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