A Tribute to our Veterans

Southside Sentinel
November 10, 2010
Section B
Welcome to this special Veterans Day 2010 salute to the hundreds of veterans who have called
Middlesex County home at some point in their lives. We honor those who have served their country in uniform, many living and some even on duty today, some deceased but still remembered,
and some who gave their lives on the battlefields of several wars to protect our land. They have
served in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force or Coast Guard. Each has had a hand in preserving
the freedoms that define the United States of America.
These are your neighbors and friends, our hometown patriots. Today would be a good time to
remember those no longer with us, and to say thanks to those still living.
The origin of
Veterans Day
In 1921, an unknown
World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery. This
site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and
the city of Washington,
D.C., became the focal point
of reverence for America’s
veterans.
Similar
ceremonies
occurred earlier in England and France, where an
unknown soldier was buried
in each nation’s highest place
of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France,
the Arc de Triumph).
These memorial gestures
all took place on November
11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending
of World War I fighting
at 11 a.m., November 11,
1918 (the 11th hour of the
11th day of the 11th month).
The day became known as
“Armistice Day.”
Armistice Day officially
received its name in America
in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became
a national holiday 12 years
later by similar Congressional action.
If the idealistic hope had
been realized, that World
War I was “the War to end all
Wars,” November 11 might
still be called Armistice Day.
But only a few years after the
holiday was proclaimed, war
broke out in Europe. A total
of 16.5 million Americans
took part. Of those 407,000
died in service—more than
292,000 in battle.
Armistice
Day
was
changed to honor all veterans. Realizing that peace was
equally preserved by veterans of WWII and Korea,
Congress was requested to
make this day an occasion to
honor those who have served
America in all wars. In 1954,
President Eisenhower signed
a bill proclaiming November
11 as Veterans Day.
On Memorial Day 1958,
two more unidentified American war dead were brought
from overseas and interred in
the plaza beside the unknown
soldier of World War I. One
was killed in World War II,
the other in the Korean War.
In 1973, a law passed providing interment of an unknown
American from the Vietnam
War, but none was found
for several years. In 1984,
an unknown serviceman
from that conflict was placed
alongside the others.
To honor these men, symbolic of all Americans who
gave their lives in all wars,
an Army honor guard, the
3rd U.S. Infantry, keeps day
and night vigil.
A law passed in 1968
changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day
to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent,
however, that November 11
was a date of historic significance to many Americans.
Therefore, in 1978 Congress
returned the observance to its
traditional date.
The focal point for official, national ceremonies for
Veterans Day continues to be
the memorial amphitheater
built around the Tomb of the
Unknowns. At 11 a.m. on
November 11, a combined
color guard representing all
military services executes
“Present Arms” at the tomb.
The nation’s tribute to its
war dead is symbolized by
the laying of a presidential
wreath and the playing of
“Taps.”
Source: www.vfw.org
‘Friend Forever’
by Larry S. Chowning
World War II took the lives of
several people from Middlesex
County. One was Lt. William “Billy” S. Marchant of
Deltaville.
On June 10, 1944, Marchant was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane near Rennes,
France, when he was shot
down by German ground fire
and killed.
Marchant was born in 1920
and was brought to Deltaville
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Marchant, when he
was 2 years old. Growing up in
Deltaville, Marchant spent his
free time playing baseball and
attending church activities at
Zoar Baptist Church.
He attended Deltaville Elementary School and graduated
from Syringa High School in
1937. A short time later, he left
the area to seek employment in
Newport News. He joined the
military in 1942 and graduated
from the Air Force Advanced
Flying School at Spence Field
in Moultrie, Georgia, in March
of 1943. There he was awarded
the rank of second lieutenant.
He was assigned to the 8th
Air Force and left for England
in August of 1943. As an Air
Force fighter pilot in Europe,
he earned the rank of 1st lieutenant. Just before his death,
Marchant was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his
efforts in destroying a German
twin-engine aircraft and damaging three others.
In 1985, the Combat Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9636
dedicated a plaque and marker
in Marchant’s honor at the
Deltaville Community Center,
on the same grounds where
Marchant attended elementary
school and played as a child.
When Marchant’s plane
crashed into a field near the
small village of Mouaze, his
body was pulled from the plane
by a farmer and he was buried
William “Billy” S. Marchant
Deltaville Deceased
Air Force World War II
A visit
to cherish
by Larry S. Chowning
Lt Billy Marchant and his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane.
in a cemetery at a church by the
townspeople.
When Rennes was later liberated by Allied Forces, another
farmer wrote a letter to the
town mayor about Marchant.
He wrote, “The Germans took
the papers (wallet and watch)
of the airman called “William
Marchant” and told the farmer
who was proprietor of the field
to do what he wanted, so the
farmer took care of him. He
had a very nice funeral and
was buried in the cemetery of
Mouaze.”
War records state that the
townspeople treated Marchant
as a hero and all the inhabitants
of the village and surrounding
areas came to the church where
his body lay in state prior to
his funeral. On that Sunday the
French villagers filed by and
placed flowers on Marchant’s
body.
Before he was buried in the
church cemetery the next day,
a small bottle was placed in his
pocket with a paper carrying the
inscription: “Friend Forever.”
After the war, Marchant’s
body was transferred to a
military graveyard at Brittany
American Cemetery near St.
James (Manche), France.
Marchant is the brother of
Frances Hall of Christchurch
and formerly of Deltaville,
and uncle of Aubrey Hall of
Urbanna, Claudia Soucek of
Christchurch, Howard Hall of
Lynchburg and Wayne Hall of
Charleston, South Carolina.
Lt Gen William Carson Jr.
Urbanna Deceased
Marines 1953-90
Laffayette Briggs
Locust Hill
Army 1970-72
About the
photos
The Sentinel has been asking
for veterans’ photos for several
months, and almost received
more than we could handle.
They have arrived in all forms,
some well preserved in frames,
some very old clippings from
newspapers, and every form
in between. Some we simply
couldn’t use, most we have
made an attempt at reproducing in this special section.
There are about 450 photos of
veterans in this tribute, all who
live or once lived in Middlesex
County.
SSgt Albert H. Thrift
Church View Deceased
Army 1941-45
Derek Scott
Deltaville
Army 1994-98
Archie Brooks of Remlik, Army 1966-68
Roy Bowman Jr.
Urbanna
Navy 1942-65
Capt Bill Kurz (left) of Remlik, Navy, 1969-97; and Capt
George Mills, deceased, of Urbanna, Navy, 1973-95
W.S. “Billy” Marchant is
Madge (Hall) Vosteen’s greatuncle. This past May, Madge
and her family visited the town
in France where Lt. Marchant
was killed, and then went to
his grave at Brittany American
Cemetery in France.
The Vosteen family was in
Europe on a multi-year missionary assignment. A side trip
took them to Lt. Marchant’s
grave. “God allowed us time
and ability to see and hear and
learn as much as we could in
the short time we were there,”
wrote Madge following her
visit. “I am convinced—at this
time—to feel that there needs to
be a strong and permanent connection between Deltaville and
this little village (of Mouaze).
Lt. Marchant’s sister, Frances
Hall of Christchurch, said she
could hardly believe the story
Madge and her family discovered in France. “We knew some
things about my brother’s death
but not near as much as what
Madge discovered,” she said.
It’s an amazing story of how
a group of French villagers,
who were under the oppressive
thumb of the Germans, went to
a great deal of trouble to celebrate the life of a complete
stranger, but an ally fighting for
their freedom.
“It makes me feel good that
my brother was looked upon as
a hero by the people of Mouaze
on the day he died,” said Mrs.
Hall.
The Vosteen family visited the field where Marchant
crashed and stood beside his
grave.
“Several years ago, I got
a telephone call early in the
morning,” said Mrs. Hall. “It
was my son Wayne and he was
calling on his cell phone from
France. He told me he was
standing next to Billy’s grave.
None of my children except
Aubrey ever knew their Uncle
Billy, but I think it’s wonderful
they feel a need to visit him.”
The VFW post in Deltaville is
named in honor of native son
Lt William “Billy” Marchant
B2 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Two of the greatest:
Capt. Newman and Gen. Puller
Middlesex County has
had several war heroes
among its veterans, but
none as famous as two men
who moved to the county in
the late 1940s.
The late Capt. Beryl R.
“Dick” Newman of Remlik
won the Medal of Honor in
World War II, and the late
Lt. General Lewis Burwell
“Chesty” Puller of Saluda
was the most decorated U.S.
Marine of all time.
Newman
(1911-1998)
was awarded the Medal of
Honor on January 15, 1945.
At the time he was a first
lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s
133rd Infantry Division.
He was awarded the medal
for “conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity above and
beyond the call of duty on
May 26, 1944.”
The citation report states
that Newman and others
were attacking a strongly
held German Anzio-Nettuno defense line near Cisterna, Italy. “Lieutenant
Newman, in the lead of
his platoon, was suddenly
fired upon by two enemy
machine guns located on
the crest of a hill about 100
yards to his front. Newman
single-handedly
silenced
three enemy machine guns,
wounded two Germans,
killed two more and took 11
prisoners.
In Newman’s honor, on
July 17, 2001 the “Urbanna
Bridge” was renamed the
Beryl R. Newman Memorial Bridge, and Route 227
(Urbanna Road) from Cooks
Corner to the bridge, was
named the Beryl R. Newman
Memorial Highway.
Newman was born in
Baraboo, Wisconsin, but
lived with his family in
Lt Col Loyal M. Pease, Urbanna, World War II
Capt Beryl R. Newman
Remlik Deceased
Army World War II
The marker in honor of
Capt Newman on grounds
of Middlesex Courthouse.
Remlik for many years. He ran
a seafood business for a number
of years at the Old Standard Oil
dock that is today the Urbanna
Town Marina at Upton’s Point.
“Dick,” as Newman was
called in Middlesex, was a
humble man and brought little
attention to his World War II
heroics.
Shortly after Newman’s
death in 1998, a granite memorial stone was placed on the
Middlesex Courthouse green
in honor of his service. The
inscription read: “Walking
straight into the mouth of early
death facing superior enemy
fire power and while greatly
outnumbered, this soldier displayed courage and valor, above
and beyond the call of duty. His
act of conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity occurred May
26, 1944 near Cisterna, Italy.
As the result of his actions,
President Roosevelt decorated
then Captain Newman, with the
Medal of Honor, our nation’s
highest military award.”
Newman is buried in Remlik
Wesleyan Church cemetery.
In 1955, Lieutenant General
Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller
(1898-1971) retired from the
U.S. Marine Corps and moved
with his family to Saluda.
Puller is the only Marine to
receive five Navy Crosses for
valor, the U.S. Navy’s second
highest decoration after the
Medal of Honor.
During his career, Puller
fought guerillas in Haiti and
Nicaragua, and participated in
some of the bloodiest battles in
World War II and the Korean
Conflict. At the Battle of Chosin
Reservoir in Korea, the enemy
surrounded Puller’s 1st Marine
Division, and it was there that
he is believed to have made this
famous quote: “We’ve been
looking for the enemy for some
time now. We’ve finally found
him. We’re surrounded. That
Lt Gen Lewis B. Puller
Saluda Deceased
Marines 1918-55
simplifies things.”
Although Puller was born
in nearby West Point, Virginia, the Pullers retired to
Saluda because his wife,
Virginia Montague Evans,
was born and raised in
Middlesex County.
In honor of General Puller
each year, young Marines
conduct a 68-mile memorial
run, called the “Puller Run,”
from Fort Lee in Petersburg
to his gravestone in the cemetery at Christ Church in
Middlesex County.
The General was very
highly thought of in
Middlesex. In 1966, General Puller was named the
first grand marshal of the
Urbanna Oyster Festival and
rode in the parade in a military jeep.
Route 33 from West Point
to Deltaville is named General Puller Highway in his
honor.
Capt Fernando Atienza
Hardyville
Navy 1967-2001
Wayne Williams
Urbanna
Army 1969-70
Col Calvin C. Green
Laneview
Army 1951-81
Capt William W. Crump Jr.
Deltaville
Army 1961-72
“To those who came before us
and defended our liberty…
we owe so much”
(804) 758-2352
Service . . . Beyond The Numbers
Many thanks to our Veterans.
Joseph T. “Chip” Buxton III
CDR USNR (ret)
Deltaville Auto Sales
Maj Terry Davis Rogers
Syringa
Air Force 1969-2002
Quality Auto Service
Stuart Martin Jones
Deltaville Deceased
Air Force 1948-65
Offices in Urbanna & Yorktown
Thanks to all our Vets!
All Veterans come in and receive
10% off through 11/17/2010!
Come see us for all your automotive service & parts needs.
Look for the Big Blue Building!
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B. Ulman Miller
Deltaville Deceased
Coast Guard 1941-1945
Joseph Coker
Urbanna Deceased
Coast Guard 1986-2007
Sesquicentennial
Civil War Exhibit
Deltaville Maritime Museum
Union Gunboats, Confederate Raiders,
Torpedo men and more….
Urbanna Family Practice proudly
thanks our men and women who
serve in the military to protect and
help the United States of America
be the best country in the World.
Opening May, 2011
Actively seeking Middlesex Civil War
history and memorabilia
Call 804-815-3102 or email
[email protected]
Hiram Tyre Pritchard Jr., Hartfield, Navy 1944-46
Kiwanis of Middlesex salutes our men and women in uniform.
Members who are veterans are pictured above.
Tom Lowe, AF; Dave Cryer, USMC; Bill Shuman, ANG; Dana Burnett, USN; Jack Tarran, USN; Jim Hill, USN; Phill Wooddell, AF; Bob Kluge, USN; Frank Lansinger,USN;
Don Loop, USN; Homer Hartung, USN; Joe Cromwell, CG; Russ Russell, USN; Dick Goyne, Army; Ed Fisher, AF; Fred Gaskins, Army; Neil Gabbert, USN; Bill Wallace, AF:
MEMBERS NOT PICTURED: Stan Hovey, Air Force; Gene Paulette, Army; Jim Lennon, Army; Ron McCallum, AF; Pete Mansfield, ANG; Ray Kostesky, USMC; Gene Folliard, CG.
Nov. 10, 2010 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• B3
Randolph C. White
Jamaica
Army 1942-45
SMSgt Joseph Paul Pearce
Topping
Air Force 1954-76
Lt Douglas T. Gray
Saluda
Army Viet Nam
Joseph Ellicott Hill
Deltaville, Deceased
Navy 1917-18
James C. Hudgins Jr. (right)
Hartfield
Navy 1943-46
Shields N. Miller
Laneview Deceased
Air Force 1963-67
Edwin W. Wilson
Deltaville
Army 1934-40
Merchant Marines 1944-46
Genie Folliard
Urbanna
Coast Guard 1968-1972
Millie J. Hampton
Urbanna 1970-72
Women’s Army Corps
Allen (A.J.) Krowe
Deltaville
Air Force 1955-63
The monument above was
dedicated to all veterans of
the Army, Navy, Marines,
Air Force and Coast Guard
on November 11, 1991 by
Urbanna Masonic Lodge
#83 AF&AM. It stands on the
historic courthouse green in
Saluda. The inscription reads:
“Presented in honor of those
who served our country. To
them we owe our freedom.”
SSgt David Johnson Jr.
Hartfield
Air Force 1954-58
Albert Green
Laneview Deceased
Army 1951-53
Richard Donoff
Urbanna
Navy 1957-60
Leroy B. Schmidt
Hartfield
Air Force 1956-60
A special thank you
to our Veterans
from Marshall’s Drug
and Bristow’s
We salute and honor
Allen J. Krowe and
Douglas T. Gray
and all who have sacrificed
and served for our
Country and Freedom.
Gratefully and with Love,
Vicki Krowe Carr and
Valerie Krowe Shostak
Charles E. Harrow
Hartfield 1964-70
VA Nat Guard
John Hankins Sr.
Jamaica
Army 1967-72
Capt Russ Russell, Urbanna, Navy 1943-71
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B4 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Saluting our Midd
Marines
Air Force
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Navy
Boyd Loving
Urbanna
Navy 1951-59
Kilby Joe Edwards Jr.
Locust Hill
Air Force 1996-2002
Sgt Russell W. Fary
Locust Hill Deceased
Air Force 1942-45
William A. “Tiny” Thrift
Christchurch Deceased
Navy 1943-46
Sgt John D. Davis Sr.
Locust Hill Deceased
Army 1941-1943
James H. Curtis
Saluda
Army 1975-80
Andrew J. Scales
Middlesex Deceased
Army 1942-45
F.D. “Buddy” Wyker
Urbanna
Navy 1950-54
Herbert B. Marshall
Hartfield
Air Force 1967-70
Dalton D. Brownley Jr.
Hartfield
Air Force 1962-66
Kenneth A. Moore
Urbanna
Navy 1965-74
Wilton Roger Marshall
Warner Deceased
Army 1945-46
Army
Coast Guard
John Creel Estes Jr.
Army 1942-46
Deceased
Mark Lomax
Water View
Navy 1984-97
Keith Baylor
Church View
Army 1988-2009
Leon Warner Atwood
Urbanna
Navy World War II
Delbert W. Foster
Locust Hill Deceased
Army World War II
Raymond C. Wood
Burhans Wharf
Navy World War II
Charles I. Thurston
Topping
Army 1965-67
George A. Kennard
Deltaville
Coast Guard 1959-67
Willis Braxton
Remlik
Navy 1943-45
C.W. “Bill” Faulkner Sr.
Locust Hill Deceased
Army World War II
Levi Braxton Jr.
Saluda
Army 1944-46
Bill Yarrington
Middlesex Deceased
Navy World War II
Winfred Milton Birchard
Middlesex Deceased
Army 1951-53
Randolph French Payne
Hartfield Deceased
Army 1943-45
W. “Robbie” Slaughter
Church View Deceased
Army World War II
Dan R. Broughton
Saluda
Army 1961-64
Danny W. Loving
Urbanna
Army 1968-70
Paul Alcott
Urbanna
Army Air Corps 1951-71
Warren W. Jackson
Hartfield Air Force
1952-56, 1958-62
Cloyde W. Wiley Jr.
Urbanna
Army 1946-47
James Everett White
Amburg Deceased
Army 1951-53
Sean Sutherlin
Topping
Army 1995-2001
Raymond Benson
Deltaville
Army 1952-54
Marvin L. Benson
Deltaville Deceased
Army 1944-46
Capt J. Gayle Anderton
Saluda
Coast Guard 1941-46
1Lt Charles R. Revere
Hartfield
Army 1962-68
John Richard Croxton Jr.
Topping
Army 1961-67
Eric Forrest
Deltaville
Army 2009-present
John M. Elkin Jr.
Urbanna
Marines 1962-65
George A. West
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy 1943-46
John W. Pajot
Hartfield
Army 1965-67
Frank B. Garey
Hartfield
Army 1954-57
George W. Kesler
Hartfield
Navy 1944-46
G. Edward Tabor
Deltaville
Army 1942-45
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l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Dana S. Radabaugh
Locust Hill
Army 1967-89
Herman E. Weston
Deltaville
Navy 1943-46
William R. Newcomb
Saluda
Army 1967-87
Larry Wayne Thomas
Hartfield Deceased
Army 1969-71
Russell A. Fitchett
Water View
Air Force 1951-56
Clarence Major
Stormont Deceased
Army 1942-45
Walter Major
Stormont Deceased
Army Korean War
Thomas M. Major
Stormont
Army 1952-54
Robert Major
Stormont
Army 1957-59
Hank Ireson
Topping
Navy 1951-55
Reuben Amy Sr.
Laneview
Army 1943-46
Lt W. Stanley Lawson
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy World War II
Whiting Bristow
Church View Deceased
World War II
Howard Bristow
Urbanna Deceased
World War II
Lt James L. “Jim” Hill
Urbanna
Navy 1962-66
Irvin R. Shackelford
Saluda
Air Force 1963-67
Richard Shores
Urbanna
Air Force 1954-58
Col Paul W. Johnson
Urbanna
Army 1949-84
William Allen Holmes
Urbanna
Army 1965-67
Cdr Joseph T. Buxton III
Urbanna
Navy 1961-65
Charles Henry Brown
Urbanna
Army 1958-60
Cynthia Powers
Topping
Air Force 1979-83
Edward Peifer
Hartfield
Army 1946-59
William Rodney Pape
Topping
Army 1967-69
Allie Cox
Stormont
Navy 1945-47
Ray Burch Sr.
Urbanna Deceased
Navy World War II
Andrew Kirby
Water View Deceased
Army World War II
Raymond W. Burrell
Amburg
Army World War II
William L. Walden Jr.
Urbanna
Army 1952-54
Webster L. Lee
Urbanna
Army 1941-45
Ben Daniel
Urbanna
Army 1952-54
Daniel W. King Jr.
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy 1945-47
Stanley Burch
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1942-45
Robert Lewis Burch
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1942-45
Robert Burch Jr.
Urbanna
Coast Guard 1968-72
Francis L. Hall
Urbanna
Navy 1944-46
Woody M. Bristow
Stormont
Army 1941-45
MSgt Abraham N. King
Locust Hill
Marines 1963-83
Thomas J. King
Locust Hill Deceased
Army 1950-52
Elmore Hodges
Saluda
Navy 1958-60
Florence Scholes Thrift
Water View Deceased
British Army 1942-44
SSgt James L. Thrift
Church View Deceased
Army 1941-45
Ray Kostesky
Urbanna
Marines 1956-86
George A. Sutherlin Jr.
Locust Hill
Air Force 1988-2010
Joseph R. Jarvis
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy 1943-45
TSgt Doris D. King
Locust Hill Deceased
Air Force 1964-81
B6 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Saluting our Midd
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Carl Dize Sr.
Urbanna
Coast Guard 1941-45
CWO4 Carl M. Dize Jr.
Urbanna
Coast Guard 1972-1998
N.W. “Mike” French Jr.
Hartfield
Army 1942-45
Joseph Barry Jarvis
Locust Hill
Marines 1966-70
James A. Sandman
Saluda
Navy 1977-97
William Sandman
Saluda Deceased
Navy 1942-46
Amanda Lillian Billups
Urbanna
Army 2005-present
Clarence Hargus
Wake
Marines 1960-68
Alexander Hodges Sr.
Saluda Deceased
Army 1944-46
SMSgt Amy W. Miller
Laneview
Air Force 1987-present
SFC Anthony Beverley
Locust Hill
Army 1991-present
Sylvester Thurston
Topping Deceased
Army Korean War
Temple Williams
Samos Deceased
Army 1944-46
James Thomas Holmes
Urbanna
Army 1965-67
Willie Roy Williams
Samos
Army 1945-46
Warren Ellwood Rowe
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy 1943-46
Timothy A. Fochtmann
Hartfield
Navy 1981-2003
Thomas T. Jones
Remlik Deceased
Army 1941-45
P. Brantley Yarrington
Warner
Navy 1945-70
R. Gressitt Yarrington
Warner
Navy 1950-65
Earl Thomas Johnson
Remlik
Navy World War II
Paul West
Wake Deceased
Air Force 1976-77
Buddy O’Shaughnessy
Deceased
Marines 1942-45
Charles M. Bristow Jr.
Urbanna
Army 1952-54
CPO Eric J. Vaudt
Hardyville
Navy 1985-2005
James Kelly Eubank
Deceased
Air Force 1951-55
Therion Brantley Eubank
Urbanna
Army 1960-62
Sgt Wayne Evans
Locust Hill
Army 8 years
Harold W. Felton
Deltaville Deceased
Navy 1946-48
MSgt Frederick Amy Sr.
Laneview 1983-2004
Va. Air National Guard
Frederick A. Gaskins
Urbanna
Army 1963-66
Cdr John J. Davis
Hartfield
Navy 1961-81
James O. Johnson
Hartfield
Army 1969-71
G.S. “Buck” Richardson
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1942-45
John Douglas Lemons Jr.
Topping Deceased
Army 2002
SSgt Nathan Hedrick
Saluda
Air Force 2003-present
Sgt Greg Hedrick
Saluda
Marines 1967-70
Richard Edward Louden
Laneview Deceased
Air Force 1953-57
Clarence K. Miller Sr.
Laneview
Army 1967-70
E-6 Kay West Fleming
Wake
Navy 1983-2003
James M. Kennedy
Christchurch
Army 1942-65
TSgt Larry McDonald
Air Force 20 years
Viet Nam
Larry West
Wake
Navy 1968-76
Jimmy Bristow
Wake
Army 1965-67
Sgt Billy Mayo
Urbanna
Army 6 years
John W. Dunston
Deltaville
Navy 1943-46
Nov. 10, 2010 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• B7
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l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Capt W.C. “Bill” Hight
Urbanna
Army 1967-69
Major George Harris
Deltaville Deceased
Marines 1946-70
Capt C. Dale Dunlevy
Locust Hill
Army 2004-present
Sgt Donncuan L Dunlevy
Locust Hill
Marines 2003-08
Capt Emily Wyatt
Urbanna
Army 2001-10
E-4 Jacob Wyatt
Urbanna
Army 4 years
Lyttleton Cockrell
Christchurch Deceased
Army 1962-64
John Cockrell
Christchurch
Marines 1993-99
Thomas Cockrell
Christchurch
Marines 1987-2009
E-5 Bryan Oakley
Water View
Army 7 years
Theresa Linn
Deltaville
Navy 1972-97
Adrian Harris
Hartfield
Coast Gd. 2007-present
SSgt Stonewall Thomas
Warner
Army 8.5 Years
Sgt Keith M. Clark
Remlik
Air Force 8 Years
M. Franklin Miller Sr.
Topping Deceased
Army 1942-45
Meredith F. Miller Jr.
Topping
National Guard 1971-78
Soney Z. Reede
Church View Deceased
Army World War II
Larry G. Johnson
Jamaica
Coast Guard 1961-83
Sgt James A. Packett Sr.
Urbanna
Army 1946-48
Sgt James A. Packett Jr.
Urbanna
Air Force 1971-79
SSgt Michael D. Packett
Urbanna
Air Force 1976-85
Robert L. Montague
Urbanna
Navy 1956-58
Sharon D. Scott
Saluda
Army 1982-83
Lt David R. Valadez
Urbanna
Navy 1983-93
Coast Guard 1993-2007
Adam J. Miller
Wake
Marines 2001-05
E-4 Lewis C. Briggs III
Locust Hill
Navy 1987-90
James A. Scott
Saluda Deceased
Air Force 1953-58
Aubrey Hilton Greene
Hartfield Deceased
Navy 1946-48
John Jones
Hartfield
Army NG 1958-65
N.A. “Mike” Richman
Hartfield Deceased
Navy 1956-62
CPO Jack Tarran
Urbanna
Navy 1952-72
Julian Ray Davis
Saluda Deceased
Army 1941-45
SSgt Ronnie L. Russell
Samos
National Guard 1967-74
Robert Henry Boyd
Water View
Army 1942-54
SSgt Wayne B. Gilbert
Hardyville
Air Force 2000-present
MSgt Harry Lee Gilbert
Hardyville
Air Force 1962-66,
Air Nat Guard 1968-88
John A. “Jack” Goodloe
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1943-46
Bob Straw
Urbanna
Army 1957-58
G. Leslie Hockman
Deltaville
Air Force 1956-60
Air Nat Guard 1978-98
Edward C. Bridger
Deltaville Deceased
Army 1943-46
Major Charles Isbell
Hartfield
Marines 1954-80
R. Lawrence Ryman Sr.
Urbanna
Army 1960-62
Fay M. Bray
Urbanna
Army 1959-60
Jaspar Bray
Remlik Deceased
Army 1956-58
Sam Bray
Urbanna Deceased
Army, World War II
Larry Jenkins
Wake
Air Force 1963
B8 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Saluting our Midd
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Purnell O. Wood
Urbanna
Air Force 1960-65
Leonard Allen Wright
Deltaville Deceased
Navy 1944-46
Maj Stan Coloff
Hartfield Air Force
1966-70, 1979-95
B. Virgil Miller
Deltaville
Coast Guard 1951-55
Sgt George M. Williams
Remlik Deceased
Army 1942-45
Carter B. Williams
Remlik Deceased
Army 1942-45
Carter R. Williams
Remlik
Air Force 1967-87
Col Margaret Williams
Remlik
Air Force 1976-2002
James A. Williams
Urbanna
Navy 1945-1947
Richard “Dick” Murray
Urbanna Deceased
Navy 1942-46
Benny Garnett Jr.
Remlik
Air Force 1965-68
Bill Harris
Hartfield
Navy 1949-53
John Boyd
Urbanna
Army 1965-67
H.S. Chowning Jr.
Urbanna Deceased
Navy 1942-45
William Earl Miller
Jamaica
Air Force 1968-1995
Coleman Miller Sr.
Jamaica
Army 1942-45
Coleman Miller Jr.
Jamaica
Air Force 1963-67
Archie Lee Miller Jr.
Syringa Deceased
Navy 1956-58
Thomas R. Ferrell
Deltaville
Army 1951-53
Alfred Leroy West
Wake
Army
Alfred Larry West
Wake
Navy
Gary Braxton
Wake
Army Desert Storm
Alvin Pernell Wake
Army
John R. Green
Pinetree Deceased
Army and Navy
Archie Lee Miller Sr.
Syringa Deceased
Navy 1943-45
T.F. “Bug” Deagle
Deltaville Deceased
Army World War II
Sgt W. Edward Deagle
Deltaville
Army 1944-46
Maj Walter E. Deagle
Deltaville
Army 1971-2005
Sgt Matthew P. Deagle
Deltaville
Army 2007-current
PO Craig Britton
Hartfield
Navy 1989-95
Dr Maurie B. Cree
Deltaville Deceased
Army World War II
SSgt J.E. “Jimmie” Hunt
Saluda Deceased
Army 1944-46
James L. Williams
Locust Hill
Army 1968-1970
John R. Williams
Locust Hill
Army 1965-67
John E. Williams
Locust Hill Deceased
Army 1944-45
James Hodges
Hartfield
Navy 1945-46
Otis Lee Slaughter
Locust Hill Deceased
Navy World War II
Gerald Ware
Jamaica
Army 1960-62
Abraham Taylor
Locust Hill
Air Force 1963-69
James A. Thimsen
Deltaville
Navy 1957-59
Stanley Lomax
Water View
Army 1965-67
Albert Carlton
Urbanna
Navy 1961-81
Allen C. Lewis
Saluda
Army 1959-80
Garnell T. Scott
Saluda
Army 1976-79
James Lewis Davis
Stormont Deceased
Navy 1946-47
MSgt Donald Chapman
Saluda
Air Force 1968-92
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Col John R. McKone
Hardyville
Air Force 1955-83
Harry V. Madsen
Saluda
Navy 1942-50
Frank Jessie Sr.
Church View Deceased
Army 1951
Lt Col Frank Jessie Jr.
Church View Deceased
Army 1978-96
Carl Fleet Prince
Deltaville Deceased
Army 1951-53
James L. “Jim” Harris
Hartfield Deceased
Army 1952-55
Dave Stutzman
Urbanna
Army 1966-96
Bob Chilcoat
Urbanna
Navy 1960-65
Howard Reginald Fields
Water View Deceased
Army 1943-46
Ray Hull
Hartfield
Coast Guard 1953-57
Lloyd Edward O’Berry
Topping
Navy 1945-46
Carey H. Latimore
Saluda
Army 1956-58
Chief Kerri Latimore
Saluda
Navy 1978-2002
Larry E. Smith
Middlesex
Army
Carroll Holmes
Saluda
Army 1942-45
Arthur B. Gravatt III
Urbanna
Army 1967-1998
James Henry Ward
Deltaville
Coast Guard WW II
Clarence Hargus Sr.
Wake Deceased
Army 1937-39
Herman H. Wake Jr.
Saluda
Air Force 1965-70
Herman H. Wake III
Saluda
Air Force 1993-2001
Bill Caldwell
Hartfield
Navy 1943-46
Levi Braxton III
Saluda
Navy 1970-2000
Latroya Payne
Church View
Army 2007-current
Sgt Karl Leroy West
Wake
Air Force
Games Vail Dozier Sr.
Deltaville Deceased
Navy 1946-47
Wesley Fahnestock
Hardyville
Air Force 1962-66
Milton Blake
Topping
Army 1952
James W. Shackelford
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1941-43
David Beale
Urbanna
Navy 1955-58
Sam Lowman
Saluda Deceased
Army 1942-45
John Dabney Miller
Locust Hill
Coast Guard 1941-45
Jack Miller
Locust Hill
Coast Guard 1968-72
Benton Pollok
Urbanna
Navy 1944-48
Earl Lewis
Saluda
Army 1969-71
Nelson Cox
Stormont Deceased
Army 1946-48
Brown Sibley
Hartfield
Navy 1954-58
Patrick Hampton
Urbanna
Marines 2004-08
James Holmes
Middlesex
Navy 1946-47
James C. Shackelford
Urbanna
Army 1966-72
Jeffrey O. Smith
Saluda
Army 1977-85
Paul S. Green Jr.
Deltaville
Army 1953-1955
Earl T. Ruffin
Army
1950-52
Bert Hogge
Remlik
Navy 1952-56
Anthony L. Ruffin
Navy
1984-86
Ralph Good
Christchurch
Marines 1946-48
Mickey Nelson
Remlik
Air Force 1951-55
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Saluting our Midd
Walter Boyd Hurley Sr.
Urbanna Deceased
Navy 1943-46
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Robert Lee Bristow
Church View Deceased
World War II
Clarence Elmore Marshall
Church View
Army 1951-54
William A. Will
Hartfield
Army 1954-61
Navy 1964-96
Benjamin H. Scott
Saluda
Army 1962-86
William (1980-87) and
Johnna Harris (1982-85)
Hartfield
Coast Guard
Capt Joseph C. Fears
Topping
Army 1969-76
John M. “Buddy” Moore
Saluda
Army 1948-54
Robert H. “Doodles” Green
Pinetree
Navy World War II
George A. Robinson
Deltaville
Army 1972-75
Ward Barnes
Wake
Navy 1971-93
Shirley Johnson LaVallais
Stormont Army
1969-71, 1974-present
Urbanna
Masonic Lodge #83
Floyd Edward Milby
Saluda
Navy Deceased
Our great appreciation goes to
all veterans, past and present,
who have served to keep
our country free.
Master Sgt Robert E. Harris
Harmony Village
Air Force 1955-75
Steve Larson
Syringa
Marines 1969-70
Thank you!
Janene Ruffin Bryant
Army Reserve
1988-1992
Happy Birthday
Temple A. Davis
Syringa Deceased
Air Force 1944-45
James M. Englar
Deltaville
Marines 1966-69
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Middlesex
Army 1958-79
Hughes Nelson
Remlik Deceased
Army 1950s
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Nov. 10, 2010 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• B11
Saluting our Midd
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Raymond A. Williams (center), Samos, Army 1948-50,
deceased.
MSgt Keith McAuley, Hardyville, Air Force 1976-96
SSgt Carl S Fetterolf
Topping,
Army Air Force
World War II
Killed in action
Herbert R. Perkinson, Topping , Army 1942-58
Virgil M. Hailey
Saluda Deceased
Army 1942-46
Donald Fiordland
Topping
Navy 1956-61
MSSgt Kenneth McAuley
Hardyville
Air Force 1948-68
Lewis B. Puller Jr. (left), Saluda, Marines, Viet Nam,
deceased; and Lt Gen Lewis B. Puller Sr., Saluda, Marines
1918-55, deceased.
Howard C. Kruse
Hardyville
Navy 1954-57
Col Peter G. Kucera
Wake
Army 1963 - 1993
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conveniently
located on
Broad Creek
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James Johnson
Remlik Deceased
Army 1942-45
Henry B. Scott
Saluda
Army 1953-56
1Lt Paul F. Cecchini
Hardyville
Army 1949-54
John S. Greenwood (left) of
Urbanna and Herbert Johnston (right) of Hartfield,
both deceased, Army, World
War II and 1952-54.
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Thank you to our veterans and to the
Southside Sentinel for recognizing them.
The Middlesex Lions Club
Supports Our Troops
Come Home Soon!
William Luther Sexton
Remlik
Army 1953-57
Thanks to our Veterans!
Charles Revere
Todd Callis
Jeff Stephens
Kevin Machen
Kennith Gordon
Tom French
John Reed
Jimmy Williams
Jerry Roquemore
Ernest L. Gresham Jr.
Saluda
Army 2007-09
“Courage is fear holding on
a minute longer. “
—George S. Patton
George E. Fary
Locust Hill
Army 1943-45
WE SALUTE
LU
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active members
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Fernando C. Atienza, MD
Joseph R. Brinkley
Barry Coffman
Dave Cryer
Jack Jensen
John W. Johnston
Ron Kauffman
Jim Knupp
Chauncey Mann
Sgt Armstead E. Payne
Hartfield
Army World War I
John McKone
Brendan O’Brien
Rip Radcliffe
Llew Samuel
Paul Sherwood
John Wake
David Waldron
Jim Wright
Thank you for your service to our country!
B12 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Saluting our Midd
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
W.H. “Willie” Ward
Deltaville
Navy World War I
John H. Collamore Jr.
James A. Griffin
Topping
Marines
Josh W. Holmes
Saluda
Army 1960-1984
Earl Borkey
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1945-47
Allen Harrow
Deltaville
Navy 1984-90
David Carey Taylor
Deltaville
Army-Navy 1944-1946
SSgt W.V. “Billy” Keeton
Topping
Army 1941-1945
William P. Payne
Church View
Army 1953-1956
Warren M. Payne
Church View
Army 1979-1985
Charmel Payne
Church View
Army 1999-2007
Woodson Armstead
Hartfield
Navy
Earnest Collier
Glenns 1942-49
Army, Air Force
Earl Collier
Glenns
Army
Dan Gill
Remlik
Army 1968-70
MSgt Chester Haddon
Hartfield
Army World War II
Frank Martin Sutherlin
Topping
Marines 1976-82
Charles L. Hogge
Water View
Army 1950-52
Sgt James L. Via
Urbanna Deceased
Army 1945-1948
Cdr Doyle Sutherland
Deltaville
Navy 1950-72
Robert Russell Miles
Saluda
Marines 1965-69
Ron McCallum
Jamaica
Air Force 1964-2000
Herbert W. Clark Sr.
Remlik Deceased
Army 1942-45
Alvin Price
Hardyville
Army 1942-44
Herman L. “Jeff” Wood
Hartfield
Army World War II
William Lucius Foster
Locust Hill
Marines 1951-59
Shelton M. Scott
Saluda
Army 1976-1987
Seymour F. Scott
Saluda
Army 1953-1961
Bob Ramsay
Urbanna
Army 1946-1948
William J. Thrift
Urbanna
Army 1965-1967
Brendan O’Brien
Urbanna
Army 1969-70
Richard Marshall
Urbanna
Army 1950-1952
Dalton Roy Slaughter
Church View
Army 1941-46
Edward Healy
Warner
Navy 1952-79
Capt Clark W. Waring
Saluda
Air Force 1963-67
Charles E. Stevens Jr.
Hartfield
Army 1961-64
Wadell Payton
Saluda
Navy World War II
Woodland F. Scott
Saluda
Army 1965-67
Alvin D. Scott
Saluda Deceased
Army 1972-74
John E. Blakey
Saluda Deceased
Army 1942-44
Gary Brooks
Remlik
Navy 1987-89
Richard W. Simon
Urbanna
Navy 1958-77
A.F. “Andy” Johnson Jr.
Hardyville
Navy 1945-46
Robert C. Kluge
Urbanna
Navy 1943-46, 1954-59
Edward R. Payne
Urbanna
Army 1952-55
Batelle Glascock
Deltaville
Army 1944-1947
Deltaville 1942-45
Army Air Corps
Nov. 10, 2010 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• B13
Saluting our Midd
l e s e x C o u n t y Ve t e r a n s
Sylvia H. Chesser
Saluda & Deltaville
Army 2000-2003
Lewis Briggs
Locust Hill
Army 1968-70
Billy Rudy
Topping
Army 1969-1970
SSgt Jonnie McQueen
Deltaville
Air Force 1965-1972
Charles W. Kennard
Deltaville
Navy World War II
SSgt Garland S. Sibley
Stormont
Army 1941-1945
Fred D. Thompson Jr.
Hardyville
Air Force 1964-1968
Lee Holloway
Hartfield
Marines 1973-1997
Melvin S. Reed
Laneview
Army 1982-1995
William E. Reed
Laneview
Army 1953-1955
SSgt Hunter H. Blake
Locust Hill
Air Force World War II
Robert F. Green
Deltaville Deceased
Navy
Floyd Jones
Remlik
Navy 1943-45
Jonesey Payne
Albert E. Ferree Sr.
Syringa Deceased
Air Force 1952-56
CPO Albert E. Ferree Jr. SSgt Charles R. Maudlin
Syringa
Jamaica
Navy 1979-2002
Marines 1999-present
Sgt H. Thames Brown
Urbanna
Army 1965-67
James T. Lennon
Hartfield
Army 1949-1951
Justin M. Stanbrook
Hartfield
Army 2008-Present
John A. Coe
Urbanna Deceased
Navy World War II
Robert Neisz
Locust Hill
Army 1965-1969
W.J. “Sparkie” Duke Jr. William Franklin Nelson
Saluda Deceased
Hartfield Deceased
Army 1943-46
Coast Guard 1942-45
Everett Bristow
Urbanna
Air Force 1954-58
Urbanna
Army 1958-60
Stuart S. “Jim” Paxton
Water View
Navy 1942-46
Robert E. Wilson
Saluda Deceased
Army 1952-54
Thomas F. Marshall Jr.
Urbanna Deceased
Naval Reserve 1943-45
Lt Hugh E. Maudlin Jr.
Jamaica
Naval Reserve 1961-70
Major James R. Maudlin
Jamaica
Army 1994-present
Wayne L. Mathews
Hartfield
Army 1968-1970
CPO John E. Hudgins
Deltaville
Navy 1972-1992
A.W. “Billy” Bryant Jr.
Topping Deceased
Navy 1948-52
Franklin E. Blake
Wake
Army 1946-1947
Robert H. Sutherlin
Saluda
Army 1955-1957
Stephen E. Allen
Deltaville
Coast Guard 1965-71
Samuel Amy Sr.
Laneview Deceased
Army 1950-56
Samuel Amy Jr.
Laneview
Army 1982-85
Dick West
Wake
Navy 1943-45
Sgt Lewis F. Benson
Deltaville Deceased
Army 1951-54
Roland P. Daniel
Jamaica
Army 1954-56
SSgt Richard Hanas
Saluda
Air Force 1971-96
Robert H. Faulkner
Deltaville
Army World War II
Charles A. Ruark
Deltaville
Army 1953-1955
Sgt Robert B. Green
Laneview Deceased
Army, 1948-50
Killed in action/MIA)
James Holmes
Water View
Army 1969-99
B14 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 10, 2010
Searching for Civil War veterans
by Raynell Smith, Curator
Deltaville Maritime Museum
Next year, 2011, marks the
150th (sesquicentennial) anniversary of the official start of
the American Civil War. In
preparation for this anniversary, the Deltaville Maritime
Museum and the Middlesex
County Museum and Historical
Society are searching for information about Civil War veterans from Middlesex County to
include in the exhibits.
The Maritime Museum has
started an exhibit on the history of the 55th Virginia Infantry, that regiment in which a
majority of soldiers served
from Middlesex. Col. William
Steptoe Christian formed a
unit of dragoons after the raid
at Harper’s Ferry (1859-60)
that eventually joined the 55th
Virginia Infantry in 1861. The
biography of “Dr. Billy,” as he
was known to his family and
men, is included in the exhibit.
Most, but not all, recruits
from Middlesex were part of
the 55th. Although there is a
list of residents who served in
the 55th, the list is not complete and the exhibit needs
pictures and information about
these soldiers. Both museums are seeking details about
the service of Zedlock Grayville, Thomas King, Joseph
Allen Bristow, William Smith,
Thomas Gabriel Jones and
John Paul Folliard. A number
of Vaughns served in the 55th.
Not all recruits served in the
55th. At least two men, Joseph
Allen Bristow and William
Henry Norton, served in the
24th Virginia Cavalry.
Frank W. Scott
Deltaville
9th Virginia Cavalry
Confederacy
The Deltaville Maritime Museum is compiling an impressive “Middlesex County in the Civil
War” exhibit and is seeking information on those who served on the battlefield and homefront, photos, artifacts, and other memorabilia. Call 776-7200.
(Photo by Tom Hardin)
Frank W. Scott served in the
9th Virginia Cavalry and saw
action in many of the major
battles of the war.
There must be letters or diaries out there with more details
of these veterans’ service.
Not all residents fought
for the Confederacy. William
Henry Kelly of Baltimore and
Sandy Bottom (Deltaville)
enlisted in the Union Army.
A member of the Hurd family
from Delaware also fought on
the Union side.
David Harris, a slave,
escaped to freedom through
Middlesex County, fought in
the Union Navy and returned
to settle in Sandy Bottom after
the war.
Some residents didn’t serve
willingly for the Union. James
Jackson, a local waterman, was
pressed into service as a pilot
for the Potomac flotilla. Jackson’s gruesome death aboard
the “S.S. Tulip” is recounted
in the Maritime Museum’s
exhibit.
Any information anyone
might have about a Civil War
veteran from Middlesex will
be collected, made part of
the Sesquicentennial Exhibit
2011-2015, and preserved in
the museum archives.
Contact either Maritime
Museum curator Raynell
Smith at 804-815-3102, or
email
museumpark@oonl.
com; or Middlesex County
Museum president Marilyn
South at 776-6983, or email
[email protected].
Ask a Warrior
Would you like to know more
about today’s military life and
policies?
Led by Major William Christopher of Williamsburg and
Lancaster, a group of armed
forces representatives studying
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
has agreed to answer your
questions.
Christopher is an Army
Artillery Officer currently
attending Intermediate Level
Education at Fort Leavenworth.
The 10-month-long school is
akin to graduate school and
helps prepare military officers
for the transition from Company Grade Officers to Field
Grade Officers.
The officers are in the Army,
Air Force and Navy, and look
forward to sharing the story
Col Wm. Steptoe Christian
Urbanna
55th Virginia
Confederacy
of the armed services by
answering any questions you
may have. The questions and
answers will be printed in the
Sentinel as space permits and
others will be included on our
website.
For the next four weeks,
please send your questions to
[email protected]
and
they will be forwarded to the
class at Fort Leavenworth.
William Henry Norton
Deltaville
Virginia Cavalry
Confederacy
The monument above was
erected by the Middlesex
Chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy on July
4, 1910 in honor of those
from Middlesex County who
fought for the South in the
War Between the States.
The monument stands on
the grounds of the historic
courthouse in Saluda.
Jeremiah Harrow
Deltaville
55th Virginia
Confederacy
“In war, there are
no unwounded
soldiers.“
—José Narosky
Thank You Veterans
For Your Courage
and Sacrifice
To Keep Us Safe
and Free!
More veterans
The following Middlesex
County veterans did not submit
photos:
William “Bill” Young
Hartfield
Marines 1967-69
Willie W. Foster
Wake
Army 1951-53
Bernard Lewis Wood
Hartfield Deceased
World War II
Floyd Raymond Bristow
Saluda
Army 1942-44
Marshall Bristow
Saluda Deceased
Army 1942-44
Paul Andrew West
Wake Deceased
Air Force
Sgt Clint Greene
Water View
Marines 1966-68
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Lewis Addison Bristow
Hartfield
Navy 1942-45
Andrew Skuyler Bristow
Hartfield
Army World War I
Ernest M. Allen
Hartfield
Army Viet Nam
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