CEMETERY: San Juan Veterans; San Juan Co., Utah submitted by Hugh & Mary S. Gailey ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm *********************************************************************** ROOTED IN SAN JUAN Copyright 1995 By Toni Richard Turk, Accredited Genealogist Permission granted by Toni Richard Turk to add the book to USGenWeb Archives (tm) San Juan Veterans Special recognition is given to the veterans buried in San Juan County. Their service and sacrifice have contributed to the freedoms we enjoy.Therefore, it seems appropriate to honor them by recognition of their roll in the various arm forces and law enforcement agencies. The designation KIA stands for Killed in Action. PH indicates Purple Heart. OLC refers to an Oak Leaf Cluster for and additional wound. Fifteen veterans buried in San Juan County had been identified as killed in action. An additonal ten have been identified that were wounded in action. All the major ethnicities of the county are represented, i.e. Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American. Also five women veterans had been identified. These are highlighted where enumerated. racketed two letter codes refer San Juan County burial [AA] = Aneth Area [AC] = Allen Canyon [BA] = Bluff Area [BF] = Bluff [BG] = Blanding [CM] = Cajon Mesa [CP] = Cedar Point [HA] = Hatch Area [HR] = Hole'n The Rock [HT] = Home of Truth [HV] = Holly's Village [IA] = Ismay Area [IS] = Isolated [LS] = La Sal [MA] = Monument Valley Area [MC] = Montezuma Creek Area [MM] = McCracken Mesa [MO] = Monticello [MR] = Moonlight Wash [MV] = Monument Valley [NL] = Navajo Long Wash [PC] = Phillips’Camp Area [PM] = Piute Mesa [RM] = Red Mesa Area [SC] = St. Christopher’s [SR] = Sunrise [UR] = Urado [VE] = Verdure [WM] = White Mesa Village [WW] = Westwater UNITED STATES ARMY MORMON BATTALION Roswell STEVENS (Pvt) [BF] WAR BETWEEN THE STATES [CIVL WAR] UNION ARMY Joseph Alexander DUCKETT [IS] UNITED STATES NAVY (POST CIVIL WAR) John E. (Jack) KEENAN [BF] INDIAN WARS NATIVE AMERICANS Piute POSEY KIA [IS] OTHER AMERICANS William Morley BLACK [BG] John Atlantic BURR [MO] Christian Lyngaa (Lingo) CHRISTENSEN [MO] Jimmy HIGGINSON KIA [IS] Elizabeth WILCOX [BG] _____ WORTHINGTON (Scout) KIA [IS] SPANISH AMERICAN WAR UNITED STATES ARMY Frank H. KARNELL (Pvt) [BF] UNITED STATES NAVY William Robert DODGE [BG] PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION UNITED STATES NAVY Frederick (Fred) SCHECKLER [MO] WORLD WAR I AND POST WORLD WAR I CANADIAN ARMY William Henry BAILEY [MO] INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS Mary E. CAMERON (Nurse) [HT] UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS Levi F. PETERSON (Pvt) KIA [MO] UNITED STATES NAVY 1. George BRADFORD (FI) [MO] 2. Reno Tanner HANSEN (MM1) [MO] 3. Frank Charles HOERNKE, Jr. (HA1) [MT] 4. William Cody HUFFMAN (WT) [MT] 5. Edd MOYE (Sea) [BG] 6. Fredrick (Fred) SHECKLER [MO] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. George Albert ADAMS, Jr. (Pvt) [MO] 2. Lloyd ADAMS [BG] 3. Melvin Jens ADAMS [BG] 4. Glen Carlton BAILEY (Pvt) [BG] 5. Ralph Arthur BAILEY (Pvt) [MO] 6. Duffie Leland (Duff) BEESON (Pvt) [MO] 7. David John BLACK [BG] 8. Harold Willard BUTT (Pvt) [BG] 9. Ray CHRISTENSEN (Pvt) [MO] 10. Melvin Powell GALBRAITH (Wagoner)KIA [BG] 11. Harry GOULDING [IS] 12. William Morley GUYMON [BG] 13. Charles Ronald HARVEY (PFC) [BG] 14. Charles Kenneth HELQUIST [BG] 15. James Ira HINES (PFC) [UR] 16. Arthur Clingman HOLT (PFC) [MT] 17. William Henry HUFFMAN (Pvt) [MT] 18. Guy Randolph HURST [BG] 19. Philip HURST [BG] 20. Ralph HURST [BG] 21. Ray Lynn HYDE [MO] 22. John Alfred (Jonnie) JOHNSON [BF] 23. Roy Washington (NORTHERN) JOHNSON (Pvt) [BG] 24. Leland Henry JONES [BG] 25. Franklin Chase KNOX (Pvt) [IS] 26. Marvin Finlinson LYMAN (Cpl) [BG] 27. Juan Y. MADRID (Pvt) [MO] 28. Dean Cassius MONTGOMERY (Pvt) [BG] 29. William Ernest (Billy) MOURER (Cpl) [MT] 30. Henry Eugene PETERSON (Pvt) [BG] 31. Lorenzo Stowell PETERSON [BG] 32. Amasa Jay REDD [MO] 33. Benjamin Franklin REDD, Jr. (Pvt) [BG] 34. Leland Wayne REDD [BG] 35. James Homer ROGERS (Pvt) [MT] 36. Claude Sylvester ROWLEY (PFC) [BG] 37. Aldeberto Matteo (Albert) SEMADENI [CP] 38. Arah E. SHUMWAY [BG] 39. Harris SHUMWAY (Pvt) [BG] 40. Seth SHUMWAY PH [BG] 41. Joseph William SMITH [BG] 42. Mons Larson SMITH [MO] 43. Jesse Loranzo R. WALKER [BG] 44. Guy Spencer WASHBURN (Pvt) [BG] 45. Alfred Earl WRIGHT *(PFC) *aka Fred STARR [BF] POST-WORLD WAR I UNITED STATES ARMY 1. James Douglas FOSTER (Sgt) [BG] 2. Charles Ralph MILLER [MO] WORLD WAR II BRANCH OF SERVICE AND RANK TO BE DETERMINED 1. Bill Richard BEGAY [BG] 2. Dorman Helquist (Duke) BLACK [BG] 3. William Lunt BLACK [BG] 4. Aroe Guymon BROWN [BG] 5. Willard Harold (Dick) BUTT [BG] 6. Floyd W. DALTON [MO] 7. George B. HARRISON [BG] 8. Jim HATATHLEY [CM] 9. Lorenzo (Loren) HAWKINS [BG] 10. Rulond Emery HUNT [BG] 11. Wendell Palmer (Spin) JONES [BG] 12. Thomas Edward (Brush) KEELE [BG] 13. Chester Wayne LEESON [MO] 14. Stanley Hawkins (Bud) MARTINEAU [BG] 15. Uriah Albert NIELSON, Jr. [BF] 16. Felipe ORTIZ [MO] 17. Richard Hyde PEHRSON [MO] 18. Phillip POSEY [BG] 19. Nicomedes J. (Nick) TORRES [MO] 20. Glen Erskine WILKIN [MO] 21. Alma Lewis (Jake) YOUNG [MO] 22. Harold Francis YOUNG [BG] NATIONAL GUARD 1. Lester Robert HELLMUND [BG] 2. Paul NEBEKER [IS] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. Luke Ramon AHTSOSIE (PFC) [HV] 2. Evan Hewitt BARTON [MT] 3. Leland Verl BEESON (Pvt) [MO] 4. Al BLACK [SR] 5. Edward Leo CHRISTENSEN (Sgt) [HR] 6. Edwin Neal CHRISTENSEN (Tec4) [MO] 7. Ross E. CODNER (PFC) [MT] 8. Wallace Richard COLEMAN (PFC) [MO] 9. Clarence Willard CRAPO (S/Sgt) [MT] 10. Robert Richard DAVIS [BG] 11. Ronald Charles DAVIS [BG] 12. John Milton DUCKETT (Pvt) [MO] 13. Lloyd Baxter DUCKETT (Pvt) PH [MO] 14. William Laterner EICHENBERGER PH [BG] 15. Joe GARCIA (Tec5) PH [MO} 16. Juan N. (John) GARCIA (PFC) [MO] 17. Jesse Morris GROVER [BG] 18. Jed Elwyn HARRIS (Pvt) KIA [BG] 19. Martin HARRIS [MW] 20. Evans HOLLY (PFC) [HV] 21. Benjamin Knowlton HESS [MO] 22. Robert Asa (Ace) HOLDEN [MO] 23. Karl Lloyd HUNT (T/Sgt) KIA [BG] 24. Lyle Eugene HYDE (Cpl) [MO] 25. Amasa Lyman JONES III (PFC) KIA [BG] 26. Keith Clifford JONES [BG] 27. Harry Boyd LAWS [BG] 28. Alvin Lester LEWIS (Tec4) [MO] 29. Warren A. LEWIS (Pvt) [MO] 30. Fermin Gasper LOPEZ (PFC) PH & OLC [MO] 31. Almon Perkins LYMAN (PFC) [BG] 32. Edward Robison LYMAN (Pvt) [BG] 33. George Finlinson LYMAN (PFC) [BG] 34. LaVar Black (Teek) LYMAN [BG] 35. Gilbert Joe MADRID (PFC) PH [MO] 36. Joseph Ray (Joe) MADRID (PFC) [MO] 37. Alma Robert (Bob) MANGUM (Sgt) KIA [BG] 38. Susano MANZANARES (PFC) [MO] 39. Rogelio Julian MARTINEZ (PFC) [MO] 40. Alfred Draper MILLER, Jr. [MO] 41. Bobbie Russell (Bob) MILLER (Cpl) [MT] 42. Raymond Alban MUNSON (Sgt) [MO] 43. John Rudolph NAZER (S/Sgt) [BG] 44. Allen Kay NEAL (PFC) [BG] 45. Paul NEBEKER [IS] 46. Lloyd A. NIELSON (Sgt) [BF] 47. Wayne Harry ORR (Tec5) [MO 48. Larkin Jule OVERTON (Pvt) [MO] 49. Glen Alvin (Trapper) PALMER [BG] 50. Junius Evan PEHRSON [MO] 51. Carl Bayles PERKINS (Tec4) [BG] 52. Raymond Lantz PHILLIPS [BG] 53. John Calvin PIPKIN [MO] 54. Ancil Elliott REDD (Sgt) [BG] 55. John BeMar REDD [BG] 56. Lemuel Burton REDD, Jr. (Col) [BG] 57. Rae REDD (Nurse) [MO] 58. Ralph Gordon ROBSON (Capt) PH [MO] 59. Louis Patrick SHANNON (Tec5) [BG] 60. Harry Lee STURGEON PH [MO] 61. Edgar L. TROLLIINGER (Cpl) [MO] 62. Juan Andres VALDEZ [MO] 63. Jose Abedone VELARDE (PFC) [MO] 64. Frank Tony VIGIL (PFC) [MO] 65. Pablo R. (Paul) VIGIL (PFC) [MO] 66. John A. VITULLO (Pvt) [BG] 67. Francis WARREN (Pvt) [SC] 68. Boyd Benjamin WILSON (Pvt) [MO] 69. Erman Dewayne WOOD [BG] 70. Earl Nathan WRIGHT [BG] UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE 1. Edward Steven BOYLE, Jr. (S/Sgt) [MO} 2. George Waldermar ENDTER [MO] 3. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) HALLER (T/Sgt) [MO] 4. Frank Samuels HALL (Aviation Cadet) [BF] 5. Keith Johnson HARVEY (Cpl) [BG] 6. James Elmer HUNT (T/Sgt) [BG] 7. Epifanio (Pete) LOPEZ (Cpl) [MO] 8. Howard Buster NIELSON [MO] 9. Horace Earl PEHRSON [MO] 10. Kermit Warren PHILLIPS (Sgt) [BG] 11. Keith Burns REDD [MO] 12. Bert Alton Warren (Pvt) [MO] 13. LaVell Berk WASHBURN [BG] UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 1. Hernando LOPEZ (SM1) [MO] UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1. Bradley B. BLAIR (Sgt) [MV] 2. J. T. PATTERSON (Cpl) [BG] 3. Lamuel William (Bill) REDD (Cpl) [MO] 4. Woodrow Wilson SIMPSON PH [BG] 5. Karl Clayton WOOD [MO] UNITED STATES NAVY 1. William (Bill) ACTON [IS] 2. Arthur William ADAIR (MOMM2) [BG] 3. William Richard ARTHUR (S2) [BF] 4. Rex Ethelbert BARTON (Sea1C) [MO] 5. Oley P. BLACK [BG] 6. Lee Lavern BRADY [MT] 7. Charley Black CARROLL (S2) [BG] 8. Bruce H. FROST [MO] 9. Albert Ray HASKINS [IS] 10. Robert Edward HILL (HM1) [MV] 11. Lyle Northern JOHNSON [BG] 12. Barton Finlinson LYMAN [BG] 13. Graydon LeRoy (Grady) Martin [MO] 14. Emma Mae MATHEWS (R. N.) [IS] 15. Doris Gordon REDD [BG] 16. Parley Vincent (Bint) REDD (LtCmdr) [BG] 17. Fredrick (Fred) SHECKLER (CEM) [MO] 18. Walter Berdett Shumway [BG] 19. Willard Leo (Bill) WINEY, Jr. (PM) [MO] 20. Richard Eri WOODBURY (M1) [BF] KOREA UNITED STATES AIRFORCE 1. Lila Lou (Skip) _____(A1C) [MO] 2. Reid William JONES [BG] 3. Robert Ashton JONES [BG] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. Charles Ray BROWN (T/Sgt) [BG] 2. Richard Day DICKERMAN [MO] 3. Wilber Jesse EUBANKS [BG] 4. Maurice John (Buck) HELQUIST [BG] 5. Richard Leroy HOLYOAK, Jr. [MO] 6. Gene Thomas LANGSTON (PFC) [MO] 7. Francis Marvin LYMAN [BG] 8. William Paul Martin MCPHERSON (PFC) [BG] 9. Donald E. MURRIN (SP3) [UR] 10. Lemuel Burton REDD (Col) [BG] UNITED STATES NAVY 1. Robert Edward HILL (HM1) [MV] 2. Robert William (Bob) PHILLIPS [MO] 3. Daniel (Dan) SHOEMAKER, Jr. [MO] 4. John Peter STEELE (AD3) [MO] COLD WAR UNITED STATES AIRFORCE 1. Keith H. CARROLL (AB) [BG] 2. Rodney HAYCOCK (AB) [MV] 3. Kerry Glen (Tim) SHUMWAY [BG] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. Claude Randolph BEGAY [BG] 2. Oren Ramon BLACK [BG] 3. Rudolph (Rudy) COOK [IS] 4. Randy C. HENDRIX (SP5) [UR] 5. Francis Clyde JONES (Cpl) [BG] 6. Sam KEITH (PFC) [BG] 7. Randolph Montano ( Randy) REDDYE [MO] 8. James Wallace SALLEE (SP4) [IS] UNITED STATES NAVY 1. John Durrant PEREA (EM3) [MO] 2. Keith Edwin TAYLOR [MO] 3. Steve Aaron WILCOX [BG] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. Franklyn Randolph BENALLY (Lance Cpl) [BG] 2. David Keith GUYMON [BG] 3. Richard Shane JOHNSON [MO] 4. Marcus Brian MCKENZIE* (Lance Cpl) *aka Dennis Peter CRANK [MV] 5. Roy Lee STANLEY [MV] VIETNAM UNITED STATES AIRFORCE 1. Terry Lee HAVENS [BF] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. Joseph R. BEGAY (Sp4) [BG] 2. David H. BENALLY(Cpl) [WM] 3. Harrison BLACK (Sp4) [BG] 4. Dick Hooten CHRISTENSEN(PFC) KIA [HR] 5. Michael Terry (Mike) HURST [BG] 6. Herbert Robert JOHNSON (Sgt) [BG] 7. Steven Tom KEITH [BG] 8. Lyle Clint PALMER (Sp5) KIA [BG] 9. Raymond POSEY (Pvt) [BG] 10. Curtis Harold RANSDELL (Sgt) KIA [MO] 11. Lemuel Burton REDD, Jr. (Col) [BG] 12. Jimmie Charles SCROGUM (Sgt) KIA [MO] 13. Johnny Jones SINGER (Sp4) [BG] 14. Rex Jones SINGER (Sp4) [BG] 15. Don Percy STEELE (SFC) PH [MO] 16. Henry TINHORN (PFC) [BG] UNITED STATES ARMY 1. James Grant GARDNER (Cpl) [MO] 2. Ralph Danny GOODMAN (R.N.) [MO] 3. Ernest (Ernie) SALAZAR (Pvt) [MO] UNITED STATES NAVY 1. K. R. MOURER [MT] UNKNOWN MILITARY SERVICE 1. ____ JACKSON (Col.) [MO]