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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Civil War

 

While the county of Grenada was not formed until after the Civil War, there were many regiments formed and mustered into service in the city of Grenada. Unit Date Mustered Into Service Grenada Rifles of Yalobusha County, Company G April 19, 1861 Standford's Light Artillery/ Standford's Battery **Off Site Link** May 17, 1861 14th Battery Light Artillery 42nd Infantry Regiment, Company C - Nelm's Avengers, or Nelson's Avengers   Company D - Captain Locke's Company   Company H - Captain Powell's Company 4th Infantry Regiment, Company K - Paris Rebels   28th Regiment Cavalry   Company A   Company F   2nd MS Partisan Rangers, Company F - Ballentine's
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	Civil War Soldiers - Confederate / Searchable Index from National Archives (100% complete) , many listings with actual Muster Rolls (for fee area of the site).
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World War I
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World War II

The following data is extracted from the Mississippi Navy, Marines and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List.

These records have been extracted from the National Archives. The status code key is:

KIA=killed in action DOW=died of wounds DOI=died of injuries DNB=died non-battle FOD=finding of death,  M=missing

Name	Selective Service Number	Rank	Status
Boone, Owen J.	14171317	PVT	DNB
Brannon, Henry M.	34479825	CPL	KIA
Brown, Warren C. Jr.	34621087	TEC 5	DNB
Butler Robert M.	14033233	S. SG	FOD
Carver Jesse H.	14159740	SGT	DNB
Clanton, Guy E.	14006584	SGT	KIA
Clanton, Melvin H	34477129	PFC	KIA
Clogston, Vernon M.	14161811	S. SG	FOD
Clogston, William M.	1318516	2 LT	KIA
Collins, Diris E.	34132542	PVT	DNB
Collins, John E.	34476342	TEC 5	DNB
Corder, Raymond E.	20424118	SGT	DNB
Delaney, Lee H.	34134669	PVT	DNB
Edwards, John H.	34633550	SGT	DNB
Gaines, Wilford O.	14070254	S. SG	DNB
Gammon, William R.	14150921	T. SG	KIA
Gerard, Gus	0-431664	1 LT	KIA
Gray, Carl B.	34479839	PFC	DOW
Gray, John W.	34276845	PVT	KIA
Horn, Robert H.	0-812816	2 LT	DNB
Ingram, Rufus L.	34428879	PFC	KIA
Lane, Hector D.	20424102	AV. C.	DNB
Litten, Earl E.	0-750636	2 LT	DNB
Lockett, James R.	0-532570	2 LT	DNB
Loden, Eugene	34479826	PFC	KIA
McClure, Eugene F.	15014696	PFC	KIA
Mitchell, Chester O.	34018590	TEC 5	KIA
Philllips, Edward L.	14150888	S. SG	FOD
Pittman, Paul	34274993	T. SG	KIA
Proudfit, Richard D.	14166848	S. SG	KIA
Purdie, John B.	14097264	PFC	KIA
Reed, Jimmie N.	34958659	PVT	DNB
Schmitz, Evie	6379240	T. SG	DNB
Smith, Ernest	34636919	PFC	KIA
Sullivan, William T.	20424153	SGT	KIA
Tollison, Dorsey R.	20424107	S. SG	DNB
Turnage, Joseph W.	34871794	CPL	FOD
Weissker, William L.	14070304	S. SG	FOD
White, John B.	0-677373	CAPT	KIA
Wilson, Milford W.	34134287	T. SG	KIA
Winters, Jimmie	34346611	PFC	DNB
Woods, Benjamin F.	34876178	PFC	KIA

 

Vietnam War

Interactive Memorial at footnote.com where you can just view the wall or look up a name and actually see an image of the name on the wall.  You can also leave comments and tributes.  This is a very touching memorial.

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