Isham B. Smith, age 21, from Overton County Place, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, September 27, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Smith, Isham B.
Hughes, General B.
Private
General B. Hughes from Mount Hill, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, September 25, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Wix, John M.
Private
John M. Wix from Lewis County Crescentview, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, September 12, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Guess, Ray Milton
Army Private 1st class
Ray Milton Guess, age 23, from Carter County Elizabethton, Tennessee .
Parents: Raymond R. Guess
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. Corporal Ray Milton Guess, who joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee, served with D Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, during his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. Returning POWs who encountered him while in enemy captivity reported that Corporal Guess died of malnutrition and pneumonia in late January 1951. His remains have not been recovered. Corporal Guess is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Elizabethton Star (1953)
Jordon, Luther Britton
Army Corporal
Luther Britton Jordon from Shelby County Memphia, Tennessee .
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 Luther Britton Jordan, who joined the U.S. Army from Tennessee, served with the Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company of the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, during his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. He was marched with a large group of fellow prisoners to Camp 5, Pyoktong, North Korea. He died at Pyoktong of malnutrition at an unspecified date several weeks after arrival, and was buried at the camp. His remains have not been recovered. Today, Sergeant Jordan is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Tennessean (1954)
Phillips, Onva
Wagoner
Onva Phillips from Norcross, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Geisler, James R.
Corporal
James R. Geisler from Carter County Hampton, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gibbons, Edd
Private
Edd Gibbons from Overton County Hilham, Tennessee .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War