Men in service with diverse assignments and honors
The article lists soldiers sailors and airmen from High Point Asheboro Thomasville and surrounding areas in training promotions and overseas assignments. It notes McCain at Fort Gordon completing radio Morse and voice training. James Perry and Robert Pressley at Great Lakes and Fort Slocum. Jerry Ledwell at Barber's Point. Kearns Clodfelter Hill Blizzards Linville Bruce Wall Black Hampton Hudson Sheppard Cox and others with units including the 8th Infantry Division 13th Artillery the USS Salem and the Atlantic Fleet.
Two Soldiers From North Carolina Return From Overseas Duties
PFC David L Leonard 24 wife Nancy Route 1 Marlinton West Virginia attended a four day religious convention in Berchtesgaden Germany Leonard arrived overseas last July and is stationed in Kaiserslautern as a medical aidman in the 4th Missile Battalion Medical Detachment He graduated from Allen Jay High School High Point before entering the Army in May 1954 Parents Mr and Mrs Arlendo Leonard Route 3 High Point Special ist Five William J Shaw Jr 23 parents live at 216 Peachtree Dr High Point recently took part in field training with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg Shaw is a message center chief in Headquarters Company of the division 504th Infantry He attended Asheboro High School before entering the Army in September 1953
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Southeastern Signal School
Fort Gordon
McCain
Clyde N. McCain
Army
Fort Hood
Tex
High Point High School
University of North Carolina
James R. Kearns
William L. Kearns
Ridge View Acres
Route 2
Asheboro
Army Information School
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Kearns
Fort Benning
Asheboro High School
Pfeiffer College
Michigan State University
Franklin D. Clodfelter
Marvin L. Clodfelter
Route 3
Thomasville
8Th Infantry
Germany
Clodfelter
Pvt
Samuel W. Bruce
S. W. Bruce
Archdale
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Bruce
Fort Jackson
S. C
Trinity High School
Richard D. Wall
Jewell
Springsfield Ave
High Point
13Th Artillery
Wall
13Th
G. K. Wall
Route 1
Trinity
Europe
Robert G. Black
John E. Black
Cable St
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, D.C
Black
Washington Military Medical
Ft. Sam Houston
67Th
Pfeiffer Junior College
Misenheimer
David L. Leonard
Nancy
Marlinton
W. Va
Berchtesgaden
Leonard
Kaiserslautern
4Th Missile Battalion
Allen Jay High School
Arlendo Leonard
William J. Shaw JR
Peachtree Dr
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Shaw
504Th Infantry
Blythe L. Richardson
Bethel L. Richardson
3Rd Armoed
Richardson
1St Cavalry
Seagrove High School
High Point Youth Enlists in U S Navy
Charles D Lightfoot son of Mr and Mrs Ralph L Lightfoot 508 Willowbrook High Point has enlisted in the United States Navy. He attended Allen Jay High School and is transferred to the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill for basic training and further indoctrination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Lightfoot
Ralph L. Lightfoot
Willowbrook
High Point
United States Navy
Navy
Allen Jay High School
Lightfoot
United States Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Specialist Four Avery McGray Returns from Lebanon Tour
Specialist Four Avery McGray son of Mr and Mrs Rufus J McGray of 1409 Leonard Street High Point recently returned to his regular assignment in Augsburg Germany after a three month tour with Task Force 201 in Lebanon. He is assigned to Company A of the 187th Infantry.
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Bobby N. K. Linville
Craig Linville
Star Route
Kernersville
Augsburg
Germany
Task Force 201
Lebanon
Sergeant Linville
187Th Infantry
Avery McGray
Rufus J. McGray
Leonard St
High Point
McGray
Pfc
Dewitt C. Shaffner
Helen
Route 3
Mannheim
Shaffner
Clarence Shaffner
Route 1
Jonesville
35Th Armor
Company C
SFC
Loudsey M. Blackmon
Loudsey M. Blackman
Greer St
Schweinfurt
Blackmon
Mary
North Carolina soldiers join units in Germany and Lebanon
PVT Blythe L Richardson of Asheboro arrives in Germany as a member of the 3rd Armored Division, serving in Company D of the 1st Cavalry. SPECIALIST FOUR Allen D Dabbs of High Point serves with the 552nd Missile Battalion in Germany, praised by Army leaders for missile success. PFC DeWitt C Shaffner of Kernersville returns to Mannheim after duty with Task Force 201 in Lebanon. Maurice G Cox of Ramseur serves aboard Airborne Early Warning Squadron 14 in Hawaii. SFC Loudsey M Blackmon of High Point returns to Schweinfurt after Lebanon tour. JOHN R Fritts of Thomasville promoted to private first class in Bamberg with the 80th Artillery. He is a 1952 Pilot High School graduate.
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Allen D. Dabbs
Dorothy
English St
High Point
552Nd
Germany
H. S. Hodes
Charles E. Hart
Army Air Defense Command
Maurice G. Cox
USN
Therman D. Cox
Route 1
Vera A. Phillips
Ramseur
Naval Air
Barber's Point
Pacific Fleet Early Warning Wing
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James F. Perry
Flossie N. Perry
Liberty Drive
Doris A. Gable
Route 4
Robert R. Pressley
N. Hamilton High Point
Naval Training Center
Jerry B. Ledwell
Eugene Ledwell
Dixon Ave
Naval Air Station
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U. S
Pacific
Aleutians
Hawaiian Islands
Billy B. Hill
N. E. Hill
Council St
Bobbie L. Jarrell
Salem
U. S. Second Fleet
Atlantic
Donald
Blizzard
Bertie S. Alford
Barbee St
Sarsfield
Key West
Fla
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Marvin W. Hampton
Soniof
Joe F. Hampton
Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force
Norfolk
Arthur L. Hudson
Frank Hudson
Box
Lola M. Snyder
Allen M. Sumner
U. S. Atlantic
David H. Sheppard
Inchon
Korea
U. S. Army
Post Office
Ft. Jackson
Sheppard Is the Son
Mrs. C. D. Sheppard
Route 5, High Point
Otis Cox
Silas Cox
Fairfield Rd
Delores A. Davis
Third Marine Division
Camp Sukiran
Okinawa
John R. Fritts
Virginia
Raymond Fritts
Bamberg
80Th Artillery
Fritts
80Th
D. C
Fort Sill
Oklo
Pilot High School
State Highway & Public Work Commission
Winston-Salem
Cecil
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Greensboro Road
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