“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
‒ Nelson Mandela
New Bethel Baptist Church Veterans
O’Conno H. Adams
Master Sergeant
584th Bomb Squadron
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
January 7, 1915 – June 11, 1966
Bennie Mikell Allison Sr.
Staff Sergeant
United States Air Force
World War II, Korea, Vietnam
November 30, 1921 – November 12, 2002
Daniel R. Beckworth
Sergeant
United States Army
December 18, 1934 – April 20, 2007
Emory Dean Bowen
United States Air Force
April 27, 1949 – April 22, 2021
Joe Rabun Brett
Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class
United States Naval Reserve
World War II
Killed in Action at sea April 6, 1945
September 28, 1918 – April 6, 1945
Porter Davis Brett
Technician 4th Grade
United States Army
World War II
July 25, 1911 – May 5, 1991
Albert Martin Brynteson
Private First Class
United States Army
Korea
April 5, 1927 – April 28, 2017
Jim E. Childers
Private
8th General Hospital
World War I, World War II
March 18, 1898 – December 7, 1953
Alvin L. Franklin
Airman First Class
United States Air Force
Korea –
April 17, 1930 – June 7, 1991
Samuel Evans “Sam” Frazier
Technician Fourth Grade
United States Army
World War II
March 17, 1919 – June 10, 1985
Wade Reese Frost
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
March 10, 1921 – June 25, 2002
William Carl Frost
Staff Sergeant
United States Air Force
October 7, 1947 – January 4, 2006
William H. Frost
Corporal
Battery Co. 592 Field Artillery Battalion
United States Army
World War II
December 29th, 1918 – December 10th, 1961
William Erwin Garrard Jr.
Seaman 1st Class
United States Navy
World War II
January 28, 1927 – May 28, 1996
Matt Truett Hadden
Private
United States Army
Killed in Action in Germany March 1, 1945
World War II
September 11, 1924 – March 1, 1945
Benjamin T. Harrison
Co. H, 49th Georgia Infantry
Confederate States of America
1828 – 1896
Joseph Daniel Harrison
Co. E, 12th Battalion,
GA Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
1822 – Date of death unknown
William J. Holland
Private
83rd Prisoner of War Escort Co
Army Service Corps
World War I
September 20, 1889 – October 6, 1951
Francis Marion Jackson
Private
Co. C, 5th Georgia Reserves
Confederate States of America
1846 – October 3, 1917
George Benjamin Jackson Sr.
United States Navy
World War II
October 25, 1926 – October 3, 2004
James Herman Jackson Jr.
United States Air Force
Vietnam
May 25, 1941 – July 12, 2022
Olin Jasper “O.J.” Jackson
United States Army
World War II
May 11, 1922 – February 22, 2000
Wilmer Gene Jackson Sr.
Specialist 5th Class United States Army National Guard
Active Duty 1961 – 1962
April 17, 1935 – January 5, 2017
Hal Everett Johnson
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II –
January 30, 1927 – June 2, 1983
James Monroe Johnson
Seaman Second Class
United States Navy
World War II
November 16, 1922 – January 12, 1976
Ronnie Allen Johnson
Airman
United States Navy
Vietnam
March 11, 1947 – February 22, 2010
William Thomas Josey
Private
United States Army
World War II
October 28, 1903- December 8, 1984
Windom H. Josey Sr.
Private
Infantry
United States Army
World War I
May 7, 1892 – July 2, 1966
Frank Maurier Sr.
United States Air Force
World War II
October 25, 1915 – November 5, 1994
Jimmy Lee New
Aviation Machinist’s Mate
Petty Officer 2nd Class
United States Navy
Korea
October 29, 1931 – January 8, 1995
Hugh Dorsey Robinson
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
December 30, 1924 – December 5, 1985
Ira Sirmons
Technician Fifth Grade
United States Army
World War II
February 15, 1907 – March 6, 1985
Clifford Jack Smith
Staff Sergeant
United States Army
Purple Heart Recipient
World War II
November 23, 1922 – February 16, 2000
Samuel Taylor Smith Jr.
Private
United States Army
World War II
February 3, 1908 – October 22, 1978
Willie C. Smith
Seaman 2nd Class
United States Navy
World War II
1913 – 1992
Merlin C. Sumner
United States Navy
June 17, 1925 – December 7, 1999
Andrew Curtis Tingle
United States Army
Served at Fort Hood, Texas and in Germany during the Korean Conflict
December 24th, 1933 – July 17th, 2023
Stanley Merton Verrill
United States Army
June 20, 1945 – July 18, 2023
Walter Steve Wells
United States Army
World War II
April 10, 1949 – April 22, 2021