What is known about Private August James Moody is that he was born on April 12, 1918, in Rowan County, Kentucky. He was the son of Bessie M. Workman-Moody and Henry C. Moody and had two brothers and two sisters.
What is known about Pvt. Robert Hazel Moss is that he was born to Thomas C. Moss and Emma T. Skaggs-Moss on August 1, 1922, in Oak Hill, Taylor County, Kentucky. He was the second of the couple’s three sons.
Sgt. James Francis McComas was born on June 6, 1920, in Brained, Minnesota, to Walter J. McComas and Elizabeth Koering-McComas. With his two sisters and three brothers, he grew up at 201 Third Avenue Northeast in Brainerd.
At some point,
Pvt. Gordon M. Newman was born in 1919 in Amite County, Mississippi, and was the son of Gordon and Mary Newman. With his two sisters and three brothers he grew up in unincorporated Gillsburg, Amite County, Mississippi, and was employed
PFC Roy Elmer Maghan was born on February 11, 1915, in Bay Lake, Minnesota, to Arthur M. Maghan and Eva Lou Hunt-Maghan. He grew up in Brainerd, Minnesota, and with his sister and brother, attended local schools. He was a
Pvt. Hugh Jackson Leonard was born on December 31, 1915, in Mercer County, Kentucky, to Bessie E. Walston-Leonard and Jackson H. Leonard and was one of the couple’s three sons. With his brothers, he grew up in Perryville, Kentucky. Like
PFC Joseph Peter Lamkin was born in Minnesota on October 17, 1921, to Frank Lamkin and Dorothy Moody-Lamkin in North Dakota. He was from Brainerd, Minnesota, and grew up at 808 Willow Street. He joined the Minnesota National Guard in
2nd Lt. Harry Ricker Lafon Jr. was born in Perry County, Kentucky, on August 29, 1918, and was the son of Harry R. Lafon Sr. and Hattie Atkins-Lafon. He later lived in Harriman, Tennessee, and Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Harry met Helen
Pvt. James Henry Hurndon Jr. was born in Milstead, Georgia, on February 4, 1922, to James H. Hurdon Sr. and Eliza Ellen Rousey-Hurndon and had three sisters and a brother. In 1940, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, while his
Cpl. Ernest Marion Horne was the son of James H. and Mamie Langley-Horne. He was born on September 13, 1915, and had three brothers and one sister. His mother died in 1923, and by 1930, he and his brothers were
What is known about T/4 Virgil Joe Holt is that he was born on November 30, 1916, in Eccles, West Virginia and that his father died and his mother remarried. It is known he had a brother and a sister.
PFC Willard Ewalt Hall
Born: 8 November 1920 – Baker, Oregon
Parents: John Hall and Elizabeth Hall
Siblings: 1 step-sister
Home: 1603 Cherry Street, LeGrande, Union County, Oregon
Occupation: unemployed
Enlisted:
– Oregon National Guard
– discharged
Selective Service Registration: