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J.P. Barricklow |
Arcola High School Graduated 1885 Service Spanish-American War 1898 Rank Captain |
Charles Davis |
Arcola High School Graduated 1887 Service Spanish-American War 1898 Rank 1st Lieutenant |
Elgie Skinner |
Arcola High School Graduated 1896 Service Spanish-American War 1898 Rank Musician |
Wilbur Cheney |
Arcola High School Graduated 1897 Service Spanish-American War 1898 Rank Private |
Ralph Gray |
Arcola High School Graduated 1912 Service World War I Engineer |
![]() William F. Haley 1895 - 1962 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1913 Service World War I Optical Unit |
![]() Glenn F. Smith 1 Aug 1894 - 11 Mar 1971 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1913 Service World War I Rank Corporal |
Clifford H. Stewart 23 Jun 1894 - 4 Mar 1995 |
Arcola High School 1908-1912 Service World War I Rank Private |
![]() Otto R. Twiford |
Arcola High School Graduated 1913 Service World War I 38th Aero Squadron Trained in San Antonio, TX Rank Corporal |
![]() Leslie P. Jeffers |
Arcola High School Graduated 1915 Service World War I Instructor |
![]() Alice C. Goggin 1905 - 1996 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1923 Service World War II - Nurse Corps serving in England and France Rank 2nd Lieutenant |
Pauline (Pfeifer) Allen |
Arcola High School Graduated 1924 Service Women’s Army Corp |
Glenn R. Black |
Arcola High School Graduated 1924 |
![]() John Wilson Ghere |
Arcola High School 1921-1922 Service Inducted 30 December 1943 1943-1945 806th Tank Destroyer Battalion Ft. Hood, TX Rank Private First Class Medals WW II Victory, Good Conduct, American Theater, Asia-Pacific Theater, Philippine Liberation |
Glen Spelman Winterringer 1906 - 1974 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1925 Rank Technical Sergeant |
![]() Virgil Roberts |
Arcola High School Graduated 1926 Service Inducted 21 May 1942 Camp Knox, KY Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Clifford E. Walker 14 Nov 1903 - 16 March 1973 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1926 Service World War II Rank Technician 5th Class |
![]() Dr. E. S. Allen 2 Sep 1908 - 31 Aug 1980 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1927 Service World War II Medical Corps, Ft. Sam Houston, TX Rank Captain |
![]() George Lins |
Arcola High School Graduated 1927 Service Army Air corps |
![]() Myrtle Laurene (Pullen) Lindstrom 4 April 1910 - 9 Feb 1993 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1928 Service World War II - 1943-1945 Joined Women’s Army Corps in February 1943 Camp Abbott, OR Served in Philippines, Australia, Luzon, New Guinea under General MacArthur Rank Staff Sergeant Medals Asia-Pacific, Philippine Liberation with Bronze Star, WAAC Service, Overseas Service, Good Conduct, Bronze Battle Stars (3) |
John O. Marsh 3 Jan 1910 - 4 Aug 1954 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1928 Service World War II - Europe Rank Sergeant Medals Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster Taken prisoner during the "Battle of the Bulge". Was already a hero before he left the states when he saved the lives of several soldiers after "springing a mine" in a foxhole at Camp Blanding, Florida. He was hospitalized several months with a concussion and a temporary paralysis. Captured by the Germans on 5 December 1944 and remained a Prisoner of War until 13 April 1945. He reported, "suffering mental and physical torture with his buddies, marching 800 miles in 45 days, living on a piece of bread and cup of coffee each 24 hours, and waiting for Red Cross packages - some of which they never received." |
![]() Harold John "Pete" Forner 28 Aug 1912 - 18 Feb 1983 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1930 Service World War II Rank Technician 5th Grade |
![]() Michael Gordon |
Arcola High School Graduated 1930 Service Army Air Force Pilot in a Fighter Squadron in Tunisia, North Africa Rank Lieutenant Colonel Medals Distinguished Flying Cross |
Fred D. Knaus 10 Nov 1911 - 3 Aug 1993 |
Arcola High School 1926-1929 Service World War II - Enlisted March, 1941 Ft. Lewis, WA Rank Technician 4th Grade |
Edward Earl Bryant |
Arcola High School 1928-1930 Service Infantry Rank Corporal |
![]() Lowell Munson Cox 11 Aug 1913 - 18 Dec 1999 |
Arcola High School 1927-1930 Service World War II Rank Private 1st Class |
Merle Kearns 1 Oct 1912 - 20 Jun 2001 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1931 Service World War II Engineering company; South Pacific Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Frederick William Shrader 4 Oct 1912 - 24 Aug 2001 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1931 Service 1943-1945 Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C.; Camp McCoy, WI; Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.; France; Belgium; Battle of the Bulge Rank Private First Class - Surgical Technician (He was demoted from Tech-5 to Private for his failure to stand at attention during taps for the deceased President Franklin Roosevelt.) Medals American Theater Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Service Ribbon |
Clarence D. Ervin |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Service Army Air Force Scott Field, Belleville, IL; Miami, FL; Chinese-American Composite Wing, Bombay Bombardment Group in China Communications Chief Rank Master Sergeant |
Kenneth E. Harshbarger |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Service Governor's Island, NY Nutrition Officer Rank Lieutenant |
![]() John D. Kibler 27 Dec 1915 – 8 Jul 1944 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Service 2 May 1941 - 8 Jul 1944 Army Air corps Pilot of B-24 bomber Killed in action on 8 Jul 1944 Rank Captain Medals Purple Heart, Silver Star Mrs. Jeannette Kibler learned of her husband, Captain John D. Kibler's, death from the wife of the co-pilot of the plane on which he had been flying. She had talked to members of the ship crew and they had seen "all ten members of the crew bail out as the B-24 bomber fell." All parachutes were observed opening before the plane crashed, thus the family was unprepared for the fatal news. He had graduated from the University of Illinois and had been a member of the R.O.T.C. reserves, coast guard. After graduation he'd become associated with his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cook in their grocery and meat market business. He was an early inductee into the service at Lowry Field, CO, which at the time was a sub-division of Chanute Air Corp Technical School in Rantoul, Illinois. |
![]() Philip Berkley Ray |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Service Ninth Army in Europe Rank 1st Lieutenant Medals Bronze Star, Oak Leaf Cluster |
Donald M. Roberts |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Lowell Ray Thompson 4 March 1914 - 16 July 1975 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1932 Service 12 Feb 1941 - 31 Dec 1945 69th Quartermaster Battalion, Ft. Lewis, WA Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Robert C. Coombe 2 May 1916 - 24 June 2014) |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service 1943-1945 Flight Engineer Rank Corporal |
![]() Kenneth Garver |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service Army Air Corp Bombed Berlin Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Leslie Gilbert |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service Civil Air Patrol |
![]() Harry W. King |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service Ft. Brady, MI |
![]() Kenneth Ramsey 23 Aug 1914 - 12 Oct 1992 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service World War II Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Leona K. Sudkamp |
Arcola High School Graduated 1933 Service Inducted 15 May 1943 Army Nurses’ Corps Rank 2nd Lieutenant |
![]() George Rae Ghere 8 Nov 1916 - 16 Apr 1998 |
Arcola High School 1930-1933 Service Inducted 2 July 1942 World War II - 1942-1945 95th Quartermaster Company, 95th Division Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe Wounded while serving in the Rhineland Truck Driver Rank Private First Class Medals Bronze Star (3), Good Conduct, European, African, Middle Eastern Ribbon, One Service Bar, One Overseas Bar |
Armer "Dolly" Kearns |
Arcola High School |
Robert Andres 11 Sep 1914 - 12 Mar 1993 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Rank Technician 5th Class |
Robert W. Breedlove 16 Jul 1917 - 29 Oct 2000 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service World War II Rank Technician 3rd Class |
Eugene E. Dilliner 2 July 1917 - 19 May 1987 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service World War II - Army Air Force Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() Harold Harris |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service 1943-1945 7th Infantry Division Artillery St. Petersburg, FL; Weatherford, OK; Tinker Field, OK; Amarillo, TX; Patrick Henry, VA; Khargpur, India; Ryukyu Islands campaign; Okinawa; Guam; Honolulu, HA; Mather Field, CA Rank Corporal Medals Bronze Star, Good Conduct, World War II Victory, Meritorious Unit Award |
Paul C. Kutz 1916 - 1976 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service World War II - Army Air Force Jefferson Barracks, MO Rank Private First Class |
John W. McLane 12 Aug 1916 - 27 Dec 1963 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service World War II - Army Air Force 460 Base Unit Ft. Dix, NJ Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Tom McLane 10 Dec 1921 - 11 Aug 2017 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 Service World War II - Europe |
Harry William Poynter |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 SErvice Signal Corp in European Theatre |
John L. Seih |
Arcola High School Graduated 1934 |
![]() Vide Sherman Monfort 4 Apr 1917 - 25 Jan 2004 |
Service World War II Surgical Tech 80th Station Hospital Served 28 months in European Theatre of Operations Rank Private 1st Class Medals European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 2 Bronze Battle Stars, Good Conduct, WWII Victory, 4 Overseas service bars He was in Oran, Africa when Rommel invaded; later in
Marseilles, France.
He returned to the United States on the Queen Mary. |
![]() Forest E. Sisk 6 Mar 1917 - 7 Jul 1997 |
Arcola High School 1931-1934 Service World War II 12 Nov. 1943 - 22 Aug. 1945 Rifleman 745 Normandy landing Rank Private 1st Class Medals Purple Heart at St. Lo (France); European-African-Middle Eastern Theater ribbon with 1 Bronze Battle Star; Good Conduct |
![]() Kathleen Frazier |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 Service Saipan Nurse Rank Lieutenant Spent five months on Saipan among the group of ten American nurses to arrive on that island after the Allies had invaded |
![]() Harold Garber Ghere 20 July 1917 - 2 April 2001 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1935 Service World War II Rank Technician 5th Class |
![]() Allan R. Gray 1917 - 2009 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 Service World War II April 25, 1941 - January 3, 1946 392nd General Services Regiment (Engineer) Ft. Belvoir, VA; England; Northern France-Normandy; Rhineland-Ardennes-Central Europe Railroad reconstruction, repairs of trestles and bridges, and building of camps and temporary roads Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() William A. Kearns |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 |
![]() Joe Lozier |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 Rank Private First Class |
![]() Frank E. McLane 23 Dec 1917 - 26 Sep 1989 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 Service World War II Europe-Infantry Rank Sergeant |
![]() William Earl Miller, Sr. 11 Jan 1918 - 16 Nov 1997 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1935 Service World War II - Army Air Force Flew over the "Burma Hump" Rank Sergeant |
![]() Craig Dillman 19 May 1912 - 23 Feb 2007 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service Camp Clairborne, LA |
William E. Greenwood 27 Dec 1917 - 15 Nov 1986 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service World War II Rank Staff Sergeant |
Alton R. Honn |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service World War II - Army Air Force India, China and Tinian Rank Lieutenant |
S. Francis Maier 27 Jan 1919 - 6 Jan 1993 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service World War II - Army Air Force Camp Elliott, CA Rank Private |
![]() Don Stump 9 May 1918 - 8 Nov 2000 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service 1942-1945 Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO; Omaha, NE; San Antonio, TX; Vernon, TX; El Paso, TX; Laredo, TX; Selman Field, LA; Midland, TX; Monroe, LA; Alexandria, LA; Kearney, NE; Polebrook Air Base, England 8th Air Force, 351st Bombardment Group - B-17 Bombardier 30 missions over Germany (23 as lead aircraft) Rank 1st Lieutenant Medals Distinguished Flying Cross, 6 Air Medals, 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, 2 Commendations |
Asa Thomas |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service First U.S. Army, Third Auxiliary Surgeons Group, Medical Corps Rank Corporal Medals Bronze Star |
![]() Glen Harshbarger |
Arcola High School Graduated 1937 Service Nutrition Officer, Ft. Lewis, WA Rank Lieutenant |
![]() Roy Howey |
Arcola High School Graduated 1937 Service Weather Forecaster Montgomery, AL Rank Sergeant |
![]() Paul Albert McAvene 16 Jul 1919 - 25 Feb 1980 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1937 Service World War II - North Africa Rank Technician 5th Grade Sent the following letter: Some place in Africa |
![]() Richard Rice Smith 10 Dec 1919 - 26 Jun 1971 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1937 Service World War II Rank Technical Sergeant |
Ralph Hamman |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service World War II Entered Service June 1942 |
Joe Honn |
Arcola High School Graduated 1936 Service World War II - Army Air Force Rank Technical Sergeant |
James Woolford |
Arcola High School Service Royal Canadian Air Force 1941-1943 Attached to Royal Air Force (England) Bomber Command Killed in Action January 17, 1943 on mission to Berlin, Germany Buried at KIEL WAR CEMETERY, Germany Rank Sergeant |
![]() Jack Brandenburg 3 Aug 1920 - 24 July 1997 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1938 Service World War II - Europe Rank Sergeant |
![]() Robert Henry Ernst 4 Jan 1919 - 26 Mar 1991 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service World War II Camp Roberts, CA; New Georgia, South Pacific Rank Private First Class |
![]() Dale Lindsey Gardner 24 Feb 1921 - 11 Nov 2006 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service World War II - Army Air Force Rank Sergeant |
![]() Robert Pfeifer |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service Fort Jackson, NC; Cavalry Replacement Center, Ft. Riley, KS Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() Horace L. Sisk 1 Oct 1919 - 28 Mar 1999 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service World War II 19 Nov. 1941 - 8 Sept. 1945 Clerk Typist 405 Infantry - Southern France; Ardennes; Rhineland; Central Europe Campaign Rank Private 1st Class Medals American Defense Service Ribbon; African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with Silver Battle Star (1); Bronze Service Arrowhead; Overseas Service Bar (3); Service Stripe (1); Bronze Star; Good Conduct Medal |
![]() Harry Russell Smith 3 March 1920 - 28 Aug 1994 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service World War II - Army Air Force Guam Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Richard Wilkerson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1938 Service Army Air Force - Engineers Division Southwest Pacific Rank Corporal |
Carl E. Ghere |
Arcola High School Service World War II - Army Air Force Aerial gunner |
![]() Lloyd Dearnberger |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 |
![]() Dewey Allen Dutton, Jr. |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service World War II - Army Air Force Killed in Action 13 Jul 1943 - crash of Douglas Dauntless A-24 dive-bomber Rank 2nd Lieutenant First Arcola WW-II soldier whose remains were returned for burial in Arcola. By proclamation of Dr. J.V. Fishel, mayor of Arcola, all places of businesses were closed and all flags in the community were flown at half-mast. |
![]() Eugene Foreman |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service World War II - South Pacific Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Fredrick Garver |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service Army Air Corp Medals Bronze Star "for heroic action while in the European theatre. Under adverse conditions he laid vital communication lines between important posts while under fire." |
![]() George L. Gibson, Jr. 9 Dec 1921 - 19 Aug 1990 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service Army Air Corp Chanute, Rantoul, IL; Panama Teletype Technician |
![]() Lynn Green |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service National Guard |
![]() Billy Harold Murphy 24 Dec 1921 - 7 Apr 1991 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service World War II - Italy Rank Private 1st Class The end of the war was punctuated with an article in a Miami, Florida paper for Billy Murphy who had been sent there after an accident in Italy. He was flown to Miami to have a leg amputated. "Bill was on the first Allied train to go into Rome after its evacuation by the Nazis. He visited the Vatican and met the Pope who gave him a crucifix with his blessing." He had collected several souvenirs and two of his buddies gathered them together and sent them to his parents. He is smiling in the picture that appeared in the Daily News. The caption titled "Courage" reads as follows: "The right leg of PFC. Bill Murphy of Arcola, Ill. is missing but not his smile. He is shown above being lifted into an ambulance for transportation to a plane which took him to Atlanta. He will get an artificial leg at Lawson General Hospital." |
![]() Russell Sollars |
Arcola High School Graduated 1939 Service Army Air Force Killed in Action 6 May 1942 in the Philippines First reported missing in July 1942. He was stationed in the Philippines and his family, Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Sollars had not heard from him since December 1, 1941. His friend, Mack Sweeny, who had enlisted at the same time, had been reported "lost in action" to his parents in Charleston in January. With this information Sollars' parents tried to locate Russell through the Red Cross and the War Department. All they were able to tell them was that they were "unable to locate him." |
James E. Sullivan |
Arcola High School 1936-1939 Service Enlisted 22 Oct 1939 Rank Corporal |
![]() Dean Daugherty 29 Sep 1922 - 10 Sep 1991 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Army Air Force Rank Technical Sergeant |
![]() Peter Joseph Harrington |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Army Air Force Chico Field, CA |
![]() Henry E. Howey |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Army Air Force Sheppard Field, TX; Enid Flying School, Enid, OK; Burma Pilot of a C-47 transport plane Killed in action somewhere in India or China Rank Lieutenant Howey, like Dewey Dutton had "buzzed Arcola" while not able to land, letting homefolk know he was in the area just the same. Howey was also the second to die of a trio who had joined together and had received training at Sheppard Field, Texas and Enid Flying School, Enid, Oklahoma. The others being Dewey Dutton and Donald Pullen (who survived the war). Howey had written of having made a couple of missions "over the hump" between India and China. His mother received a letter from him just an hour or so before news of his having been killed arrived. He left a wife and 11 month old child. |
![]() Raymond McDowell |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Combat Engineer |
![]() Don Pullen |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Army Air Force - 1942-1946 B-24 Pilot - 407th Bomb Group, 726th Squadron Flew missions in Italy, Austria & Germany Pilot Instructor in Colorado, Texas, Maine & Chanute AAB, IL Rank Captain Medals Air Medal "Buzzed" Arcola (with Robert C. Coombe as bombardier). Dropped a birthday package for Carol Pullen |
![]() Bessie Rippey |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Women's Army Corp (WAC) Administrative Specialists School Rank Sergeant |
![]() James Richard Sabens |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Africa; Sicily; Italy Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Leonard Schultz |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service National Guard |
![]() Donald R. Thompson 23 Jan 1922 - 15 Oct 1982 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service World War II - Army Air Force 11 Mar. 1942 - 19 Jan. 1946 Airplane Main Technician 750 Air Offensive - China; Air Offensive - Japan; Air Offensive - Ryukus Rank Staff Sergeant Medals Bronze Star (3); Good Conduct Medal |
![]() Charles Richard Vogel 23 Jan 1923 - 7 Feb 1985 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1940 Service Inducted December 1943 Army Air Force Rank 1st Lieutenant Medals Air Medal |
Dale Bolton |
Arcola High School 1939-1941 Service Inducted July 1941 Europe Rank Sergeant |
![]() James R. Billingsley |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service Inducted October 1942 Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Donald Ray Black 13 Feb 1922 - 16 April 1994 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service Inducted September 1942 1942-1945 Rank Corporal During the Battle of the Bulge, averted capture by the Nazi Army but was trapped behind enemy lines for six days. His unit debated whether to surrender or to try to get back to allied lines. Half of the unit decided to surrender. His group did not. The other group went over a snow covered hill to surrender and not too long afterwards Don's group heard several shots. The other group had all been killed. He got back to allied lines on Christmas Day 1944 and was sent to a hospital in Paris, France to recuperate from frozen feet, then to England. In a letter home he felt, "I am lucky to be alive," and admonished his parents and family not to worry about him. |
![]() Gerald S. Bright 29 July 1923 - 17 Sept 2001 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1941 Service Inducted August 1944 Wounded February 23, 1945 German Prisoner of War - Released because of the injuries to his legs Rank Private |
![]() Millard Hunter Fortney 4 Nov 1922 - 23 Jun 1996 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service World War II - 1943-1946 Camp Grant; Philippine Islands (Leyte, Ryukyus, Palauis) Army Engineer Corps Rank Master Sergeant Medals 3 Overseas Service Bars, American Campaign Medal, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON with 3 Bronze Battle Stars, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON with 2 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal Started VFW post in Arcola after returning |
![]() Albert Harrison "Harry" Ghere 31 Oct 1921 - 10 Oct 2013 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service 1942-1945 Company B, 88th Signal Battalion Luzon, North Solomans, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, Japan Rank Staff Sergeant Medals Bronze Star (2), Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign, Philippine Liberation, Victory, Good Conduct |
![]() Bob L. Ghere 26 Dec 1922 - 10 May 2002 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service World War II Rank Corporal |
![]() Robert Paul McLane 31 Aug 1923 - 30 Jun 1970 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1941 Service World War II South Pacific 168th Ordnance Depot Company Rank Staff Sergeant |
John Samuel Anderson |
Arcola High School 1940-1942 Service Inducted November 22, 1943 353rd Infantry, member Patton's Third Army Killed in Action - March 26, 1945 in Germany Rank Private Medals Silver Star (Posthumously) |
Huxley Barnes |
Arcola High School 1940-1942 Service Inducted October 1942 Wounded in Action in France - lost leg Rank Private 1st Class Medals Purple Heart |
Harmon V. Blevins |
Arcola High School 1940-1942 Service Inducted March 1942 Rank Private 1st Class |
Roy Donald Bright |
Arcola High School 1939-1942 Service Inducted - 9 April 1942 Killed in Action in the Pacific theatre of war Rank Aviation Radioman Third Class |
Oscar Paul Sylvester |
Arcola High School 1938-1941 Service Enlisted 15 Oct 1941 Killed in Action 4 June 1944 Rank Corporal |
James David Foster 1924 - 1986 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1942 Service World War II Rank Private First Class |
Thomas F. Janes |
Arcola High School Graduated 1942 Service San Francisco, CA Rank Private First Class |
John Robert "Bob" Peak, Jr. |
Arcola High School Graduated 1942 Service Inducted 26 Apr 1943 World War II - Army Air Force |
Herman Slutzkey |
Arcola High School Graduated 1942 Service Inducted 3 Feb 1943 World War II European Theater Rank Corporal |
Leonard Anderson |
Arcola High School 1941-1943 Service Inducted January 4, 1944 90th Division, France Rank Private 1st Class |
Kenneth Barnes |
Arcola High School 1941-1943 Service Inducted June 3, 1943 Army Air Force Pilot |
Donald J. Bartholomew 13 Feb 1924 - 17 Sep 2001 |
Arcola High School 1941-1943 Service World War II - Inducted August 4, 1943 Rank Technical Sergeant Medals Bronze Star for heroic action in Germany April 5, 1945 |
Russell Earl Williams 3 Mar 1923 - 21 Jan 2000 |
Arcola High School 1941-1943 Service 14 Jan 1943 - 6 Jan 1946 Army Air Force Rank Sergeant Medals Overseas, Good Conduct, Rifle Marksmanship Medals Stationed on Iwo Jima for twenty-three months working in airplane maintenance. While there he fueled the B-29 Enola Gay, which dropped the 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. |
![]() H. Milton Butler 26 Jan 1925 - 18 May 2000 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service Korean War - 1950-1952 Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Fort Bliss, TX Rank Corporal |
![]() George E. Dilliner 8 Feb 1925 - 20 Nov 1999 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II - Army Air Force 1943-1946 Miami Beach, FL; Laredo Army Air Force Base, TX; Gowen Field, ID; Topeka Army Air Force Base, KS; Savannah Army Air Base, GA; Bryan Air Force Base, TX; Ellington Field, Houston, TX 15th Air Force, 450th Bomb Group, 721 Squadron Flew 54 missions over enemy territory as B-24 tail gunner in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Po Valley, Rhineland, Central Europe Rank Staff Sergeant Medals Gunnery Badge, Pistol Sharp Shooter, Rifle Expert, Overseas Good Conduct, Air Medals with 3 Clusters, European Theatre With 3 Stars, Presidential Citation With 2 Clusters |
![]() James P. Fortney 19 Feb 1924 - 2 Sep 2007 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II Rank Private 1st Class Medals Gunnery Badge, Pistol Sharp Shooter, Rifle Expert, Overseas Good Conduct, Air Medals with 3 Clusters, European Theatre With 3 Stars, Presidential Citation With 2 Clusters |
![]() Bobby Gene Ghere 4 May 1923 - 3 Mar 1945 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service 1943-1945 Company M, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division Killed in Action March 3, 1945 - near Kapellen, Antwerp, Belgium Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery near Margraten Rank Staff Sergeant Medals Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2) Ghere/Pullen/Reinheimer VFW Post #7862 named in his memory |
![]() Russell Smith Ghere 9 Mar 1925 - 27 Jan 1999 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II - Army Air Force Inducted 8 July 1943 1943-1946 Camp Hulen, TX; Southwest Pacific Rank Sergeant |
![]() Thomas Gray |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II 1943-1946 France Rank Private |
![]() Robert Holaday 25 May 1925 - 12 June 2017 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service 1944-1946 Army Air Force Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX; Frederick Army Air Base, Frederick, OK; San Bernardino, CA; “North America” Air Craft School, Englewood, CA; Morrison Field Air Force Base, West Palm Beach, FL Mechanic Rank Corporal Medals Good Conduct, American Service, World War II Victory |
![]() Karlton W. Keeney |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service Army Air Force San Angelo Army Air Field, TX |
![]() Robert Estal Lutz 31 Jan 1926 - 13 Apr 1999 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II - Army Air Force Aerial Gunner Rank Corporal |
![]() James McLane |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service World War II Europe Infantry |
![]() Ted Sage |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service Inducted 8 Dec 1943 Army Air Force Armored Overseas Company in New Guinea |
![]() James Marvin Sanders |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service Inducted 1 Mar 1943 Infantry Rank Private |
William H. Wallace |
Arcola High School Graduated 1943 Service Inducted 16 Jun 1943 Radio Operator 62nd Troop Carrier Group, 4th Troop Carrier Squadron Rank Sergeant |
Willard Applegate |
Arcola High School 1942-1944 Service Inducted May 24, 1944 Missing in Action & Prisoner of War Rank Private 1st Class |
Clarence Fitzgerald |
Arcola High School 1941-1943 Service Army Air Force - Entered service 25 Mar 1943 Camp Robertson, AR, Medals Air Medal, 2 Oak Leaf clusters; Bronze Star |
John P. "Pat" Harrington |
Arcola High School Graduated 1944 Service Army Air Force Medals Air Medal for distinction in completion of numerous missions against the Japanese Empire |
![]() Raymond M. Sullivan |
Arcola High School Graduated 1944 Rank Private |
![]() Charles Sanders, Jr. 22 May 1926 - 3 May 2003 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1944 Service World War II Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Harold Jones Butler |
Arcola High School Graduated 1945 Service World War II - 1945-1946 Army Engineers Inchon, South Korea Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge enroute to Korea when World War II ended. |
Herman Chumbley 27 Aug 1927 - 4 Mar 2003 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1945 Service World War II Rank Corporal |
![]() Jimmie L. Ghere 13 Nov 1926 - 22 Aug 1990 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1945 Service World War II - 1945-1946 Japan Rank Corporal |
Francis Moore |
Arcola High School Graduated 1945 Service Korean War Rank Private |
![]() Robert Owen Titus 9 Mar 1928 - 12 Aug 1953 |
Arcola High School 1943 - 1945 Service 1950 - 1953 Korean War 2nd Infantry Division Rank Private MIA - Battle of the Soyang River on May 18, 1951. Declared dead on August 12, 1953 |
![]() William E. Bickel 6 July 1928 - 7 Feb 2004 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1946 Service Korean War Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Joseph Hugh Fortney 24 Nov 1924 - 16 Aug 2007 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1947 Service Korean War Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Russell Lowell Gamble 1929 - 1979 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1947 Service Korean War Rank Corporal |
![]() Kenneth Joseph Maier 3 April 1929 - 1 May 2014 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1947 Service 11 December 1950 - 8 November 1956 Korean War Rank Corporal Medals Korean Service, Bronze Service Star, UN Service, Overseas Bar |
![]() John Philip "Phil" Wesch 30 Jun 1929 - 12 May 2011 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1947 Service Korean War Military Intelligence Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() James M. “Max” Lytle 22 Aug 1929 - 27 Apr 2011 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1948 Service Korean War Rank Corporal Medals Purple Heart |
![]() William H. Meyers 8 Feb 1930 - 25 Jul 2009 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1948 Service Koreand War - 1951-1953 Camp Breckenridge, KY; Augsburg and Bamberg, Germany Driver and radio operator Rank Corporal Medals Overseas Medal |
![]() Richard E. "Bud" Moore |
Arcola High School Graduated 1948 Service Korean War B Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division |
![]() Jack H. "Pete" Murphy 25 Mar 1930 - 16 Aug 2015 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1948 Service Korean War |
![]() Kent Coy |
Arcola High School Graduated 1949 Service Korean War Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() Leslie J. Grant 1930 - 1995 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1949 Service Korean War Rank Private |
![]() James O. Gray |
Arcola High School Graduated 1949 Service Korean War 10 1/2 months in Korea Rank Corporal - assistant to Chaplain |
![]() Carol P. Pullen 17 August 1931 - 20 June 2019 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1949 Service 1954 - 1956 Panama Canal Zone Rank Specialist 3rd Class |
![]() James Hunter Patridge 16 Aug 1933 - 22 Dec 2001 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1950 Service Korean War Rank Sergeant |
![]() James Edgar Case 22 Dec 1932 - 8 Jul 1995 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1951 Service Korean War Rank Corporal |
![]() Curtis Atteberry |
Arcola High School Graduated 1952 Service 1954-1956 Camp Chaffee, AR; Yokohama Engineer Depot, Yokohama, Japan Rank Specialist 3rd Class |
![]() Oscar Jacob |
Arcola High School Graduated 1952 |
![]() Duane Strader |
Arcola High School Graduated 1952 |
![]() Lowell East |
Arcola High School Graduated 1953 |
![]() Lloyd Johns 8 Aug 1933 - 26 Apr 2022 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1953 Service 1953-1955 |
![]() Don W. Wingler 11 April 1934 - 16 Jan 2008 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1953 Rank Specialist 4th Class |
![]() Terry Clark 24 Apr 1934 - 17 Mar 2022 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1955 Service 1955-1959 Camp Chaffee, AK, Ft. Lee, VA, Fontenbleu France, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
![]() John Guyot |
Arcola High School Graduated 1955 |
![]() Donald Leroy Moler 13 Aug 1937 - 11 Apr 2018 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1955 Service 1961-1982 Ft. Leonard Wood MO; Ft. Sam Houston, TX; Ft. Benning, GA; Valley Forge Hospital, Phoenixville, PA; Paris, France; Korea; San Francisco, CA; San Antonio, TX; Viet Nam; Ft. Campbell, KY Medals Bronze Star - Viet Nam; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with 5 campaign stars; Combat Medical Badge; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Presidential Unit Citation; Good Conduct medal ( 6 times awarded); 2 overseas service medals; Vietnam Campaign Medal w/60 device |
![]() Michael "Mickey" Strader 17 Aug 1937 - 24 Mar 2018 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1955 Service 1960-1968 Fort Dix, NJ; Illinois National Guard - Sullivan, IL; Mattoon, IL; Decatur, IL Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() Jack B. Barnes 15 May 1938 - 31 Dec 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1956 Service Army National Guard |
![]() Ronald L. Gibson 12 March 1938 - 20 Dec 2002 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1956 Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Denny Johnson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1956 Service 1957-1963 34th Armor, 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Lewis, WA - Tank Driver 69th Armor, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HA - S-2 Intelligence Analyst/Trainee Hq USARHAW 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HA - G-2 Intelligence Analyst/Area of Responsibility Viet Nam Rank Specialist 4th Class Medals Good Conduct Medal, Sharpshooter (Pistol), Expert (Rifle) |
![]() William L. "Bill" Young 16 Oct 1938 – 4 Nov 2007 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1956 Service 1957-1958 - U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Fort Chaffee, AR 1958-1965 - Army Reserves Rank Sergeant E5 |
![]() Charles Raymond Moler 1939 Oct 7 - 2011 Aug 6 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1957 Service 1957-1960 |
![]() Larry Rex Shafer 19 Aug 1939 - 23 April 2009 |
Arcola High School![]() Graduated 1958 Service 1961-1969 Ft. Smith, AR; Ft. Dix, NJ |
![]() Donald Criss Wilson 20 Mar 1940 - 18 Oct 1993 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1958 Rank Specialist 4th Class |
![]() John C. "Jack" Phillips |
Arcola High School Graduated 1959 |
![]() Michael Ashley 30 Nov 1941 - 1 Sep 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1960 Service 1961-1967 Ft. Leonard Wood, MO; Ft. Sill, OK; Fulda, Germany; Ft. Knox, KY Rank Staff Sergeant |
![]() Robert E. Coombe |
Arcola High School Graduated 1960 |
![]() Anson Proffitt |
Arcola High School Graduated 1961 Service Dominican Republic - Military Police Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Gerald Dale Shoemake 13 Dec 1943 - 8 May 2021 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1961 Service 1965-1971 Illinois National Guard Fort Jackson, SC; Fort Carson, CO Gunner in the use of 105 recoilless rifles and as squad leader Rank Sergeant |
![]() Dean Shoemake |
Arcola High School Graduated 1961 |
![]() Samuel M. Blackwell, Jr. 3 May 1944 - 3 Dec 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1962 Service Army National Guard 1967-1973 |
![]() Jack McCoskey 31 Oct 1944 - 19 June 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1962 Service Ft. Leonard Wood, MO |
![]() Bill Miller |
Arcola High School Graduated 1962 Service 1966-1967 Ft. Polk, LA; Ft. Hood, TX; Germany Ground-to-Ground radar operator Rank SP/4 |
![]() Thomas Moler 1944 - 21 July 2019 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1962 Service Medic-ambulance driver in South France |
![]() Orson Baker 19 August 1945 - 20 August 2019 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1963 Service December 1966-September 1970 Rank Specialist 5 Medals Bronze Star, National Defense Service, Vietnam Campaign, Good Conduct (1st Awd), Vietnam Service, Army Commendation |
![]() Duan Bartholomew 29 May 1945 - 16 March 2015 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1963 Service 1968-1970 Rank Sergeant |
![]() Gary Gardner 6 July 1945 - 5 December 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1963 Rank Private |
![]() Jim Nacke |
Arcola High School Graduated 1963 Rank Private |
![]() Norman Baker |
Arcola High School Graduated 1964 Service 1966-1967 Viet Nam Rank E-4 Specialist |
Lawrence Miliam Jinkins 28 Nov 1945 - 20 Jan 2022 |
Arcola High School 1960-1963 Service 17 Feb 1964 - 16 Feb 1967 Etain, France; Cahm Rahn Bay, Vietnam; Ft. Knox, KY; Ft Leonard Wood, MO Rank E-5 Specialist |
![]() Gary Simpson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1964 Service Ft. Knox, KY Rank Private |
![]() Roger Bright |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service Viet Nam |
![]() Ronald Gardner |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service 1966-1973 Fort Ord, CA; Mattoon, Sullivan, and Urbana, IL Rank 1st Lieutenant |
![]() Charles Goad 22 Sep 1947 - 1 Dec 2021 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service Vietnam |
![]() Michael James McLane |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service 9th Infantry Division Infantry Rifleman Republic of Vietnam (Nov 1967-Nov 1968) Medals 2 Bronze Stars for Valor Purple Heart Army Commendation Medal Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) |
![]() Paul Richard McLane 13 Jun 1947 - 6 Nov 1999 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service 4th Infantry Division Infantry Rifleman Republic of Vietnam (Dec 1967-Dec 1968) Medals Army Commendation Medal Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) |
![]() Dennis Simpson 21 June 1947 - 1 August 2014 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1965 Service 1966-1972 Fort Knox, KY; Camp Cu Chi, Vietnam Rank Sergeant Medals National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Sharpshooter Badge (Rifle) |
![]() Steve Shrader |
Arcola High School Graduated 1966 |
![]() Steven K. Boyer |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service 1971-1972 Rank Specialist 5th Class |
![]() Robert G. Chumbley |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service 1968-1971 Paratrooper in the 3rd battalion, 503rd Airborne Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Fort Bragg, NC; Vietnam Rank Sergeant Medals Purple Hearts (2) |
![]() Robert "Butch" Clark |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service June 1970 - March 1972 Rank Specialist E-5 |
![]() Robert Cline |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service June 17, 1968 - June 17, 1974 Rank Sergeant E-5 |
![]() Anthony William "Tony" Finn |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service May 1968 - August 1991 South Vietnam; Sembach, Germany; Ft. Campbell, KY; Nelligen, Germany; Ft. Polk, LA; South Korea Rank Sergeant First Class Medals 33 Air Medals 3 Army Commendation Medals 4 Army Good Conduct Medals National Defense Service Medals Vietnam Service Medal Vietnamese Cross of Galantry with Palm |
![]() Monte L. Ghere |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service 1970-1971 Fort Campbell, KY; Fort Knox, KY; Mannheim, Germany 8th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 68th Armor M60 A1 tank Rank Specialist 5th Class Medals National Defense Service Medal |
![]() Kenneth Haught |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service Viet Nam |
![]() Kenneth James McLane 23 September 1949 - 12 July 2014 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1967 Service 1969-1971 25th Infantry Division Fort Polk, LA; Fort Knox, KY; Viet Nam (Dec 1969-Dec 1970); Germany Infantry Rifleman Weapons, K.P., Guard Duty, advanced training for tanks Rank Specialist 4th Class Medals 2 Bronze Stars for Valor, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal for Valor, Overseas Medal, Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) |
![]() Dale Chumbley |
Arcola High School 1964 - 1968 Service 20 March 1969 - 25 Oct 1970 Viet Nam - 17th Group, 1st Aviation, 10th Battalion, 92nd Combat Assault, Helicopter Company Rank Specialist 4th Class |
John Robert Daugherty 22 April 1951 - 9 August 1983 |
Arcola High School 1965 - 1968 Service Viet Nam Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Richard Ray Carson 25 Dec 1950 - 28 Mar 1971 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1968 Service Viet Nam 2ND PLT, C CO, 1ST BN, 46TH Infantry, 198TH Infantry BDE, Americal Div. Killed in Action - March 28, 1971 Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam Rank Sergeant |
![]() David Ghere 18 July 1950 - 17 Jan 2010 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1968 Rank Captain |
![]() John Gary Knaus 1 Jan 1950 - 22 Apr 2009 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1968 Service Viet Nam Rank Sergeant |
![]() Phillip Ray Sisk |
Arcola High School Graduated 1968 Service Rifleman Rank Specialist 4th Class |
![]() Dennis Ray Thompson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1968 Service 1971 - 1977 IL National Guard - Sullivan, Macomb, Carbondale Rank Specialist 4th Class |
Patrick M. Murphy 13 Dec 1950 - 10 Jun 2010 |
Arcola High School 1965-1968 Service Viet Nam Rank Specialist 4th Class |
![]() Timothy Allen Murphy 18 Aug 1951 - 28 Feb 2006 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1970 Service Viet Nam Rank Specialist 4th Class |
![]() Richard Daugherty 12 July 1955 - 13 April 2006 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1973 Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Glenn Antle |
Arcola High School Graduated 1977 Service 1977-1980 Ft. Jackson, SC; Redstone Arsenal, AL; Ft. Bliss, TX; Wurtzburg, Germany TOW missile system repairman Rank Private 1st Class |
![]() Keith Huckstep |
Arcola High School Graduated 1983 Service 18 March 1985 - 24 February 1993 Fort Sill, OK 13B20 Cannon Crewmember Rank Sergeant E/5 Medals Army Service, Army Achievement (2), Rifle M16 (Marksman), Hand Grenade (Sharpshooter), Good Conduct, Army Lapel Button |
![]() Dr. Marc Young |
Arcola High School Graduated 1985 Service 1997-2000 Fort Knox, KY Anesthesiologist Rank Major Medals Meritorious Service, National Defense Service |
![]() Troy Dean Stanton 23 March 1969 - 8 December 2020 |
Arcola High School Graduated 1987 Service U.S. Army |
![]() Mike Nelson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1988 Service Military Police |
![]() Kendra (Eskridge) Chriss |
Arcola High School Graduated 1989 Service 1989-1991 Desert Storm Linguist - English/Farsi Rank E-4 |
![]() Matt Henson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1989 Service Military Police |
![]() K. D. Henson |
Arcola High School Graduated 1990 Service M1A1 Tanker |
![]() William Richard "Bill" Mathias |
Arcola High School Graduated 1991 Service 1991-1997 Mannheim Germany; Fort Knox KY; Friedberg/Giessen Germany; Bosnia Rank Sergeant E/5 Medals Army Commendation Medal, Four Army Achievement Medals, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Two Overseas Service Ribbons, NATO Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, Driver and Mechanic Badge |
![]() Elisha Capili |
Arcola High School Graduated 2002 |
![]() Alexandra Leal |
Arcola High School Graduated 2002 Service Jan 2002 to Jan 2012 Rank Sergeant E5 |
![]() Jared Sykes |
Arcola High School Graduated 2009 Service Infantry |
Kristopher Kersey |
Arcola High School 2008-2011 Service Army National Guard Nov 2011 - Present Rank E-4 Specialist |
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