Served with the 175th Infantry in England and France. Killed in action 14 July, 1944 at the Battle of San Lo.

Killed in explosion aboard ship near New Georgia Island in the Pacific, 4 Sept. 1943.

Coast Artillery Corps. Killed in action in March of 1945 in Germany.

Killed 19 April, 1942, in plane crash in North Africa.

Pilot of B24, Killed on 21 April, 1944, over Germany when shot down on his third mission.
 

Pilot of B24 Liberator. Killed
8 March 1943, when shot down over Rennes,  France, in raid on German U-boat facility.
 

Served as a Combat Engineer with 20^th Engineer Bn. 1^st Cavalry Div.  Killed by a roadside bomb, 4 December, 2004, while involved in a combat operation in the city of Bagdad. Buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.

Went down with his ship, the USS Quincy, when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Guadalcanal in August of 1941.

All-star football player at Rice University, killed when shot  down 15 Nov. 1944, over Czechoslovakia.

Served with Patton's 3rd Army. Killed in Germany
25 November, 1944.
 

Mortar Man with B Company, 4^th Battalion, 47^th Infantry Regiment, 9^th Infantry Division, 2^nd River Raider Brigade, known as the Mobile Riverines. Killed in action
1 Oct.1967 in the Mekong River Delta in an area called the Rung Sat Special Zone.

Played Center for McKinney Lions Football. Killed 20 Jan. 1968 while leading a 7-man Recon patrol on Hill 881 North, near Khe Sanh. Awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. Buried at Ridgeview Memorial Park.

Killed in action, May 1944, at the Battle of Anzio, Italy.

Bachelor's Degree from Texas A&M. was serving as a Platoon Commander with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Iraq. Killed on Wednesday, 14 November, 2007,  just outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, when his vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device.

Killed  25 Oct. 1944, when his ship, the USS Johnson, was sunk off the coast of Samar Island in the Philippines.

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.

Killed in bomber crash at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, 19 Feb. 1943.

Pilot of a B-24 reconnaissance plane. Killed in August of 1944 when his plane went down over the Hump (the Himalaya Mts. between India and China.

Names after his uncle, James Thomas Caraway, who was killed in WWII. High school football star; married the Head Cheerleader. Served as a rifleman with D  Co.  2^nd Bg.  14^th Inf.  25^th Div. Killed while leading a ground assault on an enemy bunker complex, 28 Nov. 1967.

Awarded an Expert Rifleman medal. Died of meningitis
12 June, 1945, on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

Killed in action in France in September of 1944.

Airplane gunner, killed when shot down in June of 1943.

Attended North Texas State University. Pall bearer at Lanny Hale's funeral, killed 6 months later in the Battle of the Ben Cui Rubber Plantation,
21 Aug 21, 1968. Served as a Rifleman with 1^st Plt.  C Co.  1^st Mech. Bn.  25^th Div. Buried in the Wylie Cemetery.

Football star at East Texas State University.
Fighter Pilot - Killed when shot down in December 1945 over the Philippine Islands.
His name is listed on  the World War II memorial at the East Texas State University Football Stadium in Commerce.

Daughter of a doctor, attended Baylor University, became a school teacher and high school principal. Left her job to become a Nurse for the Army. Stationed in Washington DC. Died of the flu, 6 Oct. 1918. She is the only Nurse from Texas to die in service in World War I.

Killed in action 18 September, 1944 near Loraine, France.

Served on the Cruiser - USS Savannah.  Killed during the invasion of Salerno, Italy, by a radio bomb dropped from an enemy plane.

Served with the 7th Div. in the Southwest Pacific. Killed in action 25 Feb. 1945, on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

Army Ranger & Paratrooper. Ranger Instructor. Served with 1^st Battalion, 22^nd Infantry Regiment, 1^st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Killed near Baghdad when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle, 13 October, 2006. Buried in family cemetery near Leonard, Texas.

Killed in bomber crash 13 June, 1943, near Sioux City, Iowa.

Served with  Supply Co.
28^th Inf. Killed in action Oct. 1, 1918 at the Battle of St. Mihiel, France. Buried at the Allen Cemetery.

 Tried to enlist on 15 Nov. 1941, but was turned down because of flat fee. Was later drafted in January 1943. Fought in the battles of Naples, Salerno, and Foggia, Italy, with Headquarters Company, 756th Tank Battalion. On 10 Feb. 1944, at Cassino, Italy, he was killed by sniper fire while trying to recover a disabled American tank near Monte Cassino after the Rapid River crossing. Buried in Merit, Texas.

 Killed in action on the island of Okinawa.

Reported missing in 1942 during Battle of Corrigador, in the Philippines later declared dead.

Honor graduate at Celina High School; Was an outstanding athlete at Southern Methodist University, where he earbed a B.A. degree. Pilot of a B-25. Killed in action in January of 1944 in the South Pacific.

Landed on Normandy Beach on D-Day, Killed in action 28 July, 1944 in France.

 Rifleman with F Co.  2^nd Bn.  4^th Marines. Killed Mar 12. 1968.while leading an infantry assault on a fortified-bunker complex in the small village of Dao Do, near the DMZ. Buried at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas

Wounded at Pearl Harbor
7 Dec. 1941, on board the USS Helena. Was killed 6 July, 1943, when Helena was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf.

Paratrooper, killed in action, date and location unknown.

Went to college at West Texas State Teachers College. Killed 6 July, 1944, on the island of Saipan in the South Pacific.

Pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Kille 11 April, 1944, when on his third combat mission his plane was shot down over Germany.

Field Wireman with the 171^st Field Artillery Bn (105MM) HQ Battery, 45^th Infantry Div. Killed in action 7 July, 1952, during the Battle of Old Baldy in North Korea.

Attended Christian College of the Southwest.  Best friend of Jerry Combest. Served with 2nd Plt.
A Co.  1^st Bn.  6^th Inf.  198^th Light Infantry Brigade.  Killed in the Battle of Lo Giang, south of
Da Nang, 8 Feb. 1968.

Arrived in Germany in October of 1944, Killed in action two months later.

Graduated Serenity High School in McKinney. Paratrooper with 1-502 Infantry Battalion -101st Airborne. Wounded in Action in 2005, died in 2007. Buried at Restland in Dallas.

Served with the 1st Army, killed in the Battle for St. Lo, France.

Helicopter crewman with the 128^th Helicopter Assault Co.  11^th Aviation Bn.  12^th Aviation Group  1^st Aviation Brigade.  Shot down 17 Mar. 1971 while attempting to evacuate ARVN soldiers from an intense mountain-top battle. Listed as Missing In Action for 31 years until his remains were found on that mountain top in the deep jungles of Eastern Cambodia.  Laid to rest  on
3 September, 2004, with full military honors at National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.

Graduated from Laundig School of Mortuary Science in Houston. Had been in the war zone for only twelve days when shot down 12 Nov. 1942, over Western Europe while navigator on a bomber.

Fought in New Guinea, Bougainville, wounded on Guadalcanal, wounded on Guam. Killed in action 21 July, 1944 in the Mariana Islands in the South Pacific.

Medic with Delta Co. 1^st Bn. 14^th Inf. 4^th Div. Killed 9 Feb. 1968 during an NVA mortar attack, while trying to administer aid to fallen comrades. Awarded the Silver Star. Buried in Huntsville, Texas.

Rifleman with  3^rd Plt.  E Co.  3^rd Bn. 3^rd Marines, based at Liberty Bridge. Killed 17 days after arriving in Vietnam during an NVA ambush on Go Noi Island, during Operation Auburn, 28 Dec. 28, 1967.

Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Killed in action 19 Sep. 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."

Killed in action 9 Aug. 1942 during the invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands when his ship, the USS Jarvis, was sunk by Japanese aircraft. All hands were killed.
 

Served with 386th Infantry Division, Company D. Fought in North Africa, Sicily, and France. Was killed in action 25 Apr. 1945 in Germany.

Played football for Celina Bobcats. Rifleman with 3^rd Plt.  G Co.  2nd Bn.  1st Marines. Killed in action near the DMZ on 6 Aug. 6, 1968. Buried at Restland in Dallas.

Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Wounded in action at the Battle of St. Lo, France and later died of those wounds. Was awarded: Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star.

Was awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Killed in action 20 June, 1944 while gunner on a B24 Liberator somewhere over Europe.

Johnny C. Jones
McKinney
Engineman 4th Class Navy
Vietnam

Served as a river boat crewman in the Mekong Delta. Drowned when he fell overboard during flood conditions on the Mekong River.

Attended the University of Texas & the University of North Texas. Army Ranger. Member of strike team, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, that went into the African nation of Somalia to help bring stability to the country under the control of terrorist warlords. On October 3, 1993, a raid was initiated that included 120 Rangers and Delta Force soldiers. The story of the mission is told in the book and movie, "Black Hawk Down." Killed while trying to save the life of fellow soldiers. Buried next to his father, Lt. Col. Larry E. Casey, hero of Vietnam, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Machine gun squad leader. Landed on Iwo Jima Island with the 5th Marine Division. He was was part of the unit that placed the flag atop Mt. Suribachi. On 28 Feb. 1945, he lost his life in that battle.

Attended Texas A&M. Was killed in action in September of 1944, location unknown.

Graduated from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. Served with the 90^th Infantry. Killed in action at Normandy on D-Day, 6 June, 1944.

Infantry Squad Leader with  G Company  2^nd Bn. 1^st Marines. Killed near Hill 55 when ambushed by Viet Cong on 19 Aug. 1967. Buried at Ridgeview Memorial Park.

Paratrooper with D Co.  501^st Inf.  101^st Airborne Div.  (The Screaming Eagles) Killed during the Tet Offensive near the DMZ on 3 Feb. 1968. Buried at Williams Cemetery in McKinney.

Brother of Wayne. A pilot instructor, he was killed in a plane crash in January of 1942, near March Field, Riverside, California, when an engine stalled and he chose to crash into a stack of lumber instead of landing in a street full of people.

Brother of Rudd. Flew numerous combat operations in WWII. Died in the crash of an Air Force plane
30 November,  1951, near Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Buried at Allen Cemetery. 

Served with the 5th Army. Received Purple Heart for wounds received on 11 November, 1943. Killed in action 3 June, 1944 in Italy.

Sent by the Navy  to Columbia University in New York City. Was killed on 17 Nov. 17, 1943, when his ship, the USS McKeon, was sunk near Bougainville by Japanese aircraft.

While serving as a tank commander, he was killed in action in February, 1945, in Germany. He is buried at Thompson Cemetery near Copeville.
Lieutenant Colonel George K. Rubel, Commander of the 740th Tank Battalion, which was Sgt. J.L. Montgomery's unit, conducted a memorial service in May, 1945. Coming after the cessation of fighting in Germany, the memorial service was held to honor those men from the 740th Tank Battalion who had been killed during the battalion's service in the European Theater of Operations.  Lt. Col. Rubel: "To live in hearts you leave behind is not to die."  This then is the least we can do.

Killed in action while serving with the 7th Division during the during the battle for Okinawa. Buried at Thompson Cemetery.

Trained Ski Troopers in Canada. With the 23^rd Inf. 2^nd Div. he landed at Normandy on D-Day. He was killed in action ten days later, 16 June 1944, in France.

Served 16 months in the Somoa Islands. Was killed in an explosion 6 Dec. 1943 somewhere in the South Pacific. He is buried in Hawaii.

Was killed on 3 Aug. 1944, as pilot of transport plane that was struck by lightning and crashed while flying from Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, to Pierre, South Dakota. One of the passengers was Lt. Pat Neff Roberts Jr. of McKinney, along with 26 other pilots and crew.

Killed in combat with Japanese infantry while serving as a corpman (medic). In a joint operation with the Army infantry, he was killed on 11 January, 1945 while making a beach landing on Luzon Island in the Philippines. After being listed as Missing In Action for a year, he was then declared Killed In Action. After the war his body and others were discovered in graves. His body was returned home for burial conducted with military honors. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumous.

While serving with the 32nd Battalion of the 125th Inf., he was killed in action somewhere in the Philippine Islands on 15 June, 1945.

B17 waist gunner, killed in Feburary, 1944, when his plane went down over the English Channel. His body was never recovered. Awarded the Air Medal posthumously.

Attended Texas A&M. P47 pilot. Killed on 3 Aug. 1944, along with 26 other pilots and crew in crash of transport plane while flying from Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, to Pierre, South Dakota. The plane, struck by lightning, was piloted by Lt. Charles Porter of Prosper.

Served with D Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1^st Marine Division. Survived the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (The Frozen Chosin). Killed 22 Feb. 1951, during a North Korean artillery barrage in the small town of Hoengsong. buried at Restland in Dallas.

Helicopter crew chief. Drowned when his chopper went down in the Mekong River, while on combat support mission. May have been the youngest US Army crewman to die in Vietnam. Buried at Ridgeview.

Killed in action on 10 Dec. 1944, while serving aboard the USS Dan Beard.

Trained as an airplane mechanic, he became an Air Cadet. At Spartan Field, Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 19 July, 1943, he was killed in a plane crash while training with his instructor.

Served as a medic. Was assigned to duty in the Philippine Islands two months before Pearl Harbor. Died after three years while being held prisoner by the Japanese.

Killed in Lincoln, England, 3 Dec. 1943, in motor vehicle accident.

Killed in action on 25 July, 1944, on the Pacific island of Guam.

Machine-gunner with Weapons Plt.  I Company,  3^rd Bn. 1^st Marines.
First Collin County casualty in Vietnam. Killed in a rice paddy while manning an M60 machine gun during Operation Utah, 5 Mar, 1966. Buried at the Tioga Cemetery.

Served with Company M, 143^rd Regt. 36^th Div.
Killed in action on 15 June, 1944, somewhere in Italy.

Served with the 359^th Inf. Killed in action in September 1944, location unknown. He is buried in France.

Killed 20 Oct. 1943, when the tanker ship he was on board collided with another tanker off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida and sunk.
 

Eagle Scout. Bachelor's Degree from the University of Texas, Law degree from Baylor. Joined the Army and requested duty in Tank Warfare. Platoon Leader with Company A, 1^st Battalion, 34^th Armor, 1^st Infantry Division. Killed by sniper fire 2 July, 2004, while leading a combat patrol near the City of Habbaniyah.

Received a Purple Heart at Bougainville. Killed in action 23 Feb. 1945, during the Battle for Manila, in the Philippines.
 

Graduated from the University of Texas with honors. In Vietnam he served with B Troop,  3^rd Squadron,  4^th Cav. Reg.  25^th Div. On the night of 1 Feb. 1970, he dove onto a grenade and saved the lives of several men in his squad. For that he was  Awarded the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
At UT in Austin, the ROTC Building is named in his honor.

After surviving a tour in Vietnam he was killed in a training accident at Camp Pendleton, California, 4 July, 1969.

Fought in the Pacific Theatre of and reportedly died of pneumonia, date unknown.
 

McKinney Lions football team. Served with the 307^th Heavy Bomb Group as a crewman on a B29-A Superfortress. Killed when shot down on 13 September 13, 1952, during an attack conducted by twenty-five B-29s on the generator building at the Sui-ho Hydroelectric Plant in North Korea.

Served as a rifleman with 1st  Bn. 5^th Marine Regt. 1^st Marine Expeditionary Force, 1^st Marine Division. During his 2nd tour of duty on 15 June 2005, his unit was involved in a combat operation near the city of Ramadi, about 70 miles west of Bagdad, when he and three other Marines were killed by the detonation of a roadside bomb. Buried at Ridgeview

Drown during a training exercise at Pine Castle Air Base, Orlando, Florida, 30 Aug. 1943.

Graduated from TCU. Received Purple Heart in Italy on 6 June 1944. Five months later, 20 Nov. he died of wounds received in France.

H&H Co.  2^nd Bn.  34^th Armor,  25^th Div. Killed when accidentally run over by an armored vehicle on 30 Jan, 1970. Buried at Ridgeview Memorial Park.

Attended Texas A&M. Served with the 38^th Inf. Div. in the Philippines, wounded at Luzon, and later died from those wounds in Manila.