacific.
PETTIGREW, WERDNA M. Pvt. 38054338, KIA
PETWAY, ROBERT D. McKinney, Pvt. 38039876
POINDEXTER, A. D. (JACK) Murphy, Lt. 15^th Army Air Force, navigator on B17, KIA Feb. 20, 1945.
POPE, LELAN A. 2^ND Lt. 0721516
PORTER, CHARLES V. Prosper, 2^ND Lt. 0721517, Air Corps, killed Aug. 3, 1944, while pilot of transport plane that was struck by lightning and crashed, while flying from Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska to Pierre, South Dakota, along with Lt. Pat Neff Roberts Jr. of McKinney and 26 other pilots and crew.
POWELL, LEEROY J. 20, McKinney, Fireman 2^nd Class, Navy, KIA May 1945 at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
POWELL, R. MAYS   Anna, Pharmacist 2^nd Class, Navy, KIA Jan. 12, 1945 on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

RAINES, VERNON R. Prosper, Sgt. 38437244, KIA
RAINWATER, GLENN W. (BUDDY) Princeton, Pvt. 18005878, machine gunner, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA June 13, 1944, in France.
RAWLINS, JOE H. Plano, US MARINE CORPS, KIA March 1944 in South Pacific.
REEVES, CURTIS A. McKinney, Pvt. 18029838, 33^rd Air Corps, captured when shot down May 7, 1942, in the battle of Corrigador, died in a Japanese POW camp.
REIDELL, GEORGE L. McKinney, Air Corps, tail gunner on B24 Liberator, KIA Feb 21, 1945, when shot down over Duisburg, Germany.
REYNOLDS, DOUGLAS KIA Mar. 22, 1945 in France.
RIDDLE, JAMES AMON Blue Ridge, Pvt. 38634719, 125^th Inf. 32^nd. Bn. KIA June 15, 1945, in the South Pacific.
RIKE, THOMAS L. JR. Farmersville, S/Sgt. B17 waist gunner, KIA Feb. 1944, when his plane went down over the English Channel. His body was never recovered.
ROBERTS, PAT N. JR. McKinney, 1^st Lt. Air Corps, P47 pilot, killed Aug. 3, 1944, in crash of transport plane while flying from Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska to Pierre, South Dakota along with Lt. Charles Porter of Prosper and 26 other pilots and crew.
ROGERS, JOHNIE CARL Wylie, Signalman 2^nd Class, Navy, KIA Dec. 10, 1944, while aboard USS Dan Beard.
ROSS, RICHARD H. Plano, Air Corps, 18180576, Air Cadet, killed in plane crash while training with his instructor.
RUSH, RICHARD P. McKinney, Seaman 1^st Class Navy, KIA on USS Arizona during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. His name is listed on the memorial in Hawaii.
RUTHERFORD, JOHN D. Anna, Cpl. 18006590, KIA
RUTHERFORD, WILLIAM E. Anna, Cpl. 18017663, killed in Lincoln, England in motor vehicle accident.

SCALF, W. C. McKinney, PFC US MARINE CORPS, KIA July 25, 1944, on Guam.
SCOTT, R. L. Blue Ridge, Sgt. Company M, 143^rd Regt. 36^th Div. KIA June 15, 1944, in Italy.
SEAY, EDGAR Farmersville, PFC 38285296, 359^th Inf. KIA September 1944.
SHIPP, NIMROD S. Cook 1^st Class, Merchant Marines, killed Oct. 20, 1943 when the tanker ship he was on collided with another tanker off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida and sunk.
SIMPSON, JIMMIE W. Anna, S/Sgt. 6286938
SMITH, FORD R. Melissa, Army Tank Corps, KIA Dec. 7, 1944.
SMITH, JESSE A. Plano, Pvt. 38686879, mortarman, KIA Feb. 18, 1945, near Kleinblatt, Germany, posthumously awarded the BronzeStar.
SMITH, JESSE T. McKinney, died in England April 1, 1944.
SNIDER, JIM W. McKinney, captured by Germans Dec. 6, 1944, while on eight-man patrol, died in April 1945 as a POW.
STALLCUP, WELDON H. Celina, Lt. Navy pilot, KIA in 1942 when shot down in the Philippines.
STANDERFER, JIMMIE W. Plano, PFC 38434630, KIA Feb. 23, 1945, in the Battle for Manila, Philippines.
STANDFORD, CLEO W. Farmersville, Pvt. 18024915, US Army Air Force Glider Training Detachment, killed in glider training accident Oct. 1, 1942, at Antigo, Wisconsin.
STEELMAN, W. H. JR. Culleoka, Navy, KIA May 1945, while onboard destroyer that was sunk off the coast of Okinawa.
STEVENS, GLENN Anna, Tec4 38038040, KIA
STILES, CLEO W. Farmersville, 17^th Army Air Corps, killed Oct. 11, 1942, in plane crash near Antigo, Wisconsin.
STROUP, JOHN L. 19, Altoga, Cpl. 38532061, Air Corps, gunner on bomber crew, died in plane crash June 25, 1944 while training at MacDill Field in Florida.

THOMAS, ALFRED E. Plano, 2^ND Lt. 0763404, Air Corps, KIA Dec. 16, 1944, when shot down over Germany.
THOMAS, NOLAN Farmersville USMC  Served in the Pacific Theatre and dies after contracting pneumonia.
THOMPSON, RAYMOND  Farmersville  KIA
THURMAN, DUNCAN Celina, fought in many battles in Europe and died aboard ship on his way home. The VFW Post in Celina is named for him.
TONEY, EMMETT B. PFC 6295195, KIA

VAUGHN, JAMES W. Celina, 29, PFC 18006191, KIA Sep. 12, 1944, in France.

WALDRUM, CECIL C. Pvt. 38046791, KIA
WALLACE, LEON H. Pike, PFC 6251622, captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1941 and died as a POW.
WALTERS, CHARLES O. JR. McKinney, Sgt. 18038627, Air Corps, drown Aug. 30, 1943, while training in Orlando, Florida.
WARD, ROBERT G. Capt. 0456079
WHITE, EARL Plano, 36^th Div. KIA October, 1944.
WHITE, BURNELL C. McKinney, Pvt. 38043803, KIA
WHITE, FLOYD E. JR. Plano, 1^ST Lt. 01311718, KIA Nov. 20, 1944, in France.
WHITE, JUAN Blue Ridge, KIA in Italy July 1944.
WILLIAMS, DEWEY P. Pvt. 6955401, KIA
WILLIAMS, RALPH S. 27, Clear Lake, Tec4 38081102, WIA June 22, 1944, in Italy, died two days later June 24.
WILLIS, AUDDIE C. 22, Blue Ridge, S/Sgt. 18006953, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA July 27, 1944, in France.
WILLIS, WILLIE C. 23, Sgt. Co. E. 23^rd Infantry, landed at Normandy on d-Day, KIA July 27, 1944, in France.
WORTHAM, ALVIS W. Anna, PFC 38534695, KIA
WRIGHT, JOE BEN 23, Farmersville, Sgt. Air Corps, killed in plane crash June 1944.
WRIGHT, JAMES T. 20, Farmersville, died Aug. 28, 1943, when accidentally shot by another soldier while doing Military Police duties at Pier 98, Delaware River Depot, Philadelphia, Pa.

YEARY, HORACE EDWIN  21   Farmersville, 38^th Inf. Div., wounded at Luzon in the Philippines, and later died in Manila.
YEAGER, HENRY M. Plano, Pvt. 38037163, KIA
YOUNG, G. C. (PREACHER) McKinney, S/Sgt. WIA Oct. 23, 1944, in France, died Oct. 27.
YOUNG, H. R. (BLACKIE) 31, McKinney, 1^st Lt. Air Corps, flight engineer on B29, KIA Feb. 20, 1945, over Saipan.
YOUNGER, BOBBIE J. McKinney, S/Sgt. 38536880, Air Corps, gunner on B17, KIA Nov. 2, 1944 when shot down over Morseburg, Germany.

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