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Bulloch County Honors Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day: Video

Bulloch County honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day at a wreath laying ceremony at the Bulloch County Veterans of All Wars Memorial monument.
Bulloch Memorial Day Service

Bulloch County honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day at a wreath laying ceremony at the Bulloch County Veterans of All Wars Memorial monument. The 2021 ceremony took place at 11:00 AM outside at the monument which is located in front of the Bulloch County Judicial annex on Siebald Street in Downtown Statesboro. The American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 coordinated the ceremony.

Bulloch County Sherriff's Department Honor Guard presented the colors and American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 Commander Marvin Grimm served as the Master of Ceremony.

The brief ceremony included the laying of a wreath and the intoning of the names of all who have given their life for our county from or connected to Bulloch County.

Prior to the 11 AM service, Veterans also placed wreaths at the Veterans Memorial monuments located at Triangle Park and Statesboro City Hall.

Grice Connect Live Stream of the Entire Ceremony:

During the service the names of soldiers killed in action were intoned. Below is a list of all soldiers from Bulloch County or who were attached to and deployed from units in Bulloch County.

BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION

WORLD WAR 1                                                  

  • Dexter Allen
  • William Baker
  • Brooks Beasley
  • Lawson Bell
  • Willie Brannen
  • George Guy Burgess
  • Ernest Cannon
  • Carswell Deal
  • Edwin DeLoach
  • George Falagan
  • Cephas Feelings
  • Herbert Folsom
  • Paul R. Groover
  • Neal H. Hagan
  • Jesse Lewis
  • Clarence Lyons
  • Blitch Parrish
  • Solomon Raymond
  • Thomas Raymond
  • Walter Sanders
  • John M. Sheffield
  • Louis O. Stanford
  • James Stewart
  • Claude B Terry
  • Homer Van Buren Warnock
  • James W Wiliams

BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION

WORLD WAR 2

PACIFIC THEATER

  • Albert Allen*                                                                           
  • James V. Anderson                                                                 
  • John D. Arnett                                                                         
  • Alfred C. Barnes *                                                                   
  • Inman Beasley                                                                         
  • John T. Box                                                                               
  • Dan C Branson, Jr.                                                                    
  • William H. Bryant                                                                     
  •  John C. Bure, Jr.  *                                                                  
  • Barney L. Chester *                                                                  
  • James O. Cooper                                                                       
  • Leroy Cowart Jr. *                                                                     
  • John F. Darley, Jr.  *                                                       
  • Pierce Darwin DeLoach*                                                              
  • Kelley Bruce Dickerson*                                                               
  • Clyde Thomas Dixon *                                                                   
  • Erastus Don Ellis                                                                               
  • Olice R. Evans                                                                  
  • James A. Futch, Jr.                                                                          
  • Bill M Gerald *                                                                                 
  • Carl L. Gordy*                                                                                  
  • Thomas Hendley                                                                             
  • James M. Hendrix                                                                           
  • F. Glen Hodges*                                                                              
  • Herman Lavonne Hodges                                             
  • William G. Holloway                                                                       
  • Arthur J. Howell *                                                                            
  • Charles Hunnicutt                                                                           
  • James Alvin Lanier                                                                          
  • Jemison B. Lynn                                                                               
  • Archie Redell Martin*                                                                                   
  • Charles T. Martin*                                                                          
  • Leonard E. Mincey
  • Carrol Minick*
  • Cecil Morris
  • Richard Newton
  • George B. Newton
  • George W. Olgesby
  • Austin K Pennington
  • Jackie (Jake) Pennington
  • Ernest L. Poindexter, Jr.*
  • Berton H. Ramsey, Jr.
  • Troy R. Reddick
  • Rupert D. Riggs, Jr. *
  • Barney W. Shelnutt
  • J. I. Shurling
  • Erastus D. Sills
  • Rufus A. Small
  • Rufus B. Stephens
  • Jack L. Suddath*
  • Clifton Summerlin
  • James Walter Swint
  • Chares T. Thornton
  • Cecil Turner
  • Charles D. Wall
  • Albert A Ward*
  • William D. Ward
  • Roland D. Warnock
  • Floyd B. Waters
  • Ellis F. Williams
  • Jack B. White
  • Hardy Talmadge Womack
  • John Gilbert Woodward
  • Frank R. Zetterower, Jr.

* Denotes Killed in Pacific

BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION KOREA

  • Larry B. Akins SSGT Air Force…. 31 Jan, 1954 Died while missing
  • David Chance PVT. Army…. 25 Aug, 1950 Killed in Action
  • James A. Hunnicutt SGT Army…. 12 Dec, 1950 Died while captured
  • Charles H. Lord, Jr. PVT Army…..02 Nov, 1950 Died while captured
  • George D. Tillman PFC Army……15 April, 953 Killed in Action
  • Thomas Crosby  Army  Killed in Action

BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION VIETNAM

  • James R. Brannen
  • Hubert F. Brinson
  • Lenard Coleman
  • Jessie W. Conner
  • David L. DeLoach
  • Luther M. Jones
  • Michael T Rowe
  • BULLOCH COUNTY VETERANS
  • KILLED IN ACTION
  • IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN
  • SPC MATTHEW GIBBS
  • SPC CHARLES H. WARREN
  • SSGT DENNIS P. MERCK
  • SPC JERRY L. GANEY
  • SGT BROCK H. CHAVERS
  • SFC ISAAC  L. JOHNSON
  • CAPT. THOMAS LEE MOORE
  • SSGT CHESTER McBRIDE, III

NOTES: Some of these men were stationed at or deployed from the local guard base so we include them on our list