De Leon’s Heros

JESSIE JAMES ALLEN

AUBREY A. FISHER

EDGAR C. SMITH

ALSON G. KENDRICK

DAVID A. SEBASTINE

JAMES F. KENNEDY

WAYNE ROSS WEAVER

JOE BURL HUDDLESTON

JAMES O. JONES JR.

DON LEE KINNARD

NOEL R. FERRELL

WILLIE DEE ARMSTRONG JR.

G.H. COUCH

VIRGIL CARLILE

WALDO B. ADAMS

World War I

JAMES GLENN DUPRIEST

JAMES EDWARD HORNSBY

WILLIAM J. SLAUGHTER

CHARLES R. ELLIOTT

WAYNE T. HARDWICK

ELDON E. VINSON

CURTIS SHORT

CLENON B. SHORT

JAMES A. DICKEY

ELWARD H. SCOTT

JOE E. BARNES

MORGAN E. STEWART

World War I

World War I

World War I

World War I

World War I

World War I

World War I

Pre-World War II

Pre-World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

World War II

Korea

Viet Nam

Korea

Viet Nam

OCTOBER 24, 1918

France

FEB. 1, 1897-OCT. 27, 1918

France

OCTOBER 8, 1919

France

April 30, 1948-Aug 21, 1968

Pfc. Co. K, 3rd Maried, 2nd Marine Div.

Quan Tri, South Vietnam

Feb. 12, 1943-Jan. 3, 1968

Quang Nam, South Vietnam

Mar. 9, 1931-July 24, 1952

4th C. 70th Btn HITC

Korea

Jan. 21, 1930-July 24, 1950

Korea

Feb. 17, 1925-Jan. 15, 1945

Killed in New Guinea

FEB. 8 1895 - SEPT. 29, 1918

France

OCT. 18, 1889 - OCT. 8, 1918

St. Etienne, France

Missing in Action in France

FEB 20, 1919

Gassed in France, died a year later in De Leon

DEC. 8, 1890-SEP. 20, 1918

France

Capt. U.S. Army Medical Corps

Nov. 27, 1907-Aug. 23, 1940

Killed in a plane crash.

Pfc. U.S. Army Air Corps

Nov. 24, 1920-Nov. 3, 1940

Killed in an accident returning to De Leon for a visit.

S 1/c U.S. Navy

Feb. 28, 1917-Aug. 9, 1942

USS Astoria, Battle of Savo Island 1942

A/C U. S. Naval Air Corps

May 18, 1920-July 11, 1943

Missing in flight at Pensacola, Florida 1943

F/O U.S. Army Air Corps

Killed Poelesti, Rumania  Aug. 1, 1943

LT. U.S. Army Air Corp

Killed in action 1943

May 28, 1924-Jul 31, 1943

Pfc. U.S. Marines Resv.

Died Hawthorne, Nevada of complications from surgery

T/Sgt. U.S. Army Air Corps

Killed Dec. 30, 1942 in Lorient, France

May 31, 1918-April 3, 1944

T/Sgt. U.S. Army

Killed in Italy, Buried Naples Italy

Pfc. U.S. Army

Wounded at Normandy, Killed in France 1944

CAPT. 7G TRP CARR AAF

June 19, 1921-Oct 1, 1944

Killed in New Guinea

Pvt. U.S. Army

Killed in Lorraine, France 1944

PVT. 3RD MARINE DIVISION

Killed in action on Guam 1944

Sgt. U.S. Marines

June 22, 1913

Killed on Guam July 23, 1944

P 2/c U.S. Navy

Killed off Dec .2, 1944 Ormock Bay,

off Leyte, Philippines when a torpedo hit his destroyer

Pfc. U.S. Army

Jan. 12, 1924-Dec. 24, 1944

Killed in action Luxenbourg, Belgium 1944

S/Sgt. U.S. Army

Killed at St. Lo, France, 1944

Sgt. U.S. Army Air Corps

Killed over Germany 1944

S/Sgt. U.S. Army Air Corps

Killed in raid over Germany 1944

Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps

Killed over Germany 1944

SGT. 47 INF 9 DIV

OCT. 24, 1918-JAN 28, 1945

PFC 330 INF 83 INF DIV

JAN 20, 1921-JAN 17, 1945

SF C/2 U.S. Navy

Killed at Okinawa 1945

Cpl. U.S. Army Air Corps

Texas 41AAF Trp. Carrier

Oct. 13, 1926-April 12, 1946 Honshu, Japan

World War II

1923-1945

M/SGT.  Army Air Corps.