On the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month in 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations during the Great War known as World War I was established. This day was known as Armistice Day. This day has transformed to an official holiday to honor all members of the United States Armed forces now called Veterans Day. Today I would like to honor my living relatives and ancestors on my trees who were in the armed forces. My research has not allowed me to identify all the veterans past or present. I have included veterans from all the trees I have researched which includes extended families. I will continue to search. They however are not forgotten. Grateful for their service. God bless them all. Let’s support our living veterans. I have included a link or GOOGLE the interview of the outstanding black female veteran Major Mattie Donnell Hicks who served in the military during World War II, Korea and Viet Nam in the Army Nurses Corps from 1945 to 1966. http://wwii.unctv.org/mattie-donnell-hicks.
Name
|
State
of Residence
|
Enlistment
Date
|
Branch
of Service
|
Rank
|
Gerald R. Hollins
|
16 Sep 1969-1 Sep 1993
|
US Air Force
|
Master Sergeant
(E-7)
|
|
Roy Jefferson-Lampton
|
1990-2000
|
US Army
|
Sergeant
|
|
Eddie Brumfield Jr.
|
19 Mar 1969
|
US Air Force
|
Airman
|
|
James Bearden
|
03 Oct 1942
|
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Bertha Bearden
|
Mississippi
|
17 Feb 1943
|
US Women’s Army Corp (WAC)
|
Sergeant
WWII
|
Charles David
McEwen
|
09 Dec 1941
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
|
Chris Seay
|
Mississippi
|
03 Dec 1943
|
US Army Air Forces
|
Sergeant
WWII
|
Wiley Caston
|
Mississippi
|
23 Jan 1943
|
US Army
|
|
Wallace Caston
|
Mississippi
|
US Army
|
||
Cicero Caston
|
Mississippi
|
10 Dec 1942
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Claude Sibley
|
25 Sep 1942
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
|
Earche Raymond Banks
|
Louisiana
|
19 Feb 1946
|
US Army
|
Private
|
Eddie Dunlap
|
28 Jan 1953
|
US Army
|
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Eddie Lee Osby
|
Mississippi
|
14 Apr 1943
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Edward Lee
Elam
|
Illinois
|
14 Sep 1966
|
US Army
|
Private
Viet Nam
|
Elijah Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
28 July 1918
|
US Army
|
WWI
|
Woodrow
Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
US Navy
|
WWII
|
|
Jethro Gatlin
|
Mississippi
|
28 July 1918
|
US Army
|
WWI
|
Elmer Gatlin
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
||
Ernest Benjamin
Strickland Sr
|
Tennessee
|
23 Mar 1941
|
US Army
|
Sergeant
WWII
|
Thomas Claude Strickland
|
29 June 1949
|
US Army
|
Corporal
Korea
|
|
Florziel Jefferson
|
Mississippi
|
20 Aug 1942
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Freddie Donnell
|
Texas
|
31 Mar 1916
|
US Army
|
Private
WWI
|
Howard Lee Graves
|
Louisiana
|
US Navy
|
WWII
|
|
Willie Graves
|
Louisiana
|
22 Feb 1943
|
US Navy
|
WWII
|
Jasper Graves
|
Mississippi
|
5 Mar 1918
|
US Army
|
WWI
|
Sylvester Hill
|
Ohio
|
2 Jun 1942
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
Iddo Brent Jr
|
Mississippi
|
17 Aug 1942
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Isom Brumfield Jr
|
Mississippi
|
20 July 1943
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Robert Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
16 Oct 1942
|
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James Edwards Sr
|
Mississippi
|
03 Aug 1942
|
US Army
|
Private
WWII
|
Jessie Caston Jr.
|
Mississippi
|
13 Dec 1945
|
US Army
|
Private first class
|
Martin William Watkins
|
Texas
|
14 Sep 1951
|
US Army
|
Corporal
Korea
|
Mattie Donnell Hicks
|
North Carolina
|
10 Mar 1946
|
US Army
|
Major
WWII
Korea
Viet Nam
|
Rudolph Knight
|
3 Oct 1943
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
|
Rudolph Knight Jr.
|
Louisiana
|
10 June 1960
|
Viet Nam
|
|
Leamon Jefferson
|
Louisiana
|
27 July 1944
|
US Navy
|
|
Thomas Cornelius Brumfield
|
Louisiana
|
19 Feb 1943
|
US Army
|
|
Thad Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
20 July 1943
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
Owen Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
16 Oct 1942
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
Virgil Downs
|
Mississippi
|
1 Mar 1951
|
US Army
|
|
Mack Quinn
|
23 Feb 1951
|
US Army
|
||
Clifton Louis Brumfield
|
30 Jun1959
|
US Army
|
||
Lavergne Rayborn
|
Pennsylvania
|
26 Dec 1945
|
Staff Sergeant
US Army
|
|
Johnnie Rayborn
|
14 Oct 1945
|
US Army
|
||
Murdock Smith
|
US Army
|
|||
Frank M. Strickland
|
US Army
|
WWI
|
||
Henry Sartin Jr.
|
Mississippi
|
25 Jan 1943
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
Gale Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
16 Feb 1942
|
||
Purvis Conerly Jr
|
Mississippi
|
Navy
|
||
James Weldon Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
2 Dec 1942
|
||
David T. Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
10 Sep 1942
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
Elijah Brumfield
|
Mississippi
|
10 Oct 1942
|
US Army
|
WWII
|
James Bearden
|
Mississippi
|
3 Oct 1942
|
WWII
|
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| James Edwards Sr. |
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| Wallace Caston |
 |
| Wiley Caston |
 |
| Ernest B. Strickland Sr. |
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| Cicero Caston |
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| Linda Hollins |
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| Gerald Hollins |
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| Edward Elam |
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| Willie Graves |
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| Chris Seay |
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| Bertha Bearden |
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| Bertha Bearden |
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| Eddie Brumfield Jr. |
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| Roy L. Jefferson-Lampton |
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| Mattie Donnell Hicks |
