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HALL, JAMES L.
Sgt. James L. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hall, husband of the former Miss Faye Petty, graduate of Rice and A&M College.  Entered the service, 1942, trained with Air Corps at Sheppard Field Texas, Buckley Field, Colo., in Georgia and in Ft. Bragg, N.C. Has served in Burma, India and China, where now on duty.

Notes:

HAMEL, CHARLES B.
S/Sgt. Charles B. Hamel, son of Mrs. Hattie N. Hamel, attended Navarro Schools.  Entered Army, 1938, trained with Btry. A. 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, at Ft. Bliss.  Has served in Australia, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Philippines.  Has Good Conduct and 3 Battle Stars.

Notes:

  • Charles Burnett Hamel
  • Mar 12, 1919 - Dec 7, 1992
  • Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Navarro Co., TX
  • h/o Esther (Miller) Hamel; s/o Charlie Burton Hamel & Hattie Nanette (Byrd) Hamel
HAMILTON, EDWARD H.
Captain Edward H. Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hamilton, husband of the former Miss Margaret Wood, graduate of Corsicana High School.  Entered service, 1940, trained with Army Infantry at Camp Bowie, Officers Training School, Okla., and Camp Edwards.  Has Commendation and Combat Infantry Badge, now on duty in Germany.

Notes:

  • Edward Hicks "Buck" Hamilton
  • Feb 15, 1920 - Feb 28, 2008
  • Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX
  • h/o Margaret (Wood) Hamilton
HANCOCK, ARTHUR
Pfc. Arthur Hancock, so of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hancock, Kerens, attended Rural Shade School.  Entered Army, 1943, trained at Camp Howze and Camp Bowie, Texas.  Has served on Guam and New Guinea, now on duty on Luzon.

Notes:

  • Arthur Dale Hancock
  • Sep 23, 1924 - May 11, 1998
  • Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Maltnomah County, Oregon
  • Plot: AA, 0, 979
  • h/o Frances Louise (Crenshaw) Hancock; s/o Thomas Scott Hancock & Dora Etta (Featherston) Hancock
HANCOCK, JIM T.
Pfc. Jim T. Hancock, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hancock, Kerens, husband of the former Miss Ester Stucker, graduate from Crockett High School.  Entered Air COrps, 1942, trained at Phoenix, Ariz.  Has served in the D-Day Invasion of France, now on duty in Germany.  Has E.T.O. Ribbon.

Notes:

  • James Thomas "Jim Tom" Hancock, Sr
  • Dec 25, 1905 - May 25, 1987
  • Long Prairie Cemetery, Kerens, Navarro Co., TX
  • s/o Thomas Scott Hancock & Dora Etta (Featherston) Hancock
HANCOCK, JOHN R.
Pvt. John R. Hancock, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hancock, Kerens, husband of the former Miss Anne B. Thompson, attended Freeman High School.  Entered Army, 1944, trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., Ft. Ord. Calif.  Received Medical Discharge Nov. 1944

Notes:

  • John Reigan Hancock
  • Sep 20, 1908 - Dec 14, 1984
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, Texas
  • s/o Thomas Scott Hancock & Dora Etta (Featherston) Hancock
HANCOCK, SCOTT K.
Sgt. Scott K. Hancock, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hancock, graduate from Comanche High School.  Entered Air Corps, 1941, trained at Santa Monica, Calif., Ellington Field, Texas.  Has served in Hawaii, now on duty at Sioux Falls S. Dakota.  Has the P.T.O. Ribbon with 2 Battle Stars, and E.T.O. Ribbon.

Notes:

  • Scott Kenneth Hancock
  • Jun 13, 1921 - Dec 29, 2002
  • McIntosh Cemetery, Wright County, Missouri
  • s/o Thomas Scott Hancock & Dora Etta (Featherston) Hancock
HAND, ELMER E.
S 1/C Elmer E. Hand, son of Mrs. Myrita Hand, attended Corsicana High School.  Entered service Sept 1, 1942, trained with the Navy at Dallas, Grand Prairie, and Jacksonville, Fla.  Now stationed with C.A.S. Unit Five, San Diego.

Notes:

  • Elmer Earl Hand
  • Jun 17, 1921 - Jun 14, 1985
  • h/o Etha (Bentley) Hand; s/o Benjamin Franklin Hand & Myrtia (McCallister) Hand
  • Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
HAND, DAVID N.
F 1/C David N. Hand, son of Mrs. Myrtia Hand, graduate from Corsicana High School.  Entered service May, 1944, trained with the Navy at Camp Wallace, and attended Diesel Engineering School at Gulfport, Mississippi and Shoemaker, California.  Now on duty somewhere in S. Pacific.

Notes:

  • David Newton Hand
  • Jul 19, 1923 - Aug 8, 1974
  • Obituary
  • Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
  • h/o Joan (Daniel) Hand
  • s/o Benjamin Franklin Hand & Myrtia (McCallister) Hand
HAND, BEN F.
S/Sgt. Ben F. Hand, son of Mrs. Myrtia Hand of Corsicana, attended Corsicana High School.  Entered service, Jan 21, 1942, trained with the Air Corps at Mineral Wells.  Has served 27 months in the Caribbean, now on duty at Kelly Field, San Antonio.

Notes:

  • Benjamin Franklin Hand, Jr.
  • May 18, 1919 - Mar 13, 1967
  • Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
  • h/o Cora Nell (Spillars) Hand; s/o Benjamin Franklin Hand & Myrtia (McCallister) Hand

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HANKS, HAMP H., JR.
Cpl. Hamp H. Hanks, Jr., son of H. H. Hanks, Powell graduate of Corsicana High School.  Attended New Mexico M. I.  Entered service, 1943, training in the Marines at San Diego, Calif.  Served in Hawaii, Wake, Guam, and now with the 2nd Tank Bn. 2nd Marine Division in Pacific Theater.

Notes:

  • Hamp Hansford Hanks, Jr.
  • Aug 6, 1925 - Apr 11, 2007
  • Obituary
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
  • h/o Helen Jacqueline (James) Hanks
HANNA, JAMES B.
Pfc. James B. Hanna, son of Mrs. Hanna, Purdon, Wife, the former Mattie B. Hamel.  Attended Purdon School.  Entered service, 1944, training at Camp Maxey, Tex.  Served in Germany, France, Belgium.  Now on duty in France.

Notes:

  • James Bedford Hanna, Sr.
  • Jan 4, 1913 - May 6, 1969
  • New Pursley Cemetery, Pursley, Navarro Co., TX
  • h/o Juianita (Frost) Trull; s/o William H. Hanna & Mary Minerva Jane (Scott) Hanna
HANSON, KENNETH F.
Kenneth F. Hanson, son of Mrs. Odis Burns, Dallas, and the late J. L. Hanson.  Attended Corsicana Schools.  Entered service in 1944, training with the Merchant Marines at St. Petersburg, Fla., and in Va. Served in Australia and is now in Philippines.

Notes:

  • Kenneth Frank Hanson
  • Mar 30, 1928 - May 3, 1997
  • Obituary
  • s/o Jesse Leander Hanson & Violet Meredith (Fitzgerald) Hanson-Burns [both at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery]
  • Step son of Odis Elmo Burns - (1906 - 1965)
  • Kenneth is buried in the Alex Yarbrough Cemetery, Cumberland Heights, Montgomery Co., TN
  • Obit of his daughter
HARDIN, J. C.
Pfc. J. C. Hardin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hardin, attended School at Pursley.  Entered the Army in 1943, training at Camp Howze and Ft. Sam Houston.  Served in Africa, and Italy, where he is now on duty.  Has Combat Inf. Badge.

Notes:

  • J. C. Hardin
  • also listed as "Charley Joe"
  • Nov 24, 1922 - May 27, 1980
  • New Pursley Cemetery, Navarro Co., TX
  • 1st wife Dorothy Mae (Robinson) Hardin 2nd wife Esther M. (Wilson) Hardin
  • s/o John Thomas "Tom" Hardin & Lena May (Reamy) Hardin
HARDIN, JAMES B.
S/Sgt. James B. Hardin, son of Mrs. M. C. Hardin, Corsicana.  Wife, the former Florence Caskey.  Attended Richland Schools.  Entered service, 1942.  Trained with the Army Field Artillery at Camp Adair, Oregon.  Received honorable discharge, 1943.

Notes:

  • James Benjamin Hardin, Jr.
  • May 6, 1919 - Mar 20, 1989
  • Obituary
  • Resthaven Memorial Park, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
  • s/o James Benjamin Hardin & Minnie Catherine (Temple) Hardin
 
HARDIN, JAMES O.
Pvt. James O. Hardin, son of Mrs. L. E. Garner, Kerens.  Wife, the former Ozella Crowder.  Attended school at Richland.  Entered the Marines July, 1944 training at San Diego, Calif.  Discharged in Oct., 1944.

Notes:

HARDIN, OBERT T.
Pfc. Obert T. Hardin, son of Mrs. M. C. Hardin, Richland.  Wife, the former Jewel Dowd.  Entered service, 1942, training with the Signal Corps at Camp Wolters and Honolulu.  Served in Marianas, Marshall Islands and on Saipan.  Has Bronze Star.
HARDY, OLIN RAY
S 1/C Olin Ray Hardy, son of B. E. Hardy, formerly of Dawson.  Graduate of Dawson Schools.  Entered service, 1944.  Trained in the Navy at San Diego and served in Pacific.  Now on duty aboard USS LST 486.

Notes:

  • Headstone has "Ray O. Hardy"
  • April 30, 1927 - July 18, 1999
  • Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
  • Plot: Friends, Blk 46, Lot 89, Sp 8
  • s/o Burty Elmer Hardy & Lorine Berry Hardy-Prater (bur at Dawson Cemetery)
  • h/o Wanda M. Hardy
HARDY, EDMON L.
Cpl. Edmond L. Hardy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett L. Hardy, attended Union High School.  Entered service, 1942, training in the Army at Camp Wolters.  Served in N. Africa.  Sicily, Italy and Germany.  Captured by Germans and held prisoner for 25 months.  Released April 22, 1945.  has ETO Ribbon with Battle Stars and Arrowhead.  Now on furlough for reassignment.

Notes:

  • Edmon Lamar "E L" Hardy
  • Aug 8, 1916 - Aug 4, 2008
  • Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
  • h/o Phyllis Lamoyne (Highley) Hardy; s/o Emmett Lamar Hard & Bettie Allie (Perteet) Hardy
HARGROVE, JOHN W.
T/5 John W. Hargrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hargrove. Wife, the former Mary Evelyn England.  Attended Blooming Grove Schools.  Entered service, 1942.  Trained with the Army at Camp Wolters, San Diego and Seattle, Wash.  Now enroute to Pacific.

Notes:

  • John Wesley Hargrove
  • Jan 16, 1922 - Jun 5, 2001
  • Obituary
  • Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington
  • Section: 93, Block: 34
  • s/o James Franklin Hargrove & Maudie Lee (Yates) Hargrove
  • h/o Beulah Faye (Wright) Hargrove

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