This Hamilton County Memorial Day Tribute is brought to you by Scoular. Thank you to the brave and selfless men and women who have gone before us. Thank you for their service and sacrifice.
ARTHUR AESCHLIMAN
CECIL ADKISSON
JIMMY AKERS
JERRY ALEXANDER
THOMAS AMERINE
VERNON ANDERSON
JOHN AVERY
WESLEY BALDWIN
EVELIN BARBER
RAYMOND BARCLAY
GEORGE BARLOW
JESS BARNETT
WILLIAM BARNETT
HUGH BARR
JAMES BARRETT
EARL BAUGHER
SAM BEAN
HAYWARD BEAUCHAMP
THOMAS BEHRENDT
MELVIN BENNETT
HENRY BENNETT
MAX BENNETT, JR.
OSCAR BERNDT
RICHARD BEZONA
ALLEN BLACK
RICHARD BLACK
WAYNE BODEY
MATHEW BOGGS
JOHN BONE
WILLIS BONE
JACK BRADDOCK
JOHN BRADLEY
BARBARA BRAY
MIKE BRAY
JOHN BROWN
L. KENNETH BROWN
JAMES BROWNING
ROBERT BUHRER
PAUL BURKHART
TED BURNETT
ARTHUR BURNS
BOBBY BURNS
JAMES BURNS
BOB BURTON
JACK BURTON
JON CAHIL
CHARLES CARON
CHESTER CARRITHERS
WILLIAM CARRITHERS
JAMES CARTER
KEITH CARTER
KENNETH CARTER
LYNN CARTER
MURRY CARTER
RAYMOND CARTER
EDWARD CARTWRIGHT
RONALD CARTWRIGHT
AUSTIN CAUTHON
CLYDE CAUTHON
EDWIN CAUTHON
H.E. CAUTHON
MITCHELL CAUTHON
EDMOND CAVE
LYLE CHEATUM
ROBERT CHEATUM
DONALD CHERRY
M. O. CLARK
PATRICK CLEARY
LOWELL COCHRAN
E. S. COCKEL
FLOYD COLE
FRANK COLE
AUBREY COLEMAN
GARY COLEMAN
JOHN COLEMAN
LEWIS COLSTEN
DEAN CONARD
JOHN CONARD
LOUIS COOK
WILLIAM COPE
LEO COSPER
BYRLE COURTNEY
WALTER CRAIG
LAWRENCE CRUMLEY
LOVELL CUMMINGS
ARTHUR DARLAND
DENNIS DAVIS
FINLEY DAVIS
RALPH DAVIS
RAY DAVIS
RONALD DAVIS
REX DAVISON
FRED DAY
LEE DAY
RAY DAY
GEORGE DEAN
CARL DEVANEY
DUANE DIKEMAN
ARLTON DODSON
WILLIAM DODSON
ROBERT DREW
JOHN DULIN
ROY DUNAGAN
CECIL DUNN
BOB DUNN (Robert Lee)
BOB DUNN (Robert Arthur)
JOHN EATON
CLARENCE EBERHART
CHARLES EDDY
LOUIS EDDY
ALBERT EDMISSON
DARL ELLIS
MARVIN ELLIS
MURIEL ELLIS
TIMOTHY ELLISON
JAMES ELSTON
JAMES ENGLERT
ROBERT ENGLERT
PAUL EVANS
CLEM EVINS
BARTON EWERS
RAY EWY
RALPH EYER
EUGENE FALLIER
VICTOR FALLIER
EMMETT FAY
JOSEPH FEARNO
JAMES FEASTER
ALBERT FECHT
HARRISON FORD
DANIEL FOREMEN
GEORGE H. FOX
P. C. FRAZEE
CLARENCE FRAZER
DAVID FRAZER
DONALD FRAZER
IVEL FRAZER
OSCAR FRIEND
ELRA FRITTS
GEORGE FULLER
ROBERT GALE, SR.
WILLIAM GAMEL
FRANK GARDNER
LESLIE GARNER
LAWRENCE GARR
BARNEY GARRITY
EVAN GEIGER
ALFRED GERSTNER
ERWIN GILLUM
ALBERT GLASSCOCK
ALBERT GOMSTOCK
MICHAEL GOODWIN
ROLAND GORDON
ARTHUR GOULD
CLIFFORD GOULD
ZENO GOULD
JOHN GRABER
WAYNE GRAGG
CLIFFORD A. GRAHAM
CLIFFORD L. GRAHAM
HAROLD GRAHAM
MARTHA GRANSBURY
CARL GRAVES
CHARLES GRAY
CALTON GRISSOM
CLYDE GRISSOM
GRADY GRISSOM
CALTON GRISSOM, JR.
PATTERSON GRISSOM
DONALD GROPP
FREDDIE GROPP
JOHN GROPP
ROLAND GROSBIER, JR.
BENNIE GUERRERO
MANUEL GUERRERO
RAYMOND GUNN
F. G. HACKER
DELL HALL
WILLIAM HALL
DONALD HAMILTON
ARTHUR HANKINS
WILLIAM HANNA
NEWLAND HARMER
BILLY HARRIS
JAMES HARRISON
CHARLES HARRISON, JR.
JOHN HARSH
DONALD HARTSHORN
LLOYD HARTSHORN
MARCH HARTSHORN
EMRY HASTY
EDGAR HATCHER
FONTELL HATCHER
MICHAEL HAWKINS
ALEX HAYS
LESLIE HAZEN
MATHEW HEADDING
RUSSELL HEFTY
REUBEN HEINLEN
HENRY HEISINGER
GEORGE HELM
JOHN HELM
JAMES HENDLEY
FLOYD HERBIG
MICHAEL HERBIG
ALBERT HERNDON
HARRY HERNDON
HARRY HERNDON, JR.
PRESLEY HERNDON, III
LAWRENCE HERRMANN
EARL HESS
JONATHAN HEWES
JIMMIE HICKS
MELVIN HINKLE
DONALD HOFF
MICHAEL HOFF
WILLIAM HOFF
GUY HOLDEN
DALE HOLDREN
JOHN HOLMES
DONALD HOOK
EIUGENE HOPPE
VICTOR HORNING
CLARK HOUCK
EDWIN HOUCK
GRANT HOUCK
J. D. HOUCK
CHARLES HOWELL
DALE HOYT
RICHARD HUCKINS
WELDON HUGHS
EDWARD HUSER
THEODORE HUSER
ALBERT JAMES
ALVIN JANTZ
HERMAN JANTZ
ROBERT JANTZ
WALTER JANTZ
ARNET JARVIS
ORVILLE JASPER
CHARLES JENSEN
ESAW JIMENEZ
PEDRO JIMENEZ
GILBERT JOHNSON
RUSTY JOHNSON
ROBERT JOHNSON
EMIT JONES
PAUL JONES
DALE JOST
JOSEPH KANE
CHARLES KAUFFMAN
FRANK KENNEDY
DR. JAMES A. KENNEDY
JAMES F. KENNEDY
EDWARD KING
GEORGE KING
ELMO KINSLOW
WILLIAM KINSLOW
RAYMOND KINZIE
JOHN KIRKPATRICK
HERBERT KITTEN
DARREN KLINGE
WALTER KRITZMIRE
JOSEPH KUCERA
AUDREY KULANDER
CARL KURZ
CONRAD KURZ
DONALD KURZ
OLIVER LANE
DARYL LANQUIST
CARL LAROSH
LESLIE LAROSH
ERIC LARSON
BERNARD LAUBACH
HARRY LAUBACH, JR.
CHARLES LAWHEAD
CHARLES LEMONS
JOE LEMONS, SR.
JOE LEMONS, JR.
WILLIAM LEMONS
CHARLES LENNEN
MARION LESLIE
MANUEL LEVENS
DONALD LEWIS
IRVIN LEWIS, JR.
VIRGIL LEWIS
DR. WILLIAM LEWIS
WOODROW LEWIS
ALLEN LIBERTUS
IVIN LIBERTUS
LEROY LIBERTUS
RAYMOND LOHMAN
GEORGE LONG
HARRY LONG
CLIFFORD LOW
O. L. LYNAM
ROBERT MACKEY
SKEETER MALONE
WILLIAM MANNING
DARRELL MARKLEY
KENNETH MARSHALL
A. L. MARTIN
MARVIN MAUNE
JAMES MAXEY
JAMES MAXEY, JR.
JOHN MAXFIELD
JOHN MAYERS
ERMOL MAYS
BERT MCCABE
DONALD MCDONALD
CHARLES MCFADDEN
WILBUR MCGAFFIN
MORRIS MCKEEVER
ARCHY MCKINNEY
ERNEST MCNEILL
WILLIAM MCNEILL
HOWARD MCNITT
WILLIAM MCNITT
MICHAEL MCNITT
FRED MICHEL
ALBERT MILLER
HENRY MILLER
GROVER MILLER
RICHARD MILLER
HORACE MOORHEAD
JOHN MOSER
DAVID MUELLER
LEONARD MUELLER
BENNY MURPHY
BILLY MURPHY
CHARLES H. MURPHY
CHARLES W. MURPHY
TED MURPHY
HARLEY NAIRN
LARRY NANCE
PAUL NEGLEY
CLARENCE NICKERSON
HENRY NICKERSON
JAMES NICKERSON
EVERETT NIELSEN
WAYNE NIELSEN
C. ARTHUR NUCKLES
PHILLIP NUCKLES
ELMER O’BRATE
TONY O’BRATE
THOMPSON OVERTON
WILLIAM OWENS
JOSHUA OWINGS
ROY OWINGS
EDDIE PALMER
STANLEY PARSLEY
LARRY PATTERSON
LOIS PATTON
DR. CECIL PETTERSON
LEE PETTY
ISRAEL PHILLIPS
GEORGE PHILPOTT
STANLEY PING
RANDALL PLANK
WILBUR PLOWMAN
EDWARD PLY
JERALD POPEJOY
MARSHALL PORTLOCK
MARVIN PORTLOCK
DEE POTTER
GEORGE POTTER
EDWARD PRICE
NORVIN PUCKETT
ELMER RAMSEY
D. REDMOND
JOHN REDMOND
CALVIN C. REED
CALVIN H. REED
KEITH REED
RAYMOND REES
HAROLD REEVE
EMIL REHMERS
CHARLES REID
FLOYD REID
WILLIAM REID
CHARLES REIS
LOYD RICHARDSON
GEORGE RICHWINE
WOODROW RILEY
A. RINEHART
EMMETT RINKER
JOSEPH RISHEL
S. H. RODGERS
RAYMOND ROUSE
KENNETH ROYBAL
JOHN ROYSE
I.B. RUNDELL
RAY SALMANS
BOBBY GENE SALTER
RAY SCHAFER
MICHAEL SCHAFFER
W. M. SCHAFFER
EUGENE SCHMIDT
GANO SCHMIDT
HENRY SCHMIDT
RUSSELL SCHMIDT
WALTER SCHMIDT
CRAIG SCHONLAW
JAKE SCHROLL
LLOYD SCHROLL
S. LUTHER SCHROLL
WILLIAM SCHROLL
CECIL SCHWERDFEGER
ELDEN SCHWERDFEGER
JACK SCHWERDFEGER
GENE SCHWERDFEGER
KEITH SCOTT
KENNETH SCOTT
HERSHEL SEAL
HENRY SEALS
WALTER SEALS
WILLIAM SEALS
ELMER SEVEDGE
ROSS SHERWOOD
GEORGE SHIRLEY
PAUL SHIVELY
RALPH SHORTER
CLETUS SIMON, JR.
DELMAR SINGER
KERMIT SINGER
DONALD SIX, JR.
HARMOND SLATE
LEWIS SLATE
ELLIS SMITH
CHESTER SPIKER
WARD E STANLEY
RENOLD STEVENS
LEWIS STEWART
CONWAY STIMATZE
MELVIN STIMATZE
WALTER STIMATZE
LAWRENCE STOFFEL
JAMES SUTHERLAND
WILLIAM SWISHER
JOSEPH SWORDS
JOHN RONALD SQUIRE
JAMES TERRILL
ERLE THAYER
FRED THOMPSON
HAROLD THOMPSON
JOHN THORNBURGH
LOWELL THORNBURGH
ROBERET TODD
JOHN L. TOPE
JOHN R. TOPE
DONALD TRACY
JOHN TRACY, SR.
EUGENE TREXLER
RONALD TRUSSELL
LARAYETTE TUTTLE
CHARLES TYNER
THEODORE TYNER
ARTHUR URTON
JERRY VALENTINE
NORMAN VALENTINE
RAYMOND VALENTINE
RICHARD VALENTINE
BOBBY VANDERPOOL
KARL VENNEBERG, JR
ALBERT VESPER
CLARENCE VESPER
JAMES WALKINSHAW
STEPHEN WALKINSHAW
CLYDE WARD
ELIJAH WARD
EUGENE WARNER
LARRY WARNER
ROLLA WARNER
THOMAS WATKINS
DONALD WECKERLY
HENRY WEDEL
JUNE WELLS
LOWELL WELLS
OVITT WELLS
ARTHUR WESTEMAN
FREDDIE WESTEMAN
WALTER WESTEMAN
CURTIS WHALEY
FRANK WHALEY
LEWIS WHALEY
SAMUEL WHISENHUNT
JOHNNIE WHITE
GEORGE WHITMAN
ROBERT WILLIAMS
DONALD WILSON
HENRY WILSON
GEORGE WINSHIP
J. W. WINSHIP
ARTHUR WOOD
BEN BILL WOOD
HOMER WOODLEY
H. E. WORDEN
WARREN WRIGHT
CLAUDE WORMINGTON
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