Sometimes, those who are killed in war are not listed on monuments because no one remembered them living here in Laurens County. Here are the known military personnel who were killed or died in our wars and who have not been listed on our monuments.
Private Horace Green (World War 2) - Citation - DCH - November 1, 1948, Killed in combat.
Airman Bobby Robinson (Cold War) - Citation - DCH - March 16, 1954.
Staff Sergeant Ahythel Warren - (World War II) - Tank Commander, 48th Tank Bn., November 24, 1944. Citation, DCH - April 23, 1948.
PFC Earley S. Allen (World War 2) - Tampa Tribune - August 24, 1943 - August 2, 1943 in Sicily.
PFC James B. Davis (World War 2) - Citation - Atlanta Constitution - February 9, 1943 - South Pacific on January 12, 1943.
Sgt. Vivian Moreland Thomas (World War 2) - Citation - Atlanta Constitution - August 1, 1943. Killed in action on July 14, 1943. Gunner on B-17.
Private Archie Hinson, Dudley, circa. Nov. 1, 1918, Citation- Atlanta Con. Nov. 9, 1918.
Capt. Tom Eidson - Cadwell High School Principal, 1940-1941, was killed in action in Italy, March 24, 1944. Citation, Clarke County, Alabama Democrat, March 27, 1944.
Pvt. Paul Sly - (World War 2) - Killed in action in Europe. Cit. Courier Herald, Oct. 27, 1947.
T. Sgt. Emmett Asbell, (World War 2) - Killed in action in Europe. Cit. CH, Oct. 27, 1947.
Tech 4 Johnny Rowland, (World War 2) - Killed in action in Europe. Citation, C H.10. 27, 1947.
Sgt. Joseph C. Hall, died of disease/ (World War II) Oregon Daily Journal, Feb. 3, 1919.
Sgt, Charles Lamar Taylor - Killed in action in Luzon, Phillipines. January 14, 1945. Co. B, 169th Infantry, U.S. Army. (WW2) Macon Telegraph, March 2, 1945.
Lt, Kirby Romulus Lewis - Killed in action aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Drexler on May 28, 1945. (WW2) Macon Telegraph, May 28, 1945.
Edwin Hobbs, USAAF- Died in 1944 at the age of 18. Macon Telegraph, March 25, 1944.
Capt. William Kelley - USAAF - Killed in a plane crash of the Dauntless Dotty off Kwajalien . First bomber pilot to fly 30 missions in the South Pacific during WWII on June 5, 1945.
Sgt. Grady M. Walters, b. 1920, Dublin, Ga. Killed in action ANov. 28, 1943 in North Africa. Atlanta Journal, Feb. 18, 1944.
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