American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

Saturday December 16, 2023 Wreaths Across America at New Pleasant Baptist Church

New Pleasant Baptist Church





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Friday familiarization & locating sites




Saturday morning setup begins






Visitors table getting ready


Chesnee High School Army JROTC Color Guard


Post 48 Honor Guard




Post Commander John Garner opens the ceremony


Danny McDowell led the opening prayer


Army JROTC Color Guard Posting the Colors


Posting the Colors




Cub Pack 186 led the Pledge of Allegiance


Sheila Smith representing Unit 48 of the A. L. Auxiliary


Vice Commander Cindy Hall announcing the placing of the Ceremonial Wreaths


Honoring members of the U. S. Army


Honoring members of the U. S. Marine Corps


Honoring members of the U. S. Navy


Honoring members of the U. S. Air Force


Honoring members of the U. S. Coast Guard


Honoring members of the U. S. Space Force


Honoring members of the U. S. Merchant Marine


Honoring P. O. W./M. I. A.


Sons of the American Legion Commander Tim Hall speaks on behalf of Squadron 48


Wreath carriers lined up to take wreaths to grave sites


WAA ceremony posting a wreath at a grave site







                   

1 Name: Fred Smith Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 8/27/1918 DOD: 12/14/1979 Carrier: Jim Hertell   Coast Artillery Corps,

2 Name: Boyce E Lamb Rank:  Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 11/8/1896 DOD: 6/21/1945 Carrier: Gnecco   Bat. A, 5th Bn. Prov. Div. Brigade Field Artillery

3 Name: Jack Dempsey Fowler Rank: GM2 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 6/17/1922 DOD: 12/2/2004 Carrier:   USS Bond AM-152 (mine sweeper)

4 Name: Wilbert Lamb Rank: AN Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 7/11/1926 DOD: 3/7/1982 Carrier:

5 Name: McCoy Williams Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 5/10/1912 DOD: 10/27/1973 Carrier:   Cavalry, Fort Riley, KS

6 Name: John Tyler Johnson Rank: Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 8/10/1845 DOD: 5/7/1930 Carrier:   Wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, Co. E 13th SC Infantry

7 Name: William F Queen Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 9/8/1890 DOD: 5/12/1938 Carrier:   Company B 118 Infantry; AEF

8 Name: Lamuel S Sentell Rank: GM3 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 3/18/1922 DOD: 3/6/1992 Carrier:   USS Massachusetts BB-59, Philippine Liberation Ribbon

9 Name: Hughey L Martin Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 3/8/1889 DOD: 10/15/1918 Carrier:   Co. D 165 Infantry; K. I. A. 10/15/1918

10 Name: James Palmer McCraw Rank: S2C Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 2/28/1924 DOD: 9/8/1996 Carrier:   USS Cache AO-67, S1C, Bronze Service Star

11 Name: Joseph Price Rank: Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 10/15/1837 DOD: 9/29/1917 Carrier:

12 Name: John L lovelace Rank: Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 4/19/1847 DOD: 1/29/1928 Carrier:   Co. B 1st Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves

13 Name: Henry Gordon Blackwell Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 8/1/1926 DOD: 4/15/1945 Carrier:   North Carolina 9 Infantry Tng. Bn.

14 Name: Ross Hilliard Erwin Rank: Branch: USMarine Era: DOB: 1/6/1956 DOD: 4/5/2015 Carrier:   USS Saratoga CV-60, Field Med Tech, Patriot Guard

15 Name: Howard Dupre Melton Rank: PFC Branch: PFC Era: WWII DOB: 5/19/1912 DOD: 3/11/1945 Carrier:   301 OM Rail Head Co.: KIA in the Philippines

16 Name: Larkin Lester Thrift Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 10/30/1895 DOD: 8/31/1918 Carrier:   Co. M, 53rd Pioneer Infantry; AEF; Died in France

17 Name: James Kenneth Orr Rank: S1C Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 4/29/1925 DOD: 6/3/2004 Carrier:   USS Purdy DD-734, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal

18 Name: Donald Everett Orr, Sr Rank:  SFC Branch: USArmy Era: Korea DOB: 10/3/1927 DOD: 10/17/1980 Carrier:   Army of Occupation Medal Germany

19 Name: Sellers Crawford Littlejohn Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 12/15/1894 DOD: 9/3/1971 Carrier:   Battery B 2nd Battalion

20 Name: Albert W Westbrooks Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 11/7/1908 DOD: 3/24/1975 Carrier:  5 Bronze Service Stars, HQ Company 68 Tank Battalion

21 Name: Robert Lee Gardner Rank: SSgt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 11/21/1917 DOD: 8/27/2011 Carrier: Co. B 16 Infantry Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, France, Rhineland

22 Name: James Winfred Westbrooks Rank: S2C Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 7/22/1926 DOD: 10/10/2001 Carrier: USS Chikaskia AO-54, WWII Victory Medal

23 Name: Tom F Williams Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 4/4/1896 DOD: 8/29/1936 Carrier: Battery A 318 Field Artillery; Co. D 118 Infantry Div

24 Name: James Rustus  McSwain Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 1/7/1911 DOD: 2/27/1990 Carrier:

25 Name: Odus Palma Blackwell Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 9/4/1891 DOD: 2/19/1947 Carrier:   Co D, 3rd Pioneer Infantry

26 Name: William Ralph Jolley Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 1/28/1897 DOD: 10/14/1956 Carrier: Battery B Field Artillery 1st Bn Pro Dev Brigade

27 Name: M L Martin Rank: Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 2/16/1844 DOD: 12/6/1944 Carrier: Co. G, 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry

28 Name: James E Scruggs Rank: Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 5/1841 DOD: 4/11/1908 Carrier: 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Co. I

29 Name: Robert H Smith Rank: SFC Branch: USArmy Era: Pers. Gulf DOB: 12/14/1945 DOD: 4/24/2017 Carrier:

30 Name: Eather L Scruggs Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 8/28/1892 DOD: 12/23/1924 Carrier: Co. E 323 Infantry; Ambulance Co. 1 105 San, AEF

31 Name: Connell Scruggs Rank: Pfc Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 7/14/1923 DOD: 11/27/2021 Carrier: Co A 244 Engineer Battalion; Bronze Service Star; Past Cdr Post 48

32 Name: John Shaw 'Buck' Hayes Rank: Tec5 Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 12/15/1919 DOD: 12/24/1970 Carrier:   Co. B 11 Armored Infantry Bn, Bronze Service Star

33 Name: William Ellison Rank: Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 1831 DOD: 1903 Carrier:   Co. G, 60 N.C. Infantry

34 Name: Joseph Willis Martin Rank:  Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 4/2/1825 DOD: 8/21/1906 Carrier:   Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment

35 Name: Frank Lewis Hammett Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: Korea DOB: 11/29/1931 DOD: 12/24/1979 Carrier:

36 Name: Leroy Wilson Rank: PFC Branch: USMarine Era: WWII DOB: 8/24/1923 DOD: 5/18/1984 Carrier:

37 Name: Samuel Bobby  Stephens Rank: SP3 Branch: USArmy Era: DOB: 5/1/1934 DOD: 5/1/1988 Carrier:

38 Name: Boyce B Smith Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 8/2/1922 DOD: 3/5/1991 Carrier:   European Theater; 2 Bronze Stars

39 Name: King David 'KD' Cromer Rank: SGT Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 12/7/1910 DOD: 11/7/1973 Carrier:   Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon

40 Name: Thomas Lee Jonas Rank: S2 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 7/19/1924 DOD: 3/7/1963 Carrier:  Naval Systems Division Saipan, Bronze Service Star

41 Name: Steven D. 'BEBO' Everette Rank: Sgt Branch: USAirForce Era: DOB: 5/9/1950 DOD: 10/18/2021 Carrier:

42 Name: Ruben Gallman Rank: S2C Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 9/22/1924 DOD: 1/6/1977 Carrier:  USS President Jackson APA-18, WWII Victory Medal,

43 Name: Gordon Byron Jolley Rank: LTJG Branch: USNavy Era: DOB: 4/4/1934 DOD: 2/19/1997 Carrier:

44 Name: Randy Leotis Fowler Rank: PV2 Branch: USArmy Era: Vietnam DOB: 12/22/1948 DOD: 4/21/1984 Carrier:

45 Name: Charles E Scruggs Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: Korea DOB: 5/20/1932 DOD: 8/14/1995 Carrier:

46 Name: Horace Fetner Smith Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 5/25/1919 DOD: 11/13/1987 Carrier:   2 Bronze Service Stars, Aviation Signal Company

47 Name: J. B. Cromer Rank: S1 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 2/4/1924 DOD: 3/27/1990 Carrier:   USS Holton DE-703, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal

48 Name: Andrew James Haynes Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 2/15/1888 DOD: 4/24/1957 Carrier:   17th Co., 156 Depot Brig.

49 Name: Doctor F Haynes Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 2/11/1894 DOD: 7/11/1969 Carrier:   Company E 118th. Infantry

50 Name: Broadus F Ellison Rank:  S. Sgt Branch: Army Air Corps Era: WWII DOB: 11/2/1918 DOD: 5/4/1986 Carrier: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal

51 Name: William Blease Ellison Rank: PFC Branch: Era: WWII DOB: 8/17/1912 DOD: 4/15/1946 Carrier:   250 Gen. Hosp.

52 Name: Landon Mitchell Ellison Rank: CPL Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 1/8/1925 DOD: 9/10/1961 Carrier: Good Conduct Medal, European & Middle East Campaign

53 Name: Claude Elmer Jolly Rank: S2 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 8/21/1925 DOD: 6/25/1965 Carrier:

54 Name: Paul E Wilkie Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 6/10/1919 DOD: 9/21/1966 Carrier:   Purple Heart, Co. A, 23rd Infantry Reg., 2nd Infantry Div.

55 Name: John William 'Bill' Pritchard Rank: S1C/PFC Branch: USNavy/USMarine Era: WWII/Korea DOB: 6/9/1927 DOD: 4/22/2007 Carrier: Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit; Navy WWII/Marine Corps Korea

56 Name: Ferrell Amos Jolly Rank: S1 Branch: USNavy Era: WWII DOB: 3/25/1921 DOD: 9/15/1984 Carrier:   USS Thomas E Fraser DD-736, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal

57 Name: Paul Spencer Smith Rank: Branch: USArmy Era: Korea DOB: 4/19/1929 DOD: 7/3/2004 Carrier:

58 Name: Mack Lee Jolly Rank: S SGT Branch: AirForce Era: DOB: 8/19/1932 DOD: 8/12/2019 Carrier:   Served in the Air Force in Arizona

59 Name: Leno Dexter 'Dex' Scruggs Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 8/31/1890 DOD: 11/1/1959 Carrier: Co. C 118 Infantry; Sup. Co. 118th Infantry

60 Name: Martin Martin Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: Rev. War DOB: 5/11/1756 DOD: 2/24/1837 Carrier: 6th SC Regiment; Continental Army, wounded by British Bayonet  61

Name: Ernest Gerald Martin Rank: PFC Branch: USArmy Era: DOB: 7/13/1939 DOD: 4/9/2008 Carrier:

62 Name: Cleo Clifford Cromer, Sr Rank: Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWII DOB: 7/3/1903 DOD: 5/6/1972 Carrier:

63 Name: J A Scruggs Rank: Chaplain Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 11/1/1848 DOD: 8/20/1923 Carrier: General and Staff Officers, Non-Regimental Enlisted Men

64 Name: Robert Scruggs Rank: Pvt Branch: C.S.A. Era: Civil War DOB: 6/19/1800 DOD: 12/7/1890 Carrier:   18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

65 Name: Seaphus E Buchanan Rank: PFC Branch: Era: DOB: 3/14/1933 DOD: 2/9/2004 Carrier:

66 Name: Junie Logan Scruggs Rank:  Pvt Branch: USArmy Era: WWI DOB: 6/13/1897 DOD: 6/30/1982 Carrier:

67 Name: James Walter Smith Rank: Branch: USArmy Era: Korea DOB: 5/12/1931 DOD: 5/13/1989 Carrier:   Enlisted 2/12/1952

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