December 16, 2017 Wreaths Across America Ceremony

American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

December 16, 2017 Wreaths Across America Ceremony

Piedmont Baptist Church

People attending the ceremony are arriving

CHS Army JROTC cadets & Sgt Salas

Post 200 Boiling Springs Honor Guard

Chesnee Fire Department here for the ceremony

Post 48 Commander Terry Brown begins the ceremony

A very good crowd

Piedmont Baptist Church Pastor Robert Rudman welcomes all

CHS Army JROTC Honor Guard presents the flag

Flags are posted

ALA Unit 48 President Paula Goulet represents Unit 48

Post 48 Vice Commander Richard Hall announces the Service Wreaths

CHS Army JROTC cadets posting the Service Wreaths

Volunteers lining up to place a wreath on a veteran's grave

The veterans at the Piedmont Baptist Church Cemetery

Jerry J. Antonelli
Pvt. US Army WWII

Homer L. Blanton
Pvt. US Army WWII

Thomas A. Bonner
US AF WWII

Authur Albert Brooks Jr
Cpl. US Army VietNam

Authur Albert Brooks Jr's sister ALA Unit 48 member Lynn Stacy

Henry Thomas Byars Sr.
Pvt US Marines WWII

John G. Byars
Pvt US Army 83rd Field Artillery

Jack Cash
PFC US Army WWII
SC 3614 QM Truck Co.

Robert O. Charles Sr.
S. Sgt US Army Air Forces WWII

Roger D. Darby
US Marines
Post 48 Member

James P. Dyer
Pvt US Army WWII
Georgia

Ralph E. Ezell
Pvt US Army WWII
SC Co A 743 RY OPR BN TC

Boyd Melton Gentry
US Army WWII

Bryant Goode
Pvt US Army
135 Depot Brigade

Placing the wreath on Pvt Goode's grave

Robert G. Goode
US Army
SC Pioneer Inf.

Robert Mike Greene
US Army

John G. Hamrick
Pvt US Army
Co D 60 POIN

Broadus Ted Haynes
US Army
Army Baseball Team

The wreath placed on the grave

Bennie L. Hefner
PFC US Army

J.B. Hines
Tec4 US Army WWII

L. A. Hines
Pvt CSA Civil War
died of wounds received at Ft. Harrison

Samuel Reid Hopper
A1C US Air Force

Lorain W. Hutchins
Pvt. US Army WWI
6th Ordinance Guard Co.

Harry Jolley
US Army WWII

T.J. (Shorty) Jolley
SP3 US Army Korea

William B. Lawson
CSA Civil War
18th SC Inf.

Doc Littlejohn
Pvt. US Army WWI
Post 48 member

Pvt LIttlejohn's son Junior Littlejohn placing the wreath

John Martin
Capt. CSA Civil War
KIA

Willie Mathis Jr.
Pvt US Army Korea

Billy Ray Maynor Sr.
Pvt. US Army WWII

John Lee Morgan
Cpl US Army
157 Inf 40th Div

Leroy Netherton
Pvt. US Army WWII

Osier L. Pruitt
SP4 US Army Vietnam
Co A 61 Inf 5th Inf Div Bz. Star P. Ht. w/OLC

James F. Roddy
Pfc. US Army WWII
Co I, 317 Inf., 80th Inf. Div., Purple Heart

Furman H. Scruggs
Pvt. US Army WWII

George S. Scruggs
Pfc. US Army WWII

Henry A. Sheehan
US Army

Clifton Ray Smith
Cpl. US Army WWI

Ewart Sutton
Pvt. US Army WWI
NC 3 Co I Dev Bn

David E. Turner
ET1 US Navy

Roy O. Turner
US Army WWII

Jonas T.Vassey
US Army WWII

Lawrence Vickers
Pvt. US Army
384 Inf 96 Div

Algie Vernon. White
Cpl. US Army WWI
SC 2 Regt FA Repl. Draft

Claude C. White
US Army WWII
Reverend

Reverend Jerry White placing the wreath on his father's grave

Eugene Vernon White
Cm2 US Navy WWII

Larry Wilkerson
Sgt US Air Force VietNam

Billy Jack Williams
A1C US Air Force Korea

George A. Wilson
Cpl. US Army WWII

George P. Wyatt
Pvt. US Army WWI
SC156 Depot Brigade

Post 200 Honor Guard fires the traditional 3 gun salute

Post 200 bugler plays Taps

CHS Army ROTC cadets retire the flag

There are 49 identifiable veterans in the Piedmont Baptist Church cemetery.
Post 48 had a lot of help from members of this community in placing wreaths
on these grave sites. The members of Post 48 thanks all those who attended
and volunteered to place wreaths on the graves.

US Army 101st Airborne Division