Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians

In the Second World War

Edited by W. Edwin Hemphill

Virginia World War II History Commission

Charlottesville, Virginia

1947

Eleven thousand copies were published for free distribution in accordance

with the provisions of Chapter 356 of the Acts of the General Assembly

of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1946, and directives of the

Virginia World War II History Commission

Carroll County

Adkins, Wilmer P., Pvt., Army

Alderman, Glenn Jackson, SC2c, Navy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R.

Alderman, Hillsville

Banks, Cecil, S/Sgt., Army. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Banks, Fancy Gap

Beamer, Clarence Marshall, T/Sgt., Army. Father, P. B. Beamer, Hillsville

Blackburn, Charles Cecil, Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Rosa Bobbitt Hawks,

Lambsburg

Bobbitt, Merle Robinson, GM3c, Navy. Mother, Mrs. Lettie Victoria Hawks

Bobbitt, Lambsburg

Bobbitt, Rufus Godron, Sgt., Army. Mother, Mrs. Lela Hawks Bobbitt,

Lambsburg

Bowen, Glen J., Sgt. Army.

Branscome, James W., Pfc. Marines. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James P.

Branscome, Hillsville

Cooter, Walter E., Pfc., Army.

Cox, Avis H., Pfc., Army.

Cox, Mabin C., Pvt., Army

Dalton, Claude Lafayette, Jr., T/5, Army. Mother, Mrs. Claude L. Dalton,

Wytheville

Dickerson, Charlie H., Pvt., Army. Father, V. L. Dickerson, Hillsville

Dickerson, William L., Pvt., Army.

Duncan, Patrick Henry, 2^nd Lt., Army. Sister, Mrs. Ronald D. Swain,

Laurel Fork

Easter, Harley C., Pvt., Army. Wife, Mrs. Hallie Easter, Cana

Edwards, George F., S/Sgt., Army.

Farris, William E., Pfc., Army.

Flanagan, Arnold, Pvt., Army. Wife, Mrs. Vertie Flanagan, Shorts Creek

Goad, Harry W., Pfc., Army. Wife, Mrs. Cora E. Goad, Hillsville

Gravley, Arthur J., Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Maggie L. Gravley, Shorts Creek

Gray, Carson Elmo, S2c, Navy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harvey Gray,

Sylvatus

Guynn, Kenneth E., Sgt., Army.

Hall, Garland R., S/Sgt., Army. Wife, Mrs. Edith B. Hall, Hillsville

Hall, John W., Sgt., Army. Father, Joseph B. Hall, Hillsville

Hicks, Roy, Pvt., Army.

Horton, Estel Rush, Pfc., Army. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Horton,

Fancy Gap

Howlett, Clarence W., Pfc., Army.

Huff, Claude Thomas, 52c, Navy. Father, John T. Huff, Hillsville

Kinzer, Samuel L., S/Sgt., Army.

McGrady, Hugh, Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Oddie E. McGrady, Hillsville

McPeak, Robie Rush, Cpl., Army. Wife, Mrs. Opal McPeak, Dugspur

McPeak, William H., Pfc., Army.

Mabe, Leeman William, Pvt., Army. Mother, Mrs. Ethel Delp Mabe,

Woodlawn

Marshall, Ezra Slycanus, S2c. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira S. Marshall,

Dugspur

Marshall, Horace I., Pfc., Army. Wife, Mrs. Sylvia J. Marshall, Dugspur

Marshall, Rosco Ottey, MM2c, Navy. Mother, Mrs. Etta M. Blankenship,

Hillsville

Montgomery, Trumon, S1c, Navy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hosie Montgomery,

Sylvatus

Newman, James F., Pvc., Army.

O’Bryan, Bruce W., Pvt., Army.

Owen, Raymond G., Pvt., Army. Mother, Mrs. Inez Owen, Sylvatus

Parnell, Buford C., Sgt., Army.

Roberts, John, Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Callie L. Roberts, Woodlawn

Runyon, Jake, Jr., Pvt., Army. Wife, Mrs. Elsie M. Runyon, Shorts Creek

Shearer, Harry W., T/5, Army.

Shelor, Maurice W., Pfc., Army. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shelor,

Meadows of Dan

Shepherd, Robert Lee, Pfc., M. Wife, Mrs. Sylvia F. Shepherd, Laurel Fork

Shupe, Homer L., Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Julina Shupe, Shorts Creek

Smythers, Lyman M., Pvt., Army. Mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Smythers,

Woodlawn

Smythers, Roland P., Sgt., Marines. Father, J. W. Smythers, Woodlawn

Snow, William Nelson, Pfc., Army. Father, John Harvey Snow, Mt. Airy, NC

Sowers, Manuel, T/5, Army.

Spencer, Edgar O., Pfc., Army. Father, Daniel B. Spencer, Lambsburg

Spoerke, George W. C., 2^nd Lt., Army

Stoneman, Clinton Edison, ART2c, Navy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd

Washington “Bud” Stoneman, Woodlawn

Thompson, Dennie M., Pfc., Army.

Thompson, Posey C., Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Lillie Thompson, Dugspur

Turman, Cecil P., Pvt., Army. Wife, Mrs. Cecil P. Turman, Dugspur

Vaughan, Herman F., Pfc., Army. Father, Wash Vaughan, Cana

Webb, George L., Pfc., Army.

Wilkinson, John Frederick, S2c, Navy. Father, Walter Carter Wilkinson,

Mount Jackson

Williams, William C. Jr., Pfc., Army. Mother, Mrs. Ethel Williams, Hillsville

Worrell, Herbert C., T/4, Army. Mother, Mrs. Bertha C. Worrell, Lambsburg

Worrell, Rufus A., 2^nd Lt., Army. Mother, Mrs. Bertha C. Worrell, Lambsburg