WORLD WAR I HEROES of Vernon Parish

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Submitted by Houston Tracy, Jr.         
E-Mail Address: TreSearch3@aol.com

Extracted from the newspaper, The Leesville Leader, published 30 April 1931

A bronze tablet to be displayed in a monument to be erected in the State
Capitol, will list the Vernon Parish men, who died in service to their
country during the World War.  (NOTE:  The Great War, did not have a number behind it,
until the 2nd World War erupted.)

Shows the men's names and place of residence in Vernon Parish.

George Leroy Austin, Pickering
Cas Bond, Staples
John Brewer, Simpson
John T. Cain, Leesville
Charles Cole, Cravens
Oscar Cooley, Hicks
David C. Dempsey, Barham
Jim Denison, Pickering
Daniel W. Dixon, Anacoco
Herbert L. Droddy, Leesville
Edmond A. Free, Leesville
George R. Harper, Walnut Hill
James Haymon, Fullerton
William L. Hillman, Bolton
Arthur D. Jackson, Leesville
Allen Keel, Pinewood
Solon F. McMillan, Farwell
Willie Parker, Farwell
Daniel M. Smith, Hicks
James Daniel Smith, Hicks
Marion J. Smith, Leesville
Kirby J. Stephens, Burr Ferry
Thomas W. Stephens, Bolton
Thomas W. Stephens, Leesville
George Washington Trull, Leesville
Lee A. Walker, Leesville
James L. Welch, Simpson