Overton County Veterans Killed in World War I
Tennessee Historic Records Commission Gold Star Files
Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate 24 Overton County men died in service during World War I.
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Lee Thomas McCormick Co. I, 117th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Thomas G. Speck Hq. Co., 18th Inf. Regt., Sig. Det., US Army |
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Corbit Richardson Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
| Dillard Comer Sells Co. I, 150th Inf. Regt., 38th Div., US Army |
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| Robert Daugherty Co. D, 105th Regt., Engineers Corps, US Army |
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James Carson Guthrie Btry. F, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
| Dock T. Vaughn Co. B, 119th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Oliver Ledbetter Infantry, US Army |
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James Waymon Hastings Co. D, 165th Inf. Regt., 42nd Div., US Army KIA in the Argonne Forest, 1 day after his cousin, Walter Hastings (below) |
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Shirley Lee Ledbetter Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Walter R. Hastings Co. D, 165th Inf. Regt., 42nd Div., US Army KIA in the Argonne Forest, 1 day before his cousin, James Hastings (above) |
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James Shirley Lee Co. 7, Repl. Dep., US Army |
| Shirley Draper Bohannan Lieutenant Co. G, 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Alonzo Keen Smith Co. M, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
| Victor H. Koger Co. H, 61st Inf. Regt., 5th Div., US Army |
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Walter R. Hensley Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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McKinley Stover Major Co. E, 57th Pion. Inf. Regt., US Army |
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Edward Gibbons 2nd Div., Infantry, US Army |
| Isham Buford Smith Co. M, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Lee Copeland Hammock Co. E., 117th Inf. Regt., US Army |
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Robert Norman Fletcher Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., Tenn. NG, US Army |
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Wylie Sullivan Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army |
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Willie E. Fletcher Co. B, 15th Inf. Regt., US Army |
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Stephen Eli Langford Co. E, 57th Pion. Inf. Regt., US Army |
The following additional individuals are listed at HonorStates.org as having died in World War I, with a home location of Overton County.
The source of this information is not clearly identified. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero at the HonorStates.org Web site.
| Name | Date | Branch | ||
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| 1 | Grover C Chandler | Army | ||
| 2 | Ben Cunningham | Army | ||
| 3 | Tom Johnson | Army | ||
| 4 | Gordon Klope | Army | ||
| 5 | Hershell C McBride | Army | ||
| 6 | Robert T Nivens | 10-08-1918 | Army | |
| 7 | Bailey H Perry | Army | ||
| 8 | Thomas C Talor | Army |
Source: https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?do=q&state=TN&county=overton&county=overton&war=World+War+I