Oscar Amerson

Private

Co. L, 47th Infantry

World War I

July 6, 1894 – June 9, 1958 

James Andrew Barwick

Private

Co. B, 12th Battalion GA Light Infantry

Confederate States of America

October 1822 – January 5, 1855

Gene Doyle Brantley

United States Air Force

Korea

January 18, 1928 – April 8, 1999 

Walter Andrew Brantley

Private First Class

United States Army

World War I

November 15, 1886 – November 30, 1972 

James Hubert Bush

Master Sergeant

United States Army

World War II, Korea

September 1, 1913 – October 29, 1981 

James Edward “Jimmy” Freeman

United States Army

Vietnam

January 5, 1949 – January 19, 2008 

Lester Monroe Freeman

Private First Class

United States Army

World War II

December 11, 1919 – December 5, 1982 

Riley M. Hartley

Private

Co. H, 49th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

May 6, 1928 – July 19, 1903

William H. Hill

Corporal/Private

Co. E, 12th Battalion GA Light Infantry

Confederate States of America

January 27, 1832 – October 17, 1863 

Willie Peeler Hodges

Private

25th Infantry

United States Army

World War I

March 10, 1894 – October 10, 1946 

Tommie Racy Hooks

Private

Battery E, 55th Coast Artillery

United States Army

World War I

July 29, 1902 – January 4, 1965

Emory Irwin

Retired Intelligence Specialist

United States Army

World War II, Korea

February 9, 1920 – May 23, 2002

Charles B. “Billy” Jones

United States Naval Reserve

World War II

December 23, 1925 – May 17, 1958 

John Wesley Layton

Private

Co. E, 1st Ramsey’s GA Infantry Confederate States of America

February 1842 – December 19, 1892 

Layton enlisted as a Private on March 18, 1861 in Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry (Ramsey’s) “Washington Rifles.” He mustered out of Company E, 1st Volunteers Infantry Regiment Georgia on March 18, 1862 at Augusta, GA and then enlisted in Company B, 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery on May 1,1862 and was a member of that unit when the CSA surrendered at Appomattox.

Robert L. Lindsey Sr.

Captain

United States Army

World War I, World War II

September 20, 1898 – June 9, 1967 

Thomas E. Lindsey

Private First Class

42nd Field Artillery Battalion

United States Army

World War II

April 12, 1920 – October 31, 1952 

Owen Clessie Lord Jr.

Sergeant

National Guard

Active Duty

May 11, 1937 – November 14, 2012 

Ray Henry Moon Sr.

Paratrooper

Korea

United States Army

January 7, 1931 – January 1, 2012

Ralph Edwin Pearson Jr.

Specialist 3

United States Army

Korea

April 30, 1932 – January 19, 2008 

Herbert Coleman Pulliam

Airman First Class

United States Air Force

Korea

October 11, 1933 – October 28, 1975

Warren Bruce Rhodes Sr.

World War II

United States Army

December 7, 1919 – June 26, 1993

Emory C. Russell

United States Navy

World War II

February 16, 1910 – April 17, 2003

Jack C. Russell

796 MP Company A, Vienna, Austria

298 MP Company, Fort Ord, CA

United States Army

32 Years

October 2, 1915 – May 7, 2009

Butler Shurling

United States Navy

World War I

January 21, 1894 – March 12, 1981

Jack Helton Shurling

United States Army

Korea

November 1, 1933

Robert Allen “Bob” Shurling

Data Systems Technician

United States Navy – 1981 – 1988

United States Army

United States Army Reserve

National Guard

May 6, 1958 – October 11, 2025

During his distinguished military career, Bob participated in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada (1982), patrolled off the coasts of Lebanon and Libya, and served in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War (1987–1988). He later served as a medic during Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and was stationed in Korea, Fort Jackson (SC), Fort Bliss (TX), Fort Gordon (GA), and at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

Bob also continued his commitment to service through the U.S. Army Reserve, National Guard, and South Carolina State Guard, completing a remarkable 33 years of total military service. His honors include three Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement Medals, two Navy Unit Commendations, Army and Navy Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, the Korean Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Thomas Green Smith

28th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

May 8, 1847 – June 30, 1885

Smith was wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862 

William H. Sumner

Private

131st Infantry, 33rd Division

United States Army

World War I

May 15, 1896 – November 10, 1918

Private Sumner enlisted in the service on June 7, 1918 and attended basic training at Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia. He was attached to Company F, 131st Infantry, 33rd Division. Sumner was sent overseas in September of 1918 and killed in action at Bois De Harville, France on November 10, 1918.

Fred Linwood Walters

Spanish American War

January 9, 1879 – November 27, 1967

Julian Wommack

Technician 5th Grade

United States Army

World War II

December 5, 1917 – October 16, 1972

Roger Wommack

Private

Unites States Army

World War II

May 26, 1923 – November 29, 1958