Etched in Stone

Union County Courthouse Monuments

An Eagle Scout project for local Robert Lehew, this monument stands on the east lawn of the Union County Courthouse. Lehew designed the layout, raised funds and coordinated construction of the monument honoring Union County citizens who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An Eagle Scout project for local Robert Lehew, this monument stands on the east lawn of the Union County Courthouse. Lehew designed the layout, raised funds and coordinated construction of the monument honoring Union County citizens who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Editor's Note: These names of Union County residents who died in U.S. wars are etched on monuments that surround the county courthouse.

World War I

Roy V. Kinard

World War II

Carls S. Alls

Leo Alston

James E. Amason

Wade Anderson

James E. Anding

Charlie L. Anglin

Vernon T. Atkinson

Josh K. Askew

William F. Ballard

Charles Beck

J. Frank Barringer

Otis Brasier

Jack B. Bidwell

Walter L. Bradsher

Luther H. Bedingfield

Frank Brown

Haywood D. Brewster

James L. Brown

Harold N. Britt

Adrian B. Cason

William D. Cazort

Jackson F. Chitwood

Joseph P. Costa

Walter A. Cherry

Morley J. Colvin

Thomas H. Combs

Powell B. Compere

Obed Cox

George Crawford

James M. Crawford

Malcom W. Crow

Elgin W. Daniels

William A. Daniel, Jr.

Grover M. Davis

Beltron D. Dittenham

Roy G. Day

Lee Diehl, Jr.

John A. Dittenham

Jarold Duke

Coy Dumas

Melvin Drummond

John M. Eastridge

Leon Egbert

Jack M. Ellen

Harold C. Ellen

Woodrow Ellenberg

Nolan Endsley

Albert J. Evans

John K. Evans

Charles E. Evers

Don H. Everett

Ernest Farrar

A.C. Fauthere, Jr.

Freddie Ford

Carl L. Fountain

Carlton Furgeson

Hilton Furgeson

Alford C. Gaddy

Gilbert P. Gammill, Jr.

Jack D. Ganaway

Wilofred Gardner

Rufus N. Garrett, Jr.

Jesse P. Glover

Raymond A. Goodson

Hudie E. Graves

Fred R. Graves

Robert L. Graves, Jr.

Sylvester Grayson

Billie M. Gresham

Lawrence L. Griffin

William F. Gross

Robert P. Givens

Leonard M. Hammond

Robert Harbison

Charles E. Harrison

Verlie J. Harrison

William H. Harrison

Elmore Hart

Van S. Hassin

Orville Hayes

James C. Hayse

George C. Haynes, Jr.

Rupert P. Helms

Ernest P. Hendrix

William L. Hickmon

Floyd Hicks

Avon M. Hill

Travis V. Hodges

Roy W. Hoover

Thomas J. Hudson

Cortez D. Jackson

C.W. Johnson

Buford T. Johnson

Charles H. Jones, Jr.

JFFF D. Jefferson

John G. Kassos

Doris L. Kinard

James C. Kelly

Henry G. Kinard

J.T. Keith, Jr.

Rowe C. Kennedy

Howard Kenner

Buddie J. Kendrick

Billy B. King

John E. King

Frederick N. Kirkpatrick

Ogie Lee

Lloyd D. Lee

Albert C. Leamon

Ernest Lewis, Jr.

J.L. Luter, Jr.

George W. Long

Charles L. Lynch

William M. Mann

Olen E. McCaskill

Jewell D. Melton

Bobby E. McGee

George B. McGill, Jr.

William L. Miller

Walter C. Miles, Jr.

Oriel Mitcham

Jack Mills

George A. McManus, Jr.

Clifton E. Miller

Elmer E. Moseley

Hidie H. Mooty

William J. Mulligan

Jack Myers

Eugene L. Morton

Edward C. Nash

Henry Naugher

William P. Noa, Jr.

J.D. Nunnally

Kenneth Oliver

Gerald C. Osborne

Henry G. Pannell

Everett A. Parham

Earl Paxton

Harlin Pickering

Tullis Pickering

Robert B. Pierce

Charles A. Pool

Chester C. Pool

Luther H. Redingfield

Don N. Riddle

Robert L. Richardson

J.H. Ritchie

Roy H. Roton

Carl L. Roy

George E. Rhodes

Edward E. Rouse

E.A. Rubie

William E. Ruth

James L. Scott

Wilson Scroggins

Harold J. Simms

Thomas A. Simms

Jack S. Slade

Ned B. Slaughter

Garlan P. Smith

Terrell G. Smith

William F. Smith

Ralph W. Stockemer

William W. Stocks

G. Martel Sturdivant

Marshall Summers

Wm Arnold Summers

William A. Summers

William E. Stephens

Kenneth M. Talkington

Prince Thornton, Jr.

Gordon Tackett

James E. Talbot

John J. Talbot

Billy B. Thornton

James N. Taylor

Eban J. Thompson

Edward S. Tadlock

Roy F. Thompson

Richard G. Tindall

Steve Tucker, Jr.

William C. Upshaw

Alvin L. Varnado

B. Malone Vines

Olen H. Walker

Earl V. Ward

Ellis E. Warren

Luie E. Ward

William P. Webb

Leonard Watson

Demmer G. Welch

James D. Whaley

Eddie F. Wells

John N. Whitright

Andrew Williams

Gene Williams

Herve Wilson

Ralph J. Winchester

Lee R. Woodall, Jr.

Charles E. Wylie

Everett W. Wike

Robert Yarborough

“In loving memory of Lt. Wm Farmer Ballard AC 0-735504, 1921-1943; Lost in action in Italy Sept. 22, 1943; Pilot B25 82nd Squadron 12th Bombing Group”

Korean Conflict

Bobby R. Bankston

Bennie J. Berryman

Harrold H. Barringer

Charles C. Black

Richard E. Chadwick

Gerald N. Faulkner

Charles D. Mason

Jay L. McGough

Obie E. Milner

August W. Mouton

Raymond E. Owens

Maurice R. Tomlinson

Willie D. Warren

James L. Holley

Paul H. Short

Vietnam Casualities from Union County

Killed in Action

PFC. Fred Eugene Andrews

Lt. Curtis Richard Baker

1Lt. Steven Gill Epperson

1Lt. Harry M. Godwin

Pfc. Jimmy Lee Golden

Sgt. James Ben Hicks

Msgt. Julian R. Hooper

SP$ Mike Raymond Rasberry

1Lt. William Edward Wolfe, Jr.

Missing in action

TSGT. Robert T. Elliott - KIA

Col. James S. Morgan

Lt. John C. Burris - KIA

World War II Combat Veterans of Arkansas

"The New York Times, 1944: 'D-Day would not be possible without the Unites States Merchant Marine. ... These men lay, along with their torpedoed ships, below the ocean's waves. One of every 26 Merchant Marines was killed in combat (the largest ratio of casualties in any service).'"

Union County American Merchant Marine Veterans

William D. Farish

Cecil L. Hargraves

Kenneth Muse

Rudolph Nelson

Bob G. Ross

James Cecil Rushing

T.G. “Red” Watkins

James Elliott Beck

Jack L. Smith

William L. Craig

Bill Prewett

Eugene Barner

American Merchant Marine Veterans

Morris Harvey

National President

A.J. Wichita

National President Emeritus

Sindy Raymond

Editor AMMV

Charles E. Montanaro

Regional Vice President

Frank Hash

Mayor of El Dorado

Mike Loftin

Union County Judge

United Spanish War Veterans 1898

Past commanders, Dept. of Arkansas United Spanish War Veterans

Neal C. Marsh - 1931 and 1932

Frank H. Smith - 1934 and 1935

Sam D. Crawford - 1941 and 1942

Harry H. McFann - 1945 and 1946

Muster Roll of Members, Baxter Hearin Camp No. 11

Samuel D. Crawford

J.D. (Finn) Craig

Charles W. Discher

E.L. Pye

Marcus L. Saunders

L.W. Elliott

Henry L. Anderson

Frank Hovell

Harry W. Stewart

Neil C. Marsh

Harry W. Staton

Chas. C. Williams

H.H. McFann

Oscar P. Reynolds

R.M.V. Cordell

Coit C. Farrington

Wm S. Sloan

Newton C. Cutrer

R.W. Goodwin

Mart Bradshaw

Hiram W. Bibb

Wm I. Burress

Lee W. Walton

Robert W. Cook

F.M. Dodson

S.H. McCulloch

John H. Hayes

C.B. Wallis

James E. Ahrens

A.A. Boyd

Samuel M. Arrendale

J.M. Wren

Robert W. Banks, Jr.

O.C. Rogers

John C. Moffeit

James N. Smith

James W. Russell

F.H. Smith

Robt. A. Kitchen

W.H. Matthews

Frank H. Pierce

Harry G. Myers

D.L. Barmore

Julius K. Sheppard

John R. King

G. Roy Anderson

Clit Brannon

Chas. S. Curran

Paul Tucker

Rob. L. Endom

James H. Gilmore

Ono Hartsel

P.B. McCune

Sam A. Ponder

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