Heritage Family Veterans

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The Heritage Families of Vernon, Sabine, and Natchitoches Parishes have consistently served this
nation proudly in its national defense. The list of names below has been compiled since the Fort Polk
Heritage Project began in 2007 and includes a number of different sources, including information
obtained through research by Fort Polk cultural resources staff members, and information supplied
by Heritage Family Association members and participants at Heritage Reunions and other Heritage
Program events.

We wish to acknowledge that a list of this scope and span of time may not be complete, and
we openly apologize if some Heritage Family veterans have been unintentionally omitted. Similarly,
it is possible that some names are duplicates and that other names may have found their way onto
this list for individuals who are not veterans, based on misinterpretations or errors in data collection.
With over six hundred families living on the land that became Camp Polk and Peason Ridge Artillery
Range, the research and development of a complete and accurate list of Heritage Veterans remains a
dynamic endeavor. Though it is a work in progress, our intent for the list included herein is to demonstrate,
honor, and celebrate the breadth and depth of military service by our Heritage Family veterans,
who have performed their duty to this great country with pride, dignity, and selflessness. It is hoped
that in some way this list may pair a veteran’s story from a former generation with one of his or her
contemporaries serving today.

Anderson, Winfred Dale, Sr.
Arnold, Royce
Bailey, Delton
Bass, Lynn
Bass, Roy
Bass, Vernon
Behan, Eugene
Behan, Louis
Berwick, Gregg Morgan
Bloodsworth, Tommye Lou
Bonner, Aubrey Lindbergh
Brack, Arthur “Marvin”
Brack, Homer Gordon
Brack, Luther McVale
Brack, Merle Ray
Bridges, Andrew L., Sr.
Bridges, Andrew L., Jr.
Bridges, Jardis “J.C.” Cleo
Brister, Clayton
Brister, Finus
Brister, Jasper W.
Brister, Jim J.
Brister, Wash Richmond
Brister, William Vincent
Brister, Wheeler “Willie”
Brown, Billy Frank
Brown, Ray
Brown, Roy
Browning, Elmer Hoyt
Bryers, Delbert Samuel
Burns, James “Polk” Knox
Busby, Ernest Nathaniel
Calcote, Oscar
Calhoun, Alfred
Calhoun, Amos Cornelius
Calhoun, Benjamin “Buddy” Franklin
Calhoun, Daniel Benjamin
Calhoun, Luke
Calhoun, Nelon Hubert
Calhoun, Reese
Calhoun, Samuel
Cavanaugh, Patrick H., Sr.
Chaney, Elbert
Chaney, Lamar
Clear, Charles C., Jr.
Conner, Robert Thomas
Craft, Lloyd
Craft, William Bill Jefferson
Cryer, Fred
Cryer, George Richard
Cryer, Holland
Cryer, Marrion Monroe, Sr.
Cryer, Monroe
Cryer, Riley
Cryer, William Honor
Cryer, Woodrow
Curtis, William Wiley
Davis, Carrol “Shorty”
Davis, Ervin Curtis
Davis, John Washington
Davis, William Allen
Davis, Willie Gordon
Deason, Donald
Deason, Ralph Wesley
Deason, Steve Edmond
Dedmon, Luther Lee
Deters, Clarence Jerry Joseph
Dew, Donald Haymon
Dowden, Michael
Driver, Clinton
Dunn, Albert Johnson
Eddleman, John Peter
Ferguson, Otis
Fletcher, Clyde
Franklin, Allen
Franklin, Leo
Franklin, Winston Deray
Gramling, Paul
Groves, Penderson
Hagan, Almon Aubry
Hagan, James Dewey, Jr.
Hagan, John Louie
Hagan, Othel Dewayne
Hagan, Ottis Bernell
Haley, Catherine Terry
Hall, Gladys Eva Young
Hall, John Tom
Haymon, Albert
Haymon, Arthur
Haymon, Auzie Adverse, Sr.
Haymon, Auzie Adverse, Jr.
Haymon, Charles Richmon
Haymon, Derryl Houston
Haymon, Elbert Eugene
Haymon, Floyd
Haymon, Harold
Haymon, Hezekiah, Sr.
Haymon, Huey P.
Haymon, Huey Thomas
Haymon, Ivy Isaiah
Haymon, J.W.
Haymon, J.Y.
Haymon, J.D. “Jimmy”
Haymon, James Kerby
Haymon, James Monroe
Haymon, James Pinkney
Haymon, Jessie Willard
Haymon, Joseph Samuel
Haymon, Joseph
Haymon, Leruew Manuel
Haymon, Lloyd
Haymon, Malachi
Haymon, Marvin William
Haymon, Moses Arsend
Haymon, Narie
Haymon, Oscar
Haymon, Peggy
Haymon, Pink
Haymon, Sam
Haymon, Scott
Haymon, Wendell Wilmer
Haymon, Woodrow
Inman, Kermit
Jackson, William W.D. David
James, Cornie W.
James, Garsie
James, Wallace
Jean, Clifford “Jack”
Jeane, Claude Cecil
Jeane, Clyde
Jeane, Raymond Carlton
Jeter, Dale D.
Jeter, James
Jeter, Judge Lee
Jeter, L.T.
Johnson, Almon
Johnson, Josiah
Johnson, Zealie, Sr.
Jones, John Sam, Jr.
LaCaze, James A.
LaCaze, Jim
LaCaze, Theophilus Harold
Legg, Theodore Lincoln
Locke, Alvin
Locke, J.C.
Massey, Jack Nelson
Mathis, Harmon C.
Mathis, Harold
Mathis, Hiram James
Mathis, Jesse Lee
Mathis, Roy Allen
Mayo, Karl Robert, Sr.
Mayo, Phillip
McCollough, Dave
McDaniel, Roy, Jr.
McInnis, Thomas Willard
McKee, John S.
McKee, Reagan
McKee, Silas
McMullen, Alvin Dwight
McMullen, James Larry
McMullen, John Harvey
McMullen, Joseph Cossgrove
McMullen, Kenneth Wayne
McMullen, Malcom
McMullen, O’Thell Calma
McWilliams, Andrew Andy
McWilliams, Roy
Merritt, Edmond
Merritt, Levell
Monk, Douglas
Monk, Floyd
Monk, Sherman
Monk, Steve “S. A.” Abraham
Nash, James “J.W.” Washington
Nash, Joseph “J.C.” Charles
Neal, Scott Allen
Nichols, Thomas “Tom” Watson
Osmun, Michael W., Sr.
Owens, Buford
Perkins, John William
Phillips, Allison M.
Poe, Lloyd George
Sandell, Alvin
Sandell, Troy D.
Savell, Larry Paul
Sawyer, Frank Rodney
Self, Albert
Shavers, George W.
Shavers, John D.
Smith, Lyndon
Smith, Mickey
Smith, Shelby
Smith, Thelbert Allen
Spears, A.J.
Stebbins, Russell J.
Swain, Chester
Swain, Earl
Swain, Henry Clifford, Sr.
Swain, Ivan
Swain, John Alvin
Swain, Marvin
Swain, Wendell
Tanner, Carlos Dean
Thompson, Kenneth Virgil
Thornton, James Elton
Thornton, Paulus
Turner, William “Uncle Bill” R.
Turner, William “Bill” Sherfield
Underwood, Sidney Alton
Underwood, Wallace Lee
Walker, Arthur
Walker, Cecil Raiford
Walker, George Arthur
Walker, James Kenneth
Walker, Jefferson Lee
Walker, Johnny
Walker, Joshua “J. J.” Jackson
Walker, William “Bill” L.
Walker, William “Billy” L.
Walker, Marvin Clyde
Walker, Wesley Lloyd
Ward, Roy Virgil
Watson, James Park
West, Jim “Jimmy”
Whitley, Christopher Columbus
Willis, Stewart
Willis, Sherril Martin
Young, James “Jim” A.
Young, John Preston
Young, William “Bill”