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List of military personnel from Curry County who died while serving their country

The following military personnel from Curry County were killed or declared missing in action during wartime. Sources are cited. Please contact Editor David Stevens at 763-6991 with any corrections, additions or questions.

World War I

William Galloway

Glen Harris

Henry “Tex” Huff

Charles Ledbetter

Dean Lucas

Glen Snodderly

Rayne Vivard

Charles Williams

Charles Wilson

Source: Curry County Historian Don McAlavy

World War II

Bob Anthony

Bob Balch

Harold W. Barber

Lloyd D. Beach

Clarence Arless Bell

Glen W. Bishop

Thomas Bowman

Claude V. Bridges

Robert Brightman

Bonnie Melton Brizendine

T.B. Bryant

Bernard Philip Buford

J.B. Byars

Joe P. Casillas

Albert Chalk

Dean R. Chalk

Robert Ronald Cox

Millard Everett Conley

Albert Crump Jr.

Garth A. Dahinden

Walter Leo Daly

Ernest A. Damon

Earl Grey Davidson

Lorain W. Davis

Jonie B. Degraftenreid

Henry Drake

George B. Duke

Vernon Dunn

James Lee Elrod

John Martin Eastridge

Leon Z. Fought

Joe C. Garcia

Richard Harold Glen

Julian E. Griego

Hubert G. Hall

Paul Hammonds

Willis L. Hardcastle

Claude Haws

Ollie J. “Jake” Hill

John W. Hodges Jr.

Aubrey C. Holland

James D. Jackson

Laurel Kenneth Johnson

Kyle V. Johnson

Roy Johnson

Melvin Johnston

Fred Jordan

Stephen Dence Justice

Marshall Edward Kelly

Emory A. “Andy” Kemper

Roy Lee

Herman Lewis

Max W. “Jackie” Lewis

Dan M. Love

Jack B. Love

John C. Luikart

Glen Thurston Maltby

B.A. Marquez

William McCormack

Olen L. McCormick

Carrol E. McMillan

Harold Myers

Douglas Wilson Miller

Max Miller

John David Moss

Albert Moss

W.A. Nelson

Floyd C. Northcutt

J. Randol Osborne

Cecil Pearson

William A. Price

William E. Price

Sam Prince

John E. Reynolds

Robert L. Rodgers

Wayne C. Rodgers

Carroll F. Rodgers

Harry Arnold Rogers

Ralph Ross Jr.

Oscar A. Ruckman

Jeff D. Ruckman

Bert C. Sanders

Joe Schovanec

Ivan L. Sears

John S. Shields Jr.

Ray Clinton Shoemate

George T. Smalley

Burney H. Smith

J. M. Smith Jr.

Roy S. Swain

Charles Byron Thomas

French Lee Thomas Jr.

William D. Talley

Rosendo C. Torres

Edward O. Trapp

Clark J. Wicks Jr.

Harry Williams

C.A. Wiggins

Jake Willoughby

Gleason Wood

Frank Young

Source: Clovis News Journal, Oct. 21, 1945

Korean War

Richard Louis Albright

Lee R. Martinez

T.S. Moore

Charlie D. Quintana

Darrel Otto Smith

Source: Secretary of Defense (via McAlavy)

Vietnam War

Jimmy Ross Hohstadt

Daniel Tiofilio Martinez

Freddie Joe Roberts

Ruben Rubio

David Louis Stoll

Harvie Perry Winkles III

Source: Secretary of Defense (via McAlavy)