{"id":557,"date":"2021-09-17T14:25:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=557"},"modified":"2022-01-11T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T23:37:53","slug":"overton-county-veterans-killed-in-world-war-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/overton-county-veterans-killed-in-world-war-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Overton County Veterans Killed in World War I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Historic Records Commission Gold Star Files<\/h2>\n

Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate 24 Overton County men died in service during World War I.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to search the complete database of World War I Gold Star Tennesseans.<\/p>\n

Click on the soldier’s name to view a full-size photo and details about his service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLee Thomas McCormick<\/strong><\/a>
\nCo. I, 117th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nThomas G. Speck<\/strong><\/a>
\nHq. Co., 18th Inf. Regt., Sig. Det., US Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nCorbit Richardson<\/strong><\/a>
\nCo. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDillard Comer Sells<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. I, 150th Inf. Regt., 38th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobert Daugherty<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. D, 105th Regt., Engineers Corps, US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nJames Carson Guthrie<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Btry. F, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDock T. Vaughn<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. B, 119th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nOliver Ledbetter<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Infantry, US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nJames Waymon Hastings<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. D, 165th Inf. Regt., 42nd Div., US Army
\n<\/strong>KIA in the Argonne Forest, 1 day after his cousin, Walter Hastings (below)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nShirley Lee Ledbetter<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWalter R. Hastings<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. D, 165th Inf. Regt., 42nd Div., US Army
\nKIA in the Argonne Forest, 1 day before his cousin, James Hastings (above)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nJames Shirley Lee<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. 7, Repl. Dep., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShirley Draper Bohannan<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lieutenant
\nCo. G, 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAlonzo Keen Smith<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. M, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nVictor H. Koger<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. H, 61st Inf. Regt., 5th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWalter R. Hensley<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMcKinley Stover<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Major
\nCo. E, 57th Pion. Inf. Regt., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nEdward Gibbons<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2nd Div., Infantry, US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIsham Buford Smith<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. M, 115th FA Regt., 30th Div., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLee Copeland Hammock<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. E., 117th Inf. Regt., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nRobert Norman Fletcher<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., Tenn. NG, US Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWylie Sullivan<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. C, 2nd Inf. Regt., 30th Div., US Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWillie E. Fletcher<\/a>
\n<\/strong> Co. B, 15th Inf. Regt., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nStephen Eli Langford<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Co. E, 57th Pion. Inf. Regt., US Army
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

The following additional individuals are listed at HonorStates.org as having died in World War I, with a home location of Overton County.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/th>\n <\/th>\nName<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nBranch<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\nGrover C Chandler<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\nBen Cunningham<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\nTom Johnson<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\nGordon Klope<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\nHershell C McBride<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert T Nivens<\/a><\/td>\n10-08-1918<\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\nBailey H Perry<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThomas C Talor<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\nArmy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?do=q&state=TN&county=overton&county=overton&war=World+War+I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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