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Bledsoe County Veterans Who Died in the Korean War

The source of this information is not clearly identified.  It may not be a complete listing of Bledsoe Countians lost in service during the Korean War. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.

Name Date of Death Branch
Henry Chester Pruitt 9/20/1950 Army
Edward Stribling 3/4/1954 Marines

Source: https://honorstates.org

Bledsoe County Veterans Who Died in the Viet Nam War

The source of this information is not clearly identified.  It may not be a complete listing of Bledsoe Countians lost in service during the Viet Nam War. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.

  Name Date of Death Branch
Sammie Lee Bedwell 1/30/1966 Marines
Bobby Dwight Lewis 12/3/1968 Army
Billy Franklin Mooneyham 10/8/1966 Army
Hubert Harrol Morgan Jr 7/29/1967 Navy

Source: https://honorstates.org

Bledsoe County Veterans Who Died in World War II

The source of this information is not clearly identified.  It may not be a complete listing of Bledsoe Countians lost in service during World War II. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.

Name Date of Death Branch
Monroe H Bayless   Army
Ray Brewer   Army
Robert L Brewer 9/21/1944 Army
Melvin C Brock 11/4/1944 Army
James E Cagle 12/27/1943 Army
James C Childress   Army
A B Collier   Army
Ernest Haward Corvin 7/27/1944 Army
Ed C Davis 7/25/1944 Army
William C Farmer   Army
John D Fisher   Army
James P Graham   Army
Claudie W Hale   Army
Mose N J Hamilton 10/3/1944 Army
Ernest Hancock   Army
William P Jolley 6/6/1944 Army
Bernard W McReynolds 12/16/1944 Army
Carl K Mitchcox    Army
Samuel C Mitchcox   Army
Clifford Rhea 7/30/1945 Navy
Charles M Riggs   Army
Manis Swafford 11/23/1944 Army
Walker Walker   Army
Washington Washington   Army

East Tennessee Veterans Memorial, Knoxville

The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial in Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park bears the names of more than 6,200 veterans from 35 East Tennessee counties who have died in military service since the beginning of World War I. Represented counties comprise the eastern grand division of the state plus Fentress and Sequatchie counties on the Cumberland Plateau.

memorial site

The list below is current as of January, 2022.  The memorial is actively amended as troops are lost in action.

Click here for more information and to search for details about the individuals listed below.

Surname Given Name Branch Conflict Pillar Section
Stribling Edward Marine Corps Korean War    
Oreto Joseph A. Army Vietnam XXII Top
Lewis Bobby D. Army Vietnam XXII Top
Mooneyham Billy F. Army Vietnam XXII Top
Oakes Arnold G. Army Vietnam XXII Top
Pruitt Henry C. Army Korean War XX Top
McMillon Harold D. Army Korean War XX Top
Ladd Andrew A. Army Korean War XX Top
Rigsby Alvin S. Army Korean War XX Top
Jolley William P. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Farmer William C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Turner Willard L. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Washington Samuel J. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Hitchcox Samuel C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Brewer Robert L. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Swafford Robert F. Navy World War II VI Middle
Brewer Ray Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Moore Ralph E. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Hamilton Mose N. J. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Bayless Monroe H. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Brock Melvin C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Swafford Manis Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Fisher John D. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Farmer John C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Cunningham Jr. Joe R. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Graham James P. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Blaylock James I. Navy World War II VI Top
Cagle James E. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Childress James C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Lester Henry F. Coast Guard World War II VI Middle
Rigsby Greer Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Sanders Jr. George N. Navy World War II VI Top
Mansfield George H. Navy World War II VI Top
Corvin Ernest H. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Hancock Ernest D. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Walker Elmer F. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Davis Ed C. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Smith Clyde J. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Rhea Clifford Navy World War II VI Top
Hale Claude W. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Mills Claude M. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Riggs Charles M. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Hitchcox Carl K. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Middle
Bayless Billy B. Navy World War II VI Top
McReynolds Bernard W. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Smith B. Henry Navy World War II VI Top
Whitson Arthie V. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Collier A. B. Army/Army Air Forces World War II VI Top
Angel Victor L. Army World War I II Top
Ault Thomas W. Marine Corps World War I II Top
Miller Sherman Army World War I II Top
Dyer Samuel C. Army World War I II Top
Arnett John Army World War I II Top
Curtis James H. Army World War I II Top
Swafford George R. Army World War I II Top
McMillon David H. Army World War I II Top
Simmons Charlie Army World War I II Top
Hamilton Burett Army World War I II Top
Austin Amos L. Army World War I II Top
Hillis Alfred Army World War I II Top
Dixon Thomas D. Army Sinai Peacekeeping Mission    

Bledsoe County Veterans Killed in World War I

Tennessee Historic Records Commission Gold Star Files

Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate 5 Bledsoe County men died in service during World War I.

Click here to search the complete database of World War I Gold Star Tennesseans.

Click on the soldier’s name to view a full-size photo (if available) and details about his service.
 

Amos L. Austin
Co. C, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Div., US Army
James H. Curtis
Co. D, 324th Inf. Regt., US Army
Burrett Hamilton
Hq. Co., 28th Inf. Regt., US Army
Samuel Beauregard Hoge
Inf., US Army
Ray T. Parker
28th Inf. Regt., 1st Div., Medical Corps, US Army

The source of this information is not clearly identified.  Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.

Name Date Branch
Thomas Wesley Ault  10/6/1918 Army
Robert T Burgess    Army
Urious I Burgess    Army
James H Curtis    Army
Samuel C Dyer    Army
Burett Hamilton  10/17/1918 Army
John H Robinson    Army
Charlie Simmons    Army
George R Swafford    Army

Source: https://honorstates.org

Tennessee World War I Veterans’ Questionnaires

Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate no Bledsoe County veterans completed questionnaires about their service during World War I.  However, 4448 questionnaires were returned, some from residents of neighboring counties.

The World War I questionnaire project (TSLA Record Group 239) was part of an effort to gather and preserve the history of Tennessee’s involvement in what was then known as the Great War. On January 24, 1919, the state legislature resolved that a committee of 25 be appointed, to be known as the Tennessee State Historical Committee, part of whose duties was to “collect, compile, index and arrange all data and information of every kind and character relating to the part Tennessee has played in the Great War.”

Click here for more information about the questionnaires.

Click here to go directly to the searchable database of questionnaires.

Record of Bledsoe County Ex-Soldiers of World War I

Compiled from service records following the end of World War I. 

Graeme McGregor Smith, mother of two World War I veterans, was one of these inspired Americans who went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that every Tennessean who served in the Great War would be remembered. Her efforts resulted in the Record of Ex-Soldiers in World War I, Tennessee Counties, 1917-1919, the compiled service records of over 130,000 soldiers and sailors from Tennessee who served in the First World War.

Click here to learn more about these compilations held at TSLA.

The original typed manuscript documents are in the Tennessee State Library and Archives; the PDF file below is a scan from microfilm of the original Bledsoe County section.

Use the tool bar at the bottom of the document to turn pages, enlarge, or reduce images.

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Revolutionary War Materials at the Tennessee State Library and Archives

This collection highlights a time when the area that is now the state of Tennessee was land claimed by North Carolina. White settlers and their African-American slaves moved into Upper East Tennessee in the 1770s and established their own government, the Watauga Association. By so doing, these settlers clearly defied British authority which had forbidden settlement west of the Appalachian Mountain Chain in the Proclamation of 1763. Fiercely independent, these Overmountain folk and their like-minded kin in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Western North and South Carolina, collectively referred to as the Southern Backcountry, had little use for distant colonial governments dominated by the British or wealthy planters.

Click here to learn more about this collection.

Civil War Documents and Photographs at TN State Library & Archives

Items in the Tennessee Virtual Archive are presented free-of-charge by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War military records held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of muster rolls for Tennessee units during the Civil War held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War soldiers’ photographs held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War visual culture artefacts (images, sheet music, and other items depicting the experience and interpretation of the War) held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of civilian life artefacts from the Civil War, described as “personal accounts and related documents detailing the lives of non-combatants during the Civil War.”

Click here to view a sample of documents related to women’s Civil War experiences held by TSLA.

 

Bledsoe County Veterans of World War I

The data contained in this site was taken from Record Group 36, the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. Information on individual servicemen and women came from the files of Major Rutledge Smith, Chairman of the National Council of Defense for Tennessee, World War I; from the office of the Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1933-1937; and from the report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War, 1917-1918.

The records were compiled pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 76, Public Acts of 1919, and were received and stored by the Tennessee State Library and Archives in accordance with Chapter No. 301, Public Acts of 1937. They also include information about those who were killed in service. Further information about their deaths can be found in the Gold Star records at the State Library and Archives.

The fields show–in order from left to right–the serviceman’s name, age or year of birth, birthplace, notes, and page number in the original volume. The data is arranged by county. It should be noted that additional information regarding the soldier’s rank, training, dates of service, discharge, etc. can be obtained from the microfilmed records in Record Group 36.

Copies of an individual service record, as well as copies and searches of other World War I collections, can be ordered from TSLA. Please click here for instructions for ordering military records by mail.

Errors in the military records are not uncommon; it may be the case of a simple spelling error or misheard information. The information in the WWI listings is given as it appears on the original record. While we cannot change the information on the record, names which may be spelled incorrectly will be marked with a question mark (?) .

The index that follows is not a “complete” list of all Tennesseans who served in World War I. Individuals from Tennessee who enlisted in other states are not included. Only those soldiers whose names appear in the compiled service records (Record Group 36) are included in the following list.

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Last NameFirst NameAge or DOBBirth PlaceNotesPage
AcuffPhares Heber1896Hamilton Co., TN1
AgeeFred O.27Pikeville, TN1
AgeeJohn L.29Near Pikeville, TN1
AndersonClarence L.22Pikeville, TN1
AngelVictor L.23Bledsoe Co., TNDead20
ArnettJim E.21Erasmus, TN1
ArnettJohn24Erasmus, TNDead20
AultOtto T.24Pikeville, TN1
AultThomas Wesley1888Pikeville, TNMarines24
BargerArlie29Big Springs, TNWounded19
BaylessAlbert H.23Embryville, TN1
BellDennis F.23Henderson, TN3
BiseVanice1897Cumberland Co., TN2
BlaylockJames F.22Bledsoe Co., TN2
BlaylockJoseph F.28Newton, TN2
BlaylockRobert19Pikesville, TN2
BridgemanCarl S.22Pikeville, TN2
BrigemanJohn H.1896Pikeville, TN2
BrownGeorge William21Sailor25
BrownIsaac J.28Pikeville, TN2
BurgessMayhew22Newton, TNDeserter30
CooleyLeonard1897Bledsoe Co., TN3
CorvinCarl21Dayton, TN3
CowanPeter Franklin1896Pikeville, TN3
CurtisHomer D.26Pikeville, TN3
CurtisJames H.21Pikeville, TNDead20
DavisWilliam Anderson1897Cumberland Co., TN4
DouthitTonie24Mt.Airy, TN4
DunnByirdmack31Milo, TN4
DyerSamuel C.1895Pikeville, TNDead20
EdmonsIra E.22Pikeville, TN4
EdmonsJohn M.29Bledsoe Co., TN4
EdmonsThomas R.22Pikeville, TNDeserter30
EdmonsWillie Vance22Cumberland Co., TNDeserter30
EthertonBrown1895Litton, TN4
EtnertonMarvin26Milo, TN4
EvittJohn26Sailor25
FannGrant1892Pikeville, TN4
FarmerAaron T.1895Pikeville, TN5
FergusonCarl G.18Pikeville, TN5
FergusonCharlie W.1897Brayton, TN5
FergusonHarold Grady25Sailor25
FergusonLee26Pikeville, TN5
FergusonNicholas J.Jr.18Melvine, TNWounded19
FergusonThomas F.24Pikeville, TN5
FradyIsaac26Pikeville, TN5
FradyJohn23Pikeville, TN5
GivinsHarvey1896Grandville, TN6
GivinsOrville24Granville, TN6
GoinsLether27Pikeville, TN6
GossettJames R.1893Evansville, TN6
GrayLeeman21Pikeville, OH6
GreerDion Attus1895Pikeville, TNOfficer22
GreerJohn J.1892Pikeville, TNOfficer22
HallTaylor S.1887Pikeville, TN6
HallWilliam S.22Pikeville, TN6
HamiltonBurett19Grape Vine, TNDead20
HamiltonLonnie P.1893Bledsoe Co., TN6
HankinsJames R.27Nine Mile, TN7
HartJohn M.1899Pikeville, TN7
HaswellClaude E.19Chattanooga, TN7
HaswellClaude Eugene1898TNOfficer22
HenryBert1890Litton, TN7
HenryUlysses Grant1896Litton, TN7
HensonWilliam A.1898Pikeville, TN7
HerdJohn1896Pikeville, TN7
HerdOtto21Pikeville, TN7
HerodHerman A.25Hillham, TN8
HigenbottomEdgar1895Brockdell, TN8
HitchcoxErnest1896Brockdell, TN8
JonesFrank1896Pikeville, TN8
JordanOliver C.1891Brayton, TN8
KeithE.T.1890Grandville, TN8
KeltchFrancis H.18Flyer Co., WV8
KittellJoseph Otto1879Brooklyn, NYOfficer22
KizzarAlijah W.1896Pikeville, TN8
KnightVictor22Pikeville, TNWounded19
LambThomas28Dunlap, TN9
LawsonAlbert26Pikeville, TN9
LawsonLaster L.1895Pikeville, TN9
LawsonLewis P.23Pikeville, TN9
LawsonRoy22TN9
LawsonWilliam J.27Pikeville, TN9
LeeEdgar A.24Litton, TN9
LeeWilliam Franklin1895Naval Officer28
LesterChurch24Pikeville, TN9
ManningThomas R.1888Crossville, TN10
McCullomJoe Nelson20Sailor25
McMillonDavid H.28Evansville, TNDead20
McReynoldsClaude P.26Pikeville, TN10
McReynoldsHugh D.23Pikeville, TN10
MeyersHerbert22VanBuren Co., TN10
MillerCharles B.18Pittsburgh, PA10
MillerEmmett J.21Newton, TNDeserter30
MooreBurt22Pikeville, TN10
MooreJulian C.1896Murfreesboro, TN10
NailHomer1893Litton, TN10
NewbyJames L.25Spring City, TN11
NewbyThomas Edward1897Spring City, TN11
NicholsCharles A.30Pikeville, TN11
PadgettBarnie C.18Pikeville, TN11
PadgettJohn M.18Sequatchie Valley, TN11
ParhamDaily F.1893Litton, TN11
ParksJoseph E.22Patton, TN11
PattonJoseph Albert28Sailor26
PopeAndrew H.22Pikeville, TN11
PopeSutton O.1899MtAiry, TN12
PughUlysses23Grapevine, TN12
RankinRoy A.1889Pailo, TX12
RectorWilliam York24Litton, TN12
ReeseJoseph O.1897Pikeville, TN12
ReynoldsBud23Melvine, TN12
ReynoldsFrank1892Dunlap, TN12
RiceAlbert D.1889Athens, TN12
RiceWilliam C.24Athens, TN13
RigsbyLoyd R.23Pikeville, TN13
RitcheyRoy Mckinley1897Bledsoe Co., TN13
RobersonJames V.18Bledsoe Co., TN13
RobersonNute21Pikeville, TN13
RobersonRoy C.1897Pikeville, TN13
RobersonThomas25Pikeville, TN13
RobersonWilliam A.23Pikeville, TN13
RobertsCharley23Litton, TN14
RollinsRoy D.1898Pikeville, TN14
RomansHarris Condon1891Pikeville, TNMarines24
RomansHorrice C.1891Pikeville, TN14
ScarbraughElmer1895Pikeville, TN14
ScarbroughArthur28Bledsoe Co., TN14
SchoolfieldRay Floyd1894Pikeville, TNOfficer22
ShoemateWalter1889Pikeville, TN14
SimmoneTomas A.26Bledsoe Co., TN14
SimmonsCharlie1886Pikeville, TNDead21
SimmonsJohn W.22Pikeville, TN14
SmithSam Sheats1897Pikeville, TNMarines24
SniderJohn H.1893Pikeville, TN15
SpringFrank Hammond30Sailor26
SpringHarry Lynn1899Pikeville, TN15
SpringWilliam Charles22Sailor26
SpringsRufus C.1896Pikeville, TN15
StandiferRoy25Atportley, TN15
StandiferTurney W.1894Atpontley, TN15
StephensElbert Montgomery1899Pikeville, TN15
SteppeJoseph W.18Pikeville, TN15
StoneLiman G.19Grape Vine, TN15
SwaffordAnoil J.23Pikeville, TN16
SwaffordAron J.23Bledsoe Co., TN16
SwaffordGeorge R.1895Litton, TNDead21
SwaffordHomer Leondias25Sailor26
SwaffordRobert29Pikeville, TN16
SwaffordThomas R.21Litton, TN16
ThrumanFloyd W.M.25Bledsoe Co., TN16
ThurmanIsaac M.1889Litton, TN16
TollettMose T.28Litton, TN16
VannJames Blain21Bledsoe Co., TN16
WalkerTillman E.1895Pikeville, TN17
WalkerWilliam C.1899Coal Creek, TN17
WalkerYourse L.20Litton, TN17
WallingCharles H.24VanBuren, TN17
WallingThomas R.26VanBuren Co., TNDeserter30
WatersJessie William18Bledsoe Co., TN17
WelchHarolk E.1897Dunlap, TN17
WelchJohn W.30Sequatchie Co., TNWounded19
WelchOscar Caldwell24Sailor27
WhiteAlbert B.24Pikeville, TN17
WhiteHomer G.18Pikeville, TN17
WhiteWillard O.23Pikeville, TN18
WhiteWilliam A.19Pikeville, TNWounded19
WilliamsRobert1888Rodney, MS18
WomackKenneth1894Pikeville, TN18
WoodThomas Morris19Sailor27
WormackCharley1892Pikeville, TN18
WrightJames18Grapevine, TNWounded19
WyattSamuel I.1896Pikeville, TN18
YoungJohn Russell21Bledsoe Co., TN18

Source: https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/military/ww1intro.htm

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