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las. Va.; Maynard J. Stallard of Pound. Va.; Ta’made H. Elswick of Raven. Va.; Charles W Roberta of Saltville, Va.; John P. Ratliff of Vansnnt. Va.; Virgil Lewis Weeks of Athens; John Richard Bronson and Alex Gall, both of Berwind; Hollia E. Bil-brey of Glen Rogers; Howard Lucas Adkins and William P. Liddl*. Jr., of Goodwill lt;Liddle's parents now reside at Bluefleld*; Floyd E. Bryant. Jr.. of Helen; Zayer R. Turpin of Kimball; Forrest D. Walla of Kopperston; Richard A. Robinson of Kyle; John K. Allen and Oliver E. Smith of Matoaka, Brack Woodrow Goode of Plne-ville; Arthur James Davis. George W. Eddy, Jr., and Edward Max Price, all of Princeton; Andrew F. Cook. Jr.. of Red Jacket; Harold L, McKinney, Nathan McKinney and Clarence W. Mills, all of Rock; Virgil Kennetli Baldwin of Spanisliburg; Philip H. Killey ofVivian, and Alfred W. Steller. Jr., of Welch.Of that list, the Daily Telegraph has published an account of ail the deaths except five. They are: Edd Mutter of Coeburn. Tal-maoige H. Elswick of Raven; Charles W. Roberts of Saltville; Forrest D. Waltz of and Oliver E. SmithSeveral others In have been listed as missing in action, wounded in action, prisoners of war. and as having died some place in line of duty, many of them within the continental United States,On this Fourth of July, it is only fitting that we pay tribute to the men of this area who have lost their lives in line of duty . . • who have been listed as missing . . . who have been wounded.Some were killed at camp, others at home while they we*e on furlough. They are men of the anned forces, the same as those who lost their lives in Guadalcanal. in North Africa, in the Aleutians. They were preparing to serve their country . . . They were on their wav to help those men who were fighting on Guadalcanal. in North Africa, in the Aleutians.A list of the casualties of area has been compiled from files of the Daily Telegraph, ginning with the first contingentof men to be sent to camp in 1940. It includes those who have been killed in action, those who have been reported missing, those who have been wounded and injured, those who have died, in prison camps, those who have been reported as prisoners of war andKopperston of Matoaka.this sectionthethebelt. oieaau, ui., Diutnw, —Smith. Patterson; Charles RaySnyder. Welch; Maynard J fltal-lard. Pound, Va.; Alfred William Steller. Jr. Welch; Charlie Swim,Princeton.Aubrev Terry. Princeton: JamesP. Thompson. Bluefleld; Paul C. Thompson. North Tazewell. Va.; Tavlor Simmons Truehart. Petersburg. Va.; Zayer R. Turpin. Kim-^Harry W. Umberger, Brushfork. Mike' Vaselosky. Newhall.Earl A. Waddell. Princeton: Virgil lewis Weeks, Athens; William Whalen Bluefied: William Whittaker. Athens: Bernard Ramon Wimmer. Bluefleld.Prisoners Of WarPoca-Page-Missing In ActionA list of the aiea men wholiave been reported as missing in action, and on whom the Daily Telegraph has published a story,is as follows:C. C. Arangio, Northfork.William Baker, Pocahontas,Va.; Walter Bird, Jr.. Kimball; Charles E, Blackburn, Grundy, Va.; Frederick T. Brown, Princeton; Curtis Bucklin. Kiilamey.Carl Carrico. Bluefleld; Russell Ralph Carthy. Welch; Joseph Alder son Carty, Bluefield; Herbert M. Coleman. Iaeger; Dallas Cook. Red Jacket; Donald Cook.Paget on.Richard P. Deel, Prater; EdDye. An await.Robert I. Earl*. Switchback. Garnett E. Flippen, Jr., Northfork.Rup«rt Glenvill* Gibson, hontas, Va.; Willard Glass, ton; Paul C. Gunter. Dott.Hobert W Hagerman, shaw; Carl RandolphPrince ton.Henry Revmond Jenka, Black-stone, McDowell county.Van Rolo Lambert, Bluefield.Blaine Kinzer, Beckley.Robert Lawrence Lester, Venue; Sanford Shelburn Lusk. Crumpler.Lonnie Green Mabry. Big Four; Shuble Martin, Bluefield; Ulvert Matthew Moore, Bluefield; VirgilD. Morrison, Bradshaw.William Edward Park, field; Arthur C. Phillips,Arnold W. Profitt, Thorpe.John C. Ratliff, Vansant Lee Richards. Asco; D. R Welch.Calvin Coolidge Sparks. New Richmond, near Pineville; Jack Roland Spratt, Roderfleld Omar Thomas. Welch; Buford C. Vaughan. McComas.Knight Wilson, Bluefleld; Meredith Winzerith, Mullens.Brad-Harris,Blue-Page;ElmerRoth,Injured Or 1111___The list of the area men who are being held prisoner by the various Axis forces has also been compiled. A large number of the service men listed as prisoners of war were previously listed a* missing in action. The list of prisoners Is as follows:George Arrowood, Buchanan county, Virginia,Ernest Bailey, Oceana; Frai* Battlo. Kimball; Fitzhugh Brince-fleld, Crumpler Benjamin Edward Cannaday Welch: Bill Carter, Bluefleld;'Robert L. Chambers, Bradshaw; Thomas E. Chambers, Narrows, Va.; Billy S. Chapman, Bluefleld; Bill Coleman, Bluefleld. Va ; Bruce Compton. Welch; Robert Cook. East Pineville; Clarence Bill Cox, Thorpe; Clarence S. Cox Thorpe; Marion R. Cox, Welch.John H. Deel. Oak wood; Kenneth L. Dowell. Keystone.Oswald L. Forbes. Princeton; O. M. Frye. Jr.. Bluefleld. Va Norman Hall, Pageton: Dane Hamric. Widen; Frank Hancock, Princeton: Irvine Hanner, Premier; Jeff Herald. West Graham Va.Dave Lee Jarrells, Anawalt; Ernest D. Kegley, Bluefleld. Zachary Kush. Elbert.Hezzie C. Lewis. Renick; BslelE. Lockhart, Jr., Bradshaw. Joseph F. Morris. Page.Edd W. McGuire. Bluefleld; Dr. Joseph Mc8parran, missionary. Bluefield, Va.Tory Novince. Oary Harry Edward Odom, Boisse-vain. Va.; James E. Owen, Bluefleld.William L. Pinson. Red Jacket. Claude F. Rasnake, Bluefield: Joseph G. Robertson. Jenktn-jones; Ernest Rogers. Jr.. Salt-Jdlle. Va.; William V. Rudisill, Caretta; Roy L. Ryan. Princeton.Luther Self. Buchanan county, Virginia; Paul Shultz, Bramwell;Walter E. Sutherland, Clintwood,Va-John R. Tilley. Clear Fork; George Todd. Welch.Herman R. Vaughan, Rock;Rive Vaughan. Rock.Scott Warner. Richlands. Va.; Josiah W. Worthington Princeton; Earl J. Wyatt, Glen White. Roy F. Young Hambleton. Thoae who haV been listed in the miscellaneous flle. including whereabouts unknown and thelike, are:Claude A. Belton, Bluefleld, who has been listed as missing twice, and both times has been reported safe after a few weeks: Witt
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jul 04, 1943
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