Veterans Day
Veterans Day began as a recognition of those who died in World War I. The cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I was signed on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. To honor our veterans of that war, on May 13, 1938, Congress made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday – a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as “Armistice Day.” In 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the nation’s history; and after Korea War, Congress amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans.” Thus, today, Veterans Day honors American veterans of all wars (Memorial Day salutes those who died in combat). Below is a list of WWII veterans who lived in northern Fauquier County.
Those killed in action are listed in bold. We welcome photographs of these veterans, and any additions or corrections to our list. We salute all Fauquier residents who served in wartime throughout America’s history and hope to compile lists of those veterans.
Henry E. Rankin
Robert L. Canard
Arthur W. Fishback
Gordon L. Staples
Curtis M. Payne
Lloyd A. Hughes
Albert C. Payne
Alice M. Bennett
Richard A. McCarthy
Howard A. Glascock
William W. Elgin
Norman L. Moore
Harvey Pearson
Elmer E. Clemmer
Wallace Glascock
Charles D. Edwards
Edward Glascock
Thurston K. Cubbage
Roger Pearson
Raymond G. Canard
Georges Hawkes
Roger I. Russell
Richard Hall
Warren Lee
Paul E. Queen
Warren Glascock
Anderson G. Moffett
Archie Woodward
Philip “Poodle” Yowell
Henry Ball
Claude S. Sisk
Presley C. Ashby
Forrest N. Moffett
Estel H. Ashby
Elias E. Creel
James E. Poe
Archie J. Butler
John C. Butler
Elmer L. Allison
Bernie S. Walters
Nimrod Olinger
Abner Adams
Harry L. Smith
John C. Jones
Alfred R. Falls
- Harfield Brown
Luther Pearson
Chester A. Hall
James N. Fudd
Royal Swann
Lee N. Allison
Melvin Corum
Thomas S. Bishop
Marvin M. Creel
Frankie Woodward
Monroe Muse
Vernon I. Payne
Daniel R. Fishback
Harry V. Tinsley
Vincent Grigsby
Elijah Griffith
Green B. Bohn
William D. Turner
William H. Herbert
Cleveland L. Ramey
Wilbur W. Milton
Frank S. Vickers
Foster R. Carter
John W. Strother
Morris A. Hitt
Carroll L. Payne
Douglas F. Monger
Curtis M. Payne
James N. Soaper
Alfred W. Glascock
Lee W. Glascock
Vernon C. Hunt
Edward A. O’Bannon
John W. Jeffries
Norman L. Moore
Shirley F. Edwards
Bedford Fletcher
Leo F. Pearson
Bessie Owens
Alexander Strozier
Earl M. Wines
Floyd G. Butler
Julian F. Griffith
Richard L. Griffith
Howard Morris
Alvin Pearson
James D. Tibbs
Lafayette Lake
John D. Haley
John T. Leach
Paul M. Glascock
George D. Lacy
Frederick H. Wines
Charles Baird III
Harry A. Kerns
Vernon M. Russell
Richard Holzaphel
Haywood N. Grant
John S. Lunsford
James W. Edwards
Willis L. Hatcher
Robert A. Huff
Nelson Kirk
Jack Glascock
Calvin Glascock
Edward M. Walter
Thomas C. Anderson
Robert B. Moriarty
Grafton Brown
Leonard C. Robinson
Wilfred E. Lewis
Cleveland E. Conard
Isaac R. Woodward
Wallace S. Lunsford
John F. Miller
John D. Brown
The Shenandoah Valley Tapestry – A Journey Through Time Project, The Kernstown Battlefield Association and the Friends of Handley Regional Library have joined together with Margaretta Barton Colt to create a community project celebrating 250 years of history in the Shenandoah Valley through needlework. For further details contact Linda Suter at 540-364-782. The Handley Regional Library will host the first event in the Handley Auditorium on November 14th.
