Colonial Beach Veterans Memorial
In Memory of the Men and Women of Colonial Beach
Who Served in the Nation's Armed Forces in the Defense
of Freedom and to Preserve the American Way of Life.

 

 

Name Rank Death Where Notes
Ambrose, Joseph   Sergeant  12/8/1941  Philippine Islands    Technical Sergeant?; 24th Pursuit Group; Awarded Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Honolulu, Hawaii
Anthony, Everette Vincent  Apprentice Seaman  6/29/1942  Caribbean Sea  KA/DW  Missing; sunk by German submarine U-505; Armed Guard; Awarded Purple Heart
Ashton, Charles   Staff Sergeant      KiA Sergeant?
Bayne, John Wesley          Residence: Prince William Co
Brann, Clifford Campbell  Private      KiA Residence: Northumberland Co
Braxton, James   Lieutenant         
Brownley, Alfred Hatcher  Technical Sergeant  7/2/1945    KiA 07/02/1943?; B-24 Liberator; 98th Bombardment Group, 47th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force; Awarded Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy
Cheatham, Benjamin F  Major General      DNB   
Clark, Earl D  Private 1st Class      KiA  
Gutridge, Joseph Walter  Private      DNB  Residence: Richmond, City of
Herbert, Harry Taylor  2nd Lieutenant  10/24/1944  aboard Arisan Maru in South China Sea  DC  1st Lieutenant?; Drowned/Injuries?; 12/24/1944?; ; POD: about 225 miles east of Hong Kong; torpedoed/sunk by US submarine USS Snook, SS-279; Philippine Division; Awarded Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart
Hudson, John W Jr 1st Lieutenant      KiA  
Jenkins, Northern D  Private 1st Class      DNB   
Johnson, Albert Weigen  Ensign      DNB   
Jones, George C  Private  8/17/1944  Italy  KiA 91st Infantry Division; Awarded Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy
Kay, Earl M  Technician 5th Grade      KiA  
Loving, Adrian R  Flight Officer  6/6/1944  Normandy, France  KiA 1st Lieutenant?; Residence: Henrico Co; CG-4 Glider; 437th Troop Carrier Group, 9th Air Force; Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France
Martin, Charles R  Private 1st Class  3/20/1945  Luzon, Philippine Islands  KiA  Missing; 32nd Infantry Division; Awarded Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart
McNeil, Hugh Day  Lieutenant         
Mountjoy, Woodrow W  Private        Residence: Prince William Co
Newman, Thomas Arthur  Private      DNB   
Newton, Clifton Leroy  Private      DNB  Residence Wise Co?
Overby, Evans E  Private  11/20/1942  Pacific  DNB  same as Ernest Evans Overbey?; Missing; 19th Bombardment Group
Plummer, Robert R  Private      KiA  
Rawlings, Wilbur Francis  Private         
Rick, Frank Edward III 2nd Lieutenant      Died of Wounds  (Staff Sergeant?; 09/18/1944; Holland; Source FF, ll; Company I; 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 101st Airborne Division)?
Roane, Clarence   Private        Residence: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Roark, Raymond A  Private      Died of Wounds   
Self, Robert Judson  Technician 5th Grade  7/29/1944  Europe  KiA Missing?; Awarded Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France
Smith, John Andrew Jr Corporal         
Solberg, William McKinley  Chief Aviation Pilot  4/6/1944    KA/DW   
Tolliver, Willie S  Private      KiA  
Walker, Cyrus Harding  Ensign  7/29/1946  Pacific  KA/DW  Missing; 07/28/45; Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart
Washington, Edward Henry  Private 1st Class  3/4/1945  near Kyll River, Belgium  KiA 87th Infantry Division; Awarded Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Worley, Raymond E  Private  11/7/1944  Italy  KiA 85th Infantry Division; Awarded Purple Heart; buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy

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