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Korea June 1950 - July 1953
This is a list of veterans taken from the memorial to Harrison County, Kentucky Vietnam veterans found on the courthouse square in Cynthiana, Kentucky. The memorial's inscription reads "This memorial is dedicated to those from Harrison County who served with honor and valor to preserve the cause of freedom and halted aggression against the Republic of South Korea."
To view web pages devoted to those Harrison County soldiers & marines who died during the war, visit The Final Roll Call ~ Korea.
Charles L. Allen George R. Angel Jackie R. Angel Charles M. Antle Randall Ashbrook Emmit Ashley James L. Barnett Robert D. Bastin Henry L. Bell Howard R. Benson Albert E. Berry Hobert L. Biddie Audry P. Boone Henry N. Bruce, Jr. Harry Brunker Robert F. Burden Kenneth Burns Paul S. Burton Randall R. Caswell Robert E. Chambers Thomas E. Clifford Verlon R. Cline Billy Cobb Delmer G. Cole Charles R. Conrad Joseph C. Cook William T. Cook Donald R. Cooper Amos Corbin, Jr. James L. Cordray James W. Coy Floyd H. Criswell Marcellus P. Custard George H. Darnell, Jr. Harold E. Denniston George T. Donovan Alfred J. Doyle Leo T. Duckworth Albert G. Ecklar Henry J. Elam Walter C. Estes Harold W. Faulconer Charles A. Feeback Wallace B. Feix Cornelius Fitzgerald, Jr. William A. Fitzgerald Eugene S. Flora Charles L. Fowler Hubert Fryman Robert L. Fryman James H. Garrison Forrest Gill Joe T. Groves Paul E. Groves Harold M. Hall Grover H. Harding James E. Harding Newton Harding, Jr. Harry E. Harney George L. Harp George A. Harper George F. Hawkins Jack B. Hayes John C. Hendricks Cleon Henry Edward A. Herrington Kenneth J. Hewitt David L. Hicks James H. Highlander Wallace Hill Elmer Himes Dallas C. Hisle Zeb Hopkins, Jr. Carl Hounchell Franklin Howard, Jr. John R. Hudgins Joseph B. Hudgins James L. Humphrey Roy E. Johnson, Jr. Elmer L. Jones Ralph E. Jones Donald L. Judy Charles W. Juett Raymond L. Juett Cecil Kearns J. Felix King, Jr. William T. Kinney Milton Knight Lyle B. LaCore Kenneth Landrum Lester T. Lawson Edward R. Lea William T. Lee Almond J. Lewis Ralph M. Light Henry F. Linville, Jr. Billy R. Lykins Joe Malone, Jr. Charles E. Mardis Fred J. Marsh John O. Marsh Calvin W. Marshall Harry M. Marshall James R. Marshall Kenneth E. Marshall Howard W. Mastin Frank G. Matthews Donald K. Mattox Glen McCauley Ray M. McCauley Roscoe McDuffey William C. McKinley Douglas W. McLoney Paul D. McNabb Harold E. McNees Carl E. McRoberts, Sr. William R. Megibben Bob Middleton Albert L. Moore William T. Moore George B. Nichols Gordon D. Northcutt Stanley R. Northcutt Albert O. Nutgrass Leonard Oakley Thomas V. Palmer Donnie Perkins Billy C. Perraut Frazier J. Phillips William C. Phillips Ira T. Pope George L. Price, Jr. Jack S. Price James R. Price Teddy Price Harold E. Pulliam Marion Rankin James T. Rawlings Richard O. Raymond Elmer Reed Leslie Reed, Jr. John I. Reeves Richard L. Richie, Jr. Russell Richie, Jr. Paul Ritchie James H. Robinson Robert W. Rorer William H. Rorer Blanton Sanders Curtis M. Sanders, Jr. George D. Schanding Jefferson D. Sheldon, Jr. William K. Simpson C.B. Slade Garnett C. Smiley William A. Smith Jack L. Spegal Leonard C. Spence Charles M. Stakelin Robert E. Stakelin John H. Stivers Herbert H. Stroub Roy L. Stroub Billy G. Switzer Joe W. Taylor Charles R. Thompson Harold W. Townsend Joseph C. Vance Gerald Wagoner Donald R. Walker Frank Whalen, Jr. Freddie J. Whalen Paul E. Whalen James F. Whirls Ray T. White McElwyn D. Whiteker Nelson K. Whiteker Ralph B. Whitley Eddie T. Whitson Freddie W. Whitson Alva J. Whitton Leroy Wiggins Martin Wiggins Paul M. Wiglesworth Carlos M. Williams James W. Williams Ollie Williams Rodney Williams J.T. Williamson John Winkle Lester Winkle Paul Withers Jessie W. Wood Harold H. Wright
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Two memorials have been placed on Cynthiana's courthouse square to commemorate those from Harrison County who fought and who died in Korea and Vietnam. Both list those who served and survived, as well as those who died in the services of their country. The lists of names on this web page have been transcribed as they appear on both of the memorials.
The Cold Wars
Before the dust had settled on the battlegrounds of the two World Wars, a veteran leader of both, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri which defined a new front in a different kind of war, a 'Cold War.' The 'iron curtain' he described had slowly closed around the Eastern European regimes of what was to become the Warsaw Pact as Stalin's Soviet Union grabbed and then held a firm grip on a wider 'sphere of influence' than it had ever known. With the Communist takeover of China in 1949 and an apparent development of a Sino-Soviet axis, combined with the falls and withdrawals of old European colonial governments, new fronts in the 'Cold War' emerged in the Pacific and in Southeast Asia. 'Containment' became the catchword of the new policy of the United States government to stem the aggression, growth, and influence of the Soviet Union and 'Red China' in what came to be known as the 'Third World.'
When the threat of any direct military confrontation between the 'superpowers' could escalate to an exchange of newly developed atomic bombs and later nuclear-tipped missiles, the 'First World' (The U.S., Western Europe, & Japan) and the 'Second World' (The U.S.S.R., Eastern Europe, & China) rarely ever directly confronted each other militarily, and 'Cold War' battles took the form of proxy wars and blockades in Berlin, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Angola. Two of the most pernicious and vexing fronts in the 'Cold War,' for Americans at least, were on the Korean Peninsula and in Vietnam.
Korea
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel which defined the border between it and South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, convinced he could take advantage of a weak political situation in South Korea, invaded in an attempt to reunify the country under one flag, and weaken the opposition to his own regime as a liberator and unifier of the Koreas.
Two days later in the United Nations, the United States, with the Soviet Union's ambassador absent, sponsored a resolution which called for military sanctions against North Korea and got it passed. Three days later President Truman ordered U.S. combat forces already deployed in Japan to deploy to Korea. The forces of nineteen other nations ultimately joined in the effort, all under a unified U.N. command lead by General Douglas McArthur.
Even after American ground forces were committed to Korea, the war continued to go badly. Before the North Koreans were stopped in August, they had captured the capital city of Seoul, and the American and South Korean forces had been pushed back to a small perimeter around the southern port city of Pusan, extending about 80 miles from north to south and about 50 miles from east to west. American reinforcements were able to hold this small area, however, and on Sept. 15, 1950, Gen. MacArthur launched an amphibious invasion behind enemy lines, striking at the port city of Inchon on South Korea’s west coast, about 25 miles west of Seoul. In a coordinated move, U.N. forces broke out of the Pusan perimeter. Very quickly the North Koreans were routed and forced above the 38th parallel.
Despite warnings from China, U.N. Forces pressed their advantage and took the fighting to the banks of the Yalu River which marked the border between North Korea and China. In response the Chinese launched a massive surprise assault on the already exhausted U.N. forces, helping the North Koreans to recapture Pyongyang and even Seoul, but as Chinese had overextended themselves they found it necessary to withdraw when they came under withering firepower and finally withdrew to the 38th parallel. As Truman was unwilling to escalate the Korean War into a Third World War which would have ultimately extended the conflict with China and involved the Soviet Union, the war continued at a stalemate on the Korean Peninsula for three years until a truce agreement could be signed in July, 1953. No peace treaty has been signed and the border between the Koreas remains today as one of the most heavily guarded and dangerous on the planet.
Vietnam
After nearly a decade of fighting the French lost in Indochina with their defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam were subsequently carved from the old colony as independent states. Vietnam was temporarily divided between an anti-Communist South and a Communist North, but in 1956, South Vietnam, with American backing, refused to participate in unification elections. By the end of the decade Communist-led guerrillas known as the Viet Cong had begun to battle the South Vietnamese government.
Initially, U.S. support of the anti-Communist government of South Vietnam amounted to some 2,000 military advisors. By 1963 the number of advisors had grown to 16,300. However, the military condition continued to deteriorate in the south and in 1965 President Lyndon Johnson decided to commit even more American ground forces and launched air strikes on North Vietnam. By 1968, the last year of his presidency, there were 536,000 troops in South Vietnam. Despite the massive U.S. presence, the surprise Tet Offensive that year by North Vietnamese forces revealed an unforseen resilience in enemy capabilities and marked a major shift in turning many Americans against the war.
In response a new policy was initiated by President Richard Nixon and 'Vietnamization' was put into effect, allowing a slow withdrawal of U.S. forces, while giving the South Vietnamese a larger role in and control of their own defense. However, the U.S. widened the war with bombings in Cambodia and incursions into Laos in an attempt to stem the flow of soldiers and supplies to enemy forces into the south. With widening discontent and weakening support for the war in the U.S. a peace agreement was reached in January, 1973 and U.S. P.O.W.s were returned and the massive U.S. troop presence was decreased as forces were withdrawn from Vietnam.
In the end, in April, 1975, South Vietnam was overtaken by Communist forces, when the whole of Vietnam was reunited. The conflict in Vietnam became known as America's longest war, with repercussions which persist to this day.
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Vietnam March 1962 - Jan. 1973
This is a list of veterans taken from the memorial to Harrison County, Kentucky Vietnam veterans found on the courthouse square in Cynthiana, Kentucky. The memorial's inscription reads "This Monument Is Dedicated with Honor and Gratitude to Those from Harrison County Who Served in Vietnam."
To view web pages devoted to those Harrison County soldiers & marines who died during the war, visit The Final Roll Call ~ Vietnam to read the names which appear on the Harrison County memorial.
Click on the following link to see the names of Harrison County soldiers & marines whose names are a part of the Kentucky Vietnam Memorial in Frankfort.
Donald E. Adams Monte L. Adams Richard R. Adams Vernon G. Adams Jesse T. Alexander James L. Anderson David W. Ammerman Jerry Anderson Richard D. Anness Roy W. Anness Gayle Antle Danny R. Arnold Gordon W. Arnold Charles L. Baldwin Douglas M. Banfield Robert Barnes, Jr. John C. Bennett Donald W. Benson John Brooking James O. Brooks Marvin D. Brooks Jno. B. Brown John Brown William A. Brown Billy K. Browning Roger L. Browning Henry N. Bruce, Jr. John R. Burch Edward E. Carman Carl C. Clifford Jeffrey L. Clifford James B. Cline Kenneth G. Cobb Tony B. Cobb David W. Cole Joseph L. Collins William R. Conner Robert T. Cook Ralph E. Coppage David A. Coy Gary S. Coy Walter J. Coy Lynn Crawford Joseph D. Crump John Cummins Larry G. Davis Ronald L. Dennis David R. Dixon Lester D. Dixon Danny W. Doan Gerald W. Doyle Gary E. Duckworth James A. Edwards Thomas P. Fain Charles G. Fields William M. Fitch Carlos M. Fitzwater Ronnie R. Flora Allen P. Florence, Jr. David L. Florence Melvin R. Florence Stanley C. Florence Edwin A. Fogle Monty N. Foley Leonard Franklin, Jr. Emery Fryman, Jr. Jyon M. Fryman Robert L. Fryman Roger A. Gasser Clay Gaunce Frederic D. Gray John Grayson William G. Groves Hanson D. Haggard Jerry D. Haley Larry Haley Marvin D. Harney Claude Harp David L. Harrington Mark Hatfield, Jr. Walter W. Hatterick, III Bobby W. Haufler Terry L. Heinrichs Ray D. Henry Bobby G. Herrington Charles R. Herrington Larry Herrington Billy T. Hicks David A. Hicks Kenneth R. Higgins Lynn W. Hill William F. Hill Terrald E. Holland James A. Houston Daniel M. Howk William H. Hubbard Joe G. Hutchison Larry R. Ishmael Thomas B. Ishmael Stanley J. Jenkins Mac L. Jones Don E. Johnson Stanley R. Justice Harold D. Kearns David W. King Franklin D. King Robert L. Kinney Raymond G. Landrum Albert G. Laytart James T. Linville Robert D. Linville Billy E. Lemons Donald C. Lemons Larry T. Lizer Clarence A. McNees Roger L. McNees David K. Malone James E. Marks Caryl G. Marsh J. Frank Marsh John O. Marsh Frank T. Marshall Bobby M. Mitchell Butch Moore Clifford D. Moore Frank Moore, Jr. Shearl A. Moore Stephen B. Moses James B. Mullen Larry Nickell Rufus C. Nickerson Charles W. Northcutt Darryl N. Nunnelley Robert A. Owen, Jr. Kenneth W. Page Lavon Stanley Page David K. Palmer Gary R. Palmer Robert L. Palmer Russell B. Florence John McGill Stanley Moses Dean Peak Emmett W. Prather Teddy E. Price James K. Porter Charles W. Reffett Donald G. Richie Jerry D. Ritchie Kenneth J. Ross John W. Robinson Bobby D. Sexton Robert W. Sexton Robert Shanklin Charles L. Simpson Clarence E. Simpson Newton J. Simpson Donnie Six Garnett A. Slade John D. Smith, Jr. Gran Spicer Shearle G. Snapp Raymond P. Solomon Gordon Sparks Robert M. Spigles Gary M. Stakelin Gilbert Stanfield Don R. Stephens William S. Talbott Charles W. Tanner, II Larry Taylor Wayne E. Teals Roger L. Thomas Jessie Thompson Frazier L. Tolle Jerry L. Townsend Robert Troy Jackie W. Tucker William R. Turner Ronald A. Vallandingham Donald L. Wagoner Robert C. Waits Leonard W. Walker Howard A. West Marvin R. West Robert West Bobby Whalen Carl L. Whalen Robert C. Whalen John S. Whirls Allen C. Whitaker Collis P. Whitaker Chester J. Whitaker Gary L. Whitaker Burl W. White Donald R. White John S. White James W. Whitehead Chris Whitis Charles D. Wiglesworth Tod Wiglesworth Ernest Williams Raymond S. Williams, Jr. Roger A. Winkle Robert Withers Mitchell L. Wohlwinder Ronald R. Woodward Charles L. Wright
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