Tony Eugene Scoggins was born November 9, 1949 and died September 14, 1968 in Bin Duong, Vietnam.
He was a United States Army Specialist 4 served with Company E, 28th Infantry, First Infantry Division and was killed in action while serving in action in South Vietnam.  
Burial: Graham Memorial Park, Swepsonville, North Carolina.
(source: Reece, Jim & Reece Thomas;NC Vietnam KIA/MIA's gravesites)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1958
Party: Democrat
SCOTT, William Kerr, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Haw River, Alamance County, N.C., April 17, 1896; attended the public schools of Hawfields, N.C.; graduated from North Carolina State College at Raleigh in 1917; during the First World War served as a private in the Field Artillery, United States Army 1918; farmer and dairyman; Alamance County farm agent 1920-1930; master, North Carolina State Grange 1930-1933; regional director, Farm Debt Adjustment Program of Resettlement Administration 1934-1936; North Carolina State Commissioner of Agriculture 1937-1948; Governor of North Carolina 1949-1952; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 2, 1954, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Willis Smith, and at the same time was elected to a full term beginning January 3, 1955, and served from November 29, 1954, until his death in Burlington, N.C., April 16, 1958; interment in Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Mebane, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

SSG Perry Monroe Smith, Vietnam Veteran, Native of Burlington, NC.
Staff Sergeant Perry Monroe Smith was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, SSG Smith served our country until January 17th, 1971 in Darlac, South Vietnam. He was 24 years old and was not married. It was reported that Perry died in the line of duty while stationed at Nha Trang Air Base. His body was recovered. Perry was born on July 2nd, 1946 in Guilford County, North Carolina. SSG Smith is on panel 05W, line 054 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.
Smith, Perry Monroe, Sergeant, US Army, died January 17, 1971, during action against enemy forces in Vietnam at the age of 24. A Green Beret, he had served in the US Army for seven years. An Alamance County native, he was the son of Raymond and Callie Perry Smith of Burlington. He is also survived by his daughter, Kimberly M. Smith; two brothers; and grandmothers Mrs. Rosie Lowe of Whitsett and Mrs. Ella Perry of Burlington. Sgt. Smith was a member of West Burlington United Methodist Church. He is buried at Alamance Memorial Park in Alamance County.
Source: Times-News January 25, 1971
He is the Son of Mr Raymond and Callie Perry Smith of Burlington, NC.
He served with Headquarters Company, 5th Special Forces Group, Special Forces, Vietnam.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Bronze Star Medal, 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: Alamance Memorial Park, Burlington, North Carolina. Plot: Smith
(source: Reece, Jim & Reece Thomas;NC Vietnam KIA/MIA's gravesites.)

STANFORD, Richard, (grandfather of William Robert Webb), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Vienna, Md., March 2, 1767; completed preparatory studies; moved to Hawfields, N.C., about 1793 and established an academy; elected as a Republican to the Fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1797, until his death in Georgetown, D.C., April 9, 1816; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirteenth Congress); interment in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

PFC Hiram Dillard Strickland, Korean War and Vietnam War Veteran, Native of Graham, NC.
Private First Class Hiram Dillard Strickland was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, PFC Strickland served our country until February 1st, 1966 in South Vietnam. He was 20 years old and was not married. It was reported that Hiram died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. Hiram was born on October 20th, 1945 in Graham, North Carolina. PFC Strickland is on panel 04E, line 131 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for one year.
Butch(Hiram)Strickland's unmailed final Vietnam letter to his family has been reprinted in the nonfiction book "Letters from Vietnam", edited by Bill Adler (published in 2003 by The Presidio Press/Random House Publishing Group). We all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to PFC Strickland and the other members of our military who gave so much. Richard.
Hiram was the first KIA of his Battalion in Vietnam.
Strickland, Hiram D. "Butch, Private First Class, U.S. Army, was killed in action on February 1, 1966 when the outfit he was supporting as an artillery radioman was ambushed. Pfc. Strickland, age 20, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Strickland of Route 2, Graham, was a 1964 graduate of Southern High School in Alamance County. At the time of his death, he was assigned to B Battery of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division. Pfc. Strickland had served in Korea prior to being assigned to Vietnam. His parents accepted the Bronze Star posthumously on his behalf. Strickland wrote a letter home shortly before his death that was featured in several national publications and predicted his death. Pfc Strickland's family was notified of his death by a commercial taxi driver delivering a telegram to the home and negative publicity from this incident served to shape the military's current policy of in-person notification of death that remains to this day. In 1967 the N.C. General Assembly passed a resolution honoring the life and memory of Pfc Strickland. In addition to his parents, Strickland is survived by 3 sisters, and his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Breaze. Sources: Times-News Feb. 3, 1966, Feb. 25, 1966, April 7, 1966, April 29, 1966, May 9, 1966, Sept. 19, 1966, July 3, 1967.
He served with Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery Regiment, 1st Field Force, USARV.
He was awarded The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Korean Service Medal, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, North Carolina. Plot: Legion #370
(source: Reece, Jim & Reece Thomas;NC Vietnam KIA/MIA's gravesites.)

STROWD, William Franklin, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., December 7, 1832; attended the country schools, Bingham private school, Melbane, N.C., the local academy at High Hill, N.C. and Graham Institute; farmer; Army, Confederate States of America; member of the North Carolina state constitutional convention in 1875; unsuccessful Populist candidate for election to the Fifty-third Congress in 1892; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and to the succeeding Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); was not a candidate for renomination in 1898; died on December 12, 1911, in Chapel Hill, N.C.; interment in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present. An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives)

Reverend George Alexander Swift was born in 1770 in Caswell County, North Carolina, the eighth child of William Swift and Frances Waddy Swift.  He married Sarah Williamson and had ten children.  Reverend Swift served in the War of 1812 and as a minister of the Christian Church in and around Guilford County.
REV. GEORGE A. SWIFT belonged to the North Carolina and Virginia Christian Conference. He died in the year 1839, at an advanced age.
Elder Swift was, at the General Meeting and Conference at New Providence in 1830. He seems only to have attended the Conference meetings at New Providence in his later years, whether from age or location, we are not able to say definitely. He attended the Conference in 1834 and in 1837, and was chosen Moderator of the latter meeting. The report of his death is recorded in the minutes of the Conference held at Lebanon (Old), in Surry county, Virginia, in 1839.
(Source: Compiles by and used with permission of Bethlehem Christian Church)