Yoakum County Military Records

Honor List of Dead & Missing in WWII

Information about the Serial Number: Male Commissioned Officers' serial numbers start with the letter "O". Warrant Officers' serial numbers start with the letter "W". Flight Officers' serial numbers start with the letter "T". Enlisted serial numbers start with the number "1". National Guard serial numbers start with the number "2". Selective Service ("Draft") serial numbers start with the number "3" or "4". The second number in the non-commissioned officer's and private's serial number indicates the "Army Area."

DNB -Died, non battle DOI: Died of Injuries DOW -Died of wounds
FOD -Finding of death KIA -Killed in action M: Missing
     
PVT - Private PFC - Private First Class CPL - Corporal
SGT - Sergeant SSGT - Staff Sergeant TEC - Technician
LT - Lieutenant JG - Junior grade  
NAME SERIAL NUMBER RANK STATUS STATE COUNTY
Baxter Emanuel Z. 7013003 SGT DNB Texas Yoakum
Blanton John V. Jr. 18036371 PFC FOD Texas Yoakum
Holmes Carroll E. 38609237 PVT KIA Texas Yoakum
Jaks Walter S. T-006172 FL O DNB Texas Yoakum
Mc Cargo Forrest W. 0-816769 1 LT FOD Texas Yoakum
Morrison Edgar M. 18036364 PVT KIA Texas Yoakum
Taylor Leonard W. 18036363 PVT DNB Texas Yoakum

Confederate Pension Applications

The Index to Confederate Pension Applications provides the names, counties of residence, and pension numbers of 54,634 approved, rejected, and home pensions issued by the Texas government between 1899 and 1975.

Source: Texas State Library and Archive Commission

Confederate Pension Applications

reformatted from USGenWeb Archives
Contributed by Veda Mendosa

Two (2) applications were found for Yoakum County.

The index to the confederate pension applications at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html list the claimant name, application number, county, husband's name for widow pension applications, and the husbands application number if for a widow pension.

Applicant's Name

Application #

County

Husband

Husband's
App. #

Green, Mary C. 47130 Yoakum Green, Riley Copeland  
Pendleton, R. N. (Mrs) 21263 Yoakum Pendleton, James Knox