Heather
Wilkinson Rojo of Nutfield Genealogy started an Honor Roll Project in 2010. The goal of
the project is to post photos of various war memorials and honor rolls along
with the transcriptions of the names on the memorials/honor rolls in order to
make the names available for search engines. In this way, people can search for family
members, ancestors and friends. This is a VERY worthwhile project and I want to
participate in even a small way to support Heather (my blogging mentor and,
incidentally, a distant cousin).
To participate in Heather's project this Veterans Day, I offer photos and transcriptions of names from the war memorials in Leesburg, the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia. Leesburg is located about 35 northwest of Washington, DC.
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| The old courthouse in downtown Leesburg, Virginia |
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| Historic Marker at the Leesburg Courthouse |
Loudoun County lost thirty (30) residents in "The Great War" -- later known as World War I. The names of those who died are as follows.
Russell T. Beatty Frank Hough
Charles A. Bell Alexander Pope Humphrey
Charles E. Clyburn Robert A. Martz
Thubert H. Conklin Harry Milstead
Nealy M. Cooper Judge McGolerick
Mathew Curtin John O. McGuinn
Leonard Darnes Edward Lester
Franklin L. Dawson Ernest H. Nichols
John Fleming Linwood Payne
Edward C. Fuller Charles Carter Riticor
Gilbert H. Gough
Grover Cleveland Gray Ashton R. Shumaker
Leonard G. Hardy Henry Grafton Smallwood
Bolling Walker Haxall, Jr. John Edward Smith
Ernest Gilbert Valentine B. Johnson
Samuel C. Thornton
Loudoun County had sixty-eight (68) residents who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. There were four (4) Loudoun residents who died in the Korean War. The names of these fallen warriors in two wars are as follows . . .
WORLD WAR II
Spieler H. Abell Frederick F. Grossi
Stanley C. Adler Vernon T. Hackley
Samuel E. Badger, Jr. Donald O. Harding
Louis Bentley Clinton R. Harris, Jr.
Lewis S. Bettis Charles F. Harrison, Jr.
Daniel J. Bolt Robert S. Hawes
James W. Brent Claude J. Hill
Thomas W. Bridges Billie F. Hottle
William K. Brown Robert Janney
Calvin V. Carter Sandy V. Johnson
William H. Carter James H. Kemp
James R. Chenn William P. Keven, Jr.
Willis G. Chinn John F. Kincaid, Jr.
Lyle T. Clarke Millard J. Klein
Raymond Cooper Morris B. Laycock
Carl M. Darby William T. Lemon
James H. Eldridge Norman J. Lloyd
Harry M. Ellison Thomas E. McArtor
Morton C. Eustis Robert J. McCray, Jr.
Norman F.C. Fletcher Robert W. Nix, III
Festus F. Foster Harry Palmer
Raymond Fry George F. Payne
Eddie Frye Elijah M. Phillips
Harold C. Furr George R. Reid
Oscar I. Furr Thomas E. Riley
Paul R. Gibson Paul W. Rorrer
Alfred W. Glascock Berton L. Smith
George E. Grant Robert M. Sprague
Harry F. Gray John A. Tebbs
Joseph T. Griffith Earle L. Teele
Herbert B. Grimes Charles R. Titus
David L. Grotf Charles N. Walker
KOREAN WAR
Wilson Bongers Milton V. Crouch
Alfred O. Hutchison William Lemar
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Veterans Day 2014 image from http://www.veteransday2014quotes.com/2014/08/when-is-veterans-day-2014-2015-2016.html
All photos of war memorials at the County Courthouse in Leesburg, Virginia by the author.
Name transcriptions by the author.
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Copyright 2014, John D. Tew
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John, it looks like "great minds" were at work. I, too, photographed the memorials on the grounds of the Loudoun County, Virginia, courthouse. I notice you didn't include the names listed on the War on Terrorism and that you added the Vietnam honor roll after this post. So my post includes a duplicate (Vietnam) and the last remaining memorial on the grounds not yet transcribed (War on Terrorism). https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2016/05/honor-roll-loudoun-county-virginia-war.html
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