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Military Service Personnel Who Died During War
ROLL OF HONOR:
BERTIE COUNTY’S MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL
WHO DIED DURING THE NATION’S WARS 

Compiled by 
Gerald W. Thomas
(2018)

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can
never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never
forget their sacrifices."
President Harry S. Truman

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for
those individuals who have died in military service of the United States.
Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor the country’s
military dead. Gen. John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, officially proclaimed by his General Orders No. 11 (May 5, 1868) that
“The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers,
or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their
country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every
city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land.” The date of Decoration Day was
chosen because it was not the anniversary of any particular battle during the
Civil War.1
New York was the first state to officially recognize the holiday (1873). By 1890
the day of remembrance was recognized by all of the Northern states, but the
South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their Confederate dead on
separate days. After World War I the holiday was changed from honoring just
those who died in the service of the United States during the Civil War to
honoring Americans who died in any war. Memorial Day is now observed in every
state on the last Monday in May pursuant to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of
1971 (Public Law 90 – 363).2
	Throughout the history of the United States, Bertie County residents have
served in the nation’s military forces during every war. Hundreds of Bertie
County’s sons and daughters departed their beloved homes, leaving family and
friends to risk their lives for the country. More than 265 service members from
the county have died during wartime from the Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783)
through the Iraq War (2003-2011). The following list includes the names of
individuals who were killed in action, died of wounds received in combat, were
last reported as missing in action and thereafter never accounted for by
military authorities, died as prisoners of war, and died of non-battle causes.
No county citizens have died during the current war in Afghanistan.3 Due to lost
and destroyed records for certain conflicts and limitations in some extant
records, unfortunately the compiled list does not contain the name of every
Bertie County resident who died during wartime.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783)
NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL LINE
1ST NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Corbet, James
Dundelow, Hugh
Modlin, Ezekiel
Wharton, James
Wren, William
2ND NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Cobb, Henry
Fryar, Josiah
Murter, John
Pearce, Hardy
3RD NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT (SECOND ORGANIZATION)
Britt, Arthur
Butler, James
Cooper, Nathaniel
Doddriel, James
Gregory, Robert
Hubbard, James
James, David
Skinner, Thomas
Skinner, William
Sorrell, Thomas
Vann, Nathan
Wharton, Jacob
White, Burrell
Woodward, Caleb
4TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Pollock, Jacob
Donnally, John
Hale, Samuel
Whitmell, Thomas West
5TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Broadwell, David 
Cooper, Jeremiah
Dempsey, Squire
Green, John
Hedgpeth, Moses
Hicks, John
Holmes, Shadrack
Hubbard, Warburton
McGlaughon, Jeremiah
Pearce, Thomas
Sholar, Isaac
Williams, Thomas
6TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Hudson, Thomas
7TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Bennett, James
Cale, Amos
Conner, Jacob
Conner, William
Cooper, John
Cooper, Josiah
Keel, Hardy
Luton, Lemuel
Oden, Robert
Ray, Stephen
Seals, John
Todd, Ephraim
Todd, James
Todd, Thomas
Todd, William
White, James
10TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
Conner, John
MISCELLANEOUS (NO REGIMENT IDENTIFIED)
Cale, Rice
Leigh, Lewis
White, Paul

BERTIE COUNTY MINUTEMEN AND MILITIA 
Jacocks, Charles Worth
Perry, Lewis

WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815)
NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA (DETACHED)
1ST REGIMENT (McDONALD’S) NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA 
Baker, Benjamin
Boyce, John
Brown, William
Butler, Silas
Clark, Kenneth
Driver, Bowen
Gillam, Miles
Harrell, Joshua
Howell, Stephen
Mitchell, George
Mizell, James
Mizell, Timothy
Sholars, Cullen
Smithwick, Luke
Sowell, Jethro
Watson, John
Wilkes, Kinchen

UNITED STATES ARMY
7TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES INFANTRY
Dempsey, John
10TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES INFANTRY
Garrett, Caleb
20TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES INFANTRY
Hunter, Hardy
35TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES INFANTRY
Baker, Whitmel
Brogden, George
Capps, Horatio
Simons, Arthur C.
Ward, Jasper

CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)
UNITED STATES ARMY
1ST REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA UNION VOLUNTERS
Castellow, George D.
Hobbs, Charleton
Hoggard, George T.
Minton, James M.
Minton, Thomas J.
Mizell, Jeremiah
Mizell, John T.
Mizell, Zeddock M.
Morris, Andrew
Morris, Lawrence
Simmons, William H. 
Todd, Doctrin E.
White, George N.
2ND REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA UNION VOLUNTEERS
Bowen, William E.
Butler, John
Butler, Worley
Byrum, Hardy L.
Cale, John T.
Capehart, Richard E.
Castellow, Starkey
Cobb, John A.
Cobb, Samuel
Cofield, George
Conner, Abner P.
Cowand, Alfred E.
Cullipher, Jackson
Cullipher, James
Cullipher, John W.
Cullipher, William E.
Cullipher, William T.
Davis, Henry C.
Davis, Jonathan Taylor
Dempsey, John H.
Dempsey, Joseph
Dundelow, John
Harrell, Asa T.
Harris, Thomas
Hobbs, Demitrius
Hoggard, Frazier
Hollomon, William B.
Hughes, Jacob E.
Jernigan, Alfred
Jernigan, Thomas Edward
Johnson, John Thomas
Johnson, Thomas
Keeter, Humphrey
Keeter, James L.
Keeter, Reuben L.
Lawrence, Jeremiah
Liecester, James A.
McDaniel, William
Miller, Henderson
Mitchell, Joseph D.
Mizell, Charney Gillam
Mizell, George
Mizell, Henry C.
Mizell, Henry T.
Phelps, James H.
Phelps, Joseph
Pritchard, Joseph J.
Ray, John T.
Razor, Gilford D.
Rice, Edward
Shaw, John
Stone, John Augustus
Thompson, James R.
Todd, Lewis
Todd, Samuel J.
Umphlett, Reddick
Ward, Shelton
White, Benjamin
White, George T.
White, Lorenzo
85TH REGIMENT NEW YORK INFANTRY
Rolack, John
2ND REGIMENT UNITED STATES COLORED CAVALRY
Askie, Blunt
Askie, Simon Holly, Dallas
West, Henry
35TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY
Askew, Daniel
Banks, Ceasar
Blunt, Andrew
Cherry, Noah
Long, Jerry
Rayner, Clark
Taylor, Simon
Wilson, Blunt
Winn, John
36TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY
Bember, Ephraim
Cherry, Elijah
Holly, Benjamin
Rolack, David
Taylor, Dorsey
Watson, Joseph
Wilson, Peter
37TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY
Askie, George
Askie, Murphree
Cherry, Alexander
Cherry, Freeman
Cooper, Rhoden
Douglas, Thomas
Evans, Webb
Freeman, Miles
Harmon, Henry
Horn, Henry
Miller, David
Newsome, Thomas
Powell, John
Ruffin, Peter
Taylor, Spencer
Todd, Slade
Watford, Alexander
White, Bryant
White, Watson
14TH REGIMENT UNITED STATES COLORED HEAVY ARTILLERY
Bazemore, Joseph
Beasley, Jesse
Clark, Carid
Lee, John
Measles, Haywood
Osburn, Friley
Pugh, Aaron
Rascoe, Joseph
Rascoe, Rhoden
Ruffin, George
Ruffin, John
Smallwood, Peter
Smith, Jordan
Smith, Randall
Thompson, Abraham (1st)
Thompson, Abraham (2nd)
Thompson, Eli
Thompson, James
Thompson, Neptune
Thompson, Samuel
Tyne, Jacob
White, Abram
Williams, Alfred
Wilson, Thomas

UNITED STATES NAVY	
USS Miami
Hoggard, William
USS Valley CITY
Wood, John
USS SOUTHFIELD
Unidentified sailor

WORLD WAR I (1917-1918)
UNITED STATES ARMY
119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Harrell, Roland
Hoggard, Joseph Wright
Tayloe, Jonathan Stanley
Walston, Leslie
365TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Williams, Frank
366TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Williams, Whittie
316TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Harrell, Wesley P.
Lee, Norman B.
532ND ENGINEERS REGIMENT
Coffield, Willie
321ST LABOR BATTALION
Ruffin, John Hardy
323RD LABOR BATTALION
Bazemore, Tommie
Jones, Leander
344TH LABOR BATTALION
Hyman, Alexander
Johnson, Cornelius
Williams, Frank
347TH LABOR BATTALION
Bond, Armstead
348TH LABOR BATTALION
Riddick, Whit D.
810TH PIONEER INFANTRY REGIMENT
Cotton, William
Mizell, Willie
155TH DEPOT BRIGADE
Bell, Jim
156TH DEPOT BRIGADE
Clark, Isaac
161ST DEPOT BRIGADE
Speller, Noah Cooper
MACHINE GUN TRAINING DETACHMENT, CAMP HANCOCK, GA.
Brinkley, Raymond Miles
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Speight, Lloyd Wood
MOTOR TRANSPORTATION CORPS
Houston, Leopold H.
UNITED STATES NAVY
NORFOLK, VA. NAVAL BASE
Tarkenton, Eric Lee

WORLD WAR II (1941-1945)
UNITED STATES ARMY
5TH ARMY
Pierce, Aubrey Spencer
7TH INFATNRY REGIMENT
Congleton, James Franklin Jr.
30TH INFANRY REGIMENT
Phelps, Asa Biggs Jr.
117TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Parker, Jimmie
Cowan, Cecil Vernon
169TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Young, Grover Cleveland Jr.
264TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Lawrence, Luther McBee
330TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Evans, Milton Elmo
337TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Daniels, George Stanley
368TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Roulhac, John Lee
370TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Wilson, Silas Edward
371ST INFANTRY REGIMENT
Spivey, Herman
385TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Evans, James Thurman
406TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Cherry, Edward Gray Jr.
20TH ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT
Dunning, Norman Shaw
Perry, Rodney S.
40TH ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT
Rose, Burnell Wayne
ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT (UNIDENTIFIED)
Flood, James G.
94TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
Britt, Oscar Woodrow
99TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
Cooke, Lee Eston
194TH GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT
Lassiter, Homer B.
70TH COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Smith, Andrew Cleveland
588TH ORDNANCE AMMUNITION COMPANY
Harris, Whitmon
5307TH COMPOSITE UNIT (PROVISIONAL)
Lassiter, Earl
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
Cherry, Lloyd Dail
TRANSPORTATION CORPS
Heckstall, Johnnie Rudolph
UNIDENTIFIED UNITS
Harrison, Arthur
Loren, Nathan
Nixon, Willis Ervin
Northcott, Joseph Andrew
Parker, Lawrence Outlaw
Pierce, Charlie Merton

ARMY AIR CORPS
73RD BOMBER WING
Phelps, Raleigh Eugene
28TH BOMBER SQUADRON
Leicester, Lloyd Tyler
Cobb, Kenneth Mills
68TH BOMBER SQUADRON
Spivey, Joseph Bryan Jr.
342ND BOMBER SQUADRON
Nelms, John Dorsey
548TH BOMBER SQUADRON
Butler, William Hildreth
565TH BOMBER SQUADRON
Cowan, Thomas Jefferson
71ST AIR SERVICE GROUP
Spivey, Lowell Burden
855TH ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION
Speller, Jerome Jr.
UNIDENTIFED UNIT
Hughes, Fred Day
Mitchell, Robert Judson Jr.
Parker, Douglas W.

UNITED STATES NAVY
FIGHTER TRAINING SQUADRON, SAN DIEGO
Spivey, James Thadius
USS EAGLE 56
Early, James Godsey
USS SWORDFISH
Grandy, William Penn

KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)
UNITED STATES ARMY
21st INFANTRY REGIMENT
Brooks, John Henry
29th INFANTRY REGIMENT
Miller, Darden D.
38th INFANTRY REGIMENT
Pierce, William M.
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
Outlaw, George M.

VIETNAM WAR (1955-1975)
UNITED STATES ARMY
25TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Walton, George Samuel
26TH ENGINEER BATTALION
Daniels, Richard Carlton
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
Jenkins, Roy Lee
173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE
Speller, James Ronald
119TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE
Rascoe, Willie Robert Jr.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Owens, Elwood, US Marine Corps
Rankins, Joseph McKinley, US Marine Corps

IRAQ WAR (2003-2011)
UNITED STATES ARMY
14th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Creighton, Shawn R.


NOTES
		
1. General Orders No. 11, Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington,
D.C., May 5, 1868, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, www.cem.va.gov/history/memdayorder.asp.

2. Public Law 90-363, An Act to provide for uniform annual observance of certain
legal public holidays on Mondays, and other purposes [known as the Uniform
Monday Holiday Act], Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., www.gpo.gov;
Memorial Day Exhibit, New York Hall of Governors,
https://hallofgovernors.ny.gov/generic/memorialdayexhibit.

3. The list of Bertie County’s war dead was compiled from Gerald W. Thomas,
Rebels and King’s Men: Bertie County in the Revolutionary War (Raleigh: North
Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History,
2013); Thomas, Destitute Patriots: Bertie County in the War of 1812 (Raleigh:
Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources,
2012); Thomas, Divided Allegiances: Bertie County during the Civil War (Raleigh:
Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural
Resources, 1996); Thomas, Bertie in Blue: Experiences of Bertie County’s Union
Servicemen during the Civil War (Plymouth: Beacon Printing, Inc., 1998); Thomas,
A Time to Serve: Bertie County during World War I (Raleigh: North Carolina
Office of Archives and History, 2017); Thomas, “Eternal Sacrifice: Bertie
County’s Military Service Personnel Who Were Killed  in Action, Died of Wounds,
or Died as Prisoners of War During World War II” (unpublished research paper),
2018; Thomas, “Bertie County’s Military Service Personnel Who Died of Non-Battle
Causes During World War II (unpublished research paper), 2018; Amelia Perry
(White), comp., Special Memories: Bertie County Natives of World War II,
1941-1945 (commonly known as Bertie County World War II Scrapbook), Albemarle
Regional Library, www.arlnc.org, U. S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean
War for Home-State-of- Record: North Carolina, https://www.archives.gov; U. S.
Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of- Record: North
Carolina, https://www.archives.gov; The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall-USA,
http://thewall-usa.com/info; North Carolina Iraq War Casualties,
www.vetfriends.com/memorial; and obituaries and accounts about Bertie County’s
war dead from various issues of the Bertie Ledger-Advance.

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