Amherst County Gold Star Honor Roll, World War II
In the Museum's research library is a copy of Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War, published in 1947. In the foreward by Gov. Colgate W. Darden, he thanks the Virginia World War II History Commission for the diligent efforts and notes that the Commissioned was established in 1944 and thus the volume may not be comprehensive. In recognition of Memorial Day, the following names from the Gold Star Honor Roll are listed. The Museum Director is personally aware of at least one soldier not listed—Capt. Robert Barnes Ware, a medical doctor who lost his life on June 6, 1944, and whose medals are displayed at the Amherst County Museum. If you know of additional names to be added, please contact the Museum at 434-946-9068 or email the Museum.
The following list from the Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War, published 1947:
In Memoriam
- Adams, James Ligon
- Alcock, Berry Hill
- Anderson, Samuel Harvey
- Berryman, Carlisle Johnson
- Burch, William A.
- Campbell, Clyde Eugene
- Campbell, Harry Wilson
- Campbell, James Wyatt
- Campbell, Vernard Keith
- Campbell, William T.
- Casey, Robert Lee
- Cash, James Ludwell
- Childress, Alvin Thomas
- Christian, William
- Davis William Ashby
- Deane, Layton Warren
- Doss, Larion Thomas
- Edwards, James O.
- Floyd, Hazel Woodroe
- Franklin, Arthur L.
- Hall, Millard Preston, Sr.
- Hamilton, James O.
- Higginbotham, William Hill
- Hudson, Archie Lilbon
- Hudson, Jack Lee
- Iseman, George C.
- Jones, George W.
- Laughon, Samuel Walter
- Leopold, Theodore H.
- Loving, Nathan Edward
- McDaniel, James Robert
- Martin, James Earle
- Mays, Murphy
- Meador, Randoph L.
- Miller, Nathaniel Thomas
- Millner, Hersey Hansford
- Morecom, Edward V.
- Morris, Herbert Thomas
- Myers, Floyd McClanie
- Odgen, Ubron Melvin
- Padgett, Jesse James
- Parr, Joseph Landon
- Patterson, Aubrey Coleman
- Peters, Roy H.
- Phillips, James Gordon
- Putt, Edward Lee
- Ricketts, Edward Garland
- Shanks, Nelson S.
- Shrader, Lloyd George
- Sligh, William Lawrence
- Smith William Henry
- Smoot, Melvin Jefferson
- Staples, Calvin Coolidge
- Stinnette, Robert Chester
- Thurman, John E.
- Tomlin, Harry Orchard
- Turpin, Albert L.
- Webster, Frederick Charles
- Wood, Fred Duvall, Jr.
- Wright, Herman Page
More World War II Service Veterans
Nelson Kenmore Hamilton (b. July 12, 1915; d. February 22, 1995; buried at Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Clinton Mahone "Red" Hamilton (b. April 27, 1925; d. March 11, 1987; buried at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest, Virginia)
James Finley "Joe" Hamilton (b. January 27, 1919; d. July 11, 1982; buried at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest, Virginia)
Budd Massie Kerr (b. 1915; died in Germany in 1945)
John Murray "Jack" McConaghy; Army from April 23, 1943 until January 7, 1945 (b. November 17, 1924; d. July 4, 1992)
Richard Edwin Ricketts; Army Air Corps (September 19, 1925; d. February 20, 2010; buried Union Christian Church, River Road, Madison Heights, Virginia)
Charles Lawson "Charlie" Ricketts, II; Army Air Corps (b. April 7, 1922; d. March 12, 1997; buried at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest, Virginia)
John Milton Ricketts, Jr; Navy, Pacific (b. February 27,1922; d. January 8, 2000; buried at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Randolph Ricketts; Navy (b. September 26, 1923; d. August 7, 1997; buried at Union Christian Church, Madison Heights, Virginia)
Clayton Wilson (served in New Guinea; b. about 1922; d. unknown)
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