Bronze Star awards and military updates from Vietnam and beyond
Army Sgt Eppa Y Wimbish IV receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam while with Company E 4th Battalion Infantry near Doe Pho. Navy personnel updates include Darrel Short reenlisting at Treasure Island and Earl L Jones Jr deploying aboard USS Midway. Other service members mentioned serve on USS Monticello USS Barney and at various bases. Obituary notes finalize for Emily J Kaufman in Colonial Heights with burial at Green Bay Liberty Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Eppa Y. Wimbish
Vietnam
Eppa Y. Wimbish IV
Eppa Y. Wimbush II
Nathalie
Winbish
Doe Pho
Emory and Henry College
Jone
Richmond
Funeral Rites For Mrs Kauffman Slated Today
A list of military awards and transfers follows a notice for funeral rites of Mrs Kauffman with mentions of several service members and relatives. It includes awards to Collins, Leftwich, Hancock, Van Allen, and Root, plus promotions and school graduations related to the Pacific Air Forces and Army units at bases in Korea and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Travis E. John E. Hairston
Compton
John E. Hairston
Gertrude S. Compton
Martinsville
Korea
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Hairston
George Washington Carver High School
Fieldale
Wayman T. Collie
Alton
Boston
Vietnam
Air Force Technical
Leftwich
Trans- Marine Corps
Elma G. Martin
Cherry Point
N.C
Carlisle Martin
Pacific Air Forces
Hel
Collie
Halifax
Lockbourne
Kunsan AB
Republic
Afb
Ohio
Martin
Southside High School
Pacific Air Blairs
Custolel
Forces
Albert Harris
Thomas Harris
Callands
Dorothy
Sarah Hairston
Marinsville
Michael D. Hancock
R. G. Charles M. van Allen
Hancock
Sixth St
Gloria J
Floral Ave
Wil High School
South
Dorsey Leftwich Jr
Rt. 2
Tan Son Nhut AB
Western Pacific Riams Afb
Ariz
U.S. Air Force
Preble
U.S
Seventh Fleet
Sheppard Afb
Tex
George
Washington High School
Ronald L. Root
Margie D. Fuller
Parrish Road
Homer
L. Griffith
Griffith
Ferrum Rt
U. S. Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
McDowell Funeral Rites Planned in South Boston
Willard Legon McDowell 76 of 801 Jefferson St. will have funeral services at 2 pm from Powell Funeral Home Chapel in South Boston. Officiating ministers are Rev. Charlie Shelton and Rev. David Dickerson. Interment follows at Highland Burial Park. He died Friday in a local hospital. He was a retired farmer and member of Shockoe Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife Pearl Henry McDowell, eight sons and two daughters, a sister, a brother, 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The body is at the funeral home, and the family will be at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Heights
Emily J. Kauffman
Presbyterian Church
Green Bay Liberty Church
Tex
Ruth Q. Racy
Woodbine
Iowa
Nancy B. Cotten
Springfield
Ohio
Jenny D. Johns
Berne
E. Alvin Small
Pearl Henry McDowell
Raymond Satterfield
Halifax
Doris Miller
South Hill
Wallace Willard McDowell
Charlottesville
Edwin Eugene McDowell
Charleston
S. C
Jesse Patrick McDowell
Virginia Beach
Alvin Leroy McDowell
Petersburg
Willie Norman McDowell
Kinston
N. C
Ray Donald McDowell
Raleigh
Warren Randolph McDowell
Ringgold
Minnie Wyatt
Burlington, N. C
Walter Jackson
Lynchburg
Mrs Robertson's Rites Set Today
Last rites for Margaret Pritchett Robertson are scheduled for 2 p.m. at Christ Temple Holiness Church with burial in the Pritchett family cemetery. She died Friday in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. born June 2, 1902 in Pittsylvania County. survivors include one sister Mrs Annie P McCain and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Pritchett Robertson
Christ Temple Holiness Church
Pritchett
Robertson
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Annie P. McCain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy
Darrel A. Short
Dorothy A. Stultz
Treasure Island Naval Station
San Francisco
Earl L. Jones, Jr
Virginia G. Jones
Cedar Place
Western Pacific
Midway
Isaiah Polk
W. Polk
Rt. 3
Barney
North Carolina
Seifert T. Sperry
Claude W. Sperry
Glen. Oak Drive
San Diego
Monticello
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Chagos Archipelago
U. S. United Kingdom
Ernest D. Adkins
Ernest B. Adkins
Northwest Blvd
Lowry Afb
Colo
U. S. Air Force Air Armament Mechanic
Weapon Control Systems
Betty
Tyndall Afb
Tunstall High School
Drewry Mason High School
Fairy
Collinsville
Gerald A. Crowell
Howard C. Cromwell
Granville Drive
Quonset Point
R. I
Wasp
U. S
Mediterranean
Marvin L. Alartin
Jesse J. Martin
Afton
Third U. S. Army
Ft. McPherson
James A.magrisi
Leonard Magrisi
Riverhead
N. Y
Fr. Jackson
Academy of Aeronautics
Flushing
N.Y
Forest E. Walker
Nes
Percy E. Walker
Hurt
Camp LeJeune, N.C
Marine
Lance Corporal
Donald R. Collie
William E. Young
246Th Artillery
Vaarng
Young
Danville
Airman
Lewis R. Leftwich
Camp LeJeune
College and
Mesa
Patrick Henry College
Sammy Ferguson
Gretna
Cmdr
Nelson Light
Chatham
Mannevers
Camp Pickett
Holiday Inn
Andrew A. Farley Jr
W. Yates
Innkesper
J.T. Townes
Lane
First Hill
Hillcrest Burial Park
Central Pittsylvania Development Corp
P.S
CPDC
W. L. McDowell
Robert B. Stephens
Main St
Nationwide Life Insurance
Home Office
Columbus
America
La-Z-Boy
Reclina
Rocker
La-Z-Roy
Schewel Furniture CO
Craghead
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