Ellis County WWII soldiers killed in action
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11/10/2011 12:28:00
Lists and research courtesy of Perry Giles
| Donald J. Stanford |
| Red Oak, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash - California, Mar. 3, 1941 |
| James D. Smith |
| Mt. Peak, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash - Oklahoma, Sept. 28, 1941 |
| Darrow M. Davenport |
| Waxahachie & Midlothian, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle 1941 |
| Lester C. Ward |
| Rockett, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Oct. 18, 1941 |
| Joseph J. Backloupe |
| Ennis, U.S. Army Engineers, Killed in Plane Crash - Panama, Dec. 12, 1941 |
| Alphonso C. Marchbanks |
| Waxahachie & Nash, Royal Air Force, Killed in Action - Singapore, Jan. 20, 1942 |
| Earnest L. Fields |
| Midlothian, U.S. Navy, USS Langley, Killed in Action – Java Sea, Feb. 27, 1942 |
| G. P. Morgan |
| Italy, U.S. Navy, Killed in Action – South Pacific, Mar. 1, 1942 |
| Donald D. Skillen |
| Midlothian, U.S. Navy, USS Pillsbury, Killed in Action – Java Sea, Mar. 1, 1942 |
| Lester Curts |
| Ovilla, U.S. Army, Died in training, Apr. 21, 1942 |
| Frank Sybert |
| Italy, Army Air Force, Killed in Action - Philippines, Apr. 30, 1942 |
| Maurice Hamilton |
| Ferris, U.S. Army Engineer, Killed in Accident – Alaska Highway, May 11, 1942 |
| Allen F. Sills |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died in Japanese POW Camp, May 30, 1942 |
| David G. Stone |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Navy, Lost at Sea in Plane Crash – North Atlantic, June 3, 1942 |
| Burton H. Coleman |
| Maypearl, U.S. Army Chaplain, Killed in Train Accident, June 7, 1942 |
| Henry A. Myers, Jr. |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Plane Crash – England, July 26, 1942 |
| William I. Berrier |
| Maypearl, U.S. Army, Died in Japanese POW Camp - Philippines, Oct. 24, 1942 |
| Boyce M. Nelson |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Oct. 30, 1942 |
| Emory D. Barton |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash – Florida, Oct. 31, 1942 |
| Thomas H. Williams Jr. |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Navy, Killed in Action – South Pacific, Nov. 13, 1942 |
| John W. Crow |
| Waxahachie & Milford, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Buna, New Guinea, Nov. 20, 1942 |
| Charles M. Aycock |
| Plum Grove, U.S. Army, Died in Japanese POW Camp – Philippines, Nov. 28, 1942 |
| James G. Kirkpatrick |
| Maypearl, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash – Iowa, Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Reginald D. Tolar |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash - California, Dec. 22, 1942 |
| Emil F. Trojacek |
| Telico, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Buna, New Guinea, Dec. 31, 1942 |
| Herman T. Shaw |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – New Guinea, Jan. 8, 1943 |
| Johnnie A. Mack |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Jan. 17, 1943 |
| Harry O. Green |
| Forreston, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Europe, Mar. 7, 1943 |
| George Dixon |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Mar. 13, 1943 |
| Bernice W. Bradley |
| Milford, U.S. Navy, Died from Sudden Illness - Utah, Mar. 24, 1943 |
| Marion R. Mitchell |
| Avalon & Italy, U.S. Navy, Killed in Action – North Atlantic, Apr. 6, 1943 |
| Charles W. Ritchie |
| Palmer, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – North Africa, Apr. 10, 1943 |
| James T. Ham |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Accident – California, Apr. 26, 1943 |
| F. Nesmith Jackson |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash – Wyoming, May 4, 1943 |
| Robert S. Youngblood, Jr. |
| Ferris, U.S. Navy, Killed in Training, Plane Crash – Washington, May 12, 1943 |
| Bennie F. (Ross) Jones |
| Forreston & Waxahachie, U.S. Navy, Lost at Sea – North Atlantic, May 17, 1943 |
| Leon Menges |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Died in Japanese POW Camp – Philippines, June 29, 1943 |
| Clinton H. Greene |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Sicily, July 9, 1943 |
| Olin C. Trull |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Died in Training – Florida, July 27, 1943 |
| Cecil W. Manning |
| Waxahachie & Howard, U.S. Army, Killed in North Africa, Aug. 1, 1943 |
| Marion L. Handley |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Accident – Florida, Aug. 6, 1943 |
| Cecil E. Barker |
| Crisp & Palmer, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – North Africa, Aug. 11, 1943 |
| John C. Edwards |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Sicily, Aug. 16, 1943 |
| Edward Steadham Jr. |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Aug. 29, 1943 |
| Will A. Yates |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Mediterranean, Sept. 4, 1943 |
| Harris W. Winford |
| Palmer, U.S. Army, Killed in Accident – Trinidad, Sept. 15, 1943 |
| Cecil M. Tollerson |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action, Sept. 18, 1943 |
| Myron F. Rogers |
| Ennis, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Plane Crash – Texas, Sept. 18, 1943 |
| John W. Williams |
| Milford, Army Air Force, Killed in Plane Crash Training New Pilots – Florida, Sept. 19, 1943 |
| Andy W. Perkins |
| Italy, U.S. Army, Died of Wounds in Italy, Sept. 23, 1943 |
| John B. Bailey |
| Ennis, U.S. Navy, Lost in Submarine Service near Japan, Oct. 11, 1943 |
| Nimrod S. Shipp |
| Sardis, Merchant Marine, Killed in Ship Collision at Sea, Oct. 20, 1943 |
| J. L. Graves |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Action near Portugal, Oct. 25, 1943 |
| Frank Townsell |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Nov. 11, 1943 |
| Edward Collard |
| Alma, U.S. Army, Died from Tropical Fever contracted in New Guinea, Nov. 13, 1943 |
| Richard W. Love |
| Midlothian, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash –Del Rio, TX, Nov. 24, 1943 |
| Whittington H. Nichols, Jr. |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash, Nov. 31, 1943 |
| Oscar C. Bratcher |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action at Cassino, Italy, Dec. 15, 1943 |
| Samuel D. Dillard |
| Midlothian, Army Air Force, Killed in Plane Crash – Brazil, Jan. 22, 1944 |
| John M. Gallman |
| Italy, Army Air Force, Killed in Accident – England, Feb. 1, 1944 |
| George M. Goddard Jr. |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Germany, Feb. 22, 1944 |
| Columbus M. Collins |
| Palmer, U.S. Army, Died in Japanese POW Camp, Feb. 28, 1944 |
| Horace W. Armstrong |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Italy, Mar. 5, 1944 |
| Jack C. Davis |
| Ferris, U.S. Army, Killed in Action, Mar. 9, 1944 |
| Acklee Creed |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action on Bougainville, Mar. 16, 1944 |
| Edgar P. Muirhead |
| Lone Elm, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Europe, Mar. 16, 1944 |
| Basilio Garcia |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Killed in Action, Apr. 16, 1944 |
| John J. Zhanel |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died from Wounds at Salerno, Italy, Apr. 21, 1944 |
| Edwin F. Vrla |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over France, Apr. 29, 1944 |
| Newton F. Callaway |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, May 1, 1944 |
| James M. Webb, Jr. |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Plane Crash – Virginia, May 2, 1944 |
| Maxie M. Mills |
| Palmer, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Crete, May 9, 1944 |
| Edward G. Ventrca |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action at Anzio, June 4, 1944 |
| Jessie F. Cleveland |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action on Normandy Beach, June 6, 1944 |
| Roscoe E. Wilson |
| Mt. Peak, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over English Channel, June 6, 1944 |
| M. Hubert Allen |
| Waxahachie & Boyce, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Normandy, June 11, 1944 |
| Jesse L. Nicklas |
| Ennis & Ferris, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, June 12, 1944 |
| Charles L. Ricks, Jr. |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Italy, June 13, 1944 |
| Howell T. Ray |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died in Training – Tyler, TX, June 21, 1944 |
| Joseph H. Henderson Jr. |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action, July 1, 1944 |
| Allen T. Fowler |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, July 13, 1944 |
| James E. Rountree |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, July 14, 1944 |
| Louis O. Toupal |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – South Pacific, July 23, 1944 |
| Joe R. Singleton |
| Mt. Peak, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Aug. 9, 1944 |
| Sidney A. Wiggins |
| Maypearl, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Aug. 9, 1944 |
| John B. Thompson |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Normandy, France, Aug. 10, 1944 |
| Walter T. McNeil |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Hungary, Aug. 21, 1944 |
| Walter L. Barr |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Aug. 28, 1944 |
| John H. Adair |
| Forreston & Avalon, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Czechoslovakia, Aug. 29, 1944 |
| Neeland Sublett |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Europe, Sept. 1, 1944 |
| Joe F. Mach |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Sept. 2, 1944 |
| Arther J. Whiteley |
| Garrett, U.S. Army, Killed in Action, Sept. 12, 1944 |
| Edward T. Farmer |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died Sept. 25, 1944 |
| Robert D. Crumpton |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Germany, Sept. 28, 1944 |
| Ercy W. Dewberry |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed in Training, Plane Crash – Washington, Aug. 9, 1944 |
| William T. Miller |
| Auburn, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Oct. 9, 1944 |
| Jack W. Hutchison |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle, Oct. 13, 1944 |
| James E. McBride |
| Italy, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed Oct. 1944 |
| Milton M. Hejkal |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action while a Japanese POW, Oct. 24, 1944 |
| Sylvan M. Hammond |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action on Morotai Island, New Guinea, Oct. 24, 1944 |
| Roy Flippen |
| Ferris, U.S. Army, Killed while a Japanese POW, Oct. 24, 1944 |
| Leland E. Wickliffe |
| Ferris, U.S. Navy, USS Belleau Wood, Killed in Action – South Pacific, Oct. 30, 1944 |
| Donald P. Talkington |
| Ferris, U.S Navy, Lost at Sea, Nov. 10, 1944 |
| Guy A. Youngblood |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Accidentally Killed – France, Nov. 10, 1944 |
| James R. Spurgeon |
| Hopewell, U.S. Army, Killed in Action on Leyte, Nov. 12, 1944 |
| Hubert Autrey |
| Palmer & Bristol, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Germany, Nov. 17, 1944 |
| Joe E. Houdek |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Training - Bandera, TX, Nov. 17, 1944 |
| Jack H. Lewis |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Italy, Nov. 22, 1944 |
| Wilson R. Baxter |
| Ferris, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Germany, Nov. 28, 1944 |
| J. R. Peacock |
| Milford, U.S. Navy, Killed in Action – South Pacific, Nov. 29, 1944 |
| Raymond F. Clark |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action Nov. 30, 1944 |
| J. H. Farrar |
| Palmer, Army Air Force, Killed in Action – Leyte, Dec. 2, 1944 |
| Alvin L. Deeds |
| Midlothian & Onward, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Berlin, Germany, Dec. 5, 1944 |
| George H. Yarbrough |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Navy, Killed in Action – South Pacific, Dec. 14, 1944 |
| Edwin L. Billman |
| Midlothian, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Belgium, Dec. 17, 1944 |
| Charley W. Windham |
| Italy, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Belgium, Dec. 23, 1944 |
| John B. Naughton |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Northern Italy, Dec. 24, 1944 |
| Malcolm L. Schwartz |
| Palmer, Army Air Force, Died in Accident, Dec. 26, 1944 |
| Fred Reyther |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action Dec. 29, 1944 |
| James P. Zahnen |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died Non- Battle, Jan. 1, 1945 |
| Elton K. Fisher |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Europe, Jan. 2, 1945 |
| Harry Stein |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Battle of the Bulge, Jan. 7, 1945 |
| Miller P. Warren, Jr. |
| Midlothian & Waxahachie, U.S. |
| Army, Killed while a Japanese POW, Jan. 9, 1945 |
| Vernon Richardson |
| Oak Grove, U.S. Army, Killed in |
| Action in Germany, Jan. 9, 1945 |
| Pablo Tapia |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action Jan. 13, 1945 |
| Charles Frazier |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Jan. 13, 1945 |
| Willard H. Taylor |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Luzon, Jan. 15, 1945 |
| Johnny G. Vrana |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Train Accident in France, Jan. 17, 1945 |
| John T. Moore |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Germany, Jan. 30, 1945 |
| DeBerry Melton |
| Lone Elm, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Belgium, Feb. 2, 1945 |
| Carl W. Jones |
| Milford. U.S. Navy, Killed in Training – Corpus Christi, Feb. 4, 1945 |
| Tom Winn, Jr. |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Navy, Lost at Sea in Plane Crash, Feb. 7, 1945 |
| James L. Lyons |
| Ennis & Oak Grove, U.S. Army, Died of Wounds - Luzon, Feb. 11, 1945 |
| S. L. Walker |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Italy, Feb. 13, 1945 |
| Joe R. Crow |
| Ennis, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action in Iwo Jima, Feb. 20, 1945 |
| Paul E. Barnett |
| Ferris & Trumbull, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – Philippines, Feb. 20, 1945 |
| Calvin A. Sealy |
| Palmer, U.S. Army, Killed in Action – France, Feb. 20, 1945 |
| Tommie L. Harris |
| Waxahachie & Bristol, U.S. Army, Killed on Luzon, Feb. 24, 1945 |
| Robert D. Alsup |
| Waxahachie & Midlothian, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima, Feb. 24, 1945 |
| Joe T. Zhanel |
| Telico, U.S. Army, Died of Wounds – Europe, Feb. 25, 1945 |
| Walter J. Windham |
| Italy, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Feb. 27, 1945 |
| David I. Binder |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Feb. 28, 1945 |
| Jack Beaty |
| Waxahachie & Forreston, U.S. Army Engineers, Killed in Action in N. Italy, Feb. 28, 1945 |
| Eurby W. Bearden |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Mar. 2, 1945 |
| James Walter Goodwin |
| Midlothian, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima, Mar. 7, 1945 |
| Jack Lummus |
| Ennis & Alma, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima, Mar. 8, 1945 |
| Cyrus M. McCaskill |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Mar. 8, 1945 |
| James Wesley Goodwin |
| Ennis, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima, Mar. 9, 1945 |
| William T. Pierce |
| Ennis, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Iwo Jima, Mar. 13, 1945 |
| James L. Patterson |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed Mar. 1945 |
| Refugio G. Navarro |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Died of Injuries from Training Accident, Mar. 17, 1945 |
| J. L. Loyd |
| Forreston, U.S. Army Engineers, Killed in Action – Germany, Mar. 25, 1945 |
| H. B. Colston |
| Telico & Palmer, Killed in Action – Europe, Mar. 26, 1945 |
| Henry E. Morris |
| Midlothian, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Mar. 31, 1945 |
| Luther R. Lusk |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Apr. 1, 1945 |
| Billy T. Raines |
| Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Apr. 1, 1945 |
| J. Lewis Jarrett |
| Five Points, U.S. Army, Died from Illness in a German POW Camp, Apr. 2, 1945 |
| John W. Mayfield |
| Ennis, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Apr. 2, 1945 |
| Patrick L. Dillard |
| Midlothian, Army Air Force, Killed in Action over Germany, Apr. 5, 1945 |
| Eugene F. Bratcher, Jr. |
| Maypearl & Waxahachie, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, Apr. 6, 1945 |
| Raymond M. Bush |
| Ennis & Alma, U.S. Army, Killed in Action on Okinawa, Apr. 10, 1945 |
| Theodore R. Curby |
| Maypearl, U.S. Navy, USS Daly, Killed in Action near Okinawa, Apr. 24, 1945 |
| Ezelle O. Bailey |
| Lone Elm, U.S. Navy, USS Frederick Davis, Killed in Action – North Atlantic, Apr. 24, 1945 |
| E. Murrell Goodloe |
| Red Oak, U.S. Army, Killed in Action in Germany, May 3, 1945 |
| Benny L. Wilson |
| Ferris, U.S. Navy, USS Morrison, Killed in Action near Okinawa, May 4, 1945 |
| Cecil E. Batte |
| Italy, Army Air Force, Died Non-Battle – South Pacific, May 5, 1945 |
| Jackson B. Ross |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, Killed in Action – Luzon, May 27, 1945 |
| Grady L. Davis |
| Italy, U.S. Marine Corps, Killed in Action on Okinawa, June 20, 1945 |
| James W. Sargent |
| Ellis County, U.S. Army, Died Non-Battle – Europe, July 28, 1945 |
| J. B. Colleps |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed Training New Air Crews – San Angelo, TX, June 29, 1945 |
| John G. Cornwell |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Killed Dropping Supplies to POW Camp in Japan, Aug. 30, 1945 |
| Robert L. Abbott |
| Waxahachie, Army Air Force, Served in Pacific, Died of his war injuries – El Paso, Nov. 25, 1945 |
| John S. Newlin |
| Ennis, Army Air Force, M.I.A. on Nov. 24, 1943 – Pacific, Declared Dead Jan. 15, 1946 |






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