The pictures were taken at the WWII Memorial on the annual Mitchell High School junior trip to Washington DC in 2011. The class of 2012 placed wreaths at the WWII, Korea and Vietnam War Memorials. The wreaths have the names of the Mitchell County men who died in these wars.
Embedded Files
The men listed below died in WWII and are found in the Tri-County News Journal- May 17, 1945 and National Archives Mitchell WWII List
When reading the newspaper articles , if the person died in France it was June 6, 1944 or later and if they died in Germany it would be 1945 most likely. Some articles have the dates in them. One day I'll go through and put dates beside the articles and letters.
New items,
Harley Forbes, Jan 17, 2023-
Also here is a 1942 insert to the Trip-County News with many veterans of our area in google drive
Beam, Robert - Pvt. Army, Ewart (Buladean)
Bennett, Girvus- Pfc. US Army, Relief-23 Jun 1944 (29)
Buchanan, Raymond- Cpl. Army, Little Switzerland
Buchanan, William R. Cpl. Army, Altapass June 22, 1944
Burleson, Robert -Pvt. Army, Honeycutt (Between Red Hill and Buladean) Jan. 18, 1945
Carpenter, Hoyt -Pvt. Army, Spruce Pine
Clark, Loyd -Pfc. Army
Clee, Donald -2nd. Lt. Army, Penland
Forbes, Harley -Pvt. Army, Spruce Pine
Fortner, Jack-SSgt. Army, Wing
Glass, Clarence Ray -Cpl. Army, Minpro -September 16, 1944 (19)
Greene, Clarence - Pvt. Army, Spruce Pine
Haney, Vester -Pfc.Army, Green Mountain (Sams Branch Rd.)
Henson, Lewis -Pfc. Army
Hollifield, A.V. -Pfc. Army, Little Switzerland
Hollifield, James SSgt. Army, Little Switzerland
Hollifield, Roy -Sgt. Army, Little Switzerland
Howell, Ralph -Pvt. Army Toecane
Jarrett, Ralph Jr. -1st. Lt.Army, Bandana
Mace, Jim- Pfc. Army, Spruce Pine
McCall, Jack-T-5 Army -Estatoe
Charles Richard McKinney -Pvt. Army, Grassy Creek
McKinney, Claude -Pvt. Army, Bakersville
McKinney, Jack -Pvt. Army, Kalmia (Near Mayland)
McNeill, Lewis -SSgt. Army, Spruce Pine
Morgan, Ted, Royal Air Force, Clarissa-Cane Creek
Murphy, Charles Sgt. Marines, Spruce Pine
Norman, Claude -Pfc Army, Ledger
Odom, Charlie-T-5Army
Peterson, Bill D. Cpl. Army, Forbes (on the river at Red Hill)
Peterson, Joe -Pfc. Army
Pitman, Avery -Pvt. Army, Spruce Pine
Riddle, Bill E. -Sgt. Army Altapass-June 22, 1944 (23yrs)
Robinson, Fred -Pvt. Army, Kona
Saylor, Edward -Pvt. Army, Toecane
Silvers, James E. -Pvt. Army, Toecane
Sheets, Oliver D Jr. -Sgt. Army
Snyder, Dock -Pvt. Army, Cane Creek
Tipton, Jack R. -Sgt. Army, Relief
Thompson, William -Cpl. Army, Spruce Pine
Tolley, Leroy -Pvt. Army
Vaughn, Roy, W. -Pvt. Army
Willis, Clyde -Pvt. Army, Wing
Willis, Glenn -Pfc. Army, Penland
Willis, Oval C. -SSgt. Army, Spruce Pine
Wiseman, Anson G. Jr. Sgt.Army, Spruce Pine
Wiseman, J. Harley -Pvt. Army, Spruce Pine
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