Fallen Veterans Memorial dedication set for Monday, May 29

The Hood County Fallen Veterans Memorial that was completed on the southwest corner of the Hood County Courthouse lawn this month will hold its official dedication on Memorial Day, May 29 starting at 12:30 pm. It will take place in conjunction with HGMA's program at the city stage on Bridge Street in Granbury. Many families of the fallen named will be in attendance. Please plan to attend this historical, honorable tribute.

Those named on this memorial — built on donations by the community and all who no longer wanted to see them forgotten — will be war heroes of Hood County. They will be those who have been born or raised in Hood County, Killed in Action (KIA) or Missing in Action (MIA) with war periods dating all the way back to the Spanish-American War of 1898. In addition to the memorial, a QR code will be available that allows each hero's biography to be immediately obtained on the Hood County Fallen Veterans website (www.HoodCountyFallenVeterans.org).

These are the names of our Hood County Fallen Veterans:

Spanish-American War

PVT Benjamin M. Kerr 07-04-1900

World War I

PVT Walter A. Baker 07-31-1918

PVT Ollie P. Kelley 10-01-1918

PFC Lee Roy Edwards 10-08-1918

PVT Larkin C Clifton 10-12-1918

PVT Elven Helms 11-03-1918

PVT Arthur E. Joiner 12-11-1918

World War II

PVT Herbert E. Roberts 08-19-1941

LTCDR John P. Hillyard 04-08-1942

1LT James K. Bone 11-20-1942

2LT Oliver L. Kincanon 03-12-1943

2LT Windell D. Neely 06-11-1943

FLT O Clovis C. Newman 07-03-1943

1LT Dale P. Cleveland 09-09-1943

S1C Roy E. Thomason 09-11-1943

S2C Marion F. Atwood 02-20-1944

CPL James E. Bills 03-18-1944

PFC Allen B.H. Davis 06-08-1944

PFC Ira E. Hatcher 06-12-1944

1LT William L. Jameson 06-24-1944

1SG Herchel L. Elliott 07-20-1944

2LT Jerome H. Kendall 09-26-1944

2LT Harry P. Curl 10-01-1944

FN1C Virgil W. Charles 10-25-1944

TEC5 William E. Williams 11-15-1944

PFC Bill A. Porter 11-30-1944

SSG Rex A. Davis 12-12-1944

2LT Orman L. Fitzhugh 12-15-1944

PVT Lowell H. Massey 12-20-1944

SSG Willie F. Pope 01-06-1945

PFC William L. Clifton 02-09-1945

SGT Curtis L. Spoon 02-13-1945

PVT Billie Joe Compton 03-02-1945

1LT R.G. Gillen 03-30-1945

PVT Delano W. Cooper 04-05-1945

PVT Elbert R. Marsden 05-19-1945

PVT Morris G. McCauley 06-11-1945

ARM3C Royce E. Milburn 08-09-1945

PFC Perry M. Petty 08-27-1945

COL Harney Estes Jr 07-25-1946

Korean War

SFC Acy Huffman 04-12-1952

FN Lowell D. Wells 04-27-1953

Vietnam War

SGT John E. Miller 06-11-1966

CAPT Jack Camp 12-01-1969

COL William L. Brooks 04-22-1970

SP4 Larry W. Rothel 05-07-1971

War on Terrorism

SFC Riley G. Stephens 09-28-2012