Polk County Historical & Genealogical Society P. O. Box 636 Benton, TN 37307

****  POLK COUNTY VETERANS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR  ****

Bell, A. W.  (Isabella)                                             Miller, Dolf
Brown, Hayes                                                          Miller, Joe
Brown, Peter, Jr.  (Reliance)                                  Moody, Martin
Bryson, J. Van                                                         Moss, Henry
Carroll, Henry                                                          Patton, John
Cox, Eulas  (Polk)                                                    Ray, Joseph N.
Duggan, William  (Benton)                                      Robertson, Marion
Eaton, Charles  (Bapt. Min. Campground)             Sherman, Jacob
Gilbert, John                                                             Shelton, Isaac
Green, Columbus                                                      Slate, Oscar
Hamby, Marion                                                         Stinnett, Fate
Harper, George W.  (Benton)                                   Stephenson, Henry W.
Harrison, Walter M.                                                 Taylor, Carson
King, Louis F.                                                            Waller, George  (Polk)
McPheters, U. S. (Benton)                                        Wilson, Elijah B.
Martin, John B.  (Ocoee)                                          Witt, William

(All veterans were living in the Basin except those designated.)
 
 

The Korean War has been the subject of several media articles lately since this year marks the 50th anniversary of that conflict. We won't deal with the subject in depth, since that information can easily be accessed via the Internet or encyclopedias, but we did think a list of Polk County men who served in that war might be in order.

Imagine our shock and dismay when no list of Korean War veterans was to be found anywhere.  After one whole day of making phone calls, first to local officials, then state, then even national offices - no list was found. We talked with Veteran Affairs, Selective Service, Dept. of War Records, the Korean War Veterans Organizations, and always the same answer - "no separate Korean War list is available by county." Sadly, it seems to be true what they say about this being the "Forgotten War."

Not to be outdone, we decided to start our own list, beginning with the editor's husband, James Presswood.  He named as many men as he remembered, and we began calling them to see who else they could recall and continued doing this until the following list was compiled. There was no way to determine just which veterans actually were engaged in the action in Korea, so we have included all those who were known to be in the military service during those years from 1950-53 when that conflict was being waged. We may have even included a few whose service was slightly outside those parameters.

Please know that we are well aware that this is not the complete list of Polk County veterans of the Korean War, for which we sincerely apologize.  However, it is a small way to honor those we have been able to identify, and we send our thanks to all those who served that do not appear here. If you know of others whose names should be added, please let us know.  Many thanks to everyone who helped compile the list and a special thanks to L'Ene Cross for her expertise with our microfilmed discharge records.

 Adams, Emmet
Adams, Wm. Winston
Allen, Raymond
Armstrong, Thomas D.
Arp, Clifford
Barnes, Kenneth
Barnes, Robert H.
Bates, Charles Lynn
Bates, E. L.
Bates, F. E.
Bates, Lynn
Bearfield, Carl E.
Beavers, Kenneth
Benton, Kenneth
Bidez, Vernon
Bishop, James
Bishop, Roy
Boring, Jesse Harold
Bridges, C. W.
Brooks, Keith
*Brown, Cpl. Doyle R.,
Brown, Rudolph W.
Bryan, Richard
Campbell, Dan
Carver, Jesse Jackson
Cates, Tom
Chastain, Franklin
Chastain, Garvin
Cheek, Eugene
Clark, Bobby
Clark, Cecil
Clonts, Harmon
Cochran, Floyd G.
Cochran, Winston
Cook, Billy
Cronan, Mitchell
Crump, Vance
Culberson, Leonard L.
Davenport, Ed
Davenport, Sammy
Davis, James P.
Day, William D.
Dixon, C. L.
Duckett, Henry C.
Dunn, Frelian
Earlywine, Charles
Eaves, Billy
Ertel, George
Farner, Carl
Farner, Glen E.
Farner, Johnny
Frady, Charles
Fulbright, Gerald
Gibson, Claude
Gilmore, Ernie
Godfrey, Haskell
Godfrey, Robert R.
Godfrey, Wayne
Green, Herbert H.
Gregory, D. P.
Guinn, John
Guinn, Wendell
Hale, Hoyt S.
Hamby, Eugene W.
Hamby, Ralph A.
Hampton, A. C.
Harbison, Andrew
Harper, Bernard L.
Harris, Erven
Harrison, Clarence
Helton, Kay
Higdon, Carson
Higdon, Spencer
Higgins, Neil
Hopkins, Junior H.
Housley, Elvin
Hughes, Robert
Hyatt, Johnny
Jenkins, Charles
Jenkins, Henry B.
Johnson, D. Eugene
Johnson, Edgar V.
Johnson, Kenneth
Johnson, Ray
Johnson, Seldon
King, B. N.
King, Jack
Kisselburg, Don
Lethco, John, Jr.
Lewis, Gene
Lillard, William G.
Lindner, Fred
Lively, James, Sr.
Lock, Milburn
Loftis, Kelso C.
Long, Luther H.
Loudermilk, Maynard
Massengale, Ronald
Massengill, Richard M.
Maynor, Charles
McCay, Charlie
McClary, Bobby
McDonald, Billy
McGhee, Bobby
McNelly, Kenneth H.
Mercer, Dewery Clarence
Mercer, Granville Terry
Merrell, Fred K.
Merrell, Homer
Meyers, Bufford
Millholland, Charles, POW
Milholland, Hayden
Moorhouse, J. P.
Moss, Melvin C.
Moss, Robert A.
Newman, Guinn
Newman, Wendell
Newton, Charlie
Nicholson, Don
Nicholson, Reed
Nicholson, Sonny
Norwood, Kenneth, POW
Norwood, Samuel L., III
Oliver, Bobby J.
Parker, Bill
Passmore, Gerald
Picklesimer, Thomas L.
Plumley, Milburn
Powers, Bob E.
Presswood, Benny
Presswood, Bill
Presswood, James
Prichard, Calvin R.
Prichard, Junior S.
Prichard, Dennis
Prince, William A.
Pritchard, Charles T.
*Queen, PV2 Ruff G.
Quinn, Walter
Quintrell, Tommy
Ray, James
Rice, Billy
Rogers, Billy
Rogers, Kenneth
Rogers, Leonard
Rogers, Jasper
Rogers, William
Rose, James M.
Rush, Earnest
Russell, Roy
Satterfield, James
Shelton, C. L.
Shipman, W. L.
Smith, Delbert
Smith, Harvey Joe
Smith, Leroy
Smith, Russell G.
Spencer, James
Stewart, Junior
Stewart, Parnick
Stewart, Walter O.
Stiles, Bobby
Stone, Buck
Stone, Luther
Stone, Raymond
Suit, Junior
Thomason, Carl S.
Trew, Wm. Dentford
Triplett, Carl
*Underwood, Sgt. Ray C.
Verner, Billy
Wilson, G. W.
Watson,
Wiley, John P.
Wilson, G. W.
Womac, Ray
Woody, Wayne
Yates, Roy J.
Yates, Thomas J.
Yates, Wm. Boyd

*Killed In Action