Hampshire Co. WV
                           

The wars of the 20th century are well documented, and a few veterans of
even the first of them are still with us. These men from Hampshire County
are memorialized on a plaque on the statue of a Doughboy which stands in
front of the Courthouse as having died in that conflict:

   * Lt. Robert W. Gilkeson
   * Corp. James Cleveland Lee
   * Corp. Joshua Davis Slonaker
   * John Frederick Abe
   * Arthur C. Bean
   * Edward Leslie Brown
   * Thomas F. Ewers
   * Ferman Lee Fultz
   * Jesse Jones Haines
   * Harry Myron Jackson
   * Harry Guy Leith
   * Joseph W. Leith
   * Arthur Sylvester Nelson
   * Ova Truman Parrill
   * Charles Albert Poland
   * James Rodney Power
   * Marshall Pultz
   * Carter Carson Racey
   * Herman Herbert Racey
   * Elza Mayo Saville
   * Roy Sylvester Shanholtzer
   * Willis Richard Shoemaker
   * William Bryan Swisher
   * Foreman Francis Taylor
   * Edgar Tripplett
   * Charles C. Wolford.

There are plaques in the hallway of the County Courthouse listing those who
served in World War Two, Korea and Vietnam. Those who gave their life are
noted in Gold.

Hampshire County researcher Robert B. Wolford provided this list of Gold
Star names from World War II:

   * Willard Alkire
   * Edward W. Allender
   * Eston W. Ayers
   * Harley R. Bohrer
   * Ervin Boyer
   * Lester W. Boyer
   * Cecil A. Carder
   * Donald M. Cookman
   * Garland B. Combs
   * Russell Cox
   * Hilton L. Davey
   * Sterling Davis
   * William C. Doman
   * Russell Duckworth
   * John B. Durst
   * Wallace C. Grapes
   * Marvin L. Graham
   * Denzil T. Haines
   * Harry F. Haines
   * Paul P. Harmison
   * Harold Keister
   * William F. Kuykendall
   * William A. Largent
   * James W. Maphis
   * Maurice O. Michael
   * Jesse A. Miller
   * Helzel McBride
   * Junius Newhouse
   * Roy J. Oats
   * Virgil V. Parks
   * William F. Pownall
   * Clifton R. Ricewick
   * Carl Rinker
   * Harry Rinker
   * Oscar Rowzee, Jr.
   * Oliver C. Saville
   * William Flourney Shank
   * William Shumaker
   * James O. Simon
   * Theodore R. Smith
   * Garland E. Sulser
   * Jack Sword
   * James I. Taylor
   * Kenneth M. Taylor
   * Eugene W. Tharp
   * Millard Timbrook
   * James Walker
   * Charles T. Whiteman

Those Hampshire Countians who died in Korea include:

   * Clyde D. Carder
   * Paul V. Carder
   * Floyd A. Whiteman

Those who died in Viet Nam include:

   * Joseph L. Carder
   * Glen V. Davis
   * John B. Durst
   * William A. Largent
   * Robert Loy
   * Dennis E. McDonald
   * Rex M. Sherman
   * Floyd L. Steward

The names from World War I, Korea and Viet Nam were provided by M. Daniel
Singhal.