Saturday, November 11, 2023

VETERANS DAY 2023

 

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of 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 into 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 genealogy 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, including 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. Thank you for family  who provided pictures. Hover cursor  over pictures to see each individual name.


Military Service

 

Name

State of Residence

Enlistment Date

Branch of Service

Rank

Lester Kent

 

1997-present

US Army

 

Gerald R. Hollins

 

16 Sep 1969-1 Sep 1993

US Air Force

Master Sergeant

(E-7)

Linda Hollins

 

 

US Air Force

Sergeant

Roy Jefferson-Lampton

 

1990-2000

US Army

Sergeant

Eddie Brumfield Jr.

 

19 Mar 1969

US Air Force

Airman

 

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 Force

Sergeant

WWII

Timothy Turner

 

 

US Air Force

Lieutenant

Colonel

Wiley Caston

Mississippi

23 Jan 1943

 

US Army

 

James Conerly

 

 

US Army

Private

Steven RaVey Brumfield

Indiana

2004-2005

 

2003-2010

US Army

National Guard 12B Combat Engineer Operation Iraqi Freedom

National Guard E-4 Specialist/ Corporal

Harry Caston Jr.

 

1/1955-12/1957

2/1958-8/1975

US Army

US Air Force

Technical Sergeant

Viet Nam

Russell Caston

 

 

US Army

 

Keith Caston

 

1980-1983

US Air Force

A1C(E-3)

Lebanon Multi-national peace keeping force

Eric B. Caston

 

5/1984-3/1988

US Army

Sergeant Lebanon Multi-national peace keeping force

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

 

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

Frank M. Strickland

 

 

US Army

WWI

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

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

 

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

 

 

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

Thad Brumfield Jr.

 

 

US Air Force

Lieutenant

Cornonal

Owen Brumfield

Mississippi

16 Oct 1942

US Army

WWII

Virgil Downs

Mississippi

1 Mar 1951

US Army

 

Mack Quinn

 

23 Feb 1943

US Army

 

Clifton Louis Brumfield

 

30 Jun 1959

US Army

 

 

Samuel Conerly

 

Dec 17, 1942

 

WWII

Purvis Conerly

 

 

 

 

Ado Brumfield Jr

Louisiana

 

US Marine

 

Roosevelt Conerly

Mississippi

Oct 24, 1941

US Army

WWII

Abraham Brumfield Jr

 

Enlist date October 3, 1967

Sept 25,1969 release date

US Army

 

Walter Brumfield

 

July 24, 1945

US Army

WWII

Iddo Smith

 

March 31, 1918

US Army

WWI

Murdock Smith

 

 

US Army

 

Artie Bullock

 

 

 

WWI

Louis Johnson

 

March 27, 1944

US Army

WWII

Lattimore Zackery

 

 

US Army

WWII

Johnnie

Rayborn

 

Oct 14, 1945

US Army

WWII

Lavergne Rayborn

Pennsylvania

 

US Army

Staff Sergeant WWII

Robert Brumfield

 

 

 

 

Larry D.Brumfield

 

 

 

 

Mark A.Brumfield

 

 

 

 

James Weldon Brumfield

Mississippi

2 Dec 1942

US Army

WWII

Stevie Brumfield

 

 

 

 

Sammie Brumfield

 

 

 

 

Nathaniel Wilson Martin Sr.

 

 

US army

WWII

David T. Brumfield

Mississippi

10 Sep 1942

US Army

WWII

Elijah Brumfield

Mississippi

10 Oct 1942

US Army

WWII

Otis Brumfield

Mississippi

16 Oct 1942

US Army

WWII

James Bearden

Mississippi

3 Oct 1942

US Army

WWII

James Jackson Jr.

Mississippi

31 Apr 1948

US Air Force

 

Alexander E. Martin

Mississippi

 

US Army

 

Bernard Caston Sr

 

 

US Army

 

Will Robinson

 

 

US Army

WWII

Paul McEwen

Mississippi

23 Oct 1941

US Army

WWII

Silas McEwen

Mississippi

 

US Navy

WWII and Viet Nam

Johnnie B. Govan Sr.

Mississippi

11 Mar 1941

US Army

WWII

Melvin Walker

 

 

US Army

Private

Percy Ray Carson

 

 

US Army

Private

Russell Caston

 

 

US Army

 

James Jackson

 

31 May 1948

US Air Force

 

Walter Moore Downs

Mississippi

1 June 1942

US Air Force

WWII Lieutenant Colonel Tuskegee Airman

David Thomas

Louisiana

20 June 1918

 

WWI