Harold C. Geiger, age 20, from Montgomery County Mount Vernon, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, June 16, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Geiger, Harold C.
Gilbert, Floyd J.
Private
Floyd J. Gilbert, age 20, from Morgan County Bostwick, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1917
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Robertson, Dewey Earl Jr.
Army Corporal
Dewey Earl Jr. Robertson from Floyd County Rome, Georgia .
Parents: Margaret Clark
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Dewey Earl Robertson Jr., who entered the U.S. Army from Georgia, was a member of A Company, 2nd Engineers Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured at Kunu-ri on December 1, 1950, at some point during his unit’s attempt to fight through a heavily defended enemy roadblock. A repatriated prisoner of war (POW) reported that SGT Robertson died in February 1951, while being moved to the ‘Mining Camp’ prison facility in the Pukchin-Tarigol valley. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Robertson is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Atlanta Journal (1951)
Spencer, Henry
Private
Henry Spencer from Grover, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Morris, Alex
Private
Alex Morris from Ocana, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gibson, Goldie
Private
Goldie Gibson from Decatur County Climax, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Futch, Arvous
Army Corporal
Arvous Futch from Chatham County Vidalia, Georgia .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Arvous Futch, who joined the U.S. Army from Georgia, was a member of the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the enemy during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on December 1. He died of malnutrition in June of 1951, while in enemy custody near Pyoktong, North Korea. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Futch is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Atlanta Constitution (1954)