Memorial Boulevard in Martinsville, VA is named in honor of World War II soldiers who did not return from battle. There is a special monument there placed at a ceremony on October 16, 1954. The Ford brothers, Heck, Tom, and Pete figured prominently in the construction of the Memorial; each brother lost a son in that War. A plaque in memory of all who died was unveiled by Mrs. Ryland Compton, pictured in the center link, whose husband was killed in the battle of Coral Sea. The plaque was donated by Pannill Post 42 of the American Legion.  Memorial Map : Plaque Dedication Photo : Memorial Plaque

 

A Partial List of Area Casualties | World War II
Pfc. Leonard Allen
Pfc. Bernard J. Arnn
Cpl. Carlos P. Atkins
Pvt. Kyle William Barrow
Pfc. Oliver M. Brewer
Pfc. Roy C. Bryant
Lt. William B. Burge
Pvt. Harvey S. Brown
Pfc. Terry L. Cardwell
Pvt. Arthur Lindsey Clark
Pfc. Robert L. Clark
Pvt. John Cobbler
Pvt. Thomas J. Collins
S-2c Ryland Douglas Compton
S-Sgt. George B. Conroy
S-2c James W. Correll
Sgt. Walker Creasy
Pfc. James French Davis
Sg. Robert A. Durham
James G.F. Ferguson
James C. Flippen
Lt. Dillard Ford
Pvt. Lee Armistead Ford
Lt. Thomas M. Ford, Jr.
Pfc Jack B. Frith
Pfc. Irvin C. Gilbert
Cpl. Roy W. Hall
Cpl. James Russell Hampton
Pfc. James E. Hancock
Ens. Jimmy Hedgecock
Pvt. Willie E. Herndon
Cpl. Darrell C. Hill
Pvt. John Edwin Hite


 Pvt. John M. Hodges
Pvt. Ernest W. Hopkins
Pfc. James E. Hurd
Sgt. Raymond Hurd
S-1c Carl Holton Hutchens
Pvt. James Preston
Ingram husband of Mrs. Sallie
Pfc. Walter M. James
Charles Edgar Jarrett
Pvt. Herman M. Johnston
Pfc. Clyde S. Jones
Lt. Ben R. Kearfott
Pvt. Pleas Kerley
Pvt. Dudley Koger
Samuel Henry Law
1st Lt. Harrison J. Lawrence
Henry C. Lester
Lt. H. Claybrook Lester Jr.
Cpl. Raymond Lester
Pfc. Hartwell L. McDaniel
Lt. Guy D. Mabe
Cpl. Gleason Mariels
T-Sgt. Leslie Wayne Martin
Pfc. Otha A. Martin
Lt Stephen L. Mitchell
Clinton Menefee
Pfc. Joseph Paul Mills
Lt. Mike Kennon Minter
Pvt. Stafford E. Minter
Pfc. Howard S. Mitchell
Lloyd M. Mitchell
Carl K. Morrison
Cabell O. Moser


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Robert Lee Nelson
Dudley Newman
Sgt. Melvin E. Nunn
Benjamin M. Plybon
Clarence W. Prillaman
S-Sgt. Jesse T. Ramsey
Pvt. Robert Prunty Ramsey
Pfc. Joseph M. Ramsey
Pvt. Edmund Bernard Rea
Pvt. Stafford William Rea
William S. Rea
J.R. Roach
Lt. Durwood C. Settles
Pfc. Raymond E. Shelton
Pvt. Albert A. Sheppard
Lt. John I. Spencer
Pfc. Peter A. Spencer
T-5 Henry Morgan Stanley
Cpl. Henry Stewart
Pfc. Sam Frank Taylor
Capt. Gordon Lee Trent
Pvt. Junior M. Turner
Wagonner husband of Eva H.
Sgt. Noel P. Washburn
Douglas Weakley
Pvt. Wilman Weddle
Cpl. Belvia G.Whitlow
Pfc. McGinnis Whitlow
Lt. Myron Edward Whitener
Lt. Robert Bernard Williamson
Cpl. Roger M. Wilson
Pfc. Albert D. Wingate
Milton T. Zandiotis