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MILITARY
RECORDS
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have records you would like to included here, please email me:
Billie
Nichols Bennett
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CIVIL
WAR INFORMATION
CONFEDERATE PENSION
APPLICATIONS
Surnames on the above
"Confederate Pension
Applications" link:
Adams,
Alexander,
Archer, Gagley, Beall, Bishop,
Blackman, Boyett, Braswell, Brown,
Bryson,
Campbell, Cave,
Caver, Sheshire, Childress, Cobb, Coke,
Collins, Colwell, Conger, Cooper, Cox, Crain, Crutcher, Dancer, Demere,
Dennis, Dotson, Dunlap, Elliott, Fields, Finch, Fisher, Ford, Foy,
Garland, Gathing, George, Glasgow, Greear,
Grogan, Haley, Harkins,
Harpole, Harris, Hawkins, Hightower, Hollowell, Hopkins, Howard,
Hubbard, Huff, Ivy, Jackson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kelley, Key,
Lackey, Langham, Lee, Leslie, Luckie, Lykes, May, McReynolds, Miller,
Millsaps, Modrall, Mondey, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Myers, Neal,
Owen, Pearson, Phenix,
Porter, Price, Prince, Purvis, Reid,
Rodgers,
Rowland, Russell, Savage,
Sayle, Scales, Scott, Sheppard, Shook,
Simpson, Slater, Smith, Stewart, Sweet, Tegge,
Terry, Townsend, Ussery,
Wallis, West, Whitlow, Whittington, Wiggins, Wilkins, Willis,
Wimberly, Withers, Wood,
Wright,
Yardley.
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WWI INFORMATION
WWI
REGISTRATION - Nolan Co., TX
These contain images of all the Registration
Forms
A - B
C - D
E - F
G - H
Some of these contain Images
I-J
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N-O
P-Q
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T-V
W-Z
WWI - NOLAN
CO., TX - Recipients of the Medal of Honor,
Marine Corps Brevet Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or Air Force Cross
Adams, Harry
J. - DSC (WWI)
Focht, John
A. - DSC (WWI)
WWI
Registration Card Image
KONE,
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World War II -
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WWII - NOLAN CO., TX
Recipients of the Medal of
Honor, Marine Corps Brevet
Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or
Air Force Cross
Hodges, Charles Wayne - DSC
(WWII)
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STATEMENTS BY
PVT. FRANCIS E. HEALER
"Hotter
Than Hell In The Hurtgen Forrest"
Page #1
Page #2
His personal description of the
battle on the beaches of Normandy, France.
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Bill
Saunders's brothers.
James
Howard
Saunders
served
aboard a
cruiser,
The
Miami.
Rex
Darby Saunders
served aboard a
cargo ship, The Arneb.
They
were uncles to Glenda Stroud. Her
grandparents were Harvie and
Bertie Cade Saunders of
Blackwell, TX.
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James
H. Saunders
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Submitted
by: Glenda Van Zandt Stroud
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Rex Darby
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S/Sgt. Robert H. Talley
Company E 142nd Infantry
36th Div
Holder
of the Silver Star and
Purple Heart with three
clusters, Infantryman’s
Badge, the Good Conduct
Medal and the “ETO” ribbon
with three stars.
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KOREAN "WAR" POLICE ACTION
KOREAN "WAR" POLICE ACTION - CASUALTY LIST -
Nolan Co., TX
U.S. Military Personnel who
Died from Hostile Action
(including missing and
captured) in the Korean War, 1950-1957
AMMANS, Mondal Rayburn, Pfc.
- Marines - Died of Wounds
Oct. 17, 1951
CAGLE, Milton L. (KIA) - DSC
(Korea)
NEVES, Tommy Jack, Sgt. -
Marines, Killed in Action
Sept. 4, 1952
Recipients of: Medal of
Honor, Marine Corps Brevet
Medal, Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, and/or
Air Force Cross Cagle, Milton L. (KIA) - DSC
(Korea)
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VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAM WAR CASUALTIES -
NOLAN CO., TX
See Photographs of some
of these in the
Photographs section
below.
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ASHTON, Curtis Morris;
b. 11-30-1946 Sweetwater; d.
12-27-1969; AE1 Navy;
killed-hostile
BILLS, Rufus Wilson; b.
12-27-1932 Sweetwater;
d. 8-3-1967; SFC Army
DARNELL, Harold Dale; b.
4-25-1947 Sweetwater; d. 1-20-1970;
Sgt. Army; non-hos.
died-other
KENNON, Donald Neal; b.
7-25-1936 Sweetwater; d.
2-13-1969; Major Army
McDONALD, Billy Wallace;
b. 4-18-1934 Maryneal; d.
6-23-1969; SSgt Air
Force; hostile,
died-missing
McDONELL, R.D.; b.
1-21-1943 Sweetwater; d. 3-25-1971;
SSgt. Army; hostile,
died-missing
MORTON, William Ace
Billy; b. 7-1-1946
Sweetwater; d.
6-5-1970; Sgt Army;
hostile-killed
REED, Delma Lee; b.
10-24-1944 Sweetwater,
TX; d. 7-2-1967; CPL E-4
USMC; hostile-small arms
TURNER, Clarence S.,
III; b. 4-13-1949
Sweetwater; d.
1-14-1970; Sp5 Army;
hostile-killed
WATT, William Roy; b.
1-17-1947 Sweetwater; d. 2-29-1968;
1Lt Army;
hostile-killed
WILSON, Wilmer Dwayne;
b. 4-15-1948 Sweetwater; d.
4-16-1968; HN Navy;
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PERMIAN
BASIN VIETNAM VETERAN MEMORIAL
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IRAQ
WAR
IRAQ WAR CASUALTIES - NOLAN CO.,
TX
Operation
Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
A Salute
to Our Fallen Heroes
(Texas)
in
Iraq
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Sgt.
Conrad Alvarez
Sgt. Alvarez
died Wednesday, February 20,
2008 in Baghdad, Iraq, after
their vehicle was hit by a bomb.
Alvarez was an infantryman
assigned to A Co., 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team. He entered the Army in
March 2005 and arrived at Fort
Campbell in August 2005.
Link to:
Obituary Information |
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Sgt. Gary Wayne Jeffries
Sgt. Gary Wayne Jeffries of Roscoe, Nolan Co.,
TX was killed Monday, January 28, 2008 in Mosul, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, CO; he joined the Army in 1997. Submitted
by: Janie Healer Davis
Link to:
Obituary
Information & Tributes
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Scott
Jamar
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Army CW2, 32, of
Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX;
Killed April 2, 2003 Iraq When
his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq.
He
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army
Airfield, GA |
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Distinguished Service Cross
Awards
The Nation's Second Highest
Award For Valor
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SWEETWATER
ADAMS,
John A. - DSC (WWI)
FOCHT,
John A. - DSC (WWI)
HODGES, Charles Wayne - DSC
(WWII)
Submitted by: Bill
Brown
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Photographs of Local
Military
Men and Women
Click
on the Photo to view a larger Picture
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Rufus Benjamin Noble WWII |
Junior Alderman WWII
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Eula Ethel Saunders
KOREA
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Carl Thurston
Healer
WWII |
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BETTY
BROWN
In 1977 President
Jimmy Carter awarded the WASP full
military status, and in 2010 Betty
traveled to Washington, D.C., with 175
surviving WASP - and her entire family-
to accept the Congressional Gold Medal
for their service in WWII.
Obit Page #1 >>>
Obit Page #2 >>> |
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GILBERT MORGAN GEURIN
He was a lifetime
airline pilot and instructor. In
1942 he was a Civilian Air Force flight
instructor at Avenger Field.
Obituary:
Gib Geurin |
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ABB THOMAS 'TOM' MOORE
Tom trained
recruits of the Women's Airforce Pilots
(WASP). Then, as a United Airlines
pilot, Tom flew over 6000 hours.
Obituary:
Abb Thomas 'Tom' Moore |
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ANNABELLE C. MOSS
In 2009, Ann was
awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. In
2014, at age 93, Ann was interviewed by
the Mesa County Library for an oral
history of her experience as a woman in
the military during WW II.
Obituary:
Annabelle Moss |
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RITA EDNA MURPHY WISCHMEYER
She was born in
Boston, MA and attended Emmanuel College
in Boston where she learned to fly.
Rita served in WWII as a Women's
Airforce Service Pilot.
Obituary:
Rita Wischmeyer |
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WASP
TEX MEACHEM
In March, 2010, when the WASP
were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, in
recognition of their service to the country, Tex was
present for all of the ceremonies and events. A few
weeks later she was given the opportunity to fly
once again in an AT-6 Texan, which had been her
favorite plane to fly as a WASP.
Obituary
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ETHEL MEYERS
FINLEY
She
entered the
Women's Flying Training Detachment at
Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas in
Class 43-W-5. She received Primary
Instruction in the Fairchild PT19, Basic
in the BT 13 and Advanced Training in
the AT6 and Twin Engine in the UC78.
Obituary
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WASP Instructor
Dies
Nathan Alan Trager, passed
away June 29, 2012. "Nat" was a U.S. aviation icon
and flight instructor of U.S. Army Air Corps WASPs,
Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, during World War
II, and an airport operator after the war, business
man and family man.
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GERTRUDE
MARCIA (WENZEL) MILNER
Beginning at the early age of
15, she would fly not just small planes, but also
many large World War II bombers, including the B-26,
B-29 and B-17 Flying Fortress. She was born and
lived as a gifted, independent, extraordinary bird -
a WASP (Women's Air Service Pilots). In recognition
of her service during WWII, she was honored with the
Congressional Gold Medal in 2010.
Obituary |
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MILLIE
DALRYMPLE
Millie Dalrymple was born Feb. 14,
1920; died Nov. 14, 2012. She was
a member of the WASP in WWII, towing
targets, transporting military people
piloting B17 and B24 bombers.
Obituary
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 CHAMBERLAIN,
Lela Pearl Bragg Laska:
Born Lelia Pearl
Bragg on April 29, 1909 on Chestnut
Mountain, Summers County, WV. She
was a pioneer aviatrix and educator,
Civilian Flight Training Program, a
W.A.S.P (Women Airforce Service Pilot).
Link:
Obit & to larger
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HELEN
WYATT SNAPP
Helen Wyatt Snapp, 94, of
Pembroke Pines passed away January 20, 2013.
Obituary
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Lois Maxine "Dobbin" Auchterlonie
Lois Maxine
"Dobbin" Auchterlonie, 95. Lois was born
April 14, 1917, on a farm, east of
Viola, Kan. to parents Thomas M and Alma
R. Dobbin; she passed away peacefully on
March 24, 2013, following a fall at her
home in Snohomish Wash.
Link:
Obituary |
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ELINOR FAIRCHILD STEBBINS
Joined the Women
Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during
WWII. 2010 Congressional Gold Medal
recipient.
She died May
15, 2013 at the ae of 88.Link to: Obituary |
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ESTHER EMMA ROSE NOFFKE
1922-2013
Joined "WASP"
September 1943, assigned to the 318th
AAGF Flying Detachment in Sweetwater.
Obituary Link
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FLOELLA M. McIntyre-DOWNS
1921-2013
Joined the WASP program in 1943 and
sent to officers' training school at
Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX. She
then joined the Second Ferry Group
stationed in Wilmington, Delaware.
Link
to: Obituary |
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JOHN HUETT
1918 - 2013
Before joining the
Air Force, Mr. Huett was a flight
instructor-Commander at Sweetwater,
Texas, where he instructed British
Cadets, American Cadets and Women Pilots
known as the WASPS.
Link to: Obituary
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MARY ALICE PUTNAM VANDEVENTER
1923-2014
During WWII at
Avenger Field she interviewed and the 21
age restriction was waved. She
flew Stearman, AT6, PT19, UC-78 and
C-45.
Link to: Obituary |
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ELEANOR L. LAWRY
1921 - 2014
She took flying
lessons at Danbury Airport in
Connecticut and afterwards was invited
to become a Women's Air Force Service
Pilot (WASP) at Avenger Field,
Sweetwater.
Link to: Obituary |
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ALLISON BURNS McBRIDE
1920-2014
During WWII she worked
at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. in
intelligence. She obtained her pilot's
license and joined the Army Air Corps
Women's Air Service Pilots. She was
based in Sweetwater, TX and ferried military
bombers.
Link to: Obituary |
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ELOISE WISHMEYER
1956-2014
She supported her
favorite organization, the National WASP
Army Service Pilots Museum at
Sweetwater, TX. There are not many
of these WASP women left and they are
working hard to finish the museum.
Link to: Obituary |
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JERRY (WILLIAMSON) HORN
Jerry Horn was a WWII
veteran, in 1943, she volunteered for the
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) and
trained as a pilot in Sweetwater, TX.
Obituary>>> |
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ANITA BRONKEN MATTHEW
She joined the WASP
(Women Airforce Service Pilots) in 1944; the
program was disbanded before she could serve
in active duty. Along with other
members of the program, she was granted full
military status in 1977.
Obituary>>> |
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