Yesterday another 100 requests were submitted to St. Louis for us to review in April. We will probably submit another 100 or so. However, 95% of these are Army and we are anticipating that most of them were lost in the 1973 fire.
Stay tuned!
Frieda
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Research Update - 14 January 2009
Just an update on the progress of the research.
Before the Holidays, Mr. Billy Byers of the Drayton area provided information and photographs on his brother Volney (WW II).
Mr. William Littlejohn has provided information and photographs on Jesse Littlejohn (WWII)
Mrs. Josephine Slaten of Pacolet has provided information and photographs on her brother: James Albert Edmonds (WWII)
Mr. Robert Hall of Inman has shared a scrapbook created by his mother and sister during WWII. It included many newspaper articles, pictures, obituaries, etc. about local men in service at the time.
Mr. Odell Vaughn has shared a photograph of his buddy Boyce Sullivan (WWII).
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Electronic images for WWI and WWII names "A" through "C" created from the October St. Louis trip have been printed out and filed in my filing cabinet.
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The first 50 requests have been submitted to St. Louis for our April research trip. These requests must be submitted individually at least 8 weeks ahead of the visit. The approval form to bring a camera into the research center has also been submitted. Will continue to submit research requests as I complete them so that the center staff are not overwhelmed at the last minute.
That's all for tonight. Am taking a couple days break from working on the project as it has been non-stop since the semester break
Before the Holidays, Mr. Billy Byers of the Drayton area provided information and photographs on his brother Volney (WW II).
Mr. William Littlejohn has provided information and photographs on Jesse Littlejohn (WWII)
Mrs. Josephine Slaten of Pacolet has provided information and photographs on her brother: James Albert Edmonds (WWII)
Mr. Robert Hall of Inman has shared a scrapbook created by his mother and sister during WWII. It included many newspaper articles, pictures, obituaries, etc. about local men in service at the time.
Mr. Odell Vaughn has shared a photograph of his buddy Boyce Sullivan (WWII).
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Electronic images for WWI and WWII names "A" through "C" created from the October St. Louis trip have been printed out and filed in my filing cabinet.
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The first 50 requests have been submitted to St. Louis for our April research trip. These requests must be submitted individually at least 8 weeks ahead of the visit. The approval form to bring a camera into the research center has also been submitted. Will continue to submit research requests as I complete them so that the center staff are not overwhelmed at the last minute.
That's all for tonight. Am taking a couple days break from working on the project as it has been non-stop since the semester break
Monday, January 5, 2009
West Coast Memorial
The West Coast Memorial is located in the Golden Gate Recreational Area of the Presidio in San Francisco, Calif. There is one serviceman from Spartanburg County memorialized there. He is:
Livingston, Clarence E.; World War II; Navy; MIA or buried at sea
East Coast Memorial
The East Coast Memorial is located in Battery Park in New York City. There are 7 servicemen from Spartanburg County memorialized there. They are:
Cantrell, Lawrence H., Jr.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Foster, Glenn E.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Heiliger, Nelson F.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Ivey, Robert L.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Mitchell, Walter Lloyd, Jr.; World War II; Navy; MIA or buried at sea
Smith, Charles Byrd, Jr.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Young, Alfred Horace; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Honolulu Memorial and National Cemetery of the Pacific
There are 22 servicemen from Spartanburg County buried or memorialized at Honolulu.
They are:
Allison, Defoie; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Barry, James R.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Belcher, Carroll E.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Bell, Perry T.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Butler, John W.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Byars, Zachariah T.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Cantrell, Charles Jack; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Clement, Hubert P.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at sea
Cooksey, James C.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Cox, Lee R.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Franks, John H.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Freshour, Frank; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Gilbert, Glaucson H.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Koon, James Edwin; World War II; Marine Corps; Plot F, row 0, grave 705
Lewis, Wayne Alman; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
McAbee, Felix; World War II; Navy; MIA or buried at sea
McCaden, Isaiah; World War II; Army; Plot B, row 0, grave 1085
Price, Robert Lee; World War II; Navy; MIA or buried at sea
Shaw, Franklin M.; World War II; Army Air Forces; Plot B, Row 0, grave 42
Wents, Harry P.; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
White, Vernon Russell; World War II; Navy; MIA or Buried at Sea
Wolfe, Walter G., Jr.; World War II; Army Air Forces; MIA or Buried at Sea
Research update - Jan. 2009
Over the Christmas break, I completed the review and classification of the images made on our October research trip to St. Louis at the National Personnel Records Center. There were 1,392 images. They are now filed in electronic folders ready to print out and file in my paper files. I have also begun to receive photographs from the American Battle Monument Commission of gravestones and tablets of missing from foreign American cemeteries.
During the month of January I hope to reconnect with those who responded as a result of the newspaper article. There are about 30 of them.
Frieda
During the month of January I hope to reconnect with those who responded as a result of the newspaper article. There are about 30 of them.
Frieda
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
There is one serviceman from Spartanburg County memorialized at Aisne-Marne Cemetery. He is George W. Waldrop, World War I, Army, Tablets of missing.
Manila American Cemetery
There are 44 servicemen from Spartanburg County buried or memorialized in the Manila American Cemetery. They are:
Anderson, Thomas M., Jr., World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Ballard, Robert F., World War II, Army, Plot D, row 4, grave 95
Brannon, William Claude, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at sea
Brown, John R., World War II, Army, MIA or Buried at Sea
Collins, William Glenn, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Crocker, Clarence W., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or Buried at Sea
Crook, Martin, Jr., World War II, Army, MIA or Buried at Sea
Crouse, James Howard, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Foster, Benjamin F., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or Buried at Sea
Gentry, Landon M, Jr., World War II, Navy, Plot C, row 3, grave 45
Goss, Olander, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Harris, Lester C., Jr., World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Howard, William S., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Knighton, Belton E., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or buried at sea
Lancaster, William V., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or buried at sea
Lee, Harry, World War II, Army Air Forces, Plot D, row 12, grave 119
Newton, John W., Jr., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or Buried at Sea
Owens, Robert Allen, World War II, Marine Corps, Plot N, row 12, grave 200
Pruitt, Paul G., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Rakestraw, William D., World War II, Army, MIA or buried at sea
Reid, Algie Durham, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Robbins, Belton A., World War II, Army Air Forces, Plot D, Row 15, grave 129
Rose, Gordon L., World War II, Army, MIA or buried at sea
Ross, Charles A., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Shands, James, World War II, Army, MIA or buried at sea
Shropshire, Louis Howard, World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Sproles, Quinton E., World War II, Army, Plot D, row 6, grave 178
Stewart, Truman C., Jr., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Stimson, David, World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Suttles, Don O., World War II, Army, Plot N, row 14, grave 88
Tucker, Donald O., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Tucker, Harmon B., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Turner, Frank D., World War II, Navy, MIA or buried at sea
Vassey, Ralph, World War II, Army Air Forces, Plot F, row 16, grave 16
Watkins, Harry P., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or Buried at Sea
Watson, William T., World War II, Army, MIA or Buried at Sea
Williams, Robert L., World War II, Army Air Forces, MIA or Buried at Sea
Wood, Allen O., World War II, Army, MIA or Buried at Sea
Worley, Clyde, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Wright, Robert, World War II, Navy, MIA or Buried at Sea
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, France.
There are five servicemen from Spartanburg County buried or memorialized here:
DeShields, Archie;
Hewitt, William T.;
Logan, William;
Montgomery, John;
Walker, Ralph J.
Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
Suresnes American National Cemetery. There are three servicemen from Spartanburg County are buried or memorialized here
. They are: Henderson, Richard; World War I; Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; Plot A, row 8, grave 32
. They are: Henderson, Richard; World War I; Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; Plot A, row 8, grave 32 Kirby, Grover C.; World War I; Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; MIA or buried at sea
Thomas, William E.; World War I, Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; MIA or buried at sea
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