{"data":[{"PID":"601805859","lname":"Alston","hometown":"Warren County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Unknown Day","dod":"July 10, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mustered in as a private, Alston was appointed assistant surgeon on Nov. 1, 1961, and was transferred to regimental staff. He died of "fever" in Warren County.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume V, page 116; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>








","branch":"12th North Carolina Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 12:00","name":"Solomon Williams Alston "},{"PID":"603035855","lname":"Bailey","hometown":"Monticello","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1855","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bailey was killed in action.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:19","name":"William Bailey "},{"PID":"604575855","lname":"Baxter","hometown":"Richmond","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.


","branch":"Possibly Company K, 6th Virginia Cavalry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:26","name":"George A. Baxter "},{"PID":"606190863","lname":"Blanchard","hometown":"","homestate":"Mississippi","classyear":"1863","dob":"Unknown day","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Blanchard was one of 26 alumni who entered the University in 1859 who died in the war. He was killed on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Va.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Blanchard was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:25","name":"James D. Blanchard "},{"PID":"606325859","lname":"Blount","hometown":"Nashville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Unknown Day","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Blount previously had been a sergeant in Company H, 12th N.C. Regiment (Roster<\/em>). He was captured at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, in the Railroad Cut and died in prison at Johnson's Island in 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 506).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"55th N.C. Infantry, Archer's Brigade, Heth\u0092s Division","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:34","name":"Benjamin J. Blount "},{"PID":"607455861","lname":"Bradford","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bradford entered the University in 1857.<\/p>

Bradford is believed to have been killed at the the Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station), which occurred May 31-June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Va., near Richmond.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Bradford was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:27","name":"John H. Bradford "},{"PID":"609020856","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Unknown Day","dod":"July 24, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of Lane’s Brigade, the 37th N.C. was in the left wing of the Confederate attack force assaulting Cemetery Hill during the Pickett-Pettigrew charge. Brown was wounded in the leg, captured and hospitalized in Chambersburg, Pa. His leg was amputated there, and he died on July 24, 1863 (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, pages 469 and 498).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"37th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:17","name":"Owen N. Brown "},{"PID":"610625861","lname":"Butts","hometown":"Columbus","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown day","dod":"Sept. 9, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Butts entered the University in 1857. At the 1858 Commencement, he was one of 11 declaimers of the freshman class. At his graduation in 1861, the faculty and trustees agreed to grant diploams to all members of the senior class, although many had joined the Confederate Army and did not take their final exams; 30 of 87 were present for Commencement. Butts graduated near the top of his class, with second distinction honors.<\/p>

Butts was killed before the Petersburg, Va., battle in September 1864.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Bass was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:17","name":"James Eldridge Butts "},{"PID":"612665851","lname":"Chalmers","hometown":"","homestate":"Virginia","classyear":"1851","dob":"Unknown Day","dod":"Unknown Day","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Possibly 2nd Virginia Cavalry","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 16:25","name":"James Chalmers "},{"PID":"612985862","lname":"Cherry","hometown":"Unknown","homestate":"Unknown","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown","dod":"Unknown","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Unknown","rank":"Unknown","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:56","name":"Joseph D. Cherry "},{"PID":"612995862","lname":"Cherry","hometown":"Bertie County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day","dod":"May 2, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

After the Battle of Fredericksburg, on Dec. 13, 1862, the two armies remained in that area of northern Virginia. The Union Army tried to outflank the Confederate defenses south of the town by sending Gen. Sedgewick’s troops to engage them on April 29, 1863. The main body of Union troops would cross the Rappahannock farther west, where the battle of Chancellorsville would be fought. The 14th N.C. was part of the Confederate forces sent to Hamilton’s Crossing, where “it was placed in position on the right of forces in the Fredericksburg entrenchments. The brigade was subjected to occasional artillery fire, but no general engagement occurred” (Clark). Cherry was wounded there on April 29 and died on May 2, 1863 (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 396).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"14th N.C. Infantry Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:54","name":"James J. Cherry "},{"PID":"614245863","lname":"Coggin","hometown":"Orange County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"Unknown Day, 1843","dod":"Aug. 21, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

After suffering severe losses at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant decided to move the Army of the Potomac south of the James River and attack Petersburg. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army was still north of the James when the first Union troops began arriving and launched attacks on Petersburg. The 56th N.C. was one of several Confederate regiments that were rushed in to prevent a Union breakthrough. Coggin was wounded in an attack contesting this advance during the moonlit evening of June 17, 1864. The capture of Petersburg by the Union army was avoided by this action. The bulk of Lee’s army arrived the next day. Coggin died in a Richmond hospital on Aug. 21, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 626). He was described as “a brave and efficient officer.” (Clark, volume III, page 360)<\/p>

Coggin was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company D, 56th N.C. Infantry Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:51","name":"Joseph B. Coggin "},{"PID":"621990854","lname":"Crumpler","hometown":"Ashe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"June 29, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Crumpler was part of J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry. He died of wounds suffered at Willis’ Church. This action occurred during the battles of the Peninsula Campaign to stop the Union forces under Gen. McClellan from advancing up the James River to Richmond (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 7).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"1st Cavalry (9th State Troops), Company A","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:11","name":"Thomas Newton Crumpler "},{"PID":"622600859","lname":"Daniel","hometown":"Bladen County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"About Feb. 25, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Daniel Died on or about Feb. 25, 1862, on Zeke Island in the Cape Fear River. His cause of death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, page 413, addenda).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company K, 18th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:11","name":"Henry Rives Daniel "},{"PID":"628580864","lname":"Footman","hometown":"Kingstree","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Footman also had lived in Kingstree, S.C. He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Possibly 6th or 9th S.C. Cavalry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/17\/2008 16:23","name":"Richard M. Footman "},{"PID":"628860862","lname":"Foster","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown","dod":"May 2, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Foster entered the University in 1861.<\/p>

He was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Foster was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 815.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:29","name":"Jacob Flavel Foster "},{"PID":"629120855","lname":"Foxhall","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"","dod":"June 26, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Foxhall had served as sheriff of Edgecombe County before the war. The cause of his death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 136).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company B, 33rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:16","name":"Francis D. Foxhall "},{"PID":"629545858","lname":"Fuller","hometown":"Leasburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"","dod":"May 10, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Fuller, a surgeon, died at Smithfield, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 321)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 13th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:16","name":"John L. Fuller "},{"PID":"632665864","lname":"Green","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Green died of pneumonia in a Goldsboro hospital (Roster<\/em>, volume XII, page 150).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"50th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Sergeant Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/17\/2008 16:28","name":"John A. Green "},{"PID":"633270859","lname":"Grigsby","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Grigsby is believed to have died in battle in Virginia.

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Grigsby was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 812.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:31","name":"Rhydon Grigsby "},{"PID":"636065858","lname":"Harvey","hometown":"Canton","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1858","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Harvey was killed near Atlanta in 1865. He was the leader of Harvey’s Scouts.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Probably 1st Mississippi Cavalry, Company M","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:21","name":"Addison Harvey "},{"PID":"638920863","lname":"Hodges","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hodges entered the University in 1859.<\/p>

He was killed at the Battle of Second Manassas, Va., which was fought Aug. 28-30, 1982.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hodges was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 26 students who entered the University in 1859 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 706 and 817.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:35","name":"Joseph J. Durham Hodges "},{"PID":"638945863","lname":"Hodges","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"July 28, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hodges reportedly was killed at Jonesboro, Ga.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hodges was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 26 students who entered the University in 1859 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 706.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:35","name":"Thomas P. Hodges "},{"PID":"641435850","lname":"Huske","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1850","dob":"","dod":"July 15, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Huske was wounded in the right foot at King’s School House, Va. “His wound was … at first not supposed to be dangerous, but erysipelas [strep] followed of which he died” (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 369).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"48th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:06","name":"Benjamin Robinson Huske "},{"PID":"641775848","lname":"Iredell","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1848","dob":"","dod":"May 10, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Iredell was killed at Spotsylvania in action around the “Mule Shoe.” He was the previous commandant of Camp Mangum and son of former governor James Iredell (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 64).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"53rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:06","name":"James Johnstone Iredell "},{"PID":"642280854","lname":"Jeffreys","hometown":"Caswell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"April 7, 1865","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jeffreys was wounded in his left hand near Spotsylvania. He returned to duty prior to Sept. 1, 1864, and was captured at Fisher’s Hill, Va. He was confined at Fort Delaware and exchanged. He was captured again, in a hospital in Petersburg, Va., and died. The cause of his death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 107).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"45th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:34","name":"J. Glenn Jeffreys "},{"PID":"642880840","lname":"Johnson","hometown":"Chowan County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1840","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"642880840.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Johnson was captured at Fort Hatteras on Aug. 29, 1861, and later exchanged for Capt. John H. Sprague, 7th Ohio Volunteers.<\/p>

Johnson was captured again near Kinston. He reportedly took an oath of allegiance and was released on July 25, 1865 (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, pages 181, 204 and 208). He is listed in Clark as having "died in service."<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"17th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:36","name":"Lucius Junius Johnson "},{"PID":"643395862","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Matagurda","homestate":"Texas","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"Possibly Baird's Regiment, Texas Cavalry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/3\/2008 15:14","name":"Aurelius C. Jones "},{"PID":"644825863","lname":"Kelly","hometown":"Moore County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"Dec. 13, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

John McDonald Kelly, a native of Scotland and brother of Neill R. Kelly (also in the class of 1863), was killed at Fredericksburg, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume IX , page 358).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>



","branch":"35th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/21\/2013 16:04","name":"John McDonald Kelly "},{"PID":"644855863","lname":"Kelly","hometown":"Moore County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"June 2, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Neill Kelly was wounded in the arm and breast at Drury’s Bluff, Va., on May 14, 1864. He died in Richmond (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 379). This battle was fought by the Confederates under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard to prevent a Union force from taking Richmond while Grant and Lee were engaged at Spotsylvania. Neill Kelly was the brother of John M. Kelly, also in the class of 1863.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"35th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:10","name":"Neill R. Kelly "},{"PID":"646580842","lname":"Lane","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1842","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:36","name":"Thomas Hill Lane "},{"PID":"646835862","lname":"Lastrapes","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"Unknown day, July 1861","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lastrapes reportedly was killed at the First Battle of Manasses on July 21, 1861.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Lastrapes was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 712.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:42","name":"Adolphe Lastrapes "},{"PID":"649870862","lname":"Lyon","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"May 6, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lyon was wounded at Chancellorsville. He later was killed at the Wilderness (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 136).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"33rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:24","name":"Harrison Pittman Lyon "},{"PID":"650440864","lname":"Maner","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"Sept. 5, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Maner died at Wilson of typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, page 277).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company I, 17th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:26","name":"Neverson C. Maner "},{"PID":"651670857","lname":"Mayfield","hometown":"Warren County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"","dod":"About June 15, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

John Weldon Mayfield died of disease at his home in Warren County (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 147).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:49","name":"John W. Mayfield "},{"PID":"652205853","lname":"McClenahan","hometown":"Pittsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1853","dob":"","dod":"Probably July 2, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McClenahan was wounded at Malvern Hill, probably on July 1, 1862. He died the next day.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company M, 15th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:56","name":"James T. McClenahan "},{"PID":"652300859","lname":"McCormick","hometown":"Robeson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McCormick was killed in action at Fort Fisher (Roster<\/em>, volume III, pages 22, 30 and 31).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company D, 1st Battalion N.C. Heavy Artillery","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:50","name":"James L. McCormick "},{"PID":"654265844","lname":"McNeill","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1844","dob":"","dod":"March 31, 1865","degree":"","photo":"654265844.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McNeill was a minister with the regiment. He was wounded at Middleburg, Va., on June 17, 1863, and was killed at Chamberlain Run, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 372).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"5th Regiment N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:53","name":"James H. McNeill "},{"PID":"655315855","lname":"Mickle","hometown":"Haynesville","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1855","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.","branch":"Possibly 18th Alabama","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/4\/2008 12:33","name":"John M. Mickle "},{"PID":"655445865","lname":"Miller","hometown":"Pendleton District","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1865","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Miller was killed at Cedar Creek, Va.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Possibly 8th S.C.","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:25","name":"Henry C. Miller "},{"PID":"655665862","lname":"Mills","hometown":"Nashville","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Mills was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/14\/2011 14:49","name":"William H.H. Mills "},{"PID":"656410854","lname":"Moore","hometown":"Jackson","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Moore was killed at Munsfordsville, Ky. This battle was fought during the Confederate offensive into Kentucky in September 1862, and Munsfordsville was an important transportation hub that fell to the Rebels on Sept. 17, 1862. Moore’s death probably occurred on or near that date.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"44th Mississippi","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:25","name":"James Cameron Moore "},{"PID":"656855856","lname":"Morgan","hometown":"Gates County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/4\/2008 13:07","name":"George Thomas Morgan "},{"PID":"657595860","lname":"Murphy","hometown":"Cumberland County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"Sept. 22, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Murphy was killed at Jacks Shop (Rochelle), Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 341, and volume II, page 380).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"1st N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Private, possibly Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:34","name":"Charles B. Murphy "},{"PID":"659360863","lname":"Ogilby","hometown":"Madison","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/4\/2008 16:30","name":"Nathaniel A. Ogilby "},{"PID":"659860865","lname":"Owens","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1865","dob":"","dod":"Dec. 19, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Owens died in a hospital in Richmond, Va., of “Febris Typhoides” (typhoid fever) (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 202).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Possibly Company G, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:36","name":"Napoleon B. Owens "},{"PID":"661275861","lname":"Pearce","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown day","dod":"Unknown day","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Pearce entered the University in 1857. He reportedly was killed in battle at Mumfordsville, Ky.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Pearce was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:47","name":"Lucius R.A. Pearce "},{"PID":"662110854","lname":"Perry","hometown":"Harrison","homestate":"Texas","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"28th Texas Cavalry, Randal's 1st Texas Lancers","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/4\/2008 16:50","name":"Theophilus Perry "},{"PID":"664330859","lname":"Purcell","hometown":"Robeson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/5\/2008 8:07","name":"John G. Purcell "},{"PID":"665115910","lname":"Ray","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1910","dob":"Unknown","dod":"Oct. 6, 1918","degree":"CMED","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

A graduate of Wake Forest college, Ray studied medicine at UNC and Cornell. He was winning distinction as a surgeon when his career was interrupted by military service.<\/p>

Ray had been in continuous service June 1916; he had been with a N.C. regiment that was never mustered out and became the 119th Infantry. With it, he went to France in May 1918.<\/p>

He was wounded in action in France and taken to a base hospital, where he died on Oct. 6.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 14:56","name":"John Edwin Ray Jr."},{"PID":"665850862","lname":"Rhodes","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown day","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Rhodes was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Rhodes was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 712.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:48","name":"William James Rhodes "},{"PID":"665995865","lname":"Richardson","hometown":"Johnston County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1865","dob":"","dod":"Feb. 4, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Edward Livingston Richardson previously served in Company I, 41st Regiment N.C. troops, 3rd Regiment, N.C. Cavalry. He died in Danville, Va., of “Rubelola” (measles) (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 97).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"53rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:38","name":"Edward L. Richardson "},{"PID":"666190862","lname":"Riddick","hometown":"Gates County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"May 12, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Riddick was killed at Spotsylvania (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, pages 153 and 197).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company B, 5th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:39","name":"Charles E.C. Riddick "},{"PID":"666200859","lname":"Riddick","hometown":"Gates County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/5\/2008 8:41","name":"Edward Livingston Riddick "},{"PID":"669345848","lname":"Scott","hometown":"Caswell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1848","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

After becoming sick during his tenure of duty, Scott received a military furlough to go home and get well on June 11, 1863. He died later that year while still at home in the N.C. town then spelled as "Hillsboro" and later changed to "Hillsborough"  (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 57).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company G, 22nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:41","name":"Edward M. Scott "},{"PID":"669945847","lname":"Sharp","hometown":"Columbus","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1847","dob":"Unknown Day, 1838","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:20","name":"Thomas I. Sharp "},{"PID":"672815865","lname":"Snead","hometown":"Johnston County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1865","dob":"","dod":"Sept. 17, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Snead was killed at Sharpsburg, Md. (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, page 509, addenda).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company H, 20th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:44","name":"Nathan I. Snead "},{"PID":"673855862","lname":"Stancill","hometown":"Carrolton","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1862","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/5\/2008 16:48","name":"Reuel Anderson Stancill "},{"PID":"674805847","lname":"Stone","hometown":"Dayton","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1846","dob":"","dod":"","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"Possibly 25th Alabama","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/6\/2008 8:43","name":"John H. Stone "},{"PID":"678070861","lname":"Tomlinson","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1857","dob":"Unknown day","dod":"Unknown day, May 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Tomlinson was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 688.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:49","name":"James Milton Tomlinson "},{"PID":"682955849","lname":"Whitfield","hometown":"Lowndes County","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1849","dob":"","dod":"About May 31, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitfield was killed at Seven Pines.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:17","name":"John Alexander Whitfield "},{"PID":"684945861","lname":"Wilson","hometown":"Guilford County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:20","name":"John W. Wilson "},{"PID":"700261176","lname":"Brooks","hometown":"Villanova","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1966","dob":"July 29, 1943","dod":"Aug. 9, 1967","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Brooks entered the University as Christopher Brooks Jonas. After changing his name in November 1964, he entered the military.<\/p>

The General Alumni Association learned from his family in July 1985 that he had died in the war.<\/p>

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:16","name":"Christopher Babcock Brooks "},{"PID":"700291670","lname":"Coleman","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1958","dob":"July 2, 1936","dod":"Sept. 17, 1965","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Coleman, a Navy pilot instructor, was killed when his plane crashed near Milton, Fla. He had just returned from a three-year tour of service in Hawaii and had been reassigned to Whiting Field, where he died from injuries received in the crash.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant Junior Grade","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:17","name":"Bobby Elliott Coleman "},{"PID":"700441651","lname":"Johnston","hometown":"Yanceyville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1965","dob":"June 14, 1943","dod":"June 5, 1968","degree":"AB","photo":"700441651.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Johnston -- known as “Jules” -- grew up in Yanceyville and graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School. At UNC, he majored in political science and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.<\/p>\n

Johnston entered the Navy in October 1965 and volunteered for submarine duty after graduation from boot camp. He was a member of the crew of the ill-fated U.S. submarine Scorpion<\/i>, which was officially declared lost at sea on June 5, 1968. <\/p>\n

The Scorpion<\/i> was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the Navy and the sixth ship of the Navy to carry that name. Scorpion<\/i> was declared lost on June 5, 1968, one of only two nuclear submarines the Navy has ever lost, the other being Thresher<\/i>, which sank on April 10, 1963, off the coast of New England.<\/p>\n

Sources:
\n GAA Alumni Records;
\n
http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/k19\/disasters_detail1.html<\/a>
\n
http:\/\/ncccha.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/julius-jules-johnston-iii-1943-1968.html<\/a>
\n
http:\/\/www.militaryfactory.com\/ships\/detail-page-2.asp?ship_id=USS-Scorpion-SSN589<\/a>
\n
http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/the-uss-scorpion-buried-at-sea.htm<\/a>
\n
http:\/\/www.oneternalpatrol.com\/uss-scorpion-589.htm<\/a>
\n
http:\/\/www.bluebird-electric.net\/submarines\/USS_Scorpion_Skipjack_Class_Submarine_Sinkings.htm<\/a>
\n
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SUBLANT\/photos\/?tab=album&album_id=1122658851084568<\/a><\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Quartermaster, Second Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:30","name":"Julius Johnston III"},{"PID":"700442023","lname":"Bouton","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"May 15, 1944","dod":"Jan. 8, 1969","degree":"","photo":"700442023.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Bouton entered the University in September 1962 from Greenville (S.C.) High School and was enrolled until 1966. He joined the U.S. Army in October 1966 and completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga., in October 1967.<\/p>

Lieutenant Bouton went to Vietnam as an infantry officer in October 1968. He was killed by hostile small arms fire in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam on Jan. 8, 1969.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=4929<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:15","name":"William Innes Bouton Jr."},{"PID":"700601358","lname":"Davies","hometown":"Alexandria","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1962","dob":"April 8, 1940","dod":"Declared dead in October 1973","degree":"BS","photo":"700601358.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Davies entered Carolina from Alexandria Va., and was a member of the UNC football team and participated in Air Force ROTC. He majored in industrial relations.<\/p>

Davies was promoted to captain in January 1967. Later that year, he was training on the F105 when he was transferred to the F-4C jet bomber. A letter from his wife to the GAA in June 1967 indicated he expected to go overseas in September.<\/p>

On May 18, 1968, he was flying an F-4 aircraft over Communist Laos and was shot down. He was known to have left his aircraft. The government declared him dead in October 1973. A letter from his wife to the GAA in 1984 addressed concerns that he might have been among POWs held in Southeast Asia.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=12072<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/2\/2013 9:46","name":"Joseph Edwin Davies "},{"PID":"700662337","lname":"Elkins","hometown":"Bladenboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1963","dob":"May 25, 1939","dod":"Oct. 13, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"700662337.jpg","caption":"Frank Elkins '63 and wife Marilyn '91 (PhD) in Sept. 1966","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Elkins was valedictorian of his high school class and was co-captain of the football team. At UNC, he earned his bachelor's degree in English and was a member of Phi Eta Sigma honor society.<\/p>

He qualified as a naval aviation officer candidate at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Va., then took pre-flight and basic flight training in Pensacola, Fla.<\/p>

Elkins had been fascinated with flying from the time he was a child. "That was his dream," his mother once told an interviewer. When he was stationed in Florida, he would fly over Bladenboro whenever he could. "He would dip his wings, roll, spin and dive. I would look up and smile and say, 'There's Frank!' " his mother told the Southeastern Times in Clarkton in 1991. "It was against regulations, but when he was over Bladenboro, he would do it anyway. He did love it so."<\/p>

It was while he was in Florida that Elkins met and married Marilyn Robertson, who received her doctorate from UNC in 1991. Four months after their wedding in January 1966, Elkins was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany<\/em> and he went to Vietnam as an A-4 fighter pilot.<\/p>

On the second day of his cruise, he began a diary of his wartime experiences. His wife said he intended to write a novel when he returned from the war.<\/p>

The couple spent time together in September 1966 in the Philippines and Hong Kong.<\/p>

Elkins' plane was shot down weeks later, on Oct. 13, 1966; he was declared missing in action. Elkins reportedly had been maneuvering his aircraft to avoid hostile fire when radio contact with his plane was lost. An explosion was observed, but it was not clear whether this was hostile fire exploding or Elkins' aircraft. No parachute or visual signals were observed, and no emergency radio signals were received. The area in which Elkins became missing also was one where officials believed he might be held by hostile forces.<\/p>

The diary that Elkins created in Vietnam was sent to his wife shortly after his plane was shot down. "It wasn't supposed to be sent to me," she told the Chapel Hill Newspaper in 1991, explaining that a military censor was supposed to expunge any classified or embarrassing information from personal effects of missing servicemen. She kept the diary believing Elkins would return safely and complete his book. For years, she held hope he was alive, moving to Paris to teach English and living near the Vietnamese Embassy, thinking it would be a logical place to get information about her husband.<\/p>

She published the diary, titled The Heart of a Man,<\/em> in 1973. She chose the title from a line in a Robert Frost poem that she and her husband both liked. They both loved English and had talked about becoming college professors one day.<\/p>

Elkins was declared dead on Oct. 31, 1977. Then, in December 1989, Marilyn Elkins was contacted by the Navy's POW\/MIA Affairs division; they wanted to know if she had a copy of her husband's dental X-rays. In January 1990, she was informed that members of a government repatriation team had identified Elkins' remains. The remains were returned to her, and she arranged for a private interment in the National Cemetery in Wilmington.<\/p>

The Heart of a Man<\/em> was republished in 1991, with a foreword by Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=14840<\/a>;
"Pilot's diary tells of horrors of war," Chapel Hill Newspaper<\/em>, July 3, 1991;
"The Heart of a Man" Provides Timely Insight into Bladenboro Officer's Feelings About War," Southeastern Times<\/em> (Clarkton, N.C.), July 18, 1991.<\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"10\/27\/2010 11:20","recordUpdated":"10\/28\/2010 10:48","name":"Frank Callihan Elkins "},{"PID":"700745131","lname":"Fitzgerald","hometown":"Bridgeport","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1965","dob":"Feb. 9, 1944","dod":"Sept. 17, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"700745131.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Fitzgerald majored in education at Carolina and was a member of the Naval ROTC. He taught high school English from October 1965 until he went on active duty with the Marine Corps in January 1966.<\/p>

He was killed in action in Vietnam nine months later.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=16298<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:18","name":"George Richard Fitzgerald "},{"PID":"700886362","lname":"Havnaer","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"June 15, 1944","dod":"June 25, 1968","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Havnaer attended East Mecklenburg High School and then Gardner-Webb College before attending UNC. <\/p>

He enlisted in the Army in 1967 and was killed in Saigon. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=22006<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Warrant Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:19","name":"Ralph Milton Havnaer "},{"PID":"700934377","lname":"Boyanowski","hometown":"Harrisburg","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1964","dob":"Nov. 21, 1935","dod":"Dec. 14, 1971","degree":"MBA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Boyanowski graduated in 1957 from Penn State with a bachelor's degree in business. After earning his MBA from Carolina, he entered the Army.<\/p>

He was one of six military personnel on board a U21A aircraft (tail #18041), call sign Long Trip 041, that was lost in December 1971 while flying an administrative mission from Phu Bai to Da Nang, South Vietnam.<\/p>

During the flight, about 15 miles northeast of Da Nang, the pilot reported that he had lost his No. 2 engine and had a fire. Within minutes, radio and radar contact was lost. The aircraft was never seen or heard from again.<\/p>

Search aircraft proceeded to the last known location, but inclement weather and poor visibility curtailed the search. Extensive searches were conducted for the next three days, but no trace of the aircraft or personnel was ever found. The personnel aboard the aircraft were declared dead, their bodies not recoverable.<\/p>

Sixty days of case study was conducted before declaring these men dead. Early in the war, pilots and crew members had been declared dead because circumstances seemed to dictate that was the case. Later, some of these individuals turned up in POW camps in North Vietnam, causing a serious effort to commence not to declare a man dead if there was a reasonable chance (with or without evidence) that he survived.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=5075<\/a>;

www.pownetwork.org\/bios\/b\/b414.htm<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:15","name":"John Gordon Boyanowski "},{"PID":"700962457","lname":"Greene","hometown":"Wynnewood","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1963","dob":"March 26, 1940","dod":"Dec. 13, 1968","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Green majored in political science at UNC and played tight end on the varsity football team. His twin brother, Duff, also was a member of the team. Greene also was a member of Air Force ROTC and Kappa Sigma fraternity.<\/p>

He was killed in Vietnam when the plane he piloted was shot down while returning from a search-and-destroy mission near the Cambodian border.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=19860<\/a>;
The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, Dec. 19, 1968<\/p>","branch":"Air Force, 25th Infantry Division","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:18","name":"Bruce Briant Greene "},{"PID":"701050386","lname":"Howard","hometown":"Pink Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"Dec. 9, 1943","dod":"March 5, 1968","degree":"BSBA","photo":"701050386.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Howard had been employed by the Burroughs Corp. in Winston-Salem until entering the Army in early 1967.<\/p>

He had been taking helicopter pilot training at Fort Wolters, Texas, and had been flying solo for about three weeks when he was killed in a helicopter collision near Mineral Wells, Texas.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:21","name":"Douglas Harold Howard "},{"PID":"701241278","lname":"Jensen","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"March 27, 1944","dod":"Feb. 16, 1968","degree":"","photo":"701241278.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Jensen was a Morehead Scholar at UNC, which he attended from 1962 to 1964. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.<\/p>

He joined the Marine Corps in 1965 and trained at Parris Island, S.C., before entering flight school at Pensacola, Fla., where he received his commission on Feb. 28, 1967.<\/p>

Jensen was killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. He was awarded the National Defense Medal, the U.S. Service Medal and the Purple Heart posthumously.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=25853<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:28","name":"Paul Andrew Jensen "},{"PID":"701373793","lname":"Lemmond","hometown":"Lumberton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1965","dob":"Oct. 22, 1943","dod":"Sept. 20, 1969","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Lemmond attend UNC from 1961 to 1962 and went on to graduate from Campbell College in 1966.<\/p>

He was a jet pilot in Vietnam, where he was killed.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=30277<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:04","name":"Walter Vann Lemmond III"},{"PID":"701574024","lname":"Moore","hometown":"Erwin","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1964","dob":"Sept. 8, 1942","dod":"June 11, 1969","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Moore entered the University from Erwin High School in 1960. After graduation, he was enrolled in UNC's law school in 1964 and '65.<\/p>

He had completed one tour in Vietnam when he was killed in a plane crash in Alabama during a training flight. He had recently returned from a tour of duty as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:39","name":"Earl Raefiel Moore Jr."},{"PID":"701747783","lname":"McWilliams","hometown":"Norfolk","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1964","dob":"July 22, 1942","dod":"Oct. 26, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"701747783.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

McWilliams entered the University in 1960 from Norfolk Academy. He majored in political science and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and Naval ROTC.<\/p>

McWilliams was a member of Navy Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) aboard the USS Oriskany<\/em>. He died, along with 43 of his shipmates, in a fire that swept through the ship on Oct. 26, 1966.<\/p>

McWilliams received the Air Medal with gold stars posthumously.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records; 
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=34524<\/a>;
www.virtualwall.org\/units\/oriskany.htm<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:38","name":"William Gowan McWilliams III"},{"PID":"701814032","lname":"Pratt","hometown":"Raeford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1970","dob":"April 1, 1948","dod":"May 6, 1969","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Pratt was killed in action in Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a><\/u> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=41540<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Specialist Fourth Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:45","name":"John Monroe Pratt "},{"PID":"701862509","lname":"Pennington","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1965","dob":"Sept. 23, 1943","dod":"Sept. 24, 1969","degree":"AB","photo":"701862509.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Pennington majored in chemistry at UNC, earning his degree in June 1966.<\/p>

He was injured Sept. 19, 1969, in Vietnam's Quang Nam province while piloting a Huey Cobra gunship in support of a combat mission. He died aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary<\/em> off Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=40088<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:24","name":"Kenneth Edward Pennington "},{"PID":"701867113","lname":"Springle","hometown":"Camp Lejeune","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1979","dob":"April 17, 1957","dod":"May 11, 2009","degree":"AB","photo":"701867113.jpg","caption":"AP Photo\/U.S. Marine Corps","conflict":"Iraq","comments":"

Keith Springle received a bachelor's degree in sociology from UNC in 1979, graduating with honors. After receiving his master's degree in social work in 1984, he earned his doctorate in social work in 2003 from the University of Alabama. He was assigned to the 55th Medical Company and served as the director of the Community Counseling Center at Camp Lejeune. He also was a member of the GAA's Alumni Career Advisor Network.<\/p>

Former colleagues and others remembered Springle as a "kind and gentle person, just the kind of person you want in a social worker," and he was considered well-prepared to assist soldiers who were mentally scarred by combat. He was among five people U.S. military officials say were shot and killed at a military clinic in Baghdad in May 2009. Springle, a decorated officer, husband and father of two, was 52. He became Carolina's first alumnus to have died in the Iraq war.<\/p>

The Associated Press reported the incident as the "deadliest case of soldier-on-soldier violence" among American forces in Iraq. Military officials identified the other victims as an Army officer, also on the clinic staff, and three enlisted soldiers, who were at the clinic at the time of the shooting.<\/p>

Springle was stationed at Camp Liberty, a center that serves soldiers battling combat stress.<\/p>

A licensed clinical social worker, Springle was deeply concerned about troop mental health, including ensuring that service members received needed services once they returned home.<\/p>

"He was very excited to be a part of this," said Sheryl Pacelli director of mental health education for the South East Area Health Education Center. "He always got great reviews from participants. They loved his sense of humor and thought he was so sincere and very concerned about all soldiers with PTSD."<\/p>

A North Carolina native, Springle had been a commander since 2002 and had served in the Navy for 21 years.<\/p>

Jack Richman, dean of the UNC School of Social Work, praised Springle for serving in such an important field.<\/p>

"Dr. Springle was working in a critical area in terms of supporting military personnel in dealing with post-traumatic stress," Richman said. "His loss is a great loss to the field and clearly to the profession and to the military."<\/p>

Family and friends established the Charles Keith Springle, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund for interested donors. The scholarship supports military-dependent students in the master's of social work program at UNC's School of Social Work who are working with military families or have an interest in mental health care for veterans and their families. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
"Alumnus Killed in Baghdad Military Clinic Shooting,"<\/a> From the Hill Online news report from May 2009<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Commander","recordCreated":"6\/9\/2010 9:46","recordUpdated":"10\/27\/2010 18:09","name":"C. Keith Springle "},{"PID":"702065958","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1962","dob":"Dec. 1, 1939","dod":"May 23, 1968","degree":"BS","photo":"702065958.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Taylor majored in industrial relations at Carolina.<\/p>

He was killed in action in Vietnam, where he was a helicopter pilot.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=51320<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/31\/2010 11:45","name":"William Henry Taylor "},{"PID":"702094224","lname":"Thum","hometown":"Cleveland Heights","homestate":"Ohio","classyear":"1965","dob":"June 2, 1942","dod":"Nov. 25, 1968","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Thum entered in the University in 1961 and majored in English. While at the University, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.<\/p>

He was flying an unarmed RA5c off the USS Constellation<\/em> when he was shot down over North Vietnam.<\/p>

Thum's decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Strike Flight awards and the Navy Commendation Medal.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant, Junior Grade","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:58","name":"Richard Cobb Thum "},{"PID":"702209833","lname":"Haugen","hometown":"Alexandria","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1968","dob":"May 5, 1945","dod":"Nov. 21, 1968","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Haugen was killed in a plane crash in South Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records; 
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=21968<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Specialist, 4th Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:19","name":"Warren George Haugen Jr."},{"PID":"702220982","lname":"Rose","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"Feb. 2, 1943","dod":"Feb. 1, 1969","degree":"BSBA","photo":"702220982.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

While at the University, majoring in business administration, Rose worked at The Carolina Inn. He fell a semester short of graduating from UNC, but in 1994, he was awarded a degree, posthumously and retroactively, from Kenan-Flagler Business School.<\/p>

Rose was killed by sniper fire. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=44464<\/a>","branch":"Army, D Company, Third Battalion, 60th Infantry of the Ninth Infantry Division","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:48","name":"Melville Brice Rose III"},{"PID":"702234068","lname":"Rufty","hometown":"Salisbury","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1967","dob":"Feb. 23, 1945","dod":"Jan. 29, 1970","degree":"BSBA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Rufty was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Carolina.<\/p>

He entered the military in fall 1969 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on his graduation from officers candidate school in Ft. Benning, Ga. He was promoted to first lieutenant while in Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=44802<\/a>","branch":"Army, 101st Airborne Division","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/9\/2010 14:41","name":"Joe Hearne Rufty "},{"PID":"702301450","lname":"Shaw","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1957","dob":"Jan. 26, 1935","dod":"Feb. 11, 1964","degree":"AB","photo":"702301450.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Shaw entered UNC from Lee Edwards High School. At Carolina, he was a columnist for The Daily Tar Heel<\/em>, an officer of the National Debating Society, editor of the Carolina Cutter<\/em>, a member of the Carolina Political Union and a member of the Student Government Executive Council. He also was a member of the State Student Legislature and was the National Student Association coordinator. He was president of the Dialectic Senate and a member of the Order of the Old Well and of Naval ROTC.<\/p>

Shaw was serving as a communications officer in Vietnam and had previously served six years of sea duty, including as commanding officer on the destroyer Zeller<\/em>. He was due to return to the U.S. about March 1, 1964, when he died in Saigon. He had been in Vietnam for about a year.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=46958<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:49","name":"Stanley Sergeant Shaw "},{"PID":"702358483","lname":"Spainhour","hometown":"Lenoir","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1962","dob":"April 7, 1940","dod":"Sept. 15, 1966","degree":"BSBA","photo":"702358483.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

A 1958 graduate of Lenoir High School, Spainhour -- known as "Jud" -- was active in athletics and a member of the Lenoir High School football team for four years. He was captain his senior year. He also participated in baseball, basketball and track.<\/p>

While at Carolina, Spainhour was a member of the football team and also was a member of the baseball team in his freshman, junior and senior years. He was a member of the Monogram Club and of Delta Sigma Pi, a national business fraternity.<\/p>

Spainhour was killed in action in the vicinity of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his actions on the day he died. His parents later published a book of his letters from Vietnam. With insurance money, contributions from friends and the profits from the sale of the book, Carolina Marine<\/em>, Spainhour's parents established a scholarship at UNC in 1967 in his memory.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=49023<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 14:01","name":"Walter Judson Spainhour Jr."},{"PID":"702397446","lname":"Stevenson","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1964","dob":"March 11, 1942","dod":"June 17, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"702397446.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Known as C.O., Stevenson graduated from Georgia Military Academy, where he was the starting quarterback on the football team. He attended and graduated from UNC, where he was in the Navy ROTC. He majored in political science at UNC.<\/p>

He was killed when the plane he was co-piloting crashed off the coast of South Vietnam. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=49832<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:55","name":"Clement Olin Stevenson Jr."},{"PID":"702548033","lname":"Kennedy","hometown":"Wynnewood","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Sept. 1, 1921","dod":"June 13, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kennedy entered the University from The Lenox School in Massachusetts in 1940 and was enrolled in 1940-41. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.<\/p>

Kennedy entered the Air Corps in 1942 and while overseas flew 107 missions, receiving the Air Medal, five battle stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was killed in a plane crash near Albion, Okla. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:07","name":"Samuel Bowman Wheeler Kennedy "},{"PID":"702556595","lname":"Lama","hometown":"Asbury Park","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1965","dob":"Oct. 31, 1937","dod":"Sept. 11, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Lama majored in political science at UNC.<\/p>

He had been a teacher in Bamberg, S.C., before entering the military. He died in Vietnam. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=29295<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:32","name":"Ivars Lama "},{"PID":"702556830","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Waynesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1965","dob":"March 9, 1943","dod":"Jan. 31, 1968","degree":"BS","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Brown entered the University from Waynesville Township High School in 1962 and majored in business administration at Carolina. He entered the U.S. Air Force in November 1965, graduated from Officers Candidate School and was awarded navigator's wings. <\/p>

He went to Vietnam in June 1965 and was killed in action on Jan. 31, 1966.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=5974<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:16","name":"David Chappell Brown "},{"PID":"702718889","lname":"Hammerbeck","hometown":"Rutland","homestate":"Vt.","classyear":"1968","dob":"May 18, 1946","dod":"Aug. 28, 1969","degree":"AB","photo":"702718889.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Hammerbeck, a native of Rutland, Vt., entered UNC from Dreaux American High School at Dreux Air Force Base in France and also had lived in Stockholm, Sweden. He majored in history at UNC, was on the dean's list and, as a student, worked in the library. He participated in NROTC, where he was battalion commander and also served as president of both of UNC's military honor societies -- the Semper Fidelis Society and the Scabbard and Blade.<\/p>

After attending basic school at Quantico, Va., he attended the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, where he was the honor graduate of the Psychological Operations Staff Officers Course.<\/p>

He was killed in action in South Vietnam while serving as a platoon leader in the Third Marine Divison near Cam Lo.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=21047<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:57","name":"Edward Cox Hammerbeck "},{"PID":"702731756","lname":"Wismer","hometown":"Ypsilanti","homestate":"Mich.","classyear":"1964","dob":"April 8, 1941","dod":"Oct. 22, 1965","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Wismer was killed in the collision of two Navy jet trainer planes in Texas.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:08","name":"Henry Richards Wismer "},{"PID":"703026921","lname":"Johnson","hometown":"New Bern","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"Oct. 24, 1943","dod":"March 26, 1967","degree":"AB","photo":"703026921.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Johnson entered the University from the McCallie School as a Morehead Scholar in 1962 and majored in economics. While at UNC, he was a member of the student legislature. He headed a campuswide blood drive for troops in Vietnam and also headed a campaign to send books to troops in Vietnam. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and during his senior year, he was the commander of the midshipman battalion and president of Scabbard and Blade.<\/p>

He was the top graduate in his officer basic training class at Quantico, Va.<\/p>

Johnson was assigned to the First Reconnaissance Battalion, First Marine Division. He had been in Vietnam six weeks when he was killed on Easter Sunday 1967 by sniper fire while leading a reconnaissance patrol near the demilitarized zone.<\/p>

In addition to the Purple Heart, Johnson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V." He was interred with full military honors at the First Presbyterian Church in New Bern. His father had been a colonel in the Marine Corps, and his great-grandfather and a great-grand-uncle had served as generals in the Civil War.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=26384<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:42","name":"Richard Sandusky Johnson Jr."},{"PID":"703080640","lname":"Leigh","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1967","dob":"Aug. 27, 1945","dod":"Dec. 9, 1968","degree":"AB","photo":"703080640.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Leigh, who majored in recreation administration at Carolina, was a sports writer for The Daily Tar Heel<\/em>. Before he joined the service, he worked at the Durham YMCA. He was drafted while he was employed in the University's registration office, where he helped UNC's athletes with their academic schedules.<\/p>

While on patrol in Vietnam, he drowned after he was caught in the swift currents of a steam he was crossing on a combat mission.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=30237<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Specialist, Fourth Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:36","name":"Joel Miller Leigh "},{"PID":"703279697","lname":"Bagnal","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1970","dob":"May 30, 1948","dod":"Feb. 3, 1971","degree":"","photo":"703279697.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Bagnal attended Carolina in 1966-67 and was known as "Chip." After attending UNC, he graduated from Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk in 1970.<\/p>

Bagnal entered the Army in June 1970 and was a member of 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion of the 12th Cavalry. He arrived in South Vietnam in December 1970 and was killed on a combat mission there.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=1888<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/19\/2010 17:10","name":"Luther Nettles Bagnal III"},{"PID":"703388678","lname":"Collins","hometown":"Hubert","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1963","dob":"March 10, 1941","dod":"Feb. 27, 1971","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Collins entered the University from Swansboro High School in 1959 and majored in geography at UNC. He was in the Air Force ROTC program at Carolina and, upon his graduation in 1963, was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps.<\/p>

Collins died Feb. 27, 1971.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=9927<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:17","name":"Rodney Dennis Collins "},{"PID":"703809168","lname":"Drew","hometown":"Herndon","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1970","dob":"Feb. 26, 1948","dod":"Aug. 19, 1995","degree":"ABJO","photo":"703809168.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Bosnia","comments":"

Drew entered the University from Louisa County High School in Virginia in September 1966 and, after receiving his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1970, earned a master’s degree in political science at UNC in 1972. He received a doctorate in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia in 1986.<\/p>

Drew made the Air Force his career, rising to the rank of colonel and serving as an operational intelligence officer until 1980, when he went to the Air Force Academy to teach political science. He returned to that post in 1989, the year that he was named a national security fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In 1990, Drew became U.S. assistant for defense operations and policy in Brussels. He was a professor at the National War College in 1994, and in January 1995, was appointed NATO branch chief in the Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>

Drew was director of European Affairs for the National Security Council on Aug. 19, 1995, when he and two colleagues attempted to cross the mountains to Sarajevo to discuss possible peace plans for the Balkans. The armored vehicle in which they were riding plunged off the road into a ravine. All were killed.<\/p>

Drew’s military awards included the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster. He was the author of several books and articles on national security.<\/p>

The composer Robert J. Bradshaw composed his Symphonic Essay Number 1; Three Died for Peace<\/em> in honor of Drew and his two colleagues who died with him. Also, the Samuel Nelson Drew Award for Distinguished Contribution to World Peace is presented each year in Drew’s honor.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.arlingtoncemetery.net\/sndrew.htm<\/a>;
www.orchestralist.net\/olist\/registry\/ol\/Robert_J._Bradshaw.php<\/a>;
"Class Ring Stories,"<\/a> from the January\/February 2009 issue of the Carolina Alumni Review,<\/em> available online to GAA members<\/p>
","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 15:47","name":"S. Nelson Drew "},{"PID":"704151659","lname":"Connor","hometown":"Virginia Beach","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1987","dob":"June 21, 1965","dod":"Feb. 2, 1991","degree":"BSBA","photo":"704151659.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Persian Gulf","comments":"

Connor served as regimental commander of the NROTC units at UNC and at N.C. State University.<\/p>

After graduation, he was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy and was a bombardier-navigator aboard the A-6e Intruder attack plane. On his second deployment, as member of Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36 “Roadrunners”) on Feb. 2, 1991, he was flying his 15th combat mission when his plane was shot down off the coast of Kuwait. <\/p>

He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Navy Commendation Medal posthumously, and he was interred at Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>




","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/29\/2010 12:36","name":"Patrick Kelly Connor "},{"PID":"706676268","lname":"Adams","hometown":"Augusta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Unknown Day, 1843","dod":"Sept. 9, 1861","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Adams was killed at Santa Rosa Island, Fla. This action was an attempt to capture Ft. Pickens on this island near Pensacola, Fla.<\/p>

Adams was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>







","branch":"Possibly 5th Georgia Infantry","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 11:54","name":"Joseph Henry Adams "},{"PID":"706676402","lname":"Adams","hometown":"Andrews","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1928","dob":"Feb. 6, 1908","dod":"June 16, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706676402.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

At UNC, Adams was president of Phi Beta Kappa, advertising manager of the Carolina Playmakers, assistant business manager of the Buccaneer<\/em> and a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma and Golden Fleece.<\/p>

Before entering the service, Adams served as secretary of the general arbitration council of the Cotton Textile Institute and as secretary\/treasurer of the Textile Export Association. He was connected with the credit department of Bankers Trust Co. of New York for several years and then with Richmond Dry Goods Company for a short time.<\/p>

He entered the military in April 1942 as a second lieutenant in the intelligence division and was soon promoted to captain and later to major. He was killed while making a reconnaissance flight in New Guinea. He was flying with 11 others from the Philippines to Sydney, Australia, when his plane crashed. <\/p>

Source: GAA Alumni Records
<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 13:50","name":"Lionel Price Adams "},{"PID":"706677076","lname":"Adams","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Feb. 18, 1836","dod":"Sept. 17, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Adams was killed at "Bloody Lane," Sharpsburg, Md. The battle occurred during Lee's first invasion of Maryland. Sharpsburg (Antietam) saw the heaviest casualties of a single day in the entire war.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume VIII, page 20; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


















","branch":"Company B, \"Guilford Grays,\" 27th North Carolina","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 11:59","name":"William Adams "},{"PID":"706680591","lname":"Alexander","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1854","dob":"May 21, 1833","dod":"June 12, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Alexander held two additional degrees from the University - a law degree, LLB, awarded in 1860; and an MA-Special Alumni awarded in 1858.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"1st Regiment, N.C. Cavalry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/21\/2008 11:57","name":"William Lee Alexander "},{"PID":"706681178","lname":"Allen","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"July 29, 2016","dod":"March 19, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706681178.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Allen was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at UNC.<\/p>

Before entering the armed forces, he was vice president of the Southern Friction Materials Co. of Charlotte. He also was a member of the Y’s Men’s Club and the Charlotte Cotillion Club. <\/p>

Allen volunteered for service in April 1942 and was first assigned to duty in Washington, D.C. He was then sent to radar school at St. Simons Island, Ga., and soon afterward was assigned to sea duty in the Pacific.<\/p>

Allen died in the Japanese bombing of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin<\/em>. He was awarded the Purple Heart. His cousin by marriage, Lt. Robert E. Abell, 26, also was killed in the attack.  <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 15:51","name":"David Anderson Allen "},{"PID":"706681527","lname":"Allen","hometown":"Wadesboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Nov. 26, 1919","dod":"Listed as missing in action on Feb. 25, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706681527.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Henry Liles Allen graduated from Wadesboro High School in 1936, attended The Citadel for two years and then transferred to UNC.<\/p>

After graduating in 1940, he entered the service in January 1942 and completed flight training in June 1943. He joined the 15th Air Force in Italy in February 1944.<\/p>

On Feb. 20, 1944, the U.S. 8th and 15th Army Air Forces began Operation Argument, a weeklong series of operations against the German aircraft industry. These manufacturing facilities were heavily defended, and the 15th Air Force lost 90 aircraft of the slightly more than 500 that flew missions.<\/p>

On Feb. 25, 1944, Allen flew as co-pilot with an experienced B-17 crew to gain experience before taking command of his own airplane. The crew dropped their bombs on aircraft plants in Regensburg, Germany. On the way back, the plane was damaged by antiaircraft fire and German fighters. One of Allen’s surviving crewmates wrote to Allen’s mother:<\/p>

“The fighter struck, hit us from about 8 o’clock low, and some of his incendiary bullets pierced the bomb bays and set the gasoline on fire. Lieut. Knapp knew the situation, and slowly withdrew the plane from the formation so that it would not endanger the more fortunate planes that were returning home. Despite the intense heat and suffocating fumes, he and Lieut. Allen held the plane as level as possible, sounded the alarm, and allowed us to bail out.”<\/p>

Allen was listed as missing in action on Feb. 25, 1944, and was officially declared dead after the war.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Marion “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Mr. and Mr. Allen:<\/p>

“Henry loved the University, and always seemed to receive news from Chapel Hill with so much appreciation. We here feel that his service to his country has become a part of the imperishable traditions of the University and we honor his memory. I hope that the weight of sorrow which I know has been on your hearts is softened by happy memories of his useful life and service.”<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:01","name":"Henry Liles Allen "},{"PID":"706682146","lname":"Allen","hometown":"Granville County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Unknown Day, 1835","dod":"Sept. 17, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Allen was killed at "Bloody Lane," Sharpsburg, Md., on Sept. 17, 1862. This battle occurred during Lee's first invasion of Maryland. Sharpsburg (Antietam) saw the heaviest casualties of a single day in the entire war.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>








","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/19\/2010 17:06","name":"Robert L. Allen "},{"PID":"706683390","lname":"Allsop","hometown":"East Orange","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1939","dob":"April 27, 2016","dod":"May 8, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Allsop graduated from East Orange High School in 1933 and was enrolled at UNC during 1935-36. He then attended the U.S. Naval Academy.<\/p>

In May 1942, Allsop was a lieutenant aboard the oiler USS Neosho<\/em> (AO-23), which was part of a U.S. task force sent into the Coral Sea to prevent a Japanese landing at Port Moresby, New Guinea. The ensuing battle between aircraft carriers was the first in history and would also be the first in which the opposing fleets never gained sight of each other.
On May 7, Japanese scout planes located the Neosho<\/em> and her escort, the destroyer USS Sims<\/em> (DD-409). The scouts erroneously reported that the two vessels were a “carrier and a cruiser,” and they were subjected to a high-level bombing attack during the morning. All bombs missed, but an attack by torpedo planes about noon destroyed both ships. Allsop was declared missing in action, one the many casualties among the crew of the Neosho<\/em>. He was declared officially dead as of May 8, 1943.<\/p>

The ensuing Battle of the Coral Sea the next day cost the U.S. Navy the carrier Lexington<\/em>, as well as damage to the carrier Yorktown<\/em>. The Japanese light carrier Shoho<\/em> was sunk, the fleet carrier Shokaku<\/em> was badly damaged, and the air group of the fleet carrier Zuikaku<\/em> was badly depleted. The Yorktown<\/em> was repaired in time to participate in the battle of Midway one month later, but neither Japanese carrier was available for the decisive battle of the Pacific War.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:03","name":"Robert Thomas Allsop "},{"PID":"706685336","lname":"Anderson","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"April 12, 1831","dod":"Oct. 16, 1862","degree":"","photo":"706685336.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Anderson graduated from West Point in 1852 after attending UNC. He was wounded at Malvern Hill and then later, on Sept. 17, 1862, at Sharpsburg. He died 29 days later. <\/p>

The battle at Sharpsburg occurred during Lee’s first invasion of Maryland. Sharpsburg (Antietam) saw the single day’s heaviest casualties of the entire war.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>








","branch":"4th N.C. Infantry; and First Corps, 10th Regiment","rank":"Colonel (4th N.C.) and Brigadier General (First Corps)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 12:01","name":"George Burgwyn Anderson "},{"PID":"706685886","lname":"Anderson","hometown":"Tallahassee","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1860","dob":"July 21, 1841","dod":"April 6, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Anderson mustered in during May 1861 and was killed at Shiloh on April 6, 1862. On that date, a force of Confederates, commanded by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, attacked the Union Army under Gen. U.S. Grant at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. It became the bloodiest battle in U.S. history up to that time.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"First Florida Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:01","name":"Lawrence M. Anderson "},{"PID":"706686102","lname":"Anderson","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Jan. 23, 1838","dod":"About May 5, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Robert Anderson was the brother of Gen. George Burgwyn Anderson (class of 1852). He also was awarded a Special Alumni MA degree in 1860. <\/p>

Anderson was killed on or about May 5, 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness. This was the first advance by Union Gen. U.S. Grant against Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. It occurred in the heavily wooded area west of Fredericksburg, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>





","branch":"Cooke's Brigade","rank":"Lieutenant, assigned as ordinance officer to Cooke's Brigade","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/14\/2011 14:12","name":"Robert Walker Anderson "},{"PID":"706686492","lname":"Anderton","hometown":"Roanoke Rapids","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1930","dob":"Aug. 30, 1907","dod":"Declared dead on Oct. 26, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Anderton graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School in 1926 and attended the University during 1926-27. He became an accountant with the Virginia Electric and Power Co. He volunteered for the U.S. Navy in November 1943. He was assigned to the destroyer escort U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts<\/em> and promoted to petty officer grade in less than a year.<\/p>

On Oct. 25, 1944, the Roberts<\/em> was part of the screening force for Task Unit 77.4.3, codenamed “Taffy 3,” off the coast of Samar, as part of the U.S. force invading the Philippine Islands. A Japanese ruse had drawn the larger U.S. warships away from the invasion ships, which were composed of lightly armed escort carriers, destroyers and destroyer escorts, and transport ships. The Japanese force, which consisted of four battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and 11 destroyers, suddenly debouched from San Bernadino Strait, only 15 minutes from Taffy 3’s lightly armed escort carriers and screening vessels.<\/p>

Taffy 3’s commander, Rear Adm. Clifton Sprague, immediately ordered the three destroyers and four destroyer escorts of his screening group to make smoke to hide the slow escort carriers and to attack the greatly superior Japanese force.<\/p>

The Roberts’<\/em> commanding officer remembered:<\/p>

“To witness the conduct of the average enlisted man on board this vessel … with an average of less than one year’s service would make any man proud to be an average American. The crew were informed over the loudspeaker system at the beginning of the action of the C.O.’s estimate of the situation: i.e., a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected, during which time we would do what damage we could.”<\/p>

The Roberts<\/em> launched its three torpedoes, one of which struck the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma<\/em>. The Chikuma<\/em> displaced 11,215 tons and could fire a volley of eight eight-inch shells, each weighing 277 pounds. The Roberts<\/em> displaced 1,250 tons and was armed with two five-inch guns, which fired shells weighing 54 pounds each.<\/p>

The Roberts’<\/em> determined charge carried it so close to the Japanese cruiser that the cruiser could not depress its guns low enough to hit the smaller ship. In 35 minutes of fighting, the Roberts’<\/em> two gun crews fired 608 rounds of five inch ammunition. Eventually, three eight-inch shells from the Chikuma<\/em> struck the Roberts<\/em>, followed by three 14-inch shells from the Japanese battleship Kongo<\/em>. The unequal contest ended with the sinking of the Roberts<\/em>.<\/p>

The reckless charge of Taffy 3’s screening vessels served to convince the Japanese Adm. Kurita that he was being attacked by a much larger force. With the destruction of Gen. MacArthur’s Philippine invasion force within his grasp, he decided to withdraw his warships, thereby saving the transports, material and men of the American invasion force. The men of Taffy 3 were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their battle against impossible odds. Their experience is detailed in the book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors<\/em>. A total of 134 members of the crew of the Samuel B. Roberts<\/em> were rescued; 90 died with their ship.<\/p>

Anderton was among the missing and was declared officially dead on Oct. 26, 1945.

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
The Two Ocean War<\/em> by Samuel Eliot Morison;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Radarman Third Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:14","name":"Wilbur Edward Anderton "},{"PID":"706686841","lname":"Andrews","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Unknown Day, 1829","dod":"July 27, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Andrews was killed at Black and White’s, Va., (later known as Staunton, Va.) on June 27, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 104).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"2nd Regiment N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:02","name":"Clinton Milton Andrews "},{"PID":"706687196","lname":"Andrews","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"July 22, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"706687196.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Andrews was wounded in the hand and shoulder at Gaines Mill, Va., on June 27, 1862, and died at Richmond on July 22, 1862, of wounds and typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 35). For an account of how he escaped capture at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, by pretending to be a Federal officer, see the Wilmington Journal<\/em> of July 2, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, addenda).<\/p>

In addition to his bachelor's degree from the University, Andrews also was awarded an MA-Special Alumni degree in June 1856. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>","branch":"Company C, 4th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:03","name":"John Barr Andrews "},{"PID":"706687239","lname":"Andrews","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1915","dob":"Jan. 19, 1894","dod":"July 13, 2018","degree":"PhG","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Andrews studied pharmacy as a graduate student at UNC.<\/p>

He was killed when his seaplane exploded as it landed on a beach at the Naval Radio station at Chatham, Mass. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.naval-history.net<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 10:08","name":"Junius Franklin Andrews "},{"PID":"706688148","lname":"Anthony","hometown":"Scotland Neck","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"Nov. 30, 1836","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Anthony was killed at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume V,  page 196), the last of the Seven Days battle where Union forces under Gen. George McClellan attempted to capture Richmond by pushing up the peninsula between the James and York Rivers. Robert E. Lee had just been given command of the Confederate forces and by a series of attacks had pushed McClelland’s army away from Richmond. Gen. Lee ordered an attack on Malvern Hill, but by the time the attack was made, the Federals had strengthened the position with infantry and artillery. The result was an estimated 5,300 casualties among the attacking Confederates.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company G, 12th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:04","name":"John Hill Anthony "},{"PID":"706689637","lname":"Armstrong","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1841","dod":"June 7, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Armstrong was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864. After the Battle of the Wilderness, Lee blocked Grant’s path to Richmond at Spotsylvania. The Union attack on May 12 succeeded in capturing a Confederate Division, included the 3rd N.C. Armstrong died of his wounds on June 7, 1864 (Roster<\/em> volume 3, page 285).<\/p>

Armstrong was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company G, 3rd N.C. Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:04","name":"Edward H. Armstrong "},{"PID":"706690419","lname":"Arrington","hometown":"Montgomery","homestate":"Ala. (Originally from N.C.)","classyear":"1862","dob":"June 27, 1843","dod":"July 15, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Arrington was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862, and died on July 15, 1862, in Montgomery, Ala.

Arrington was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Possibly Company F, 3rd Alabama","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:05","name":"Archibald H. Arrington "},{"PID":"706692019","lname":"Atkins","hometown":"Knightdale","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Dec. 27, 1924","dod":"April 11, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Atkins graduated in 1941 from Knightdale High School, where he was president of the student council, editor of the school newspaper and had a leading role in a school play. He entered UNC in 1941 and was enrolled until 1943, when he was inducted into the U.S. Army.<\/p>

He trained with the 88th Chemical Battalion (Motorized) and participated in the invasion of Saipan as a member of Company “C.” The unit was re-designated as the 88th Chemical Mortar Battalion on Feb. 15, 1945, and participated in the Battle of Okinawa, which began on April 1, 1945. Atkins was killed in action on Okinawa on April 11, 1945.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon "Spike" Saunders '25 wrote to Atkins’ parents:<\/p>

"In the sacrifice that your son and others like him have made, I hope that all of us will live and work toward the end of eliminating war from the earth." <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.4point2.org\/88cmb.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:16","name":"James Clarence Atkins Jr."},{"PID":"706692149","lname":"Atkinson","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Feb. 14, 1915","dod":"May 10, 1944","degree":"BSME","photo":"706692149.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Atkinson entered UNC from New Hanover High School in 1931 and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon while at the University. After graduating with a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1936, he enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Navy. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as an ensign in October 1937.<\/p>

Atkinson was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) in February 1941. He rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, commanding Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45). He was killed in action when the PBY-5A he was piloting was lost over the South Atlantic on May 10, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/USN\/LLMay44.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant Commander","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:17","name":"Calder Atkinson "},{"PID":"706692165","lname":"Atkinson","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Unknown Day, 1843","dod":"After Oct. 29, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Atkinson likely saw action at the battles of Seven Days and Sharpsburg. He was wounded at Charlottesville, Va., on Oct. 29, 1863, and later died of pneumonia in hospital (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 585).<\/p>

Atkinson was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company I, 15th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:06","name":"Edward Ruffin Atkinson "},{"PID":"706692556","lname":"Attmore","hometown":"Craven County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Nov. 22, 1838","dod":"May 12, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Attmore was killed at Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 462). An early morning Federal assault broke through the angle of the “Mules Shoe,” a Confederate defensive position, and resulted in the capture of an entire southern division. The 2nd N.C., as part of Ramseur’s Brigade, helped drive the enemy out and recapture the works.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company I, 2nd N.C. Infantry","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:07","name":"Isaac Taylor Attmore "},{"PID":"706693667","lname":"Austin","hometown":"Tarboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown Day, November 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Austin contracted tuberculosis in September 1964. His date of death is not recorded (Roster<\/em>, volume VI,  page 205).

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.





","branch":"17th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Quartermaster Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/1\/2013 16:41","name":"William Henry Austin "},{"PID":"706694013","lname":"Averitt","hometown":"Bertie County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Unknown Day, 1831","dod":"June 12, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Averitt, who also had lived in Miccosukie, Fla., was wounded at the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died on June 12.

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.



","branch":"Possibly Company K, 5th Florida","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:16","name":"Jesse Averitt "},{"PID":"706694084","lname":"Avery","hometown":"Morganton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1839","dob":"Unknown Day, 1819","dod":"June 18, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"706694084.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Avery was awarded his bachelor's degree from the University in 1839. He was wounded at the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died on June 18, 1864, at Orange Court House, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 118)<\/p>

"Colonel Avery walked up and down our lines encouraging our men with both actions and words" (Clark, volume II, page 570).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"33rd N.C. Infantry, Lane's Brigade, Wilcox's Division, A.P. Hill\u0092s Corps, Army of Northern","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:08","name":"Clarke Moulton Avery "},{"PID":"706694172","lname":"Avery","hometown":"Morganton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"Dec. 20, 1828","dod":"July 2, 1863","degree":"","photo":"706694172.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Avery was mortally wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, Page 267). He led an attack up Cemetery Hill and reached top but had to give up its gains due to lack of support. He was quoted as saying, “Tell my father I died with my face toward the enemy.” He was a brother of William Waightstill Avery (class of 1837).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"6th N.C. Regiment, Hills' Brigade, Early's Division, Ewell's Corps","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/14\/2011 14:18","name":"Isaac Erwin Avery "},{"PID":"706694260","lname":"Avery","hometown":"Morganton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1837","dob":"May 25, 1816","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Avery was married to Mary, the daughter of Gov. John Motley Morehead (class of 1817), who called the first "official" organizational meeting of the Alumni Association in 1843 and is considered the first official president. Morehead was formally elected president in 1843. Avery also was a brother of Isaac Erwin Avery (class of 1851).<\/p>

In addition to his bachelor's degree, William Avery also was awarded a Special Alumni MA from the University in 1850 .<\/p>

He died in Morganton from wounds received in a skirmish with a party of Tennessee Unionists on July 3, 1864 (The Heritage of Burke County<\/em>, page 88).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:09","name":"William Waightstill Avery "},{"PID":"706694303","lname":"Avirett","hometown":"Onslow County","homestate":"N.C. (also Talladega, Fla.)","classyear":"1851","dob":"Feb. 1, 1829","dod":"Aug. 26, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Avirett was killed at Atlanta on Aug. 26, 1864.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:13","name":"John A. Avirett "},{"PID":"706694970","lname":"Ayers","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1944","dob":"Jan. 7, 1926","dod":"Sept. 16, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ayers, who went by the nickname "Skinner," was in the V-12 Marine program at UNC and was on campus from July 1943 to February 1944 in the V-12 program.<\/p>

A letter dated Oct. 11, 1944, from Alumni Secretary J. Maryon "Spike" Saunders '25 to Ayers' parents is filed in Ayers' Alumni Records' folder. "I have read in the newspaper about your son, Skinner Ayers, who has been killed in action in the Pacific," Saunders wrote. "This news brings real sorrow to us here at the University where he was a student. Please accept, on behalf of the University and all its alumni, our deepest sympathy."<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Marines","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:25","name":"Clarence Edward Ayers Jr."},{"PID":"706697694","lname":"Baird","hometown":"Drexel","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"June 30, 2026","dod":"March 4, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Baird entered the University from Drexel High School and was enrolled during 1943-44. He volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1944. He was killed on Iwo Jima on March 4, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:27","name":"Rondall McDowell Baird "},{"PID":"706699177","lname":"Bales","hometown":"Robbinsville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 10, 1922","dod":"Last seen on March 7, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706699177.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bales graduated from Robbinsville High School in 1938 and attended Brevard Junior College in 1938-40. In 1940, he transferred to UNC, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and was a monogram letter winner.<\/p>

After graduation, he attended the midshipman’s school at Northwestern University and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy on Oct. 28, 1943. He then attended the Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center at Melville, R.I., until Jan. 28, 1944. After a brief home leave, he sailed from California to New Guinea, landing there about Feb. 24.<\/p>

On the evening of March 6, 1944, Bales was a visiting officer aboard PT-337, which left Saidor, New Guinea, for a patrol in the area of Hansa Bay and Madang. In the early hours of March 7, PT 337 was hit by Japanese fire, and the crew was forced to abandon ship. During two days aboard a life raft, Bales swam to gather driftwood to make the raft more buoyant. When Manam Island was sighted, Bales and two crewmates swam to the island and were seen on the beach. The crew members aboard the raft observed Japanese on the island but could not state whether Bales and his comrades had been captured. They did not see Bales after their last sighting.<\/p>

The remainder of the crew was picked up by a PBY patrol aircraft on March 11. No trace of Bales was ever found, and he was declared officially dead as of Jan. 16, 1946.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:30","name":"Bruce Sullivan Bales "},{"PID":"706699744","lname":"Ballard","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"April 23, 1836","dod":"Unknown Day","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Ballard was killed in Corinth, Miss. <\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Ballard also held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1861.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:42","name":"John William Ballard "},{"PID":"706702912","lname":"Barlow","hometown":"Grosse Pointe","homestate":"Mich.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Jan. 28, 1921","dod":"Dec. 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706702912.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Barlow went by the nickname "Bud." He attended Carolina in 1940-42 and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.<\/p>

Barlow, a flight officer, enlisted in October 1941 and went overseas in August 1942, serving in combat missions over Europe. He was sent to Burma in July 1944. He was killed while on a combat mission over Burma.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Flight Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:37","name":"Cyril B. Barlow "},{"PID":"706703687","lname":"Barnes","hometown":"Stantonsburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"June 18, 1838","dod":"May 31, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"706703687.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Barnes was killed in the battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, while leading his men against fortified positions.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company F, 4th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:20","name":"Jesse Sharpe Barnes "},{"PID":"706704121","lname":"Barnes","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"May 17, 2017","dod":"Dec. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Barnes, whose full name was Vauclain Winston Barnes, was a student at Carolina in 1934-36. He did clerical work before entering the service.<\/p>

Barnes received his wings and commission in January 1944 and then received B-24 bomber training and was made a pilot instructor. He was stationed at Fort Worth, Texas, when he was killed in a plane crash near his station.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:44","name":"V. Winston Barnes "},{"PID":"706706499","lname":"Bartlette","hometown":"Sumter","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1842","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"ABSC","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bartlette enlisted as a private and was elected to command in May 1862. He was twice wounded, including on June 20, 1862, while leading his men in an attack at Savage’s Station east of Richmond. He later died of wounds, but the date was not reported.<\/p>

Bartlette was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"2nd South Carolina (Sumter) Volunteers, Kershaw's Brigade","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:21","name":"Leonard White Bartlette "},{"PID":"706706965","lname":"Baskerville","hometown":"Mecklenburg County","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1848","dob":"Oct. 16, 1829","dod":"July 2, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"706706965.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Baskerville graduated with high honors from the University and was the valedictorian of his class - he delivered the valedictory address in Latin, according to Clark's history. About 1849, Baskerville moved to Granville County, N.C.<\/p>

Clark's history reports that Baskerville was "without military ambition. but, impelled by a strong sense of duty, he joined the army and was elected [c]aptain" of his company in 1862. "Refusing promotion," according to Clark, "he remained with his company, serving with courage and ability. Falling, wounded to death at Gettysburg, he died the next day."<\/p>

The Confederate advance toward Gettysburg came at first from the west. Gen. Ewell’s troops were north of the town and attacked from that direction and drove the Union defenders through the streets of the town. However, the 23rd North Carolina, as part of Iverson’s Brigade, walked into a trap due to faulty command on the brigade level. This brigade advanced without knowing that a Union brigade was positioned behind a stone wall on its left. Iverson’s Brigade received a deadly fire down the entire length of its line. It was in this action that Baskerville was wounded. He died on July 2, 1863.<\/p>

"Captain Baskerville was of the highest type of Southern gentlemen. ... His devoted wife, crushed at the tidings of his death, took to her bed and never rose again" (Clark, volume 2, page 239).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 226, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume II, page 239.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Company I, 23rd N.C. Infantry, Iverson's Brigade, Rodes Division, Ewell's Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/11\/2010 15:32","name":"George Thomas Baskerville "},{"PID":"706707122","lname":"Bason","hometown":"Alamance County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

This soldier may have been recorded as Sgt. Joseph H. Bason of the 6th N.C. Regiment who was from Alamance County and who died there on Aug. 17, 1861, of typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 300 and page 303).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:23","name":"Joseph Trolinger Bason "},{"PID":"706707308","lname":"Bass","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1863","dob":"May 1, 1841","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bass entered the University in 1859.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Bass was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 26 students who entered the University in 1859 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 706.<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:26","name":"Edward F. Bass "},{"PID":"706708666","lname":"Battle","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Feb. 24, 1833","dod":"Feb. 4, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Battle died of disease at Camp Dudley near Yorktown, Va., on Feb. 4, 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:44","name":"Henry Lawrence Battle "},{"PID":"706708839","lname":"Battle","hometown":"Hopewell","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1911","dob":"Oct. 24, 1891","dod":"July 19, 2018","degree":"AB","photo":"706708839.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

After graduating from UNC, Battle studied law at Fordham University. He practiced law with his uncle on Wall Street and later was appointed assistant district attorney, serving for two years until he enlisted in May 1917 at the National Army's Officer Candidate School in Plattesburg, N.Y., where he received his commission. He sailed for France in August 1917. <\/p>

Battle was in line for promotion to captain when he was killed.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:50","name":"John Manning Battle "},{"PID":"706708842","lname":"Battle","hometown":"Chapel Hill and Oxford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Aug. 13, 1841","dod":"Oct. 1 or 2, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"706708842.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Robert E. Lee invaded Maryland in September 1862, sending orders to concentrate the three wings of his army at Sharpsburg. There were Union forces dangerously close to the Confederates on the east side of South Mountain that had to be denied the passes to cross the mountain. Junius Battle was wounded there on Sept. 14, 1862, and he died of his wounds on Oct. 1-2, 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company D, 12th North Carolina Regiment","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:45","name":"Junius Cullen Battle "},{"PID":"706709009","lname":"Battle","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1863","dob":"Oct. 13, 1843","dod":"Aug. 22, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"706709009.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Wesley Lewis Battle was among those injured in the Pickett-Pettigrew Charge on July 3, 1863. Battle was in the second line of the charge in support of Pettigrew and was wounded in the left arm, which was later amputated. He died in the Gettysburg hospital on Aug. 22, 1863.<\/p>

Battle also was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 509, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume II, page 661.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"37th N.C. Infantry, Lane's Brigade, Trimble\u0092s Division","rank":"Third Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:45","name":"Wesley Lewis Battle "},{"PID":"706710100","lname":"Beach","hometown":"Morganton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1916","dob":"Aug. 29, 1891","dod":"Oct. 8, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Lewis Beach was a member of Kappa Psi fraternity at UNC. He also attended the pharmaceutical course at Carolina in spring 1914. He passed the state board in 1915 and later practiced pharmacy in Winston-Salem.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in February 1917. He was killed at Chateau-Thierry. The April 1919 issue of the Alumni Review<\/em> reported that Beach had recently been reported buried in France after having been designated for several months as missing in action. A memorial service was held on April 6, 1919.<\/p>

Source: GAA Alumni Records<\/p>


","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 14:47","name":"Newton Lewis Beach "},{"PID":"706712407","lname":"Beckham","hometown":"Statesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 4, 2020","dod":"Sept. 4, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706712407.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Beckham entered the University from Statesville High School in 1939 and was enrolled at UNC during 1939-41.<\/p>

He completed flight school and was awarded his wings and his commission in December 1942. Beckham was killed when his plane crashed in the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 4, 1943.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote the family, expressing condolences on behalf of the University community and observed: “The sacrifice which you have been called upon to make in giving your son is shared also by the University. This sacrifice makes us here all the more determined to see the job he was doing carried through to a final victory and a better world.”<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:46","name":"William Moore Beckham "},{"PID":"706713361","lname":"Belinkie","hometown":"Bridgeport","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Jan. 26, 1918","dod":"Listed as missing in action on Feb. 7, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Belinkie entered the University from the Junior College of Connecticut and was enrolled at UNC during 1935-36. He attended the University of Bridgeport in 1936, after attending Carolina.<\/p>

He was flying as a bombardier with the U.S. Air Force when he was reported “missing in action somewhere over Austria” on Feb. 7, 1945. He was declared officially dead one year later.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:48","name":"I. George Belinkie "},{"PID":"706714081","lname":"Bell","hometown":"Statesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"Unknown Day, 1829","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bell died in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:28","name":"James Franklin Bell "},{"PID":"706714267","lname":"Bell","hometown":"Oxford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Feb. 3, 1842","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bell was killed at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:29","name":"Luther Rice Bell "},{"PID":"706714690","lname":"Bellamy","hometown":"Marianna","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1851","dob":"April 5, 1832","dod":"July 27, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bellamy, a physician who also had lived in Bolivar County, Miss., was killed in Ringold, Ga., on July 27, 1864.<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Bellamy held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1855.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:29","name":"Charles Edward Bellamy "},{"PID":"706715235","lname":"Benbow","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"March 23, 2018","dod":"July 16, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Benbow graduated from Greensboro High School in 1935. After two years at Guilford College, he enrolled at the University.<\/p>

He entered the Army Air Force in October 1941 and was an instructor in air combat maneuvers before going overseas in February 1945. He was married to the former Margaret Emily Coe of Sarasota, Fla., on June 11, 1944.<\/p>

He was a member of the 457th Fighter squadron of the 506th Fighter Group, stationed on Iwo Jima, and was operations officer at the time of his death. The 506th had flown many long-range missions to the Japanese mainland and was on such a mission on July 16, 1945. The missions involved attacks on ground targets to prepare for the projected invasion of Japan. Benbow’s P-51 did not return from the mission, and the Japanese ace Maj. Yokeno Hinoki was given credit for having shot down Benbow.<\/p>

Benbow’s nephew, Dr. John Benbow, investigated the circumstances surrounding his uncle’s death after the war. Benbow’s squadron mates remember him as “too good a pilot to be ambushed like that” and as “a great pilot who was also very cautious.” He could have been a possible victim of high-speed compression of his aircraft controls, to which the P-51 was prone. His squadron flight surgeon remembered him as “the most popular boy in the squadron” in a letter to Benbow’s widow.

Benbow received a number of citations for bravery. His remains were recovered on a mountainside near Nagoya, Japan, and he was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.506thfightergroup.org\/<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Captain; served as operations officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:50","name":"John Wesley Long Benbow "},{"PID":"706715293","lname":"Benbury","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1847","dob":"Feb. 9, 1827","dod":"July 3, 1862","degree":"","photo":"706715293.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Benbury received his bachelor's degree from Princeton after attending UNC.<\/p>

He was wounded at Malvern Hill and died in Richmond on July 3, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 144).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company A, 1st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:47","name":"John Avery Benbury "},{"PID":"706717428","lname":"Berkeley","hometown":"Charlottesville","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Oct. 5, 1913","dod":"Aug. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Berkeley graduated from the University of Virginia in 1936 with a degree in business and was enrolled at UNC in 1939-40. He was married to Evelyn Warren, of Warner Robins, Ga., and was employed by Atlantic Mutual Insurance on Wall Street when he entered the Army on Nov. 12, 1941.<\/p>

Berkeley entered France in late June 1944 and was killed in a German ambush near Paris on Aug. 23, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
The Library of Virginia;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:58","name":"William Noland Berkeley Jr."},{"PID":"706718441","lname":"Berryman","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"Ky.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Aug. 15, 1915","dod":"March 26, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706718441.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Berryman entered UNC after one year at the University of Kentucky and was enrolled at Chapel Hill in 1935-36.<\/p>

Berryman was listed as missing in action over Holland on March 26, 1944. He was later determined to have been killed in action on that date. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 14:59","name":"William Connor Berryman "},{"PID":"706723494","lname":"Blake","hometown":"Miccosukie","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1850","dob":"Unknown Day, 1831","dod":"Probably July 1-3, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Blake was killed at Gettysburg, probably during July 1-3, 1863.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>



","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:30","name":"Joel Clifton Blake "},{"PID":"706723609","lname":"Blakeley","hometown":"Seaford","homestate":"Ireland","classyear":"1801","dob":"Unknown day, 1782","dod":"Unknown day, 1814","degree":"","photo":"706723609.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"War of 1812","comments":"


Johnston Blakeley, one of America's early naval heroes, studied at the University from 1796 to 1799 and was forgotten by many until 2001, when a book by Stephen W. H. Duffy, Captain Blakeley and the Wasp: The Cruise of 1814<\/em>, was published. <\/p>

The following is excerpted from a news report in the Carolina Alumni Review<\/em>'s Books section in September\/October 2001 by Ian Drake '92:<\/p>

"Blakeley was an Irish immigrant, the second and sole-surviving son of parents who immigrated from Seaford, County Down, Ireland, via Philadelphia and Charleston, to Wilmington in the 1780s. Blakeley was orphaned by age 16, shortly after entering the University to begin preparation for the legal career envisioned by his father. Duffy speculates his family may have died from the prevalent yellow fever of Wilmington's coastal climate. <\/p>

"At the time of Blakeley's entry into the University in 1796, the institution was barely a year old. Blakeley joined the Philanthropic Society from 1797 to 1799. He participated in debates such as: ‘Is luxury always the cause of the downfall of nations?' Such a topic was timely, with the French Revolution only eight years old. <\/p>

"Later that year, 1799, Blakeley left Carolina without a degree, supposedly for financial reasons. In the same year - when Napoleon returned from Egypt to claim France, Britain consolidated its hold upon southern India and George Washington died - Blakeley accepted his appointment to the U.S. Navy. <\/p>

"Blakeley went on to serve in the Navy during the confrontations with the Barbary states of northern Africa and the War of 1812, against Britain. In the latter, Blakeley was the commander of a sloop of war, the Wasp<\/em>, and obtained the unusual distinction of capturing 13 enemy ships and defeating two others during a single cruise in the eastern Atlantic, Britain's home waters. Duffy argues that this amazingly successful wartime voyage is the reason Blakeley should be remembered. On Sept. 23, 1814, Blakeley assigned some of his men to take the captured British ship, the Atalanta<\/em>, back to America as a prize of war while Blakeley would continue with his assigned mission of harassing British commercial ships. However, the prize crew of the Atalanta<\/em> were the last people known to have seen Blakeley and his men alive. <\/p>

"The Wasp<\/em> and its captain and crew disappeared without a trace in 1814. Although British naval records recommend a romantically enigmatic suspicion that Blakeley's ship continued to roam the British home waters after September 1814, no definitive sightings are known to have been recorded. Duffy suspects that Blakeley's ship and crew most likely were lost at sea in one of the many storms of the Atlantic, off the African or Carolina coasts. <\/p>

"The U.S. eventually would win the War of 1812, to which the Wasp<\/em>'s crew and Blakeley made the ultimate contribution. Duffy's book recalls the all-but-forgotten Capt. Blakeley's contribution to an almost-forgotten war and to American naval history. For North Carolinians, Duffy's book reminds us of the state's early years and the turbulent youth of the University."<\/p>

In 1816, the N.C. Legislature honored Blakeley by awarding his wife a sword and the right of a free education for their daughter. Congress also presented him a gold medal posthumously for the capture of the Reindeer<\/em> - a British brig won through hand-to-hand fighting and a victory for which Blakeley is often remembered - and Blakeley's various acts of bravery.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
Carolina Alumni Review<\/em>, September\/October 2001, Books<\/p>

 <\/p>



","branch":"Navy","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"10\/27\/2010 11:19","recordUpdated":"10\/27\/2010 17:00","name":"Johnston Blakeley "},{"PID":"706724879","lname":"Bledsoe","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 30, 1918","dod":"Jan. 5, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bledsoe attended Greensboro Senior High School and McCallie Military School before entering Guilford College. He transferred to UNC in 1938 and was a senior when he was inducted into the Army in September 1940.<\/p>

After training at Camp Wolters, Texas; Camp Livingstone, La.; and Fort Devens, Mass., he was sent to Australia as part of an anti-tank unit, probably with the 32nd Infantry Division. Bledsoe was killed in action against the Japanese in New Guinea on Jan. 5, 1943.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 15:01","name":"Thomas Ruffin Bledsoe "},{"PID":"706725137","lname":"Bloch","hometown":"Brooklyn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Sept. 22, 1921","dod":"Feb. 12, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706725137.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bloch entered the University from Brooklyn Academy in 1939 and was enrolled until 1942. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1942. He died at Walter Reed Army Hospital.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 15:02","name":"Frederick Lionel Bloch "},{"PID":"706725906","lname":"Blue","hometown":"Laurinburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"March 15, 2013","dod":"Dec. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Blue was a student at UNC in 1930-31. He owned and operated Blue's Laundry and Dry Cleaning before entering the service in April 1941. <\/p>

Blue received his training at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, Ga., and served in the Infantry's 7th Division. He was killed in action at Leyte in the Philippines.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 15:11","name":"Daniel Albert Blue "},{"PID":"706728268","lname":"Bond","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1911","dob":"May 15, 1890","dod":"Nov. 10, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Bond, the son of a judge, completed his law education at the University and passed the Supreme Court exam before he was 21. He was practicing law with his father when the U.S. sent troops into Mexico to deal with revolutionary Pancho Villa. Bond was the first man to join the Edenton company following a call for volunteers.<\/p>

Returning from the Mexican border, Bond remained in the military and went to France in early 1918. He was a member of the 30th Infantry Division, a unit of the Army National Guard in both world wars. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson, and included men from the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee.<\/p>

Bond was injured in action in France in October 1918 and died a month later from his wounds. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army National Guard, 30th Division","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 11:53","name":"Edward Griffith Bond "},{"PID":"706728356","lname":"Bond","hometown":"Winchester","homestate":"Mass.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Oct. 23, 1913","dod":"Aug. 12, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bond entered the University from Governor Dummer Academy and Amherst College in 1934 and was enrolled until June 1935. He later worked in insurance.<\/p>

He was a member of the crew of the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Quincy<\/em>, which furnished preparatory fires for the invasion of Guadalcanal and fire support once the Marines were ashore.<\/p>

On the evening of Aug. 8-9, 1942, the Quincy<\/em> was part of an Allied cruiser force guarding the anchorage of the American transport ships off Savo Island. The U.S. force was surprised by a Japanese force of cruisers and destroyers, and four of the cruisers in the Allied force were sunk, including the Quincy<\/em>.<\/p>

According to the naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison: “Quincy<\/em> … took the worst beating; but in the opinion of the Japanese, she put up the best fight of any Allied ship that night.”<\/p>

A salvo of eight-inch shells from Quincy<\/em> hit the Japanese cruiser Chokai<\/em> and demolished the Japanese commander’s staff chartroom. The Quincy<\/em> was hit by numerous Japanese shells and torpedoes and sank at 2:35 a.m., Aug. 9.<\/p>

Bond was one of the 529 seamen and officers who were lost with the Quincy<\/em>.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
The Two Ocean War <\/em>by Samuel Eliot Morison;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>
<\/em><\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 15:13","name":"Jacob Waldo Bond "},{"PID":"706730379","lname":"Borden","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"July 3, 2017","dod":"Feb. 5, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"706730379.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Borden graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1934. He was enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in 1934 and the U.S. Naval Academy in 1936. He enrolled at the University in 1937 and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Carolina.<\/p>

After graduating in 1939, he did post-graduate work in public accounting and business law at the Bowling Green (Ky.) Business University, where he was a member of Beta Pi, the national business fraternity. <\/p>

He volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1940 and then volunteered in the infantry in June 1941, completing preliminary training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., where he was recommended for Officers’ Candidate School. He received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1942. In a few months, he was promoted to first lieutenant and became an instructor in heavy weapons at the Fort Benning officers’ school.<\/p>

He went to France in October 1944, fighting in France, Belgium and Germany under Maj. Gen. Edwin C. Parker, and was a member of Company M of the 309th Regiment, a part on the U.S. First Army. The 309th relieved elements of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division around Entenpfuhl, Germany, over Dec. 1-12, 1944. The 309th had taken the towns of Simmerath, Bickerath and Witzerath and were fighting for Ketzenich when the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive on Dec. 18, 1944.<\/p>

The 78th Division was among the American units on the northern shoulder of the “Bulge” that were placed under British control. The 78th Division held the territory it had taken through the desperate fighting during late December 1944, and on Dec. 30 attacked Ketzenich once more, taking it on Feb. 2, 1945.<\/p>

Borden was killed in action on Feb. 5, 1945, as the 78th Division advanced on the town of Schmidt, Germany.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.lonesentry.com\/gi_stories_booklets\/78thinfantry\/index.html<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. First Army, 309th Regiment, Company M","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"11\/6\/2009 15:15","name":"Paul Lambert Borden Jr."},{"PID":"706732373","lname":"Bower","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"July 3, 2016","dod":"Listed as missing in action on Oct. 26, 1942","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jack Bower entered UNC from Lexington High School. After working for the State Employment Service in Charlotte, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He completed flight training in September 1939 and was assigned to Fighting Squadron Seven aboard the U.S.S. Wasp<\/em>.<\/p>

Bower wrote about some of his early flying experiences in a humorous article titled, “I Learned About Flying From That,” which was published in the national magazine Flying and Popular Aviation<\/em>. He also maintained a correspondence with Professor A.P. Hudson of the University’s English department.<\/p>

In summer 1942, by then a full lieutenant, Bower was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Hornet<\/em>. The Hornet<\/em> was a major factor in the naval battles around Guadalcanal, which were noteworthy for the attrition on both sides. From Sept. 24, 1942, until Oct. 24, 1942, the Hornet<\/em> was the only undamaged U.S. carrier in the South Pacific. She was reinforced by the U.S.S. Enterprise<\/em> on Oct. 24 to counter a Japanese naval attack, timed to support the Japanese land attack on Henderson Field, the airfield being tenuously held by the U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal. (That experience is detailed in the book The Two Ocean War<\/em> by Samuel Eliot Morison.)<\/p>

The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands took place on Oct. 26, 1942. In the dogfighting attendant to bombing and torpedo attacks on the Japanese vessels, Lt. Bower’s plane was shot down, and he was reported missing in action. He was declared officially deceased after the end of the war.<\/p>

Bower was awarded the Silver Star medal for gallantry in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
The Two Ocean War<\/em> by Samuel Eliot Morison;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:19","name":"John Calhoun Bower Jr."},{"PID":"706732429","lname":"Bowers","hometown":"Littleton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Jan. 21, 1924","dod":"April 1, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bowers also attended Wake Forest College (1942-43).<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"U.S. Navy Reserves","rank":"Hospital Apprentice First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 14:00","name":"Harry Miller Bowers "},{"PID":"706733455","lname":"Boyd","hometown":"Gastonia","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 30, 2021","dod":"April 9, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Boyd graduated from Gastonia High School in 1938. After two years at Mars Hill College, he was enrolled at the University in 1940-41. <\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1942 and joined the 8th Air Force in England as a B-17 pilot in January 1944.
 
Boyd was a pilot aboard a B-17 that was lost over Poland on April 9, 1944. He was flying his 12th mission.<\/p>

Before going overseas, he worked at Citizens National Bank.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"8th U.S. Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 14:04","name":"Carroll Glenn Boyd "},{"PID":"706734120","lname":"Boyette","hometown":"Smithfield","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"March 8, 2017","dod":"Oct. 8, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706734120.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Boyette entered the University from Smithfield High School in 1934 and received his bachelor's degree in commerce in 1938. He worked with Burlington Mills before volunteering for service in February 1942, entering the Army Air Force at Maxwell Field, Ala. In January 1943, he received his wings and his commission as a second lieutenant from the Southeastern Army Air Forces Training Center at Albany, Ga.<\/p>

Boyette was co-pilot of a medium bomber that crashed during a routine training flight near West Point, Ky. All the crew were killed.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 14:05","name":"Norment Glenn Boyette "},{"PID":"706734641","lname":"Boynton","hometown":"Bristol","homestate":"R.I.","classyear":"1933","dob":"Dec. 16, 1910","dod":"March 28, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Boynton entered the University in 1931 after two years at Amherst College and received his bachelor’s degree in 1933 and was employed in advertising.<\/p>

He was killed when his plane was lost flying the “Hump” route between India and China.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 16:09","name":"John Boynton "},{"PID":"706735215","lname":"Bradford","hometown":"Tallahassee","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Unknown Day, 1836","dod":"Oct. 9, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Confederates under Gen. Richard Anderson crossed from the mainland to attack and capture Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, Fla. Bradford was killed in this attack on Oct. 9, 1861. Union reinforcements foiled the attack. <\/p>

Bradford  was the first Confederate officer from Florida to die in the war, and Bradford County bears his name.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901; photo from Florida State Archives.<\/p>




","branch":"1st Florida Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:53","name":"Richard H. Bradford "},{"PID":"706736746","lname":"Branch","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1865","dob":"Unknown Day, 1844","dod":"Aug. 15, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Branch was discharged on July 6, 1862, and possibly joined another unit.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"3rd Regiment, N.C. Cavalry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 14:40","name":"Joseph Henry Branch "},{"PID":"706736759","lname":"Branch","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1838","dob":"Nov. 28, 1820","dod":"Sept. 17, 1862","degree":"","photo":"706736759.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lawrence Branch began the war as colonel of the 33rd Regiment, N.C. State Troops. He was appointed brigadier general on Jan. 17, 1862, and commanded a brigade in Gen. A.P. Hill's Division of "Stonewall" Jackson's Corps. <\/p>

Branch’s Brigade was part of the Confederate force that captured the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., during Lee’s invasion of Maryland in September 1862. Jackson left A.P. Hill’s Division to accept the Union surrender and parole some 11,000 prisoners while he joined Lee and Longstreet at Sharpsburg. The one-day battle was fought on Sept. 17, 1862, and Union Gen. McClellan’s attacks had Lee’s army on the verge of defeat by late afternoon. The timely arrival of Hill’s division, after a 12-mile march, prevented a Confederate defeat. <\/p>

After driving the Federals back, Gen. Branch was conferring with the other brigade commanders about subsequent attacks when he was killed by a Union sniper.<\/p>

Gen. A.P. Hill said of him, “If he had not been killed, he would have undoubtedly been promoted to a major general.”<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Commanded Branch's Brigade","rank":"Brigadier General","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:41","name":"Lawrence O'Bryan Branch "},{"PID":"706737961","lname":"Braswell","hometown":"Whitakers","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"April 24, 2019","dod":"Jan. 25, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Braswell enlisted on Dec. 30, 1940, at Fort Bragg, and served in the 91st Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomber Group.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart and is memorialized at the Fort William McKinley Monument in Manila, the Philippines.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:22","name":"Homer Parham Braswell "},{"PID":"706738812","lname":"Breckenridge","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Nov. 10, 1915","dod":"May 4, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"706738812.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Breckenridge entered the University from Chapel Hill High School and The Virginia Episcopal School in 1933. By the time he received his bachelor's degree in 1937, he had contributed specimens to the collection of the biology department and served as co-author of Birds of Chapel Hill<\/em> (Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 51). He took geology to better understand the Earth and became a proficient surveyor. He also served as an assistant in the pharmacology department.<\/p>

He entered UNC's School of Medicine with the class of 1939 but completed the basic science program in 1940 after spending an extra year as a fellow in pharmacology. He graduated from UNC's Certificate in Medicine program and received his medical degree from McGill University in 1942 and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. After qualifying as a flight surgeon, he was stationed at Camp Kearney in San Diego in June 1944, with an air combat service unit to the commandos. In addition to his interest in the study of birds, Breckenridge was interested in fencing, skiing, Spanish and French. He also was active with the Boy Scouts and once held two eight-hour-a-day internships at the same time — one at the Naval Hospital on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay and one at St. Mary’s Hospital across town.<\/p>

Breckenridge was killed on a volunteer training mission when the fuel tanks abroad a U.S. Navy blimp carrying the young physician and seven commandos exploded as the aircraft was nearing its dock. Breckenridge tried to jump into a tree to break his fall but failed and was killed. None of the crew and passengers survived.

The Spicer-Breckenridge Memorial Lectures were established at UNC's School of Medicine in honor of Breckenridge and Emmett Robinson Spicer '37, an undergraduate classmate who also was killed as a service doctor in World War II. Spicer, a surgeon with the 462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, was killed during the battle of Corregidor Island. The lectures focus on the humanistic aspects of life, especially of the practice of medicine.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>



<\/p>







","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:15","name":"Arnold Breckenridge "},{"PID":"706738841","lname":"Breckinridge","hometown":"Summit Point","homestate":"W.Va.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Nov. 19, 1925","dod":"Oct. 9, 1951","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Breckinridge was a company executive officer in the First Marine Division. He was killed in action in northern Korea.<\/p>

For his action in World War II and the Korean War, he had received the Silver Star, Purple Heart (with gold star in lieu of a second award) and other citations, including the China Service Medal, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal, the World War II Medal, the Korean Theater Medal with one bronze battle star and the United Nations Medal.<\/p>

He had nine years of service in the Marine Corps; his father, also a Marine, had been a lieutenant general. His brother, James T. Breckinridge ’44, also was a first lieutenant and was in the V-12 program at UNC.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 11:31","name":"John Cabell Breckinridge "},{"PID":"706739558","lname":"Brewer","hometown":"Marshville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1954","dob":"Jan. 19, 1932","dod":"Nov. 20, 1952","degree":"","photo":"706739558.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Brewer was enrolled at the University in the 1950-51 academic year and was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1951, completed training as a hospital corpsman and was ordered to Korea in September 1952. <\/p>

Brewer was attached to Headquarters and Service Company, Second Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment on Nov. 20, 1952, when he was killed in action by shell fragments while tending his wounded comrades.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"U.S. Navy","rank":"Hospitalman, Third Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 11:30","name":"Coy Marcus Brewer "},{"PID":"706740806","lname":"Briggs","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 10, 1920","dod":"Dec. 27, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706740806.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Briggs entered UNC from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh and was enrolled in 1939-40. He played football at UNC, where he also was a member of Sigma Nu.<\/p>

He volunteered for service on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he entered the service in March 1942. Before the war, he had been associated with the Thos. H. Briggs and Sons firm. He completed his pilot training and won his wings at the AAF School at Brooks Field in San Antonio, Texas. In July 1943, he left for service in India. <\/p>

Briggs died after having spent 13 months in a Japanese prison camp at Rangoon. He had been piloting a P-51 when he was attacked north of Rangoon by four Zeros on Nov. 27, 1943. Shot down, he bailed out safely and was turned over to the Japanese by Burmese natives. He initially was listed as missing in action.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 16:23","name":"Everitt Edward Briggs Jr."},{"PID":"706740923","lname":"Briggs","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"May 11, 2017","dod":"Jan. 11, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706740923.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Briggs was enrolled at the University in 1935-38. After leaving UNC, he was employed by the General Exchange Insurance Co.<\/p>

He volunteered for the service in early 1942 and received his pilot’s wings and commission in December 1942. He was killed in a plane crash near Brooks Field, Texas, on Jan. 11, 1943.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:28","name":"Oliver David Briggs "},{"PID":"706744194","lname":"Brooks","hometown":"St. Petersburg","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1943","dob":"July 11, 2018","dod":"March 22, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706744194.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brooks transferred to the University from the University of Florida and was enrolled at UNC in 1939-41. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.<\/p>

He received his pilot’s wings and his commission in early 1942 and went to the 8th Air Force in England in July 1942.<\/p>

Brooks was flying a B-17 on a raid on Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on March 22, 1943, when the plane was attacked by German fighters. The plane was last seen, surrounded by German fighters, heading toward the Dutch border. No trace of the crew or plane was ever found.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>","branch":"8th Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:23","name":"Glenn Ulrich Brooks Jr."},{"PID":"706744253","lname":"Brooks","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Jan. 12, 1923","dod":"June 18, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706744253.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brooks was enrolled as a student at UNC from September 1940 until June 1942. He completed pre-flight training at UNC in February 1943 and took primary flight training at the Chicago, Ill., Naval Reserve Aviation Base. On Sept. 1, 1943, he was graduated from the Corpus Christi, Texas, NATC and commissioned an ensign.<\/p>

On June 18, 1944, Brooks was aboard an aircraft that had taken off from the Naval Air Station at St. Simon’s, Ga. The plane crashed near South Boston, Va., and he was killed.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/30\/2010 8:34","name":"Henry Iverson Brooks "},{"PID":"706744514","lname":"Brooks","hometown":"Seaside","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 4, 1918","dod":"Nov. 5, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706744514.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brooks was enrolled at the University in 1939-40 after graduating from Shallotte High School and spending one year at Louisburg College. He was employed by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. at Wilmington before entering the military in September 1943.<\/p>

In February 1944, he was sent overseas as a member of the 7th Army. He was wounded at Anzio in June 1944 and was killed in action in France on Nov. 5, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"7th Army infantry unit","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:26","name":"Norwood Orrell Brooks "},{"PID":"706745553","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Middletown","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1933","dob":"Oct. 10, 1909","dod":"May 24, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706745553.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brown transferred to UNC after two years at Dartmouth College and was enrolled at UNC in 1931-33.<\/p>

He was killed in Italy on May 24, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:50","name":"Bernard Francis Brown "},{"PID":"706746547","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Aug. 30, 1912","dod":"Aug. 2, 1945","degree":"PHG","photo":"706746547.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brown entered the University from Greensboro High School in 1930 and received his graduate degree in pharmacy in 1934. Before the war, he practiced pharmacy in Roanoke, Va.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942. On Aug. 2, 1945, Brown was killed on Okinawa in a vehicle accident while transporting a patient to a hospital.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
interment.net\/data\/us\/nc\/orange\/efland_um\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Chief Pharmacist Mate","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 15:52","name":"Gordon Hershel Brown "},{"PID":"706746778","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Wilkesboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Jan. 14, 1835","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Brown was killed in Springfield, Mo., in 1861.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:15","name":"Hugh Thomas Brown "},{"PID":"706748785","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Wrightsville Beach","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1958","dob":"July 22, 1936","dod":"July 30, 1974","degree":"AB","photo":"706748785.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Brown was awarded his degree work from Carolina in December 1964, the same month that he graduated from Squadron Officers School at Maxwell Air Force Base.<\/p>

On Feb. 3, 1966, then a captain, Brown was the pilot of a C-123c Provider. The crew was assigned a mission on the border of Laos and South Vietnam about 10 miles southwest of Khe Sanh. During the mission, radio contact with the plane was lost, and neither plane nor any member of the crew was heard from again. Originally declared missing in action, Brown was officially presumed dead July 30, 1974. He was posthumously promoted to major.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=6270<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 18:03","name":"W. Ronald Brown "},{"PID":"706748899","lname":"Brown","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"July 25, 2013","dod":"Listed as missing in action in December 1942","degree":"AB","photo":"706748899.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Brown entered the University from Charles L. Coon High School in 1930. He received his bachelor's degree in 1934, his Certificate in Medicine in 1936 and received his medical degree from Duke University in 1938. He entered the U.S. Navy Medical Corps upon completion of his internship in 1940.<\/strong><\/p>

In December 1942, Brown was a flight surgeon aboard transport planes flying wounded men from Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal to a base hospital when his plane crashed into the sea while returning to Guadalcanal to pick up more wounded. He was listed as missing in action for many months.<\/p>

In February 1943, Robert House -- a member of the class of 1916 who was then dean of administration -- wrote Brown's parents:<\/p>

"May I personally and on behalf of the University say a word to you of affection and sympathy in the news about your son. ... I will not even try to express what I should like to have you understand. I believe in times like this it will help some to know that we share in the deep and sacred emotions which fill your hearts now."<\/em><\/p>

Brown's sister, Margaret Brown, replied:<\/p>

"My parents and I deeply appreciate your expressions at this our time of great anxiety. My brother spent many happy months at the University. For this we shall always be grateful. We ask his friends to pray and hope with us for his safe return."<\/em><\/p>

Brown was officially declared dead on Nov. 14, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Navy Medical Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/30\/2010 8:30","name":"Walter Earle Brown "},{"PID":"706749694","lname":"Bruce","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Nov. 30, 1841","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:20","name":"Charles Bruce "},{"PID":"706750564","lname":"Bryan","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Feb. 17, 1919","dod":"March 18, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706750564.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bryan entered UNC from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1935 and was enrolled in 1935-37. He was with the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. before joining the Coast Guard in September 1940.<\/p>

He was a member of Battery “D” of a coast artillery unit on Bougainville, New Guinea, when he was killed in action on March 18, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Coast Guard","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/28\/2009 16:02","name":"Francis Macon Bryan "},{"PID":"706750610","lname":"Bryan","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Oct. 9, 1841","dod":"Aug. 16, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"706750610.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

George Pettigrew Bryan served in Jeb Stuart’s cavalry. He was wounded and captured at Upperville, Va., and paroled on March 10, 1864. He was killed at Charles City Roads, Va., on Aug. 16, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 150).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Company G, 19th N.C. Infantry; 2nd Regiment N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:57","name":"George Pettigrew Bryan "},{"PID":"706752034","lname":"Buchan","hometown":"Henderson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1932","dob":"Nov. 13, 1908","dod":"Declared missing in Italy on April 5, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Buchan was enrolled at the University in 1928-29.<\/p>

He was declared missing in action during service in the Italian campaign in spring 1944. His body was returned to the U.S. in 1948, and he was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>


","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:12","name":"George Thomas Buchan "},{"PID":"706752513","lname":"Buck","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Feb. 10, 1842","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Buck was killed near Vicksburg in 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:27","name":"DeWitt Clinton Buck "},{"PID":"706752643","lname":"Buck","hometown":"Warsaw","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Sept. 22, 1917","dod":"Oct. 20, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706752643.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Buck entered the University from Riverside Military Academy in Georgia in 1935 and was enrolled at UNC in 1935-36.<\/p>

He went to the Pacific theater in February 1943 and served with the U.S. Army Infantry in New Guinea, where he was commended several times.<\/p>

He was killed on Leyte Island on Oct. 20, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:16","name":"Robert Wallace Buck "},{"PID":"706752933","lname":"Budz","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1937","dob":"Oct. 20, 1915","dod":"July 14, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"Source: GAA Alumni Records



","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:19","name":"Edward Robert Budz "},{"PID":"706754038","lname":"Bullock","hometown":"Roxboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Oct. 22, 1921","dod":"Aug. 29, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706754038.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

In 1940, after two years at Wake Forest College, Bullock entered UNC, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity.<\/p>

He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in February 1943 and received his commission and his pilot’s wings in October 1943.<\/p>

He went to Italy as a B-17 pilot and rose to command a squadron. He had flown more than 30 missions and had been awarded the Air Medal when his plane was lost over Czechoslovakia on Aug. 29, 1944. Bullock originally was listed as missing in action; his death was confirmed by the German government in March 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:22","name":"William Cobb Bullock Jr."},{"PID":"706754487","lname":"Bunch","hometown":"Asheboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Feb. 2, 1919","dod":"July 9, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706754487.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bunch entered UNC from Asheboro High School in 1935, received his undergraduate business degree in 1939 and was employed by the Cetwick Silk Mills before entering the U.S. Army on Jan. 4, 1941. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1941 and was a captain by the time he entered France with Company G, 120th Infantry Regiment of the famed 30th Infantry Division.<\/p>

The 120th was heavily involved in the fighting in the area around the Normandy beachhead. On July 7, the 120th made an assault crossing of the Vire-Taute Canal as part of the opening phases in expanding the beachhead. On July 9, a further advance was counter-attacked by elements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division. After fierce fighting, the 120th held its ground. It was in this fighting around St Lo that Bunch lost his life.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
American Forces in Action Series<\/em>;
U.S. Army Center of Military History<\/a>.

<\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:25","name":"Walter Anderson Bunch Jr."},{"PID":"706754647","lname":"Bunn","hometown":"Nash County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"Oct. 11, 1841","dod":"July 2, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

This regiment was part of Gen. Lawrence O’Bryan Branch’s brigade. Near Ashland, Va., north of Richmond, on May 27, 1862, the regiment was engaged in a “Sharp skirmish” at Peakes Crossing near Hanover Court House. Bunn was wounded that day and died on July 2, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 115).<\/p>

Bunn was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"2nd Company H, 12th N.C. infantry","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:29","name":"Elias Bunn "},{"PID":"706754780","lname":"Bunn","hometown":"Nash County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Jan. 6, 1833","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Bunn held an additional degree from the University - an MA-Special Alumni awarded in 1857.<\/p>

Bunn was appointed captain on May 1, 1864. He was declared AWOL in December 1863 and was court-martialed on March 26, 1864, and dismissed from service (Roster<\/em>, volume  V, page 205). Alumni records show that he was killed in battle in 1864.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"1st Company H, 12th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:34","name":"William Henry Bunn "},{"PID":"706755699","lname":"Burgwyn","hometown":"Northampton County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Oct. 3, 1841","dod":"July 1, 1863","degree":"BS","photo":"706755699.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Henry K. "Harry" Burgwyn is the famous “Boy Colonel” of the 26th N.C. Infantry. He was a student when he enlisted at 19 and was elected to the rank of colonel on Aug. 17, 1862. <\/p>

He was killed on the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, while leading his troops against the “Iron Brigade” of the Army of the Potomac. This action occurred in the Wiloughby Run, McPherson’s Woods area (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 463).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>","branch":"26th North Carolina Infantry","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/13\/2009 15:52","name":"Henry King Burgwyn "},{"PID":"706757912","lname":"Burton","hometown":"Jacksonville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"March 23, 2025","dod":"Oct. 13, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706757912.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Burton entered UNC from The McCallie School in Tennessee and was enrolled in 1943. <\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army in June 1943 and was killed in action in Italy on Oct. 13, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:27","name":"John Walter Burton "},{"PID":"706758733","lname":"Bustin","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Oct. 12, 1835","dod":"June 14, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Bustin was killed in battle at Pine Mountain, Ga., on June 14, 1864.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.



<\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 15:40","name":"James Grant Bustin "},{"PID":"706758775","lname":"Butler","hometown":"Clinton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Sept. 13, 1924","dod":"Declared missing in action on Oct. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706758775.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Butler was enrolled at UNC in 1942. He entered the U.S. Army Air Force in 1943 and went overseas in May 1944.<\/p>

He flew several missions over enemy territory as the crew chief on a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. Butler was declared missing in action after his B-24 failed to return from a mission over the Mediterranean on Oct. 14, 1944. He was declared killed in action in May 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:35","name":"Alman Byron Butler Jr."},{"PID":"706760046","lname":"Byers","hometown":"Shelby","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Oct. 10, 1922","dod":"Dec. 17, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706760046.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Byers entered UNC from Shelby High School and was enrolled in 1941.<\/p>

He was killed when his AT-11 bomber training aircraft crashed on Mount Taylor, N.M., on Dec. 17, 1943.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.warbirdalley.com\/at11.htm<\/a>.<\/font><\/u><\/p>




","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:31","name":"Ralph Thomas Byers "},{"PID":"706762718","lname":"Callaway","hometown":"Thurmond","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Dec. 26, 1921","dod":"March 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Callaway was enrolled at UNC from 1938 until June 1942. <\/p>

In the service, he was a member of the 36th Tank Battalion of the 8th Armored Division, which entered France on Jan. 5, 1945. The division crossed the Roer River on Feb. 27 and headed for the Rhine. The 36th Battalion was part of a combat command that was attached to the 35th Infantry Division, whose mission was to take Rheinberg, which controlled approaches to an important bridge over the Rhine. <\/p>

Callaway was wounded in the fierce fighting around Rheinberg on March 7, and he died of his wounds two days later. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.8th-armored.org\/books\/leach\/tw04.htm#top<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:34","name":"Paul Jackson Callaway "},{"PID":"706766295","lname":"Carawan","hometown":"Pamlico","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"May 15, 2013","dod":"June 18, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706766295.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Carawan entered UNC from Hobucken High School and was enrolled in 1931-32.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy in 1936 and was aboard the battleship California<\/em> during the Pearl Harbor attack. He took part in the landings at Sicily and Salerno and returned to the U.S., where he was commissioned as an ensign and assigned to the PT boat tender Orestes<\/em>.<\/p>

The Orestes<\/em> was ordered to the Far East and departed Chesapeake Bay on June 5, 1944. Carawan died while the Orestes<\/em> was passing through the Panama Canal. He was interred in the Corozal Cemetery in the Canal Zone.<\/p>

After the war, Carawan’s body was returned to the U.S., and he was interred in a military ceremony at Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Wash., on May 1, 1948.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.multied.com\/Navy\/Tender\/orestes.html<\/a>.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:35","name":"Henry Francis Carawan "},{"PID":"706766497","lname":"Carey","hometown":"Summit","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Aug. 18, 1912","dod":"Sept. 5, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Carey entered the University from Summit High School and was enrolled at UNC from 1930 until 1933. He worked for Dun & Bradstreet and for the state of New Jersey until 1942, when he joined the U.S. Army. He rose to the rank of sergeant in the medical detachment of the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. <\/p>

The 80th entered France in early August 1944 and was part of the force assigned to Gen. Patton’s Third Army for its breakout from the Normandy beachhead. The 80th seized Argentan on Aug. 20, crossed the Meuse River on Sept. 1 and reached the banks of the Moselle River on Sept. 4. The 80th established a bridgehead across the Moselle that day, and units crossed during Sept. 4-5. Carey was killed as his unit headed farther into France.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.lonesentry.com\/gi_stories_booklets\/80thinfantry\/index.html<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:38","name":"Alan Pope Carey "},{"PID":"706766602","lname":"Carlier","hometown":"Brooklyn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Sept. 23, 1922","dod":"June 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Carlier was enrolled at UNC in 1943-44 after three years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>

He was killed in action during the assault on the island of Okinawa. It was the last battle of the Second World War. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>","branch":"Marines","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:42","name":"Joseph Reynold Carlier "},{"PID":"706769049","lname":"Carrigan","hometown":"Alamance County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"Unknown Day, 1834","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Carrigan held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1855.<\/p>

Carrigan died of a fever while in service. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 16:07","name":"William Michael Carrigan "},{"PID":"706774151","lname":"Cavanaugh","hometown":"Benson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Nov. 23, 1919","dod":"About Oct. 9, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706774151.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cavanaugh entered UNC from Benson High School and was enrolled from 1936 until 1938. He entered the U.S. Army Air Force in July 1942 and went to England in August 1943.<\/p>

Cavanaugh was a member of the 322nd Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group and was flying as navigator on “Chief Sly III<\/a>,” a B-17 that failed to return from a mission to Anklam, Germany, on Oct. 9, 1943. He was awarded the Air Medal posthumously.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.91stbombgroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:44","name":"Walter Vann Cavanaugh Jr."},{"PID":"706774760","lname":"Chadwick","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1963","dob":"April 2, 1940","dod":"Nov. 14, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"706774760.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Chadwick graduated from Broughton High School in 1958 and attended N.C. State University for one year before transferring to UNC to accept a Naval ROTC scholarship in 1959. At Carolina, he was magister of the Sigma Chi fraternity and NROTC Battalion Commander.<\/p>

After graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He completed flight training and joined Marine Observation Squadron VMO-6 in Vietnam in May 1966.<\/p>

On Nov. 14, 1966, Chadwick flew his UH-1E "Huey" helicopter in support of medevac helicopters that had flown into the Thuy Bo-La Huan to evacuate wounded members of "C" Company, 1st<\/sup> Battallion, 26th<\/sup> Marine Regiment. One medevac helicopter was shot down. The second, although hit by enemy fire, managed to evacuate the casualties.<\/p>

Chadwick flew in continual support of the ground units and the medevac helicopters until his helicopter was brought down by ground fire. Chadwick and his crew were killed.<\/p>

Chadwick was posthumously promoted to captain and was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action. His other awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross and 13 Air Medals.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Files;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=8584<\/a>;
www.popasmoke.com\/kia\/incidents.php?incident_id=61&conflict_id=24<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 18:02","name":"Leon Gordon Chadwick III"},{"PID":"706775204","lname":"Chambers","hometown":"Montgomery County","homestate":"Ark.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Unknown Day, 1832","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Chambers, a physician, was killed in Springfield, Mo., in 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/5\/2009 16:52","name":"John Samuel Chambers "},{"PID":"706776360","lname":"Chapman","hometown":"Red Springs","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Oct. 4, 1919","dod":"May 5, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706776360.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Chapman entered UNC from Red Springs High School and received his bachelor’s degree in commerce in 1941. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in November 1941. A visual defect kept him out of flight training, so he chose communications and completed the training course in May 1942. He also completed gunnery school.<\/p>

Chapman went to the South Pacific in April 1943 as an aerial radio\/gunner on a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. He was awarded a Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in the summer of 1943 and was hospitalized in New Zealand. He returned to his unit, where he received the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

His B-24 was leading a formation of 23 bombers on May 5, 1944, when it was attacked by 15 Japanese fighters and was shot down. Chapman was among the nine crew members who were lost with their ship.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:46","name":"Robert Chapman Jr."},{"PID":"706777628","lname":"Cheek","hometown":"Saxapahaw","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"July 2, 2021","dod":"Aug. 20, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cheek entered the University in 1941 after two years at Wake Forest College.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps on April 1, 1942, and trained as a navigator at Santa Ana, Calif., and Hickam Field, Hawaii. He received his navigator’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in May 1943.<\/p>

He served as navigator on a bomber in the South Pacific. He was listed as missing after failing to return from combat operations on Aug. 20, 1943. The War Department later confirmed Aug. 20, 1943, as the date of his death.

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 10:48","name":"Marshall Reid Cheek "},{"PID":"706778960","lname":"Chilton","hometown":"Brownsville","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Oct. 21, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Chilton was killed at Yorktown, Va., in 1861.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:07","name":"Edward J. Chilton "},{"PID":"706779055","lname":"Chisolm","hometown":"Cedartown","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1863","dob":"March 23, 1841","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Chisolm was wounded at Sharpsburg on Sept. 17, 1862, and died of his wounds.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Cobb's Legion, (Georgia) Company B","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:08","name":"Seaborn Whateley Chisolm "},{"PID":"706779925","lname":"Claiborne","hometown":"Danville","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Unknown Day, 1845","dod":"June 25, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In June 1864, Union cavalry under generals Wilson and Kautz were sent to destroy the railroads in central Virginia. Their main objective was the bridge over the Staunton River that was defended by “old men and young boys.” This group defeated four attempts by the Union troops to capture and destroy the bridge. Confederate cavalry under Gen. William “Roony” Lee arrived and forced the Union soldiers to withdraw. Claiborne was killed at Staunton River Bridge on June 25, 1864.<\/p>

This battle also is called Blacks and Whites and Nottoway Court House.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:08","name":"Thomas D. Claiborne "},{"PID":"706780824","lname":"Clark","hometown":"Montgomery County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"July 2, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Clark was killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, in action around Culp’s Hill, in the Cemetery Hill area (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 342).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"34th N.C. Infantry, Scales' Brigade","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:08","name":"George McIntosh Clark "},{"PID":"706780882","lname":"Clark","hometown":"Boyden","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"July 24, 2019","dod":"Aug. 19, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Clark graduated from Boyden High School in 1936, attended Davidson College for two years and then transferred to UNC, where he graduated with honors. He was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., until he joined the Naval Reserve in 1942. He transferred to the Army Air Corps and was trained and commissioned as a navigator.<\/p>

On Aug. 19, 1944, Clark was navigator on a B-24 during a mission to Roze, France. The aircraft was struck directly by two antiaircraft shells. Pilots of accompanying planes saw the aircraft go down.<\/p>

Clark was designated as missing in action on Aug. 19, 1944. After the war, he was declared to have died on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Naval Reserve and Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:00","name":"Harry Lee Clark "},{"PID":"706783102","lname":"Clegg","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1864","dob":"Oct. 9, 1840","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Clegg entered the University in 1860.<\/p>

He was killed at Ream's Station in 1864. He also was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Clegg was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 26 students who entered the University in 1860 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 712 and 817.<\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:28","name":"Montraville D. Clegg "},{"PID":"706783900","lname":"Clifton","hometown":"Louisburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Nov. 13, 1920","dod":"Aug. 4, 1946","degree":"","photo":"706783900.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Clifton transferred to UNC from Louisburg Junior College and was enrolled in 1940-41. He completed flight training in early 1943 and was assigned to Fighting Squadron 27 (VF-27) aboard the escort carrier USS Suwanee<\/em>.<\/p>

The Suwanee<\/em> furnished air support for the Marines on islands in the Solomon chain. Thomas was awarded an Air Medal for his participation in these actions.<\/p>

Thomas’ F4F-3 fighter did not return from a mission on Aug. 4, 1943. He was listed as missing in action and declared presumed dead after the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:04","name":"William Thomas Clifton "},{"PID":"706784734","lname":"Closs","hometown":"Orange County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"ABSC","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Closs was killed at Gettysburg during July 1-3, 1863.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:09","name":"Thomas Oliver Closs "},{"PID":"706788657","lname":"Cole","hometown":"Pinehurst","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"May 1, 2024","dod":"Nov. 26, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cole entered UNC from Pinehurst High School in 1941 and was enrolled until 1943, when he entered the U.S. Army Air Force. In November 1944, Cole was a gunner aboard a B-24 heavy bomber of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) and had been awarded an Air Medal for aerial missions over occupied Europe.<\/p>

On Nov. 29, 1944, the 491st was assigned to bomb a refinery at Wisberg, Germany. The fighter escort assigned to guard the 491st was drawn away by an attack by German fighters on other units. More than 100 German fighters, almost all Focke-Wulf 190s, scythed into the 491st formation. Only 12 of the 29 491st planes committed returned from the mission.<\/p>

Cole was among the 90 airmen of the 491st killed in this action. Fifty-two more were made prisoners of war.<\/p>

Papers and photos related to Cole can be found in UNC's Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:06","name":"Jesse Wilson Cole "},{"PID":"706789146","lname":"Coleman","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Nov. 30, 1924","dod":"Feb. 2, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706789146.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Coleman entered UNC from High Point Central High School in 1941 and was enrolled until early 1943.<\/p>

Coleman entered the Naval Air Corps in December 1942 and received his wings and commission in July 1944. He was stationed at Pasco, Wash., and was killed when his small Naval plane crashed while taking off.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:15","name":"Charles Norwood Coleman "},{"PID":"706789872","lname":"Collett","hometown":"Salisbury","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Oct. 3, 1913","dod":"Oct. 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Collett was enrolled at UNC from 1930 to 1932 and was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, treasurer of the sophomore class and was elected president of the junior class.<\/p>

He was in business in Kannapolis and Salisbury before entering the military about March 1943 and had received his commission. He was killed in action in France.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:20","name":"Noah Webster Collett "},{"PID":"706791084","lname":"Colvard","hometown":"North Wilkesboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Jan. 17, 1913","dod":"July 7, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706791084.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Colvard graduated from North Wilkesboro High School in 1930 and was enrolled at Davidson College for one year before enrolling at UNC in 1931-32. He received his degree from Appalachian State Teachers College in 1934 and was a teacher at Traphill High School when he entered the military in June 1942.<\/p>

Colvard had been in France for three weeks when he was killed in action. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:22","name":"Ben Hamilton Colvard Jr."},{"PID":"706791563","lname":"Comer","hometown":"Harrodsburg","homestate":"Ky.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 11, 2016","dod":"Sept. 15, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Comer entered UNC for graduate work in philosophy after having received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in 1941.<\/p>

He was a member of Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in the 1st Division’s assault on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Islands chain. Peleliu was supposed to be conquered by the end of the fourth day of combat, but the defending Japanese had instituted a new way of resisting U.S. amphibious assaults. Rather than defending at the beaches and depending on the moral superiority of Japanese soldiers to prevail against massed artillery and automatic weapons fire, the Japanese combat forces would be husbanded in carefully prepared defensive positions, employing tactics designed to inflict the maximum number of casualties on any attacker. These new methods also called for massive artillery interdiction of the landing beaches before the defending infantry were even engaged.<\/p>

Despite assurances that the pre-invasion naval gunfire and aviation bombardment units had run out of targets, the assaulting Marine units advanced into a maelstrom of massed artillery fire on Sept. 15, 1944. Comer was killed in action that day.<\/p>

The battle for Peleliu lasted until Nov. 27, 1944, and cost the 1st Marine Division nearly one-third of its strength in killed and wounded.<\/p>

The new tactics were so successful that the Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima and Okinawa employed them later to great affect against the American attackers.
 
The last Japanese defenders of Peleliu surrendered in April 1947.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/USMC\/USMC-C-Peleliu\/index.html;<\/a>
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps Reserve","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:24","name":"Paul Angier Comer "},{"PID":"706791710","lname":"Conderman","hometown":"Hudson","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 13, 1918","dod":"Dec. 8, 1941","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706791710.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Conderman, a native of Hudson, N.Y., entered UNC from New Bern High School and received his bachelor’s degree in commerce in 1939.<\/p>

He completed fight training and, after being commissioned, served at San Diego and Hawaii. His next orders transferred him to Wake Island with the legendary Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211).<\/p>

On Dec. 8, 1941 (Dec. 7, U.S. time) about 7 a.m., the garrison at Wake Island received word that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese. The first Japanese air attack on Wake took place shortly before noon. Conderman had been instructed to accompany the Philippine Clipper flying boat on a scouting mission, after which the Clipper would continue on to Midway Island. After the air raid alarm sounded and as he ran to his F4F fighter, Conderman was cut down near his plane by a strafing Japanese aircraft, becoming one of the first UNC alumni to die in the attacks that prompted the U.S. to enter World War II. Conderman first shouted for help but then ordered the person trying to assist him to go to the aid of another wounded Marine, who Conderman had heard calling for aid. Conderman died of his wounds. (William M. Thompson \u009241<\/a> also died that day. Several alumni died in the war prior to Dec. 7, having enlisted in Britain's and Canada's armed forces.)

The defenders of Wake Island threw back a Japanese attempt at an amphibious landing on Dec. 11. The stout defense of Wake furnished one of the few bright spots for Americans in 1941, but the Japanese returned with a much larger force and captured the island on Dec. 22, 1941.<\/p>

Conderman’s father, Fred D. Conderman, was enraged by his son’s death. He negotiated a commission in the Marine Corps as a postal specialist with the rank of captain. He served on Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and, after the war, in China. On Guadalcanal and Okinawa, he made it a practice to get ashore as soon as possible, find a rifle whose owner no longer needed it and go hunting for Japanese. He was deemed by the Marines to “have more than evened his score” for his son’s life by the end of the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/USMC\/USMC-C-Wake.html<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:28","name":"Robert J. Conderman "},{"PID":"706793785","lname":"Cook","hometown":"Warrenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Oct. 23, 1837","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Cook was wounded in the leg on May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville during Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack on the Union right. He died from his wounds, but the date was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 116).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"12th N.C. Infantry","rank":"Sergeant Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:09","name":"John Thomas Cook "},{"PID":"706794665","lname":"Cooner","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Feb. 27, 1914","dod":"June 16, 1942","degree":"AB","photo":"706794665.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Bunyan Randolph "Randy" Cooner entered the University from The Asheville School, where he had been “one of the best preparatory school athletes ever turned out in Western North Carolina. He played five sports.” While at UNC, Cooner was a member of the football and track teams and was a member of DKE fraternity.<\/p>

After graduation, Cooner was employed by the N.C. Unemployment Compensation Commission and the Security Life Insurance Co. He was the proprietor of The Center Soda Shop when he entered U.S. naval flight training in December 1940.<\/p>

Cooner was commissioned in September 1941 and was assigned to duty with an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He was wounded in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. After recuperation, he was a member of Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) of the USS Yorktown<\/em> as the Yorktown<\/em> headed for the battle of Midway.<\/p>

During the Battle of Midway (June 4-6, 1942), Cooner was credited with direct hits on a Japanese aircraft carrier and a cruiser and a damaging near-miss on another cruiser. His aircraft was attacked by three Japanese planes after the second mission, and his rear gunner was credited with shooting down one of them. Cooner was slightly wounded during this encounter but brought his plane safely back to his carrier with his wounded rear gunner aboard.<\/p>

Cooner was recommended for the Navy Cross, the Navy’s second-highest award for valor in combat. Before he could receive the medal, he was killed on June 16, 1942, when his plane hit a construction derrick while taking off from NAS Pearl Harbor<\/em>. His family received the posthumous award.<\/p>

The Destroyer Escort USS Cooner<\/em> (DE-172), named in Cooner’s honor, was commissioned Aug. 21, 1943.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders ’25 wrote to Cooner’s mother:<\/p>

“This is simply to let you know that which you already know — that many of us here at the University as well as hundreds of alumni who knew and loved Randy Cooner have been thinking of you in the days since we heard the terrible news. We know and now recall Randy as the fine American boy he was. On the campus here he won his way into the heart of this institution, and now to you all Carolina gives it[s] heartland sympathy. ... He did indeed give his life so that others may live. God bless you and sustain you now with happy memories of a fine boy.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:33","name":"B. Randolph Cooner "},{"PID":"706794681","lname":"Coons","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Aug. 9, 1921","dod":"June 8, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706794681.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Coons was enrolled at UNC from 1940 to 1942.<\/p>

He served with the 509th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group, 8th Army Air Forces. According to the Alumni Review's <\/em>June 1945 issue, Coons "was flying home for furlough with 19 others in his outfit. The Flying Fortress left its field at Polebrook, England, for Valley Field on the Welsh coast. Running into heavy clouds a short distance from the field, they called for direction, hitting a mountain shortly after. All were killed.<\/p>

"Overseas since May 1943," the Review<\/em> reported, "Sgt. Coons was classified for non-combat duty because of his eyes when he entered service in August 1942 but was able to be assigned to the AAF. Sent to Buckley Field, Colo., for training as an armament chief, he was then sent to Biggs Field, Texas, for training with the squadron to which he was assigned. At both fields he was certified to [Officer Candidate School] but elected to remain with the AFF rather than take OCS for the Army Service Forces. He wore six stars on his service ribbon as well as the Presidential Unit Citation."<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:45","name":"Sheldon Reynolds Coons Jr."},{"PID":"706794939","lname":"Cooper","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"March 10, 2017","dod":"Nov. 2, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706794939.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cooper entered the University from Florida Military Academy in 1935 and was enrolled until 1937. He served as a civilian instructor for the Air Corps from February 1942 until March 1944, when he enlisted.<\/p>

After specialized Army training, Cooper was assigned to the 4th Ferry Command, based in Memphis, Tenn. He was killed in an Army aircraft accident in the British West Indies.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Flight Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:49","name":"Francis Lane Cooper "},{"PID":"706795516","lname":"Cooper","hometown":"Bertie County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"March 18, 1841","dod":"July 1, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"706795516.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

The 11th N.C. was formed from the 1st N.C. Volunteer Regiment, which saw action in the first battle at Big Bethel. "First at Bethel" became part of the Tar Heel boast about the performance of its troops in the Civil War.<\/p>

At Getttysburg, this regiment was in Pettigrew’s Brigade, Heth’s Division, A.P. Hill’s Corps. On the first day's battle, July 1, 1863, Heth’s Division made the first contact with Union forces at or near McPherson’s Ridge. Cooper was killed on that date (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 32).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company C, 11th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:10","name":"Thomas Watson Cooper "},{"PID":"706795848","lname":"Copeland","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"Aug. 13, 1841","dod":"Dec. 6, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In fall 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River between Fredericksburg and Culpepper, Va., to attack Lee’s army. Much of the maneuvering was over the same ground where the Battle of Chancellorsville had been fought in May. The Union commander, Gen. George Meade, eventually decided that the Confederate positions were too strong to be attacked and withdrew his troops back across the river.<\/p>

Copeland served with his regiment in the Confederate cavalry of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. They were involved in several small skirmishes in this action, which is called the Mine Run Campaign. Copeland was wounded on or about Nov. 29, 1963. He died of his wounds Dec. 6, 1863, in a hospital at Charlottesville, Va (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 157).<\/p>

Copeland was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>



","branch":"2nd Regiment, N.C. Cavalry (Company H, 19th N.C. Regiment)","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:10","name":"Virginius Copeland "},{"PID":"706798663","lname":"Council","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Feb. 12, 1924","dod":"June 1, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706798663.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Council entered the University from Durham High School in 1942 and was enrolled in 1942-43. He left for active duty in April 1943 and went to North Africa in November 1943. After being hospitalized for three months, he rejoined his company in Italy in April 1944.<\/p>

Council was killed in action on June 1, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:51","name":"Carlyle Caesar Council Jr."},{"PID":"706798780","lname":"Council","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"March 3, 2019","dod":"Aug. 12, 1944","degree":"BSCOM (awarded 1943)","photo":"706798780.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Council graduated from Hugh Morson High School in 1936 and transferred to the University after one year at Wake Forest College. While at the University, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He received his bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University in 1943.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps after graduation and received his pilot’s wings in February 1944.<\/p>

Council was pilot of a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber that failed to return from a mission over the North Sea on Aug. 12, 1944. He was declared presumed dead after the war.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:52","name":"Robert Harward Council "},{"PID":"706800023","lname":"Cowan","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"April 8, 1839","dod":"Oct. 4, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"706800023.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Cowan was wounded in the head and captured at Sharpesburg, Md., on Sept. 17, 1862. He died in a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume III, pages 501-502).

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"Company B, 3rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 16:00","name":"Thomas Cowan Jr."},{"PID":"706800036","lname":"Cowan","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown Day, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Cowan, who was listed as a physician in alumni records, was killed at Fort Fisher in 1865.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"1st Battalion N.C. Heavy Artillery","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 13:28","name":"Thomas Cowan "},{"PID":"706800209","lname":"Cowell","hometown":"Washington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1917","dob":"July 17, 1894","dod":"Nov. 9, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Cowell was a star member of the football team at Carolina in 1915 and '16. He also was a member of the 1915 law class.<\/p>

He was among the first to volunteer from Beaufort County and received the rank of captain at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.<\/p>

Cowell was killed in action in France by a bursting shell two days before the signing of the armistice.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 12:47","name":"Horace Baxter Cowell "},{"PID":"706800283","lname":"Cowin","hometown":"Ann Arbor","homestate":"Mich.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Feb. 23, 1924","dod":"July 29, 1946","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cowin entered the University as a transfer from Texas Christian University and was enrolled during 1944. He enlisted on Dec. 12, 1942, and in November 1944, he entered basic training at the Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, S.C. He was sent to Camp Lejeune and then to Officers’ Candidate School at Quantico, Va., and was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1945.<\/p>

Cowin was sent to China, where Marine units were responsible for escorting supplies from Tientsin to Peiping (later renamed Beijing). On July 29, 1946, he was the leader of a 42-man unit that was carrying supplies to a team composed of U.S., Nationalist Chinese and Communist Chinese that was trying to avert open civil war in the Peiping area. Near Anping, the unit came under fire from a force of Chinese Communists. Three Marines, including Cowin, were killed and 12 were wounded. Under Maj. Fred J. Freese, a U.S. Army Special Services officer, the remainder of the unit was able to complete its mission to Peiping.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Time Magazine, Aug. 12, 1946<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:54","name":"Douglas Arthur Cowin "},{"PID":"706801118","lname":"Cox","hometown":"Brunswick","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1938","dob":"May 22, 2015","dod":"Nov. 26, 1941","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cox graduated from Brunswick (N.J.) High School in 1933 and transferred to the University in 1935 after one year at Hamilton College in New York. He was enrolled from 1935 to 1937.<\/p>

He worked as a buyer for von Lengerke and Antoine in Chicago before entering the Royal Air Force. Survivors from a ship torpedoed in the Atlantic on Sept. 9, 1941, listed Cox among the missing.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Royal Air Force","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 12:56","name":"John Richard Cox "},{"PID":"706801815","lname":"Coxetter","hometown":"Fort Bragg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Oct. 29, 1915","dod":"Oct. 27, 1941","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Coxetter entered the University from The Virginia Episcopal School in 1935 and was enrolled through 1938. While at the University, he took the basic flying course offered to students by the Civil Aeronautics program. <\/p>

In 1940, he was employed by the T.A. Loving Co. during the building expansion at Fort Bragg, but in early 1941, according to a report in the Alumni Review<\/em>, "his interest in aviation prompted him to volunteer in the Royal Air Force's advanced flying course in Glendale, Calif., before proceeding overseas to England. He held a reserve commission as a second lieutenant in the field artillery of the U.S. Army but had not been ordered to duty."<\/p>

He was killed in action with the Royal Air Force in England, two days before his 26th birthday.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Royal Air Force","rank":"Pilot Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 13:15","name":"James Geiger Coxetter Jr."},{"PID":"706801958","lname":"Crabtree","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Sept. 11, 1921","dod":"Aug. 19, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Crabtree entered the University from Chapel Hill High School in 1940. He was enrolled at UNC in 1940-41.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps on April 13, 1943. He was the chief flight engineer aboard a B-17 and was on his 14th combat mission when his B-17 was shot down over the Flushing, Holland. Only the pilot and tail gunner survived.<\/p>

Crabtree had received an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for “extremely meritorious achievement” during his first 10 combat missions. He also had shot down a German fighter. He received a second Oak Leaf Cluster for the destruction of another enemy aircraft.<\/p>

These posthumous medals, along with his Purple Heart, were presented to his widow, Edna D. Crabtree.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 13:18","name":"Bynum Griffin Crabtree "},{"PID":"706805682","lname":"Crews","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"June 7, 2023","dod":"Oct. 15, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706805682.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Crews entered the University from High Point High School in 1940 and was enrolled until April 1943, when he entered the military.<\/p>

He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program<\/a>, which was designed to train specially selected enlisted personnel to serve as Army officers and as administrators in the restoration of civilian government in Europe after the end of the war. However, the demands of combat in 1943 and the prospect of additional demands in 1944 created a need for infantry replacements, so the ASTP was shut down in early 1944.<\/p>

Crews was assigned to the 26th Infantry Division, which entered France on Sept. 7, 1944, and entered combat on Oct. 12, 1944. The 26 th Division participated in the Northern France campaign as part of the Ninth Army, and in September 1944 it became a part of the Third Army.<\/p>

Crews was on a night combat patrol on Oct. 16, 1944, when he was reported missing in action. He was declared presumed dead after the war.<\/p>

Sourced:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 13:21","name":"Robert Alson Crews "},{"PID":"706806722","lname":"Crook","hometown":"Laconia","homestate":"N.H.","classyear":"1941","dob":"July 17, 2019","dod":"May 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Crook came to the University for graduate work after having obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire. He was enrolled in 1942-43.<\/p>

He entered the Army Air Corps in July 1942 and began training as a navigator\/bombardier in February 1943. He received his wings and his commission and was assigned to a medium bomber squadron that went to China in late 1944. He was promoted to first lieutenant in spring 1945.<\/p>

On May 9, 1945, Crook was on a mission to Paoching, China, when his aircraft was shot down, killing all aboard.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:15","name":"Willard Edmund Crook "},{"PID":"706806751","lname":"Crooks","hometown":"Concord","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Aug. 6, 1917","dod":"May 8, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706806751.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Crooks entered the University from Concord High School in 1934. After graduation, he was an accountant before entering the U.S. Army in April 1942. He was selected as an officer candidate and was commissioned into the field artillery.<\/p>

Crooks was a member of Battery B, 193rd Field Artillery Battalion when he was killed in Germany on the day that victory in Europe was declared.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Crooks' parents:<\/p>

“It was a real shock for me to read in the newspapers that your son, 1st Lt. Roy C. Crooks, Jr., died in Germany on May 8. From time to time I have corresponded with Roy since he was graduated here at the University in 1938. He always expressed high interest in the affairs of the University, and we certainly had counted him as one of the University’s loyal sons.<\/em><\/p>

“In your grief I know that words cannot lighten the load of sorrow in your hearts, but I do want you to know that we here are thinking of you, for your loss is also shared by the University. I hope as time passes that your grief will be mellowed by happy memories of the useful life and service of your son.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:17","name":"Roy Cox Crooks Jr."},{"PID":"706806979","lname":"Cross","hometown":"Rock Hill","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"April 12, 2018","dod":"Jan. 30, 1945","degree":"BSCOM (awarded 1941)","photo":"706806979.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Arthur Barton Cross graduated from Christ School in Arden, N.C., in 1936. He attended The Citadel and the U.S. Naval Academy before transferring to the University. His preferred class year was 1940, and he graduated in 1941.<\/p>

After graduating in May 1941, Cross joined the Naval Reserve and was an ensign in the Supply Corps. He enrolled in the first class of the Navy Supply School at Harvard University in June 1941 and was transferred to the Philippines in September 1941.<\/p>

By then a lieutenant (junior grade), he was charged with allotting the supplies for four submarines. He was wounded when the Japanese bombed the Cavite Naval Base on Dec. 10, 1941, and was captured on Jan. 2, 1942, when the Japanese overran the Sternburg Army Hospital in Manila, where he was recovering from his wounds.<\/p>

Cross was interned at the infamous Cabanatuan and Davao prisoner of war camps and was an inmate at the Bilibid prison. He was placed aboard the Oryoku Maru<\/em> for transport to Japan in horrible conditions, which led to the deaths of 1,347 of the 1,619 prisoners who were embarked. The Oryoku Maru<\/em> was not marked as carrying prisoners of war, as required by the Geneva convention, and was sunk by U.S. Navy planes off Mindanao.<\/p>

Cross was transferred to the Brazil Maru<\/em>. He died in a prisoner of war camp on Jan. 30, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:21","name":"A. Barton Cross "},{"PID":"706809550","lname":"Cummings","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 10, 1920","dod":"Nov. 9, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cummings was enrolled at the University in 1938-39. He entered the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1941. He was killed in action on Nov. 9, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Royal Canadian Air Force","rank":"Flying Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:24","name":"James Clyde Cummings "},{"PID":"706811371","lname":"Cuthbertson","hometown":"Wingate","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Oct. 12, 1923","dod":"April 10, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706811371.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cuthbertson graduated from Wingate High School in 1940 and entered the University after two years at Wingate Junior College. He was enrolled in 1942-43 and was inducted into the U.S. Army in March 1943.<\/p>

He was enrolled in the Army Specialized Training Program<\/a>, which was to provide officers for duty with the Army and for the administration of European governments that had been devastated by the German occupation. Cuthbertson was in the ASTP at The College of William and Mary when the program was disbanded in March 1944. He was one of about 4,000 former ASTP alumni who augmented the strength of the 95th Infantry Division. He went overseas with the 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division in March 1944.<\/p>

Cuthbertson was wounded in the fighting around Metz, Germany, on Nov. 18, 1944. After four months in hospital in England, he rejoined his unit at the end of February 1945.<\/p>

The 95th Division crossed the Rhine and was engaged with the enemy between the Ruhr and Mohne Rivers. Cuthbertson was killed in action during this advance.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:25","name":"John Henry Cuthbertson "},{"PID":"706816406","lname":"Davidson","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Sept. 5, 1840","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Davidson entered the University in 1858.<\/p>

He was killed at the the Battle of New Hope Church in Georgia, fought May 25-26, 1864, between the Union force of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. The battle was a result of an attempt by Sherman to outmaneuver Johnston.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Davidson was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 36 students who entered the University in 1858 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 688.<\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:28","name":"Thomas Benjamin Davidson "},{"PID":"706817445","lname":"Davis","hometown":"Warrenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1920","dob":"Jan. 15, 1897","dod":"Sept. 13, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Davis entered the University from Warrenton High School in 1916. He entered the U.S. Naval Reserve on March 5, 1918.<\/p>

While GAA Alumni Records indicate that Davis died on Sept. 13, 1918, some accounts say Davis was aboard the USS Ticonderoga<\/em> when it left New York harbor on Sept. 22, 1918. <\/strong>The Ticonderoga<\/em> was part of a convoy carrying supplies to U.S. forces in France. During the night of Sept. 29-30, the Ticonderoga<\/em> developed engine trouble and dropped behind the convoy. At 5:20 a.m. Sept. 30, personnel on the Ticonderoga<\/em> sighted a German submarine U-152 running on the surface.<\/p>

In the battle that followed, nearly every officer and crewman on the Ticonderoga<\/em> was killed or wounded. At 7:45 a.m., the Ticonderoga<\/em> sank; 213 members of her crew went with the ship.<\/p>

In that account, Davis was killed by a German officer while he aided a crewmate who was struggling in the water as the Ticonderoga<\/em> sank.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Naval Reserve","rank":"Seaman Second Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 12:16","name":"Edward Lee Davis "},{"PID":"706820117","lname":"Davis","hometown":"Warren County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"May 22, 1838","dod":"Nov. 22, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Davis was wounded in the right thigh and captured at Kelly’s Ford, Va., an important ford on the Rappahannock River. He died of his wounds on Nov. 22, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 333).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 30th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:11","name":"Weldon Edwards Davis "},{"PID":"706822371","lname":"Dees","hometown":"Burgaw","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 11, 2020","dod":"Nov. 17, 1942","degree":"","photo":"706822371.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dees entered the University from Burgaw High School in 1937 and was a student in the pharmacy program. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on Oct. 9, 1942.<\/p>

Dees was aboard a B-26B on a routine training mission prior to deployment overseas. The plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, killing the entire crew.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Nov1942S.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:32","name":"Fred Dees Jr."},{"PID":"706823916","lname":"Dermid","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"June 9, 2016","dod":"Jan. 26, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706823916.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dermid entered UNC from Lee Edwards High School in 1935 and was enrolled at the University, where he was a member of the football team, until 1937. He was employed by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. before entering the U.S. Army in June 1942.<\/p>

He went overseas as a member of an anti-aircraft battery in October 1942 and participated in the North African, Sicilian and Italian invasions.<\/p>

Dermid was reported missing in action in Italy on Jan. 26, 1944, and later was determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Dermid’s parents:<\/p>

“The news I have read in the<\/em> Asheville Citizen that your son, Sergeant Jefferson D. Dermid, Jr., previously reported missing, is now reported killed on January 26, 1944 in Italy, brings real sorrow to us at the University, where he was a student in 1935-1937. I knew Jeff personally, and I wish both for myself and for other alumni to say to you and to other members of your family how grieved we are in hearing news of his death. The sacrifice you have been called upon to make serves to fix more determinedly our resolve that Jeff’s death must not be in vain.”<\/em><\/p>

Dermid’s friends in Asheville set up a memorial fund in his honor with which to purchase books on aviation, athletics and other subjects in which he was interested for the use of students at the high school.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>

<\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:34","name":"Jefferson Davis Dermid Jr."},{"PID":"706824971","lname":"DeJarnette","hometown":"Eaton","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1863","dob":"July 4, 1840","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

DeJarnette was reported killed in battle. No further information was reported.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"3rd Georgia","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:12","name":"Reuben R. DeJarnette "},{"PID":"706825965","lname":"Dichter","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 6, 2021","dod":"July 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706825965.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dichter entered the University after transferring from the City College of New York. He was enrolled at UNC in 1939-41 and was active in Playmakers and Sound and Fury.<\/p>

He was killed in action while flying a P-51 over Caen on July 23, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:37","name":"Theodore Dichter "},{"PID":"706826236","lname":"Dickerson","hometown":"Monroe","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Sept. 27, 1918","dod":"Sept. 1, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706826236.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dickerson entered the University in 1936 from the Louisville Male Academy in Kentucky in 1936. While at the University, he was treasurer of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma business fraternity. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He also won several medals in Golden Gloves boxing competition and was captain of the University boxing team his senior year. He was awarded the Grail trophy for sports and scholarship for the years 1938-39 and 1939-40. He joined the Arthur Anderson accounting firm after his graduation.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in April 1942 and received his wings and commission on June 30, 1943. He was assigned to the 476th Bombing Squadron at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La., when the B26-C on which he was flying crashed, killing all aboard.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:38","name":"Edward Ray Dickerson II"},{"PID":"706827930","lname":"Dixon","hometown":"Asheboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1905","dob":"May 29, 1879","dod":"Sept. 29, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Dixon was a member of the law class of 1905. He had practiced law in Raleigh.<\/p>

He was the commanding officer of Company K, of the 120th Infantry, formerly known as the Asheboro company of the Third Regiment. The 120th spent about nine months training at Camp Sevier, S.C., before embarking for France. Landing in France in June 1918, the 30th and 27th divisions were attached to the British Division in Belgium. On Sept. 29, the divisions were engaged in some of the most intense fighting of the entire war. They successfully assaulted the Hindenburg Line, which had been assumed to be an impregnable fortress. Company K entered the assault with 208 men; only 67 emerged living or unwounded. Dixon was among those killed.<\/p>

The 30th Infantry Division, a unit of the Army National Guard in both world wars. It was nicknamed the "Old Hickory" division, in honor of President Andrew Jackson, and included men from the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army National Guard, 30th Division","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 12:46","name":"Benjamin Franklin Dixon Jr."},{"PID":"706828966","lname":"Dobbin","hometown":"Cumberland County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Dobbin died in service. He was accounted for through February 1865 and possibly engaged at Wyse Fork or Bentonville, N.C. His place and date of death were not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume I, pages 201 and 561).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"1st N.C. Infantry, Company H (six months); 2nd Company B, 36th Regiment, N.C. troops (Artillery); C","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:12","name":"John Holmes Dobbin "},{"PID":"706830989","lname":"Dortch","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1912","dob":"Unknown day, February 1892","dod":"Oct. 18, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Dortch entered UNC from N.C. State College and was enrolled in 1912-13. Prior to entering service, he was chief deputy marshal in the office of his father, who was the U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina. <\/p>

Dortch entered the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe and then was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1917. <\/p>

When killed, Dortch was a member of Company B, 119th<\/sup> Regiment of the legendary 30th<\/sup> Infantry Division, which arrived in France in late May 1918.<\/p>

The regiment was placed under British command and was involved in heavy fighting alongside British and Australian troops in the summer and fall of 1918. This fighting included the breaching of the Hindenburg Line on Sept. 28. During Oct. 18-20, the regiment was involved in attacks in the Ribeauville area. Dortch was killed in action on Oct. 18, 1918.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
History 119th<\/sup> Infantry, 60th<\/sup> Brigade, 30th<\/sup> Division USA Operations in Belgium and France, 1917-1918,<\/em> electronic edition.<\/p>



","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 14:57","name":"Gaston Lewis Dortch "},{"PID":"706831478","lname":"Doty","hometown":"West Orange","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Jan. 1, 1916","dod":"May 8, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706831478.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Doty enrolled at the University from West Orange High School in 1937. He was a member of UNC’s football team and participated in freshman track. He also was vice president of his sophomore class, a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and a member of the Delta Phi Alpha honor fraternity.<\/p>

He had learned to fly at Horace Williams Airport while still a student. He entered Naval flight training in April 1941 and received his wings and commission in April 1942. He was cadet regimental commander of his flight class, the highest honor one could earn in flight training.
He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade and was assigned as a flight instructor at Anacostia Field in Washington, D.C. He was killed when his plane crashed at Anacostia.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Marion “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Doty’s widow:<\/p>

“The news of the death of your fine husband has distressed our University community where he was greatly beloved. I know that his noble life which you shared and his great service to his country, which you also shared in a very real way, will always be a comfort to you and all his family.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:39","name":"Frank Bavier Doty "},{"PID":"706832042","lname":"Doulis","hometown":"Hopewell","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Dec. 22, 1922","dod":"April 24, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706832042.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Doulis attended the College of William & Mary from 1940 to 1943 before enrolling at UNC and enlisting in the Navy’s V-12 program in 1943-44. <\/p>

He was a pharmacist mate in the Navy when he died from injuries received in an automobile accident.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Pharmacist Mate","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:44","name":"Paul Polichvon Doulis "},{"PID":"706832172","lname":"Dover","hometown":"Shelby","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Dec. 23, 1916","dod":"April 3, 1942","degree":"ABJO","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dover graduated from Shelby High School in 1933 and entered the University in 1935 after having completed two years at Mars Hill Junior College. He worked at the University News Bureau while majoring in journalism.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941, having already completed a civilian pilot training course. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in May 1941. On April 3, 1942 he was stationed at Westover Field, Mass., when the B-25A he was flying crashed near new Greenwich, R.I., killing the entire crew.<\/p>

Dover was the first person from Cleveland County to have died in World War Two. An estimated 3,000 people attended his funeral in Shelby.<\/p>

He was a brother of Grady Eugene Dover '43.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Apr1942.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:46","name":"George Loris Dover "},{"PID":"706832185","lname":"Dover","hometown":"Shelby","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"March 15, 2021","dod":"Feb. 10, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706832185.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Dover graduated from Shelby High School in 1938 and, after two years at Mars Hill Junior College, in 1941 followed his older brother George Loris Dover '37 to the University.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and earned his wings and commission in May 1943. He went immediately to England as pilot of a B-17 heavy bomber. He wrote his family that he had participated “in the big raid over Germany in which 60 planes were lost,” probably the Oschersleben-Halberstadt-Brunswick operation on Jan. 11, 1944.<\/p>

Second Lieutenant Dover was pilot of a B-17 that failed to return from a raid on Germany on Feb. 10, 1944. He later was determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,803077-2,00.html<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:49","name":"Grady Eugene Dover "},{"PID":"706832882","lname":"Doyle","hometown":"Annapolis","homestate":"Md.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Feb. 20, 1926","dod":"Aug. 27, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Doyle was a V-12 Marine student at UNC, having entered in March 1944 after attending high school in Annapolis. He was injured in an automobile accident on Aug. 27, 1944, and died a week later at the Chapel Hill Navy Pre-Flight Hospital.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"V-12 Marine student at UNC","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:53","name":"William Henry Doyle Jr."},{"PID":"706833254","lname":"Drane","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"Dec. 17, 1913","dod":"Jan. 5, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706833254.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Drane entered the University from Charlotte Central High School in 1931. He was a member of the Golden Fleece while at the University and, after graduating, was employed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and later by Wachovia. He enrolled in the Midshipmen’s Reserve of the U.S. Navy in June 1941. He married the former Caroline Dalton ’41 on Dec. 22, 1942.<\/p>

In February 1942, Ensign Drane was assigned to the Navy’s submarine service and was assigned to the USS Scorpion<\/em> (SS278). The Scorpion<\/em> made three war patrols and was credited with sinking 10 ships. The Scorpion<\/em> left Pearl Harbor on her fourth patrol, with Lieutenant (junior grade) Drane as the boat’s first lieutenant. She rendezvoused with Herring<\/em> (SS-233) on Jan. 4, 1944, then left for her patrol area in the northern East China and Yellow Seas. She and her crew were never heard from again.<\/p>

There is no record of antisubmarine attacks by the Japanese in this area at that time. It is presumed that Scorpion<\/em> struck a mine and was destroyed.<\/p>

Drane’s widow received his posthumous commendation from Vice Admiral C.A. Lockwood Jr., commander submarine force, Pacific Fleet, in which the admiral observed:<\/p>

“As First Lieutenant on the U.S.S. Scorpion<\/em>, Lieutenant (junior grade) Robert Brent Drane’s courageous leadership and exemplary devotion to duty contributed greatly to the vessel’s many successful attacks against the enemy. The Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, forwards this commendation in recognition of his splendid performance of duty, which is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service.”<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:56","name":"Robert Brent Drane "},{"PID":"706836822","lname":"Dunn","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown day, 1835","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Dunn entered the University in 1857.<\/p>

He died at Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island, Del., which the Union used as a prison during the war.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Dunn was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:29","name":"William A. Dunn "},{"PID":"706837669","lname":"Dusenberry","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1845","dob":"Unknown Day, 1824","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Dusenberry, a physician, was killed in action. The date and place were not listed. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly Company K, 14th Georgia","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:12","name":"Edwin Lafayette Dusenberry "},{"PID":"706840168","lname":"Eaton","hometown":"Yadkinville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"May 8, 2026","dod":"March 6, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Eaton entered the University from Yadkinville High School in 1943 and was a member of Chi Psi fraternity while at the University.<\/p>

He was inducted into the U.S. Army in September 1944 and went overseas in early 1945.<\/p>

Eaton was a member of the 94th Infantry Division when he was killed in action in Germany on March 6, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 14:58","name":"Ralph Dobbins Eaton "},{"PID":"706840298","lname":"Ebel","hometown":"Brooklyn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 13, 1922","dod":"May 19, 1942","degree":"","photo":"706840298.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ebel attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn and was a student at UNC from 1939 to 1941.<\/p>

Ebel was killed when the ship on which he served was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico. It was Ebel’s first trip at sea, following three months of training received at a base on Long Island.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records

<\/p>","branch":"Merchant Marine","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:01","name":"Irwin Stutz Ebel "},{"PID":"706843286","lname":"Edwards","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1966","dob":"April 4, 1944","dod":"Feb. 2, 1968","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Edwards was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity at UNC.<\/p>

A forward artillery observer, he was killed in action in Quang Tri, Vietnam. He had been in Vietnam for eight months.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=14704<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps, 105th Artillery","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:17","name":"Ted Willis Edwards "},{"PID":"706843534","lname":"Edwards","hometown":"Graham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"June 1, 2023","dod":"May 22, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706843534.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Edwards entered the University from Graham High School in 1941 and was enrolled until June 1942, when he entered the U.S. Army. He received his pilots’ wings and his commission as a second lieutenant on June 27, 1944.<\/p>

He was assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron of the 15th Fighter Group, which was arrived on Iwo Jima in March 1945. The 47th flew close air support missions for the Marines, who were still fighting the Japanese on the island, and earned an acknowledgement that “the Air Force boys did a lot of good” from Col. Vernon E Megee, the commanding officer of the Marines’ Landing Force Air Control Unit. The 47th continued to provide the Marines with close air support after the escort carriers had withdrawn from the area.<\/p>

By the end of March, the 47th was flying very long range escort missions accompanying B-29s bombing Japan. They were also engaging in strafing and bombing missions over Kyushu at low level in support of the invasion of Okinawa.<\/p>

On May 22, 1945, Edwards’ P-51D collided with another P-51 over North Field on Iwo Jima. Both pilots were killed.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.7thfighter.com\/15thfg\/index.htm<\/a>;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/May1945O.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:04","name":"William Burgan Edwards "},{"PID":"706843710","lname":"Efird","hometown":"Albemarle","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Dec. 26, 1917","dod":"Sept. 7, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Efird was enrolled at UNC in 1935-36 and was a pledge of Sigma Chi and played in the band. He graduated from The Citadel in 1940 and was commissioned into the U.S. Army.<\/p>

In July 1941, he sailed for the Philippines. He was on Corregidor when it was surrendered on May 6, 1942, and became a prisoner of war for the next two and a half years. During that time, he survived the infamous “Death March” and was interned at the Cabanatuan and Davao Island prison camps.<\/p>

Along with approximately 750 fellow POWs, Efird was aboard the Japanese freighter Shinyu Maru<\/em>, enduring grotesque conditions, when the unmarked ship was torpedoed by the USS Paddle<\/em> on Sept. 7, 1944, off the western shores of Mindanao Island. Only 82 of the POWs survived. Efird was officially declared dead on Feb. 14, 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
submarinesailor.com\/history\/pow\/paddlesinksshinyomaru<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:19","name":"Watt Guy Efird Jr."},{"PID":"706846577","lname":"Ellis","hometown":"Grover","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Aug. 30, 1920","dod":"June 12, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706846577.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ellis graduated from Grover High School in 1937 and attended Mars Hill College until 1940. He enrolled at UNC in 1940 and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps after graduation in 1942. He was a radio operator aboard a glider-towing C-47, taking part in the invasions of Sicily and Italy, and he held the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Ellis was stationed in England shortly after the war had ended in Europe. On June 12, 1945, while on his way home, he was killed in a plane crash in Scotland.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote the family:<\/p>

“Such a tragedy seems all the more severe when one thinks of the happy anticipation that your son must have had in looking forward to coming home. … He did participate in the satisfaction of seeing V-E day. We here at the University will ever honor his memory and hold high his service and sacrifice to our country.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:22","name":"John Broadus Ellis Jr."},{"PID":"706849103","lname":"Ericson","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1931","dob":"Feb. 22, 1912","dod":"Unknown day in December 1944","degree":"AB (also '32 MA)","photo":"706849103.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ericson, a native of Bristow, Neb., attended the University of Pittsburgh before enrolling at UNC in 1930 and earning his undergraduate degree and a master's degree. He later studied law at UNC and at Georgetown and was a student at the University of Berlin. Before going into the Army, he was purchasing agent for the Cooperative Test Service of New York; before that, he also was an educational director with the Civilian Conservation Corps and a teacher at Bethel College.<\/p>

A reserve officer, he had been called to active duty in 1940 and served at Fort Sill and Fort Bragg. On July 20, 1941, shortly after being promoted to captain, he sailed for the Philippines, where he took command of a battalion of Philippine Scouts.<\/p>

Ericson was first reported missing after the fall of Corregidor on May 7, 1942. His father, E.E. Ericson, who was on the UNC faculty, had last heard from his son in 1944 by postcard from Cabanatuan. Later it was revealed that he had been ill with beri-beri but had recovered.<\/p>

Ericson's father told the GAA, and it was reported in the Alumni Review<\/em> in its summer 1945 issue, that Ericson died with 942 other prisoners of war when a Japanese prison ship en route to Japan was bombed and sunk off Luzon in December 1944; the American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death as Jan. 9, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

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","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:47","name":"Ervid Eric Ericson "},{"PID":"706851197","lname":"Evans","hometown":"Chatham County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1847","dob":"Unknown Day, 1822","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"","photo":"706851197.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Peter Evans was appointed colonel of this regiment on Oct. 1, 1863. He was wounded and captured at Middleburg, Va., while attempting to repulse an attack on his column at the beginning of the Gettysburg campaign. He died of "gunshot wounds of back and dysentery."<\/p>


Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume II, page 372; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume III, page 566.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"63rd Regiment, 5th N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:13","name":"Peter G. Evans "},{"PID":"706852787","lname":"Fain","hometown":"Warren County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Jan. 19, 1841","dod":"April 1, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"706852787.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

John Fain transferred to this regiment on Nov. 23, 1863. He was killed in a skirmish near Petersburg, Va., on April 1, 1865, in the same fight in which Gen. A.P. Hill was killed. (Roster,<\/em> volume IX, page 147.)<\/p>

"[Hill] was a cool, gallant, sagacious officer. Under his leadership the Light Division won an undying fame. Here, too, fell Captain John D. Fain, of Company C. Colonel Cowan, Captain Fain and [Maj. J.A. Weston] were standing in a group, watching the movements of the enemy. Presently we heard that unmistakable thud, and Captain Fain fell heavily forward, mortally wounded. He begged us to take him off the field, but it was impossible to do so at that time. In five minutes he was dead. I never knew a purer man. He was the soul of honor. ... We held the inner line of works until night, when Petersburg was evacuated, and we began our last retreat." The war ended eight days later. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume II, page 577.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"C Company, 33rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:14","name":"John H. Daniel Fain "},{"PID":"706854563","lname":"Farrar","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1932","dob":"March 19, 2011","dod":"April 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Farrar was the son of a University English faculty member. He graduated from Amherst College in 1932 and was enrolled at UNC in 1932-33. He worked at the N.C. Shipbuilding Co. near Wilmington while the firm was building the liberty ships SS Cornelia P Spencer, the SS Horace Williams, the SS David L Swain, the SS Elisha Mitchell, the SS Kemp P Battle<\/em> and the SS James Sprunt<\/em>.<\/p>

Farrar qualified as a ship’s master and went to England as the master of U.S. Army tanker Y-17 ferrying gasoline from Hamble, England, across the Channel. On April 9, 1945, the Y-17 exploded and was lost with all hands.<\/p>

The Maritime Commission honored Ship Master Farrar by naming the liberty ship SS “Byng” Farrar<\/em> in his memory.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Ship Master","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:42","name":"Alexander Patterson Farrar "},{"PID":"706855977","lname":"Fearing","hometown":"Manteo","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Nov. 8, 1916","dod":"April 6, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706855977.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fearing was enrolled at the University between 1937 and 1942 and was noted for his portrayal of Raleigh Lane in The Lost Colony<\/em> outdoor drama.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy flight training program in August 1942 and completed his flight training in November 1943. He went overseas in March 1944.<\/p>

Ensign Fearing died when his Grumman F6F crashed at sea off Guadalcanal on April 6, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>

<\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:43","name":"Thomas Campbell Fearing "},{"PID":"706856541","lname":"Feldman","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1937","dob":"April 18, 2017","dod":"Jan. 18, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706856541.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

After two years at the University of Michigan, Feldman transferred to UNC. After graduation, he returned for graduate work as a Rockefeller graduate assistant in UNC’s drama department. He won the Roland Holt Award in 1941 for playwriting. He was active in Playmakers and had a prominent role in The Lost Colony<\/em> by Paul Green ’21 at Roanoke Island. On March 4-7, 1942, he secured leave from training duties at Scott Field, Ill., to return to Chapel Hill for the premiere performance of his full-length play, Behold, the Brethern<\/em>.<\/p>

An air communications officer, he enlisted in 1941 as a private. In September 1942, he was appointed aviation cadet and on Dec. 26, 1942, he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was promoted to first lieutenant on Aug. 1, 1943.<\/p>

Feldman was killed in action over Burma in an engagement with enemy planes.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records

<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 15:46","name":"Joseph David Feldman "},{"PID":"706856730","lname":"Felton","hometown":"Roselle","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 6, 2018","dod":"March 4, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706856730.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Felton entered the University from the American School of Japan in Tokyo in 1938 and was enrolled through the summer of 1941. He was married in January 1941 to the former Mary Ochse McKee '38 (AB, ABLS '39) of Chapel Hill.<\/p>

Felton was the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress and was killed over Europe on March 4, 1943. For some time he was listed officially as missing in action.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:03","name":"Ralph Almon Felton Jr."},{"PID":"706856916","lname":"Fennegan","hometown":"Fairmont","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Aug. 11, 1921","dod":"May 25, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706856916.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fennegan entered the University from Fairmont High School in 1938 and was enrolled until December 1940. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps on Jan. 15, 1942. Upon his graduation from flight school on April 29, 1943, he was commissioned and presented the honor award for being the outstanding man and pilot in his squadron at Turner Field, Ga.<\/p>

Fennegan was killed with seven others when the B-24 Liberator bomber in which he was training crashed near Smyrna Army Air Field in Tennessee. Fennegan had flown the plane before but was not at the controls when the crash occurred.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders ’25 wrote to Fennegan’s mother:<\/p>

“Words, I know, can do little to assuage your sorrow, but I do want you to know that we here in Chapel Hill share with you the loss of your son. He made a good record here. Just this week one of his instructors told me how fine a boy he was.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:26","name":"Samuel Edgar Fennegan Jr."},{"PID":"706857203","lname":"Ferebee","hometown":"Princess Anne Court House","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Jan. 3, 1839","dod":"About July 17, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Ferebee was elected captain on May 1, 1862. He died of disease at Petersburg, Va., on or about July 17, 1862 (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 21).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 32nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:14","name":"James W. Ferebee "},{"PID":"706858095","lname":"Ferrell","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"March 16, 2025","dod":"Nov. 16, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Arthur Clyde Ferrell Jr. entered the University in from Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia in 1943 and was enrolled until he entered the U.S. Army in August 1943. He went to Northwest Europe in September 1944 and was killed in action in Germany on Nov. 16, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/5\/2010 15:49","name":"A. Clyde Ferrell Jr."},{"PID":"706858877","lname":"Ficklen","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Oct. 25, 1926","dod":"Dec. 27, 1952","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706858877.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Ficklen entered the University from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1944. At UNC, he was captain of the swimming team and was named the team's most valuable member. He also was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a Rhodes Scholar candidate. After graduating, Fricklen received his MBA from Harvard in 1949. He was employed by the Williams Shoe Manufacturing Co. of Portsmouth, Ohio, until he entered the U.S. Air Force in July 1951. <\/p>

He was transferred to Korea in July 1952 and was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with Headquarters, 3rd Bomber Group based at Kunsan Airfield (K-8), South Korea. Five months later, he was a passenger on a C-47 (Model DC-3) transport, operated by the Royal Helena Air Force, when it crashed and burned shortly after takeoff near Haengon-ni, South Korea, killing all 14 men aboard.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>




","branch":"U.S. Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:51","name":"Warren Myers Ficklen "},{"PID":"706858936","lname":"Field","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"NC","classyear":"1915","dob":"Feb. 1, 1890","dod":"Sept. 29, 1918","degree":"BSCE","photo":"706858936.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Field was president of Golden Fleece at UNC and was business manager of the Tar Heel<\/em> during his last year in college.<\/p>

He received his commission at the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.<\/p>

Field left for France in May 1918 and was killed during some of the most intense fighting of the entire war when, on Sept. 29, U.S. and British forces successfully assaulted the Hindenburg Line. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"Army, 30th Division, 105th Engineers","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:51","name":"Bascom Lee Field "},{"PID":"706858978","lname":"Field","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"May 1, 2015","dod":"November 1, 1944","degree":"BSEE","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Field entered the University from Greensboro High School in 1932 and received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering in 1936. He was associated with the Westinghouse X-Ray Co. after graduation.<\/p>

He completed radar school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1943 and was a first lieutenant when he died in service in November 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:30","name":"Dan Benning Field Jr."},{"PID":"706861233","lname":"Fitts","hometown":"Warrenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"May 3, 1836","dod":"June 14, 1861","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Fitts died of disease at Petersburg, Va., on June 14, 1861 (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 189).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company F, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:15","name":"James Henry Fitts "},{"PID":"706861871","lname":"Flanner","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"Nov. 19, 1836","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Flanner was reported killed in battle.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:15","name":"Andrew Jackson Flanner "},{"PID":"706862197","lname":"Fleming","hometown":"Middleburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 5, 1919","dod":"Sept. 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706862197.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fleming entered the University from Middleburg High School and was enrolled until 1942.<\/p>

He was listed as missing over Noemfoor, New Guinea, on Sept. 21, 1944. His commendations included the Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:33","name":"Floyd Fitzler Fleming Jr."},{"PID":"706862881","lname":"Flinn","hometown":"Pittsburgh","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1932","dob":"March 12, 2010","dod":"March 18, 1945","degree":"AB with honors","photo":"706862881.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

After Flinn received his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University in 1932, he received a master’s from Duke University the next year and went on to do graduate study and lecture at several German and Swiss universities. He was working for the library of the League of Nations when the Second World War broke out in Europe. He returned to New York as vice president and treasurer of The Institute of Applied Econometrics, a business research firm.<\/p>

Flinn was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, then discharged because of a stomach ailment. In 1943, he was inducted into the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of staff sergeant. He was an intelligence sergeant in the 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, Third Army, and was awarded his first Bronze Star for valor in combat for heroic action in Luxembourg on Dec. 29, 1944. He spent a month in a hospital recovering from wounds received in that action.<\/p>

Flinn was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second Bronze Star award for his actions in Huttig-Raseweiler, Germany, during the Battle of the Ruhr for remaining under fire at an observation post until he was struck and killed. He was serving with an intelligence unit of Gen. George Patton's Third Army.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Marine Corps and Army","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:42","name":"Lawrence Flinn "},{"PID":"706865433","lname":"Ford","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1930","dob":"Aug. 30, 1909","dod":"May 12, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ford attended the University in 1926-27. He transferred to the Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated in 1932. He was an explosives expert and was employed by the American Hardware Co. in Charlotte prior to his entry into the service.<\/p>

He was considered “one of the outstanding explosives engineers in the country,” which made him a natural fit for the military engineers. Ford was disarming a bomb in Germany on May 12, 1945, and was killed when the bomb exploded. The war in Europe had officially ended on May 8, 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Corps of Engineers, Demolition Branch, Engineer Board","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:45","name":"Walter Alexander Ford Jr."},{"PID":"706866401","lname":"Foscue","hometown":"Maysville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Feb. 13, 1920","dod":"Nov. 3, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706866401.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Foscue graduated from Maysville High School in 1936 and entered the University in 1938 after two years at Davidson College. After graduation, he was employed by the Union Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy in early 1942 and received his wings and commission in January 1943. Ensign Foscue was killed in the crash of a Navy plane outside Odessa, Texas, while making a cross-country flight from Rhode Island to California.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:46","name":"Donald Crosby Foscue "},{"PID":"706866762","lname":"Foster","hometown":"Southmont","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Oct. 7, 1922","dod":"Feb. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706866762.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Foster entered the University from Southmont High School in 1941 and was enrolled until 1943. He entered the U.S. Army in April 1943 and was sent to North Africa in November 1943.<\/p>

In December 1943, he joined Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry regiment of the 36th Division. During that time, the 36th Division was involved in fruitless attempts to cross the Rapido River and in the fighting in the Cassino area.<\/p>

Foster was killed in action on Feb. 17, 1944, while serving at the Headquarters Company's observation post.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:48","name":"Lewis Marshall Foster "},{"PID":"706867857","lname":"Fowler","hometown":"Portland","homestate":"Ore.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Jan. 31, 1926","dod":"July 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706867857.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fowler entered the University in January 1943 and was enrolled for two terms. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in August 1943 and trained at Camp Pendleton and Camp Buena Vista, Calif., before sailing for the Pacific Theater in early 1944.<\/p>

Fowler was killed in action when he landed as part of the U.S. Marines' invasion force on the island of Guam on July 21, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Marine Corps Reserve","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:53","name":"Charles Henry Fowler "},{"PID":"706868939","lname":"Foy","hometown":"New Hanover County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Dec. 27, 1840","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Foy entered the University in 1857.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Foy was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 677, 814 and 815.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:30","name":"David Hiram Foy "},{"PID":"706872594","lname":"Fry","hometown":"Richmond County","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 16, 1915","dod":"August 1, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706872594.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fry entered the University from the Academy of Richmond County in Georgia in 1935. After graduation, he was employed at the Augusta Chronicle<\/em> and by Sears, Roebuck. He married the former Sylvia B Sundstrom ’39 in September 1939.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Marine Reserve in August 1940. He was among the Marines who garrisoned Iceland from July 1941 until March 1942. Promoted to captain, he attended the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Okla., and that September was reassigned to the 10th Marine Regiment of the Second Marine Division. He was promoted to major in June 1943.<\/p>

Fry wrote to Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 throughout his service in the Pacific. Fry was particularly struck on several occasions by the number of UNC alumni he encountered overseas, observing:<\/p>

“At one time, there were thirteen of us in one officer’s club at the same time, so quite a Carolina reunion took place. We even had a lot of fellows saying that they wished they had gone to Carolina!”<\/em><\/p>

Fry was a member of Headquarters and Service Battery, First Battalion, Fourteenth Marine Regiment during the invasion of Guam. He died of wounds received in that operation.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Marine Reserve","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:55","name":"Thomas McElhenney Fry "},{"PID":"706873517","lname":"Fuller","hometown":"Lumberton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"June 17, 2015","dod":"April 2, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Fuller entered the University from Lumberton High School and Randolph-Macon Academy in Virginia and was enrolled at UNC in 1933-34. He was in business in Los Angeles for several years before volunteering for military service in October 1941.<\/p>

He received his commission and wings as a pilot on April 12, 1943. He flew a B-24 heavy bomber to Africa, then to Italy in early 1944. He was assigned to the 15th Air Force, which on April 2, 1944, hit an air depot at Mostar, Yugoslavia, and marshalling yards at Bihac, Yugoslavia. The B-24s encountered fierce German fighter resistance, resulting in 19 bombers shot down, with several missing.<\/p>

Fuller’s plane was among the missing. He later was determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/29\/2009 16:57","name":"John Coltrane Fuller Jr."},{"PID":"706874006","lname":"Fulton","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown day, June 1843","dod":"Unknown day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Fulton was reportedly wounded at Chickamauga in September 1863 and died on Oct. 2. Battle's book also has references to Fulton being killed at Chickamauga, which was fought Sept. 19-20, 1863, in Georgia.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Fulton was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 815 and 816.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:30","name":"Robert F. Fulton "},{"PID":"706875465","lname":"Gaines","hometown":"Montgomery County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown day, 1837","dod":"May 5, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Gaines was killed in action in the Battle of the Wilderness in fighting near the plank road west of Chancellorsville (Roster<\/em>, volume X, page 446).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company F, 44th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:56","name":"John Charles Gaines "},{"PID":"706876013","lname":"Gallagher","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"April 9, 2022","dod":"May 29, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706876013.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gallagher graduated from Charlotte Central High School in 1939 and was enrolled at the University in 1940-41, after one year at Erskine College in South Carolina. He volunteered as a naval aviation cadet in March 1942 and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as an ensign at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in January 1943.<\/p>

Gallagher left the U.S. in June 1943 and was a member of Torpedo Squadrons aboard the U.S. carriers Enterprise<\/em>, Essex<\/em> and Intrepid<\/em> in actions against the Japanese at Truk, Roi and Makin. He was awarded the Air Medal for his determined attack against a Japanese vessel, which he pressed home in the face of withering anti-aircraft fire, leaving the ship dead in the water and burning fiercely.<\/p>

Gallagher was transferred back to the U.S. to serve as an instructor. His promotion to lieutenant (junior grade) was waiting for him at his home. He was killed in an aircraft accident at Quonset Point, R.I., on May 29, 1944. His medal was awarded posthumously to his family.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 10:06","name":"William Hinson Gallagher "},{"PID":"706876635","lname":"Gambill","hometown":"Elkin","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 13, 1922","dod":"Feb. 12, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"706876635.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gambill entered the University from Elkin High School in 1939. While at UNC, he was secretary of his junior class, secretary and treasurer of student government and a member of both the Order of the Grail and the Order of Golden Fleece.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army upon his graduation in 1943 and was a member of the Army Specialized Training program, designed to identify, train and educate academically talented enlisted men with the goal of making them officers. As the need grew for more combat troops, the program was disbanded, and most of the soldiers were transferred to the infantry.<\/p>

Gambill, by then a sergeant with the 1255th Engineer Battalion, arrived in Europe in October 1944. On Feb. 12, 1945, his squad was pinned down by German machine-gun fire, when his unit attempted to drive the Germans from a town that controlled a key river crossing in Luxembourg. Gambill led two members of his squad in destroying the German emplacement, but he and another squad member were killed in silencing the machine gun.<\/p>

Gambill was awarded the Bronze Star for this action. <\/p>

Alumni secretary J. Maryon Saunders ’25 wrote to Gambill’s parents:<\/p>

“I know that in these days you are heavily burdened with Sam’s loss … but I hope that in time your hearts will be lifted by happy memories of his fine career. Certainly he engraved fine memories in the hearts of those at Chapel Hill who knew him. He was honored and loved here.”
<\/em>
Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 10:08","name":"I. Samuel Gambill Jr."},{"PID":"706876882","lname":"Gammans","hometown":"Newport","homestate":"R.I.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Sept. 10, 1918","dod":"Feb. 1, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706876882.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gammans entered the University from Rogers High School in Newport, R.I., in 1936. He left UNC in 1940 to join the U.S. Army Air Corps. He trained as a bombardier and arrived at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His plane was shot down by the Japanese, but he escaped injury.<\/p>

Gammans later served as navigator for bombers involved in attacks on Wake Island and in the Solomon Islands. He was reported missing in action on Feb. 1, 1943, and according to GAA records was officially presumed dead by the Army as of that date. (The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his date of death as Jan. 11, 1946.)<\/p>

Gammans’ parents received the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to him posthumously “for extraordinary achievement in the Solomon Islands” in the period Dec. 7, 1941, to Jan. 10, 1943, in 37 air flights totaling more than 321 hours, “during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected.”<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 10:34","name":"George Henry Gammans "},{"PID":"706878349","lname":"Garland","hometown":"Marshville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"June 3, 2016","dod":"Feb. 21, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706878349.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Garland entered the University from Marshville High School on 1934. After graduation, he was employed by Sears, Roebuck as an analyst.<\/p>

He was called to active service in February 1941 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served on Bougainville and returned to the U.S. after 20 months of service in the Pacific. By then a major, he returned to the Pacific with the Fifth Marine Division, which was scheduled for the invasion of Iwo Jima. Garland was killed in action on Iwo Jima.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 10:36","name":"Robert Franklin Garland "},{"PID":"706878381","lname":"Garlington","hometown":"Laurens Court House","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"Probably Dec. 13, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Garlington was killed at Fredericksburg, Va.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"3rd South Carolina","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:17","name":"John Garlington "},{"PID":"706879186","lname":"Garrett","hometown":"Hertford County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"June 13, 1830","dod":"May 12, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"706879186.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Thomas Garrett was killed in action, reportedly shot in the head, at Spotsylvania Court House during the fighting at the Horseshoe (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, pages 196-197 and 119). His account of the action at Sharpsburg is quoted from Official Records in Roster<\/em>, volume IV, pages 119-120.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"5th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:16","name":"Thomas Miles Garrett "},{"PID":"706879551","lname":"Garrott","hometown":"Wake County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1841","dob":"Unknown Day, 1816","dod":"June 17, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Garrott was killed at Vicksburg, Miss.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"20th Alabama","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:18","name":"Isham Warren Garrott "},{"PID":"706882281","lname":"Gerard","hometown":"Grenada","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 24, 1916","dod":"Feb. 7, 1945","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gerard entered UNC's graduate school after receiving his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1938. He had attended Grenada High School in Mississippi and graduated from Riverside Military Academy in 1934.<\/p>

After earning his master's from Carolina, he returned to Riverside to teach and then entered the military in September 1942. He entered Officer Candidate School and received his lieutenant bars on April 27, 1944. He died in Germany serving with the 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. His commendations included the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>



 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 10:49","name":"Frank Thomas Gerard Jr."},{"PID":"706883796","lname":"Gibson","hometown":"Concord","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"June 2, 1837","dod":"July 3, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Gibson was killed at Gettysburg. The 33rd was part of Lane’s Brigade, which attacked Cemetery Hill in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 147).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company A, 33rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:58","name":"William Henry Gibson "},{"PID":"706884793","lname":"Gill","hometown":"Franklin County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Feb. 20, 1834","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"Possibly 15th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:18","name":"Benjamin Llewellyn Gill "},{"PID":"706884894","lname":"Gill","hometown":"Franklin County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"June 2, 1837","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"706884894.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

William Gill's death at Malvern Hill was described as he was "almost cut asunder by a shell. ... His death caused genuine sorrow and regret to every member of the command" (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 207).<\/p>

Gill was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company G, 23rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:28","name":"William P. Gill "},{"PID":"706887084","lname":"Glaze","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1855","dob":"Unknown day, 1833","dod":"Unknown day, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Glaze was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 807.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:31","name":"Richard Henry Glaze "},{"PID":"706892109","lname":"Gordon","hometown":"Atlanta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Oct. 30, 1917","dod":"Declared presumed dead on July 1, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"706892109.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gordon entered the University from Boys High School in Atlanta in 1935 and graduated in three years. He went to work for the Home Insurance Co. in New York until the early fall of 1940, when he became a Marine Corps aviation cadet.<\/p>

He was promoted to first lieutenant just before leaving for the Southwest Pacific in the late spring of 1942. He was promoted to captain just before his unit left for a base in the Russell Islands in March 1943.<\/p>

On June 30, 1943, Gordon led a 16-plane patrol on an interception mission over Rendova Island to provide air cover for the U.S. troops landing on Rendova. Gordon led his patrol toward a greatly superior force of Japanese aircraft that was attacking the troops as they landed. His citation for the Air Medal observed:<\/p>

“Although greatly outnumbered, his flight destroyed 14 Japanese fighters, probably shot down four others and completely disrupted the hostile bombing attack before any damage could be inflicted on our ground forces.”<\/em><\/p>

Gordon was declared missing in action after this mission.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders ’25 wrote Gordon’s parents:<\/p>

“The news that Lewis is missing is received with deep sorrow here. He made a splendid record as a student at the University, and many of us who remember him join with you in sharing happy memories of him.”<\/em><\/p>

Gordon's father replied with a detailed letter dated April 6, 1944, that is filed in his son's Alumni Records' folder. in his letter to Saunders, he wrote:<\/p>

"I have received letters from some of his associate pilots from which I infer that Lewis' engine was damaged in this fight and that in an effort to escape from four [Z]eros which were concentrating an attack on his plane, Lewis dived into a cloud bank with his engine smoking and his plane evidently being out of control. What happened from there on is a matter of conjecture; we know nothing. The fight occurred on the 30th day of June 1943 and since that date no word has been received from this boy. In the face of this long period of time that has elapsed we are forced to realize that in all probability Lewis was killed in this fight. On the other hand we realize there is a bare possibility that this boy will show up some of these days. However, if he has been killed we have the satisfaction of knowing that he died happy in the realization that he was doing his duty at a time when his country needed him."<\/em><\/p>

Gordon was declared presumed dead on July 1, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 11:05","name":"Lewis Gordon "},{"PID":"706892200","lname":"Gordon","hometown":"Spencer","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"April 27, 2024","dod":"Dec. 15, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gordon was well-known as an athlete in Spencer and Salisbury before graduating from Spencer High School in 1941. He entered the University in 1941 and was enrolled until 1943, playing on the freshman and reserve varsity football teams.<\/p>

He was killed in action in Europe on Dec. 15, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Technician Fifth Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/10\/2013 14:43","name":"Robert Hugh Gordon "},{"PID":"706894031","lname":"Graham","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1902","dob":"Nov. 11, 1875","dod":"June 6, 2018","degree":"CMED","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Graham had been living in Montgomery, Ala., before entering the service. When the first U.S. Marines went to France in early June 1917, he was asked to stay at his local post, but he declined.<\/p>

Graham was part of the Marines' forces that fought at Chateau-Thierry from June 3-4 and then at Belleau Wood from June 6-26. Chateau-Thierry formed the tip of the German advance toward Paris. Led by Commander-in-Chief John J. Pershing, the Americans launched a counterattack on June 3-4 with the help of the French 10th Colonial Division; together they pushed the Germans back across the Marne.<\/p>

Two days later, an attempt to capture Belleau Wood resulted in heavy casualties. Stubbornly defended by the Germans, the wood was first taken by the Marines and Third Infantry Brigade, then ceded back to the Germans -- and again taken by the U.S. forces a total of six times before the Germans were finally expelled. Graham died in that fighting.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
firstworldwar.com<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marines","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 13:25","name":"David Sloan Graham "},{"PID":"706895168","lname":"Granger","hometown":"Reading","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Sept. 22, 1922","dod":"June 8, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Granger entered the University from Reading Senior High School in Pennsylvania and was enrolled at UNC in 1941.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army in May 1943 and went overseas that October. He first saw action around Naples, Italy, late that year.<\/p>

Granger was wounded by shrapnel on May 31, 1944. The hospital where he was being treated was bombed by enemy planes, and he died of his wounds on June 8, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:03","name":"Stanley Philip Granger "},{"PID":"706895706","lname":"Grantham","hometown":"Rocky Mount","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"Nov. 6, 1912","dod":"Jan. 10, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Grantham was enrolled at the University in 1931-32.<\/p>

He was killed in action on Jan. 10, 1945. His commendations included the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:07","name":"James Edward Grantham "},{"PID":"706896341","lname":"Gravitte","hometown":"Roxboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1955","dob":"July 12, 1933","dod":"June 17, 1966","degree":"AB","photo":"706896341.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Gravitte was a member of Chi Psi fraternity and played both varsity football and varsity baseball at UNC. He was Carolina's top pass receiver and second leading rusher in 1953.<\/p>

He was killed in the mid-air explosion of a cargo plane en route to the Philippines from South Vietnam, where he had been flying F-4C Phantom 11 jets. He had recently received the Air Medal for military achievements in flight.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=19629<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:53","name":"Connie Mack Gravitte "},{"PID":"706897029","lname":"Gray","hometown":"Winston, in Forsyth County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"July 19, 1842","dod":"July 2, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Gray was killed at Gettysburg in an attempt to take Cemetery Hill. “It was awful hard fighting truly … we suffered severely” (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 10).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"57th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:59","name":"Samuel Wiley Gray "},{"PID":"706897306","lname":"Greely","hometown":"Gloucester","homestate":"Mass.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 2, 1918","dod":"May 12, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706897306.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Greely was enrolled at the University in 1935-37 and was a member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.<\/p>

He worked as a funeral director and embalmer before entering the Marine Corps in 1944. He was killed in action on Okinawa in May 1945 while in command of a machine gun section. He was a member of the Sixth Marine Division.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:15","name":"Ralph John Greely "},{"PID":"706898808","lname":"Greene","hometown":"Suffern","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Dec. 1, 1919","dod":"Nov. 8, 1944","degree":"BSPHR","photo":"706898808.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Greene entered the University in 1938 from Suffern High School in New York. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in November 1943 and was transferred to England in March 1944.<\/p>

Greene was a member of the 511th Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the 405th Fighter-Bomber Group of the Ninth Air Force, flying the P-47 Thunderbolt in tactical support of ground troops. Initially assigned to support the First Army for its breakout in the St Lo area, the Ninth Air Force was assigned in early August to support the U.S. Third Army in its drive across France. The Ninth furnished close air support from Falaise to Metz, which was attacked on Nov. 8, 1944. First Lieutenant Greene was shot down over Metz on that date. He was flying his 60th mission and had been awarded the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"U.S. Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:22","name":"Frank Arthur Greene Jr."},{"PID":"706899863","lname":"Gregory","hometown":"Halifax","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Sept. 9, 1923","dod":"Dec. 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Gregory was a student at the University in 1941-43 and was a member of Kappa Alpha.<\/p>

He entered the military in January 1943 at Fort Bragg and volunteered to be a paratrooper. Before going overseas in May 1944, he trained at Camp Tocca, Ga.; Camp Mackall in North Carolina; Fort Benning, Ga.; and Camp Polk, La. He was stationed in New Guinea from May to November 1944, when he was sent to the Philippines, where he saw about 30 days service on Leyte.<\/p>

He was killed while attacking a Japanese position. According to a new report in the Alumni Review<\/em>'s February 1945 issue, "About 30 yards ahead of the rest of his squad which was pinned down by heavy machine gun fire, Gregory was throwing grenades and firing at the time of his death." He was credited with killing seven Japanese before he himself was killed. He had been awarded the Silver Star. He was a son of Quentin Gregory Sr. of the class of 1902 and was survived by, among others, two brothers who were UNC alumni -- Quentin Gregory Jr. '43, who at the time of Gregory's death was a corporal in the Army, and John T. Gregory '46, who at that time was in the V-12 unit at UNC.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:40","name":"Edwin Haynes Gregory "},{"PID":"706903575","lname":"Grogan","hometown":"Reidsville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 10, 1918","dod":"March 25, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Grogan entered the University from Reidsville High School in 1938 and was enrolled in 1938-40. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1942 and went overseas in November 1944.<\/p>

He served as flight engineer aboard a B-24 Liberator of 712 Squadron, 448th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force. On March 25, 1945, Grogan was aboard a B-24 that failed to return from a mission against underground oil depots at Buchen, Germany. He later was declared to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

His commendations included the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:43","name":"Frank Elmer Grogan Jr."},{"PID":"706905595","lname":"Gunnels","hometown":"Laurens Court House","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Unknown Day, 1841","dod":"","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Gunnels died of wounds from the war.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 3rd S.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:20","name":"William Martin Gunnels "},{"PID":"706906749","lname":"Guyer","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1948","dob":"Oct. 15, 1927","dod":"Feb. 22 or 23, 1953","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Guyer entered UNC from High Point Central High School in 1944. He was employed by the Pilot Life Insurance Co. until he entered the U.S. Air Force in August 1950. He was assigned to the 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron based at Suwan, South Korea. <\/p>

Accounts differ as to the date of Guyer's death. The<\/em> Alumni Review<\/em> reported in its March 1953 issue that he died on Feb. 22, 1953, in an aircraft accident, and other accounts said Guyer was taking off from the airfield when his F-80c encountered mechanical problems and crashed. Some accounts reported that he had been returning from a combat mission when his aircraft exploded mid-air before his parachute opened one mile from Suwon Air Base. His date of death also has been reported as Feb. 23, 1953.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 15:21","name":"Garfield William Guyer "},{"PID":"706908192","lname":"Hagner","hometown":"Richmond","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1953","dob":"April 18, 1932","dod":"About Oct. 15, 1952","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Hagner entered the University in 1949 and was enrolled until 1951. He was a member of Delta Psi fraternity. <\/p>

He entered the Army in June 1951 and was a Browning Automatic rifleman with Company "C," 32nd Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. Hagner was killed by small arms fire near Chowon in the Iron Triangle section of North Korea. The Alumni Review<\/em> reported in its January 1953 issue that he died "about October 15, 1952." <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 15:41","name":"Alexander Randall Hagner III"},{"PID":"706909346","lname":"Hall","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Dec. 25, 1919","dod":"April 28, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706909346.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hall entered the University from the Curry School in Greensboro. While at UNC, he was a member of his class executive committee for three years, a member of the Honor Council and a member of Beta Theta Phi fraternity.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy as an aviation cadet in February 1942 and was assigned to an aircraft carrier at Quonset Point, R.I. Hall was killed when his plane crashed into Chesapeake Bay on April 28, 1943.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:54","name":"Alonzo Cleveland Hall Jr."},{"PID":"706909737","lname":"Hall","hometown":"Tupelo","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1928","dob":"Jan. 29, 1906","dod":"Nov. 24, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hall entered the University in 1924.<\/p>

In August 1943, Hall joined the crew of the USS Liscome Bay<\/em> (CVE-56) as executive officer. The Liscome Bay<\/em> had just been accepted by the Navy and carried 12 Wildcat fighters and 16 Avenger torpedo planes\/bombers. In November 1943, Liscome Bay<\/em> was part of the largest U.S. naval force yet assembled in the Pacific, charged with the invasions of Tarawa, Makin and Abemama islands in the Gilbert Islands.<\/p>

D-Day for the invasion of Makin was Nov. 20, 1943, and the Liscome Bay<\/em> provided close air support for the Marines who were battling the Japanese defenders. The island was declared secured on Nov. 23, and that evening the Liscome Bay<\/em> was part of Task Group 52.13, consisting of two other CVEs, two battleships, a cruiser and five destroyers, steaming in a circular formation with the other ships screening the CVEs from attack.<\/p>

On the morning of Nov. 24, the Japanese submarine I-175 penetrated the screen and launched a spread of four deadly “long lance” torpedoes at the Liscome Bay<\/em>. One hit, and that was enough for the deadliest Japanese torpedo of the war to do its work. The explosion set off more than 200,000 pounds of bombs and torpedoes stored in the Liscome Bay<\/em>, which broke in two and sank in 23 minutes. Cmdr. Hall was one of the 52 officers and 591 enlisted men who died with their ship. His commendations included the Silver Star and Purple Heart.<\/p>

The I-175 was sunk by American destroyers on Feb. 5, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
navysite.de\/crew.php?action=ship&ship=cve_56<\/a>;
World War Two Magazine<\/em>, July 1992<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Commander","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 12:57","name":"Finley Elliot Hall "},{"PID":"706911965","lname":"Hamilton","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Jan. 4, 1922","dod":"July 14, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706911965.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hamilton entered the University from Fayetteville High School in fall 1941 and volunteered for service in the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942. He became a fighter pilot, flying the P-47 Thunderbolt on escort missions for bombers.<\/p>

Hamilton went to England in October 1943. His first plane, “Patsy” — named for his wife, the former Pat Jones of Rocky Mount — was “shot from under him.” Hamilton had accumulated the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters when his last plane, “Mrs Ham,” did not return from a mission over France on July 14, 1944. Hamilton as declared in February 1945 to have been killed in action on that date. <\/p>

His commendations included the Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Hamilton’s wife:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to read in the newspapers that your husband, 1st Lieutenant Augustus Hamilton, has been reported missing in action over France since July 14. I do hope you will be having better news soon. So many times in similar situations I have heard later that those reported missing are found to be prisoners of war…<\/em><\/p>

“On behalf of the University I wish you to know that we are thinking of you and other members of your family.”<\/em><\/p>

He later wrote her:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to hear that your husband, 1st Lieutenant Augustus Hamilton, Jr., who was reported missing since July 14, 1944, is now reported as killed in action on that date.<\/em><\/p>

“Words can do little to lessen the load of sorrow that is in your heart, but I wish you to know that that we at the University are thinking of you now.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>



 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:01","name":"Augustus Hamilton Jr."},{"PID":"706913943","lname":"Hancock","hometown":"Washington","homestate":"D.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"April 22, 2015","dod":"Dec. 4, 1942","degree":"","photo":"706913943.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hancock entered the University for graduate work after attending the University of Maryland and receiving his bachelor’s degree from George Washington University. He was enrolled at UNC in 1939-40.<\/p>

He was a copy boy for The Washington Post<\/em> and an English instructor at Dickinson Seminary in Pennsylvania before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on Aug. 20, 1941. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission in September 1942.<\/p>

On Dec. 3, 1942, Ensign Hancock was co-pilot of a Navy PBY patrol bomber that failed to return from a patrol flight on southern California. Dean of Administration Robert B. House (class of 1916) wrote to Hancock’s parents:<\/p>

“I hope you will allow the University officially and personally to regard itself as also possessing a part of his love and loyalty and entitled to join you in gratitude for his life. … May I say a word of affection to you and of confident hope that his spirit will ever remain a consolation and blessing to yours.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:04","name":"William Owen Hancock Jr."},{"PID":"706917000","lname":"Hargrove","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1864","dob":"Oct. 18, 1843","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hargrove reportedly was killed at Ream's Station, Va.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hargrove was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 712.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:32","name":"William T. Hargrove "},{"PID":"706918300","lname":"Harrell","hometown":"Scotland Neck","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1933","dob":"Oct. 16, 1912","dod":"March 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706918300.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harrell entered the University from Scotland Neck High School, where he had been selected to receive a scholarship offered by Thomas Alva Edison to young men whom he hoped would carry on his inventive work. He was enrolled at UNC from 1929 until 1931, when he transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy. <\/p>

While at the academy, he was selected as one of the battalion commanders for the first term of 1933. He also received a fourth sleeve stripe in recognition of his achievement in winning the highest honor in his class of 600, an award voted on by officers and his classmates. Upon his graduation from the academy, he received a “star” in recognition of his academic and other achievements.<\/p>

After graduation, Harrell was stationed aboard the battleship California<\/em> for two years. He continued his education with postgraduate training in aeronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He rose to the rank of commander and was head of the assembly and repair department of the Miami Naval Air Station, when he was killed in the crash of his plane near Perry Field on March 5, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Commander","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:06","name":"DeWitt Allen Harrell "},{"PID":"706919642","lname":"Harris","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Oct. 6, 1920","dod":"Jan. 20, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706919642.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harris entered the University from Durham High School in 1938 and was two months from graduation when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on Feb. 28, 1943. He went overseas in November 1944.<\/p>

Harris was top turret gunner aboard a B-24 that failed to return from a mission over Austria on Jan. 20, 1945. He was listed as missing in action and later was declared to have been presumed to have died on that date.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Harris’ parents:<\/p>

“The news that your son, Cpl. Arthur M. Harris, Jr., who was a student here from 1938-1943, has been reported missing in action over Austria, since January 20, has brought real anxiety and sorrow to those of us at the University who recall him most pleasantly.<\/em><\/p>

“Many times, Mrs. Harris, I have thought about you as I have read in the newspapers about you daughter and sons. I’ve not written you or said anything to you about them — but this is indicative of the fact that many people are thinking of you in this time of your great anxiety. I do hope better news will be coming soon about Arthur, Jr.”<\/em><\/p>

And later:

“I know these past twelve months have been most anxious and trying for you. Over here many of us who know you and who knew Arthur as a student have been thinking about you all.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:08","name":"Arthur Miller Harris Jr."},{"PID":"706920932","lname":"Harris","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Jan. 4, 1840","dod":"Unknown day, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Harris was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:32","name":"John Williams Harris "},{"PID":"706921229","lname":"Harris","hometown":"Peekskill","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 22, 2021","dod":"Aug. 20, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706921229.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harris entered the University from New York’s Peekskill Military Academy, where he lettered in four sports. He was enrolled at UNC from 1939 until 1942, when he joined the Army Air Corps. He was captain of the boxing team while at the University.<\/p>

He was accepted as an air cadet on July 9, 1942, and called to active duty on Jan. 31, 1943.<\/p>

On Aug. 20, 1943, Harris was flying a BT-13 from the Army Air Field at Newport, Ark., when his plane crashed three miles south of the field, killing Harris.<\/p>

His mother wrote in response to a letter of condolence from Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25:<\/p>

“I certainly do include Chapel Hill as I think of my son. I had the good fortune to take the trip with him there in his Freshman year and I know what a beautiful place it is. At this I want to thank you for your kind expressions of sympathy.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Aug1943S.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Air Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:09","name":"Milton Bernard Harris "},{"PID":"706921489","lname":"Harris","hometown":"Valdosta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Nov. 6, 1914","dod":"March 17, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706921489.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harris entered the University in 1932 and was a member of the Order of Minotaurs, the Order of the Gimghouls and, in 1936, captain of the golf team.<\/p>

He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in March 1941 and trained in four-engine planes. By March 1945, he was a captain in the Ferry Command in the China-Burma-India Theater. <\/p>

On March 17, 1945, Harris was pilot of a C-54B that failed to return from a mission to China. He was listed as missing in action and later was presumed to have died in action on that date.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Mar1945O.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:11","name":"Richard Alexander Harris Jr."},{"PID":"706922558","lname":"Harrison","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1929","dob":"June 2, 2008","dod":"Feb. 21, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706922558.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harrison entered the University from Chapel Hill High School in 1925. While at the University, he was a member of Sigma Delta honorary fraternity and Sigma Delta social fraternity. He was managing editor of the Buccaneer<\/em> and was considered a star for the Carolina Playmakers. He went into theater work in New York after his time at UNC. He married the former Helen Dortch ’29 (AB, ’48 BSLS) in September 1939.<\/p>

Harrison went overseas in September 1944 as an engineer gunner on an A-26 of the Ninth Air Force. He rose to the rank of staff sergeant and was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. <\/p>

On Feb. 21, 1945, Harrison was on his 19th mission, as an engineer gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress that failed to return from a mission over Halle, Germany. Harrison was listed as missing in action. After the war, he was declared to be presumed to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Air Force","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:14","name":"T. Pendleton Harrison "},{"PID":"706923845","lname":"Hartsfield","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1865","dob":"Unknown day, 1845","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hartsfield was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hartsfield was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 723.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:33","name":"Alva Curtis Hartsfield "},{"PID":"706924073","lname":"Harvey","hometown":"Bellevue","homestate":"Del.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 6, 1918","dod":"July 1, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706924073.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Harvey attended Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Del., and Harvard University before transferring to the University in 1939, where he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity. <\/p>

He entered the service directly from the University in February 1941 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1942.<\/p>

Harvey was part of the 27th Infantry Division, which landed on Saipan on June 16, 1944. On July 1, 1944, Harvey went to the aid of one of his men who had been wounded, and he was killed by enemy fire.<\/p>

This action resulted in Harvey being posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:20","name":"Holstein Harvey III"},{"PID":"706925269","lname":"Haughton","hometown":"Pittsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1865","dob":"","dod":"July 9-10, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Haughton died at Smithville (Southport) of disease (Roster<\/em>, volume I, page 284).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Third Formation of Company G, 36th Regiment N.C. State Troops (Artillery)","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:00","name":"John Robert Haughton "},{"PID":"706925272","lname":"Haughton","hometown":"Chatham County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"April 16, 1841","dod":"Sept. 17, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Haughton was assigned to Branch’s Brigade. He died in Chatham County.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume II, pages 213 and 406; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company E, 63rd N.C., (5th Regiment N.C. Calvary)","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:00","name":"John Laurence Haughton "},{"PID":"706926585","lname":"Hay","hometown":"Rockingham County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Aug. 19, 1833","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hay was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 672 and 810.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:33","name":"Philip Thornhill Hay "},{"PID":"706929599","lname":"Hecht","hometown":"Valdosta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Jan. 4, 1917","dod":"Aug. 19, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706929599.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hecht entered the University in 1934. After graduation, he was in charge of the efficiency department at the Bibb Manufacturing Co. in Columbus, Ga., prior to entering the U.S. Army Air Corps.<\/p>

He was commanding a pursuit squadron when his aircraft failed to return from a mission on Aug. 19, 1943, in the South Pacific area. Hecht later was determined to have been killed in action on that date. He was awarded his Purple Heart and an Air Medal posthumously.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>


<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:22","name":"Morris Hecht "},{"PID":"706930427","lname":"Hege","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1924","dob":"Sept. 14, 1901","dod":"May 11, 1945","degree":"CMED","photo":"706930427.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hege was enrolled at the University from 1920 until 1924, when he received his certificate in medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1926. He was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) on June 9, 1926.<\/p>

During his career in the Navy, Hege served on board the USS Whitney<\/em>, the USS Saratoga<\/em> and at several naval bases. In November 1944, by then a captain in the Navy's Medical Corps, he was ordered to the First Carrier Task Force Pacific, on the staff of the commander. He was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill<\/em>, supporting the Okinawa invasion on May 11, 1945, when that carrier was struck by two Japanese kamikaze planes. The two impacts caused gasoline fires, as well as numerous explosions. Hege was among the 346 men who were killed.<\/p>

Hege was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Bronze Star Medal for his actions aboard the Bunker Hill<\/em> between Dec. 20, 1944, and May 11, 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
www.historycentral.com\/Navy\/CV17BunkerHill.html<\/a>;
multied.com<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:32","name":"Raymond Webster Hege "},{"PID":"706930502","lname":"Height","hometown":"Spring Lake","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 29, 1921","dod":"May 8, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Height entered the University from New Jersey’s Asbury Park High School and was enrolled in 1939-40 before transferring to the University of Connecticut, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1943. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.<\/p>

After enlisting in the Marines, Height was wounded on Peliliu and later returned to action. He died of wounds received in action on Okinawa on May 8, 1945. He was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star posthumously.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/5\/2010 16:16","name":"Leon Hartson Height Jr."},{"PID":"706931479","lname":"Hemken","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1858","dob":"July 27, 1838","dod":"July 23, 1862","degree":"BS","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hemken reportedly was wounded at Malvern Hill, Va., on July 1 and died on July 23 from his injuries.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Hemken was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 672.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:34","name":"Bernard B. Hemken "},{"PID":"706932157","lname":"Henderson","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Dec. 26, 1920","dod":"April 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Henderson was enrolled at the University in 1939-41.<\/p>

He entered the service in 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1943. Henderson was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment when he was killed in action in Germany.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 13:45","name":"Kenneth Lane Henderson "},{"PID":"706932199","lname":"Henderson","hometown":"Salisbury","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"706932199.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Henderson was killed at Cold Harbor. The Confederates were in a defensive position when the Federals advanced up a branch thought to be defended and otherwise impassible. The Union forces launched an attack from the flank and rear of Clingman’s Brigade, and a see-saw battle developed that caused heavy casualties on both sides. <\/p>

Henderson was killed “in the third charge [to retake the original positions] while gallantly leading his company” (Clark, volume I, pages 404-405).<\/p>

A tribute to Henderson was published in the Raleigh Daily Confederate<\/em> on June 17, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, addenda).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 572, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company F, 8th N.C. Regiment, Clingman's Brigade, Hoke\u0092s Division","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:30","name":"Leonard Alexander Henderson "},{"PID":"706932984","lname":"Hendrix","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 4, 2022","dod":"Dec. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706932984.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hendrix was a student at UNC in 1939-42. He entered the military in September 1942 and went overseas with the 15th Army Air Forces in September 1944.<\/p>

Hendrix was on his 23rd mission over Germany in the Muglitz area when, as co-pilot of a B-24, he was attacked by enemy fighters. His plane was badly damaged and losing altitude rapidly when a second enemy plane sent a shell into the command deck, causing his plane to explode.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records

<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:00","name":"James Garland Hendrix "},{"PID":"706934584","lname":"Hermson","hometown":"Brooklyn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 18, 2016","dod":"May 30, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706934584.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hermson entered the University in 1936 and distinguished himself in sports, especially in football.<\/p>

He entered U.S. Navy Aviation after graduation and was an instructor and chief test pilot at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Hermson was transferred to a fighter squadron in California in January 1944. He was aboard a plane that crashed on May 30, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:04","name":"Robert Edward Hermson "},{"PID":"706934757","lname":"Herpel","hometown":"West Palm Beach","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 2, 1921","dod":"Sept. 24, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706934757.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Herpel entered the University from the Bolles School in Florida in 1939 and was enrolled through 1940.<\/p>

He was a member of the 80th “Blue Ridge” Division, which entered combat on Aug. 8, 1944, at Avranches. The 80th moved on to take Argentan on Aug. 20, 1944, helping create the famed “Falaise Pocket,” resulting in the destruction of many German troops and much equipment. Although attached to the First U.S. Army for 10 days in August, the 80th Division was part of the U.S. Third Army and spearheaded, with the 4th Armored Division, the Third Army’s drive across France.<\/p>

The 80th Division took St. Mihiel, Chalons and Commercy as it pursued the retreating Germans. Herpel was killed in action in France just as the 80th Division reached the Seille River. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
www.army.mil<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:08","name":"William Frederick Herpel "},{"PID":"706936953","lname":"Hicks","hometown":"Middletown","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 3, 2018","dod":"April 17, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706936953.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hicks graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and spent three years at Haverford College before earning his bachelor’s degree in commerce from UNC in 1942.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and attended Officer Candidate School. He was a member of the legendary 30th Infantry Division during its service in France and Germany. Hicks was killed in action just after the 30th Division had reached the Elbe River. He had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal just prior to his death.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:11","name":"Gordon DePencier Hicks "},{"PID":"706939563","lname":"Hill","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"May 4, 1838","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Alumni records show Hill was killed at Gaines Mill, Va., in 1864. It is possible Hill was killed at Cold Harbor because these battles were fought in the same area. Gaines Mill occurred in 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Ordnance Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:22","name":"Thomas Stafford Hill "},{"PID":"706940420","lname":"Hines","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1847","dob":"","dod":"April 14, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hines mustered out on Nov. 12-13, 1861, and is reported to have joined another unit.<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Hines held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1850.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"1st. N.C. Regiment (six months)","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:22","name":"Elias Carr Hines "},{"PID":"706943362","lname":"Hodges","hometown":"Leakesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1951","dob":"July 21, 2025","dod":"Nov. 11, 1950","degree":"","photo":"706943362.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Hodges entered the Air Corps in October 1943 and saw service in Europe as bombardier and navigator on a B-17, flying 30 missions over enemy territory in World War II. After discharge from the Air Corps in 1947, Hodges attended Carolina beginning in September 1947.<\/p>

He rejoined the Air Corps in 1948 and was killed while piloting an F-80 jet fighter in Korea. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 15:58","name":"Emory Everette Hodges "},{"PID":"706947041","lname":"Holliday","hometown":"Aberdeen","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1860","dob":"June 13, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Holliday was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 11th Mississippi","rank":"Assistant Adjutant General","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:22","name":"Thomas C. Holliday "},{"PID":"706947201","lname":"Hollingsworth","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 26, 1919","dod":"June 15, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706947201.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hollingsworth entered the University from New Hanover High School and was enrolled at UNC in 1938-41.<\/p>

He was commissioned as a Navy aviator in January 1942 and participated in the invasion of North Africa, for which he was awarded the Naval Air Medal. <\/p>

Hollingsworth was on a routine flight off Rockport, Mass., on June 15, 1943, when his plane disappeared. He was declared missing and later was determined to have been killed “in the performance of his duties” on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:13","name":"Lloyd Dixon Hollingsworth Jr."},{"PID":"706947588","lname":"Hollowell","hometown":"Elizabeth City","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Dec. 17, 1913","dod":"Sept. 15, 1942","degree":"AB","photo":"706947588.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hollowell entered the University in 1933 after attending High Point College for a year. He was a member of Kappa Sigma.<\/p>

He was appointed N.C. deputy commissioner of revenue in 1936 and worked with the Department of Revenue until he enlisted in the Navy. He was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve after completing V-7 training in January 1942.<\/p>

Hollowell was on the U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp<\/em> when the ship was torpedoed and sunk near Guadalcanal. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Naval Reserve","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:45","name":"Christopher Wilson Hollowell III"},{"PID":"706948543","lname":"Holmes","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1864","dob":"Dec. 17, 1844","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Holmes, the son of Lt. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, "gave his young life ... while gallantly leading a calvary charge near Ashland, Va." (Clark, volume XIV, page 37).

Holmes also was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"N.C. 72nd Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:32","name":"Theophilus H. Holmes "},{"PID":"706949670","lname":"Holt","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"May 6, 1837","dod":"June 17, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Holt’s death on June 17, 1862, was noted (Roster<\/em>, volume V, pages 473 and 474), but the place and cause of death were not recorded.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company I, 14th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:23","name":"William Michael Holt "},{"PID":"706952674","lname":"Horne","hometown":"Pittsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"","dod":"Oct. 13, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Horne had transferred from Company D, 12th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery. He died at Kittrell Springs (a hospital near Henderson, N.C.) of typhus on Oct. 13, 1864 (Roster<\/em>, volume I, page 554).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"13th Battalion N.C. Light Artillery","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:05","name":"James W. Horne "},{"PID":"706955239","lname":"Howard","hometown":"Panama Canal Zone","homestate":"Republic of Panama","classyear":"1945","dob":"Dec. 15, 1923","dod":"Oct. 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706955239.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Howard entered the University from Balboa High School in 1941 and was enrolled until 1944, when he entered the U.S. Navy. He served as commanding officer of the Navy tug YTB 287 and in June 1945 was made gunnery and engineering officer aboard the PC 1128. <\/p>

On Oct. 9, 1945, the PC 1128 was proceeding from Okinawa to Japan when it was lost in a typhoon.<\/p>

Howard was originally listed as missing but was later presumed to have died on that date.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:33","name":"George Howard III"},{"PID":"706955776","lname":"Howard","hometown":"Sanford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Feb. 9, 1919","dod":"Dec. 4, 1942","degree":"","photo":"706955776.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Howard entered the University after having attended Sanford High School and the Riverside Military Academy in Georgia. He was enrolled at UNC from 1937 until 1939.<\/p>

He trained through the Civil Aeronautics Authority before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps on Dec. 11, 1941. He received his wings and commission on June 23, 1942, and trained as a pursuit pilot in Charlotte before departing for duty in the Canal Zone.<\/p>

Howard was killed on Dec. 4, 1942, as a result of an airplane crash in Panama.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:35","name":"Walter Robert Howard "},{"PID":"706957060","lname":"Howser","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"July 9, 2017","dod":"Oct. 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Howser graduated from Charlotte Central High School and was enrolled at UNC in 1935-37. He was employed by the Southern Railway Co. as a brakeman prior to entering the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942.<\/p>

He received his commission and trained as a bombardier and as a navigator, being rated as a navigator in November 1943.<\/p>

Howser was a member of the 792nd Bombardment Squadron of the 468th Bombardment Group stationed in China. His B-29 was returning from a photo-reconnaissance mission over the Philippines when the crew encountered heavy fog over Chengtu, China. While the crew was trying to find their airfield, the plane ran out of fuel and crashed, killing all aboard.<\/p>

Howser was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
468thbombgroup.org\/468thLosses\/BiographiesDtoH\/tabid\/66\/ItemId\/83\/Default.aspx<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:36","name":"Roy Davis Howser Jr."},{"PID":"706958937","lname":"Hudspeth","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1951","dob":"March 26, 2027","dod":"Aug. 16, 1950","degree":"","photo":"706958937.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Hudspeth was a member of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He had been awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.<\/p>

He was killed in action in South Korea. Army Capt. David Kangas, who has researched the Korean War, has this account: <\/p>

Hudspeth was killed while attempting to escape after being captured. Hudspeth was the leader of a mortar platoon, which was encircled by the North Koreans on the southwest side of Hill 303 near Waegwan, South Korea. North Korean tanks had worked their way to the south side of Hill 303 after forcing a crossing further north. Hudspeth had been told that a South Korean platoon was going to reinforce them later in the day. When the North Koreans showed up, he thought that because many of them were wearing captured South Korean uniforms, that they were friendlies. That was not the case, and the mortar platoon was captured. Living eyewitnesses state that Hudspeth, along with Lt. Cecil Newman, escaped, as was their duty, to get assistance from the 1st Cavalry Division, which was only several miles away. Both apparantly were recaptured and executed. The next day, the North Koreans machine-gunned the remaining members of the mortar platoon and other 1st Cavalary Division soldiers. Some survived by feigning death. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"U.S. Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 18:01","name":"Jack Gray Hudspeth "},{"PID":"706960240","lname":"Hughes","hometown":"Chocowinity","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"March 10, 1840","dod":"July 15, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"706960240.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Nicholas Collin Hughes was appointed assistant adjutant on Gen. Pettigrew’s staff. He was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and died on July 15, 1863, in Williamsburg, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 462).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"2nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:23","name":"N. Collin Hughes "},{"PID":"706960468","lname":"Hughes","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 2, 2020","dod":"March 18, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706960468.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hughes entered the University from Boys’ High School in Atlanta, Ga., in 1938 and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps during his senior year in 1942.<\/p>

He trained as a navigator and received his commission in September 1943. He went overseas in February 1944.<\/p>

Hughes was navigator aboard a bomber that failed to return from a mission on March 18, 1944. He was listed as missing and later was presumed to have died in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:38","name":"Thomas Floyd Hughes "},{"PID":"706960602","lname":"Huie","hometown":"Warsaw","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1962","dob":"Oct. 31, 1939","dod":"Feb. 27, 1967","degree":"BSIR","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Huie majored in industrial relations at UNC.<\/p>

He died in Vietnam, where he was serving as a helicopter pilot aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard<\/em>.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=24697<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:27","name":"Litchfield Patterson Huie "},{"PID":"706961801","lname":"Hunt","hometown":"Izard County","homestate":"Ark.","classyear":"1858","dob":"","dod":"Oct. 4, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Hunt was killed at Corinth, Miss.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company K, 21st Arkansas","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:24","name":"James Davis Hunt "},{"PID":"706962273","lname":"Hunter","hometown":"Franklin","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Aug. 10, 1916","dod":"Aug. 18, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"706962273.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hunter graduated from Franklin High School in 1934. After graduation from UNC, he was acting budget manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Macon, Ga. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942.<\/p>

He was commissioned in February 1943 and saw fighting as a member of Company “A” of the 179th Infantry Regiment in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was promoted to first lieutenant on March 15, 1944. He came across the beach at Anzio and was wounded on the way to Rome on May 31, 1944.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Hunter:<\/p>

“Your mother has written me that you have recovered from wounds received in Italy on May 31. I am glad to hear this news and glad to hear from her that you have done so well in the Italian Campaign. The University is indeed proud of you.<\/em><\/p>

“The news now looks mighty good, and I hope it will not be long before you fellows can be coming home again.”<\/em><\/p>

The 179th participated in its fourth assault landing in Southern France on Aug. 15, 1944. Hunter was killed on Aug. 18, 1944, as the regiment pursued the retreating German across France.<\/p>

Saunders wrote to Hunter’s mother:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to hear that your son, Lt. Charles Marcus Hunter, has been reported as dead. We exchanged letters last summer I recall at the time Charles was wounded. And, as you recall, I had written him in August. I suppose the letter never reached him.<\/em><\/p>

“Words can do little to lessen the sorrow which I know is in your heart, but I do wish you to know that we here at the University are thinking of you now.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:40","name":"Charles Marcus Hunter "},{"PID":"706962329","lname":"Hunter","hometown":"Mt. Sterling","homestate":"Ky.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Dec. 13, 1924","dod":"Sept. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hunter entered the University from Kentucky Military Academy and was enrolled during fall 1942. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and his four years of training at the academy allowed him to be commissioned at the age of 18 years, three months.<\/p>

Hunter was declared to be missing in action in France on Sept. 23, 1944. He later was presumed to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>



 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:47","name":"Dudley Watkins Hunter Jr."},{"PID":"706964365","lname":"Husted","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"June 27, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Husted was killed at Gaines Mill.<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Husted held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1857. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:24","name":"Delano Whiting Husted "},{"PID":"706964916","lname":"Hutchison","hometown":"Walnut Cove","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Feb. 6, 1921","dod":"Aug. 16, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Hutchinson entered the University from Walnut Cove High School in 1937 and was enrolled until 1940. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and received his pilots’ wings on Feb. 16, 1943.<\/p>

Hutchinson was transferred to Boca Raton Field, Fla., on Feb. 20. He was killed in the crash of the L-4A aircraft he was flying on Aug. 16, 1943.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Aug1943S.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:49","name":"Charles Jackson Hutchison "},{"PID":"706967366","lname":"Isaacs","hometown":"New Haven","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Oct. 17, 1911","dod":"Sept. 27, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Isaacs entered the University from Crosby High School in New Haven and was enrolled in 1930-32.<\/p>

He was killed in action on Sept. 27, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:53","name":"David Burness Isaacs "},{"PID":"706968998","lname":"Jackson","hometown":"Savannah","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Aug. 30, 1915","dod":"Aug. 30, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jackson entered the University from Riverside Military Academy in Georgia in 1932. After graduating from UNC, he was employed by the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. and by the Mingledorff Shipbuilding Corp. before joining the Merchant Marine in 1941.<\/p>

He was a fireman\/watertender aboard the tanker USS Jacksonville<\/em>, which was torpedoed and sunk in the northeast Atlantic Aug. 30, 1944.<\/p>

Jackson’s mother wrote to Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 in response to his expression of sympathy of behalf of the University:<\/p>

“Thank you for your kind note of March 8th. … These are the days when the whole world seems strangely akin with the bond of suffering and anxiety.<\/em><\/p>

“Your sincere sympathy is very much appreciated.<\/em><\/p>

“If the world grows better after all this carnage of war, those who have given their lives will not have died in vain.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.usmm.org\/killed\/ij.html<\/a>;
www.usmm.org\/sunkaz.html#anchor23362<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Merchant Marine","rank":"Fireman\/Watertender","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 14:56","name":"Justin Lowe Jackson "},{"PID":"706970591","lname":"James","hometown":"Darlington","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Oct. 12, 1834","dod":"May 10, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
","branch":"Possibly 8th S.C.","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:25","name":"Robert Ervin James "},{"PID":"706970618","lname":"James","hometown":"Derita","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 15, 1919","dod":"Dec. 16, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706970618.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

James entered the University from Derita High School in 1938 and was enrolled until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941.<\/p>

He was killed just before Christmas 1944 when he was hit by shrapnel while leading his platoon near Winter Spelt, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. He had served overseas six weeks before he was killed.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:01","name":"Royal Domestic James Jr."},{"PID":"706972090","lname":"Jenkins","hometown":"Tarboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Sept. 18, 1836","dod":"June 2-3, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jenkins died at Rocky Mount, N.C. The cause of death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 135).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company B, 33rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:08","name":"Frederick H. Jenkins "},{"PID":"706972247","lname":"Jenkins","hometown":"Northampton County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Sept. 14, 1840","dod":"Nov. 19, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jenkins was wounded in the shoulder on Sept. 17, 1862, at Sharpsburg. He died at Strasburg, Va., of pneumonia (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 201).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company F, 1st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:08","name":"James Perry Jenkins "},{"PID":"706972335","lname":"Jenkins","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Dec. 24, 1840","dod":"Oct. 7, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jenkins died of disease at Yorktown, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 590).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company I, 15th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:08","name":"Joseph Van Buren Jenkins "},{"PID":"706973592","lname":"Jervey","hometown":"Tryon","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1932","dob":"Sept. 29, 1911","dod":"June 17, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jervey was enrolled at the University for one term in 1932. He went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from The Citadel in 1933 and received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina in 1939. He was on the staff of Charity Hospital in New Orleans in 1939-40 and was health officer for his native Polk County and neighboring Rutherford County in 1940.<\/p>

He died of wounds after the Battle of Midway at Kaui, Hawaii.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:04","name":"Allen Jones Jervey "},{"PID":"706975062","lname":"Johnson","hometown":"Richmond County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Oct. 21, 1833","dod":"June 27, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Johnson was killed in the Seven Days Battle.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"6th Alabama","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:26","name":"Daniel White Johnson "},{"PID":"706975541","lname":"Johnson","hometown":"Statesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 17, 2021","dod":"March 10, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706975541.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Johnson entered the University from Statesville High School and was enrolled in 1939-40. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at UNC. He later transferred to the University of Miami, where he joined the Coast Guard.<\/p>

Johnson was on the personnel staff of the Norfolk Navy Yard when the SS James Sprunt<\/em>, named for a prominent North Carolinian, was launched. He was serving on the James Sprunt<\/em> on its first voyage on March 10, 1943, when, laden with explosives, the James Sprunt<\/em> was torpedoed off the coast of Cuba and lost. A torpedo struck the vessel and caused the cargo to explode; "the ship completely disappeared in 30 seconds," according to a report found at uboats.net<\/a>. "The blast went straight up and sent debris over the entire convoy and was so large that a ship 40 miles away witnessed it. None of the eight officers, 36 crewmen and 25 armed guards ... survived."<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.uboat.net\/allies\/merchants\/ships\/2758.html<\/a><\/p>



 <\/p>","branch":"Coast Guard","rank":"Seaman","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:19","name":"Frank Link Johnson Jr."},{"PID":"706977789","lname":"Johnson","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1924","dob":"Feb. 8, 1904","dod":"March 5, 1941","degree":"","photo":"706977789.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Johnson graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1920 and was enrolled at UNC from 1920 until 1923, when he transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduating from the academy, Johnson was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and entered flight training. He received his pilot’s wings in 1929 and went on to serve as a pilot in various U.S. ships.<\/p>

In 1937, he volunteered for duty as a test pilot, which was normally a two-year assignment. He was assigned to Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C., in 1938 and was a test pilot there until March 5, 1941, when he was killed in the crash of the Grumman F4F-3 he was flying. He reported that he was at 43,000 feet altitude and was getting low on oxygen. The crash occurred near Norbeck, Md.<\/p>

Johnson had more than 4,000 hours in various naval and Grumman aircraft. He had been selected to be promoted to lieutenant commander in June 1941.<\/p>

On Oct. 20, 1942, the Army Air Forces Technical Training School at Goldsboro was renamed Seymour Johnson Field.<\/p>

The F4F-3 was the standard Navy\/ Marine Corps fighter in the early days of World War Two. F4F-3s armed VMF-211 at Wake Island and Navy forces at the Battle of the Coral Sea. It was replaced for front-line duty in the Navy just before the Battle of Midway. The F4F-3 was aboard British and U.S. squadrons until the end of the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.acepilots.com\/planes\/f4f_wildcat.html<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:31","name":"Seymour Anderson Johnson "},{"PID":"706978874","lname":"Johnston","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Aug. 17, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

While captain of the 28th N.C. at Hanover Courthouse, he swam the Chicohominy River to avoid capture. When he found his men had not been as fortunate, he swam back across and was captured rather than to appear to have deserted his troops. He was confined at Johnson’s Island. He was later exchanged (Clark, volume II, page 471). Afterward, Johnston became assistant adjutant general to Lane's Brigade. He was later returned home to die. The date of death was not listed (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 184).<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Johnston held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1861. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company G, 28th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:27","name":"George Burgwyn Johnston "},{"PID":"706979204","lname":"Johnston","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1910","dob":"July 25, 1889","dod":"Oct. 15, 1918","degree":"AB","photo":"706979204.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Associate Professor of Education Joseph Henry Johnston -- called Henry by his friends -- was the only UNC faculty member killed in the war. <\/p>

A native of Orange County, Johnston went on to earn his master's from UNC in 1914 and his doctorate from the University of Illinois in 1916. He joined UNC's faculty in 1916. In May 1917, he gave up his position on the faculty to enter the first officers' training school at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He received his commission and was assigned to the 322nd Infantry of the 81st Division, also known as the Stonewall division.<\/p>

On the afternoon of Oct. 15, 1918, Johnston was leading a patrol of nine or 10 men behind the enemy line near the village of Frapelle, France, when German machine gunners opened fire. Johnston was cut down almost immediately. He was alive when his men pulled him to a trench, but he died shortly afterward. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:52","name":"Joseph Henry Johnston "},{"PID":"706980754","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Macon","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Nov. 28, 1921","dod":"June 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jones was at UNC from 1939 to 1941, having attended Lanier High School for Boys in Georgia and Mercer University for a year. While at Carolina, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After leaving UNC, he held a position with The Bankers Health and Life Insurance Co. in Macon before entering Emory University's Marine V-12 unit in 1944.<\/p>

He was killed in action on Okinawa.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Marines Corps","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:42","name":"Charles Blake Jones "},{"PID":"706981793","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Milwaukee","homestate":"Wis.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Dec. 23, 1919","dod":"February 1, 1943","degree":"","photo":"706981793.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jones entered the University from the Milwaukee Country Day School in 1937 and was in his senior year when he entered the U.S. Navy in December 1941. He was a member of Delta Psi fraternity.<\/p>

Jones was killed when the Navy plane he was flying crashed into the Caribbean in February 1943.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:46","name":"Hamilton Jones "},{"PID":"706981894","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Thomasville","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1860","dob":"June 19, 1841","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"Cobb's Legion - Cavalry","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:27","name":"Henry Francis Jones "},{"PID":"706982136","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Oct. 10, 1918","dod":"June 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706982136.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Jones entered the University from Lee Edwards High School in 1938 and was enrolled until 1941.<\/p>

He was a bombardier when he was listed as missing in action on June 5, 1944. After a year, he was presumed to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:48","name":"James Fremont Jones "},{"PID":"706982413","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Caldwell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Jan. 21, 1842","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"706982413.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jones was "struck by a fragment of a shell at Gettysburg" on July 1, 1863, and was "knocked down and stunned" on July 3, 1863, "but refused to leave the field" (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 463). He was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864.<\/p>Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"26th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:28","name":"John Thomas Jones "},{"PID":"706983566","lname":"Jones","hometown":"Hillsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1844","dob":"Unknown Day, 1826","dod":"June 9, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Jones was killed or mortally wounded at the beginning of the Gettysburg campaign, possibly at the cavalry battle at Brandy Station, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:27","name":"Robin Ap Cadwallader Jones "},{"PID":"706986613","lname":"Julian","hometown":"Memphis","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Sept. 2, 1926","dod":"Feb. 2, 1951","degree":"AB","photo":"706986613.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

A native of Cairo, Ill., Julian attended high school in Memphis and then entered the Navy. He was in the V-5 and V-12 programs at Sewanee for a year and entered NROTC at UNC in fall 1945. Julian was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UNC. He received his commission and undergraduate degree in 1947. <\/p>

The Alumni Review<\/em> reported in its October 1951 issue that Julian was executive officer on the Navy minesweeper Partridge<\/em> when the ship was struck by a mine and sank off the coast at Wanson, Korea. The ship reportedly had swept for every invasion and landing by U.N. forces in Korean waters beginning in June 1950. His family reported that Julian died while attempting to save another seaman in icy and rough waters.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"U.S. Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 16:09","name":"Scott Milholland Julian Jr."},{"PID":"706987274","lname":"Kahn","hometown":"Roxbury","homestate":"Mass.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Nov. 9, 1911","dod":"Feb. 17, 1945","degree":"","photo":"706987274.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kahn entered the University from Boston English High School in 1930 and was enrolled for three years. He was a member of UNC’s varsity football team and was named a Southern Conference selection while at the University. He went on to play in 24 career NFL games. As a second team All-NFL guard in 1936, he helped the Washington Redskins capture the NFL Championship the following year.<\/p>

Kahn was wounded in the invasion of Kwajalein in 1943 and went back to active duty upon his recovery. He died of wounds suffered in the invasion of the island of Leyte, Philippine Islands. His commendations included the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Kahn’s parents:<\/p>

“Words are inadequate to express to you feelings of sympathy that will be helpful in your sorrow, but I do wish you to know that we at the University know of Eddie’s death and are thinking of you now. Eddie was a very popular student in Chapel Hill and was widely known and respected on the campus.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 15:51","name":"Edwin Bernard Kahn "},{"PID":"706987997","lname":"Kaplan","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"May 17, 2015","dod":"April 21, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706987997.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kaplan entered the University from Hugh Morson High School in 1931 and received his bachelor’s degree in 1935. He was a member of UNC's Phi Assembly, the Debate Squad and the Band. He later attended George Washington University and American University and was an economist with the U.S. Tariff Commission.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 1943. <\/p>

The Alumni Review<\/em> reported in its issue dated February-March 1946 that Kaplan "is presumed to have been killed April 20, 1944, when the SS Paul Hamilton<\/em>, on which he was serving with an Armed Guard, exploded and sank off French North Africa during an enemy attack. Ens. Kaplan was earlier reported missing in action on that date." He had been assigned aboard ship as officer-in-charge of a communications liaison unit. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:00","name":"Alvin Saul Kaplan "},{"PID":"706991985","lname":"Kemper","hometown":"Larchmont","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Jan. 20, 1920","dod":"Aug. 6, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706991985.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kemper entered the University from the Taft School in Connecticut in 1936.<\/p>

He was a first lieutenant in Company “A,” 60th Infantry Regiment, Ninth Infantry Division. The regiment entered Normandy over Utah Beach on June 10, 1944, and immediately attacked to close off the Cotentin Peninsula, penetrating to Cherbourg.<\/p>

Rested, the division took part in the St Lo breakout and helped to seal the Falaise Pocket. Kemper was killed in action during the fighting in the Falaise area.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.60thinfantry.com\/unit%20history.htm<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:02","name":"Richard Kemper "},{"PID":"706993136","lname":"Kephart","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Sept. 9, 1915","dod":"Oct. 14, 1942","degree":"BSME","photo":"706993136.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kephart entered the University from Curry High School and majored in mechanical engineering. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve after graduation and received his preliminary flight training in Washington, D.C. He received his pilot’s wings in November 1938.<\/p>

He served on the USS Saratoga<\/em> and USS Wasp<\/em> and served as a flight instructor from May to October 1940. Back with the Wasp<\/em>, he was promoted to lieutenant (jg) in March 1942, and to lieutenant on Oct. 1, 1942.<\/p>

On Oct. 14, 1942, Kephart led a group of dive bombers in an attack against four Japanese destroyers attempting to resupply the Japanese garrison on Guadalcanal. His citation for the Air Medal read in part:<\/p>

“His dauntless fighting spirit and initiative throughout the engagement contributed in large measure to the success of his flight in destroying one of the enemy ships and leaving another in a sinking condition.”<\/em><\/p>

Kephart’s aircraft was shot down, and he was killed during the mission. His family was awarded his Air Medal along with his Purple Heart.<\/p>

The citizens of Greensboro raised $5 million in war bonds earmarked for the construction of the destroyer escort USS Kephart<\/em>, which was sponsored by Kephart’s mother and was commissioned in January 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Kephart
<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Naval Reserve","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:08","name":"William Perry Kephart "},{"PID":"706993761","lname":"Kerr","hometown":"Mooresville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Feb. 16, 1920","dod":"Nov. 7, 1944","degree":"","photo":"706993761.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kerr entered the University in 1938 from Central High School in Mooresville and was enrolled until 1943, when he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission in May 1944.<\/p>

He trained on B-26 Marauder twin-engined bombers and left for his assignment overseas as a crew member aboard a B-26. His aircraft crossed the Atlantic to Liberia and was involved in a mid-air collision with another B-26 while en route to Dakar. All crew members were killed in the collision.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Kerr’s parents:<\/p>

“On behalf of the University and University alumni, I wish to express to you our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow. I hope that as time goes on your present grief will be mellowed by happy memories of the life and service of your son. The University will ever honor his service to our country.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:11","name":"John Price Kerr "},{"PID":"706996704","lname":"King","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"July 22, 2021","dod":"Dec. 24, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"706996704.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

King entered the University in 1938 from Greensboro High School. He went into the U.S. Army Air Force in February 1943 and received his pilot’s wings and his commission in March 1944.<\/p>

In a note to Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25, King sent in an extension of his GAA membership until June 1, 1945, and informed Saunders that he was training as a first pilot on a B-17 heavy bomber and that he expected to go overseas in September 1944. <\/p>

King was appointed a flight officer in the 710 Bomber Squadron of the 447 Bomb Group and was awarded an Air Medal. On his first mission after his appointment, he was listed as missing in action after his B-17 failed to return from a mission over Germany on Christmas Eve, 1944. He later was determined to have died in action on that date. In addition to his Air Medal, he was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

When King was listed as missing, Saunders wrote to King’s mother:<\/p>

“The news that your son, Lt. Miles Smith King, AB 1953, is missing in action over Germany ... is received here at the University with real sorrow. I do hope that you will be receiving better news soon. So many times, I have observed, our pilots who are reported missing as your son was later are reported to be prisoners of war.<\/em><\/p>

“I will be interested, of course, in any further news that you may hear. From time to time I have corresponded with your son since he was graduated at the University, and I want you to know that we here are anxious about him.”<\/em><\/p>

Mrs. King wrote later with the news that her son had been killed in action:<\/p>

“I want to thank you for your kind note. … He always loved Chapel Hill so much that he named his plane 'Carolina Queen.' ”<\/em><\/p>

Saunders responded:<\/p>

“I had hoped, when I knew earlier that he was missing, that you would be having better news.<\/em><\/p>

“Words can do little to lessen the weight of grief which I know has burdened your heart during these last months, but I do wish you to know that we at the University are thinking of you and will ever hold high the memory and service to his country of your son.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:15","name":"Miles Smith King "},{"PID":"706996863","lname":"King","hometown":"Leesburg","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Feb. 2, 1920","dod":"May 27, 1942","degree":"","photo":"706996863.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

King graduated from Leesburg High School in Florida in 1938. After one year at Duke University, he was enrolled at UNC from 1939 to 1941.<\/p>

He entered the Army Air Corps in fall 1941. On May 27, 1942, King was the navigator aboard a four-engine bomber during a routine training flight when the plane crashed while the pilot was attempting a forced landing.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote King’s parents:<\/p>

“Your son was well known and highly regarded on this campus. Just yesterday afternoon the President of the Senior Class — the class with which your son would have graduated this June — was talking to me about Preston’s death. I showed him the clipping from the newspaper. Many boys from the University are in service. Several already have lost their lives. Our hearts and prayers are with all those boys and particularly at this time are we thinking of you and your great loss.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:18","name":"Preston Randolph King "},{"PID":"706999242","lname":"Kistler","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1949","dob":"July 10, 2024","dod":"Jan. 12, 1966","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Kistler was killed in action in South Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=28240<\/a>","branch":"Army Reserve","rank":"Chief Warrant Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:31","name":"R. Wilford Kistler "},{"PID":"707000080","lname":"Klingman","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Feb. 14, 1914","dod":"June 21, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Klingman entered the University from Greensboro Senior High School and was enrolled from 1933 to 1935. He was a member of the N.C. Symphony Orchestra while enrolled. He was employed by Saslow’s Inc. of Greensboro until he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942.<\/p>

Klingman went overseas in July 1942 and was a tail gunner with a bombing squadron stationed in North Africa. He was killed in action after having received the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. His mother received his Purple Heart decoration, awarded posthumously.<\/p>

His citation for the Distinguished Flying Cross reads in part:<\/p>

“Sergeant Klingman’s record of achievement in aerial combat is a long and distinguished one. As tail gunner in a heavy bombardment aircraft he participated in a great number of missions against the enemy in the Middle East and parts of Europe, invariably manifesting such a high degree of skill and dauntless courage as to bring honor to himself and the service of which he was a member.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:34","name":"John Graydon Klingman "},{"PID":"707000716","lname":"Knight","hometown":"Rockingham County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"May 5, 1838","dod":"May 3, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Knight was wounded in the abdomen and killed at Chancellorsville, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 175).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company D, 23rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:11","name":"James Smith Knight "},{"PID":"707001058","lname":"Knott","hometown":"Oxford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Dec. 1, 1920","dod":"March 1, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707001058.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Knott was a student at Appalachian State Teachers College (1940-43) before being assigned to the Marine V-12 unit at Carolina from July to October 1943. In civilian life, he was connected with the Owen Tobacco Warehouse in Oxford.<\/p>

Knott entered the Marine Corps Reserve in July 1942 and was called to duty in July 1943. He was commissioned a second lieutenany in March 1944 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune before being sent overseas in August 1944.<\/p>

He was killed in action at Iwo Jima. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death as March 2, 1945; the GAA's records and the Alumni Review<\/em>'s news report on his death in its April 1945 issue do not include an exact date of death.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>


<\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:44","name":"Eugene Wilson Knott "},{"PID":"707003401","lname":"Krauss","hometown":"Gray's Creek","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Jan. 24, 1924","dod":"April 16, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707003401.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Krauss entered the University from Gray's Creek High School in 1941 and was a member of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps until November 1942, when he was inducted into the Army Aviation Reserve. He reported for duty as an aviation cadet the following February and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in May 1944.<\/p>

He was assigned to the 434th Fighter Squadron of the 479th Fighter Group, based in England. Krauss’ P-51 failed to return from a mission on April 16, 1945. He later was found to have died of wounds on that date. His commendations included the Air Medal and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/30\/2009 16:59","name":"Harold Fredrick Krauss Jr."},{"PID":"707003443","lname":"Kraynick","hometown":"Trenton","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Sept. 2, 1914","dod":"November 1, 1943","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kraynick graduated from Central High School in Trenton in 1932 and studied at Staunton Military Academy in 1933-35, entering UNC in fall 1935. He played football both in prep school and at Carolina, where he was a star fullback on the '37 and '38 teams. After graduation, he became athletics director and coach at Belmont High School in Belmont.<\/p>

Kraynick entered the Army Air Corps in February 1941. He was promoted to first lieutenant a year later and in September 1943 was awarded an Air Medal and Oak Leaf cluster for 400 hours flying time in operations missions in antisubmarine patrol.<\/p>

Kraynick's wife and year-old son were living in Gastonia when Kraynick was reported missing after a crash at sea in the Caribbean, where he had been stationed for two years. A chaplain wrote Mrs. Kraynick that "in the middle of the night a mission was  called for and six men, three officers and three non-coms went forth" for a routine patrol over the Caribbean. The plane did not return.<\/p>

A memorial service was held at the base chapel in Puerto Rico on Nov. 8. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death as occurring on Oct. 31.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:55","name":"Jasper Jack Kraynick "},{"PID":"707004088","lname":"Kulczycki","hometown":"Sag Harbor","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1943","dob":"March 26, 2022","dod":"Oct. 7, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707004088.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Kulczycki was enrolled at UNC from 1939 to 1941 and later went into the grocery store business.<\/p>

He was a navigator aboard a B-17 that was shot down over Germany on Oct. 7, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:07","name":"John Stanley Kulczycki "},{"PID":"707004932","lname":"Lackey","hometown":"Hickory","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Jan. 4, 1922","dod":"April 4, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707004932.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lackey entered the University from Hickory High School in 1939. At UNC, he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps on Sept. 1, 1941.<\/p>

Lackey received his wings at Turner Field, Ga., on June 30, 1943. He made the best record in his squadron and, after training as an instructor, was assigned to Tuner Field as an instructor. He was made a flight commander in March 1944.<\/p>

Lackey was killed in an airplane accident south of Chattahoochee, Fla., on April 4, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:09","name":"Vernon Horace Lackey Jr."},{"PID":"707005102","lname":"Ladd","hometown":"Jacksonville","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Dec. 9, 1922","dod":"March 15, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707005102.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ladd graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla., and spent a year at the University of Florida before transferring to UNC in 1941. He entered the Air Force in February 1943, midway through his junior year, and received his pilot’s wings a year later.<\/p>

He was a member of the 737th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group (Heavy), which flew B-24 Liberators on missions over Europe from Italy. Ladd was returning from his 27th mission when he was killed in a landing accident. Prior to his death, he had been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:10","name":"James Andrew Ladd III"},{"PID":"707006864","lname":"Land","hometown":"Granada","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Oct. 1, 1841","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Accounts of Land’s death conflict. He was reported killed at Fishing Creek, Ky., on Jan. 19, 1862, as well as at Shiloh, Tenn., in April 1862.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>","branch":"Possibly 15th Mississippi","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:35","name":"John McDonald Land "},{"PID":"707007089","lname":"Landis","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1933","dob":"April 2, 2009","dod":"July 8, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707007089.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Landis entered the University from Charlotte Senior High School and Oak Ridge Military Institute and was enrolled from 1929 until 1933. At UNC, he was elected captain of the boxing team and won the Southern Conference heavyweight boxing championship in 1933. He was affiliated with Sykes Inc. prior to entering the U.S. Merchant Marine.<\/p>

He was a third mate and chief engineer aboard the liberty ship SS Samuel Heintzelman<\/em>. In summer 1943, the Heintzelman<\/em> was bound from Fremantle, Australia, to Columbo, Ceylon, when it disappeared with all hands. Landis was declared missing in action.<\/p>

The nephew of one of the crewmen lost when the Heintzelman<\/em> sank did some research after the war in the hope on determining what had happened to the Heintzelman<\/em>. His findings indicate that the Indian Ocean was not regarded as dangerous enough for ships passing through it to be part of a convoy system. This system had been effective in defeating the U-boat menace in the Atlantic — so effective that Adm. Doenitz, commander of German U-boat forces, acceded to Japanese requests that U-boats operate from the Japanese base at Penang, Malaysia. Since U-boats would be able to operate in what essentially was a pre-war environment, they could expect to lose fewer boats for the results obtained. <\/p>

Heintzelman<\/em> was loaded with 5,644 tons of ammunition and high explosives. The U-boat U-511, enroute to Penang, spotted the Heintzelman<\/em> and fired a torpedo that caused Heintzelman<\/em>’s cargo to explode. All aboard were killed.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.heintzelman.info<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Merchant Marine","rank":"Third Mate\/Chief Engineer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 7:57","name":"Platt Walker Landis "},{"PID":"707008060","lname":"Langdon","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Oct. 4, 1925","dod":"Feb. 2, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Langdon entered UNC from Fayetteville Senior High School and was enrolled in 1943-44. He left the University to enter the U.S. Marine Corps and went to the Pacific in November 1944.<\/p>

Langdon drowned off Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, on Feb. 2, 1945. He originally was reported missing, but his body was recovered and interred on Los Negros.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:16","name":"Benjamin Truett Langdon "},{"PID":"707008969","lname":"Large","hometown":"Orlando","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1947","dob":"April 8, 2025","dod":"April 8, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Large was enrolled at the University in 1943.<\/p>

He was a member of Company “B,” 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division. The 100th Division crossed the Rhine into Germany on March 31, 1945, and established and expanded a bridgehead across the Neckar River during April 4-11, 1945.<\/p>

Large was killed in action during the fighting around the bridgehead.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/28\/2010 12:39","name":"Charles Brightwell Large "},{"PID":"707009328","lname":"Lasker","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 6, 1920","dod":"Oct. 18, 1943","degree":"AB","photo":"707009328.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lasker entered the University in 1937 from the Horace Mann School in New York. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from UNC, he taught at the Highlander School in Monteagle, Tenn., and then, in January 1942, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He married his classmate, the former Dorothy P. Wendel ’41 (AB), on June 26, 1943.<\/p>

Lasker was assigned to the 7th Ferry Command, stationed at Gore Field, Great Falls, Mont. The 7th was involved in ferrying Lend-Lease aircraft for the Soviet Union to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the aircraft would be turned over to the Soviets. About 8,000 aircraft went to the Soviet Union by way of this route. <\/p>

On Oct. 17, 1943, Lasker was flying a P-39Q fighter to Fairbanks when his plane crashed at Bunwash Landing, Yukon Territory. He died of his injuries the next day at the Station Hospital, White Horse, Alaska.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Oct1943O.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:40","name":"Harry Morris Lasker "},{"PID":"707011644","lname":"Lawther","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1932","dob":"Jan. 10, 1908","dod":"Jan. 20, 1945","degree":"CMED","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lawther graduated from Davidson College in 1930 and received his Certificate in Medicine from UNC in 1932. He was married to the former Katherine Martin ’27 (ABEd). He received his medical degree from New York University in 1934.<\/p>

Martin entered the U.S. Army in 1942. He was chief of surgical services at Kelly Field, Texas, when he was killed in the crash of a B-25D on a cross-country flight near Benson, Ariz. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:41","name":"F. Rivers Lawther "},{"PID":"707012999","lname":"Leary","hometown":"Ahoskie","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Dec. 1, 1921","dod":"July 6, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707012999.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Leary entered the University from Ahoskie High School in 1938. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on July 8, 1942, and was commissioned in May 1943.<\/p>

Leary was a platoon commander in “G” Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment, 4th Marine Division, which landed on Saipan on June 11, 1944. After driving across the island, on July 6, his platoon continued to attack the dug-in Japanese.<\/p>

A member of Leary’s platoon remembered:<\/p>

“Word was passed that we were to move out and as Mr. Leary and I stood up a burst of machine gun fire erupted and I instinctively fell to the ground. Somehow I knew that Mr. Leary had been hit … and bad. J.P. North was just above us and I heard him call for a corpsman. I remember telling North that it was too late for a corpsman. Mr. Leary was dead.”<\/em><\/p>

Two officers were killed trying to recover Leary’s body, which was never recovered. Leary was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:48","name":"James Stanley Leary Jr."},{"PID":"707013260","lname":"Leazer","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"July 13, 2019","dod":"July 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707013260.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Leazer was enrolled at the University in 1938. He joined the Army in October 1941 and left for active duty on May 29, 1942.<\/p>

As a radio operator in B-17s and B-24s, Leazer participated in 37 bombing missions over enemy territory, including raids over Midway, the Bismarck Sea, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Britain and Rabaul. His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal.<\/p>

He returned to the U.S. and was stationed at Drew Field, Fla. On July 11, 1944, the B17G in which he was flying on a combat training mission encountered mechanical difficulties, and the crew was forced to parachute from the stricken plane. Leazer drowned in the Tiger Lake area of Florida.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:50","name":"Archie Lewis Leazer "},{"PID":"707020103","lname":"Lewis","hometown":"Fallston","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Nov. 4, 1920","dod":"July 8, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lewis graduated from Fallston High School in 1937 and spent one year at Brevard College before transferring to UNC in 1939.<\/p>

After graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant at Quantico, Va., on Sept. 26, 1942, and was promoted to first lieutenant on June 22, 1943. He left the U.S. for service overseas on Nov. 28, 1943.<\/p>

He was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, and participated in the landings at Roi-Namur and Kwajalein. He landed on Saipan on June 15, 1944.<\/p>

On June 18, Lewis led stretcher parties on three occasions while under fire to bring wounded Marines to safety. He was recommended for the Navy Cross for these actions.<\/p>

After ferocious fighting, the island was nearly secured by early July. Lewis was supervising the establishment of a “very important and vital night position” when he was hit by Japanese small arms fire and killed.<\/p>

His company commander, Capt. A. Arsenault, wrote Lewis’ family:<\/p>

“Lieutenant Lewis was one of the finest junior officers I have ever known in service. In the days preceding his death, his bravery won the admiration of all his company and led to a recommendation for a decoration. But ever since he joined this company his work has been exceptional. I am proud of having had him as an officer, but even more for having had him as a friend. We had been together on Namur, and then on Saipan, and both of us felt that we would be together at the end of this grim war. His death leaves a gap which cannot be filled. … I realize that this letter from one you have never met must be something inadequate in the matter of fulfilling its intended mission. I hope you will call on me for any service I may be able to perform.”<\/em><\/p>

Lewis’ battalion commander added that “Wray was given a dignified and Christian burial in the Division’s beautiful cemetery at the southwestern end of the island.”<\/p>

Lewis’ family was presented his posthumous Navy Cross award at their home in Fallston.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/28\/2010 12:33","name":"Wray Cleveland Lewis "},{"PID":"707020712","lname":"Lightfoot","hometown":"Tuscombia","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1861","dob":"May 7, 1841","dod":"April 7, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lightfoot was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Lightfoot was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 688.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:42","name":"John F. Lightfoot "},{"PID":"707021689","lname":"Lindsay","hometown":"Paisley","homestate":"Scotland","classyear":"1941","dob":"May 16, 2017","dod":"Nov. 16, 1942","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lindsay was a member of Chi Psi fraternity at UNC. He was employed by the New York Trust before he volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in December 1941. He received his navigator’s wings and his commission on July 25, 1942. He left for Australia in September 1942. <\/p>

Lindsay was declared missing in action after his bomber failed to return from a mission in the Southwest Pacific. On Dec. 27, 1945, he was declared to have officially died in action on Nov. 16, 1942.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:54","name":"Archie Lindsay "},{"PID":"707021810","lname":"Lindsay","hometown":"Lumberton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Sept. 11, 1921","dod":"June 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707021810.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lindsay entered UNC after graduating from Lees-McRae College and was enrolled in 1941-42. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1942 and received his pilot’s wings and his commission in November 1943.<\/p>

He was assigned to the 15th Air Force, flying out of southern Italy, in March 1944. On June 11, 1944, Lindsay was co-pilot of a B-24 heavy bomber that was struck by flak during a mission over Giurgu, Romania. Several members of the crew were able to parachute to safety, but the plane exploded, killing Lindsay.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 9:55","name":"James Calvin Lindsay "},{"PID":"707022048","lname":"Lindsay","hometown":"Guilford County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"July 27, 1838","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lindsay enlisted on April 20, 1861, and died in camp “shortly afterwards.”<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 27th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:36","name":"Robert Henry Lindsay "},{"PID":"707022556","lname":"Lineberry","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1968","dob":"Sept. 16, 1946","dod":"Sept. 27, 1972","degree":"AB","photo":"707022556.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Lineberry was a fighter pilot stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany<\/em>. He had been cited for gallantry in action and had received two medals.<\/p>

He was killed when his F-9 aircraft caught fire during takeoff at a Da Nang air base in South Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records; 
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=30731<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:36","name":"Richard Bryan Lineberry "},{"PID":"707029047","lname":"Lord","hometown":"Salisbury","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Nov. 13, 1838","dod":"May 20, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lord was wounded on May 3, 1863, at Marye’s Hights. The area had been a strong defensive position for the Confederates in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on Dec. 13, 1862, when repeated attacks by the Union forces were defeated. This position was still in Confederate hands during the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, but it was much weaker because Gen. Robert E. Lee had shifted troops to other actions. The Union forces took the heights on May 2-3, 1863. Lord died on May 20 from the wounds he sustained on May 3 on the turnpike west of Fredericksburg (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 99).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company A, 57th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:24","name":"William Campbell Lord "},{"PID":"707029281","lname":"Lougee","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"April 18, 2023","dod":"Dec. 20, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707029281.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lougee entered UNC after graduating from Durham High School in 1942. At UNC, he was a member of the freshman basketball team. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force in fall 1944.<\/p>

On Dec. 20, 1944, Lougee and four other pilot trainees were killed when their C-47 crashed on a thickly wooded mountain top near Ironton, Mo.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 10:42","name":"Edgar George Lougee Jr."},{"PID":"707029441","lname":"Love","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Nov. 15, 1918","dod":"Aug. 5, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Love graduated from Lee Edwards High School in 1936 and Brevard College in 1938. He was enrolled at UNC in 1938-39. He joined the Army as an aviation cadet in September 1940 but was discharged for disability in December 1940.<\/p>

He then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in January 1941 and received his wings as a sergeant pilot on Oct. 8, 1941. He left for England on Nov. 1, 1941.<\/p>

Love participated in many actions against the Germans, including a massive 1,000-plane raid on Cologne on the night of May 30 and 31, 1942. He was killed on a mission to lay mines in the harbor at St. Nazaire. He was buried in the municipal cemetery at Noirmoutier, France.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Royal Canadian Air Force","rank":"Sergeant-Pilot","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 10:43","name":"Claude Lorraine Love Jr."},{"PID":"707032344","lname":"Lutterloh","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Dec. 8, 1841","dod":"April 29, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"707032344.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Lutterloh was wounded "by a minnie ball through the lungs" at the battle of First Gum Swamp on April 28, 1863. He died at Kinston the next day (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 638).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company E, 56th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:45","name":"Jarvis Buxton Lutterloh "},{"PID":"707032663","lname":"Lykes","hometown":"Galveston","homestate":"Texas","classyear":"1944","dob":"July 26, 2023","dod":"Listed as missing in action in April 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lykes had attended Washington and Lee University from 1941 to '43 and was a student in the Navy V-12 program at Chapel Hill in 1943-44. He was commissioned an ensign in August 1944.<\/p>

He was reported missing in action in April 1945 and was officially declared dead by the Navy as of August 1946, according to the GAA's records and the Alumni Review<\/em>'s news report on his death in its October 1948 issue. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death as April 14, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/30\/2010 9:03","name":"Dick Mayo Lykes "},{"PID":"707032735","lname":"Lyles","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Feb. 8, 1924","dod":"Aug. 27, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707032735.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lyles entered UNC in 1942 from Wilson High School, where he had been an outstanding athlete in baseball and basketball. He was enrolled at the University until he joined the U.S. Air Force in February 1943. At UNC, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity.<\/p>

He received his commission and his navigator’s wings on June 10, 1944, and was stationed at Gulfport Army Air Field in Mississippi. On Aug. 27, 1944, while on a training mission, Lyles was killed in the crash of a B-17G heavy bomber 20 miles north of Bay St. Louis, Miss.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 10:51","name":"Paul Bishop Lyles "},{"PID":"707032793","lname":"Lyman","hometown":"Birmingham","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1946","dob":"July 30, 2021","dod":"Jan. 16, 1952","degree":"","photo":"707032793.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Lyman graduated from Davidson College in 1943 and began serving in Europe in World War II with the legendary 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division. He participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and Ardennes campaigns. The 30th Division's total casualties in World War II almost exactly matched its authorized strength, and Lyman, a lieutenant, came through it unwounded. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for action on Oct. 2, 1944, at the Seigfried Line and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of another Bronze Star for action on Dec. 23, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>

After his discharge, he enrolled at UNC, taking graduate courses in English and journalism in 1945 and '46. He wrote for The Tar Heel<\/em> and was a proofreader at Orange Print Shop. He wrote and published a history of his World War Two battalion, the First Battalion of the 117th Infantry Regiment, titled Curlew History<\/em>. He left the University to work at The Charlotte Observer<\/em> and the Charleston, S.C., News and Courier<\/em> and was managing editor of the Florence, S.C., Daily News<\/em>. He also was vice president of The Associated Press Association of South Carolina. <\/p>

In April 1951, although he was not subject to call-up, Lyman volunteered to re-enter the Army as commanding officer of a National Guard unit. He served as commanding officer of Company "F," 65th Infantry Regiment, Third Infantry Division and was wounded in the knee by shell fragments on Sept. 21, 1951. He returned to duty on Nov. 21, 1951. Lyman was killed in action in Korea on Jan. 18, 1952.<\/p>

The Florence Morning<\/em> News<\/em> reported: "Capt. Lyman was a tip-top newsman who undoubtedly would have achieved a high place in his profession if he had chosen to remain in it. But when the Korean War boiled up, and he saw married reservists, some with small children, being called back into service, he felt that as a single veteran his place was even more in the thick of the fighting. ... But his belief in the necessity of relieving some married father of the job of fighting was so great, he relinquished both his Guard post and his News<\/em> position and volunteered for active duty.<\/p>

"Capt. Bill Lyman will not be replaced in the hearts of those who knew him intimately. ... To his mother and to his family, the staff of the Morning News<\/em> extends deep sympathy and the assurance that Bill Lyman to us is not dead. Our memories will always keep him alive in our hearts."<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 16:12","name":"William Johnston Lyman Jr."},{"PID":"707033022","lname":"Lynch","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Jan. 6, 1924","dod":"Feb. 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707033022.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Lynch entered the University from New Hanover High School and was enrolled at UNC in 1942. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in December 1942 and received his pilot’s wings and commission as a second lieutenant on March 12, 1944.<\/p>

He went overseas in August 1944 as a P-51 Mustang pilot and was a member of the 309th Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group, based in Italy. He was awarded the Air Medal and in November 1944 was promoted to first lieutenant.<\/p>

Lynch was returning from his 31st mission when he was killed in action.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 10:53","name":"James Borden Lynch "},{"PID":"707034553","lname":"Mackie","hometown":"Gastonia","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"July 13, 2020","dod":"Sept. 11, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mackie entered UNC in 1937 from Gastonia High School and was enrolled until 1939. He transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated from there in 1942.<\/p>

He was assigned to the destroyer USS Rowan<\/em> (DD-405), which was then performing convoy duties in the Mediterranean. Rowan<\/em> took part in the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943, and in the invasion of Italy at Salerno on Sept. 9. On the night of Sept. 10, 1943, the Rowan<\/em> was screening a convoy returning to Oran when three German E-boats launched an attack on the convoy. Rowan<\/em> drove them off with gunfire, then steamed to rejoin the convoy. Another contact appeared on radar at 3,000 yards range. As the Rowan<\/em> prepared to attack, it was struck by a torpedo fired from Scnellboote S-158 at a range of 2,000 yards. Rowan<\/em> sank within one minute.<\/p>

A total of 202 of the crew of 273 perished with their ship. Mackie was first listed as missing in action, then declared officially dead after one year had elapsed. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:10","name":"Wiley Theodore Mackie "},{"PID":"707035185","lname":"MacDonald","hometown":"Mt. Olive","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1921","dob":"May 20, 1898","dod":"Feb. 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

MacDonald attended Davidson College before entering UNC as Roscoe Gorea MacDonald; he was a student at UNC in 1917-18 and changed his first name some time after leaving UNC. He later graduated from West Point.<\/p>

MacDonald was stationed in the Philippines beginning in 1938. He died in the Fukuoka prison camp in Japan.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:05","name":"Ronald Gorea MacDonald "},{"PID":"707035404","lname":"MacGill","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Oct. 29, 1924","dod":"July 16, 1950","degree":"","photo":"707035404.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

MacGill entered UNC from Fayetteville High School in 1941 and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UNC. He left for military service in 1943 and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1947.<\/p>

On July 16, 1950, MacGill was commander of "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, near Taejon, Korea. The company was attacked by overwhelming numbers of enemy troops. MacGill reportedly "stationed himself in the most dangerous and exposed part of the line and continued to rally his troops during the incessant and severe fighting." In the afternoon, the company was ordered to fall back. After giving the order, MacGill remained in his position, covering his company's withdrawal. Doing so, he forfeited his own chance to escape.<\/p>

MacGill was listed as missing in action, and his fate was unclear for many months. In January 1951, he was awarded in absentia the Distinguished Service Cross, which was presented to his mother. According to later reports, it was determined that he had been taken prisoner of war while fighting on July 16 and that he was executed later that day.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 18:00","name":"Henry Tomlinson MacGill "},{"PID":"707037756","lname":"Mallett","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1849","dob":"Sept. 12, 1827","dod":"March 21, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mallett fought at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Va. He was killed at Bentonville, N.C., the last battle fought in North Carolina (Roster<\/em>, volume XIV, pages 627-629 and page 65).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"61st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:24","name":"Edward Mallett "},{"PID":"707037828","lname":"Mallett","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Sept. 12, 1840","dod":"Aug. 28, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mallett was killed while arresting deserters at Scottsville, Va., near Fredericksburg (Clark, volume III, page 71). His killers were hanged or shot on Sept. 5, 1863 (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 134).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"46th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:26","name":"Richardson Mallett "},{"PID":"707038926","lname":"Mangum","hometown":"Orange County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"July 13, 1837","dod":"July 29, 1861","degree":"","photo":"707038926.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mangum was the only son of Willie P. Mangum, a member of the class of 1815, who also received an honorary degree from the University in 1845 and was awarded an MA-Special Alumni degree in 1818. The elder Mangum died in September 1861, a few months after his son's death. <\/p>

The younger Mangum was mortally wounded at First Manassas on July 21, 1861, in a charge against Rickett’s Battery and the Brooklyn Zouaves. He died eight days later at Louisa Court House, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 282, addenda).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume IV, page 687.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"6th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:47","name":"W. Preston Mangum "},{"PID":"707040444","lname":"Marcom","hometown":"Mecklenburg County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"June 15, 2012","dod":"May 18, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Marcom was enrolled at UNC from 1932 to 1934. He later was a representative of the U.S. Epperson Underwriting Co. of Kansas City, Mo., traveling throughout South Carolina and western North Carolina.<\/p>

Marcom was a member of one of the three U.S. Marine divisions that made up III Corps of the 10th U.S. Army, which invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945. Employing the attrition tactics that had made the conquests of Saipan, Pelelieu and Iwo Jima so difficult for the Americans, the Japanese provided only token resistance to the initial landings, husbanding their forces from the intense bombardment of the beaches during the landing to use them in prepared defensive positions later in the battle. III Corps swiftly overran the central and northern parts of the island, then was shifted to the south, where XIV Corps, composed of four U.S. Army divisions, had run into the heavily defended Shuri Line.<\/p>

Marcom was killed in action on May 18, 1945, as III Corps participated in the assaults against the Japanese defensive positions along the Shuri Line.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.answers.com\/topic\/battle-of-okinawa<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:15","name":"Coy Bernard Marcom Jr."},{"PID":"707042389","lname":"Marshall","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Oct. 6, 1917","dod":"June 28, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Marshall studied law at UNC from 1939 to '41 after graduating from Davidson College.<\/p>

Marshall was an ensign commanding the U.S. Naval Armed Guard aboard the merchant ship USAT Merrimack<\/em> when the Merrimack<\/em> was sunk by an enemy submarine. (Navy personnel often were assigned to merchant ships to man and fire guns.) Marshall and his crew remained at their battle stations until the forward part of the ship was awash and they were ordered to abandon ship.<\/p>

Marshall was listed as missing in action. He was awarded a Silver Star for his actions aboard the Merrimack<\/em>. His family received the award posthumously. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death a year after the attack, on June 10, 1943.<\/p>

The USS Hunter Marshall<\/em> (APD 112) was commissioned in his honor in 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:27","name":"Hunter Marshall III"},{"PID":"707043100","lname":"Martin","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"June 27, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Martin died at Kenansville, N.C. The cause of death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 314, addenda).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company C, 13th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:26","name":"Clarence Dudley Martin "},{"PID":"707043562","lname":"Martin","hometown":"Columbia","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Jan. 3, 1840","dod":"Sept. 23, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Martin died as a result of wounds, probably received at Chickamauga, Ga.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 1st or 3rd Tennessee","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:54","name":"George Saunders Martin "},{"PID":"707044644","lname":"Martin","hometown":"Albemarle","homestate":"La.","classyear":"1857","dob":"Unknown Day, 1840","dod":"June 21, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Martin was killed at Vicksburg, Miss.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 26th Louisiana","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 14:55","name":"William Whitmell Martin "},{"PID":"707045276","lname":"Mason","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1866","dob":"Unknown day, 1847","dod":"Unknown day, 1865","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mason reportedly died in prison.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Mason was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 728.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:43","name":"John R. Mason "},{"PID":"707045869","lname":"Massey","hometown":"Princeton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1920","dob":"July 27, 1893","dod":"July 31, 2018","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Massey was enrolled at the University in 1916-17. He served in the U.S. Army as a wagoner and was killed in France.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Soldiers of the Great War,<\/em> compiled by W.M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe and A.C. Doyle (1920)<\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 14:20","name":"John Raeford Massey "},{"PID":"707046707","lname":"Mathis","hometown":"San Diego","homestate":"Calif.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Nov. 22, 1921","dod":"May 22, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mathis attended Fullerton Junior College in California and the University of Alabama before attending UNC from July 1943 until October 1943.<\/p>

He died of wounds suffered on Okinawa.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:31","name":"Olie Gene Mathis "},{"PID":"707049014","lname":"May","hometown":"Burlington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 19, 2020","dod":"June 20, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707049014.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

May attended Burlington High School and the Darlington Preparatory School in Georgia before entering the University in 1938. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942 and received his commission as a second lieutenant and his bombardier’s wings on Dec. 12, 1942.<\/p>

May was listed as missing after a mission in the North American area on June 20, 1943. He later was declared to have died on that date.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:35","name":"Richard Alvis May "},{"PID":"707049304","lname":"Maynard","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Oct. 19, 1924","dod":"Sept. 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707049304.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Maynard entered the University from Durham High School in 1942 and entered the service after one quarter.<\/p>

He was flying his 13th mission as a crew chief aboard a B-24 of the 392nd Bomb Group when the plane was lost over Germany on Sept. 11, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
www.b24.net\/<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:36","name":"Claiborne Ross Maynard "},{"PID":"707049711","lname":"Mayo","hometown":"Plymouth","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Nov. 15, 1920","dod":"Oct. 3, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707049711.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mayo graduated from Plymouth High School and spent a year at N.C. State College before attending UNC in 1940-41. He enlisted in the Naval Air Corps in July 1941 and received his pre-flight training at UNC. He received his pilot wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in July 1942.<\/p>

Mayo was killed in a flight accident in Santa Ana, Calif.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Naval Air Corps and Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 11:54","name":"Reuben Elbert Mayo "},{"PID":"707050636","lname":"McAnally","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Dec. 28, 1907","dod":"July 25, 1945","degree":"BSLS","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McAnally had been a librarian at Salem College, where she earned her bachelor's degree and where her family donated a memorial to her memory following her death. She reported for Army service on Feb. 1, 1943, and became a librarian at an Army base at Shenango, Pa.<\/p>

In spring 1945, she went to Oahu Island, Hawaii, where she was chief librarian at the Army base in Honolulu. The War Department announced her death in July.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 12:24","name":"Mary Duncan McAnally "},{"PID":"707051877","lname":"McCallum","hometown":"Robeson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"June 20, 1836","dod":"May 16, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McCallum was killed at Drewry’s Bluff (Roster<\/em>, volume XII, page 309). The 51st was part of Clingman’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division. It attacked Butler’s Union forces near the James River to keep them from capturing Richmond while Lee’s army was occupied at Spotsylvania.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company D, 51st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:28","name":"James Baxter McCallum "},{"PID":"707052252","lname":"McCaskill","hometown":"East Rockingham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Feb. 6, 1922","dod":"Dec. 14, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707052252.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McCaskill was a student at UNC from 1940 to '42, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and played outfield on the baseball team.<\/p>

He was commissioned a pilot in June 1944 and sent to Italy in December 1944 with the 62nd Troop Carrier Group.<\/p>

McCaskill, a C-47 transport pilot, was attempting to take off from an airfield on Crete for a routine flight to Athens, Greece. The Alumni Review<\/em>'s new report in its February-March 1946 issue said that "the plane plunged into the sea only 250 yards from the field."<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 12:50","name":"Leon Isaac McCaskill "},{"PID":"707052281","lname":"McCaskill","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown day, 1835","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McCaskill entered the University in 1857.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, McCaskill was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:44","name":"Neill E. McCaskill "},{"PID":"707052803","lname":"McClelland","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1860","dob":"Feb. 22, 1838","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McClelland reportedly died in a hospital in Corinth, Miss.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, McClelland was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:44","name":"James C. McClelland "},{"PID":"707055194","lname":"McDade","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"June 13, 1831","dod":"July 1, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McDade was killed at Gettysburg. The 11th N.C. was part of Pettigrew’s Brigade, Heth’s Division and was involved in the first actions of the battle.<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, McDade held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1855.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume V, page 650; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company G, 11th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:29","name":"John Henderson McDade "},{"PID":"707055370","lname":"McDaniel","hometown":"Gibsonville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1955","dob":"July 8, 1933","dod":"April 23, 1968","degree":"BSBA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

McDaniel was a member of the Air Force ROTC at Carolina and lived in Old West.<\/p>

He was a navigator in Vietnam and was killed in action. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=33691<\/a>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:37","name":"John Lewis McDaniel "},{"PID":"707055660","lname":"McDermott","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1863","dob":"Jan. 11, 1843","dod":"May 28, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"McDermott reportedly was killed at Vicksburg, Miss.

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, McDermott was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 712.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:44","name":"Joseph Alexander McDermott "},{"PID":"707055716","lname":"McDevett","hometown":"Kinston","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"June 13, 2016","dod":"April 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McDevett entered the University from Grainger High School in 1934 and was enrolled through 1935. He entered the U.S. Army in September 1941 and was commissioned in December 1942.<\/p>

He went to France in early 1945 as a member of the U.S. Seventh Army. He was presented the Silver Star Award from exposing himself to German fire in order to enable a patrol to take a vital position from the enemy.<\/p>

On April 9, 1945, he was leading a patrol in Germany when a group of Germans under a flag of truce offered to surrender. When McDevett and others of his patrol approached to accept the surrender, the Germans opened fire, and McDevett was killed.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to McDevett’s sister:<\/p>

“The death of your brother … brings a note of sorrow to us at the University who knew him when he was a student here in 1934-1935. From time to time I had heard about Bill during his Army career and the news that I read this week of his death was a real shock. I had known him when he came to the University, and of course, I had known your father over a period of time.<\/em><\/p>

“On behalf of the University and its former students, I wish to express to you and others of the family our sincere sorrow.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 12:53","name":"Charles William McDevett "},{"PID":"707056540","lname":"McDougald","hometown":"Cumberland County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Oct. 24, 1835","dod":"July 21, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McDougald was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862, and died at a hospital in Richmond (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 559).<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, McDougald held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1859.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"15th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:29","name":"Daniel McDougald "},{"PID":"707057013","lname":"McEachern","hometown":"Lumber Bridge","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"April 18, 1833","dod":"June 21, 1864","degree":"","photo":"707057013.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McEachern was slightly wounded at Battery Wagner, S.C. He was wounded again at Cold Harbor on May 31, 1864. He died of his wounds in a Petersburg hospital (Roster,<\/em> volume XII, page 308).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company D, 51st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:51","name":"Robert James McEachern "},{"PID":"707057521","lname":"McFadyen","hometown":"Raeford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"April 15, 2017","dod":"Nov. 27, 1942","degree":"ABJO","photo":"707057521.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McFayden entered UNC from Raeford High School in 1934. After graduation, he worked for the Washington Daily News<\/em> in Washington, N.C.; the Lumberton Voice<\/em> and was news editor of the Stanly News and Press<\/em> in Albemarle when he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in early 1940.<\/p>

On Nov. 27, 1942, McFayden was bombardier aboard a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber that failed to return from a mission to Lae, New Guinea. He was declared missing in action and later was presumed to have died on that date.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to McFayden’s parents:<\/p>

“I have read in the newspapers that your son, William Moore McFayden, has been reported missing in action since November 26. There is little that I can say, of course, to assuage your sorrow, but I do wish to express the hope that better news may be coming.”<\/em><\/p>

Later, when McFayden had been declared dead, Saunders wrote:<\/p>

“I know these last years have been very trying and anxious for you. Those of us here who knew your son have been thinking of you in this time. I do hope that your heavy hearts have been made lighter by happy memories of his life and service. I hope you will always feel that the University holds his memory in high esteem.”<\/em><\/p>

Mrs. McFayden responded:<\/p>

“Mr. McFayden and I deeply appreciate your letter of sympathy in regards to our son William. … William was devoted to UNC & to the friends he made while there.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 12:54","name":"William Monroe McFadyen Jr."},{"PID":"707059671","lname":"McIlwinen","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"March 14, 2014","dod":"Dec. 13, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707059671.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McIlwinen was enrolled at the University in 1931-32. He was employed by the Unemployment Compensation Bureau in Fayetteville when he was inducted into the service in January 1942.<\/p>

McIlwinen served as an instructor at the Officers’ Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. After completing the officers advanced course at Fort Benning, he went overseas as commander of A Company, 309th Regiment, 78th Division.<\/p>

On Dec. 13, 1944, McIlwinen was advancing with his men through darkness and heavy fog in the vicinity of Pastenbachm when they came under heavy fire from German defensive positions. He rallied his men and led them in a frontal assault on the town of Witzerath, Germany. He was fatally wounded while neutralizing an enemy dugout.<\/p>

McIlwinen was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for this action. He also was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 12:59","name":"John Henry McIlwinen "},{"PID":"707061825","lname":"McKethan","hometown":"Cumberland County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Unknown Day, 1842","dod":"Sept. 23, 1861","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McKethan enlisted on April 17, 1861, for six months (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 43, addenda). He died “at a private home in the vicinity of Camp Fayetteville near Yorktown, Virginia, to which he had been removed.”<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:30","name":"William R. McKethan "},{"PID":"707061997","lname":"McKinney","hometown":"Atlanta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1940","dob":"May 27, 2018","dod":"March 31, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707061997.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McKinney entered the University from Battle Ground Academy and was enrolled at UNC from 1936 to '38, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was employed by the Ragan Spinning Mills of Gastonia when he entered the service in 1941.<\/p>

On March 31, 1943, McKinney flew a B-25 medium bomber in a low-level attack against a German supply convoy. The engines on McKinney’s aircraft were hit by fire from a German ME-109 and were seen to be on fire. He made what his squadron mates described as a “beautiful landing on the water” only to have his aircraft explode seconds after his landing.<\/p>

McKinney’s squadron commander wrote the family:<\/p>

“I don’t have to tell you what a fine fellow he was, and how fond I was of him. … I hope it is some consolation to his family that he did a fine job and went down with his colors flying.”<\/em><\/p>

McKinney was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross for this action. He also was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 13:04","name":"Charles Asbury McKinney "},{"PID":"707062444","lname":"McKinnon","hometown":"Richmond County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Unknown Day, 1836","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McKinnon was a surgeon. Accounts of his death differ. One report says he contracted a severe cold from exposure and died of pneumonia on Jan. 13, 1862, in a hospital near Manassas, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 800). Alumni records indicate he was “killed at 2nd Manassas," seven months later.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company D, 23rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/8\/2008 14:17","name":"William Bethune McKinnon "},{"PID":"707064695","lname":"McLeod","hometown":"Maxton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Dec. 5, 1924","dod":"June 3, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McLeod was a student at UNC in 1941-42. He worked for the W.C. Shepherd Construction Com. of Maxton before entering the Navy in April 1943.<\/p>

He was killed while on duty in a plane crash near Wildwood Naval Air Station in Wildwood, N.J.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Aviation Radioman Third Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/31\/2009 13:22","name":"John Currie McLeod "},{"PID":"707065461","lname":"McMillan","hometown":"New Hanover County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Jan. 25, 1840","dod":"Sept. 20, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McMillan enlisted on July 6, 1861, about a month after graduating from the University, and died at home on Sept. 20, 1861 (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 133).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company E, 19th Regiment, (2nd Regiment N.C. Cavalry)","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:30","name":"George W. McMillan "},{"PID":"707065634","lname":"McMillan","hometown":"Rowland","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 25, 2020","dod":"Nov. 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707065634.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McMillan entered the University after two years at Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton and was enrolled in 1940-41. He volunteered for service during his senior year.<\/p>

He earned his wings and commission and was an instructor at Moody Field, Ga., Smyrna Field, Tenn., and Maxwell Field, Ala. He entered training as a B-29 Superfortress pilot and went overseas in April 1944.<\/p>

On Nov. 21, 1944, McMillan was pilot of a B-29 that was shot down while returning from a raid over Omura, Japan. After the war, his grave was reported discovered in Hupeh Province, China.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:34","name":"Richard Greyard McMillan "},{"PID":"707066019","lname":"McNabb","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1858","dob":"Nov. 17, 1835","dod":"Unknown day, May 1862","degree":"LLB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, McNabb was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, pages 672 and 814.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:45","name":"James Graham McNabb "},{"PID":"707066080","lname":"McNair","hometown":"Robeson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Dec. 11, 1831","dod":"Sept. 17, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McNair was killed at Sharpsburg, Md. (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 556, Addenda).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:31","name":"Duncan Elizabeth McNair "},{"PID":"707066673","lname":"McNeer","hometown":"Athens","homestate":"W.Va.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Oct. 13, 1919","dod":"Declared presumed dead on Dec. 11, 1945","degree":"ABJO","photo":"707066673.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McNeer entered the University from Concord State Teacher’s College in West Virginia in 1940. He was on the staff of The Daily Tar Heel<\/em>.<\/p>

He won an Air Medal and was promoted up to staff sergeant. On Aug. 21, 1943, McNeer was waist gunner and a photographer aboard a B-24 heavy bomber of the 14th Air Force on a raid over Hankow, China. The B-24 was attacked by Japanese fighters and shot down. Three men parachuted from the stricken plane and were followed down by the fighters, but none of those who parachuted is known to have survived.<\/p>

McNeer was declared presumed dead after the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:41","name":"Emerald Baxter McNeer Jr."},{"PID":"707067638","lname":"McPherson","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1927","dob":"Feb. 13, 1905","dod":"Sept. 29, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707067638.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

McPherson entered the University from Augusta Military Academy in 1923 and was enrolled until 1927. He was a member of the Golden Fleece and Gorgon’s Head honorary societies and was a member of Zeta Psi social fraternity. He was captain of the track team and placed fourth in the final 1924 U.S. Olympic swimming championship. His accomplishments in track led to interest from the football team, and he was noted for having gained 181 yards and scored three touchdowns in the six plays in which he participated as a “climax player.”<\/p>

He entered the insurance business in Raleigh with his father in the firm of McPherson & Barnes.<\/p>

He was initially denied entry into the U.S. Army but returned to Raleigh for dental treatment to fit him for service. He entered the Army in June 1941 and at age 39 went overseas in June 1943 as a member of the 81st “Wildcat” Division.<\/p>

The 81st participated in the invasion of the Palau Islands, which included Anguar and Peleliu. On Sept. 29, 1944, McPherson was a Browning Automatic Rifleman with Company “B,” which had participated in the assault on Anguar. <\/p>

Lt. Col. J.J. Lappage wrote to PFC McPherson’s mother:<\/p>

“Your son, participating with his company in an attack against one of the last Japanese strongholds on Angaur Island, had learned much about the location of the enemy and his weapons. A fresh company moved up to relieve Company B and your son volunteered to guide one of the new platoons to its position in the line and to point out specific locations from which heavy Japanese fire had been received the previous day.<\/em><\/p>

“During the night the Japanese had changed positions and this platoon with your son in the lead received sudden unexpected fire. Your son, an automatic rifleman, dropped into position to fire at the Japanese and cover the movement of the remainder of the platoon to protected positions. While firing as rapidly as he could he was mortally wounded.<\/em><\/p>

“Undoubtedly the actions of your son attracted much of the enemy fire to him and permitted members of the platoon to reach covered positions with relative safety.”<\/em><\/p>

Lappage described the impossible terrain on Anguar and the conditions that this terrain imposed on the American attackers. He goes on:<\/p>

“Rufus is buried in one of the most beautiful military cemeteries I’ve ever seen. The grave[’]s plot is covered with pure white sand. Around the grounds, planted with tropical shrubs and palm trees, is a coral fence. …<\/em><\/p>

“May I offer my deepest sympathy, and say that in writing this letter I feel that in a very small way I am paying tribute to a man who died in an attempt to save others.”<\/em><\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to McPherson’s mother:<\/p>

“The news of Rufus’ death brought real sorrow to the University where he as so well known as a student in 1923-1927. … I knew Rufus very well personally and I know that he was highly regarded and widely liked among former students.”<\/em><\/p>

McPherson was reburied at Raleigh’s Oakwood Cemetery after the war.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:45","name":"Rufus Alexander McPherson "},{"PID":"707067915","lname":"McRae","hometown":"Asheboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Feb. 14, 1923","dod":"Jan. 3, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Clarence Ray McRae entered the University from Asheboro High School and was enrolled from 1940 to 1942. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in his sophomore year and received his navigator’s wings and his commission in February 1943.<\/p>

McRae was stationed at Wendover Army Air Base, Utah, when the B-17G on which he was navigator crashed into the mountains 12 miles southwest of Delle. There were no survivors among the crew. McRae had been selected for promotion to first lieutenant prior to his death.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to McRae’s parents:<\/p>

“The news of Ray’s death earlier this month brought genuine sorrow to the University campus. He was well known as a student here and news of his death was a real blow.<\/em><\/p>

“The University and University alumni generally join with you in your deep sorrow. Ray and others who were students with him and before him here at Chapel Hill have given their lives in a cause which we must now see to a victorious end. The University is proud of your boy and the sacrifice he has paid will be a part of the priceless heritage this institution will hand down to on-coming student generations.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:46","name":"C. Ray McRae "},{"PID":"707067957","lname":"McRae","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1860","dob":"May 5, 1836","dod":"Unknown day, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McRae was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, McRae was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 814.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:45","name":"Duncan Granger McRae "},{"PID":"707068071","lname":"McRae","hometown":"Montgomery County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Unknown Day, 1835","dod":"Aug. 2, 1863","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McRae was wounded in the left thigh and captured at Gettysburg. He died at the hospital there (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, pages 465 and 597).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company K, 26th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Sergeant Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:31","name":"Montford Stokes McRae "},{"PID":"707068130","lname":"McRee","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"","dod":"June 6, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

McRee enlisted in Culpepper County, Va. He was wounded at Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864, and died on June 6 (Roster<\/em>, volume, III, page 489).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"3rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Sergeant Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:31","name":"Robert Cowan McRee "},{"PID":"707068446","lname":"McWhorter","hometown":"Savannah","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1956","dob":"Nov. 19, 1934","dod":"Aug. 29, 1965","degree":"","photo":"707068446.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

McWhorter attended UNC from 1952 to 1954.<\/p>

He was killed in Vietnam after his parachute failed to open when he ejected from his plane, which had been stuck by anti-aircraft fire.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records; 
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=34515<\/a>","branch":"U.S. Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:59","name":"Henry Sterling McWhorter "},{"PID":"707068912","lname":"Means","hometown":"Trenton","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Aug. 4, 1919","dod":"April 3, 1943","degree":"BSGEO","photo":"707068912.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Means entered UNC from Trenton High School in 1937. He took private flying lessons while at UNC and joined the U.S. Army Air Force upon graduation. He completed basic flight training in February 1942 and received his commission and pilot’s wings that May.<\/p>

He was killed in action in North Africa. He was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.<\/p>

Gen. H.H. Arnold’s letter to Mean’s parents read, in part:<\/p>

“I am advised that a fine educational background from the University of North Carolina and prior flying experience did much to aid your son while in training at Foster Field, Texas. Later, as a pilot in the Army Air Forces, he won the respect of all who knew him by his devotion to duty and courage in the face of enemy action over North Africa.”<\/em><\/p>

Dr. and Mrs. Means wrote in response to an expression of sympathy from Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25:<\/p>

“Mrs. Means and I appreciate very much your kind words of sorrow and condolence expressed in you letter which we recently received. Yours and other such kindnesses have helped us keep our heads up and carry on in spite of everything. George was a great believer in Carolina.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:49","name":"George Philip Means "},{"PID":"707069036","lname":"Meares","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1842","dob":"Unknown Day, 1821","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"","photo":"707069036.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Meares was killed at Malvern Hill (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 487). He was described as "a leader who would lead" (Clark, volume I, page 183).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"3rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:55","name":"Gaston Meares "},{"PID":"707069472","lname":"Mebane","hometown":"Northampton County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Feb. 18, 1840","dod":"June 18, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mebane, who also had lived in Fayette County, Tenn., was killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., in the Atlanta campaign as Sherman attacked dug-in Confederates.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Phillip's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:24","name":"John Wood Mebane "},{"PID":"707070108","lname":"Megson","hometown":"Glastonbury","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Sept. 5, 1916","dod":"July 13, 1944","degree":"ABJO","photo":"707070108.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Megson entered the University from Glastonbury High School in 1936. He played varsity football in 1938 and 1939 and was on the staff of The Daily Tar Heel<\/em> and the Carolina Magazine<\/em>. He also was a member of the Grail and Golden Fleece honoraries. <\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps upon graduation and progressed from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in May 1942, to captain in June 1942 and to major in June 1943. He was first assigned to the First Tank Battalion, then at Parris Island, S.C. His next posting was to New Orleans, where he worked with Andrew J. Higgins in the design of the landing craft that were to prove essential in the winning of the war. He transferred to the Air Wing in November 1943. He married the former Jeanne Charlotte Herrmann ’40 (AB) in February 1942.<\/p>

Megson was a member of VMR-153, stationed on Guadalcanal, when he was killed in the crash of the R4D-5 he was flying.<\/p>

His former University instructor Russel Phillips remembered him as “one of the best fellows I have had in my writing class and I mourn that he has been snuffed out without a chance to live his life.”<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Megson’s parents:<\/p>

“Ed was highly regarded and widely known on this campus as a student. He earned a rich place in the life of the University. I had the pleasure of hearing occasionally from him and at various times since he was graduated I have seen him too.<\/em><\/p>

“…On behalf of the University I wish to extend to you and other members of your family deepest sympathy. You can well be proud of a fine boy-one whom we of the University of North Carolina will always recall with happy memories.”<\/em><\/p>

Megson’s father responded:<\/p>

“Such letters concerning my son, Edward Heywood Megson, help us to bear the brunt of our very great loss.<\/em><\/p>

“May I, at this time, also extend the appreciation of my daughters for your very kind expression of sympathy."<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:50","name":"Edward Heywood Megson "},{"PID":"707070919","lname":"Mendelsohn","hometown":"Far Rockaway","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 30, 2020","dod":"Presumed dead on Nov. 18, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707070919.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mendelsohn attended UNC from 1938 to 1941 and was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.<\/p>

He was a navigator on a Liberator and held the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Purple Heart for participation in important raids.<\/p>

He was reported missing on Nov. 18, 1943, and was offically presumed dead by the War Department a year later.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/7\/2010 13:56","name":"Marvin Raymond Mendelsohn "},{"PID":"707072258","lname":"Merritt","hometown":"Chatham County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"Unknown Day, 1830","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Merritt held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1857.<\/p>

Merritt was wounded in the arm at Lee’s Mill, Va. He was killed at Malvern Hill (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 611, Addenda 713).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company M, 15th. N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:32","name":"Leonidas John Merritt "},{"PID":"707072506","lname":"Merritt","hometown":"Woodsdale","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"March 23, 2021","dod":"Jan. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707072506.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Merritt entered UNC after two years at Mars Hill Junior College in 1940 and was enrolled until 1942. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in spring 1943 and went to Italy in December 1943, serving in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.<\/p>

Merritt was killed in action on Jan. 23, 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

His father, Dr. John H Merritt (class of 1904, CMED, and class of 1906, MD), died five days after hearing of his son’s death.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 14:32","name":"William Joseph Merritt "},{"PID":"707076399","lname":"Miller","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 22, 1919","dod":"Feb. 29, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707076399.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Miller entered the University in 1938 from Charlotte Central High School, where he had been an outstanding athlete in baseball and basketball, and he participated in both at UNC. The Rev. Billy Graham wrote that during his early life, Julian Miller “was my best friend.”<\/p>

Miller was inducted into the U.S. Army in October 1942. He went to aircraft mechanic’s school and gunnery school before going overseas in November 1943.<\/p>

Miller was assistant engineer and waist gunner aboard a B-24 heavy bomber of the 22nd Bomb Group. On Feb. 29, 1944, his aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from its base in New Guinea, killing all aboard. Miller’s partial remains were returned to the U.S. and a graveside ceremony was held on April 9, 1944, at Sardis Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.<\/p>

The crews’ remains were returned to the U.S. and buried at Arlington National Cemetery in April 1998.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 14:37","name":"Julian Sidney Miller Jr."},{"PID":"707078058","lname":"Mills","hometown":"Statesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1907","dob":"Jan. 15, 1884","dod":"July 26, 2018","degree":"AB","photo":"707078058.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Before entering the military, Mills was a reporter for the New York Evening Sun,<\/em> covering City Hall.<\/p>

He was a member of Company G, 168th Infantry. He was first reported missing in France; the casualty list was later changed to report that he was killed in action.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:55","name":"Quincy Sharpe Mills "},{"PID":"707079547","lname":"Mitchell","hometown":"Chattanooga","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Oct. 13, 1925","dod":"Nov. 29, 1950","degree":"","photo":"707079547.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Mitchell attended the University of Alabama for a year before entering UNC under the Navy's V-12 program. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. In 1946, he entered the Marine Corps.<\/p>

He had served as executive officer of Company H and had recently been transferred, serving as the assistant operations officer of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. On the night of Nov. 29, 1950, he was leading a group of 50 reinforcements when his group was fired upon and he was killed by machine-gun fire.<\/p>

He was awarded the Silver Star.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:58","name":"Grady Purden Mitchell Jr."},{"PID":"707080055","lname":"Mitchell","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Nov. 25, 1915","dod":"Feb. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707080055.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mitchell entered the University from Durham High School, where he had excelled in baseball. He was enrolled in 1936-37 and was forced to leave because of his father’s illness. He was employed at the American Tobacco Co. until he was drafted in October 1941.<\/p>

He went to North Africa in June 1943 as a member of an anti-tank unit of the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division. The division took part in the invasion of Sicily and the landing at Anzio.<\/p>

On Feb. 15, 1944, the German 14th Army attacked down the Albano Road in an attempt to destroy the beachhead at Anzio. Led by the I Parachute Corps and the LXXVI Panzer Corps, the brunt of the assault fell upon the lines of the 45th Division. During more than a week of attacks and counterattacks, confusion and resolution, the 157th and its parent division held the line and kept 14th Army from destroying the Anzio beachhead. Originally reported as missing, Miller was later determined to have been killed in action on Feb. 23, 1944.<\/p>

The Americans had damaged 14th Army to so an extent that most of its units had to be withdrawn.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.45thdivision.org\/CampaignsBattles\/battles.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 14:40","name":"Ralph Krumeul Mitchell "},{"PID":"707080068","lname":"Mitchell","hometown":"","homestate":"Alabama","classyear":"1863","dob":"July 8, 1841","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Mitchell entered the University in 1859. He reportedly was killed at Fredericksburg.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Mitchell was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

He also was one of 26 students who entered the University in 1859 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 712.<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:46","name":"Randolph Mitchell "},{"PID":"707082121","lname":"Montague","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1862","dob":"Aug. 16, 1840","dod":"Unknown day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Montague reportedly was killed in battle near Richmond.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Montague was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 706.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:46","name":"Walter Henry Montague "},{"PID":"707083115","lname":"Moore","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown day, 1843","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Moore reportedly was killed at Fort Republic, Va.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Moore was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 36 students who entered the University in 1858 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 688.<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:47","name":"Albert Gallatin Moore "},{"PID":"707087070","lname":"Morehead","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"Dec. 15, 1833","dod":"June 26, 1863","degree":"","photo":"707087070.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Morehead died at Martinsburg, W.Va., of typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 7).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"45th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 11:59","name":"John Henry Morehead "},{"PID":"707089973","lname":"Morrison","hometown":"Maxton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Aug. 8, 1921","dod":"Feb. 28, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707089973.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Morrison graduated from Maxton High School and Presbyterian Junior College in South Carolina before attending UNC in 1940-41.<\/p>

Morrison enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in March 1942 and reported for duty June 20, 1942. Morrison was four weeks from graduating from advanced twin-engine bomber school when the AT-6A he was flying crashed into the Mississippi River on Feb. 28, 1943. Morrison was last seen on the wing of his plane and was presumed to have drowned in the swift current.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Air Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 14:42","name":"James Eugene Morrison Jr."},{"PID":"707090380","lname":"Morrow","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Unknown Day, 1832","dod":"July 19, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"707090380.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree from the University, Morrow was awarded an MA-Special Alumni degree in 1859.<\/p>

Morrow was captured at Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, and was part of a subsequent prisoner exchange. He was wounded at Chancellorsville and wounded again, in the thigh, at Gettysburg during July 1-3, 1863, and was again captured. He died in the hospital there (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 185).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company G, 28th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:33","name":"Elijah Graham Morrow "},{"PID":"707090915","lname":"Morton","hometown":"Bullock","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Feb. 19, 1916","dod":"Jan. 12, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707090915.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Morton graduated from Davidson College and was enrolled in UNC’s Graduate School in 1938.<\/p>

He was stationed in Panama for more than two years with the 550th Airborne Infantry, a separate battalion. The unit was transferred to France and was attached to the 17th Airborne Division for the bitter fighting during the latter phases of the Battle of the Ardennes.
On Jan. 12, 1945, the 550th was attacked by the Fuhrer Begleit Brigade, an elite German unit. The 550th was around the small town of Renaument as part of the 17th Airborne’s dispositions along the Bastogne-Marche highway.<\/p>

A member of Morton’s unit, Ernest Machamer, remembered:<\/p>

“It was getting late in the day and we had several wounded men. Captain Morton took it upon himself to evacuate the wounded. Not being a line officer [having direct combat command], he volunteered for the job, jokingly saying. ‘Only the good die young.’ So the wounded were lifted onto a jeep and taken to battalion aid station. On a return trip, Morton’s jeep hit a Teller mine and he was killed. The jeep looked like a pretzel since the front and back wheels were practically joined together. Everybody loved this officer and morale sank like a rock among the men when we saw what happened.”<\/em> (From Beyond Valor<\/em> by Patrick K. O’Donnell)<\/p>

Morton received the Silver Star medal posthumously for his actions at Renaument.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.ww2-airborne.us\/units\/550\/550_trp.html<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>


","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:47","name":"James Thomas Morton "},{"PID":"707091156","lname":"Moseley","hometown":"White Plains","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1941","dob":"May 25, 2018","dod":"Nov. 20, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Moseley enrolled at the University in 1937.<\/p>

On Nov. 20, 1943, Moseley, an aerial gunner with the 30th Bombardment Group, was part of an airplane crew on a ferrying mission from Oahu to Canton Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found.

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:10","name":"Eugene Emory Moseley "},{"PID":"707093352","lname":"Mulkey","hometown":"Pompano","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1938","dob":"July 23, 2017","dod":"Dec. 29, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Mulkey graduated from South Georgia Teacher’s College and was enrolled in graduate study in history at UNC from 1938 to 1940.<\/p>

He was employed by General Motors Co. in Atlanta and had taught in the Columbus, Ga., city schools.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in October 1942 and won his commission and pilot’s wings in January 1944. He went overseas in April 1944 and was an assistant flight leader for his C-47 squadron in the 10th Air Force. He had been awarded an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Distinguished Unit Citation. Mulkey died in the crash of his aircraft at Maiducuri, Nigeria, on Dec. 29, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.learnwebskills.com\/browardcem\/pompanomtoq.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:12","name":"Harvin DeWitt Mulkey "},{"PID":"707093701","lname":"Mullins","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"April 24, 1835","dod":"May 5, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Mullins held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1860.<\/p>

Mullins was killed at Williamsburg, Va., while leading his troops in an assault against Union positions (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, pages 130 and 156).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company C, 5th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:33","name":"Henry Mullins "},{"PID":"707095994","lname":"Muse","hometown":"Carthage","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1930","dob":"May 13, 2009","dod":"May 29, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707095994.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Muse was enrolled at the University in 1936-37 and was a member of the Carolina Playmakers.<\/p>

He was head bookkeeper for Wachovia Bank in Raleigh before moving to Washington, D.C., with City Bank.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Force in March 1942 and trained as a gunner and flight engineer. He went to England in April 1943 as a flight engineer aboard a B-26 medium bomber with the 452 Bombardment Squadron of the 322 Bombardment Group. Alumni Records has had his date of death as an unknown day in June 1943. Subsequent research indicates Muse was killed in a plane crash in England on May 29, 1943.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 8:37","name":"Curtis Marley Muse "},{"PID":"707096861","lname":"Myers","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"May 16, 2017","dod":"May 15, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"707096861.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Myers became the ward of the Thompson Orphanage and Training Center in Charlotte in 1927. He graduated from Charlotte Central High School with a record that led to his being awarded a Hiss scholarship for study at UNC. His principal at Charlotte Central remembered him as “a nice boy … And he was a mighty fine student, too.”<\/p>

After graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in August 1941. He was stationed at Quantico, Va., and Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., until November 1941, when he was assigned to the American Embassy in London. He returned to Quantico, where he completed Command and Staff School in September 1943. He married the former Margaret Wallace ’37 (AB) that month. He was commanding officer, Training Battalion Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, until November 1944, when he was assigned to duty in the Pacific.<\/p>

Myers was commanding officer of First Battalion, 22d Marine Regiment on Okinawa. On May 15, 1945, his battalion was fighting on the outskirts of Naha, Okinawa, when he called together his company commanders to plan for the next day’s battle. A Japanese artillery shell landed in the midst of the group, killing Myers instantly. <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/28\/2010 15:43","name":"Thomas Jerome Myers "},{"PID":"707097839","lname":"Nash","hometown":"Hillsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1866","dob":"June 9, 1844","dod":"Aug. 21, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Nash attended the University during the summer session of 1863. He enlisted in Bolle’s Battery and was captured at Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864, and confined at Point Lookout. The cause of his death was not reported (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, page 386).<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"18th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:34","name":"Frederick Nash "},{"PID":"707099471","lname":"Nelms","hometown":"Holly Springs","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1836","dob":"Unknown Day, 1815","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Nelms was killed at Shiloh.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"22nd Mississippi","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:40","name":"Charles G. Nelms "},{"PID":"707102649","lname":"Nicholson","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"May 6, 1843","dod":"March 25, 1865","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"707102649.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Nicholson was killed at Hare’s Hill, near Petersburg (Fort Stedman). This action was one of the last attempts by the Confederates to stage an offensive maneuver and break out of the Petersburg defensives.<\/p>

Nicholson previously served in the 1st Regiment, N.C. Cavalry, and was described as being "born to command men" (Clark, volume II, page 673).<\/p>

Nicholson was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"37th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/30\/2010 17:06","name":"Edward A.T. Nicholson "},{"PID":"707102971","lname":"Nicholson","hometown":"Clifton Springs","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1944","dob":"March 26, 2022","dod":"March 7, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707102971.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Nicholson, a son of Samuel Timothy Nicholson Jr. '06 (AB), entered UNC from The Hill School in Pennsylvania and was enrolled from 1940 to 1943. He was active in athletics in both secondary school and at UNC. He also was president of Chi Psi fraternity.<\/p>

He was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1943 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on July 5, 1944, at Quantico, Va. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 7, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:21","name":"Samuel Timothy Nicholson III"},{"PID":"707103024","lname":"Nicholson","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"July 31, 1840","dod":"About April 2, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"707103024.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Nicholson was killed at Five Forks, Va. (Roster,<\/em> volume  IX, page 524). The loss of the junction at Five Forks caused Lee to abandon Richmond and Petersburg and led to his surrender at Appomattox a week later. "Nicholson advanced beyond his men, procured the necessary information, hurried back and reported to General Lee." A more detailed account of Nicholson's leadership and courage can be found in Clark (volume II, page 666).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"37th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 12:02","name":"William T. Nicholson "},{"PID":"707104803","lname":"Nordan","hometown":"Smithfield","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Sept. 26, 1920","dod":"Sept. 28, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707104803.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Nordan was enrolled at the University from 1939 to 1942. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in February 1943.<\/p>

After attending bombardier, navigation and gunnery school, Second Lieutenant Nordan went to England as a member of the 751st Bombardment Squadron (H) of the 457th Bombardment Squadron (H). After several missions over occupied Europe, he was a member of the crew of B-17 “Gini” on Sept. 28, 1944, on a mission to the Krupp machine shops at Magdeburg, Germany. These installations produced tanks and anti-aircraft artillery and were recognized by both sides as extremely valuable targets. As the group reached the IP to start bomb runs, it was attacked by 25-50 ME-109 and Focke-Wulf-190 fighters.<\/p>

“Gini” was hit during the fighter attack, and the number 3 engine was set aflame. The plane went into a dive, and no parachutes were seen to emerge. The group sent 36 B-17s on the mission; six were shot down and 19 were damaged.<\/p>

Nordan originally was listed as missing in action and later was presumed to have died in action.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Nordan’s parents:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to hear that Francis is missing. In so many cases of this sort I have noted that men are later reported to be taken prisoner, and I hope you will be hearing such news about Francis soon.”<\/em><\/p>

And later:<\/p>

“The news that your son, Lt. Francis F. Nordan, has now been reported as killed in action over Germany September 28, 1944, brings a real sense of grief to us who knew him at the University. … I know you have had many heart pangs in these last months, but I do hope in time your grief will be mellowed by happy memories of his fine life and service to his country.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.457thbombgroup.org\/Fate\/RLF074.HTML<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:23","name":"Fabian Francis Nordan "},{"PID":"707106735","lname":"Nuckolls","hometown":"Columbus","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1861","dob":"April 5, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.


","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/18\/2009 11:51","name":"William Thompson Nuckolls "},{"PID":"707107439","lname":"O'Brien","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Dec. 6, 1924","dod":"May 26, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707107439.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

O’Brien entered the University from Durham High School in 1942. He was member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at UNC. During his sophomore year, he volunteered for duty with the U.S. Army Air Force.<\/p>

He received his commission and his navigator’s wings in December 1944. He was a member of the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 375th Troop Carrier group and was on a flight to the island of Peleliu when his aircraft disappeared on May 26, 1945. He was later determined to have died in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:27","name":"Thomas Joseph O'Brien Jr."},{"PID":"707107530","lname":"O'Bryan","hometown":"Beaufort","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Dec. 13, 1921","dod":"Feb. 19, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707107530.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

O’Bryan entered UNC from Christ School in 1939 and was enrolled through 1942. He participated in the V-7 program and received his navigator’s wings and his commission in July 1943.<\/p>

O’Bryan was a member of VB-109 when he was killed in action over the Marshall Islands.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:28","name":"Taylor O'Bryan "},{"PID":"707107758","lname":"O'Dell","hometown":"Jacksonville","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Nov. 26, 1920","dod":"Jan. 19, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707107758.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

O’Dell entered UNC from Robert E. Lee High School in Florida and was enrolled from 1939 to 1941. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at UNC.<\/p>

He was employed by the Hall and Fisher accounting firm before entering the U.S. Army Air Force as a bombardier cadet. He received his bombardier’s wings and his commission in June 1943.<\/p>

O’Dell was transferred overseas on Jan. 12, 1944. He died of injuries received in an aircraft accident over Tunisia.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:30","name":"Russell Dean O'Dell "},{"PID":"707111342","lname":"Orr","hometown":"Matthews","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1917","dob":"Aug. 16, 1894","dod":"June 21, 2018","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Orr was enrolled at UNC from 1913-14 as a pre-med student. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in the winter of 1917. Prior to volunteering for service, he was with the American Bank and Trust Co. of Charlotte.

He died in action in France. The Alumni Review<\/em> reported that he was killed in fighting around Chateau Thierry.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 15:10","name":"Joe Lee Orr "},{"PID":"707111586","lname":"Orth","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Jan. 15, 1924","dod":"Oct. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Orth was enrolled at UNC from 1943 to 1944. While at UNC, he wrote for The Daily Tar Heel<\/em> and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He also was president of Steele Dorm, then designated for freshmen.<\/p>

Denied entry by the U.S. services, he undertook a series of physical activities designed to overcome an arthritic condition affecting his spine. He was accepted into the British Ambulance Service and chose Burma as the country in which he would serve.<\/p>

He was on active duty as a volunteer ambulance driver in the India–Burma theater when he was killed in a plane crash on Oct. 23, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"British Ambulance Service","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:33","name":"William Tuttle Orth "},{"PID":"707113317","lname":"Owen","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Oct. 11, 1921","dod":"Sept. 28, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Owen entered the University from Durham High School in 1938 and was enrolled from 1938 until 1940. He volunteered for the U.S. Army in September 1940. He was commissioned on July 4, 1942, and was a captain in the Quartermaster Corps when he was transferred to North Africa in August 1943.<\/p>

Owens died on Sept. 28, 1943, from injuries resulting from an accident.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:34","name":"Shirley Lee Owen "},{"PID":"707113753","lname":"Owens","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"July 18, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Owens was killed at Snicker’s Ferry, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 64). He was “shot through the bowels … he was a good officer” (Clark, volume III, page 259).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"11th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:36","name":"William Allison Owens "},{"PID":"707115643","lname":"Palmer","hometown":"Littleton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 5, 1917","dod":"April 1, 1942","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707115643.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Palmer entered the University from the Georgia Military Academy in 1935. At UNC, he played varsity football and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps on July 1, 1940, and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant at Kelly Field, Texas, on March 14, 1941. He was transferred to Hawaii in March 1942.<\/p>

Palmer was the pilot of one of two B26s that were listed as missing after they encountered storms en route to Australia on April 1, 1942. The U.S. Army Air Corps later declared April 1, 1942, as the date of his death.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote the family:<\/p>

“Dean House told me about the memorial services that were held for Horace in Littleton last fall. … May I say that those of us at the University as well as hundreds of friends of your son have carried in our hearts a great feeling of sympathy for all of you.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Apr1942.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:39","name":"Horace Palmer Jr."},{"PID":"707116956","lname":"Parker","hometown":"Gatesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"May 9, 1842","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:47","name":"Augustus Moore Parker "},{"PID":"707118859","lname":"Parker","hometown":"Murphreesboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"May 19, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Parker was killed near Richmond.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:47","name":"Walter C.Y. Parker "},{"PID":"707119133","lname":"Parks","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"Feb. 25, 1925","dod":"Sept. 1, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707119133.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Parks entered the University from Edenton High School, where he had been valedictorian of his class. He was enrolled at the University from 1941 until 1943 and completed pre-flight school at the University.<\/p>

He was killed in the crash of his training plane near Toledo, Ohio, on Sept. 1, 1944. He was two weeks away from receiving his pilot’s wings and his commission.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders ’25 wrote to Parks’ mother:<\/p>

“The news of Alvin’s death brings real distress to us in Chapel Hill. Personally, I first recall Alvin when I saw his application and picture submitted for the Herbert W. Jackson Scholarship. He was a splendid boy and stood high in the estimation of many people here in Chapel Hill who recall him with much appreciation.<\/em><\/p>

“Words can do little, I know, to lessen the sorrow that is in your heart now, but I do wish you to know that we are thinking of you at this time.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Air Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/28\/2010 15:56","name":"Alvin Buffkin Parks "},{"PID":"707119380","lname":"Parks","hometown":"Wilkes County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"May 7, 1838","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"707119380.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Parks is reported to have died at Petersburg, Va. The date and cause are not listed (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 159).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Company D, 33rd N.C. Regiment, later Company I, 61st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/14\/2009 12:05","name":"Oliver Tyrrell Parks "},{"PID":"707119670","lname":"Parnell","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1969","dob":"Feb. 6, 1947","dod":"July 21, 1969","degree":"BS","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Parnell majored in mathematics at Carolina.<\/p>

He served with the U.S. Army Artillery in the An Khe area and died in South Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a> and thewall-usa.com\/info.asp?recid=39534<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Specialist 4th Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:40","name":"Richard James Parnell "},{"PID":"707120713","lname":"Partridge","hometown":"Rome","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 8, 1920","dod":"Nov. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707120713.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Partridge entered the University from the Darlington School in Rome, Ga., and was enrolled from 1938 until 1941. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and he married the former Bettye Osborne Withers ’42 (AB).<\/p>

He was a flight officer with the 4th Ferry Command and was charged with training pilots to fly the many types of planes sent to the Soviet Union as part of Lend-Lease. He was killed on Nov. 23, 1944, when the engine on the P-63Q he was flying seized up one mile south of Miles City, Mont., causing his plane to crash. <\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote Partridge’s widow:<\/p>

“I know that those who knew you and him as students in 1938-42 would wish me to express to you their heartfelt sympathy. Words can do little, I know to lessen the grief that is in your heart, but I do wish you to know that we are thinking of you and other members of your family.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Nov1944S.htm<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Flight Officer","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:49","name":"Elbert Randolph \"Randy\" Partridge "},{"PID":"707121808","lname":"Patterson","hometown":"New Bern","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Aug. 13, 1919","dod":"May 14, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Patterson was enrolled at UNC from 1939 to 1942 after studying at Columbian Preparatory School. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at UNC.<\/p>

He was been overseas alomst a year when he was killed in Italy.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:54","name":"Donald Flanner Patterson Jr."},{"PID":"707122049","lname":"Patterson","hometown":"Kannapolis","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Sept. 13, 1923","dod":"Nov. 16, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Patterson entered the University from J.W. Cannon High School and was enrolled from 1940 until 1942.<\/p>

He was killed, along with two members of his crew, when the A20J he was piloting crashed five miles from Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Nov. 16, 1944.
 
Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Patterson’s parents:<\/p>

“As a student here at the University in 1940-43, your son made many friends among faculty and students. I am sure that all of these would wish me to say to you how deeply we feel his loss and extend to you and other members of the family our heartfelt sympathy.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Nov1944S.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:55","name":"Harold Lloyd Patterson "},{"PID":"707125138","lname":"Pearce","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"March 3, 2025","dod":"May 4, 1961","degree":"ABJO","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Pearce was killed in a helicopter crash on Okinawa. He attended UNC for 16 months as a member of the Marine V-12 Program.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:43","name":"Robert Hester Pearce "},{"PID":"707125239","lname":"Pearl","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Oct. 30, 1922","dod":"Feb. 6, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"707125239.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Pearl entered the University from Riverside Military Academy in Georgia in 1939. He previously had attended Greensboro Senior High School, where he had been active in all sports.<\/p>

After graduating from UNC, he was a student in the Army Specialized Training Program<\/a>, first at Clemson College and then at Yale University, until the program was disbanded. The program, though short-lived, is considered the single biggest college education program in the nation's history.<\/p>

Pearl went overseas in October 1944 as a member of the 78th Infantry Division. The division relieved elements of the U.S. First Division in early December and held part of the northern shoulder of what would come to be called “the Bulge” in December 1944.<\/p>

On Jan. 30, 1945, the 78th Division attacked, took the town of Kesternich on Feb. 2 and drove toward the town of Schmidt. This attack had as its objective the capture of the Schwammanauel Dam. Pearl was a member of a mortar squad when he was killed in the fighting around Schmidt on Feb. 6, 1945. Schmidt was captured on Feb. 8, and the Schwammanauel Dam was captured intact on Feb. 9, 1945.<\/p>

Pearl’s parents, with some of their friends, gave $10,000 for the erection of an athletic field house at Greensboro High School. Named in Pearl’s honor, the field house served as a memorial to the former senior high students who were killed in the Second World War as well as the several thousand who fought during the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.lonesentry.com\/gi_stories_booklets\/78thinfantry\/index.html<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:56","name":"Sigmund Selig Pearl "},{"PID":"707127002","lname":"Peiffer","hometown":"New Hanover County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Sept. 18, 1915","dod":"June 6, 1942","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707127002.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Peiffer entered the University from New Hanover High School. His preferred class year at UNC was 1938, and he received his bachelor’s degree in 1940. While at UNC, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, played end on the football tam and was a member of the Monogram Club.<\/p>

Peiffer joined the Naval Reserve on Dec. 13, 1940. After completing training as an aviation cadet, he was commissioned an ensign on Sept. 25, 1941. After further training at Norfolk, Va., Peiffer joined Scouting Squadron Six aboard the USS Enterprise<\/em> on March 11, 1942.<\/p>

Peiffer was in the second division of Scouting 6 when the squadron arrived over the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway, which was fought June 4-7, 1942. When the squadron arrived, 36 of 42 torpedo planes from the U.S. carriers had been shot down. Land-based planes from the island of Midway also had suffered heavy losses, and not one Japanese ship had been hit.<\/p>

Shooting down the torpedo planes had drawn the Japanese combat air patrol down to the ocean, so that when the bombing and scouting squadrons from the U.S. carriers nosed over into their dives at 19,000 feet, they had a clear shot at the decks of the Japanese carriers, which were laden with planes taking on fuel and ammunition. Within minutes, three Japanese carriers were ablaze and sinking, and a fourth would be sunk later.<\/p>

Of the five planes in the second division of Scouting 6, only one returned to its carrier. Peiffer and his gunner were listed as missing and were later declared dead.<\/p>

Peiffer was awarded the Navy Cross for his part in winning one of the most decisive battles in history. The USS Peiffer<\/em> (DE 558) was commissioned in his honor on June 15, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.navsource.org\/archives\/<\/a>;
www.cv6.org\/<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 15:58","name":"Carl David Peiffer "},{"PID":"707130338","lname":"Perry","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"June 1, 2022","dod":"Listed as missing in action on Jan. 11, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707130338.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Virginius Boddie Perry entered the University after one year at Mars Hill College. He was a student at UNC in 1941-42 and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He entered flight training and received his wings and a commission as a second lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, in June 1943.<\/p>

In January 1945, Perry, by then a first lieutenant, was a member of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-211. On Jan. 11, 1945, VMF-211 was part of an attack on Japanese positions in the northern Palau Islands. Perry’s plane was shot down, and he was listed as missing in action.<\/p>

Perry’s mother received the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to Perry for “heroism and extraordinary achievement on aerial flight against enemy Japanese forces in the Palau group of the Western Caroline Islands” from Oct. 26, 1944, to January 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/28\/2010 16:14","name":"V. Boddie Perry "},{"PID":"707130442","lname":"Perryman","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Nov. 28, 1924","dod":"Feb. 12, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Cletus Franklin “Frank” Perryman entered the University from Grey High School in 1942 and was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps in April 1943.<\/p>

He was a part of the First Provisional Marine Brigade during the invasion and conquest of Guam July and August 1944. The brigade was combined with other units to form the Sixth Marine Division, destined to invade Okinawa in April 1945.<\/p>

Perryman was attached to a tank unit when he was killed during training on Feb. 12, 1945.<\/p>

The commanding general of the Sixth Marine Division wrote to Perryman’s mother:<\/p>

“A board of officers appointed to investigate the cause of his death reported that Corporal Perryman was killed by an accidental explosion which occurred during training in which your son was participating with the tank company to which he was attached.<\/em><\/p>

“Your son received a Christian burial in the Army, Navy, and Marine Cemetery on this island, the name of which cannot be disclosed at this time. The Military Funeral was attended by representatives of this command and your son’s personal friends. A Chaplain of this command conducted religious services.<\/em><\/p>

“Please be assured that the officers and men of the Sixth Marine Division join with you in mourning the loss of your son, a fine Marine who gave his life in the service of his country.”<\/em><\/p>

Perryman’s mother wrote to Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25, in part:<\/p>

“Frank loved Chapel Hill and constantly wrote home for clippings giving him any news of Chapel Hill.”<\/em><\/p>

Saunders replied:<\/p>

“I am so glad that you wrote me that Frank loved Chapel Hill and constantly wrote home for news of the University. The University honors him and sends its deepest affection to you and Mr. Perryman.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records

<\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:03","name":"C. Franklin Perryman "},{"PID":"707130530","lname":"Person","hometown":"Louisburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1863","dob":"July 22, 1841","dod":"July 3, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"707130530.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Person was killed at Gettysburg (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 44).<\/p>

Person was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"9th Regiment State Troops, 1st N.C. Cavalry","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:37","name":"Jesse H. Person "},{"PID":"707131218","lname":"Pethick","hometown":"Southern Pines","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"March 12, 2021","dod":"June 20, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707131218.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Pethick entered UNC from Southern Pines High School and was enrolled from 1939 to 1941.<\/p>

He went through flight training with the U.S. Navy at Pensacola, Fla., and was a member of Bombing Squadron 14 (VB-14) aboard the carrier USS Wasp<\/em>. Pethick failed to return from an attack on the Japanese fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 20, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
www.angelfire.com\/fm\/odyssey\/philippinesea.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:07","name":"Richard Bliss Pethick "},{"PID":"707131511","lname":"Pettigrew","hometown":"Tyrrell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1849","dob":"July 4, 1828","dod":"July 17, 1863","degree":"AB (awarded in 1847)","photo":"707131511.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Pettigrew entered the University at age 15 and was a member of the Philanthropic Society. He became an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval Observatory and later joined his uncle’s law firm in Charleston, S.C., before studying civil law in Europe, where he traveled for seven years; wrote a travel book, Notes on Spain and the Spaniards;<\/em> and spent time in the diplomatic service.<\/p>

Pettigrew returned to the U.S. and was elected to the South Carolina legislature in 1856. When war was declared, he joined a force raised in South Carolina and then returned to North Carolina to command the 12th (later renamed the 22nd) N.C. Infantry. He was made a colonel and then promoted to brigadier general on Feb. 26, 1862.<\/p>

Pettigrew was severely wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862. Believing his wounds mortal, Pettigrew didn’t permit his men to leave the ranks to carry him to the rear. Left for dead on the field, he recovered consciousness as a prisoner of war. He was exchanged two months later. He commanded a brigade in Virginia, returning to North Carolina just in time to begin the Gettysburg campaign in June 1863.<\/p>

He was commanding Heth’s Division on July 3 when Robert E. Lee selected the division to march at the left of Maj. Gen. George Pickett’s in the infantry assault now known as Pickett’s Charge. Some later historians have called it the "Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault."
In the charge, Pettigrew's horse was shot out from under him, and he continued on foot and was wounded, remaining with his soldiers until it was clear that the attack had failed. He continued to command the division during the retreat to the Potomac River. <\/p>

On July 14, Pettigrew's brigade was one of the last Confederate units still north of the Potomac River, when the Union troopers closed in. On foot and in the front line at Falling Waters, W.Va., Pettigrew was directing his soldiers when he was shot at close range by a Union cavalryman. He died three days later near Bunker Hill, W.Va.<\/p>

His body was returned to North Carolina and interred at his family estate, Bonarva, which is now part of Pettigrew State Park in Washington and Tyrrell counties.<\/p>

An official day of mourning was held for him in North Carolina.<\/p>

In World War II, the ship SS James J. Pettigrew<\/em> was named in his honor.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.
<\/p>
","branch":"22nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Brigadier General","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"9\/29\/2008 15:49","name":"James Johnston Pettigrew "},{"PID":"707133241","lname":"Phillips","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"May 27, 2018","dod":"Dec. 6, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707133241.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Phillips entered the University from Mars Hill College and was enrolled in 1937. He entered the service in 1941. He received his wings and commission in 1942.<\/p>

After serving as a flying instructor, he went overseas in January 1944 as the pilot of a B-25 bomber. He took part in the campaigns against the Gilbert, Marshall and Caroline islands and had received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart as well as five campaign ribbons and three battle stars.<\/p>

His plane was shot down by the Japanese near Ponape in May 1944, and he and his crew of four spent two nights in their life raft before they were rescued by an American destroyer in spectacular manner, “right under the noses of the Japanese.”<\/p>

He returned to the U.S. in late 1944 and was killed when his plane crashed during a training mission near Muroc, Calif., on Dec. 9, 1944.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:11","name":"Henry Matt Phillips "},{"PID":"707133355","lname":"Phillips","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1830","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1867","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.


","branch":"44th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/8\/2008 13:56","name":"James Phillips "},{"PID":"707134945","lname":"Pickett","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 22, 1917","dod":"March 25, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Pickett entered the University from Lexington High School and was enrolled in 1937-38. He operated a grocery store in his home town, and in 1941 volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps. After serving as an instructor at several bases and serving on anti-submarine patrol, he went overseas in November 1944.<\/p>

Pickett was a member of the 34th Bombardment Group (H) and had flown several missions over Germany. On March 25, 1945, he was flight engineer-gunner aboard the B-17 nicknamed “Homesick Angel,” which crashed on takeoff, killing all the crew.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
members.tripod.com\/VALORtoVICTORY\/1945-03.htm<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/29\/2010 14:06","name":"Ocko P. Pickett Jr."},{"PID":"707137803","lname":"Pliskin","hometown":"Thomasville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"March 14, 2018","dod":"Jan. 30, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Pliskin entered UNC from North Carolina’s Oak Ridge Military Academy and was enrolled in 1937-38.<\/p>

After leaving the University, he managed his father’s business until entering service with the U.S. Army in June 1943, serving with the 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. Pliskin was killed in Italy on Jan. 30, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:15","name":"Aaron Pliskin "},{"PID":"707138695","lname":"Pointer","hometown":"Caswell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 7, 2020","dod":"Dec. 2, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Pointer entered the University from Archibald Murphy High School in 1937. After graduation, he was associated with the Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills Inc. prior to entering the U.S. Navy in February 1942.<\/p>

After being given an honorable discharge in July 1942, in September he was commissioned an ensign and sent to Princeton University for instruction. After amphibious training, he was assigned as officer-in-charge of a landing craft tank, also known as an LCT. He participated in the Sicily and Salerno invasions and wrote a friend that he “had the good fortune to be in charge of one of the first boats to land in the gulf of Salerno.”<\/p>

Pointer was officer-in-charge of Landing Craft Tank (5) # 242 when it was struck by a circling torpedo off Naples on Dec. 2, 1943. He was killed in action and buried at Naples.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.navsource.org\/archives\/<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:16","name":"James Cecil Pointer "},{"PID":"707138956","lname":"Polk","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1825","dob":"April 10, 1806","dod":"June 14, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Polk was an Episcopal bishop who founded the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. He attended the University for two years (1821-23) before entering West Point, where he was a roommate of Jefferson Davis.<\/p>

Polk commanded the defense of the Mississippi River in 1861. He fought in the battles at Belmont, Mo.; Shiloh, Tenn.; and Murfreesboro, Tenn. He led a corps at Chickamauga, Ga., and served in the Atlanta Campaign (The World Book Encyclopedia<\/em>, volume 15-P, page 646).<\/p>

Polk was killed on Pine Mountain near Marietta, Ga., after being “struck in the breast by a cannon ball and killed” (Clark, volume II, page 743).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant General","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/8\/2008 14:02","name":"Leonidas Polk "},{"PID":"707140214","lname":"Poovey","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"July 17, 2019","dod":"Oct. 24, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707140214.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Poovey graduated from Charlotte Central High School and entered the University after one year at N.C. State College. He was enrolled at UNC in 1939-40. <\/p>

He entered the U.S. Navy in May 1942 and was stationed in the Marshall Islands. He was an aviation radio technician second class when he was reported to have drowned in the service of his country in late 1943.<\/p>

The official telegram went on to say:<\/p>

“No information is available at present regarding recovery of the remains, but because of existing conditions, the remains, if recovered, will probably be buried at sea or in the locality of death. If further details are received, they will be forwarded to you.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.cmstory.org\/<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Aviation Radio Technician Second Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:17","name":"Lloyd William Poovey "},{"PID":"707142117","lname":"Pou","hometown":"Smithfield","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1919","dob":"Feb. 10, 1898","dod":"Oct. 28, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Pou, son of U.S. Rep. Edward W. Pou, was killed in a seaplane accident at Tudy, France. His father was notified that Pou was awarded the war cross posthumously by the French government. The citation accompanying the cross said that a few days before his death, Pou attacked two submarines that were approaching allied convoys and that on Oct. 22 he destroyed a mine placed in the route of the convoys.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/18\/2010 14:42","name":"Edwin Smith Pou "},{"PID":"707143622","lname":"Poythress","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 11, 2022","dod":"Dec. 12, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707143622.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Poythress entered the University from Chapel Hill High School and was enrolled from 1939 to 1941. He had participated in ROTC while at UNC. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1942 and, after flight training, went overseas in August 1943.<\/p>

Poythress received an Air Medal for his “courage, coolness and skill” during his first 15 missions over occupied Europe. He was on his 18th mission, as co-pilot of a B-17 heavy bomber, when the plane failed to return from a mission over the port of Emden. Poythress was listed as missing in action on Dec. 11, 1942, and was presumed to have died in a notification sent on Dec. 12, 1944. <\/p>

Poythress’ widow, the former Mary Frances Montjoy ’44, received his Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:20","name":"Whitney Fulton Poythress "},{"PID":"707144326","lname":"Presson","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"May 2, 2014","dod":"Feb. 3, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Presson attended Brevard College for two years and Wofford College for one year before attending UNC in 1939-40.<\/p>

He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in March 1942. Presson was killed in England on Feb. 3, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:22","name":"Charles Leighton Presson "},{"PID":"707144384","lname":"Preston","hometown":"Westport","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1967","dob":"Feb. 14, 1946","dod":"July 10, 1969","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Preston was in Navy ROTC at Carolina.<\/p>

He was a pilot in the Navy and was lost at sea off the coast of Greece immediately following a launch from his ship, the USS J.F. Kennedy<\/em>.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant, Junior Grade","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:46","name":"Carl Howard Preston "},{"PID":"707145600","lname":"Price","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Nov. 6, 1921","dod":"Nov. 4, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707145600.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Price entered the University from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1938. After graduation from UNC, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1942 and was a gunner\/radio operator aboard a B-24 heavy bomber based in Italy. <\/p>

He had been awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster when his B-24 failed to return from a mission on Nov. 4, 1944. Price originally was listed as missing but was later determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:24","name":"William James Price "},{"PID":"707146056","lname":"Prince","hometown":"Tuscaloosa","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1840","dob":"Aug. 8, 1819","dod":"Sept. 21, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Prince was killed at Chickamauga, Ga.<\/p>

 <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"43rd Alabama","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 12:54","name":"Oliver Hillhouse Prince "},{"PID":"707147587","lname":"Prudhomme","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1857","dob":"Unknown day, 1836","dod":"Unknown day, 1861","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Prudhomme was reportedly killed at the First Battle of Manassas.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Prudhomme was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

He also was one of 33 students who entered the University in 1857 who lost their lives in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 677.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:48","name":"Mitchell S. Prudhomme "},{"PID":"707149073","lname":"Putney","hometown":"Elm City","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 6, 1920","dod":"June 1, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707149073.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Putney entered the University from Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va. He was enrolled from 1938 until 1941.<\/p>

He became a pilot in transport command and participated in dropping parachute troops during the invasion of North Africa. He was given a medal and a citation by Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle that stated: “The complete success of the mission was due to the excellent piloting, timing and handling of aircraft over the dropping area.”<\/p>

In May 1943, few days before he died in an airplane crash in North Africa, Putney wrote to his parents of difficulties he had experienced in flying through the numerous sandstorms that he had encountered. He had been flying transport planes in the Army Air Forces since October 1942.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/29\/2010 14:19","name":"William Witt Putney "},{"PID":"707149288","lname":"Quarles","hometown":"Minden","homestate":"La.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Jan. 20, 1839","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 12:56","name":"George McDuffie Quarles "},{"PID":"707149389","lname":"Queen","hometown":"Waynesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1934","dob":"Aug. 18, 1912","dod":"Sept. 15, 1943","degree":"AB; also LLB (1938)","photo":"707149389.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Queen entered the University from Waynesville High School in 1930 and, after graduating in 1934, he earned his law degree in 1938. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at UNC. After law school, he practiced law in Waynesville and was active in the Young Democrats before entering the U.S. Navy in 1942.<\/p>

He was commissioned an ensign. By 1943, he was a lieutenant (junior grade) and was commanding officer of Tank Landing Craft 241. He took part in the invasion of Sicily and received a commendation from the Navy for his actions during July 9, 1943, until August 1943, particularly for a night landing behind enemy lines at Brolo, Sicily, which “contributed to the advance of the Seventh army along the north coast of Sicily towards Messina.”<\/p>

LCT 241 was supporting the invasion of Italy off the coast at Salerno when it was struck by a German bomb on Sept. 15, 1943, and destroyed. Queen originally was listed as missing in action and, after a year had elapsed, was determined to have died on that day.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:33","name":"James Shook Queen "},{"PID":"707152051","lname":"Rancke","hometown":"Rockingham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Oct. 27, 1913","dod":"June 16, 1943","degree":"AB; also LLB (1937)","photo":"707152051.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rancke entered the University in 1931 from Rockingham High School, where he had been student body president. After graduating from UNC, he earned his law degree in 1937. He practiced law in Rockingham and Mount Gilead before volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1940.<\/p>

He received his pilot’s wings and his commission on April 25, 1941, and was assigned to the 20th Pursuit Squadron in the Philippines. He left aboard the President Pierce<\/em> for Manila on June 6, 1941.<\/p>

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked U.S. forces in the Philippines. Rancke cabled his parents on Dec. 18 that he was safe and sent them Christmas greetings on Dec. 26. He cabled again that he was safe on March 16, 1942. No further word was received from him.<\/p>

Bataan fell to the Japanese on April 10, 1942, and Corregidor on May 6. Rancke’s parents were informed by the U.S. War Department in March 1943 that he was a prisoner of war. They were later informed that he had died in captivity on June 16, 1943. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his date of death as Sept. 19, 1942.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Rancke’s parents:<\/p>

“The past eighteen months I am certain have been filled with much anxiety and grief for you and other members of Lieut. Rancke’s family. I just wanted you to know that we here in Chapel Hill share your grief and extend to you our sincere sympathy.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:44","name":"Henry Charles Rancke Jr."},{"PID":"707152556","lname":"Randolph","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1949","dob":"Nov. 9, 1928","dod":"June 5, 1951","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Randolph was educated at Christ School in Arden for two years before attending and graduating from Chapel Hill High School. In 1945, he entered UNC, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.<\/p>

After flight training in Pensacola, Fla., where he also was commissioned in June 1950, Randolph was transferred to San Francisco. He then served in Korea as a jet pilot for three months in fall 1950. He was on his second war mission in Korea when he was killed in a crash landing at sea. He was piloting an F9F-2B Pantherjet fighter with Fighter Squadron 23 when he attempted to land aboard his carrier, the USS Princeton<\/em>. His aircraft crashed into the after end of the deck, killing him and two crewmen. His remains were not recovered.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"12\/9\/2010 12:45","recordUpdated":"12\/9\/2010 13:58","name":"Philip Sprague Randolph Jr."},{"PID":"707152963","lname":"Rankin","hometown":"Gaston County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"","dod":"June 30, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Rankin died at Richmond, Va., of disease (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, page 113).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"16th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:38","name":"John Davidson McLean Rankin "},{"PID":"707153393","lname":"Ranson","hometown":"Huntersville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1917","dob":"Nov. 29, 1893","dod":"Sept. 29, 1918","degree":"AB","photo":"707153393.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Ranson entered the first training camp for prospective officers at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and was assigned to Company I, 371st Infantry Regiment. The unit left for France on April 5, 1918. The 371st<\/sup> went to the French 157th Division, which by Sept. 26 was part of the beginning Meuse-Argonne offensive.<\/p>

On Sept. 30, 1918, the 371st<\/sup> attacked in concert with the French, capturing Trieres Ferme by the afternoon. Ranson was killed in this series of actions. For his actions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest award for valor.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 12:41","name":"John Oliver Ranson "},{"PID":"707154521","lname":"Rawls","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Dec. 26, 1918","dod":"April 20, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707154521.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rawls graduated from Lee Edwards High School and attended Biltmore College in Asheville before transferring to UNC in 1937. While attending UNC, he was on the staff of The Buccaneer<\/em>, the campus humor magazine, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.<\/p>

After graduation, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in October 1941 and received his pilot wings and his commission at Moody Field, Ga., in May 1942. He went to North Africa in January 1943 and participated in the invasions of Sicily, Italy and Normandy. He received the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster during two years of service overseas.<\/p>

He returned to his home for 21 days leave in December 1944.<\/p>

On April 20, 1945, Rawls was flying as co-pilot of a C-47 transport aircraft en route from Midland Army Air Field, Midland, Texas, to Paterson, N.J. The aircraft crashed three and a half miles south of Sweetwater, Texas, killing all aboard.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Rawls’ mother:<\/p>

“The news of the death of your son, Captain John Robison Rawls, brings sincere sorrow to us at the University where he was graduated in 1941.It is so sad that after being spared two years duty overseas he should meet his death in a plane crash here in the United States.<\/em><\/p>

“Words can do little to convey sympathy that will be helpful, but I do wish you to know that we at the University are thinking of you and other members of you family at this time…. The University will ever honor your son’s life and service.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:45","name":"John Rorison Rawls "},{"PID":"707155313","lname":"Rayburn","hometown":"Glendale","homestate":"Ohio","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 1, 1919","dod":"Jan. 28, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707155313.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rayburn, a native of Ohio, entered UNC from Charlotte Central High School in 1938. He was enrolled at Carolina in 1938-39. He was employed by the Duke Power Co. before entering the U.S. Army in June 1942.<\/p>

He went to England as a member of the 315th Regiment, 79th Infantry Division in April 1944. The 79th Division landed across Utah Beach during June 12-14, 1944, and was soon involved in heavy fighting around Cherbourg, which the division entered on June 25, 1944. The division progressed across Northern Europe, taking Le Mans against light resistance, Charmes after severe street fighting and clearing the Foret de Perroy in 12 days of heavy fighting, Sept. 28-Oct. 9. After a rest, the division resumed its advance, crossing the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, taking Hagenau against heavy resistance and entering the Seigfried Line during Dec. 17-20.<\/p>

The 79th held a defensive position at Wissembourg during the Battle of the Ardennes, then repulsed the German attempt to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine at Gambsheim. Fighting around Hatten and Ritterhausen resulted in an 11-day battle, after which the division withdrew to new defensive positions on the Moder River south Hagenau on Jan. 19, 1945. The division resumed the offensive in late March, crossed the Rhine and took part in clearing the Ruhr Pocket until April 13, 1945.<\/p>

Rayburn was wounded at Hagenau on Jan. 24, 1945, and later died of his wounds. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:48","name":"Roger Joseph Rayburn "},{"PID":"707155443","lname":"Raymond","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 23, 1920","dod":"June 20, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707155443.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Raymond enrolled at UNC in 1938, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.<\/p>

He entered the Army in June 1942 as a private in the field artillery and later transferred to the Army Air Forces.<\/p>

Raymond had been reported missing in action when confirmation came that he had been killed during an air raid over the Baltic Sea. Posthumously cited for bravery, he was a gunner on a B-24 Liberator at the time of his death.  <\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:56","name":"Peter Bernard Raymond "},{"PID":"707157896","lname":"Regan","hometown":"Laurinburg","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 4, 1921","dod":"Jan. 3, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Regan entered UNC from Laurinburg High School in 1938 and was enrolled at Carolina until 1942. He volunteered for the Naval Air Corps Reserve in November 1942 and was called to service in September 1943.<\/p>

He completed pre-flight training at Athens, Ga., and advanced training at Pensacola, Fla. Regan was scheduled to receive his commission and his pilot’s wings in late February or early March 1944 when he was killed in an accident at Pensacola.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Naval Air Corps Reserve","rank":"Air Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 16:58","name":"Dickson McLean Regan "},{"PID":"707158415","lname":"Reid","hometown":"Columbia","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"April 2, 2018","dod":"Dec. 16, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Reid received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina and studied at the Johns Hopkins University before attending graduate school at UNC in 1940-41.<\/p>

He entered the service in July 1941 as a laboratory technician in the medical corps. He later transferred to the air corps and served with the Eighth Air Force from September 1943 until his death.<\/p>

He initially was reported missing over Holland on Dec. 16, 1943, and later was declared officially dead as of that date. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/15\/2010 17:04","name":"Howard Dunklin Reid Jr."},{"PID":"707160542","lname":"Reynolds","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"Aug. 28, 1913","dod":"Jan. 3, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707160542.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Reynolds entered the University from Chapel Hill High School and was a student in 1931-32. After leaving the University, he was associated with the Tomlinson Furniture Co. of Greensboro and later was vice president and manager of Carolina Furniture Shops in Greensboro until he entered the U.S. Army in February 1942.<\/p>

He volunteered for airborne training and went overseas with the 82nd Airborne Division in April 1943. He was one of the few who made all four combat jumps with the 82nd: in Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Holland. After jumping into Normandy on D-Day, the 82nd fought for 33 days before being relieved. By then, the division had lost nearly half of the men who jumped into Normandy.<\/p>

The division jumped into Holland on Sept. 17, 1944, as part of “Operation Market-Garden,” an operation designed to seize a short route into Germany. Although the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions seized their objectives, the 1st British Airborne Division was dropped on top of two SS Panzer Divisions and could not hold the bridge at Arnhem against such much heavier units. This failure at the famous “Bridge Too Far” led to the failure of the operation. The 82nd was withdrawn on Nov. 11, after 56 days of combat.<\/p>

The two airborne divisions were at rest camps in France on Dec. 17, 1944, when the Germans broke through the Allied lines opposite the Ardennes Forest. The divisions were the only reserves available to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, and were rushed by truck to blocking positions, the 82nd to Werbomont, the most seriously threatened position, the 101st to Bastogne.<\/p>

After furious fighting along the valley of the Salm River, the 82nd occupied defensive positions roughly along the Trois Points-Basse-Bordeau-Bra-Manhay line, which they would defend against assaults by elements of the First and Second SS Panzer and 69th Volks-Grenadier Divisions until Jan. 3, 1945. On that date, the 82nd attacked through knee-deep snow to seize the west bank of the Salm River. Reynolds was killed in action on Jan. 3, 1945. The division reached the Salm on Jan. 8, 1945.<\/p>

He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/16\/2010 11:16","name":"William Franklin Reynolds "},{"PID":"707161972","lname":"Rice","hometown":"Belton","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"June 7, 2017","dod":"Sept. 15, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rice was enrolled at UNC in 1937-38 and was a Phi Delta Theta pledge. After leaving school, he was a salesman for Blair Mills in Belton until he entered the service in December 1941. <\/p>

Rice, who held the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, was reported missing in action on Sept. 15 after the plane on which he was bombardier failed to return to its base in England after a bombing mission to France. He was later determined to have been killed in action over the English Channel.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/16\/2010 11:40","name":"Rex Alderman Rice "},{"PID":"707163338","lname":"Richmond","hometown":"Milton, in Caswell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"July 31, 1839","dod":"May 23, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Richmond died in Raleigh of typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 97).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"13th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:38","name":"Stephen Dobson Richmond "},{"PID":"707164524","lname":"Riggs","hometown":"Dobson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1917","dob":"Dec. 22, 1895","dod":"November 18, 2019","degree":"AB","photo":"707164524.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Riggs was enrolled at the University from 1914 until 1917. <\/p>

He was serving in France when he was struck by a bullet his arm. He died in hospital in November 1918.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:58","name":"Robert Hamilton Riggs "},{"PID":"707164739","lname":"Rights","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1951","dob":"Feb. 19, 1928","dod":"Unknown day, May 1951","degree":"","photo":"707164739.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Rights entered the University in 1947 after service in World War II and was at UNC for three years. He re-enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1950 and went to Korea with the First Cavalry Division later that month. He soon was transferred to the Second Infantry Division. <\/p>

In February 1951, he was a member of "B" Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, supporting South Korean units above Hoengsan. His unit was overrun by the Chinese and suffered 1,400 casualties. Rights became a prisoner of war.<\/p>

In January 1954, Rights' parents were informed by the Department of the Army that he had died of malnutrition in a North Korean prison camp in May 1951.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 16:28","name":"George LeTell Rights "},{"PID":"707166560","lname":"Robbins","hometown":"Randolph County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"Dec. 11, 1835","dod":"July 24, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Robbins was wounded at Gaines Mill on or about June 27, 1862, and died on July 24. (Robbins Family Records, Randolph County Library, Asheboro, N.C.)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; Robbins Family Records, Randolph County Library, Asheboro, N.C.; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:06","name":"James LaFayette Robbins "},{"PID":"707166629","lname":"Robbins","hometown":"Randolph County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"Oct. 6, 1832","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Robbins also had lived in Selma, Ala. He was killed at Mt. Sterling, Ky.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:07","name":"Julius Alexander Robbins "},{"PID":"707166720","lname":"Robbins","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1918","dob":"Sept. 9, 1894","dod":"July 5, 2018","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Robbins was a student at UNC from 1914 to 1916 before enrolling at the University of California's medical school. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in May 1917 and was commissioned a first lieutenant on completion of his air training on Dec. 20, 1917.<\/p>

His aircraft fell in flames near Paris on July 5, 1918, and he was killed in the crash.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 16:06","name":"William Dudley Robbins "},{"PID":"707166834","lname":"Roberson","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"June 30, 2018","dod":"Dec. 21, 1941","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707166834.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Roberson entered UNC from Durham High School in 1936. He played varsity basketball for three years at Carolina and, according to Alumni Records, was “prominently connected with the German Club and the Gorgon’s Head social order” and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduation, he worked at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. before entering the U.S. Army.<\/p>

He enlisted on Nov. 23, 1940, and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in summer 1941. He was assigned to the 94th Squadron of the 1st Pursuit Group, which was equipped with the new, advanced P-38 fighter.<\/p>

On Dec. 21, 1941, Lt. Roberson was flying on patrol over the Pacific off San Diego, Calif., when his aircraft was involved in a collision with another P-38 from his squadron. Both pilots were killed.<\/p>

Roberson’s memory was honored in a memorial service on Dec. 29, 1941. Speakers included UNC President Frank Porter Graham (class of 1909) and Administrative Dean Robert B. House (class of 1916).<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Dec1941.htm<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/17\/2010 16:55","name":"Foy Roberson Jr."},{"PID":"707167277","lname":"Roberts","hometown":"Prospect Park","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1942","dob":"March 18, 2021","dod":"May 25, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Roberts entered UNC from Prospect Park High School and was enrolled in 1938-39. He graduated in 1942 from the Wharton School of Finance, where he had been a member of the Wharton National Honor Society.<\/p>

On April 5, 1944, Roberts was navigator aboard a B-24 heavy bomber on a mission to the oil installations at Ploesti, Romania. The nose of the bomber was shot off during this mission, and although Roberts was able to parachute to safety, he injured his leg during the incident. He died of gaseous gangrene at a hospital in Romania. He was buried with full military honors.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/17\/2010 16:56","name":"Edward Carter Roberts Jr."},{"PID":"707168258","lname":"Roberts","hometown":"Chattanooga","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1942","dob":"March 1, 2021","dod":"March 2, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707168258.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Roberts studied at the University of Chattanooga before enrolling at UNC, where he was a student in 1939-40.<\/p>

He was a bomber pilot and went overseas in April 1943. Roberts was a member of the 7th Bombing Squadron of the 9th Bombardment Group, stationed in Karachi, India. The unit was by then equipped with the B-24 heavy bomber. In addition to bombing Japanese targets, the unit also ferried fuel and supplies over the Himalayan Mountains.<\/p>

On March 2, 1944, Roberts was flying a Norduyn AT-16 advanced training aircraft when it crashed near Piaradoba, India. Both he and a passenger were killed.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARMonthly\/Mar1944O.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/17\/2010 17:01","name":"William Reavis Roberts "},{"PID":"707170141","lname":"Robinson","hometown":"Ansonville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Jan. 16, 1916","dod":"May 25, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Robinson entered the University from Ansonville High School and was enrolled from 1932 until 1935.<\/p>

He was employed by the Rustin Furniture Co. in Greensboro when he volunteered for military service on Dec. 6, 1941. He received his wings and commission in May 1942 and flew to England in July, becoming a member of the first group of American flyers to bomb targets in Europe.<\/p>

In January 1943, Robinson was credited with shooting down a German ME-109 over Palermo, Sicily. On Feb. 2, 1943, he was severely wounded by flak but completed his mission. He sank one large cargo ship and damaged two other vessels, despite suffering from loss of blood and shock.<\/p>

In all, Robinson received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

On May 25, 1943, he was seen to parachute from his stricken aircraft over the Tyrrhenian Sea. No trace of him was ever found.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 12:51","name":"Percy Watkins Robinson "},{"PID":"707171601","lname":"Rogers","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Dec. 17, 1916","dod":"Oct. 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rogers entered UNC from Willie P. Mangum High School and was enrolled in 1934-35. He was a weigh-master and billing clerk at a tobacco warehouse when he entered the U.S. Army in 1940. He spent two years on duty in the Canal Zone and reached the rank of sergeant before being selected as an aviation cadet.<\/p>

He received his navigator’s wings and his commission and was an instructor for bombardiers for two years. He requested a combat assignment and, by then a first lieutenant, was sent to Guam in March 1945 as part of a B-29 very heavy bomber group. He had flown 28 missions over Japan by the war’s end and had been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross as well as the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. His pilot, a Maj. Miller, wrote Roger’s mother that he had never missed a target and that he deserved more awards than he had received.<\/p>

Rogers was returning to the U.S. on Oct. 5, 1945, aboard a B-29A. An engine went out, and the aircraft headed back to Saipan. The plane was caught in a severe cross-wind and crashed while attempting to land. Seventeen aboard were killed, including Rogers.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Rogers’ mother:<\/p>

“The news that I saw in the Durham paper the other day that your son, 1st Lt. Ernest T. Rogers (student at Chapel Hill in 1934-1936) was killed at Saipan on October 5, brings real sorrow to us at the University. Your son had gone through the active part of the war safely and I know that his death now occasions even greater remorse, although I do not know any circumstances other than that reported in the newspaper. …<\/em><\/p>

“I know there is little I can say that will help, but I do want you to know that we at the University think of you and will forever hold dear the memory of your son and his service.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Oct1945O.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 12:56","name":"Ernest Thurston Rogers "},{"PID":"707174716","lname":"Rosenbloom","hometown":"Rocky Mount","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 10, 2020","dod":"Oct. 18, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rosenbloom entered UNC in 1938 and was enrolled through 1940, when he transferred to New York University.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942 and went to the Southwest Pacific Theater in December 1942.<\/p>

He was a member of the 36th Fighter Squadron of the 8th Fighter Group, supporting the Allies in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea areas. He flew the P-39Q, which, while not much of a fighter, was a first-rate ground attack plane, armed with four .50 caliber machine guns and one 37mm cannon.<\/p>

On Oct. 1, 1943, Rosenbloom was awarded the Air Medal for “having participated in 25 operation[al] flight missions in the course of which strafing and bombing attacks were made from  dangerously low altitudes.”<\/p>

Rosenbloom was killed in action 17 days later. He was award the Air Medal and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote Rosenbloom’s parents:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to hear of the death of your son, Lieut. Robert Luke Rosenbloom, in action in the Southwest Pacific on October 18, 1943. …<\/em><\/p>

“On behalf of the University, University alumni, and personally, I wish to express our deepest sympathy.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Oct1943O.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 12:59","name":"Robert Luke Rosenbloom "},{"PID":"707175188","lname":"Ross","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"June 3, 2022","dod":"June 6, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ross was enrolled at UNC in 1941.<\/p>

He was a member of the famed “Eagle Squadron” before transferring to the 335th Fighter Squadron of the Eighth Air Force. Ross was flying as a member of the 335th’s “Blue Section” over Rouen, France, on June 6, 1944. The section members were at low level when they were jumped by German fighters who appeared out of a cloud bank. Completely surprised, the entire section was shot down, with the deaths of all four pilots.<\/p>

Ross was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:03","name":"Harold Lacey Ross Jr."},{"PID":"707175306","lname":"Ross","hometown":"De Soto Parish","homestate":"La.","classyear":"1861","dob":"April 11, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Ross was killed in Fredericksburg, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:09","name":"Jesse Goodwin Ross "},{"PID":"707177371","lname":"Rowe","hometown":"Aberdeen","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 24, 2021","dod":"Aug. 28, 1942","degree":"","photo":"707177371.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Rowe entered UNC from Aberdeen High School in September 1938. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps on Nov. 1, 1941, during his senior year. He won his wings and was commissioned July 2, 1942, and immediately went overseas.<\/p>

Rowe was killed in a plane crash in Australia on Aug. 28, 1942.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:05","name":"John Lawrence Rowe "},{"PID":"707177720","lname":"Royal","hometown":"Morehead City","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Aug. 20, 1916","dod":"Unknown day in June 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707177720.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Royal entered the University from Morehead City High School and Oak Ridge Military Academy. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, the Interfraternity Council and the Senior Executive Committee.<\/p>

After graduation, Royal became a traveling salesman for Becton, Dickinson & Co. of Rutherford, N.J. -- a job that, he said, left him “trying vainly to apply anything learned in Bingham Hall to the world of dollars and sense.”<\/p>

He volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps in October 1941. He served in the invasion of the Marshall Islands and was promoted to first lieutenant in October 1943.<\/p>

He was killed in action on Saipan in June 1944.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Royal’s father, Dr. Ben Royal ’06 (AB, ’07 CMED), who was a University trustee.:<\/p>

“The news I read about Ben this morning is very distressing. I know words can do little to lighten the sorrow that is in your heart, but I do wish you to know that we here at the University are thinking of you and Mrs. Royal now.<\/em><\/p>

“Just a few weeks ago Major Ben Dixon wrote and told me about a number of Carolina boys who were with his Marine Division. He told me about your Ben. Also, at various times I have heard from other boys in the same outfit who told “about your son. …<\/em><\/p>

“The sacrifice these fine young men are making and the sorrow that comes to you and other parents serve to impress all of us with the stern responsibility that is ours to carry on the fight in which they have given all.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/29\/2010 14:47","name":"Benjamin Franklin Royal Jr."},{"PID":"707178091","lname":"Royster","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"April 24, 1840","dod":"July 15, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"707178091.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Royster was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, during the Pickett-Pettigrew charge. He died on July 15 (Roster<\/em>, volume IX, page 552). An account of Royster's actions in this charge at Gettysburg can be found in Clark, volume II, page 674. It reads in part:<\/p>

"Poor Royster, how well do I remember his coming to me as we were about to advance and showing me a hole in his pants, and telling me he was shot through the thigh, but he intended to keep on with the command. There are few men who would not have gone to the rear, but not so with Royster. I can see him now in his new uniform with his flashing sword, he cheered his men on apparently totally oblivious of the fact that a shrapnel bullet had already passed through his right leg..."<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Company G, 37th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/10\/2012 10:53","name":"Iowa Michigan Royster "},{"PID":"707178105","lname":"Royster","hometown":"Statesville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Dec. 3, 1917","dod":"Feb. 19, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Royster  entered the University from Statesville High School and was enrolled in 1936. He was in the insurance business prior to entering the military.<\/p>

Royster was wounded in action in Belgium on Feb. 3, 1945. He died of his wounds 16 days later.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Technical Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:15","name":"Ira Gay Royster Jr."},{"PID":"707178222","lname":"Royster","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Feb. 26, 1916","dod":"Nov. 20, 1943","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Royster entered the University from The Webb School in Tennessee. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in February 1941 and left for the South Pacific in August 1942.<\/p>

Royster, by then a captain, was attached to an amphibious tractor battalion during the landing at Tarawa, which took place on Nov. 20, 1943. On the day after the landing, with heavy fighting still going under way, front line units sent an urgent request for a resupply of ammunition. Royster’s citation for the Bronze Star medal reads in part:
 
“Captain Royster immediately obtained an amphibious tractor and, under heavy machine gun fire, proceeded to the ammunition dump, procured the needed supplies and returned to the command post.
 
“Fully realizing the extreme danger involved in the mission, he requested permission to direct the tractor to its objective and, knowing that speed was imperative, took the shortest route to his hard-pressed comrades. As he courageously pushed on toward the front, the tractor struck an enemy mine, which demolished it and killed all aboard. Captain Royster’s great personal valor and daring initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.”<\/em><\/p>

Royster was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star medal and promoted to major.<\/p>

Source: GAA Alumni Records
<\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain (posthumously promoted to major)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/24\/2008 13:31","name":"Thomas Broadway Royster "},{"PID":"707179043","lname":"Ruffin","hometown":"Franklin County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1853","dob":"June 9, 1832","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:12","name":"Lemon Ruffin "},{"PID":"707179160","lname":"Ruffin","hometown":"Bertie County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1841","dob":"","dod":"Sept. 23, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Ruffin held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1846.<\/p>

Ruffin was captured at Jack’s Mountain, Pa, on July 4, 1863, and confined at Fort McHenry, Md. He was transferred to Fort Delaware, Del., on July 10 and transferred again, to Johnson’s Island, Ohio, on July 18. He died there on Sept. 23, 1864. A line in Clark notes: “Buried on island.”<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume II, page 293; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901, volume V, page 651.<\/p>

","branch":"59th Regiment, 4th N.C. Cavalry","rank":"First Lieutentant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:40","name":"Thomas Ruffin "},{"PID":"707180463","lname":"Russell","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"May 29, 2024","dod":"April 8, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707180463.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Russell entered the University from Lee Edwards Senior High School, where he was active in debate. He was enrolled at UNC from 1940 to 1942.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army Air Force in July 1942. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in October 1943, at age 19.<\/p>

Russell was co-pilot of a B-24 heavy bomber crew that was forming in Topeka, Kan. His older brother, Lt. Robert Phillips Russell ’36 (AB), was a navigator who had returned to the U.S. after serving a tour in the Far East. He asked to be assigned to Frank Russell’s crew, and the request was granted. <\/p>

On April 8, 1944, the Russells’ B-24 was one of 350 that attacked aircraft production facilities at Brunswick, Germany. Thirty B-24s were lost, among them the plane carrying the Russell brothers. First declared missing, they were declared presumed to have died on that date 19 months after they were reported missing.<\/p>

The only member of the crew who survived, a waist gunner, stated after the end of the war, when he was released from German captivity, that the plane went into a tailspin after having been hit by a German fighter, hit the ground and exploded. He saw no other parachutes from the plane.<\/p>

The Russell brothers’ mother, Mrs. Edith Phillips Russell, was named State Mother of the Year in North Carolina in 1946 for her sacrifice and her work in the Asheville community.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.airwarweb.net\/usaaf\/8af_1944-04.php<\/a>.<\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:16","name":"James Frank Russell "},{"PID":"707180694","lname":"Russell","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Sept. 20, 1916","dod":"April 8, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707180694.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Russell entered the University from Asheville High School in 1932. While at UNC, in 1934, he was a delegate for American universities to the International Student Anti-War Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. After graduation, he was a salesman for the University of North Carolina Press and for Iron Fireworks Automatic Coal Stokers and a writer for the Asheville Citizen. Just prior to his enlistment in the U.S. Army in August 1941, he was a salesman in the college branch of Reynal & Hitchcock Publishers in New York.<\/p>

Originally in the coast artillery, he transferred to the U.S. Army Air Force and received his navigator’s wings and his commission on Jan. 30, 1943. He was a member of the Air Transport Command in India and flew 28 missions into China. He returned to the U.S. for leave and reassignment and requested to be reassigned to the bomber squadron in which his brother, 2nd Lt. James Frank Russell ’44 was the co-pilot of a B-24 heavy bomber. The request was granted, and the brothers went to England shortly thereafter.<\/p>

On April 8, 1944, their bomber was one of 350 that attacked German aircraft manufacturing facilities at Brunswick, Germany. Almost 9 percent of the force was shot down, including the Russell brothers’ aircraft. They originally were declared among the 300 missing from the raid and later declared to have been officially killed in action on April 8, 1944.<\/p>

The Russell brothers’ mother, Mrs. Edith Phillips Russell, was named State Mother of the Year in North Carolina in 1946 for her sacrifice and her work in the Asheville community.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.airwarweb.net\/usaaf\/8af_1944-04.php<\/a>.<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:20","name":"Robert Phillips Russell "},{"PID":"707183305","lname":"Sanders","hometown":"Johnston County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"June 6, 1837","dod":"May 16, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sanders was killed at Drewry’s Bluff, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 293).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company E, 24th N.C. Regiment","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:40","name":"Edwin Smith Sanders "},{"PID":"707184911","lname":"Sasser","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Jan. 5, 1921","dod":"March 20, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"707184911.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sasser entered the University from the Kentucky Military Academy in 1938. He was a member of UNC’s wresting team until he suffered an ankle break in 1940.<\/p>

He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in November 1943. He was assigned to the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment group (Heavy) as a B-17 pilot. He was awarded his first Air Medal upon completing 15 missions over enemy territory. He had been promoted to first lieutenant and was flying his 22nd mission when his plane was damaged during a mission over Berlin on Sept. 12, 1944. Several of his crew had been wounded, and Sasser chose to attempt a crash-landing rather than risk further injuries to his crew members by having them parachute. He was promoted to captain two days after this mission.<\/p>

Sasser suffered severe head injuries head injuries during the crash. First listed as missing, he was later listed as a prisoner of war. His sister, Nancy, wrote to Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 in response to his letter to the family after Sasser had been declared missing:<\/p>

“My mother … asks me to thank you for your letter of October 18th … and to tell you that on Thanksgiving night we had word that John is a prisoner of war in Germany. You can imagine what a Thanksgiving THAT was…”<\/em><\/p>

Sasser’s injuries continued to plague him. He died while undergoing an operation for mastoid infection in the hospital at Obermassfelt, Germany. He was buried with full military honors at Heinginin, Germany. His family received his Air Medal with an additional Oak Leaf Cluster.
Saunders wrote to Sasser’s mother, who had lost another son during the war:<\/p>

“The news that I have read in the Raleigh<\/em> News & Observer that your son, Captain John W. Sasser Jr., died on March 20 in a German prison camp hospital is received at the University with deep sorrow. I was so glad to hear in the fall from your daughter that John was a prisoner and I had hoped that he would be returned to you in due time. ...<\/em><\/p>

“The double sacrifice that you have been called upon to make in this war is difficult to see. But I hope that splendid memories of your sons will remain with you forever as a source of happiness and pride.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:24","name":"John William Sasser Jr."},{"PID":"707184937","lname":"Sasser","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"June 13, 2017","dod":"Jan. 3, 1945","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707184937.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sasser was enrolled at the University from 1936 until 1940, where he was a member of Delta Sigma Pi commerce fraternity.<\/p>

After employment with the Aetna Life Insurance Co., he entered the U.S. Army in March 1941. He was commissioned in October 1942 and assigned to an armored division. He landed in Casablanca with the Second Armored Division in February 1943 and participated in the invasion of Sicily in July and August 1943.<\/p>

The division went into Normandy in early June 1944 and was involved in the fighting to the borders of Germany. The German counterattack through the Ardennes Forest, on Dec. 16, 1944, popularly known as the “Battle of the Bulge,” aimed to split the Allied forces in half. When the German penetration had been contained, the 2nd Armored was one of the divisions designated to attack the German penetration from the north, between the Ourthe River and the Houffalize Road. The division attacked on Jan. 3, 1945, through knee-deep snow.<\/p>

Sasser was killed at the start of the offensive. In September 1945, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:29","name":"Lewis Sneed Sasser Jr."},{"PID":"707185123","lname":"Satterfield","hometown":"Roxboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"June 17, 1837","dod":"July 3, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"707185123.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Edward Fletcher Satterfield was killed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, “inside the breastworks on Cemetery Hill.” "Captain Satterfield … reached a point which was more advanced than that attained by any other officer of the assaulting columns” (Roster<\/em>, volume  XIII, page 506).<\/p>

The actions of Satterfield and others in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge are the basis for the North Carolina claim of “furtherest at Gettysburg.”<\/p>

Satterfield's part in negotiating the end of a duel can be found in Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 367.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Company H, 55th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/30\/2010 17:08","name":"E. Fletcher Satterfield "},{"PID":"707187185","lname":"Scales","hometown":"Henry County","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Jan. 1, 1835","dod":"July 18, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Scales was wounded at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. He died in Winchester, Va., 18 days later (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 33).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"45th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:41","name":"Peter Perkins Scales "},{"PID":"707190509","lname":"Schwarz","hometown":"Montclair","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Nov. 11, 1925","dod":"Feb. 18, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707190509.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Schwarz entered the University in 1943 as an honors graduate from Montclair High School. He was an accomplished musician on the piano, the bass fiddle and the double “B” flat bass horn. At age 15, he organized a swing band, Eric Schwarz and His Orchestra, which played for dancing school classes and public rallies for War Bonds, the Red Cross, and the Armistice Day and Memorial Day observances. He also was a member of the Montclair Band and Orchestra, the all-Essex County Orchestra and Band, the All-State Orchestra, and the Montclair Symphony Orchestra. At 17, he composed As the Flag Goes By<\/em>, which was published by Edwin H Morris & Co. He attempted to enlist after passing the U.S. Army officer’s candidacy admissions test but was rejected for vision deficiencies.<\/p>

While at UNC, Schwarz completed a two-year accelerated pre-med curriculum in one year. He played in the University Band and in the N.C. State Symphony Society. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in June 1944 and went to Europe as a replacement in Company K, 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th “Yankee” Division, then a part of the Third Army, arriving at the company in late January 1945.<\/p>

After a rest after the Battle of the Ardennes, K Company moved into the front lines of the bridgehead across the Saar, near Fraulautern, Germany. The fighting was house-to-house, amid the ruins of the town. On Feb. 18, Schwarz was manning an outpost when he was struck by mortar fire and killed almost instantly. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Dr. and Mrs. Schwarz:<\/p>

“In tine I hope your grief will become less poignant as you contemplate Eric’s happy life and service. He had lived life so fully, I feel sure he would have us carry on in the same spirit now.”<\/em><\/p>

In addition to Saunders, Chancellor Robert House (class of 1916), President Frank Porter Graham (class of 1909) and Schwarz’ dormitory councilor, T. Frank Cathey ’44, sent messages of sympathy to Schwarz’s parents, who responded:<\/p>

“The succession of letters … all are striking proof of the unusual zeal that Carolina men have for everyone connected with that splendid institution.”<\/em><\/p>

In 1948, Saunders wrote to the Schwarz family:<\/p>

“I simply wanted to write you this note today as a personal message to say that I have admired greatly the way all of you have accepted sacrifice during the last three years. You give strength and inspiration to those less expressful.<\/em><\/p>

“Somehow too, I am thinking of the boy here who is carrying forward his education as [an] Eric Schwarz Scholar.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:32","name":"Eric Schwarz "},{"PID":"707192529","lname":"Seawell","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"July 11, 2017","dod":"Aug. 9, 1942","degree":"AB (also '41 JD)","photo":"707192529.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Seawell entered the University from Chapel Hill High School in 1934. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa. As a law student at Carolina, he was a member of Order of the Coif and was on the Law Review<\/em>. He graduated with honors from law school in August 1941.<\/p>

Seawell completed training through the V-7 program at Northwestern University and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy in May 1942. He was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Quincy<\/em>. On Aug. 7, 1942, Quincy<\/em> took part in the pre-invasion bombardment of the island of Guadalcanal and furnished fire support for the U.S. Marines who had landed on Guadalcanal.<\/p>

On the night of Aug. 8-9, 1942, a force of Japanese warships attacked the invasion fleet lying off Guadalcanal. Early in the morning of Aug. 9, 1942, the Quincy<\/em> was sunk, and 529 of her crew perished.<\/p>

Seawell was among those missing in action from the crew of the Quincy<\/em>. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
The Two Ocean War<\/em> by Samuel Eliot Morison;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:35","name":"Edward Harding Seawell "},{"PID":"707195243","lname":"Seyffert","hometown":"Elizabeth City","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1925","dob":"April 22, 2004","dod":"Sept. 9, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Seyffert attended UNC from 1921 until 1924. He worked as an accountant before entering the Merchant Marine, where, after completing officer’s training school, he was commissioned an ensign on Aug. 1, 1943.<\/p>

According to the family, Seyffert had received decorations for his service during combat. He died of injuries suffered off Naples, Italy.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Seyfrett’s parents:<\/p>

“The other day I saw in<\/em> the<\/em> News & Observer that Charles King Seyfrett on the Merchant Marines had died September 9 in Naples. I am so sorry to read this news. Charlie and I were members of the same class here at the University…”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Merchant Marine","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:36","name":"Charles King Seyffert "},{"PID":"707199313","lname":"Shepherd","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"June 9, 2019","dod":"Oct. 8, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707199313.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Shepherd entered UNC from The McCallie School in 1936. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. A year after graduating, he enlisted in the service in April 1941.<\/p>

He was commissioned, completed flight training and left for the European Theater in July 1943. On Oct. 8, 1943, he was flying “Pulsatin’ Polly” on his 18th mission as a B-17 pilot and was over Bremen when his plane was severely damaged by antiaircraft and enemy fighter attacks. Realizing that his bomber could not be flown back to England, Shepherd ordered his crewmen to abandon the plane while he remained at the controls, struggling to level the crippled aircraft. Before he could safely escape, the plane exploded, carrying him to his death.<\/p>

In 1947, Shepherd was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on Oct. 8, 1943. He previously had won an Air Medal. He also was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>
<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:39","name":"Marshall McLaney Shepherd "},{"PID":"707201034","lname":"Shipman","hometown":"High Point","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Jan. 18, 1914","dod":"Jan. 3, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Shipman entered the University from High Point High School and was enrolled during 1932-33. After leaving the University, he worked for the Hendrix Furniture Co. in High Point.<\/p>

He served with the 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and was killed in action in Belgium.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 15:04","name":"William Gatewood Shipman "},{"PID":"707201858","lname":"Shore","hometown":"Forsyth County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Oct. 28, 1916","dod":"July 10, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707201858.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Shore entered the University from Old Town High School in 1934 and was enrolled through 1937. He was employed as a tobacconist until he entered the service in May 1942.<\/p>

He completed one tour in B-24 heavy bombers in Europe, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. After his return to the U.S., he was an instructor on B-29s at MacDill Field in Florida. On July 11, 1945, Shore was pilot of a B-29 that caught fire in the air five miles south of Venice, Fla. Four crew members were able to parachute to safety, but Shore and six other airmen perished in the crash.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Jul1945S.htm<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:40","name":"Hoke Flynt Shore "},{"PID":"707203562","lname":"Shytle","hometown":"Henderson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"July 4, 2020","dod":"July 6, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707203562.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Joseph Edward Shytle entered the University in 1938 from Edneyville High School, where he had been a star athlete in baseball and basketball. After graduation, he worked at the Book Exchange and was on the varsity basketball team.<\/p>

He volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps in October 1942 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on Dec. 20, 1942. He was promoted to first lieutenant on Dec. 25, 1943, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He went to the Pacific area in January 1944.<\/p>

Shytle led a forward observation team ashore in the invasion of Saipan on June 15, 1944. Marine Corps correspondent Sgt. John B.T. Campbell Jr. interviewed Shytle during the battle and described the position of his team as “in the foremost rank of the front lines, but [they] were at ease there, never having been anywhere else since this action began.” Shytle was quoted as having observed that “the thing that flattens me is the way these kids stand up to it. I have here two 17-year olds, a kid 19, and one 20.” The lieutenant had observed his 24th birthday on July 4, a comparatively old man by the standards of the time and situation.<\/p>

Shytle was wounded on July 6, 1944. Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Shytle’s mother:<\/p>

“I am sorry to hear that Ed has been wounded. I do hope and pray that you will be getting betters news from and about him soon. Your son was very popular on this campus. In letters from other students who have been serving with the Marines in the Pacific I am often told that they have seen Ed Shytle. The boys seem always glad to see him and this certainly indicates his popularity. I am sure that he is a splendid officer. The University joins you in being proud of your son.”<\/em><\/p>

The family was later informed that Shytle had died of his wounds. Saunders wrote to Shytle’s mother:<\/p>

“The news of Ed’s death brings real sorrow in Chapel Hill where he was widely and well known by faculty and students.”<\/em><\/p>

She responded:<\/p>

“Your words of sympathy and kind words about Ed have been most appreciated. The University meant a great deal to Ed, and we are glad for the comforting letters we have received from his Professors there. While we suffer an irreparable loss in having to give Ed up we know that he lived a full life and a very happy one!”<\/em><\/p>

Shytle’s wife, Marie Godfrey Shytle, had given birth to their son on the day he died.<\/p>

Saunders wrote to her:<\/p>

“When I wrote Ed’s mother I did not know about your son. I think it is a wonderful thing that you will have him to help you remember Ed.”<\/em><\/p>

Shytle was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 13:43","name":"J. Edward Shytle "},{"PID":"707203940","lname":"Sieck","hometown":"Manhasset","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Nov. 24, 1919","dod":"July 13, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707203940.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sieck entered the military in 1941 after having started graduate work at UNC, where during four years he played tackle in football and took a leading part in other campus activities. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma.<\/p>

For nine months, he was a private at Camp Croft, then took officer's training at Fort Benning, Ga. Receiving his commission, he went to Fort Sill, Okla., for a year, and then went overseas with an officer replacement company.<\/p>

Some days after D-Day, he had gone from England to France as an infantry replacement officer. Alumni Secretary J. Maryon "Spike" Saunders '25 and corresponded a number of times with Sieck, including writing letters of recommendation, and received letters from Sieck in England and Normandy. Sieck's last letter said that "we live kind of close to a foxhole which comes in handy at times."<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>



 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:09","name":"Richard Charles \"Dick\" Sieck "},{"PID":"707204048","lname":"Siegel","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1942","dob":"June 6, 2020","dod":"Sept. 5, 1941","degree":"","photo":"707204048.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Siegel entered the University from New York Military Academy in 1938 and was enrolled until he left for the U.S. Army in 1941, as his senior year was beginning.<\/p>

He was selected for flight training and, on Sept. 5, 1941, was flying from an Army flying field in Stamford, Texas, when his training aircraft crashed, killing him and his instructor.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Aviation Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:17","name":"Stanley Auerbach Siegel "},{"PID":"707204527","lname":"Siler","hometown":"Franklin, in Macon County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"","dod":"Nov. 7, 1862","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Siler was killed in a skirmish at Gaines Cross Road, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 89).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company K, 9th Regiment, 1st. N.C. Cavalry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:42","name":"Jesse W. Siler "},{"PID":"707204569","lname":"Siler","hometown":"Macon County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"January 10, 1905","dod":"Sept. 2, 1862","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Siler died of disease near Philadelphia, Tenn. (Roster<\/em>, volume X, page 173).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company I, 39th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Third Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:42","name":"Rufus S. Siler "},{"PID":"707204631","lname":"Sillers","hometown":"Clinton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"April 10, 1838","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sillers was wounded at Kelly’s Ford, Va., on Nov. 7, 1863. He died at Gordonsville, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 321).<\/p>

Sillers’ account of the Battle of South Mountain can be found in the Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 315.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"30th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:42","name":"William Walter Sillers "},{"PID":"707205188","lname":"Simmons","hometown":"Onslow County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"March 31, 1841","dod":"June 25, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Simmons was wounded on June 21, 1864, near Petersburg, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 41st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:38","name":"David Ward Simmons "},{"PID":"707206680","lname":"Simpson","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"June 27, 2022","dod":"March 15, 1946","degree":"","photo":"707206680.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Simpson entered UNC from James A. Gray High School in 1940 and was enrolled until he volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942. He won his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant on Jan. 7, 1944. He was assigned to the 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 13th Air Force, in the Pacific in May 1944 as a B-24 heavy bomber pilot.<\/p>

On Sept. 1, 1944, Simpson was a pilot aboard a B-24 that was assigned to bomb Peleliu in preparation for the assault landings scheduled for Sept. 15, 1944. After completing the bomb run, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, and the left wing was seen to catch fire and fall. The plane spun into the water, and Simpson was killed. Three crew members parachuted from the stricken plane, became prisoners of war and were later executed by the Japanese.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:19","name":"William Barrett Simpson "},{"PID":"707206710","lname":"Sims","hometown":"Gastonia","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Oct. 13, 1923","dod":"March 28, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sims entered UNC after two years at The Citadel and was enrolled from 1942 to 1943.<\/p>

He completed flight training, was commissioned and went to the China-Burma-India theater. Sims was reported missing in action in April 1945. After the war, he was declared to have died on March 28, 1945.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:20","name":"Albert Harold Sims "},{"PID":"707207007","lname":"Sinclair","hometown":"Asheville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Feb. 23, 1911","dod":"Dec. 17, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sinclair entered UNC from Riverside Military Academy in 1934 and was enrolled until 1937. He was an insurance salesman before entering the service in summer 1940.<\/p>

He went overseas in October 1943. Sinclair was killed in action in France on Dec. 17, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:23","name":"Charles Stuart Sinclair "},{"PID":"707208886","lname":"Skinner","hometown":"Greenville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1933","dob":"May 8, 2012","dod":"March 19, 1946","degree":"AB (also '35 LLB)","photo":"707208886.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Skinner entered UNC from Greenville High School in 1929. After completing his undergraduate degree and graduating from law school, he practiced law in Pitt County and served as judge of the Municipal Recorder’s Court.<\/p>

He received his commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy in June 1942 and reported for training at Cornell University. He commanded patrol torpedo boats in the Pacific area and was promoted to lieutenant (jg) and to lieutenant.<\/p>

Skinner was on his way to another duty station, along with several other Navy officers, when their plane was reported missing in the Pacific on March 19, 1945. The plane and crew were never heard from again.<\/p>

A portrait of Skinner was dedicated in his honor at the Pitt County Municipal Building.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:26","name":"Louis Cherry Skinner "},{"PID":"707209001","lname":"Skinner","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1840","dob":"May 11, 1820","dod":"June 26, 1862","degree":"MA","photo":"707209001.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Skinner was killed near Ellerson’s Mill, Va., in the fighting around Mechanicsville, Va.

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"1st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:43","name":"Tristram Lowther Skinner "},{"PID":"707209128","lname":"Skuldt","hometown":"Milwaukee","homestate":"Wis.","classyear":"1941","dob":"April 21, 2018","dod":"Feb. 24, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Skuldt entered the University as a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin and was enrolled in 1941.<\/p>

Skuldt was navigator aboard a B-17 heavy bomber that went missing over Austria on Feb. 24, 1944. He was later determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:28","name":"Kenneth B. Skuldt "},{"PID":"707209346","lname":"Slade","hometown":"Lincolnton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1845","dob":"Unknown Day, 1822","dod":"June 13, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Slade, a physician, was killed at Rodell’s Shop, Va., as the armies concentrated for the siege of Petersburg, which began that June (Roster<\/em>, volume VII, page 67).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company H, 22nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:42","name":"Thomas Turner Slade "},{"PID":"707209870","lname":"Sloan","hometown":"Belmont","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"March 14, 2021","dod":"Oct. 18, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707209870.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sloan entered the University from Belmont Abbey College in 1939 and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and was assigned to the Fourth Ferrying Command, based in Memphis, Tenn.<\/p>

On Oct. 18, 1944, a hurricane was approaching Morrison Field, Fla., and available pilots were ordered to fly the aircraft based there to a safer position inland. Sloan was flying an RA-35A Vultee Vengeance, an aircraft noted for its poor handling characteristics, when the aircraft crashed southwest of Daytona Beach, Fla. Sloan was killed in the accident.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Sloan’s parents:<\/p>

“The news of your son’s death brings real distress to us in Chapel Hill. I well remember when he was graduated and you two came to Chapel Hill for the Commencement festivities.<\/em><\/p>

“The University wishes you to know that we here are thinking of all of you at this time. Please extend our sympathies also to your son’s wife. Words can do little, I know, to help lessen your sorrow, but I do want you to know that we are thinking of you.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Oct1944S.htm<\/a>;
photo of an RA-35A Vultee Vengeance is available online at
aviastar.org\/air\/usa\/vultee_vengeance.php<\/a>.<\/p>


","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:34","name":"Charles Henry Sloan Jr."},{"PID":"707209968","lname":"Sloan","hometown":"Franklin","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Oct. 22, 1921","dod":"Oct. 29, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707209968.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Sloan entered the University in 1940 from Franklin High School and Brevard Junior College, graduating from UNC in 1943.<\/p>

Sloan was a radio operator in Air Transport Command when his aircraft failed to return from a mission to Suyung, China, on Oct. 29, 1944. He was later determined to have died in action on that date.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Forces, Air Transport Command","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:40","name":"Harold Thomas Sloan "},{"PID":"707210463","lname":"Slotoroff","hometown":"New Utrecht","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1937","dob":"Sept. 8, 1914","dod":"July 14, 1943","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707210463.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Slotoroff entered the University from New Utrecht High School in 1933. After graduation, he was secretary for the Sinclair Knitting Mills of New York until his entrance into the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1941. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant on April 29, 1942.<\/p>

He was a member of a troop carrier wing that flew paratroopers from England to invade North Africa in November 1942. He was awarded an Air medal for his performance during “the longest massed unescorted non-stop carrier flight ever performed by the American Air Forces.”<\/p>

Slotoroff was killed in action over Sicily on July 14, 1943.<\/p>

He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:42","name":"Sidney Slotoroff "},{"PID":"707211893","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Lookout Mountain","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1962","dob":"June 30, 1940","dod":"Dec. 30, 1963","degree":"BSIR","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Smith entered the University from Baylor Military Academy in 1958 and majored in industrial relations.<\/p>

After completing flight training, he was a pilot in the Marine Corps, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point. <\/p>

Smith was killed on Dec. 30, 1963, when his aircraft crashed in Pamlico Sound.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 13:51","name":"Calvin Upshur Smith Jr."},{"PID":"707214038","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Hendersonville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1916","dob":"Oct. 8, 1894","dod":"Nov. 9, 1918","degree":"AB","photo":"707214038.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Smith, a native of Hendersonville, was a student at Wofford College for two years before transferring to Carolina, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.<\/p>

After graduation, Smith entered the Army and went through officers training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., before being assigned, as a second lieutenant, to Camp Jackson, S.C., where he was promoted to first lieutenant and, with his division, was sent to France.<\/p>

On Nov. 9, 1918, two days before the aligning of the armistice, Smith was killed while leading his platoon into action.<\/p>

A short while before his death, Smith wrote in a letter home: "My attitude toward war is this - that our nation is fighting the battle of the ages in the noblest of causes and it is my duty to do my part and to sacrifice even with my life."<\/p>

Source: GAA Records; The Spartanburg Herald, June 8, 1919<\/a><\/p>


","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"8\/15\/2014 9:02","name":"Hubert McCree Smith "},{"PID":"707214520","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Anson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1840","dod":"May 27, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Smith was wounded at Williamsburg, Va., on May 5, 1862. He died at home of fever (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 422).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company C, 14th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:43","name":"James M. Smith "},{"PID":"707215224","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Birmingham","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Nov. 4, 1911","dod":"April 3, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Smith entered the University from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia and attended the UNC from 1932 to 1934. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.<\/p>

Smith died of a heart attack at the Naval Amphibious Training Base in Little Creek, Va.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records
<\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Seaman Second Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:49","name":"Lathrop Winchester Smith "},{"PID":"707215918","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Granville County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"Unknown Day, 1828","dod":"July 1, 1863","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Smith was killed at Gettysburg (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 430). Clark details Smith’s character in volume III, page 302: "He taught us what a beautiful thing it is to be a Christian gentleman."<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"55th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:43","name":"Maurice Thompson Smith "},{"PID":"707217303","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Kinston","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1952","dob":"Nov. 15, 1926","dod":"April 7, 1953","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Smith was enrolled at the University in 1948 and 1949. He was killed during flight training at Graham Air Base in Florida on April 7, 1953. <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>


","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 16:50","name":"Stanley Thompson Smith "},{"PID":"707217576","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Newport","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1860","dob":"April 3, 1839","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Smith was killed at Vicksburg, Miss.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 4th Battalion Branner's Tennessee Cavalry","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:46","name":"Thomas Lucius Smith "},{"PID":"707217589","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Milton, in Caswell County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"Unknown Day, 1834","dod":"May 30, 1864","degree":"MA","photo":"707217589.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Smith was killed at Bethesda Church near Richmond, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 8).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>



","branch":"45th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:43","name":"Thomas McGee (McGehee) Smith "},{"PID":"707218384","lname":"Smith","hometown":"Lexington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"July 24, 2024","dod":"Dec. 16, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707218384.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Smith entered the University from Lexington High School and was enrolled in 1942. While in high school, he won letters in baseball and basketball and was captain of the soccer team in his senior year.<\/p>

He attended Brown University in 1943 and entered the U.S. Army that year. He was a member of the Army Specialized Training Program<\/a> at Louisiana State University until the ASTP was disbanded. He went to the 99th Infantry Division as an infantryman and left for overseas in September 1944. The 99th went into the line in November, occupying what was deemed a “quiet sector” in the Ardennes Forest.<\/p>

On Dec. 16, 1944, Smith was a Browning automatic rifleman when the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive, with 26 divisions aimed directly at the positions held by the 99th and three other U.S. divisions that were assigned to this area for rest and training. Smith was killed in action during the first hours of the German offensive.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 14:51","name":"William Haviland Smith "},{"PID":"707219916","lname":"Snow","hometown":"Halifax","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Oct. 6, 1840","dod":"May 5, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Snow was killed at Williamsburg, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 234).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"5th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:44","name":"Samuel T. Snow "},{"PID":"707220929","lname":"Somervell","hometown":"Durham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"March 15, 2020","dod":"Nov. 2, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707220929.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Somervell entered the University from St. Andre’s School, Middletown, Del., in 1939, and was enrolled from 1939 to 1941.<\/p>

He completed fight training and received his commission in March 1943. From May 11, 1944, to Sept. 11, 1944, he completed 300 hours flying from India over the “Hump,” as the Himalayas were known, to forces in China. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for “flying at night as well as by day at high altitudes over impassable mountainous terrain through areas characterized by extremely treacherous weather conditions necessitating long periods of operation on instruments requiring courageous and superior performance for his duties he accomplished his mission with distinction.”<\/p>

Somervell died in a landing accident in Tezpur, India, on Nov. 2, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:02","name":"William Dorsey Somervell Jr."},{"PID":"707221939","lname":"Soyars","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1947","dob":"Feb. 4, 1926","dod":"March 28, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Soyars was a Navy V-12 student at Carolina from July 1943 to March 1944 and was a Beta Theta Pi pledge. He later transferred to the V-12 unit at Georgia Tech.<\/p>

He entered the Navy on July 1, 1944, and received basic training at Bainbridge, Md., and specialized training at Newport, R.I.<\/p>

He was killed in the Fire Control Division of the Navy.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Seaman Second Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:10","name":"Crichton Pleasant Soyars "},{"PID":"707223063","lname":"Spear","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"June 30, 2022","dod":"June 20, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Spear entered the University from Chapel Hill High School and was enrolled from 1937 to 1939.<\/p>

On June 15, 1944, Spears was navigator aboard the B-17 heavy bomber nicknamed “The Pride of the Yanks,” which failed to return from a mission over Germany. He was first reported to have died in the crash of his aircraft but was then reported by the German government to be a prisoner of war.<\/p>

After the war, the pilot of “The Pride of the Yanks” stated that Spears had died in the initial crash in the North Sea and that it was due to Spears’ “wonderful” navigating out of Germany that seven of the 10-man crew survived to become prisoners of war.<\/p>

Spears was awarded the Air Medal posthumously.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:12","name":"James Fenly Spear Jr."},{"PID":"707223337","lname":"Spector","hometown":"Brookline","homestate":"Mass.","classyear":"1946","dob":"May 2, 2024","dod":"April 25, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Spector was enrolled at the University in 1942. He was called into the U.S. Army Air Corps for 12 weeks, then selected for the Army Specialized Training Program<\/a> at Cornell University. He told his father that “he did not want to fight behind books but wanted to get into action.”<\/p>

The ASTP was broken up in February 1943, and 110,000 men in the program were reassigned to infantry, airborne and armored divisions. Spector was assigned to an anti-tank unit of the Ninth Army in October 1944.<\/p>

Spector was killed in action in Germany on April 25, 1945. His father, too grief-stricken to write, asked his secretary to inform the University of his son’s death, “knowing how much David loved your school and knowing that you undoubtedly considered him as ‘one of your boys,’ he asked me to write you in his behalf.”<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Spector:<\/p>

“The letter telling us about the death of your son, Pfc. David L. Spector … occasions real grief here at the University. I know your hearts are weighed down with sorrow now, but I hope in time that your grief will be lessened by happy memories of your son’s life and service to his country.”<\/em><\/p>

Spector's Alumni Records' folder includes Mr. Spector's response, which details his son’s military experiences.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"4\/29\/2010 16:29","name":"David Leigh Spector "},{"PID":"707223571","lname":"Speight","hometown":"Livingston","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Dec. 17, 1843","dod":"Between June 25, 1862 and July 1, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Speight was killed in the Seven Days Battles.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company A, 5th Battalion Alabama Volunteer Infantry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:59","name":"Seth B. Speight "},{"PID":"707224350","lname":"Spencer","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Jan. 29, 1923","dod":"Listed as missing in action on Sept. 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707224350.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Spencer was a student at Carolina from 1939 to 1941.<\/p>

He was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1943 and served with the 8th Air Force as bombardier and gunnery officer of a B-24 until the time of his last mission. Prior to that he had been awarded the Air Medal and one Oak Cluster.<\/p>

He was listed as missing in action on Sept. 11, 1944. After the war, he was declared presumed dead on that date.  <\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:25","name":"William Andrew Spencer "},{"PID":"707224451","lname":"Spicer","hometown":"Goldsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"July 19, 2015","dod":"Feb. 16, 1945","degree":"AB (also 1939 CMED)","photo":"707224451.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Spicer entered the University from Goldsboro High School and Roanoke College in Virginia. After graduating in 1937 and earning his certificate in medicine from UNC in 1939, he received his medical degree from Cornell University in 1941.<\/p>

In July 1942, Spicer joined the Army Medical Corps with the rank of first lieutenant. He volunteered for the parachute troops and became the surgeon for the 462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion in the spring 1943. The 462nd’s parent unit, the 11th Airborne Division, was sent to the Pacific for the invasion of the Philippine Islands.<\/p>

The 462nd was attached to the 503rd Regimental Combat Team, which jumped onto Corregidor Island on Feb. 16, 1945. On the initial day of combat, Spicer, now a captain, was informed of a wounded trooper who lay in an area still under Japanese control. Against the advice of his comrades, Spicer went into the Japanese lines to render first aid to the wounded man. He was not heard from again.<\/p>

Several days later, his body was found. He had been struck by fragments from a mortar shell, but, while dying, had administered morphine to himself. Professional to the end, he had filled out his own emergency medical tag to assist anyone who found him in his treatment.<\/p>

He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.<\/p>

The Certificate in Medicine Class of 1939 established the Spicer-Breckenridge lectures as a memorial to Spicer and Lt. (jg) Arnold Breckenridge, another member of the class of 1939 who also died in the war.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:30","name":"Emmet Robinson Spicer "},{"PID":"707224826","lname":"Spitzer","hometown":"Yonkers","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1930","dob":"Aug. 13, 1908","dod":"Oct. 30, 1950","degree":"AB","photo":"707224826.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Spitzer entered the University after one term at New York University and was enrolled from 1927 until 1930. He later enrolled in Columbia Law School and was a lawyer in Yonkers, N.Y., until enlisting in the U.S. Army in April 1942. He was commissioned on March 4, 1943. He entered France as a member of an anti-aircraft artillery battalion with the 4th Armored Division on June 12, 1944.<\/p>

On July 31, 1944, then a first lieutenant, Spitzer led his platoon to the outskirts of Le Pont Gilbert. He laid down his personal weapons and walked to the center of the town, calling loudly for the Germans occupying the town to surrender or die at the hands of the approaching 4th Armored Division. His citation for the Bronze Star, later superceded by the Silver Star, read: "The fact that the Lieutenant was unarmed greatly impressed and induced the enemy to surrender virtually en masse." A total of 508 Germans were taken prisoner, earning Spitzer the nickname, "The Sergeant York of World War Two."<\/p>

He was wounded on Aug. 9th, 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He also received the Croix de Guerre.<\/p>

After a short period as a civilian, he re-entered the Army and was stationed in Korea with the Army's Judge Advocate General's Office, assigned to the War Crimes Commission. Spitzer died of a heart attack in Seoul, Korea, on Oct. 30, 1950.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 17:04","name":"Samuel Edward Spitzer "},{"PID":"707225647","lname":"Spruill","hometown":"Plymouth","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1953","dob":"Feb. 10, 1931","dod":"April 21, 1964","degree":"","photo":"707225647.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Spruill was killed by a land mine detonated by the Vietcong in South Vietnam.<\/p>

He attended UNC until his appointment to West Point, where he was graduated in June 1954. While at the University, Spruill was a member of the Russian Club and participated in intercollegiate gymnastics.<\/p>

Spruill was awarded decorations posthumously.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/31\/2010 11:46","name":"James Polk Spruill "},{"PID":"707225719","lname":"Spruill","hometown":"Warrenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Unknown Day, 1836","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Spruill died at Richmond, Va., of chronic diarrhea (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 193, addenda).<\/p>

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Spruill held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1858.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company F, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 13:59","name":"Peter Evans Spruill "},{"PID":"707226237","lname":"Stack","hometown":"Sanford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"March 27, 2023","dod":"July 26, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Stack entered the University from Sanford High School in 1941 and volunteered for the military in 1942. He entered the service in February 1943 and was assigned for advanced flight training to Charleston, S.C., Army Air Field.<\/p>

Stack was aboard a B-24 heavy bomber that crashed three miles southwest of Dorchester, S.C., killing all aboard.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:33","name":"Pressley Alexander Stack "},{"PID":"707227029","lname":"Stallings","hometown":"Grainger","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"April 19, 2017","dod":"April 16, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Stallings graduated from Grainger High School and attended The Citadel before attending the University in 1937-38.<\/p>

He was a member of a National Guard unit that was called to active duty in 1940. He spent 20 months in the Canal Zone, then transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1942. He received his navigator’s wings and his commission in June 1944. He was offered stateside duty as an instructor but chose to go overseas.<\/p>

He was a member of the 39th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) stationed on Guam. On April 16, 1945, he was killed in action over Guam. His brother, a P-51 pilot, had been killed over Germany three weeks earlier.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
39th.org\/39th\/aerial\/60th\/Crew_11\/stallings_h.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:35","name":"Harry Ferrell Stallings Jr."},{"PID":"707229267","lname":"Staton","hometown":"Hamilton, in Martin County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1844","dod":"June 3, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Staton was captured near Fort Hatteras on Aug. 29, 1861. He was confined at Fort Columbus, N.Y., and later at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor before being exchanged. He was killed at Cold Harbor (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, pages 172 and 207).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"17th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:44","name":"Archibald Trenton Staton "},{"PID":"707230733","lname":"Stein","hometown":"New York","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Feb. 26, 1920","dod":"Sept. 1, 1944","degree":"AB (also 1942 MA)","photo":"707230733.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Stein entered the University from Lawrence High School in New York in 1936. While at UNC, he wrote One More Spring<\/em>, which won the ASCAP Fellowship Competition in 1940 for composers and authors of collegiate musical plays. He was a member of the Carolina Playmakers, the senior class executive committee and he wrote for the Carolina Magazine<\/em>, the Buccaneer<\/em> and wrote a column for The Daily Tar Heel<\/em>.<\/p>

He entered the Army and took part in the North African and Italian campaigns. A fellow alumnus who served with him remembered:<\/p>

“Stein was a scholar ‘Phi Bete’ who certainly showed his greatest intelligence on the battlefield. Although no one could picture Stein in the infantry, he spent three years in the ranks and did a splendid job. … Whenever we felt low during the terrible months up at Cassino, Stein was pitching in with a word of cheer and a reminder that there was a war to be won. We shall never forget him.”<\/em><\/p>

Stein was regimental headquarters correspondent with the 143rd Infantry Regiment in France after the Normandy invasion. On Sept. 1, 1944, he started out for the front lines with a major and a captain to conduct interviews. The jeep in which they were riding struck a land mine, and all three occupants were killed.<\/p>

He was awarded the Bronze Star.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:38","name":"Sanford Ivan Stein "},{"PID":"707231479","lname":"Stephenson","hometown":"Seaboard","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1937","dob":"July 15, 1916","dod":"March 4, 1945","degree":"BSPHR","photo":"707231479.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Stephenson entered the University from Seaboard High School in 1933. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa. The previous year, he had been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve.<\/p>

He was a pharmacist and part owner of the Madison Drug Co. until he was called to active duty in July 1942. He went overseas in July 1943 as a member of the Third Marine Division.<\/p>

He fought as rifle platoon leader on Bougainville and “with great valor” on Guam, according to an official history. He was promoted to captain in May 1943. In July 1943, he wrote Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 that he and a Cornell graduate were continually debating which school had the rights to the tune of the alma mater.<\/p>

Stephenson was commander of “I” Company, Third Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment during the landings on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima. This was the first attempt to seize and occupy a part of the Japanese homeland, and Gen. Kuribayashi, commanding the Japanese forces of the island, had planned to extract every ounce of blood and pain that he could from the attacking Americans. He had studied the defense of Peleiu the previous year and had resolved not to waste his troops defending the beaches but rather to defend in depth and to employ every terrain feature to hide his artillery and troops.<\/p>

The 21st Marines, at that time attached to the Fourth Marine Division, had landed on the island on Feb. 21, four days after the initial landing. They had been in reserve as the Ninth Marines had taken Motoyama Airfield Number 2. On Feb. 28, 1945, the 21st Marines continued the attack toward the Motoyama Plateau and Airfield Number 3. As they moved forward:<\/p>

“Company ‘I’ was confronted with tanks rising from the earth. … They churned forward, throwing off mounds of dirt, shrubbery, and rocks, and firing rapidly. The Marines faltered in shock before the heavy fire, and for moments the battle teetered. Captain Edward V. Stephenson … rushed forward and rallied his company. Massing flamethrowers and bazookamen, he led a counterattack that smashed the tanks. Three were destroyed on the ground, and planes caught two more with 20mm fire.”<\/em><\/p>

The 21st Marines took the airfield, only to encounter another line of defenses. Stephenson was observing Japanese artillery fire when he was killed by shell fragments on March 4, 1945.<\/p>

One of the Third Marine Divisions’ rifle ranges on Guam was named in honor of Stephenson. The N.C. Pharmaceutical Society conducted its 1945 7th War Loan Drive in his honor. He was interred in the Seaboard cemetery on April 14, 1945.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/USMC\/IV\/USMC-IV-VI-7.html<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:41","name":"Edward Vassar Stephenson "},{"PID":"707231899","lname":"Sterling","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"July 28, 1841","dod":"Sept. 6, 1861","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sterling enlisted at Fort Macon on April 20, 1861. He died in Greensboro of typhoid fever (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 29).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company B, 27th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 16:44","name":"Edward G. Sterling "},{"PID":"707232405","lname":"Stevens","hometown":"Smithfield","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1939","dob":"Aug. 27, 1919","dod":"Sept. 18, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707232405.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Stevens graduated from Smithfield High School in 1935. After one year at Wofford College, he transferred to the University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1939.<\/p>

He received his pilot wings and commission in October 1942 and was stationed in North Africa as a B-24 pilot. On Aug. 1, 1943, he took part in the costly raid on the oil fields at Ploesti, Rumania.<\/p>

As a lieutenant, Stevens was the pilot of a B-24 in Col. Leon Johnson’s 44th Bombardment Group, which was nicknamed “The Flying Eight Balls.” The Eight Balls bombed the refineries at Columbia Aquila and Drazi, flying at low level and under attack from Axis fighters and antiaircraft while arriving over and leaving the target. Of 39 planes that took off on the mission, the 44th lost 17, and in the bombing force as a whole, 89 planes of 163 made it back to base. Only 33 of these were deemed to be in condition to fly.<\/p>

The 30-minute raid had cost the Axis 40 percent of its oil production.<\/p>

Stevens was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for “distinguishing himself by extraordinary achievement while participating in operations against the Ploesti oil refineries.”<\/p>

After completing the 25 missions required for rotation, the then-Capt. Stevens transferred to a squadron flying the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter. He was killed while on a sweep over Nazi-occupied Belgium on Sept. 18, 1944.<\/p>

His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.homeofheroes.com\/wings\/part2\/09_ploesti.html<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:45","name":"Gordon Sefton Stevens "},{"PID":"707233239","lname":"Stewart","hometown":"Richmond County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Feb. 22, 1835","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"AB (also MASA 1860)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Stewart was reportedly killed at Fredericksburg.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Stewart was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 810.<\/p>

 <\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:48","name":"Daniel Stewart "},{"PID":"707241241","lname":"Sullivan","hometown":"Laurens","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1848","dob":"Unknown Day, 1829","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sullivan died in Columbia, S.C.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 6th S.C. Cavalry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:01","name":"Milton Arnold Sullivan "},{"PID":"707243069","lname":"Sutton","hometown":"Bertie County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Unknown Day, 1837","dod":"Prior to Sept. 1, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sutton was wounded at Gettysburg between July 1 and 3, 1863. “He was conspicuous for his coolness and courage in urging forward the men of his company in a charge upon the enemy’s breastworks."<\/p>

He also was wounded in the right thigh on May 10, 1864, at Spotsylvania. His place of death and day of death were not reported.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History, volume XI, pages 43 and 70; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company F, 45th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/6\/2008 15:44","name":"Stark Armistead Sutton "},{"PID":"707245018","lname":"Sykes","hometown":"Aberdeen","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Jan. 5, 1841","dod":"May 5 or 6, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Sykes was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:07","name":"Lawson White Sykes "},{"PID":"707246190","lname":"Tankersley","hometown":"Livingstone","homestate":"Ala.","classyear":"1863","dob":"Feb. 4, 1843","dod":"April 2, 1865","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Tankersley was killed at Five Forks, Va., seven days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.<\/p>

Tankersley was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"5th Alabama","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:09","name":"Felix Tankersley "},{"PID":"707246507","lname":"Tapley","hometown":"Shaw","homestate":"Miss.","classyear":"1947","dob":"June 16, 2025","dod":"Nov. 11, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Tapley entered the University in the summer session of 1943, entered the Air Corps in June and was called to Camp Shelby, Miss., on Dec. 13, 1943.<\/p>

He received basic training at Miami Beach, gunnery training at Kingman, Ariz., and crew training at Rapid City, S.D. He left for overseas duty on Sept. 12, 1944.<\/p>

He was a bomb toggalier on a B-17 and was on his 10th mission when he was killed in action over England.<\/p>

He had received the Air Medal and was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 15:57","name":"Thomas William Tapley "},{"PID":"707247009","lname":"Tate","hometown":"Marion","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1915","dob":"June 18, 1891","dod":"Oct. 5, 1918","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Tate was enrolled at the University from 1911-12. <\/p>

He was killed in France on Oct. 5, 1918.<\/p>

Source: GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 16:09","name":"Millard Fillmore Tate "},{"PID":"707247298","lname":"Tatum","hometown":"Milledgeville","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Nov. 6, 1837","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Tatum was killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:16","name":"John Dudley Tatum "},{"PID":"707247605","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Bell Buckle","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1933","dob":"March 30, 2010","dod":"May 28, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Taylor entered the University from The Webb School in 1928 and was enrolled until 1932, when he transferred to the University of Tennessee. He was member of Chi Phi fraternity while at UNC. He was district manager for the Commercial Investment Trust Corp. of Lakeland, Fla., until his entry into the U.S. Army.<\/p>

Taylor was in the Chemical Warfare Service when he died at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., on May 28, 1942.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 16:00","name":"Amos Hill Taylor "},{"PID":"707249003","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Granville County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Taylor is reported to have transferred to the 54th N.C. Regiment. (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 172) GAA Alumni Records report Taylor’s year of death as 1862. No further records have been found.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"2nd Company D, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:29","name":"James H. Taylor "},{"PID":"707249247","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Granville County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1853","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"June 27, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Taylor held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1859.<\/p>

Taylor was killed at Gaines Mill, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 130) The battle at Gaines Mill is sometimes confused with the battle of Cold Harbor, where GAA Alumni Records cite as Taylor's place of death. Research associated with the "Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service" determined Roster<\/em> is correct.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:22","name":"John Tillinghast Taylor "},{"PID":"707249625","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Townsville (was then in Granville County; it later became part of Vance County)","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Oct. 19, 1840","dod":"July 13, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Taylor was wounded at Hagerstown, Md., on July 6, 1863 during the retreat from Gettysburg. His place of death was not reported. (Roster<\/em>, volume V, page 130 and Clark, volume I, page 634)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company B, 12th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:27","name":"Massillon Field Taylor "},{"PID":"707250003","lname":"Taylor","hometown":"Marksville","homestate":"La.","classyear":"1861","dob":"June 29, 1840","dod":"Unknown Day, 1861","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Taylor was killed at Culpepper Court House, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 2nd Louisiana","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:29","name":"Simon Henderson Taylor "},{"PID":"707250713","lname":"Teague","hometown":"Henderson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1930","dob":"July 5, 2008","dod":"Dec. 28, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707250713.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Teague graduated from Henderson High School in 1926 and was enrolled at UNC from 1926 to 1929. He was a member of Chi Psi fraternity at UNC.<\/p>

He was in business in New York and was later connected with the Henderson Post Office. He became a member of the N.C. National Guard in 1934, with the rank of second lieutenant. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1937, to captain in April 1941 and to major in the Army in February 1943.<\/p>

He went overseas in November 1944 and served in northern Italy. Henderson was a member of the 370th Infantry Regiment, temporarily assigned to the headquarters of the 92nd Infantry Division, when he was killed in the explosion of a German mine.<\/p>

Henderson was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. At his parent’s request, his brother, who was killed on July 13, 1945, when his B-29 crash-landed at sea, was buried beside him.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 16:05","name":"John Randolph Teague Jr."},{"PID":"707251912","lname":"Tennille","hometown":"Winston-Salem","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"March 26, 2014","dod":"June 8, 1944","degree":"","photo":"707251912.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Tennille entered The University from R.J. Reynolds High School and was a student at the University from 1932 until 1936. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1940 and was transferred to the Pacific Theater in 1942.<\/p>

Tennille rose to the rank of major and was chosen as commanding officer of the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 310th Bomb group. The other units in the 310th had suffered so much damage in the heavy fighting in support of the Allied advance on Biak, New Guinea, in early June that the 10 planes of the 17th were all that could be sent against an attempt by the Japanese Navy to reinforce their beleaguered troops around Biak. On June 8, 1944, the squadron was sent by Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead, deputy commander and later commander of the Fifth Air Force, to attack a Japanese flotilla laden with reinforcements for the Japanese forces on Biak. <\/p>

Tennille was flying his 70th combat mission and had flown 210 combat hours.<\/p>

Tennille led his squadron in a low-level attack against the Japanese task force, sinking one destroyer and badly damaging three others. Three planes were lost, including that of the squadron commander. The other planes were so badly shot up that the entire squadron had to be withdrawn from action for repair and refitting.<\/p>

Tennille’s squadron received a telegram from Gen. Whitehead, who pronounced the accomplishment “one of the greatest military feats of the war.” One of Tennille’s squadron mates observed in a letter to Tennille’s widow that:<\/p>

— “Major Tennille led 10 planes from the squadron out on a bombing mission to get a Jap task force that was on its way to land troops at Biak Island. If they had landed, heaven only knows what the picture might be now."<\/em><\/p>

— “Bill Tennille must have known the odds against him. There were two cruisers and four destroyers capable of throwing up a terrific blast of ack-ack. To give others a chance, he led the flight in and picked the cruisers."<\/em><\/p>

— “Tonight the Japs don’t have four DD’s and no additional troops ashore. It was a tremendous victory, especially in terms of potential damage.”<\/em> <\/p>

For this action, Tennille was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U.S. award for valor.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
The Army Air Forces in World War Two<\/em> by W.F. Craven and J.L. Cate, volume 4, University of Chicago Press<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/27\/2010 8:59","name":"William Grant Tennille Jr."},{"PID":"707252267","lname":"Terry","hometown":"Bahama","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"April 4, 2022","dod":"Aug. 19, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Terry entered UNC from North Carolina’s Oak Ridge Military Academy and was enrolled in 1939.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army as a flying cadet in January 1943 and received his commission and his pilot’s wings in December 1943. He went overseas in May 1944.<\/p>

He was on his 24th mission on Aug. 19, 1944, as pilot of a B-17 heavy bomber against the refineries at Ploesti, Romania, when he was killed in action. This was the last of a series of missions against Ploesti before it was captured by the Red Army. Gen. Nathan Twining, commander of the 15th Air Force, wrote to Terry’ parents that “Jim carried a heavy responsibility for the success of the operations in which he participated.”<\/p>

Terry was awarded the Air Medal posthumously.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/9\/2010 16:30","name":"James Lee Terry "},{"PID":"707254665","lname":"Thomas","hometown":"Charleston","homestate":"W.Va.","classyear":"1943","dob":"May 29, 2021","dod":"Sept. 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Thomas entered the University from Charleston High School in 1939 and was enrolled at UNC in 1939-40.<\/p>

In 1942, he enlisted as an Air Force air cadet and went to India as a member of the 20th Bomber Command. In April 1945, by then a captain, he was flying B-29s out of Tinian as a member of the 58th Bomb Wing, 21st Bomber Command. Thomas had completed 20 missions by the time World War II ended.<\/p>

Thomas was killed in a crash on Sept. 5, 1945, off Kwajalein Island. His parents believed that he was returning home.<\/p>

Thomas’ decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. His campaign ribbons held six battle stars.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 10:33","name":"Robert Walton Thomas "},{"PID":"707256353","lname":"Thompson","hometown":"Leasburg Township in Caswell County; born in Mississippi","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"July 27, 1840","dod":"July 23, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"707256353.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Thompson was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He died of disease the following year in Danville, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume 1, pages 49-50).<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company A, 10th (1st Artillery) N.C. Regiment","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:37","name":"James Nicholas Thompson "},{"PID":"707256470","lname":"Thompson","hometown":"Davidson County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"Oct. 17, 1836","dod":"Unknown Day, 1862","degree":"MA","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Thompson died near Richmond, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company G, 37th N.C Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:39","name":"John Frederick Thompson "},{"PID":"707256483","lname":"Thompson","hometown":"Atlanta","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 17, 2020","dod":"June 10, 1951","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Thompson was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UNC.<\/p>

He was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. He had received the Distinguished Flying Cross.<\/p>

While on a combat mission, his aircraft crashed eight miles northwest of Kaesong. His remains were not recovered.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 17:16","name":"John Franklin Thompson "},{"PID":"707257549","lname":"Thompson","hometown":"Morristown","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1941","dob":"May 25, 2020","dod":"Dec. 7, 1941","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707257549.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Thompson entered the University from Morristown High School in 1937. While at UNC, he was a member of the swimming team for three years and secretary of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was on the debate squad his freshman year, was a member of the University band for two years and the University symphony orchestra for three years. He also was a member of Sound and Fury, a musical comedy club.<\/p>

After graduation, Thompson entered the Navy and was an ensign serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma<\/em>. He was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, becoming one of the first UNC alumni to die in the Dec. 7 attacks that prompted the U.S. to enter World War II. (Robert J. Conderman \u009239<\/a> also died that day. Several alumni died in the war prior to Dec. 7, having enlisted in Britain's and Canada's armed forces.)<\/p>

Thompson was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Thompson’s parents:<\/p>

“The University community and many former students who knew Bill here on the campus were distressed to hear the sad news of his death last month. He lived and worked on this campus in his undergraduate days in such a way that recollections of him stand as a living testimony always of the place he had earned in the heart and life of this campus. I know that his achievement of a splendid campus career and a wide circle of close friendships will give you strength to help in your distress.”<\/em><\/p>

The William Manley Thompson Memorial Scholarship, designed to be awarded to deserving out-of-state students, was established in Thompson’s memory in 1968.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>



","branch":"Navy","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"12\/7\/2011 12:44","name":"William Manley Thompson "},{"PID":"707261319","lname":"Tomlinson","hometown":"North Wilkesboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1940","dob":"June 19, 2017","dod":"March 18, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Tomlinson graduated from North Wilkesboro High School in 1935 and, after two years at Lees-McRae Junior College, was enrolled at UNC from 1938 to 1941. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps during his senior year and began pilot training on Dec. 10, 1941. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in June 1942. <\/p>

Tomlinson flew a bomber to North Africa in January 1943. He was reported missing over Europe on March 18, 1943. He was later determined to have died in action on that date. The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death date as March 19, 1944; Alumni Records materials indicate he was considered missing in action until a year after he was last seen.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 11:27","name":"Archie Benbow Tomlinson "},{"PID":"707262169","lname":"Totten","hometown":"Beckley","homestate":"W.Va.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Feb. 19, 1921","dod":"April 14, 1945","degree":"","photo":"707262169.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Totten entered UNC from Woodrow Wilson High School and was enrolled in 1939-40. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces in summer 1944.<\/p>

Totten was pilot of a B-24 heavy bomber that exploded over England.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 14:19","name":"David Reece Totten "},{"PID":"707265245","lname":"Truxes","hometown":"Nashville","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1944","dob":"Jan. 28, 1923","dod":"Nov. 30, 1950","degree":"","photo":"707265245.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Truxes was enrolled at the University from September 1940 until June 1942. While at UNC, he won letters in cross country and track and was captain of the cross country team. He transferred to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in June 1945. He received a commission in the U.S. Army infantry.<\/p>

He was stationed in Tokyo in 1950 and had received orders to return to the U.S. to train for the 1952 Olympic Games; he had been selected as the Army's entry in the pentathlon.<\/p>

With the outbreak of the Korean War, he requested that his orders be changed to an assignment in Korea. He was a company commander in the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division during the breakout from the Pusan perimeter and the subsequent advance into North Korea.<\/p>

On Nov. 27, Truxes was commanding officer of "F" Company, 1st Cavalry Division through the fighting around Sinchang, for which he was awarded the Silver Star for valor. Truxes was killed in action Nov. 30, 1950, as U.N. forces continued to resist the Chinese assault.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
Korean War Project<\/a><\/p>

<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:52","name":"Arthur Henry Truxes "},{"PID":"707267467","lname":"Turner","hometown":"Cumberland County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"July 22, 1835","dod":"Sept. 29, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"707267467.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Turner served with the engineers in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was killed at Watt’s Farm near Petersburg, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, pages 114 and 129)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>


","branch":"Company B, 19th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:39","name":"James Neill Turner "},{"PID":"707267526","lname":"Turner","hometown":"Kingston","homestate":"Pa.","classyear":"1948","dob":"June 26, 2025","dod":"Jan. 22, 1966","degree":"","photo":"707267526.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Turner died in a naval hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. He was on the staff of the Staff Commander ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare Forces, Atlantic, at Norfolk, Va.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/","branch":"Navy","rank":"Commander","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/7\/2011 13:41","name":"John Stephen Turner "},{"PID":"707269113","lname":"Tyson","hometown":"Farmville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"April 8, 2021","dod":"Oct. 9, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Tyson received her bachelor's degree from Atlantic Christian College and was a band director before entering UNC in July 1943 as a Marine V-12 student.<\/p>

He was sent overseas from Camp Lejeune and was killed in action at Peleliu, Palau Islands, while serving with combat intelligence. He had received the Purple Heart with Gold Star.<\/p>

The Battle of Peleliu is considered one of the bloodiest of the war. An estimated 12,000 men died on the island's beaches and in its caves over three months. Peleliu became a memorial site for both WWII U.S. and Japanese troops.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Marine Corps","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 14:37","name":"John Aaron Tyson Jr."},{"PID":"707269591","lname":"Umstead","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Sept. 9, 1917","dod":"June 29, 1944","degree":"AB","photo":"707269591.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Umstead entered the University from Chapel Hill High School in 1934. His received his bachelor’s degree in 1939, but his preferred class year at UNC was 1938. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and chair of the University Dance Committee.<\/p>

He joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in January 1941 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1941. He was promoted to first lieutenant in June 1942 and to captain in August 1942. He was stationed at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and at Camp Lejeune and later at Camp Pendleton prior to going overseas as an officer in the First Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment.<\/p>

Umstead took part in the invasion of Namur, in the Marshalls and participated in the invasion of Saipan. He was commander of the guard at 24th Marine headquarters in 1944, when he went to investigate a disturbance. He was struck by three rounds of small arms fire and died almost immediately. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Marine Corps Reserve","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 14:39","name":"John Wesley Umstead III"},{"PID":"707270458","lname":"Upshaw","hometown":"Raleigh","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1933","dob":"May 20, 2012","dod":"June 3, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707270458.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Upshaw graduated from Hugh Morson High School in 1929 and attended Davidson College for one year before transferring to UNC, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.<\/p>

In December 1940, he was among the first to join the U.S. Army under the first one-year-service-draft plan and was promoted seccessively to private first class, corporal and sergeant. He went overseas as a member of the U.S. Ninth Infantry Division<\/a>, which took part in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942. He served as secretary to Gen. Jacob L. Devers and Devers' successor, Gen. Rene E. DeR. Hoyle, and was a court stenographer in court martial trials. Landing in Africa on Christmas Day 1942, he partcipated in the African Campaign and the heavy fighting in the Battle of Bizerte and then took part in the invasion of Sicily and the capture of Messina.<\/p>

The division went to England to train as part of the force that would invade and occupy Europe. Upshaw died on June 3, 1944, apparently of pneumonia, just before the invasion of Europe.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 learned of Upshaw’s death in late in 1945, when he wrote to Upshaw’s family:<\/p>

“On behalf of the University, I wish to belatedly express to you our grief and sorrow. I knew Sage personally and was tremendously shocked to learn of his death.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

","branch":"Army","rank":"Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 14:52","name":"Sage Hardin Upshaw "},{"PID":"707272234","lname":"Van Story","hometown":"Lincolnton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1935","dob":"Oct. 7, 1914","dod":"March 20, 1942","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Van Story entered the University from Lincolnton High School and was enrolled in 1931.<\/p>

He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1941 at Maxwell Field, Ala.<\/p>

He was killed in an airplane accident.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:02","name":"James Pressly Van Story "},{"PID":"707272827","lname":"Vann","hometown":"Monroe","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1910","dob":"Sept. 2, 1888","dod":"July 14, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707272827.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Vann was enrolled at the University in 1906-07 and belonged to Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He studied at the law school until 1910. He later was associated with the American Bank and Trust Co. of Monroe and was active in local and state Democratic politics. In 1938, he was a founder and the first president of the N.C. Association of Democratic Chairmen.<\/p>

He had enlisted in the N.C. National Guard in the early 1920s and progressed through the ranks to lieutenant colonel. He was appointed commanding officer of the 113th Field Artillery Regiment in December 1941.<\/p>

He was transferred from artillery to supply and transportation and wrote his family in July that he was en route from Australia to an unspecified destination, supposedly India. His family was informed that he was missing in action in the Asiatic area as of July 14, 1943.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:21","name":"John Colin Mac Rae Vann "},{"PID":"707273853","lname":"Veasey","hometown":"Creedmoor","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"July 7, 2020","dod":"Nov. 30, 1944","degree":"BSCOM","photo":"707273853.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Veasy entered the University from Creedmoor High School in 1937. After graduation, he was an accountant for the William Muirhead Construction Co. in Butner before entering the service.<\/p>

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943. He was awarded his commission and his wings as a navigator in February 1944.<\/p>

He went overseas as a navigator with the 390th Bombardment group in June 1944 and was promoted to first lieutenant in September 1944.<\/p>

Veasey was killed in action over Germany on Nov. 30, 1944. His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:23","name":"Hubert Larence Veasey "},{"PID":"707274704","lname":"Vick","hometown":"Spencer","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1932","dob":"June 25, 2010","dod":"Dec. 25, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707274704.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Vick received his bachelor’s degree from Catawba College in 1932 and did graduate work at UNC in 1932. After leaving the University, he was superintendent of the Spencer city schools and afterward business secretary of the Raleigh YMCA.<\/p>

He entered the U.S. Naval Reserve in February 1943. On Oct. 4, 1943, Vick was in command of the armed guard aboard the SS Joseph H. Hollister<\/em> in the Mediterranean when German planes attacked out of a cloud bank. According to a citation issued to Vick by the Navy, “Lieutenant Vick’s gun crew under his skillful direction immediately opened fire and, manning their guns with forceful determination, sent one enemy craft crashing into the sea and assisted in the probable destruction of another.”<\/p>

Vick died by drowning on Christmas Day, 1943.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Naval Reserve","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:27","name":"Edgar Louis Vick "},{"PID":"707275147","lname":"Vines","hometown":"Edgecombe County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Oct. 30, 1842","dod":"Oct. 19, 1864","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Vines served in Grimes’ Brigade, Rodes’ Division. He was active in Gen. Jubal Early’s campaign against Washington, D.C. He was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume X, page 332)<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company F, 30th N.C. Regiment (also Company E, 43rd N.C Regiment)","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:40","name":"Charles Vines "},{"PID":"707275219","lname":"Vinson","hometown":"Wilson","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Oct. 5, 1919","dod":"April 22, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Vinson was enrolled at the University in 1939-40. He won his pilot’s wings and his commission in November 1941.<\/p>

He trained in Pensacola, Fla., went to Corpus Christi, Texas, as an instructor and was transferred to the Pacific Theater as a fighter pilot in fall 1943.<\/p>

Vinson was lost at Majuro in the Marshall Islands on April 22, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:43","name":"Charles Julian Vinson "},{"PID":"707276519","lname":"Waddell","hometown":"Pittsboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1855","dob":"Unknown Day, 1833","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Waddell was killed at Altoona, Ga.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:43","name":"Owen Alfred Waddell "},{"PID":"707276649","lname":"Waddill","hometown":"Hertford County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"Jan. 19, 1831","dod":"","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.

","branch":"","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:43","name":"John Robert Waddill "},{"PID":"707277633","lname":"Wagstaff","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1938","dob":"Sept. 12, 1916","dod":"Oct. 29, 1944","degree":"BSME","photo":"707277633.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wagstaff entered the University from Chapel Hill High School in 1933 and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he was employed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. until entering the Navy in 1942.<\/p>

He was commissioned an ensign in 1943 and promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) in fall 1944. Wagstaff was assigned to an aircraft carrier during the battle for the Philippines. He was wounded in action and died on Oct. 29, 1944.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:45","name":"Henry McGilbert Wagstaff Jr."},{"PID":"707279666","lname":"Walker","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1852","dob":"Unknown Day, 1829","dod":"Unknown Day, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Walker was captured at Roanoke Island on Feb. 8, 1862, and later exchanged. His resignation was accepted on Oct. 31, 1862, due to his “feeble health.” (Roster<\/em>, volume IV, page 573) GAA Alumni Records’ files indicate he died in service in 1864.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North<\/em> Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company F, 8th Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:50","name":"William Meares Walker "},{"PID":"707281706","lname":"Walters","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"June 25, 2023","dod":"Nov. 26, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Walters graduated from the Westtown School in Pennsylvania in 1940 and transferred to the University after two years at Guilford College.<\/p>

Walters was killed in action by artillery fire on Nov. 26, 1944. He was interred in Epinal, France.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 15:48","name":"Charles Elliott Walters "},{"PID":"707282572","lname":"Ward","hometown":"Graham","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1945","dob":"March 22, 2023","dod":"Nov. 23, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ward graduated from Tennessee Military Academy in 1941 and was enrolled at UNC in 1941-42, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. <\/p>

He entered the U.S. Army during his sophomore year and was commissioned a second lieutenant in September 1943. He went to France as a member of the 101st Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division in September 1944.<\/p>

Ward was killed in action near Metz, France. Final rites were held for him at the Graham Presbyterian Church in September 1948.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:03","name":"David Samuel Ward "},{"PID":"707283625","lname":"Ward","hometown":"Warrenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"July 7, 2020","dod":"Nov. 13, 1942","degree":"","photo":"707283625.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Ward attended John Graham High School and Fishburne Military School in Virginia before entering UNC from Davidson College in 1939. He was enrolled from 1939 to 1941. He entered the U.S. Naval Reserve in early 1940 and received his commission as an ensign in January 1942. <\/p>

Ward was a member of the crew of the American destroyer USS Barton<\/em>, which was sent to the South Pacific after its commissioning in early 1942. The Barton<\/em> provided screening from air and submarine attacks for the naval forces defending Guadalcanal and by November 1942 had accumulated four battle stars. On the night of Nov. 12-13, 1942, the Barton<\/em> was part of a force of five cruisers and eight destroyers that attempted to prevent a Japanese force of two battleships, one cruiser and 14 destroyers from shelling U.S. Marine positions around Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Barton<\/em> launched a spread of four torpedoes at the Japanese vessels and engaged the Japanese with gunfire. During the confused battle, which a survivor described as like “a barroom brawl after all the lights were shot out,” the Barton<\/em> was forced to come to a stop to avoid a collision with a U.S. cruiser. Before it could get under way again, it was struck by two of the deadly Japanese “Long Lance” torpedoes and sank quickly. At a depth of about 50 feet, the Barton<\/em>'s own torpedoes exploded; to add to the casualties, the U.S. destroyer Monssen<\/em> passed through the survivors struggling in the water. Ninety-seven percent on the Barton<\/em>'s crew died; Ward was among them.<\/p>

The Japanese bombardment force’s mission was thwarted, and one of the battleships sunk. In all, two American light cruisers and four destroyers and one Japanese battleship and two destroyers were added to the growing pile of wrecked ships that lay on the bottom of “Iron Bottom Sound” off Guadalcanal. <\/p>

Ward was declared missing in action after the battle and was later declared to have been killed in action during the third Battle of Savo Island. (The American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> lists his death as Nov. 14, 1943, a year after he was declared missing.) In the letter that he had written to be opened upon the occasion of his death, Ward wrote:<\/p>

“To my wife, my family, and my friends!<\/em><\/p>

“I have fought and shed my life’s blood to make you happy. I will have died in vain if you grieve overlong for me[;] my sacrifice is small and gladly given if I have accomplished but a small part of the great job before all peoples.”<\/em><\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Ward’s parents:<\/p>

“I read with much sorrow the news this month of your letter from the Navy department that Bill is now regarded as killed in action.<\/em><\/p>

“We here at the University knew that he was reported missing more than a year ago. We had hoped that better news might be forthcoming.<\/em><\/p>

“The University and University alumni join with you and other members of your family in deepest sympathy. Bill made a fine record on this campus and was held in high regard by students and faculty alike. He has given his life in a cause for which many of his classmates are now in service and are carrying on the task to which he dedicated himself. Our hope is that his sacrifice was not made in vain. May the memory of his life and spirit be a consolation to you all.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a>;
The Two Ocean War<\/em> by Samuel Eliot Morison;
Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II<\/em> by Robert Sinclair Parkin<\/p>
","branch":"Naval Reserve","rank":"Ensign","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:07","name":"William Freeny Ward "},{"PID":"707283667","lname":"Wardlaw","hometown":"Plainfield","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1932","dob":"July 29, 2009","dod":"June 24, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"707283667.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wardlaw entered the University in September 1928 from The Wardlaw School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and was Southern intercollegiate foils champion in fencing, a sport that he helped introduce to the University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1932.<\/p>

After graduation, he returned to The Wardlaw School as a member of the teaching staff and was serving as principal of the high school when he volunteered for the Army in 1943. His letters home were published in 1979, under the title Missing In Action: Letters of a Medic<\/em>. Readers have been struck by Wardlaw’s active Christian faith and by the strength that he derived from it.<\/p>

He entered Normandy on June 12, 1944, as an aid man for Company A, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was wounded at Mortain, France, in August 1944, and returned to England for recuperation.<\/p>

He returned to his old unit in October and was offered the chance to move further from the front as a battalion aid man, but he chose to stay with a line company, this time Company C. <\/p>

In October 1944, Wardlaw wrote to the alumni office from "somewhere in Germany." In the letter, which appeared in the December 1944 Alumni Review<\/em><\/a>, he referred to the battleground and "this harrowing day-to-day existence," going on to say " 'tis much better to let my thoughts wander aimlessly, through the Arboretum and among the old buildings that I've loved so well. ... My best is with you and all back there who remember the Wardlaw twins."<\/p>

Wardlaw's twin brother, Fred, had graduated with him and in 1944 was principal of the Wardlaw School; Fred Wardlaw died in 2000, according to the GAA's records.<\/p>

When he wrote his October letter, Charles Wardlaw likely was in the battle of Aachen; he also participated in the breaching of the Seigfried Line and was wounded and captured on Nov. 26, 1944, during the battle for the Huertgen Forest.<\/p>

He was a prisoner of war at Stalag XIIa in Limburg, Germany, and at Stalag IVb at Muhlburg, Germany. Stalag IVb was liberated by the Red Army in early May, but Wardlaw was not returned to American hands until the early part of June. Weakened by malnutrition and exposure, he died of diphtheria and pneumonia on June 24, 1945.<\/p>

He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Corporal","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"1\/10\/2013 14:27","name":"Charles Digby Wardlaw "},{"PID":"707283843","lname":"Ware","hometown":"","homestate":"Alabama","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown day, 1839","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Ware entered the University in 1959 and was enrolled for one year. He reportedly died in service in Columbia, Miss.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Ware was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 706.<\/p>

 <\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:49","name":"James N. Ware "},{"PID":"707283915","lname":"Ware","hometown":"","homestate":"","classyear":"1859","dob":"Unknown day, 1841","dod":"Unknown day, 1862","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Ware entered at the University in 1859 and attended for one year.<\/p>

As part of the research for this online companion to the University's Book of Names memorial to Carolina's war dead, Ware was determined to be one of 37 alumni who died during the Civil War whose names were omitted from previous memorials.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Records;
Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the University of North Carolina<\/em>, volume 1, page 706.<\/p>

","branch":"","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"6\/1\/2010 15:50","name":"William H. Ware "},{"PID":"707285674","lname":"Washington","hometown":"Memphis","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Oct. 26, 1838","dod":"Sept. 19, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Washington was killed at the battle of Chickamauga in Tennessee.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Possibly served with Johnson's Company, Tennessee Heavy Artillery","rank":"Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 14:44","name":"Augustine Burkette Washington "},{"PID":"707287809","lname":"Watson","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"June 7, 1839","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Watson was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, in Tennessee, fought Sept. 18-20, 1863.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:00","name":"Thomas Lowe Watson "},{"PID":"707290643","lname":"Webb","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Aug. 6, 1919","dod":"Oct. 14, 1943","degree":"BSLS","photo":"707290643.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Webb graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1936. He received his bachelor’s in history from Denison University in 1940 and received his bachelor’s in library science from UNC in 1941. He was on the staff of the New York Public Library when he was inducted into the U.S. Army in September 1941. He received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in August 1942. He was promoted to first lieutenant in March 1943.<\/p>

In May 1943, he went to England as a B-17 heavy bomber pilot with the Eighth Air Force. He was awarded his first Air Medal in July for “exceptionally meritorious achievement” during bombing raids over Europe and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second award in October. His 17th mission was the second Schweinfurt raid on Oct. 14, 1943.<\/p>

A total of 285 Eighth Air Force B-17s went to Schweinfurt in a continuing attempt to cripple the German ball-bearing industry. Sixty B-17s were shot down, and 120 others were damaged. Webb’s B-17, “Carolina Girl,” was one of the 60 that did not return from the mission. He was awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster after the raid.<\/p>

Webb’s medals were presented to his widow, the former Gertrude Grimes of Greensboro, at a ceremony in March 1944.<\/p>

Webb’s uncle, the head librarian at Union College in New York, established the Stafford Wilber Webb Collection of books on international relations at Denison.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.historynet.com\/world-war-ii-eighth-air-force-raid-on-schweinfurt.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:12","name":"Stafford Wilbur Webb "},{"PID":"707290920","lname":"Webb","hometown":"Granville County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1864","dob":"Oct. 2, 1842","dod":"Sept. 21, 1863","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Webb was wounded in the leg and captured at Gettysburg. He died of “pyaema” (blood poisoning) in a Chester, Pa., hospital. (Roster<\/em>, volume XIII, page 523-524)<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company K, 55th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:01","name":"William Henry Graham Webb "},{"PID":"707292517","lname":"Weir","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Oct. 12, 1839","dod":"Dec. 13, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Weir was killed at Fredericksburg, Va., “at the rock wall while attempting to get help for Col. John A. Gilmer who was limping off the field with a leg wound. A Minnie ball entered his left temple, killing him instantly.” (Roster<\/em>, volume XI, page 189)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"46th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"2\/14\/2011 16:25","name":"Samuel Park Weir "},{"PID":"707292650","lname":"Weiss","hometown":"Brooklyn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1945","dob":"May 30, 2023","dod":"Dec. 5, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707292650.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Weiss entered UNC from James Madison High School in 1941 and was enrolled until the end of 1942. He entered the U.S. Army in February 1943 and was sent to North Africa in August 1943. He went to Italy that fall.<\/p>

Weiss wrote his parents that he was “alive and in one piece — which is as good as a soldier can be, who is fighting this war.” He also observed that “the only thing that hurts is my feet” and that he had been able to indulge in cooking, his favorite hobby: “The other day I got a chicken and made some chicken cacciatore.”<\/p>

Weiss was killed in action in Italy that December.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Weiss’ father:<\/p>

“Your letter of December 31st brings deep sorrow to us at the University. Less than a year ago Donald was on the campus here as a student. He has given his life now in a cause which by his sacrifice we all feel a more firm resolve to carry to a victorious conclusion. We here at the University share with you and other members of your family the sorrow occasioned by Donald’s death in Italy on December 5; also, we share with you a pride in your boy’s life and spirit.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:14","name":"Donald Seymour Weiss "},{"PID":"707293572","lname":"Wellons","hometown":"Selma","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1917","dob":"Nov. 2, 1890","dod":"Oct. 5, 1918","degree":"AB","photo":"707293572.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War I","comments":"

Wellons went to France with Company G, 323rd<\/sup> Infantry Regiment, 81st<\/sup> Division. He was killed in action in France.<\/p>

Source: GAA Alumni Records<\/p>



 <\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/4\/2011 11:59","name":"Wilbert Freeman Wellons "},{"PID":"707296557","lname":"Wheat Jr.","hometown":"Chapel Hill","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1851","dob":"Dec. 3, 1830","dod":"April 6, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Wheat held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1854.<\/p>

He was killed at Shiloh, in Tennessee.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>

","branch":"Company G, 1st Louisiana (Strawbridge's) Infantry","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:11","name":"John Thomas Wheat Jr. "},{"PID":"707297600","lname":"Whitaker Jr.","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1853","dob":"Jan. 1, 1832","dod":"April 19, 1865","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitaker was wounded near Petersburg on April 2, 1865, seven days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. He had gunshot wounds in both hands. He died on April 19 in a hospital in Danville, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume X, page 323)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company D, 43rd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:13","name":"Cary W. Whitaker Jr. "},{"PID":"707297642","lname":"Whitaker","hometown":"Davenport","homestate":"Iowa","classyear":"1858","dob":"Nov. 30, 1838","dod":"Unknown Day, 1865","degree":"BS","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitaker died in service in Jamestown, Va., according to GAA Alumni Records.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"7th Tennessee Cavalry","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:14","name":"David C. Whitaker "},{"PID":"707297899","lname":"Whitaker","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"Va.","classyear":"1847","dob":"June 17, 1827","dod":"June 27, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitaker was wounded at Fairfax Court House. He died at Warrenton, Va. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, pages 7 and 19)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"9th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st N.C. Cavalry)","rank":"Major","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:14","name":"John Henry Whitaker "},{"PID":"707298203","lname":"Whitaker","hometown":"Halifax County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Dec. 20, 1836","dod":"Oct. 22, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

According to GAA Alumni Records’ materials, Whitaker rode on horseback across the continent from California to join the Confederate forces. He died at home of disease. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 27)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"9th Regiment N.C. Troops, 1st N.C. Cavalry","rank":"First Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:15","name":"William H. Whitaker "},{"PID":"707301888","lname":"Whitfield","hometown":"Tallahassee","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1854","dob":"","dod":"Aug. 22, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitfield was wounded at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862. He died at Richmond, Va.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"9th Alabama","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:17","name":"Bryan Whitfield "},{"PID":"707302146","lname":"Whitfield","hometown":"Wayne County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Unknown Day, 1840","dod":"About May 12, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitfield was killed at Spotsylvania. (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 401)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"2nd N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:17","name":"Nathan Bryan Whitfield "},{"PID":"707302306","lname":"Whitfield","hometown":"Jefferson County","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1862","dob":"Unknown Day, 1842","dod":"About May 31, 1862","degree":"ABSC (1911)","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Whitfield was killed at Seven Pines, in Virginia.<\/p>

He was among those alumni awarded a Special Confederate Army AB degree in 1911. <\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 3rd Florida","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:18","name":"William Blackledge Whitfield "},{"PID":"707302537","lname":"Whitley","hometown":"Rutherford College","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"May 27, 2025","dod":"Aug. 19, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Whitley graduated from Valdese High School in 1942 and was enrolled at UNC until he volunteered for the U.S. Army in September 1943. <\/p>

He was transferred to Italy in March 1944 to the 36th Infantry Division, which was at Anzio and participated in the liberation of Rome. It was then withdrawn from Italy to take part in the invasion of Southern France on Aug. 15, 1944. The 36th was ordered to secure the eastern flank of the invasion until relieved by airborne and special forces units.<\/p>

Whitley died of wounds received during the invasion. He was awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Whitley’s parents:<\/p>

“The news that George was killed in Southern France comes as a great shock to me personally. As you know, he and I have been exchanging letters at intervals since he entered the Army a year ago. One of his V-Mail notes told me about his experiences in the breakout form the Anzio beachhead, his march through Rome, and on North in his pursuit of the enemy. Even with all that excitement and hardship, George was asking questions about his return to the University after the war.”<\/em><\/p>

Mrs. Whitley responded:<\/p>

“The kindnesses which you as Alumni Secretary, and personally, have shown to our boy while he was in service and to us, his parents, in our grief, have deeply touched us and bind us closer to his alma mater.<\/em><\/p>

“George, Jr., loved the University. In his one year there it opened up to him new avenues of life, imbuing him with a greater thirst for knowledge of people and things. This broader outlook, gained as he began to develop into manhood, was, we feel, largely responsible for his optimism (though he was fully conscious of the risks) which, it gives us comfort to believe, he transmitted to his comrades.<\/em><\/p>

“Mr. Whitley joins me in expressing appreciation for all you have done for our boy and us.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.history.army.mil\/brochures\/sfrance\/sfrance.htm<\/a>;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:19","name":"George Thaddeus Whitley Jr."},{"PID":"707305192","lname":"Wilds","hometown":"Aiken","homestate":"S.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"May 28, 2016","dod":"Nov. 21, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wilds was enrolled at UNC from 1938 until 1941. He concentrated in botany and planned to be a horticulturalist. He worked at Laurel Hill and went so far as to collect floral specimens while his plane was stranded in Greenland during the war.<\/p>

Wilds was co-pilot of a B-24 heavy bomber assigned to the 885th  Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special). The mission of the 885th was to fly missions in support of the French Resistance and, later, Yugoslav partisans.<\/p>

On Nov. 21, 1944, Wilds was co-pilot of a B-24 that took off with two other B-24s to drop supplies to partisans in the Sanski-Most area of Yugoslavia. The aircraft was struck by flak. One of the accompanying aircraft reported having seen a plane on fire in the air; the other observed a plane burning on the ground a little later.<\/p>

He was listed as missing in action and later was determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

He was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:22","name":"Robert Henry Wilds Jr."},{"PID":"707305394","lname":"Wiley","hometown":"Auburn","homestate":"N.Y.","classyear":"1935","dob":"Nov. 13, 1912","dod":"April 12, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wiley entered UNC from Auburn High School in 1931 and was enrolled through 1933. <\/p>

He served with the 54th Signal Battalion and was killed in action. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He was buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Technician Fourth Class","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:27","name":"Thomas Polhemus Wiley Jr."},{"PID":"707306186","lname":"Wilkins","hometown":"Columbia","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1936","dob":"Sept. 28, 1917","dod":"Nov. 2, 1943","degree":"","photo":"707306186.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wilkins entered the University from Columbia High School in 1934 and studied chemistry and pharmacy until December 1935. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1936. He won his pilot wings and his commission and was an instructor at Kelly Field, Texas.<\/p>

In November 1941, he was assigned to the Philippines and was part of Gen. Douglas McArthur’s escort when the general left the islands. He was awarded the Silver Star for this and a series of attacks on Japanese airfields.<\/p>

He was promoted to first lieutenant and was a member of a light bombardment squadron that flew 180 missions against the Japanese in the early, desperate days of the war. His crew flew 47 combat missions in Douglas A20a Bostons. He was promoted to captain and was the commanding officer of a B-25 unit, the 3rd Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force.<\/p>

On Nov. 2, 1943, Wilkins led his squadron into the heavily defended Japanese naval base at Rabaul, in direct support of the U.S. landings on Bougainville. His was the last of three squadrons to attack at low level, against a now thoroughly aroused enemy. Wilkins had intentionally placed his aircraft in the position of greatest risk, and his aircraft was hit in its right wing as soon as Wilkins began his attack. Although he could have withdrawn, he continued to lead his squadron in the attack, strafing a group of vessels and hitting a destroyer with a 1,000-pound bomb, causing the destroyer to explode.<\/p>

He then attacked a 9,000-ton transport, leaving it in flames. His bombs expended, he strafed a heavy cruiser that was in the path of his squadron. By now, his right stabilizer had been shot off and, to avoid drifting into the paths of other planes in his squadron, he turned so that the body and full wing surfaces of his plane were exposed to the fire of the enemy. The enemy fire crumpled the left wing of Wilkins’ plane that, by now out of control, crashed into the sea. Twenty-one aircraft of the 143 deployed on this mission were lost.<\/p>

For having destroyed two enemy vessels and for having sacrificed himself to allow the rest of his squadron to escape safely, Wilkins was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and was promoted to the rank of major. His other decorations included the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with three Oak Leaf clusters, the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf cluster and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Corps","rank":"Captain (posthumously promoted to major)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:32","name":"Raymond Harrell Wilkins "},{"PID":"707306809","lname":"Willard","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1970","dob":"March 5, 1948","dod":"Jan. 7, 1970","degree":"","photo":"707306809.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Willard was killed in action in Vietnam after serving there for about three months.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"Specialist Four, 4th Infantry Division","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"7\/23\/2010 17:56","name":"Charles Randolph Willard Jr."},{"PID":"707308816","lname":"Williams","hometown":"Warren County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1861","dob":"Oct. 19, 1841","dod":"July 1, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Williams was killed at Malvern Hill.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly 12th N.C.","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:19","name":"Henry Gaston Williams "},{"PID":"707308845","lname":"Williams","hometown":"Albany","homestate":"Ga.","classyear":"1940","dob":"Jan. 26, 1919","dod":"July 30, 1941","degree":"","photo":"707308845.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Williams was a student at UNC in 1936-37 and from 1938 to 1940. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.<\/p>

He entered the military in January 1941 and was an air cadet, training at Floyd Bennett Field and at Jacksonville, Fla. He was killed when the motor of his plane failed during a take-off.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Navy","rank":"Cadet","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:37","name":"Herbert Daniel Williams "},{"PID":"707309741","lname":"Williams","hometown":"Pitt County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1859","dob":"March 18, 1840","dod":"Nov. 24, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Williams was wounded at Bristow, Va. His place of death was not reported. (Roster<\/em>, volume VIII, page 74)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company H, 27th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:18","name":"Joseph Adrian Williams "},{"PID":"707310972","lname":"Williams","hometown":"Monroe","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1946","dob":"Nov. 15, 1924","dod":"Sept. 29, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Williams entered the University from Walter Bickett High School and was enrolled in 1942-43.<\/p>

Williams was stationed at Avon Park Army Airfield in Florida when he was on a combat training flight aboard a B-17G that suffered a structural failure. The aircraft crashed 19 miles east of the airfield, killing all aboard.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Sep1944S.htm<\/a><\/p>
","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:44","name":"Roland Clegg Williams Jr."},{"PID":"707313289","lname":"Willis","hometown":"Daytona Beach","homestate":"Fla.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Dec. 18, 1918","dod":"Jan. 31, 1943","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Willis transferred to UNC after two years at the University of Florida and was enrolled in 1937-38. He later graduated from the University of Georgia in 1940.<\/p>

He entered the service in 1942 after working as secretary-treasurer of Willis Lumber Co.<\/p>

He was killed in action in Tunisia.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>
","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:48","name":"Thomas Jenkins Willis "},{"PID":"707313508","lname":"Wilmot","hometown":"Dunellen","homestate":"N.J.","classyear":"1932","dob":"July 21, 2010","dod":"April 5, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"Wilmot was a student at UNC in 1928-29. He also attended Colorado Schools of Mines and had been employed by Texaco.

His death in action was reported to the GAA by a family member. A genealogy Web site lists his death as occurring in Nuremburg, Germany.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.gunboatempires.com\/genealogy\/Puseys04b0.htm<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/11\/2010 16:59","name":"John Alden Wilmot "},{"PID":"707316525","lname":"Wilson","hometown":"Elizabeth City","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1857","dob":"Feb. 14, 1837","dod":"Feb. 7, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Wilson was “killed instantly in the battery while working his gun” during the Union attack on Roanoke Island. The entire regiment was captured defending the Island and the Outer Banks. The 17th Regiment was later "reorganized." (Roster<\/em>, volume VI , page 199)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"First Organization 17th N.C. Regiment","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:23","name":"William Edward Wilson "},{"PID":"707316844","lname":"Winborne","hometown":"Edenton","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1968","dob":"Nov. 4, 1945","dod":"Oct. 2, 1970","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Winborne was killed in action in Vietnam.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
thewall-usa.com<\/a>","branch":"Army","rank":"First Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/26\/2010 14:01","name":"John Hutchings Winborne "},{"PID":"707317519","lname":"Winkler","hometown":"Charlotte","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Aug. 31, 1919","dod":"Sept. 16, 1942","degree":"AB","photo":"707317519.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Winkler entered UNC from Charlotte Central High School in 1937. He was president of Beta Theta Pi at UNC.<\/p>

After graduation, he volunteered for service in September 1941 and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in the on Sept. 6, 1942.<\/p>

Winkler was assigned to a fighter group based at Drew Field, Fla. Within two weeks after receiving his commission, Winkler was the pilot of a P-39D that crashed one mile southwest of the Army Air Base at Sarasota, Fla. He died in the crash.<\/p>

The Winkler family established the Harry Winkler Jr. Memorial Scholarship at UNC in his memory.<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.aviationarchaeology.com\/src\/AARmonthly\/Sep1942S.htm<\/a><\/p>

","branch":"Army Air Force","rank":"Second Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 14:33","name":"Harry Winkler Jr."},{"PID":"707321738","lname":"Wood","hometown":"Stedman","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1942","dob":"Sept. 7, 1918","dod":"March 9, 1945","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wood entered UNC from Stedman High School in 1938. He was enrolled until 1941, when he volunteered for service.<\/p>

He went overseas in September 1944 as a radio operator on a B-24 heavy bomber. Wood was killed in action over Yugoslavia on March 9, 1945.<\/p>

He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Wood’s brother:<\/p>

“I have heard that your brother, S\/Sgt. Oscar Felton Wood, has been killed in action over Jugoslavia on March 9. This information comes as very sad news to the University where your brother was a student in 1938-1941. He left the University, as you know, to enter service.<\/em><\/p>

“To you and other members of his family, I wish to send the University’s heartfelt sympathy and warm affection.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army Air Forces","rank":"Staff Sergeant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 14:38","name":"Oscar Felton Wood "},{"PID":"707323149","lname":"Woodman","hometown":"New Haven","homestate":"Conn.","classyear":"1941","dob":"Aug. 4, 1916","dod":"Feb. 3, 1945","degree":"AB","photo":"707323149.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Woodman entered the University in 1937 and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.<\/p>

He was involved in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Italy during three years spent overseas.<\/p>

He had returned to his home for convalescent leave and was being treated when he died.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon "Spike" Saunders '25 wrote to Woodman’s mother:<\/p>

“Looking beyond the present time of grief, I believe there will come to all of us a measure of consolation in the memory of Eddie’s fidelity and heroism. It seems to me that your boy’s life was given to his country as surely as though he had been lost during the course of the fighting that he had survived.”<\/em><\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Lieutenant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 14:55","name":"Edward Woodman III"},{"PID":"707324436","lname":"Wooster","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1860","dob":"Aug. 11, 1839","dod":"July 1 or 2, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Records offer conflicting reports on Wooster’s death. GAA Alumni Records’ materials indicate he was killed at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. Gen. Branch’s report indicates Wooster’s death occurred the previous day at Frayser’s Farm. (Roster<\/em>, volume VI, pages 297 and 401)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"18th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:23","name":"William Augustus Wooster "},{"PID":"707325651","lname":"Worth","hometown":"Randolph County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1856","dob":"May 10, 1836","dod":"May 11, 1864","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Worth raised two companies in Randolph County. He was at the head of the regiment at Spotsylvania while charging a battery, which was well-posted and heavily protected, when he was killed by a sharpshooter. (Roster<\/em>, volume II, page 105, and Clark, volume II, page 101)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"19th N.C., 2nd Regiment N.C.Cavalry.","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:24","name":"Shubal Gardner Worth "},{"PID":"707326472","lname":"Wright","hometown":"Bladen County","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1843","dob":"Oct. 15, 1824","dod":"March 14, 1865","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Wright held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1853.<\/p>

Wright was hospitalized in High Point on March 6, 1865, with chronic diarrhea. He died eight days later and was buried in Greensboro. (Roster<\/em>, volume XV, page 303)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"66th N.C. Regiment","rank":"Lieutenant Colonel","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:24","name":"Clement Gillespie Wright "},{"PID":"707326603","lname":"Wright","hometown":"Memphis","homestate":"Tenn.","classyear":"1861","dob":"","dod":"Unknown Day, 1863","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

Wright was killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn.<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Possibly McCown's Tennessee Infantry","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:25","name":"Elisha Eldridge Wright "},{"PID":"707326876","lname":"Wright","hometown":"Wilmington","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1854","dob":"April 13, 1836","dod":"June 26, 1862","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Wright held an MA-Special Alumni degree from the University, awarded in 1857.<\/p>

Wright was killed at Mechanicsville, Va. (Ellerson’s Mill). (Roster<\/em>, volume III, page 191)<\/p>

Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North<\/em> Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.<\/p>
","branch":"Company M, 1st N.C. Regiment","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/1\/2008 15:26","name":"James Allen Wright "},{"PID":"707328261","lname":"Wyrick","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1943","dob":"Dec. 26, 1922","dod":"Oct. 15, 1944","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"World War II","comments":"

Wyrick entered UNC from Greensboro Senior High School and was enrolled from 1939 to 1942. He joined the U.S. Navy in his junior year and received his pilot’s wings and his commission as an ensign in July 1942.<\/p>

He was assigned to sea duty in the North Atlantic and was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade). Wyrick was listed as missing when his aircraft crashed into the sea on Oct. 15, 1944. He was later determined to have been killed in action on that date.<\/p>

Alumni Secretary J. Maryon “Spike” Saunders ’25 wrote to Wyrick’s widow:<\/p>

“I am so sorry to read the news that your husband, Lt. (j.g.) Bradley Cromer Wyrick, Jr., has been reported missing. I do hope that you will be having word from him soon.<\/em><\/p>

“Please convey to your husband’s parents and to other members of the family the concern and anxiety of the University. I will be interested in any additional news that you may receive.”<\/em><\/p>

And later:<\/p>

“A newspaper clipping has been sent to the Alumni Office reporting that your husband, Lt. (j.g.) Bradley Cromer Wyrick, Jr., who was reported missing in action last October, has since been reported as killed in action when his plane crashed at sea in the North Atlantic on October 15, 1944.<\/em><\/p>

“This information brings genuine grief to us at the University. … On behalf of the University and its former students, I wish to express to you our heartfelt sympathy. I hope that in time your grief will be lessened by the pleasant memories you have of his life and service. The University is proud indeed of your husband and his service to our country.”<\/em><\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.abmc.gov<\/a> <\/p>

 <\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Navy","rank":"Lieutenant (Junior Grade)","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"3\/12\/2010 14:58","name":"Bradley Cromer Wyrick "},{"PID":"707329981","lname":"Yoder","hometown":"Hickory","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1948","dob":"March 29, 2025","dod":"July 22, 1953","degree":"","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"Korean War","comments":"

Yoder was enrolled at the University from 1944 until 1946 after spending two years at Lenoir-Rhyne College. He served one tour in Korea before being assigned to flight training in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he received his pilot's wings.<\/p>

Yoder was co-pilot of a C-119 Marine transport that crashed near Milton, Fla. All aboard were killed.<\/p>

Source:
GAA Alumni Records<\/p>","branch":"Marine Air Corps","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"5\/13\/2010 17:34","name":"Grady Lee Yoder "},{"PID":"707330835","lname":"Young","hometown":"Oxford","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1858","dob":"Nov. 27, 1836","dod":"July 17, 1864","degree":"AB","photo":"","caption":"","conflict":"U.S. Civil War","comments":"Sources: GAA Alumni Records; North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster<\/em>, N.C. Office of Archives and History; and Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War<\/em>, edited by Walter Clark, 1901.


","branch":"","rank":"","recordCreated":"","recordUpdated":"10\/30\/2009 14:10","name":"David Jones Young "},{"PID":"711120189","lname":"Walker","hometown":"Fayetteville","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"2008","dob":"April 6, 1986","dod":"Aug. 18, 2009","degree":"","photo":"711120189.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Afghanistan","comments":"

Mo Walker enrolled at UNC in fall 2004 after graduating from Fayetteville Academy, where he was treasurer of the student government association, was a member of the school's community service group and was a varsity basketball player.<\/p>

At UNC, where Walker was a Carolina Covenant Scholar, he was enrolled until the summer of 2008. He joined the Army in August 2008 and became an Army paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.<\/p>

He became Carolina's first alumnus to die in the war in Afghanistan. He was one of two U.S. soldiers who died from injuries when his vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb. <\/p>

The Daily Tar Heel<\/em> conducted several interviews with friends who knew Walker on campus and described him as an extraordinary person.<\/p>

Walker was an "experience," said Sam Rosenthal, a UNC alumnus who graduated in 2009 and met Walker during his freshman year at UNC. Rosenthal is a former Daily Tar Heel<\/em> sports columnist.<\/p>

Walker started out calling Rosenthal his son and acting as his mentor, but soon they were brothers, Rosenthal said.<\/p>

"If you got to spend time with Mo Walker, you remembered it," Rosenthal said. "He had a charisma and a warmth that just rubbed off and also a pride and a sense about himself. I had never met anybody with so much confidence and even borderline arrogance that never rubbed people the wrong way."<\/p>

Walker was a part of many different social groups at UNC, which allowed him to touch the lives of many people, Rosenthal said.<\/p>

While at UNC, Walker joined Zeta Beta Tau and worked at Ram's Head Recreation Center, where he spent much of his spare time working out and playing basketball.<\/p>

Walker also was a fixture at the bar The Library, where he knew many of the workers and regulars.<\/p>

"He kind of just moved through all circles very comfortably," Rosenthal said. "He understood people in a way that not many can. Nobody was too different for Mo that he couldn't connect with them."<\/p>

Walker kept in close contact with many of his friends in the U.S. during his deployment.<\/p>

Rosenthal and Walker would talk via e-mail about once a week, and Walker even called from Afghanistan a few times.<\/p>

"The toughest thing is that he's still very much with me," Rosenthal said. "I can hear him. I can smell him. It doesn't seem like he's gone yet."<\/p>

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records
The Daily Tar Heel<\/a>;
"<\/a><\/em>23-Year-Old Alumnus Killed in Afghanistan,"<\/a> From the Hill Online news report from August 2009<\/p>

 <\/p>","branch":"Army","rank":"Private First Class","recordCreated":"6\/9\/2010 9:47","recordUpdated":"10\/27\/2010 18:12","name":"Morris Lewis Walker "},{"PID":"707086507","lname":"Moorefield","hometown":"Greensboro","homestate":"N.C.","classyear":"1969","dob":"April 4, 1947","dod":"August 18, 1974","degree":"BMED","photo":"707086507.jpg","caption":"","conflict":"Vietnam","comments":"

Moorefield grew up in Greensboro, where at Smith High School he was junior class president, student body president in 1964-65, voted the \"most outstanding citizen\" and was active in school musical groups, according to an Aug. 21, 1974, article in the Greensboro Record. At Smith, he met classmate Cheryl Smith; they married four years later while he worked on his bachelor’s degree in music education at UNC. From Chapel Hill, he worked with youth programs in churches in Burlington and Durham. Facing the prospect of the military draft, he opted for the Air Force and Officer Candidate School and was stationed at Charleston, S.C., Air Force Base. There, he and a friend who was an Air Force captain held youth revivals for Charleston churches and helped with youth retreats.<\/p>\n

He was a first lieutenant on Aug. 18, 1974, when the Air Force C-141 cargo plane he was co-piloting crashed into a mountain near La Paz, Bolivia. All seven crew members were killed.<\/p>\n

Moorefield was posthumously promoted to captain following his death.<\/p>\n

Source:
\n GAA Alumni Records;
\n The Greensboro Record (Aug. 12, 22 and 27, 1974)<\/p>","branch":"Air Force","rank":"Captain","recordCreated":"6\/27\/2019","recordUpdated":"6\/27\/2019","name":"Charles T. Moorefield Jr."}]}