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Young, Wilford Avon
Army Sergeant

Wilford Avon Young, age 22, from Humboldt, Tennessee, Gibson county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, September 9, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: Shiloh National

Source: National Archives, Jackson Sun (1970)

Locke, Wayne
Army Master sergeant

Wayne Locke from Humboldt, Tennessee, Gibson county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Bronze Star

Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1944
Death details: Killed in action at Leyte, Philippines

Source: The 1st Cavalry Division in World War II; Major Bertrand C. Wright (Division Historian); Turner Publishing Co.; first published 1947; Military Times; Jackson Sun (1945)

Locke, Wayne
Army Master sergeant

Wayne Locke from Humboldt, Tennessee, Gibson county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Bronze Star

Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1944
Death details: Killed in action at Leyte, Philippines

Source: The 1st Cavalry Division in World War II; Major Bertrand C. Wright (Division Historian); Turner Publishing Co.; first published 1947; Military Times; Jackson Sun (1945)

Brake, Raymond F.
Army Corporal

Raymond F. Brake, age 22, from Tennessee, Gibson county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, Heavy; Purple Heart, Air Medal

Date of death: Saturday, October 28, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Memorialized in Fort Donelson National; Florence American

Source: National Archives, grave marker; American Battle Monuments Commission

Allison, Andrew K.
Navy Fireman 1st class

Andrew K. Allison, age 26, from Gibson County Trenton, Tennessee .

Parents: Arthur Leroy Allison

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered. Brother J.T. Allison also died at Pearl Harbor.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Kennington, Charles Cecil
Navy Seaman 1st class

Charles Cecil Kennington, age 21, from Gibson County Humboldt, Tennessee .

Parents: V.A. Kennington

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Kennington, Milton Homer
Navy Seaman 1st class

Milton Homer Kennington, age 20, from Gibson County Humboldt, Tennessee .

Parents: V.A. Kennington

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Rhodes, Birb Richard
Navy Fireman 2nd class

Birb Richard Rhodes, age 21, from Gibson County Cades, Tennessee .

Parents: Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, The Tennessean (1942)

Fly, Earnest
Private

Earnest Fly, age 26, from Humboldt, Tennessee, Gibson county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, October 23, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Saint Mihiel American

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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