Memorial Day
0May 26, 2014 by elhseven
I’m paying homage, in particular, to all of the African American gravestones of former soldiers who are buried in various graveyards along Highway 71. There is a website designed & maintained by the U.S. Veteran Affairs office to help individuals locate graves of veterans, http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/index.html. Many of the individuals below predate the criteria for listing on the website.
Hettie Adger Cemetery/St. Paul CME Church, Belcher, LA – 27 veterans
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
Adger, Coryuine |
11-14-1886 |
5-13-1975 |
US Army, WWI |
Adger, Noah |
10-31-1905 |
9-28-1989 |
US Army WWI |
Adger, Tom |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
LA PVT COA, 371 Infantry |
Adger, Jr., Willie |
4-6-1920 |
6-1-1995 |
PFC US Army WWII |
Arye, Bill |
12-9-1913 |
2-21-1961 |
LA PVT, 509 Oridance, WWII |
Boxley, John |
1-22-1922 |
2-17-1999 |
US Navy |
Bradford, Isaac |
2-22-1905 |
2-3-1992 |
PVT US Army WWII |
Bradford, Jacob |
11-25-1896 |
1-11-1964 |
Louisiana PVT Sup Co 806 Pioneer Inf WWI |
Bradford, Sr., Julius |
10-31-1920 |
3-20-1997 |
US Navy |
Bradford, Melvin |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
PVT US Army |
Bryant, Calvin |
4-25-1922 |
4-9-1983 |
TEC4 US Army World War II |
Cade, Amos |
9-13-1893 |
5-1-1959 |
Louisiana PFC Engineers, World War I |
Carroll, Jr., Thomas |
8-17-1913 |
6-9-1960 |
Louisiana CPL 440 QM Service Co. World War II |
Gay, Clarence |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
War Veteran |
Hall, Sam |
3-15-1892 |
1-28-1960 |
PVT Infantry WWI |
Martin, Willie |
3-24-1915 |
3-15-1996 |
US Army WWII |
McCrimmons, Albert |
10-4-1895 |
10-6-1965 |
LA PVT 25 co, 161 Depot Brig, WWI |
Plouche, Haywood |
3-12-1889 |
3-27-1967 |
LA PVT COA 162 Depot Brig, WWI |
Rawls, Walter |
not inscribed |
2-27-1935 |
LA PVT ICL 512 Engrs |
Simmons, Richard |
4-20-1886 |
12-28-1969 |
LA PVT COG, 806 Pioneer Inf. WWI |
Smith, John |
5-8-1891 |
9-3-1961 |
LA PFC CO-C, 526 SVC VN Engineer Corps WWI |
Stewart, Monroe |
not inscribed |
not inscribed |
Military |
Taylor, Albert |
4-8-1941 |
8-8-1969 |
LA SP4 US Army-Vietnam |
Taylor, Seargy Lee |
6-6-1926 |
6-9-1965 |
PFC BTRYB27, Armed FABN |
Walker, Jospeh |
11-30-1887 |
9-25-1919 |
He died in the service of his country No. A. 262327 |
Williams, Sam |
6-30-1891 |
6-16-1969 |
LA PVT CO DEV BN L69, Depot Brigade WWI |
Williams, Willie |
9-31-1897 |
7-1-1954 |
LA PVT COC419 RES Labor BN QMC WWI |
Category Places | Tags: African American soldiers burials, Belcher, Hettie Adger Cemetery, Highway 71, Isaac Bradford, St. Paul CME Church
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