Veterans Listings for: VETERANS LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISH, LA. Surname U Last Modified and submitted: 25 Jul 2013 by Christine “Chris” Tidwell "CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH:" 30 Jun 2013 Source: Much of the information contained in this Veterans file was researched, Processed, and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle. In order to assure that the Veterans table that was being maintained on the La Societe des Cajuns Society website will continue to be available to users, it has been converted to a format that can be displayed on the GenWeb Archives sites for Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish by Christine Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle, with additional update information having been added by them and will be updated periodically. Please refer to the biographical section http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/biograph.htm for a short tribute to three men who had a desire to preserve and make available to those who follow, information about the history and life in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm ============================================================================= Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings. South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books) Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books) South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books) Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources) Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources) U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources) Find a Grave (internet) They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet) ============================================================================= Notes: Layout of file consists of the following information Line 1 – veterans name Line 2 & 3 is the veterans birth and death date. (if *** is found in lines 2 & 3 means that the date is unknown.) Line 4 – is the rank, type of military and unit Line 5 – is the cemetery if known. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete. ============================================================================= Different Wars and time periods: 1. 1900-1902 The Philippine Insurrection (aka Philippine War it really was an INSURRECTION as the Philippines were uprising against its new US rulers). 2. WWI (1917 for the US-1918). 3. WWII (1941-1945). 4. Korean War (1950-1953). 5. Vietnam War (1961-1975). 6. Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada-1983). 7. Operation Just Cause (Panama-1989). 8. Operation Desert Storm (Iraq-Jan/Feb 1991). 9. Operation Restore Hope (Somalia 1992/1993). 10. Operations in Bosnia (1995- ?). 11. Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2001- ) 12. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq 2003- ) ============================================================================= Military Ranks: Refer to http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/index.asp Abbreviations: http://www.spanamwar.com/genealogy5abbrev.htm *** or (blank) = information not available ============================================================================= Note: Female Veterans if they are/were married their married name appears at the end of the Veterans name in ( ). Veterans surname will always appear first unless not given then the given name will be used. ============================================================================= Uhlich, Jared K. *** *** Fireman US Navy Lafourche Parish __________________________________________________________________ Unbehagen, Phillip Eugene Jr. 1924 30 May 1987, age 63 WW II Garden of Memories – Gray __________________________________________________________________ Unbehagen, Wade B. *** *** CPL US Marines Terrebonne Parish __________________________________________________________________ Use, Charles 5 Feb 1896 25 Jun 1985 CPL US Army WW I St. Mary – Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Use, Mervin J. 15 Jan 1923 19 Nov 1977 WW II St. Francis de Sales No. 1 – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Use, Rudy John Sr. 12 Feb 1935 14 Aug 2005 AC3 US Air Force Rogers Cemetery - Houma __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Charles J. 11 Nov 1921 30 Oct 2004 SSGT US Army Air Forces WW II St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Donald J. 23 Apr 1943 5 Oct 1999 SP4 US Army St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Ivy Phillip 11 Feb 1947 24 Apr 2011 BU2 US Navy Vietnam St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Scuddy P. 5 Dec 1912 18 Mar 1966 PFC US WW II Co. G 179th Inf. – BSM & Purple Heart St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Sidney J. 1896 22 Jan 1922 Pvt US 347th Inf. 87th Div. St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Sidney J. ‘Bick’ Sr. 12 May 1925 1 Jun 2000 TEC5 US Army WW II St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Usey, Sylvester “Syl” E. 20 Jun 1915 12 Mar 2006 US Marines Lakelawn Cemetery – Metairie Native and resident of Schriever __________________________________________________________________ Usie, Elias J. “E.J.” “T-Boy” 2 Nov 1933 13 Apr 1999 SN US Navy St. Ann Cemetery – Bourg __________________________________________________________________ Usie, Euia J. Jr. 9 Oct 1928 2 Jul 1980 SN US Navy WW II St. Francis de Sales No. 2 – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Usie, Oscar Anthony Sr. 1935 16 Dec 2012 US Air Force Korean Conflict Grace Christian Memorial Gardens - Terrebonne Parish __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Arthur *** *** CSA Co. C La. Heavy Artillery Holy Savior - Lockport __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Clarence A. 25 Mar 1918 6 Jun 1944 SSgt US WW II Eng. Holy Savior - Lockport __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Ira J. 29 Feb 1920 11 May 1968 TSGT US WW II 34th MECZ CAV RECON Sqd St. Mary - Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Larry M. 15 Feb 1917 16 May 2001 US Army WW II St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Melvin Joseph 15 Oct 1932 30 Nov 2003 US Army Korean St. Mary – Raceland Note: he was a French Interpreter __________________________________________________________________ Uzee, Willie Paul “Poockie” 9 Aug 1936 6 May 2008 SP4 US Army St. Mary – Raceland __________________________________________________________________