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The McKINNEY VETERANS MEMORIAL
has been designed, approved, and will soon become
a reality. The Memorial will list the names of all
Collin County servicemen or women who have died
in the process of serving their country. Thus far we
have identified 312 names. If you know of any other
that should be there, please let us know.
Send an E-mail to ccfreedomfighters@msn.com
GO HERE to see all the names.
Donate to the Memorial Fund:
City of McKinney Veterans Memorial
PO Box 517 - McKinney, Texas 75070
or call: 972-547-7486 GO HERE

JULY HEROES

ELLIOTT, JAMES H. 22, McKinney, S/Sgt. landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA 28 July, 1944 in France.
FURR, JIM H. 20, McKinney, Watertender 2^nd Class, Navy, WIA at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec, 1941 on board the USS Helena, KIA July 6, 1943 when Helena sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf.
GLASS, WALTER MAX JR. Farmersville, Pvt. Army Electrical Engineers, KIA July 6, 1944 on Saipan in the South Pacific.
GREER, ROBY H. Blue Ridge - 28 July, 1928 - US ARMY , PFC - 171st Field Arty Bn (105MM) HQ Battery, 45th Infantry Div. MOS 4641 – Field Wireman. Killed in action 7 July, 1952.
HARTNESS, DURWOOD Farmersville, landed at Normandy on D-Day, KIA 27 July, 1944 in France.
HEATHINGTON, TERRY McKinney, US Naval Reserve, died 19 July, 1943.
HILL, RALPH O. Frisco, Sgt. USMC, fought in New Guinea, Bougainville, wounded on Guadalcanal, wounded on Guam, KIA 21 July, 1944 in the Mariana Islands in the South Pacific.
LEWIS, JACK J. Farmersville, Sgt. Co. A. 359^th Inf. 90^th Div. Died in USA from being gassed in France, 23 July, 1918. Buried at Huson Cemetery, Farmersville.
McCLAIN, BILLY J. 20, Princeton, PFC, US Army KIA 20 July, 1950 in Korea.
MESSER, CHESTER D. Nevada, PFC, KIA in Aleutian Islands July 1943.
MORELAND, CYREL D. 19, McKinney, Merchant Marines, killed in July 1944 in explosion aboard ship at Oakland, California.
RODGERS, MARTIN L. 18, McKinney, Sp5, D Troop, 3^rd Squadron, 5^th Air Cav. 1^st Aviation Brigade Killed in helicopter crash 26 July, 1970 in Vietnam
SCALF, W. C. McKinney, PFC USMC, KIA July 25, 1944 on Guam.
SMITH, BRIAN DREW, 30, McKinney, 2^nd Lt., Company A, 1^st Battalion, 34^th Armor, 1^st Infantry Division KIA 2 July, 2004 in Iraq
STRICKLAND, RONALD BOYD 21, Melissa - Westminster area. After serving a tour in Vietnam as an artillery man, Cpl Strickland was killed in a training accident 4 July, 1969, on base at Camp Pendleton, California.
WALLS, JESSE J. 20, Pvt. 5^th Cav. Reg. US Army July 25, 1950
WHITE, JUAN Blue Ridge, KIA in Italy July 1944
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 27 July, 1944 in France.

COLLIN COUNTY
VETERANS MEMORIAL
"ALL GAVE SOME. SOME GAVE ALL."
 

The site you are about to enter is filled with the names of our brother warriors. Though they are no longer with us in body, their spirits live on.
"A SOLDIER IS NOT DEAD UNTIL HE IS FORGOTTEN."
It is our sworn duty as Veterans to insure that no Soldier ever dies. No Brother left behind! As you enter this Hall of Heroes, walk softly with reverence and respect, yet hold your head high with pride. You are among family. And remember, fellow Warrior, on that day when you are relieved of duty and fall-in among their ranks, there will be another Warrior to take your place and walk that post in a military manner until the day he is properly relieved; and so on, and so on, and ...

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CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR

Lt. AUDIE MURPHY
WWII
Lt. RUSSELL STEINDAM
VIETNAM

PEARL HARBOR

COLLIN COUNTY'S
first casualties of WWII
 

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