Airmen Associated with the 482nd FIS, ADC, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC

In Memoriam: T-Z

"From now until the end of the world, we and it
shall be remembered. We few ... we band of brothers."

William Shakespeare

Artwork by Tom Hinson


No man is an island, entire of itself.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,


It tolls for thee.

John Donne



TEAPOLE, Frank L.; May 20, 1934 - May 24, 1974; Airman
AF13469230 --- SS# 187-26-0325 PA
Interred: Unknown...from Beaver Co., PA, but died in Burke Co., GA

THACKER, Edgar Eugene; March 7, 1931 - January 12, 2008; M/Sgt, Korea, Vietnam, Bronze Star
AF19316991 --- SS# 432-48-3389 AR --- Obituary
Interred: Thacker Family Cemetery, County Road 479, Mountain Home, AR

THOMAS, James Martin; June 29, 1917 - Mar 17, 2003; Colonel, WW II, Korea, DFC (2) & Air Medal (6)
Service #s: 37118A & AO786913 --- SS# 190-05-5598 PA --- Death Notices & Marker
Service dates: Apr 10, 1942 - Dec 31, 1974
Interred: Mount Carmel Cem., Penn Hills (Verona), PA; Sec 12, Lot 34, Gr 3.

THOMAS, Luther Herbert; Jan 11, 1919 - Oct 26, 1990; M/Sgt, WW II, Korea, Vietnam
AF14008156 --- SS# 251-40-4616 SC --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Wayne Memorial Park, Goldsboro, NC: Sec 1B, Lot 254, Gr 1.

THOMAS, Ted Edward; May 13, 1926 - May 13, 2011; Major, WWII
Service# 44019060 --- SS# 245-22-1998 NC --- Obituary & Photo
Interred: unknown at this point...from Mount Gilead, NC

THOMPSON, Ervin Delford "Tom"; July 12, 1941 - May 3, 2003; A/3C, USAF
AF17548261 --- SS# 515-38-3761 KS --- Death Notice
Interred: Paola Cem., Paola, KS

THURMAN, Stephen Phelps; Mar 18, 1933 - July 30, 1978; Major, USAF
30226A --- SS# 406-40-8195 KY --- Class of 1957
Interred: Unknown ... died Colorado Springs, CO ... obit appeared Aug 3, Hodgenville, KY

TIER, John Daniel; Mar 28, 1924 - Jan 2, 1983; T/Sgt+, WWII
AF16042322 --- SS# 384-14-8405 MI
[Added 4 years to age, enlisted Air Corp 17 days before Pearl Harbor at age 17.]
Interred: Georgetown Cem., Grayson Co., TX

TOMLINSON, Paul G. "Lefty"; Nov 14, 1933 - Mar _, 1971; 1st Lt., pilot, USAF
AO3038518 --- SS# 437-46-3467 LA
Interred: Unknown...possibly New Orleans.

TROWBRIDGE, Jerry R.; Sept 3, 1930 - Aug 22, 2006; S/Sgt+, USAF
AF19387999 --- SS# 571-36-2471 CA --- Obituary & Civilian Marker
Interred: Mountain View Memorial Park, 37067 Irwin Road, Barstow, CA.

TURNER, Jodie Perry; Aug 25, 1934 - Nov 20, 1984; T/Sgt, USAF
AF14475732 --- SS# 422-42-0067 AL --- Service dates: Sept 7, 1952 - Jan 31, 1974
Interred: Biloxi National Cem.; Pass Road, Biloxi, MS.; Sec Z, Row 6, Gr 621 (d Galveston County, TX)

TURNER, Thomas R.; Sept 18, 1924 - Dec 16, 1986; M/Sgt, WWII, Korea, USAF
AF14176515 --- SS# 421-30-8729 AL --- Markers
Interred: Beal Memorial Cem., Ft. Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, FL; Resurrection Section.

TYNDALL, Stanley Earl "Buddy"; July 16, 1935 - Feb 2, 2008; A/1CF, Korea, USA
AF25045516 --- SS# 237-52-0474 NC --- Marker
Interred: Tyndall Family Cem., Hwy 258 South, Deep Run, NC

TYROFF, Henry; May 26, 1926 - Apr 7, 1996; T/Sgt, WWII, Korea
AF44038600 --- SS# 253-32-0986 GA --- MilMarker
Interred: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hendersonville, NC...died Flowery Branch, GA

UNANGST, John Frederick; Oct 26, 1926 - Mar 2, 2005; Lt. Col., USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Awarded: Silver Stars (4) and Distinguished Flying Crosses (4)
AO1910289 --- SS# 205-18-6920 PA --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA; Sec 64, Gr 3566.

UNKNOWN --- Photo - circa 1957-59

VAN DAELE, Harold B.; Feb 29, 1932 - July 15/20, 1976; Lt. Col, Korea, Vietnam, USAF
AO3024962 --- SS# 307-30-7384 IN (Mishawaka)
Interred: Holy Cross Cem., Dover, DE

VAN LEUVEN, Floyd; Sept 25, 1930 - Dec 25, 1999; SM/Sgt, Korea, Vietnam, USAF
AF12331198 --- SS# 107-22-9752 NY --- Obituary
Interred: Calvary Cem., Routes 9w & 94, New Windsor, NY

VAN ORDEN, Robert C.; Jan 13, 1940 - Sept 5, 2006; M/Sgt, Vietnam, DFC, USAF
AF19652495 --- SS# 261-58-1713 FL --- Obituary
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA: Sec 54, Gr 2753. (died Pasadena, MD)

VAN PELT, George Kirwin; Aug 5, 1937 - Aug 11, 1993; S/Sgt+, USAF
AF19489365 --- SS# 548-46-2085 CA --- Death Report
Interred: Unknown...died by misadventure or murder at Boron, CA

VANCE, William B. "Bill"; Oct 24, 1932 - May 2, 2010; M/Sgt, Korea, USAF
AF15481662 --- SS# 406-38-8623 KY --- Obituary
Interred: Unknown...likely Mayfield, KY, where he was living.

VARLEY, Jacob Leland; Feb 15, 1941 - Apr 26, 2007; Airman, USAF
AF18291606 --- SS# 014-30-8942 MA --- Obituary
Interred: Unknown...died Pemaquid Beach, Maine.

VAUGHN, Carl Thomas; Sept 4, 1928 - Jan 13, 1994; T/Sgt, in late WWII era, reupped Scott Field, ILL, after 3 months, AF
AF16234027 --- SS# 493-26-5238 MO --- (born Scott Co., MO)
Interred: Rest Haven Gardens Cem., Oklahoma City, OK

VICKERY, Wilbert Wayne Jr.; Dec 22, 1943 - Aug 31, 1997; A/2C, USAF
AF14807020 --- SS# 264-68-7514 FL --- Obituary
Interred: Woodlawn Cem., Orlando, FL

VILEO, Leon Richard; Jan 4, 1918 - Feb 7, 2004; CM/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF36107795 --- SS# 381-05-9792 MI ---- Photo & Remembrance
Interred: Unknown...lived/died Bangkok, Thailand...Expatriot.

VLAHOS, Theodoros John; July 8, 1929 - June 30, 2003; MSgt, Korea, Vietnam, Bronze Star, USAF
AF18353436 --- SS# 425-48-8659 MS --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA; Section 69, Gr 4738

VOELKER, Peter A.; June 10, 1920 - Sept _, 1986; M/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF12025091 --- SS# 133-12-3103 NY
Interred: Twin Valley Mem. Park, Westmoreland Co, (died Export), PA

VOGEL, Raymond Duane; May 12, 1925 - Dec 30, 2001; M/Sgt+, WWII, German POW [May 8, 1944 - May 9, 1945]
AF17070589 --- SS# 484-14-4076 IA --- Obituary
Interred: Clinton Lawn Cem., 2600 Lincoln Way, Clinton, IA

VOGES, Clyde R. "Speck"; Aug 13, 1921 - May 16, 2010; CM/Sgt, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Bronze Star, USAF
AF06283588 --- SS# 467-12-8396 TX --- Obituary & photo
Interred: Boerne Cemetery, School St at end of W. Frederick St, Boerne, TX

VOSTENAK, Frederick; Feb 7, 1925 - Apr _, 1985; T/Sgt, USAF
AF13253450 --- SS# 192-16-0654 PA
Interred: Unknown...lived/died Homestead, FL

WAGNER, Paul Leslie; Dec 14, 1936 - Jan 15, 2007; A/1C, USAF
AF16526248 --- SS# 310-34-9749 IN --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Pleasant Walk Cem., S. Madison Ave., between Sandra & Robbin Drs., Anderson, IN

WAKEFIELD, James H., Jr.; Oct 5, 1933 - July 21, 2007; Captain, USAF
AO3056744 --- SS# 235-48-7811 WV --- [Obit Weirton, WV, DailyTimes - 2007-7-25 - need hard copy]
Interred: Unknown...lived Hermitage, TN (Nashville area) ... was American Airlines pilot.

WALDRON, Venard Junior; Oct 2, 1941 - Oct 26, 2001; A/1C, USAF
AF13659999 --- SS# 236-62-2432 WV --- Obituary
Interred: Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, VA

WALKER, Lanny Allen; Oct 4, 1939 - Oct 31, 2003; CMSgt, USAF, Obituary & Marker
AF13654773 --- SS# 270-34-5009 OH --- Service dates: Nov 21, 1958 - Nov 30, 1987
Interred: Missouri Veterans Cem., 17357 Stars & Stripes Way, Bloomfield, MO; Sec CL, Row B, Gr 4

WALLACE, Dale Henry; Oct 6, 1941 - May 11, 2009; CMSgt, USAFR, Kuwait-Desert Storm
AF14700593 --- SS# 262-66-5998 FL --- Obituary & Photo
Interred: No burial.

WALLACE, Walter Thomas Jr.; Dec 9, 1932 - Dec 9, 2001; S/Sgt, USAF
AF14697846 --- SS# 427-60-4802 MS --- Marker
Interred: Fairmount Cem., 430 S. Quebec, Denver, CO

WALSH, John M.; unknown, 1907 --- unknown; S/Sgt, WWII
AF11011926 --- SS# unk --- (no obituary known - married)
Interred: unknown.

WALTERS, George W.; Nov 18, 1922 - Jan 3, 1991; CMSgt, WWII, German POW, Korea, Vietnam, Purple Heart w OLC, & Bronze Star.
AF15334936 --- SS# 403-12-7142 KY --- Obituary
Interred: St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, 701 W. Virtue Street, Chalmette, LA

WALTERS, Hollie Eugene; Sept 12, 1932 - Sept 30, 1982; T/Sgt, USAF
AF18398538 --- SS# 550-38-6500 CA --- Marker
Service dates: May 30, 1951 - May 31, 1971
Interred: Indiantown Gap National Cem., Indiantown Gap Road, Annville, PA; Sec 3, Gr 459.

WARD, William Allen; Jan 21, 1922 - Apr 20, 1981; S/Sgt+, WWII, USAF
AF38411004 --- SS# 459-09-8311 TX
Interred: Unknown...lived Beaumont, died Houston, TX

WARREN, Bernard Foster; Oct 31, 1929 - Feb 18, 1989; S/Sgt, USAF
AF13307064 --- SS# 241-40-6081 NC --- Marker
Service dates: Dec 2, 1948 - Dec 2, 1968
Interred: Raleigh National Cem., 501 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC; Sec 23, Gr 172A

WATSON, Robert Franklin; Aug 9, 1938 - Jan 5, 1998; A/1C, USAF
AF15595391 --- SS# 405-46-9104 KY --- Obituary
Interred: Clay I.O.O.F. Cem., Lisman St. & Hwy 270 (Lisman Road), Clay, KY

WATTS, Franklyn William; May 13, 1921 - Sept 21, 2010; SMSgt, WWII - AAC, USAF
AF06914237 --- SS# 318-14-3100 IL --- Obituary & Photo
Ashes Inurned: Tahoma National Cem., Sec G, Row E, Grave 136

WEAVER, Carl T. Jr.; June 21, 1919 - Aug 13, 2005; Colonel, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
482nd Commander: Legion of Merit, two DFCs, seven Air Medals, and others (see obituary)
13011A --- SS# 415-07-9042 TN --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA; Sec 64, Gr 4141

WEAVER, Royal Worth Jr.; Mar 14, 1939 - May 10, 2003; Airman, USAF
AF14661524 --- SS# 238-60-5283 NC --- Obituary
Interred: Chadbourn Memorial Cem., Chadbourn, NC

WEBB, Collen Bee; June 26, 1944 - August 17, 2010; A/2C
AF14751712 --- SS# 241-68-3416 NC --- Obituary
Interred: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, NC

WEBER, Earl Erwin; Nov 19, 1919 - Aug 1, 2011; CMSgt, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
AF36196622 --- SS# 366-14-7416 MI --- Obituary & Photo
Interred: Bay Pines Nat. Cem., Pinellas Co, FL

WEBSTER, Sam Travis; Oct 22, 1923 - Nov 20, 1986; CMSgt, WWII, USAF
AF34637570 --- SS# 426-32-0955 MS --- "USAF Outstanding Airman" 1964 - 1 of 22 selected.
Interred: Marietta National Cem., 500 Washington Ave., Marietta, GA; Sec M, Gr 4116-G.

WEGMAN, George William "Bill"; Jan 22, 1923 - Jan 11, 1988; Lt. Col., WWII, Korea, USAF
AO37018A --- SS# 511-16-1060 KS --- Markers
Interred: Beal Memorial Cem., Ft. Walton Beach, FL; Section - Prayer. [died Shalimar, FL]

WELCH, Ruben Garrett Jr.; May 10, 1941 - July 17, 1971; A/2C, USAF
AF14727435 --- SS# 415-66-9993 TN
Service dates: June 14, 1960 - Oct 2, 1963
Interred: Memphis National Cem., 3568 Townes Ave., Memphis, TN; Sec B, Gr 1971-C.

WELLS, Paul A.; Mar 9, 1929 - June 4, 1995; T/Sgt, Korea, USA, USAF
AF52059682 --- SS# 269-26-1367 OH --- Obituary
Interred: Unknown...died Bay Pines, FL, lived Largo.

WESCOTT, Herman L. Jr.; Jan 2, 1925 - Nov 24, 1992; M/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF31318387 --- SS# 006-20-8179 ME --- [obit: The State (Columbia, SC) 11/25/1992 - issue not found]
Interred: Unknown...possibly Sumter, SC, or Maine.

WEST, Jessie Low; Mar 26, 1926 - May 19, 2007; M/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF18291606 --- SS# 432-32-8330 AR --- Obituary
Interred: Shady Grove Cem., near Clarendon, AR

WEST, Thomas Carl; July 14, 1943 --- April 9, 2010; A/3C+, USAF
AF14802967 --- SS# 252-66-5164 GA --- Obituary
Interred: Macon Memorial Park Cem.

WHITE, Edward S.; Sept 28, 1928 - Mar 28, 1995; M/Sgt, Korea, USAF
AF15213684 --- SS# 295-20-2819 OH --- Obituary
Interred: Greenlawn Cem., Akron, OH

WHITFIELD, L. S. "Whit"; Dec 18, 1935 - Feb 25, 1984; Sgt, USAF
AF14541585 --- SS# 263-48-8177 FL --- Marker
Interred: Mount Enon Cemetery Memorial, Plant City, FL

WILKINS, Oliver Thomas; June 25, 1941 - July 30, 2001; M/Sgt, USAF, Vietnam
AF19628928 --- SS# 532-38-0739 WA [1957] --- Obituary
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA; Sec 68, Gr 1839.

WILLIAMS, Charles A. Jr.; Nov 11, 1934 - Jan 9, 1996; A/1C, USAF
AF13598203 --- SS# 224-40-8000 VA
Interred: unknown. Home-of-Record: Rawlings, VA

WILLIAMS, James Edward; Sept. 15, 1936 - May 21, 2011; MSgt, Korea, Vietnam, USAF
AF25017679 --- SS# 374-36-6816 MI --- Small Obit & Marker
Interred: Northwest Louisiana Veteran Cem.: Sec 4, Gr 304

WILLIAMS, Robert D.; Mar 12, 1918 - Feb 14, 1962; S/Sgt, WWII, Korea, USAF
AF34317299 --- SS# unknown --- Marker
Interred: Williams Love Grove Baptist Cemetery, Hampstead, NC

WILLIE, Ernest Lee Jr.; June 6, 1926 - Oct 8, 2010; CMSgt, USA-USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Bronze Star
AF33753759 --- SS# 578-32-9431 DC --- Obituary
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA

WILSON, Albert G.; Dec 26, 1917 - Apr 15, 2011; T/Sgt, USA-USAF, WWII, Korea
38023344 --- SS# 444-14-6978 --- Obituaries
Interred: Maynard Cemetery, Maynard-Pocahontas (area), AR 72455

WILSON, Carl L. III; Mar 13, 1942 - Mar 6, 2008; A1C, USAF
AF14807758 --- SS# 266-60-6219 FL
Interred: Riverside Memorial Park, 7242 Normandy Blvd, Jacksonville, FL

WILSON, Cloyd Enoch; Aug 1, 1929 - Aug 10, 2005; T/Sgt, USAF
AF16243745 --- SS# 348-22-9808 IL --- Obituary
Interred: Pleasant Hill Cem. (old Petty Cem.), Lawrence County, Lawrenceville, IL

WILSON, Corwin Clair; Nov 13, 1929 - Nov 21, 1990; CMSgt, USAF
AF19326782 --- SS# 551-30-5674 CA --- Photo & Marker
Interred: Wyandotte Cemetery, Oroville, Butte Co., CA [died Napa, CA]

WILSON, Glen Russell; Jan 23, 1930 - Oct 13, 2001; Lt. Col., Korea, Vietnam, USAF
30575A & AO2226360 --- SS# 317-28-8481 IN --- LV Sun Obituary & Marker
Service dates: Dec 19, 1952 - Jan 31, 1973
Interred: S. Nevada Veterans Memorial Cem., 1900 Buchanan Blvd., Boulder City, NV; Sec AA, Gr 81.

WILSON, John Edgar; Aug 15, 1918 - May 11, 1967 in the UK; S/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF35656990 --- SS# 232-28-5579 WV --- Misc. Data of Interest
Interred: Arlington National Cem.; Sec 52, Grave 588

WILSON, Roger Dean; Feb 21, 1934 - Oct 20, 2002; Lt. Col, US Air Force, Vietnam
AO3058178 --- SS# 003-22-6286 NH --- Obituary not located
Interred: Union Cem. Plains Road, Claremont, NH 03743

WINKLER, James T.; Aug 9, 1924 - May 10, 2011; Colonel, USAF
A0773932 --- SS# 515-12-6025 KS --- Obituary
Interred: unknown

WINTERS, Thomas Evin; Sept 8, 1938 - Mar 25, 2003; M/Sgt, USAF
AF15569146 --- SS# 285-34-9064 OH --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: High Lawn Memorial Park, 1435 E Main St., Oak Hill, WV; Sec C, Lot 573, Gr 7

WIRZFELD, Ramon Edward; July 7, 1927 - Mar 26, 2007; U.S. Navy, WWII --- M/Sgt, USAF
AF18383942 --- SS# 439-34-8231 LA --- Obituary & Markers
Interred: Overbrook Cem., Overbrook, KS

WISSINGER, Harry Franklin; Feb 5, 1943 - Jan 15, 2007; Airman, USAF
AF# unknown --- SS# 262-68-7898 FL --- Obituary & Photo
Interred: Cremated...died Ocala, FL

WITMORE, Charles L; May 17, 1943 - Sept 22, 2009; A1/C, USAF
AF# unknown --- SS# 239-64-4488 NC --- Obituary & Photo
Interred: Hillside Cemetery, Scotland Co., NC

WOODRUFF, Fred W.; Sept 20, 1936 - Aug 10, 2001; Airman, USAF
AF17397722 --- SS# 500-34-6829 MO --- Obituary
Cremated: Inurned IOOF Cem., St. Joseph, MO

WORLEY, Jesse Elton; June 29, 1932 - Oct 28, 2001; M/Sgt, Korea, Vietnam
AF14313790 --- SS# 244-42-4500 NC --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Presbyterian Progressive Ch. Cem., (near) Princeton, NC

WOZNICK, Michael D.; July 1, 1939 - Nov 21, 1992; Airman, USAF
AF12583655 --- SS# 073-30-4592 NY --- Obituary
Interred: Unknown...lived Syracuse, NY

WRAY, David H.; Oct 18, 1922 - Oct 24, 1992; M/Sgt, WWII, USAF
AF14115105 --- SS# 411-22-3125 TN
Interred: Unknown...died Nashville, TN

WRIGHT, Douglas Richard; Nov 18, 1938 - Dec 28, 1988; T/Sgt, USAF, Vietnam
AF13553485 --- SS# 228-46-1954 VA
Interred: Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA: Sec 64, Grave 2930

WRIGHT, Hurshell Eugene; Sept 14, 1936 - Sept 25, 2009; S/Sgt+ (became officer), career USAF
AF14513579 --- SS# 410-54-7280 TN --- Obituary & Marker
Interred: Georgia Veterans Mem. Cem., 2617 Vinson Hwy SE, Milledgeville, GA

ZAYAS, Nerson Gilbert "Gil"; Jan 7, 1933 - Aug 25, 2007; S/Sgt, Korea, USAF
AF12402703 --- SS# 082-24-2385 NY
Interred: Bay Pines National Cem., Bay Pines, FL: Sec J, Gr 640.
[No obituary known. Detective for the New York City Transit Authority, retired to Palm Harbor, FL.]

ZINK, Oliver J. Jr.; May 8, 1937 - July 14, 2004; 1st Lt, USAF
AO3097571 --- SS# 066-24-4951 NY --- Obituary
Interred: Unknown...died Buffalo, NY

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Robert Frost

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