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Ezra G. RICH
Veteran of World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Cpl
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: McAdoo Cemetery
Submitted by Linda Fox Hughes
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Floyd RICH
Branch of Service: Army Air Corp.
Overseas: Japan
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: McAdoo Cemetery
Submitted by: Joy Luton, cousin
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Troy RICH
Entered Service: 1944
Branch of Service: Army
Company: 11th Army Airborne Paratroopers
Rank: T-5 Corporal
Trained: Mineral Wells, TX
Overseas: Japan
Decorations: Good conduct, Rifle Sharpshooters, Glider, South Pacific, & Paratrooper
Submitted by: Marsha Zobac, daughter
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Richard M. RICHARDS
Veteran World War II
Entered Service: February 3, 1943.
Branch of Service: Army.
Rank: Private First Class.
Overseas: October 12, 1943.
Theatre of Operations: Asiatic-Pacific.
Engagements: Air Offensive Japan, Central Pacific, Eastern Mandates, Western Pacific, Ryukyus.
Decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal with 5 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal; Victory Medal; 4 Overseas Bars.
Returned to U.S.: January 3, 1946.
Discharged: Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Total Time Served: 2 years, 11 months, 11 days.
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Howard Kennedy RICHEY
Veteran World War II
Branch: U.S. Army
Job Description: X-Ray Tech 264
Dates of Service: February 11, 1942 to December 1, 1945
Discharge: Book 2, page 236 Dickens County
Military Unit: 36th Gen. Hospital
Theatre of Operations: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, S. France Rhineland
Citations: EAME Camp Med w/4 Bronze Stars, WWII Victory, Good Conduct, American
Theater Campaign Medal, Meritorious Unit Award
Submitted by Willie Quattlebaum, widow
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Adrian M. RICKLES
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Army.
Rank: Private First Class.
Entered Service: April 20, 1945.
Discharged: Fort Ord, California.
Total Time Served: 7 months, 24 days.
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Bulah L. RIGSBY
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps.
Rank: Second Lieutenant.
Entered Service: March 19, 1945.
Decorations: Victory Medal.
Discharged: Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Total Time Served: 1 year, 4 months.
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Jabez H. RIGSBY
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: T/4
Dates of Service: 1946 to August 1947
Location: Japan-Tokyo-Osaka
Military Unit: 8th Army Medical Corp.
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Loyd Isaac RINEHART
Veteran World War II
Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Chief Machinist Mate
Service Dates: September 1942 to December 1945
Theatre of Operation: European and Pacific Campaign
Engagements: Normandy Invasion
Job Assignment: U.S.S. Nitro AE-2 Ammunition
Commendations: American Theater Ribbon/European Ribbon/African/Mid
East/Asiatic Pacific Ribbon & Star/Philippine Liberation Ribbon/Good
Conduct Medal
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James R. RIPPLE
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Navy.
Rating: Seaman, Second Class.
Entered Service: June 20, 1944.
Decorations: Victory Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon.
Discharged: New Orleans, Louisiana.
Total Time Served: 1 year, 10 months, 13 days.
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Wilburn E. RIPPLE
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy.
Rating: Seaman, Second Class.
Entered Service: December 23, 1944.
Decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon; Victory Medal; Theatre of Occupation Medal.
Discharged: San Pedro, California.
Total Time Served: 1 year, 3 months, 24 days.
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James Emmett RITCHIE
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: Spur Memorial Cemetery
Submitted by: James and Billie Norman
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Gene Eldon ROBERSON
Graduate Spur: 1956
Branch: U.S. Marine Corp
Rank: Sergeant
Dates of Service: July 6, 1956 to July 25, 1959
Boot Camp: San Diego, California
First Duty Station: Camp Pendleton, California
Overseas Duty: Okinawa May 1958 to May 1959
Military Unit: Artillery Regiment
Served as Rifle Coach
Later served as Section Chief on 4.2 Mortar and 105mm Howitzer
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Delton ROBERTS
Veteran of World War II
Branch: U.S. Army
Military Unit: Parachute Infantry
Theatre of Operations: Pacific
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: Afton Cemetery
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Edgar Randall ROBERTSON "Randy"
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Rank: Sgt. E-4
Military Unit: 86th SPSq
Job Description: Enforcement Specialist - Dog Handler
Dates of Service: January 5, 1972 to December 22, 1975
Source: Discharge - book 3, page 418
Photo Courtesy of Eura Mae Robertson, mother
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Elson R. ROBERTSON
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: signal Corps. - Air Corps.
Rank: Lieutenant.
Entered Service: October 9, 1940.
Trained at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Theatre of Operations: Southwestern Public.
Decorations: Commendation Ribbon; Bronze Star
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James Leon ROBERTSON
Veteran of World War I
Address: Afton, Texas.
Rank: Private
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William Earl ROBERTSON
Veteran World War II
Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Seaman First Class
Dates of Service: 5-11-1944 to 11-29-1945
Job Description: Gunner on SS Albert A. Robinson
Theatre of Operation: South of New Guinea 9-17-1944
Honoree is: Deceased 5-19-1985
Burial: Dickens Cemetery
Submitted by daughter, Mary Ouida Robertson
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Charley C. ROBINSON
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Air Force.
Rank: Corporal.
Entered Service: September 30, 1946.
Trained at Sack Field, San Antonio, Texas; Hamilton Field, California; Camp Stoneman, California.
Total Time Served: 16 months, 25 days.
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J.P. ROBINSON, Jr.
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Navy.
Rating: Seaman, First Class.
Entered Service: May 26, 1944.
Engagements: Midway Island, Coral Sea, Leyte.
Total Time Served: May 26, 1944 to 1946.
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Orville L. ROBINSON
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Army Cavalry
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Military Unit: "C" Troop, 7th Reg. 1st Cavalry Div.
Service Dates: September 4, 1946 to December 21, 1947
Japan Occupation
Note: "C" Troop, an elite unit serving as Honor Guard to Japanese
Emperor and Imperial Palace, also headed unit of Grave Registration for
Allied Airmen. Trained as forward observer artillery.
Commendations: WWII Victory Medal, Army of Occupation, Pacific Theater,
Good Conduct
Honoree is: Deceased 3/25/2007
Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, TX
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Jesse C. RODGERS
Veteran of World War I
Address: Spur, Texas
Rank: Private
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Virgil ROGERS
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Army - Antiaircraft.
Rank: Technical Sergeant.
Entered Service: December 22, 1944.
Overseas: May, 1945.
Theatre of Operations: Pacific.
Engagements: Pacific Ocean Area, Island of Saipan, Marlana Islands.
Decorations: Good Conduct Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Battle Star.
Returned to U.S.: September, 1946.
Total Time Served: 23 months.
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Johnny Monk RUCKER
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy.
Entered Service: May 26, 1943.
Trained at Norman, Oklahoma; Whidby Island, Washington.
Theatre of Operations: Asiatic-Pacific Area.
Discharged: San Pedro, California.
Total Time Served: 2 years, 10 months, 16 days.
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: Spur Cemetery Memorial Cemetery
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 | Calvin B. RUTLEDGE
Veteran World War II
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: Spur Memorial Cemetery
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Veteran World War II
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Thurman S. RUTLEDGE
Veteran World War II
Rank:Private First Class
Service Dates: July 10, 1941 to June 1, 1945
Theatre of Operation: Pacific; East Indian New Guinea
Military Unit:429th Field Artillery Battalion
Honoree is: Deceased
Burial: Spur Memorial Cemetery
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