1918-1941
Army Wagoner Born March 5, 1895 Wayne County, NC Died Jan. 5, 1961; Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery Served from 1917-1919 as wagoner in France and drove a truck on the front lines for ammunition. Earned a purple heart. Son of Josiah Stancil |
William 'Bill' Hubert Stancil Navy Born March 20, 1903 Died Oct. 3, 1980 San Diego, Calif. Served about 1920. Spent time in Pensacola, Fla., was an aircraft mechanic and assigned to the USS Lexington, the first aircraft carrier. Son of Josiah Stancil and Minnie Sasser.
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Navy Born March 13, 1905 Died April 7, 1972 Texas Joined about 1922, learned to fly in Pensacola Son of Josiah Stancil and Minnie Sasser. |
Army Pvt Born Oct. 30, 1916 Pender County, NC Died Dec. 18, 2009 Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Buried at Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, NC Served from 1936 to 1937 as a private. Randolph Moore was a radio operator for one year at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Fort Monroe named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Husband of Norma Stancil Moore, daughter of Delanie, daughter of George Ira |
Air Force LtCol Born Nov. 9, 1920 Died Aug. 7, 1971 Goldsboro, NC; Buried at Arlington National Cemetery In Air Force from 1937 to 1968. Married to Rose Marie Stancil, daughter of Thomas Emmette Stancil, granddaughter of George Ira Stancil |
Marine Corps Born Oct. 10, 1921 Served starting June 3, 1940, Parris Island, SC Son of Mamie Hocutt and Oscar Stancil, grandson of Henry Stancil |
Navy Born Sept. 17, 1924 Died Dec. 4, 1993 Clifton Forge, Va. Son of Oscar Stancil and Mamie Hocutt, grandson of Henry Stancil. |
John Frederick Hill National Guard Born May 20, 1922 Enlisted Sept. 16, 1940, at Smithfield, NC. He was in the Field Artillery Unit, a member of the National Guard, completed three years of high school. His civilian Occupation: Foreman, laundry or Bookkeeping, Machine Operator Son of John Fletcher Hill and Bertha Sasser, grandson of Tempy Ann Stancil. |
Army Born Oct. 23, 1911 Johnston County, NC Died Feb. 25, 1986 Honolulu, Hawaii Enlisted Oct. 15, 1940, and was sent to Hawaii. He fell in love with Frances Louis DeMella, they married and he was released from the Army and stayed in Hawaii. Son of Oscar Stancil, grandson of Henry. |
Navy Born Nov. 6, 1920 Beulah Township, Johnston County, NC Died Feb. 8, 1995 Kenly, NC Served from Dec. 10, 1940 to 1963 Son of George Ira Stancil |
William Carl Stancil Army Born Sept. 9, 1915 Died Dec. 14, 1979 Fayetteville, NC Enlisted Feb. 3, 1941, at Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, Va. Carl suffered shrapnel wound in the Battle of Anzio beachhead in Italy that lasted from Jan. 23 to May 25, 1944. He returned to the states. Son of Harvey Stancil |
Navy Born May 7, 1924 Johnston County, NC Died Oct. 13, 1944 USS Franklin, South Pacific Served from May 1941 to Oct. 13, 1944. Died in South Pacific and has a monument at Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines Son of George Ira Stancil |
Henry 'Ed' Edward Wallace Born June 17, 1920 Philadelphia, Pa. Joined May 13, 1941, at Fort Bragg, NC. Ed was trained to be a bomber pilot. He was shot down in 1943
during bombing raids over Germany. Ed taken as a prisoner of War. He was
released in 1945 after 14 months and the when the Allied Forces were victorious. |
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