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World War II Honor of Dead & Missing is published by the War
Department for the information or public officials, the press, the
radio and interested organizations. It contains the latest and most
complete data available on all military personnel who were killed or
died, or became and remained missing, between the President's
declaration of unlimited national emergency on May 27, 1941, and the
cut-off date of this report, January 31, 1946, and includes both
battle and non-battle dead or missing. The complete work, of which
this volume is a part, contains about 300,000 names of men and women
who gave their lives while serving in the Army of the United
States.
As in any work of this scope, errors will occur.
Careful checks by the Casualty Branch of The Adjutant General's
Office and by Machine Records Units have reduced these errors to a
minimum, but publication of this preliminary report at this time
makes it inevitable that mistakes and omissions will be found
herein. Use of the most advanced type of tabulating and
recording machines has reduced the factor of human error to a
minimum, but errata originally introduced into the machine records
cards will be reflected in the final lists. To cope with this
possibility, all lists have been carefully proof-read after
preparation. It is planned to publish a complete and final list of
deaths at some time in the future, and errors discovered herein will
be corrected in that list.
The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
contained 1.41 per cent of the population of the United States and
possessions (excluding the Philippine Islands) in 1940 and
contributed 1.20 per cent of the total number who entered the
Army. Of these men and woman of SOUTH
CAROLINA who went to war, 2.85 percent failed to return. This figure
represents 1.11 per cent of the Army's total dead and
missing.
The number of missing persons is being reduced daily
through operation of Army Search Teams in all theaters of
operations.
Under the provisions of Public Law 490, 77th
Congress, as amended by Public Laws 848, 77th Congress, and 408,
78th Congress, changes of casualty status are currently being made.
This law and its amendments provide for the payment of pay and
allowances to missing persons, and for the administrative finding of
death of those persona in whose cases there is an absence of
presumptive proof of continued existence. The Secretary of War is
empowered by tho Congress to make such findings of death, and the
Secretary's finding in such a case is equivalent to a legal
statement that such a person is in fact dead. Wills are probated,
insurance becomespayable, debts are settled and goverment gratuity
benefits are paid on the basis of the administrative finding of
death. Thus it becomes obvious that such findings must be made only
with the greatest of care, if only because of the legal
involvements,
not to mention tho effects of such findings on
next-of-kin.
Findings of death under Public Law 490 and its
amendments are made in the case of persons when--and only
when--there is either conclusive proof that the person is dead or
equally overwhelming evidence that under the circumstances the
person could not have remained alive. These findings are made only
after review and after a lapse of at least one year from the time of
disappearance.
Most of the persons listed herein as missing
disappeared less than a year prior to January 33, 1946, the cut-off
date mentioned above.
As time passes the fate of some of
these missing will become known and others will be declared dead in
the absence of hope that they are living. A few—too small a number
to be considered as a percentage of the missing—fall into a third
category: persons who intentionally deserted the service and are
bending every effort to avoid repatriation. Cases of this type have
been discovered in the past but the number of these cases is
exceedingly small.
The physical search for missing persons,
which went on all during the war, has been expanded and extended
since the collapse of enemy resistance. Experts in all fields of
investigation and identification have been sent into areas where
missing persons were last seen. Through conferences with local
officials and clergymen and by means of checks of rosters and other
military lists, the bodies of missing persons are being recovered
and identified daily. Though the loss of official records, as at
Corregidor in 1942 and during the Ardennes counteroffensive of
1944-45, has increased the difficulties encountered by the search
teams, the scope of the teams work has been so broad in the past
eight months (in the case of Japan) to one year (in Germany) that
the War Department is reluctant to hold out hope to next of kin that
any missing personnel are still alive.
No civilians are
included in this report. Red Cross personnel and other civilians
serving with the Army became casualties during the War, but
procedure for reporting civilian personnel differs from that for
reporting military individuals.
The following pages show a breakdown by counties and types of
casualties, followed by a breakdown alphabetically by counties,
the counties themselves being listed in alphabetical
order.
In the preparation of these lists, it war necessary to
establish a set of criteria on which the proper location of each
individual's name would be determined. The following procedure was
set up:
(1) If an Individual gave an address as his home when
he entered the Army, his name is listed in the county in which this
address was located.
(2) If he gave no home address, but
designated a beneficiary or next of kin--either of whom must be a
relative in limited degrees of kinship—or in the absence of
relatives an emergency addressee who may be a friend, his name will
appear in the county in which the address of the beneficiary, next
of kin or emergency addressee is located.
(3) If neither home
nor emergency address was given (this was the case in rare instances
where aliens were without family or residence in this country) the
county of the draft board of origin is the one in which lie is
listed.
(4) In the case of certain Regular Army personnel who
moved their homes from place to place according to the exigencies of
the service, the only address available is "The Adjutant General",
and these personnel will be listed in the District of Columbia
booklet.
(5) A very few cases exist in which none of these
four criteria obtains. It is impossible to determine the county in
these cases and such individuals are listed in some state volumes
under "State at Large", a listing following the last county listing
in the book. No instances have been found wherein it is impossible
to locate a person as to state except as mentioned in (4)
above.
The lists which follows, contains information as to
individuals in the following order: name, army serial number, grade
and status of casualty. A word of explanation of methods of listing
and of symbols used follows:
NAME:
Because of standardized usage for names in the Army, some
individuals listed herein may not be shown under the name by which
they were called in civilian life. For instance, a man listed herein
as "Smith, William P." may have been known to his friends as "Paul
Smith" because in civilian life he did not choose to use the name
"William". In Army usage the first name is used in full and other
given names follow in order as initials. Names prefixed with "Mc"
are listed between names beginning "Ma" and those beginning "Me",
and similarly names beginning "Mac" will be found after "Mabry" and
before "Madison". Because of a peculiarity of the machines used in
these tables, prefixed and hyphenated names do not always appear in
strict alphabetical order, and absolute correctness in the order of
alphabetizing names does not govern after the tenth letter of a
name. However, for all practical purposes the names will be in
alphabetical order and cases will be extremely rare where a name
will be more than one or two lines out of place.
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER: Because of the tremondous
number of individuals who have passed through the Army, serial
numbers are given to prevent confusion. Using the name
"William P. Smith" as above as an example, it was found that at the
time of writing there were 84 men of this name in the Army, and
several hundred men with the name "William Smith" without respect to
initials. In attempting to identify one of this number much
confusion could arise, and this is obviated by the use of a serial
number.
Serial numbers are assigned with great care and according
to a set of regulations. Consecutive serial numbers, for example,
are not assigned to twins since this might cause confusions of
identity between two persons with the same birth date and same
general physical characteristics.
Generally speaking, numbers
fall into two broad categories: simple seven or eight digit numbers
(in a few cases fewer digits) for male enlisted personnel, and
prefixed serial numbers for other personnel. Regular Army enlisted
men who entered the service before the outset of Selective Service
bear seven-digit or lower serial numbers, usually beginning with "6"
or "V", as 6974420. Men who enlisted
in the Army of the United
States have eight-digit numbers beginning with "1", the second digit
indicating tho Service Command of origin. For example, the serial
number 14060025 would indicate that the man enlisted in the Army of
the United States in the Fourth Service Command (Southeastern U.
S.). Men called into federally recognized National Guard
service received eight-digit numbers beginning with "2' ., the third
digit representing the Service Command: 20107656 indicates a
National Guardsman from New England (First Service Command). Men
inducted or enlisted through Selective Service were given
eight-digit numbers beginning with "3" or "4", the second digit
representing the Service Command. The prefixed serial numbers for
other than male enlisted personnel carry a designated letter: 0- (as
in 0-1574257) for male commissioned officers; W- for male Warrant
officers; T- for Flight officers of the Army Air Forces; L-for
commissioned officers of the Women's Army Corps; V- for WAC Warrant
officers; A- for WAC enlisted women; R- for Hospital Dietitians, and
M- for Physical Therapy Aides.
GRADE: This is synonymous with the misnomer
"rank", and the abbreviations which may be found in this book are as
follows: GEN, General (four star); LT G, Lieutenant General, (three
star); M G, Major General (two star); B G, Brigadier General (one
star); COL, Colonel; LT C, Lieutenant Colonel; MAJ, Major; CAPT,
Captain; 1 LT, First Leutenant; 2 LT, Second Lieutenant; C WO, Chief
Warrant Officer; WOJG, Warrant Officer, Junior Grade; FL O, Flight
Officer; AV C, Aviation Cadet; M SG, Master Sergeant; 1 SG. First
Sergeant; T SG, Technical Sergeant; SSG, Staff Sergeant; TEC3,
Technician Third Grade; SGT, Sergeant; TEC4, Technician Fourth
Grade; CPL, Corporal; TEC5, Technician Fifth Grade; PFC, Private
First Class, and PVT, Private.
TYPE OF
CASUALTY: This is indicated by the symbol at the far right of
each column. An individual who was killed in action, whether at the
front or by enemy action in the rear areas, or if a prisoner of war,
whether by air bombardment of his prison camp or by being shot while
escaping is designated "KIA." Persons who were wounded and later
died are marked "DOW"--died of wounds. Those who suffered fatal
battle INJURIES as opposed to WOUNDS, in combat or in combat areas,
and died in a line-of-duty status, are designated "DOI"--died of
injuries. Other line-of-duty deaths, such as from sickness,
homicide, suicide or accidents outsidecombat areas (including
training and maneuver deaths) are listed "DNB"--died, non-battle.
Individuals who were determined to be dead under Public Law 490 are
designated "FOD"--findlng of death. Missing persons are marked with
the single letter "M".
Only those persons who died in a
line-of-duty status are listed herein. Individuals who were not in
line of duty at the time of their deaths are not so listed.
Though personnol not in line of duty are not listed, failure to find
in these lists the name of a person known to be dead should not be
taken as prima-facie evidence that such person died not in line of
duty.
Because of the large number of names included in this
work--the total for all states and territories will take up about
1,700 pages--it has been deemed impracticable to include the name
and address of next of kin or to break down the residence units
smaller than counties. Counties were selected as the unit of
breakdown for two reasons: information media rarely circulate in
areas smaller than counties, and draft boards are located on a
county-population basis, it was felt that coordination between
newspapers and other media on the one hand and draft boards on the
other, a coordination which has existed through nearly six years of
Selective Service, could be achieved more easily in cases whore
questions as to identity arise than could coordination between
newspapers and any larger instrumentality of the
government.
It should bo pointed out that this work is
published solely as a public service and in response to demands from
interested persons.
The possibility that these lists might
fall into the hands of unscrupulous persons is inevitable, and it is
pointed out that misuse of these lists for gain could redound only
to the sorrow of the bereaved. While is it neither the policy nor
the desire of the War Department to discuss the ways in which these
lists will be used once they are released for publication, it is the
sincere hope of the War Department that persons responsible for
their dissemination will be governed by good taste and consideration
for the feelings of next of kin.
Patriotic organizations will
find these lists of value in establishing or checking honor rolls in
their communities. In this connection, it should be emphasized again
that these lists are preliminary and will one day be superseded by a
list which can be considered final.
Changes in status may
occur between the time of publication of these lists and preparation
of new ones, and actuarial tables indicate that new names will be
added. In some rare cases names of persons already dead may have
been eliminated inadvertently from these lists.
|
County |
KIA |
DOW |
DOI |
DNB |
FOB |
M |
Total |
|
Abbeville |
23 |
1 |
|
20 |
3 |
1 |
47 |
|
Aiken |
34 |
9 |
|
19 |
4 |
|
67 |
|
Allendale |
5 |
1 |
|
11 |
1 |
2 |
18 |
|
Anderson |
122 |
12 |
|
39 |
6 |
|
181 |
|
Bamberg |
7 |
1 |
|
8 |
2 |
|
18 |
|
Barnwell |
11 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
|
19 |
|
Beaufort |
16 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
|
31 |
|
Berkeley |
10 |
1 |
|
15 |
2 |
|
28 |
|
Calhoun |
5 |
3 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
16 |
|
Charleston |
73 |
9 |
|
77 |
7 |
|
166 |
|
Cherokee |
44 |
3 |
|
20 |
5 |
|
72 |
|
Chester |
33 |
2 |
|
11 |
4 |
|
50 |
|
Chesterfield |
37 |
6 |
|
14 |
1 |
1 |
59 |
|
Clarendon |
22 |
5 |
|
16 |
2 |
|
45 |
|
Colleton |
28 |
7 |
|
10 |
1 |
|
46 |
|
Darlington |
47 |
10 |
|
17 |
3 |
|
77 |
|
Dillon |
18 |
3 |
|
21 |
1 |
|
43 |
|
Dorchester |
18 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
28 |
|
Edgefield |
12 |
1 |
|
6 |
|
|
19 |
|
Fairfield |
22 |
4 |
|
8 |
2 |
|
36 |
|
Florence |
56 |
11 |
|
43 |
5 |
1 |
116 |
|
Georgetown |
16 |
1 |
|
8 |
3 |
1 |
29 |
|
Greenville |
196 |
16 |
3 |
90 |
18 |
1 |
324 |
|
Greenwood |
58 |
8 |
|
15 |
9 |
|
90 |
|
Hampton |
10 |
3 |
|
9 |
4 |
|
26 |
|
Horry |
43 |
5 |
|
19 |
3 |
|
70 |
|
Jasper |
6 |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
11 |
|
Kershaw |
39 |
7 |
|
18 |
5 |
|
69 |
|
Lancaster |
39 |
1 |
|
23 |
1 |
|
64 |
|
Laurens |
53 |
13 |
|
27 |
6 |
1 |
100 |
|
Lee |
13 |
|
|
7 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
|
Lexington |
41 |
8 |
|
21 |
5 |
1 |
76 |
|
Mc Cormick |
12 |
1 |
|
5 |
|
|
18 |
|
Marion |
38 |
1 |
|
17 |
2 |
|
58 |
|
Marlboro |
21 |
3 |
|
20 |
3 |
2 |
49 |
|
Newberry |
42 |
3 |
|
12 |
8 |
|
65 |
|
Oconee |
67 |
12 |
1 |
23 |
1 |
|
104 |
|
Orangeburg |
38 |
7 |
|
21 |
1 |
|
67 |
|
Pickens |
61 |
12 |
|
17 |
5 |
2 |
97 |
|
Richland |
87 |
13 |
1 |
75 |
18 |
5 |
199 |
|
Saluda |
16 |
3 |
|
6 |
2 |
|
27 |
|
Spartanburg |
191 |
27 |
1 |
76 |
20 |
1 |
316 |
|
Sumter |
38 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
4 |
|
71 |
|
Union |
42 |
10 |
|
15 |
5 |
|
72 |
|
Williamsburg |
26 |
3 |
|
20 |
1 |
1 |
51 |
|
York |
63 |
10 |
2 |
33 |
7 |
|
115 |
|
State At Large |
24 |
5 |
|
14 |
5 |
3 |
51 |
|
Totals |
1923 |
267 |
10 |
1010 |
189 |
24 |
3423 | |