Men Who Died In World War II - To Be Honored - a newsclipping from about 1950.

Names of 87 County Men Killed In War To Be On UK Roster

The names of more than 9,000 Kentuckians known to have died in World War II will be placed on a large roster in the University of Kentucky's new Memorial Auditorium-Fieldhouse when it is completed, according to President H. L. Donovan.

Ezra L. Gillis, director of the University's War Memorial Survey, reports that his office now has the names of 9,411 Kentucky men and women who gave their lives, including 87 from Breathitt County. Additions to the list and corrections in names and addresses should be sent to the War Memorial Survey, University of Kentucky at Lexington, in order that the roll of honor may be accurate.

The following are listed from Breathitt County: William Adkins, Earl Armstrong, George Arnett, Jr., Carl Arrowood, George Washington Arrowood, Wm. Breckenridge Back, Alfred Barnett, Edward Barnett, Everett Reed Bowling, Phillip Bress, Hubert Ray Burnette, Marshall H. Carter, James Centers, Nathan Cochran, Donald L. Collier, Dave Combs, George Deaton Cornette, George Costello, French Dunn, Vard Eldridge, Lloyd J. Fraley, Ollie Jay Francis, Pott Francis, Elias Fugate, Delmar Gabbard, Earl Gabbard, Luther Gayheart, Oval T. Gillum, Orville Gose, Warren Gross, Clyde Hardin, Woodrow W. Hayes, Sam Henson, Carl J. Holbrook, Dan Stanley Hollan, Price Holland, Bertrum Howard, John E. Howard, Ollie J. Howard, James H. Hounshell, Hoya King, Roland S. Landrum, John Lawson, Jr., Oscar Lewis, Gusta Little, Lester R. Little, George W. Little, Roy Leland Little, Willie Lovely, Daniel Moore, Murray Moskowitz, Charlie Napier, Arnold Noble, Harless Noble, Obed Noble, Mervin Osborne, Fred L. Privett, Willie Reynolds, Shelton Richie, Blaine Riley, Berry Roark, Harlis Roberts, Andrew Russell, Wayne Russell, Willard Russell, Hubert Shouse, Daley O. Spencer, Dan Spicer, Clay Stamper, William E. Stanley, James H. Stidham, Jimmie Todd, Conley Trent, Alex Hargis Turner, Elmer J. Turner, Jesse Turner, James J. Vires, Arnold Watts, Joe Watts, Jr., Edwin Parslow Wiggin, and Sammie Wilson.