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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SCROLL OF HONOR
There are 479 Honorees from eight wars and campaigns:
WW I - 27; Nicaraguan Campaign - 1; WW II - 378; Korean
War -18; Cuban Missile Crisis - 1; Viet Nam War - 29; The Cold
War - 22; Global War on Terrorism - 3
The Scroll of Honor Website (https://cualumni.clemson.edu/scrollofhonor)
includes a web page for each Honoree. Each hero has his
own story.
James B. McHugh, '23, Nicaraguan Campaign, LT, Marine Corps
pilot, killed in a plane crash Apr 1929 while making an aerial
map of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal
Ben F. Robertson, '23, WWII, War Correspondent, Killed in a
plane crash in Lisbon, Portugal Feb 1943
Joseph H. Brown, '35, WWII, CPT, Non Battle Death
David H. Henry Jr. '36 LT, WWII, 4th Inf, KIA Jul 1944 in
France - Bronze Star
Almo D. Chapman '39, WWII, LT, KIA in the Battle of the
Philippines, Jul 1945
Raymond D. Davis '40, WWII, LT, Copilot B-17 Shot down by
German fighters Feb 1944 returning from a mission
Graham G. Guyton, '40, WWII, LT, B-24 Pilot 448th Bomber
Group, Aircraft shot down Jan 1944 over Kiel, Germany.
Eight of ten crew members were killed.
Rufus E. S. Henry, '41, LT, WWII, 444th Bomber Group, Died
Nov 1944 when his B-29 bomber crash landed near Chengtau,
China following a bombing mission
Kennon S. Breazeale, '42, LT, WWII, 4th Inf Div, KIA Feb
1945 in Belgium - Silver Star; He was Cadet Colonel at Clemson
- Widow still lives in Clemson
William C. Dillard, '43, WWII, LT, 3rd Armor Div, KIA Dec
1944 Germany - Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge
Alfred D. Folger, '44 WWII, CPT, Infantry Company
Commander, 3rd Armor, KIA July 1944 Normandy France - Silver
Star
Henry R. Peebles, '45, WWII, LT, 21st Fighter Group P-51,
MIA following an attack on Chichi Jima Island, May 1946
Frank K. Fendley, '46 WWII, SFC, 34th Inf, KIA Sep 1944 -
Silver Star for action at Cassno Italy Jan 1944; Buried Old
Stone Church Cemetery
Lee H Welborne, '46, WWII, TEC 5, Non Battle Death, Nov
1943
Samuel T. McDowell, Jr, 65, Viet Nam, LT,
KIA Feb 1968 leading his platoon while engaging NVA regulars
in Da Nang Province. Killed by mortar
Gary L. Pace, '69, LT, Viet Nam, 20th Eng Bde, KIA Mar
1970, in Tay Ninh, Province, Bronze Star, Silver Star - All
ACC Soccer Second Team
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