by Every year, American military service veterans who have received the Purple Heart are honored by communities across the country. The medal honors individuals killed or injured in action and is the oldest military honor in our country.
Habersham County formally adopted the Purple Heart County title this year, joining the ranks of these communities. Local veterans organizations and state and local leaders honored Habersham’s Purple Heart veterans at a ceremony during the first public observance under this new designation. Certificates and folded flags were presented to almost five dozen area veterans, both alive and deceased.
These are the names of those warriors, some of whom have since been added to the list. Their sacrifice and devotion, along with that of their families, are now acknowledged and honored by Habersham. “If you spill blood, it’s an accident,” remarked Barry Church, post commander of Grant-Reeves VFW Post 7720, during the ceremony. These men sacrificed their lives.
Habersham s Purple Heart heroes
David K. Abbott, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedRobert L. Allen, Army, World War II, killed in actionArmy, Vietnam War, Wounded, Charles Lamar AshWorld War II, Army, Wounded, Clarence Scott BailesJere A. Beery, Jr., Vietnam War, Navy, WoundedRobert Charles Benton, Vietnam, Army, WoundedSelby Glenn Benton, World War II, Army, WoundedCharles Edward Booth, World War II, Army, woundedArmy, Vietnam War, wounded Ray Harrison BowenMarines, Vietnam War, wounded Michael A. BradfieldWilliam Bill C. Bramblett, World War II, Army, WoundedWilliam Bray, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedGary L. Cantwell, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedTim Carr, Army, Iraq War, WoundedWounded, World War II, Army, Charles H. Carswell, Jr.William Ray Clark, Vietnam War, Army, woundedArmy, Vietnam War, Wounded, Jerry Eugene ClarkRoger Coker, Army, Vietnam War, WoundedJames P. Cornelius, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedDavid Lee Davis, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedWounded, Vietnam War, Marines, Dale D. DeanJohn N. Diamond, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedPaul L. Dickson, Vietnam War, Marines, WoundedPhillip Randall Duff, Army, Vietnam, killed in actionArmy, World War II, Wounded, Verner H. EnglishMichael Fain, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedArmy, Korean War, Wounded, Eugene Lewis FradySherwood C. Freeman, Vietnam War, Marines, WoundedNorman D. Fries, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedArthur Freeman Fry, World War II, Army, WoundedRufus Allen Garner, World War II, Army, woundedMarines, Vietnam War, Wounded, and Lawrence Edward HancockJames Reeves Hill, World War II, Army, WoundedJimmy Alvin Ivester, Vietnam, Navy, WoundedLarry Paul Jones, Vietnam, Army, WoundedRoy William Laprade, Korean War, Army, WoundedArmy, Vietnam War, Wounded, Jerry Wayne LedfordEdison Everett Maness, World War II, Army, WoundedJ.C. Marcus, Army, Vietnam War, WoundedCharles Thomas Martin, Marines, Vietnam, killed in actionOscar Haskell Masters, World War II, Army, WoundedWilliam Bill Arch McCoy, World War II, Army, WoundedD.W. Bill Miles, Army, Iraq War, WoundedRichard L. Monroe, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedJohn D. Mooneyham, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedHoward C. Palmer, World War II, Army, woundedMillard Lamar Palmer, Army, Vietnam, killed in actionTom L. Patton, Vietnam War, Marines, WoundedRonald A. Payne, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedMarines, Dexter Dorsey Pratchard, Vietnam War, WoundedVietnam War, Army, Wounded, Benjamin Harrison Purcell, Jr.Marines, World War II, Samuel W. Richwine, Sr., WoundedJerry Eugene Rogers, Army, Vietnam, killed in actionWounded, World War II, Marines, Robert Wilbur RuarkArmy, Vietnam War, Wounded, Hugh Dorsey RuckerWesley Robert Sexton, Army, Vietnam, killed in actionArmy, Vietnam, Wounded, Johnny SingletonAir Force, Gulf War, wounded Ross Patton Sosebee, Jr.Clifford Spry, Jr., Vietnam War, Army, WoundedJames Marion Sutton, World War II, Army, woundedRay Tench, Army, World War II, WoundedWounded Theodore Hamilton Tench, Army, World War IJames Herrick Ward, II, Vietnam, Army, WoundedCharles T. Welborn, Vietnam War, Army, WoundedHilliard Almond Wilbanks, Air Force, Vietnam War, Killed in ActionArmy, Vietnam War, wounded, William Kenneth Ken WilkinsonVester Corbet York, World War II, Army, WoundedWorld War II, Air Force, wounded Woodrow Wilson ZimmermanBruce B. Gant, Vietnam, Navy, WoundedHezekiah Tench, [Obvious Status], [Unknown War], [Unknown Branch]
