War Memorial Project for Prince George County
The Prince George Regional Heritage Center is announcing a project to develop a detailed
record of the Prince George County residents that perished while serving their country. The
scope of this project includes identifying individuals that have died during conflicts and creating
a registry that includes their life before entering military service (if possible), service branch,
locations of service and interment location. The monuments at the Prince George County
Regional Heritage Center list 46 individuals from World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Not including the Civil War, it is believed that there are other fatalities from these and other
conflicts that are not listed on the monuments, bringing the estimated deceased total to at
least 74. In addition to the registry, the information developed by this project will be used
during annual Memorial Day Observances at the Center.
Your Help is Needed
A number of surviving relatives have already been contacted. There are many more individuals
to research and attempt to find their living family members. We need volunteers to team with
us on this project: to research military records, cemetery records, and historical publications
etc. for each individual; to collect and organize information and photographs in order to create
a memorial tribute for each person; to make direct contact with remaining family members and
friends of the deceased and obtain family agreement, and, if possible, participation, for
including their deceased veterans in the registry.
Please contact the Center if you are willing to help with this project. The list of 74 individuals
identified so far is on the following pages. Even if you do not wish to do research but can help
put us in contact with relatives of the deceased, this information will be helpful as well.
Carol Marks Bowman
Heritage Center Director
Wade B. Lanning
Project Chair
PG Heritage Center
PGHistory@aol.com
(804) 863-0212
Prince George War Memorial Monuments List
Last Update March 2, 2014
World War I__________________________________________________________________
1. Timothy B. Cogle *
2. Roy Ellis
3. Harvey F. D. Tatum
4. James Wooden
World War II__________________________________________________________________
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15.
16.
17.
Ray C. Ayers
Robert B. Baird
Thomas A. Burney
John L. Corum
Frank L. Cole *
Peter R. Dennis
Roland S. Epps
Edward T. Fauntleroy
Walter A. Gibbs
Paul Golnik *
Turner G. Harrell
Lynwood C. Harrell
William H. Harvell
William Horak *
Charles C. Johnson
Douglas D. Johnson
Walter C. Kurnas
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31.
Elmer T. McKesson
Joseph M. Parham
Raleigh C. Powell, Jr.
Gratto M. Rosazza *
Milos G. Rott
Edward L. Rott
Elmer H. Sheets
Allen D. Spiers
James C. Steele, Jr.
Preston E. Temple
John H. Tomko *
Edward A. Vargo *
Joseph F. Vlkojan *
Martin J. Volek
(* Indicates family has been contacted.)
Korea________________________________________________________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
Andrew G. Book
Larry Kennedy
Thomas W. King
John D. Miekle
5. Willie L. Moore
6. William E. O’Berry
7. Robert A. Reed
Vietnam______________________________________________________________________
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2.
3.
4.
John Wesley Blanding
Freddie Isiash Crockett
Nathaniel Irving
Christopher George Morbitzer
Other Possible Prince George Losses (not on monuments)
World War I ____________________________________________________________________
1. Fitzhugh L. Boothe
2. George R. Evans
3. Charlie E. Lyon
4. Edwin F. Wren
5. George A. Yates
World War II__________________________________________________________________
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
William L. Albert
Charles G. Albury Jr
Pierre Bontecou
Michael H. Burchell
Rak E. Elrod
Jesse H. Heath Jr
Henry G. Hopkins
Edward R. Hubbard
Ronald C. Knight
Joseph G. Lawrence
David I. Maile
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19.
20.
21.
Vester E. Mathis
Daniel J. Mccormick
Charles R. Noblin
Paul E. Piskla *
Thomas E. Reid Jr
David S. Rickman
Harry S. Rust
Virginius R. Stell Jr
William R. Vest
William W. Williams
Afghanistan _____________________________________________________________________
Jesse A. Ozbat *
Iraq ___________________________________________________________________________
Michael M. Carey
(* Indicates family has been contacted.)
Gratto M. “Jack” Rosazza died on
December 6, 1944 while serving in
France during World War II
William M. “Buster” Horak died on
November 13, 1943 while serving in
the Pacific during World War II