PFC Dennis Lee Hall, Vietnam Veteran Native of Burlington, NC. Born July 21, 1947 in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina.
Private First Class Dennis Lee Hall was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army Selective Service and a Draftee, PFC Hall served our country until June 28th, 1967 in Binh Hoa, South Vietnam. He was 19 years old and was not married. Dennis died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. PFC Hall is on panel 22E, line 078 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
Hall, Dennis Lee "Jake", Private First Class, US Army died June 28, 1967, in Vietnam from a gunshot wound received while he was on patrol. Pvt Hall, age 19, was a member of the First Cavalry Division, Company B. 2nd Battalion. He was a native of Randolph County. He attended Western High School and was employed at the Williamsburg Plant of Burlington Industries prior to entering the service. PFC Hall was of the Baptist Faith and attended Trollingwood Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Catherine Ragle Hall Aldridge of Burlington, his father Roy Lee Hall of Asheboro, two sisters, two half-brothers, maternal grandparents and step-father. Source: Times-News July 1, 1967
He served with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division(AMBL), USARV.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Burial: Concord Christian Church Cemetery, Cherry Grove, Caswell County, North Carolina.
(source: Reece, Jim & Reece Thomas;NC Vietnam KIA/MIA's gravesites)

REV. JAMES I. HOBBY was reared and lived in Johnson county, and was a member of the North Carolina Conference.
At the North Carolina and Virginia Conference held at Pope's chapel, in Granville county, in 1847, he was enrolled as a member (fraternal messenger). He also attended the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at New Providence as a messenger. In 1848, he was present at the North Carolina Conference at Raleigh, and was spoken of as a "young man of promise." He was appointed a messenger to the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at Hanks' chapel, and also to the Eastern Virginia Conference at Bethlehem, in 1849, and preached the closing sermon at the latter. The meeting was continued, and Elder Hobby assisted Dr. Wellons, the pastor, and visited him at his home in Sussex county. During the past year he had taken work in the bounds of the Eastern Virginia Conference, in Virginia. In 1850, when Rev. W. B. Wellons went on his first visit to his father's after his marriage, Rev. J. I. Hobby was one of the number to spend a social evening with Mr. Wellons and his wife at Rev. Mills Barrett's on the way. Elder Hobby also assisted Elder Wellons in a meeting at Cypress chapel and Bethlehem, in Nansemond county.
In 1852, Rev. Mr. Hobby was pastor of the church at Newbern, which was at that time a member of the Eastern Virginia Conference. In 1852, he was at the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at Mt. Pleasant in Randolph county, North Carolina, and was invited to an honorary seat in the body. At this Conference the union of the North Carolina and Virginia, and North Carolina Conferences was consummated, and at O'Kelly's chapel, in 1854, the two Conferences met as one. At this latter he was elected a delegate to the Southern Christian Association. During the months of April and May, 1854, he was with Rev. W. N. Bragg in a meeting at Wilmington, North Carolina. There were sixty-four conversions and fifty-one joined the church. The membership then was sixty-four. At New Providence in 1855 he served on the committee on temperance. At the Conference at Hanks' chapel in 1856, he was appointed with Elder Littlejohn Utley a messenger to the Georgia Conference. He was also elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Home Missionary Society of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference, on which Board he was continued a number of years.
In 1857, he attended the Conference at Bethlehem, in Alamance county, and served on the committee on Sunday schools. He was appointed a fraternal messenger to the Eastern Virginia Conference. He was at the Conference at Oak Level in 1856, and under charges, but was exonerated by being restored to his former position as an Elder in the body.
He was very successful in his early ministry, but was unfortunate in marrying. "He never did much good as a minister after his marriage."
In 1869, at Wake chapel in Wake county, James I. Hobby hitherto an Elder in the North Carolina and Virginia Conference came forward and surrendered his credentials." The occasion being a very solemn one, the President called the Conference to join in prayer with Rev. W. B. Wellons. After an earnest petition by Elder Wellons, Mr. Hobby took leave of the Conference. Rev. A. Iseley then offered the following which was adopted: "Whereas James I. Hobby, an Elder in this Conference, has surrendered his license and credentials to this body, and desires to withdraw therefrom; therefore, Resolved, That the name of James I. Hobby be erased from the list of ministers of this Conference."
For several years before his death, his body was paralyzed and his mind greatly impaired. On account of his bodily afflictions, he was able to get about very little. (Source: Compiles by and used with permission of Bethlehem Christian Church)

US Marine PFC Clarence Lenal Holman, Vietnam Veteran, Native of Burlington, NC. Born October 31, 1948 in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina
US Marine Private First Class Clarence Lenal Holman, casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Marine Corps, PFC Holman served our country until November 4th, 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. He was 21 years old and was not married. Clarence died from artillery fire. His body was recovered. Clarence was born on October 31st, 1948 in Burlington, North Carolina. PFC Holman is on panel 16W, line 029 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
Clarence Lenal Holman, Private First Class, US Marines, died November 4, 1969, of wounds from hostile fire in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam at the age of 21 years. A native of Durham County, Pfc Holman was a 1966 graduate of Jordan-Sellers High School. He was employed by Plaid Mills of Burlington Industries prior to entering the Marine Corps in February 1969. He is survived by his parents, Brodie and Berthenia Hightower Holman, one sister, six brothers and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillie Hightower of Route 3, Mebane. Funeral service was conducted at Sweet Gum Baptist Church with burial in the veterans section of North Lawn Cemetery in Burlington. Source: Times-News November 5, 1969.
He was the Son of Mr and Mrs Brodie Holman, 1005 Madison Street, Burlington, NC.
He served with H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 3rd MAF.
He was awarded The Combat Action Ribbon(CAR), The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
Burial: Northlawn Cemetery, Burlington, North Carolina. Plot: Veterans
(source: Reece, Jim & Reece Thomas;NC Vietnam KIA/MIA's gravesites)

Colonel Thomas M. Holt, of Haw River, Alamance County is the second son of Edwin M. and Emily Holt, of Alamance County, N. C. He was born 15th July, 1831; was prepared for college at Caldwell Institute, Hillsboro, and matriculated at the University of North Carolina in 184!); but so strongly was he imbued with the spirit of his father, and being more fond of his factory than college fame, he left Chapel Hill in 1851, when half advanced in the junior class, and at once addressed his time and talents to the manufacture of cotton yarns and fabrics in his father's employ until 1860, when in a brick building 36x64, with only 528 spindles (now a wing to that immense factory known throughout the Southern and Eastern States as the Granite Mills), he commenced business on his own account.
"These mills are owned and managed by Col. Holt, and have recently been reconstructed and furnished with new machinery. They are situated on Haw River, near Haw River Station, on the north side of the North Carolina Railroad, in Alamance County. They are the largest and best equipped mills in North Carolina, and rank with any in the Southern States. They contain 8,424
spindles and 434 looms, and give constant employment to 425 men, women and children, who occupy 100 or more well constructed and neatly painted brick and frame dwellings, situated on the premises; besides these dwellings there is a five-story flour mill; a large store house, filled with general merchandise, from which the operatives and neighbors get their supplies, a beautiful and conveniently arranged office; sundry store and warehouses, and last but not least, an attractive and comfortable Chapel, in which Col. Holt and family and the operatives worship, and whose pulpit is filled at Col. Holt's expense.
"Standing on the railroad bridge which spans Haw River, and looking on the north side, are seen the cotton factory, flour mills, dwellings and other buildings mentioned above, and it has the appearance of a large, thrifty and beautiful village; larger indeed than some of our so-called towns, all owned by Col. Holt, which cost him exceeding $400,000.
"On the opposite side of the bridge, on an eminence, his princely mansion is located. It is perhaps the largest, most elegantly finished and furnished country dwelling in North Carolina. The grounds cover twelve acres, are most highly improved and embellished, presenting the appearance of Central Park, New York, in miniature. A more desirable house cannot be found. These grounds and the improvements cost §25,000. He is the owner of that famous plantation known as "Liu wood," at Lin wood station, on the North Carolina Railroad, a few miles from Lexington. It is here he raises such vast quantities of wheat, clover, hay and choice cattle and sheep. The property herein described, with other not mentioned, together with the stock and lands he holds, makes his estate worth at least a half-million of dollars—the proceeds of his own industry."
The above is taken from an article in the "New South." Col. Holt was elected by the people of Alamance as a County Commissioner two terms and served as chairman.
[Source: Sketches of prominent living North Carolinians; By Jerome Dowd; Publ. 1888; Pg. 253; Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.]