Tulsa’s Westside Servicemen and Women
“Serving our Country”
Compiled by Roy Heim, 2007-2008 with information from families, friends and patriots
 

Table of Contents
DANIEL WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS
EMERGING FROM THE DEPRESSION
WEBSTER’S FIRST GRADUATES
WORLD WAR II CLOUDS COVER AMERICA
PEARL HARBOR, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1941
UNITED STATES REACTION TO PEARL HARBOR
TULSA’S REACTION TO PEARL HARBOR
CIVILIAN RESPONSE AND SUPPORT FOR WORLD WAR II
TULSA COUNTY FIGHTS, MOURNS LOSSES
WESTSIDE SERVICEMEN
 

WESTSIDE SERVICEMEN KILLED IN WORLD WAR II

SGT. GLENN BLACKBURN
S2/C W. BOHLANDER JR.
CPL BEN RAY BOWEN
LOYD RAYMOND BROOME
JOHN T. BURTON
HOWARD E. CHASE
SSGT. JACK W. CHILDERS
CAPTAIN JOHN H. CHILTON
JOHN T. COMPTON
SGT. KENNETH O. DEAN
CPL. WILLIAM RALPH DURBIN
SGT. MICHAEL W. EAGAN
SSGT. WILLIAM W. EVANS
S1/C DARRELL M. GABLER
LT CECIL E. GARBEY
ROBERT F. HENRY
PVT. HAROLD L. HORNER
LT. TEDDY F. IVEY
CLARENCE BERT "ARKY" LAVELLE
CARL W. MCCLANAHAN
IRVEN R. MCCLANAHAN
1ST LT. JIMMY C. MCCLURE
PFC EARL THOMAS MCCOMBS
F2/C JAMES HILRA MEAD
BILL MORGAN
ARM/2C LLOYD R. MORGAN
AMN2/C NORMAN E. MORGAN
S1/C WILLIAM L PENDLY JR.
GEORGE WESLEY PHILLIPS
2ND LT ERMAL PINKLEY
S2/X EUAL THOMAS RHYNE
SGT CHARLES F. SHELLEY
MELVIN EARL SMITH
PVT. WILLIS DEAN SORTURE
PVT. KENTON WADE STUDK
PFC LEWIS EUGENE THAMES
ELMER M. THORPE
CPL. ROBERT C. WILLIAMS
PVT. ELVEN WYANT
 

Daniel Webster High School Begins

Emerging from the Depression
Southwest Tulsa in the late 1930’s was recovering from the Great Depression like the rest of the United States. The soup lines were recent memories and communities were struggling to get back on their feet. The west side of Tulsa was hit hard by financial difficulties. Before the Depression there were not a lot of people who could claim they had enough money or wealth. This was a true blue-collar collection of communities and people. Men and women alike left home at all hours of the day for their jobs at one of the many oil refineries or railroad jobs. Hard work was no stranger in the neighborhoods. Churches were filled with believers, large families, and others who enjoyed the atmosphere of a positive environment. Families, drawn close by hardships, knew how to depend on each other for support and help in times of need. Sense of community was at home here.

The late 1930’s was molded in part by the rapid increase in government programs designed to get people back to work in whatever they were skilled at. Coined “alphabet organizations” the government programs and organizations were abundant everywhere as the largest infusion of government spending and intrusion took place in the lives of the common people in the United States. It was a changing time for everyone young and old.

One of the very positive things to come from the government alphabet was the Works Progress Administration, known as the “WPA”. Webster High School was one of the government sponsored construction projects designed to get people back to work. It was designed and built on a beautiful acreage just off the old Sapulpa Road that linked Tulsa with Sapulpa. The road cut through old Red Fork, Indian Territory.

Webster’s First Graduates

Webster was completed in 1938 and the first students may still argue who was actually the first graduating class. The original students came from Clinton High School a couple blocks away. Some of them claim they graduated from Clinton High (their diplomas clearly say Daniel Webster High School). Others claim the first graduating class. If there were a discussion in 2007 when this is written there would probably be disagreement among the few survivors of the first class. They were a proud group of students, teachers and administrators. And, who wouldn’t be proud to be learning in the beautiful new building on Tulsa’s newest campus. There has been no finer campus for Tulsa Public Schools since Webster opened in 1938.

In the first few years Webster operated there was no yearbook printed. Seniors for each of the Tulsa high schools were recognized in the Tulsa School Life newspaper each spring before graduation. Webster’s graduating classes of 1938 to 1945 were all in the early newspapers. Their pictures showed clean and polished students, boys with suits and ties, girls in nice dresses and hair well-done for the photographer. The photos show a discipline and respect for themselves and each other that had prepared them for the dramatic change in their future.

Graduation from high school for many meant getting a job with the Frisco Railroad in West Tulsa, or Texaco between Garden City and West Tulsa. Their future could have been with one of the many other refineries or businesses west of the river.

World War II Clouds Cover America

Pearl Harbor, Sunday, December 7, 1941
The first graduates of Webster High School, and the classes that followed, found a dramatic change in their lives as the news arrived of Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. There had been little news in America of the war going on in Europe and the Far East prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. The isolationist position of the United States had kept us away from the battles going on in the world.  That changed immediately as the bombs started falling and American servicemen died at Pearl Harbor on Hawaii. The United States was at war in a big way.

United States Reaction to Pearl Harbor
The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was met with a sudden and swift response as communities, individuals and governments across America rose up to defend the country and seek retaliation on the Japanese. It was an awakening of Americans from top to bottom. The attack was reported to have “Awakened a sleeping giant”, and it didn’t take long for others in the world to see that the single act would reap a powerful response.

Tulsa’s Reaction to Pearl Harbor
In Tulsa, Oklahoma long lines of young men and boys stood in line to sign up for military service. Older men were ready to leave their families and take up arms against countries who threatened the peaceful existence and their way of life. Hundreds of men stopped their quest for education and careers as they pulled on uniforms of the army, navy, marines and air corps. The services grew in personnel far faster than the guns and equipment supplies. Soldiers trained with broomsticks and mockup aircraft because there was no real items to be issued.

Civilian Response and Support for World War II
Civilians geared up at the same time as uniformed personnel for the war effort. They turned out in numbers to work at plants around the country as companies retooled from peacetime production to war production. Washing machine repairmen began making rifles and guns using the same production lines with new tooling and dies. Mothers, daughters and sisters found jobs in factories turning out everything from planes to tanks. They worked jobs left behind by men who went to war. Many of the women in Tulsa worked at two major war industries in support of the war.  One of the unique businesses was the Zero Bombsight Company who manufactured a critical piece of equipment for sending loads of bombs to their destination from high in the air.

The other major contribution to the war was the B24 Liberator bombers built at the Tulsa McDonald Douglas airport plant. This was a huge operation that rolled out hundreds of the heavy bomber aircraft during the war.

Virginia Dean Apker tells the story of her mother working on the B24’s at McDonald Douglas. She knew the aircraft well, having had to crawl through it during the production phases. Virginia’s brother Kenneth Dean was killed in one of the B24 bombers during an air raid in Germany on February 25, 1945.

Tulsa County Fights, Mourns Losses
Tulsa World May 28, 1944
By Memorial Day in May of 1944 Tulsa County had suffered 191 casualties in the war and there were countless young men listed as missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of war (POW) The Sunday, May 28, 1944 edition of the Tulsa World listed the dead servicemen. Many of them were from the westside. Among those killed in action were the following men:

Frank W. Bohlander, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bohlander 2240 S Nogales

Loyd Raymond Broome, son of Mrs. Lula Mae Broome 4010 S Yukon

John T. Burton, husband of Mrs. Susie Burton, 1412 W 22 St and son of Mrs. Julia
Whitechurch of Bartlesville

Howard E. Chase, son of John Chase 713 W 22 Pl

John T. Compton, husband of Mrs. Johnnie T. Compton 4708 S 28 W Ave

Michael W. Eagan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Eagan 2239 S Quanah

Robert F. Henry, son of Mrs. Nellie M. Rhy 4745 S Union

Ted Ivey, grandson of Mrs. B. F. Ivey, now of Muldrow, formerly of Carbondale

Clarence Bert (Arky) LaVelle, son of Bert LaVelle 5133 S 36 W Ave

Carl W McClanahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McClanahan 3622 S 26 W Ave

Irven R. McClanahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McClanahan 3622 S 26 W Ave

Earl J. McCombs, son of Mrs. Myrtle Fulk 322 W 22 St

James H. Mead, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mead 3644 S Maybelle

Bill Morgan, husband of Mrs. Peggy Appeal Morgan, Los Angeles and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Morgan 3655 S Lawton

William Pendley Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Pendley 1811 S Phoenix

George Wesley Phillips, son of Mrs. Laura Robles, 4604 S Union

Eval Thomas Rhyne, son of Mrs. Barney C. Rhyne 2111 W 42 Ct.

Charles F. Shelley, son of Mrs. Carrie Shelley 705 W 24 St

Melvin Earl Smith, husband of Mrs. Virginia Sue Smith 809-A W 31 Pl and son of Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Smith, Tulsa.

Elmer M. Thorpe, husband of Mrs. Kathryn Thorpe 1104 E 5 Pl and son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thorpe 2813 W 40 St


During the next two years the war raged across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The United States and other Allied Forces made push after push at the German and Japanese forces. Hundreds of thousands of men and women lost their lives in battle. Fortunately, none of the battles were waged on United States soil. Other allies were not so fortunate as many of their cities were reduced to rubble during the bombing and fighting.

By Memorial Day 1945 the number of Tulsa County war casualties had grown significantly from 191 in 1944 to a reported 622 in 1945. The toll was still growing as major battles were being fought on many fronts around the globe. Tulsans would continue to die from war wounds. Many others were captured and held as prisoners of war. On May 30, 1945 51 white wooden crosses were posted in Boulder Park in Tulsa to represent the casualties of war. They were just a small number representing a major loss of lives to the county.

Huge cemeteries grew up on foreign soil for Americans killed in battle. Many of the men who died remained in the cemeteries for years before they were brought home. And some never returned at all. They were either buried at sea, or their remains were never found.

Westside Servicemen from Berryhill, Carbondale, Garden City, Oakhurst, Red Fork and West Tulsa Oklahoma

Abel, Andrew Jackson,
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Abel, Clyde
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Abel, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Adams, Garvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Admire, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Allen, Clarence
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Allen, Glen H. "Peck", US Navy, South Pacific
Peck was a Storekeeper 2CL, Webster class of 1945.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Allen, J W, US Navy, Pacific and China 3 years WWII and 1 year in Korea
SGM236, Aviation - Sea Planes
Webster class of 1943
9061 Par Dr   Douglasville, GA 30134   770-942-0335

Allen, Keith
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Allen, M E "Gene", US Air Force
Webster High

Amber, Jim
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Anderson, Dale
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Angel, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Angel, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Angel, Howard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Anthamatten, US Navy, Iwo Jima/South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Armstrong, Robert, US Army
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Arnett, Glen
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Arnold, James "Cootie", US Navy, Stateside
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Askew, Scott
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Askew, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Aubrey, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Aubrey, Lindy Gene, US Army, 1946-1947
738 Engineer Base Depot 503
Webster High class of 1945
3219 Restview Street    Longview, TX 75604    903-297-5380

Aubrey, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bahner, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bakalyer, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Baker, Daniel, USMC, 6 years
Infantry - Military Police
1st MP BATT
Vietnam Service Medal
Webster class of 1968
1308 N Union Ave  Tulsa, OK 74127   018-587-0722

Bane, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bankston, Harry KIA
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman and Killed in Action.

Banther, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Barnes, Fletcher
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Barnes, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Barrett, DeWayne
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Barrington, Milford
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Barton, Warren
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Beall, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Beall, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Beard, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Beasley, William Carl "Billy Carl", US Army Air Corps
4734 S 29th W Ave. Prior to the war, Billy Carl lived there with his Mother Madge, who worked for Sinclair Oil Company and two old maid aunts, Miss Grady a registered nurse who always gave us in the neighborhood typhoid shots and Miss Carl. Billy Carl joined the Army Air Corps, and upon receiving his wings was shipped to the China / Burma theater where he flew a Curtiss P-40 in the Flying Tiger group. He was not one of the original Flying Tigers as the original group were mercenaries for the Chinese Government. They were not paid by the US Government. Once the US entered the war, the Flying Tigers became a part of the US Army Air Corps. That's the group of which Billy was a member. Once the war was over he came home and passed away at an early age. He was married and divorced and had no children. To my knowledge, there are no survivors of that branch of the Beasley family.
Ed Ledbetter ee2306@aol.com

Beaty, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Beaty, Leland
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bell, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bender, Tom
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bennett, Harry Lee, US Army
3321 W. 61st Street, Phone 446-7313 Rank, Sgt.
Served with the 836 Engineers, U. S. Army, active duty from 1942 to 1945 in the South Pacific, from Australia, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Netherlands East Indies, Luzon, Philippines and Japan. Returned to U.S. in Seattle on Armistice Day, November 11, 1945. Decorated with 4 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation with bronze arrow. Remained in the reserves until 1948 with honorable discharge. This unit has had annual reunions since 1956. From Euelene Yeargain 2007

Bennett, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bennett, Thomas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Berryhill, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Berryhill, Paul R. US Army
3608 S 27 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Biddle, Leonard,
Lived on  S Phoenix Ave (info from Glenn Lyles)
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Biby, Rex US Army
4138 S 34 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Birkett, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bishop, David, US Army  1966-1968
HQ 5th Army, Ft Lewis  Washington
Webster class of 1963
1525 E Cobb      Sapulpa, OK 74066    918-224-6379

Blackburn, Fredrick
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sgt. Glenn Blackburn  18004780  US Army Air Force  Gallapogos Islands  May 9, 1943 (KIA)
Glenn Blackburn was a member of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group.  His name appears on the monument at the Presidio, in San Francisco, California.  He was awarded the Air Medal.  His service number was 18004780.  His body was listed as non-recoverable.  Glenn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1922.  Glenn was an aircrew member in and was killed when his plane went down off the islands.  His sister, LaFain Blackburn provided a picture and information about Kenneth before she died in 2007.

Blankenship, Chester
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Blankenship, Cluster
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Blankenship, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Blevins, William (Bill)
Bill was in the Navy for four years. I believe he graduated from Webster in 1950 and enlisted right after graduation. He lived on South 34th West Avenue in Carbondale. From Lela DeBolt.

Blocker, Bruce
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

S2/C Frank W. Bohlander Jr. US Navy  3566355  Battle of The Coral Sea  May 8, 1942 (KIA)
Frank W. Bohlander was a Seaman Second Class in the U. S. Navy.  Frank was one of 8 Tulsans aboard the U.S.S. Lexington aircraft carrier when it was sunk in the Coral Sea battle.  He was the only Tulsan killed on May 8, 1942.  He was originally from Louisiana.  Frank graduated from Daniel Webster High School in 1941.   His name is recorded on the Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands.  Last known status is missing.  He was awarded the Purple Heart medal.  He was listed as non-recoverable in the battle.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bohlander 2240 S Nogales.  "Surviving Mr. Bohlander, besides his father, are his mother of Pasadena, Cal.; his grandmother Mrs. Carrie A. Bohlander, of the Tulsa address, and a sister, Doris of California."  (Tulsa newspaper article on Frank Bohlander)



Bonner, C. B.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cpl Ben Ray Bowen, Kobansan-ni, North Korea US Army February 15, 1953 (KIA)
From the West Tulsa News July 14, 1953.  "Cpl Ben Ray Bowen was born in Red Fork in 1930.  He moved to Chicago with his parents when he was four years old.  He graduated from teachers college there in was drafted February 20, 1952.  He trained at Camp Custer in Michigan and Fort Benning, Georgia.  He was attached to the 11th Airborne Division.  He landed in Korea February 15, 1953 and was on the front lines until he was killed at Kobangsan-ni, North Korea.  Services were held in Olivet Cemetery in Perkins (Oklahoma) lst Sunday with American Legion and National Guard groups participating in the military ceremony.  Survivors include many relations from out-of-state and Mrs. Wm. Elza, Ruby Thorn, Albert Sherril and Bob Sherril, all of Tulsa."

Boyd, Buddy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Boyer, Norman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Brady, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Breeland, Wayman, US Army Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Briggs, Claude
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bridges, Jack Houston US Navy 1942
Jack was on board the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942 when the Lexington was sunk by the Japanese.  He survived the battle.  Jack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bridges 904 W 23 Pl.  (Tulsa newspaper article on Frank Bohlander)

Brock, Allen
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Brock, Bud, US Marines
4645 S 27 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Brooks, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Broome, Loyd Raymond (KIA)
Son of Mrs. Lula Mae Broome, 4010 S Yukon.

Brown, Donald G, US Army Germany
June 1958 to June 1960 and October 1961 to September 1962
15th Truck, Bamberg, Germany; Engineer Group attached to the 82nd Airborne (Cuban Crisis)
Coach of the Post Basketball Team, Football and Baseball teams.  Baseball team won the Army Championship team for all of Germany.
Webster class of 1955
40th and Waco, 918-481-5995

Brown, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bruce, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bruton, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bryant, Wayne, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Burns, George US Navy
George Burns joined the US Navy with three of his Webster 1939 classmates Stanley Hawkins, James "Jim" Garman and Frank Langley.  He did his basic training in San Diego, CA.

Bundy, Frank
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bundy, Otis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bundy, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bundy, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Burks, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Burks, Hughie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Burns, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Burris, Clarence
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Burton, John T. (KIA)
Husband of Mrs. Susie Burton, 1412 W 22nd and son of Mrs. Julia Whitechurch, Bartlesville.

Burton, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Bushyhead, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Caffey, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Calhoun, Harlan
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Camp, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Canada, Russell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cannon, Francis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carleton, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carlton, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carlton, Clay
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carlisle, Russell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carpenter, Burtis US Navy, South Pacific
1350 W 21 St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Carpenter, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carpenter, Francis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carpenter, Walter
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carpenter, Wayne, US Navy, South Pacific
1350 W 21 St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Carrell, Eddie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carter, Ollin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carter, Ralph
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carter, R. K.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Carter, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Case, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Casey, Jack R., US Army 1959-1960
U. S. Army Signal Group HQ, Okinawa
Administration and Security
Webster class of 1955
6153 W 42 Pl    Tulsa, OK 74107     918-446-9820

Cates, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cates, J. H.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cathcart, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cavens, Orville
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Caves, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Caves, Vernon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cavins, Victor
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Chaney, Cecil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Chapman, Murray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Chapman, Sterling
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Chase, Howard Eugene (KIA)
Son of John Chase, 713 W 22nd Pl.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Howard Eugene Chase was in the US Naval Reserve, SN 6705122.  The Tulsa World reported on May 14, 1944 (page 6) that he was killed when his ship USS New Orleans was hit by a torpedo north of Guadalcanal. The family was told that none of the personnel missing from that action had been found. He had previously been reported missing in action in the Solomon Islands are in December 1942. 

Childers, Garland
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

SSgt. Jack W Childers (SSgt. Jack W Childers) US Army Air Force  38464704  England  May 8, 1944
367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group in Thurleigh, England.  UPDATE APRIL 27, 2008: Teunis 'PATS' Schuurman  of the Netherlands provided information on Jack Childers, http://www.teunispat.net/jack-edward-gibbs.htm. 

The official Missing Air Crew Report #4556 indicates the B-17 was downed by anti-aircraft fire at 1100 hrs on 8 May 1944 1 km west of Havelte Netherlands, 7.5km northeast of Meppel.  All 10 crewmembers were killed in the crash.  The crewmembers were recovered from the plane and buried at the cemetery of Havelte, Netherlands (Drenthe) on May 12, 1944, in Row 15, Grave numbers 1 through 10.  Five of the crewmembers were later removed to the United States where they were buried in their homeland. 

The following personnel were on the plane; 2LT Darvin A Smith, pilot; 2LT Arthur E Camosy, co-pilot; 2LT Claude R Hawkins, navigator; 2LT Anthony J Laura, bombardier-nose gunner; Sgt Maynard M Miller, engineer-top turret gunner; SSgt Jack W Childers, radio operator; Sgt George E Brickhaus, ball turret gunner; SSgt Eugene E Wright, engineer-waist gunner; Sgt William D Holder, left waist gunner and Sgt Robert P Granberg, tail gunner.

Name appears on the monument in The Netherlands.  Last known status was buried there.  He was awarded the Purple Heart medal.  He was born in 1922 in Creek County.       www.accident-report.com/Crew_Names/namec_clay.html

Chilton, Frank.
US Army 1951 and US Air Force 1953-1957, Korean War.
I grew up in West Tulsa, attended Celia Clinton Elementary school thru the second grade.  At that point because of Webster opening, Celia Clinton shut down and I finished elementary school at Eugene Field.  When I was in the seventh grade, we moved to Red Fork and lived at 4232 So. 26th W. Ave., two and a half blocks south of the Sapulpa Highway.  Brown's Drug Store, at that time, was on the corner of South 26th West Avenue and the Sapulpa Highway.     I graduated from Webster in 1948 and my wife in 1950.

 I went in the Army on May 29 1951, but only spent 93 days in the Army.  I had completed three years of college at the University of Tulsa.  I got out of the Army in time to start my senior year at TU.  I received my bachelors degree in music in May of 1952 and my masters in music on June 1, 1953.   On June 2, 1953 I went in the Air Force for four years, serving in Air Force bands.  The Korean mess ended three months after I entered the Air Force.  I went in the Air Force because I hadn't been in the Army long enough to be excluded from the draft.  This was during the Korean mess.  I finished basic training in the Army and I didn't want to go thru that again.  The Army took 47 pounds off me in the three months.  My military experience, because of being in a band, wasn't in any way meritorious.  I fought the battle of Texas for three and a half years after starting at Vance AFB in Enid.  I was stationed at Harlingen AFB in 1953 for four months.  While I was stationed there, not one North Korean plane got past Corpus Christi.  That's about it. 

   My wife and were married on Christmas Eve in 1952 and celebrated our 56th anniversary this past Christmas Eve.  We had two sons, the younger died in 1978 at the age of 23.  We have two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.   I began teaching band at Union School, east of Tulsa.  I was there for two years and went in the Tulsa School system.  I taught at Roosevelt Jr. High for four years.  Then we went to Tatum, New Mexico for one year.  I then went to Hobbs, New Mexico and was there for seven years.  In 1971 my wife and I got teaching jobs in the New Caney ISD, Texas.  That is where we are now.  I retired in January of 1991 and my wife retired in June of 1992.

Chilton, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Captain John H. Chilton  US Army Air Force  O-811015  Germany  September 27, 1944
U.S. Army Air Forces  703rd Bomber Squadron 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
Buried at St. Avold (Mosell) France Lorriane American Cemetery Row E Grave #31 Military Service # O-811015

Awarded: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
John was piloting plane #42-51541  John was killed while on a raid on Kassel, Germany, on September 27, 1944.  Of the 36 B-24's in John's squadron, only three made it back to England. It was the worst lost in any B-24 mission in WW II.   The website is:  http://kasselmission.com/ 

Captain John Chilton was killed in the Kassell raid in Germany on September 27, 1944. He was the lead pilot of the B24 bomber group. John’s Army Air Corp records indicate that he was killed on the mission. A photo of John’s air crew (he’s on the left). Only one member of the aircrew is left alive (2007). He bailed out when the plane went down and spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp. From John Chilton’s cousin Frank Chilton, March 25, 2007.   John took part in the Normandy Invasion. Picture of his lead plane before taking off for a bombing run.

John was piloting plane #42-51541
John was killed while on a raid on Kassel, Germany, on September 27, 1944.
PLANE CREW
P - Captain John H. Chilton (KIA)
CP-2nd Lt. Harold E. Sutherland (KIA)
N - 2nd Lt. Carlton V. Hudson (POW)
N - 2nd Lt. Cloys V. Johnson (POW)
B - 1st Lt. Parker S. Tefethen (POW)
TT-T/Sgt. Howard L. Sturdy (POW)
RO-T/Sgt. William J. Sloane (POW)
BT-S/Sgt. Gi S. McCormick (POW)
LW-S/Sgt. Merle R. Briggs (POW)
RW-S/Sgt. Robert E. Shay (POW)
TG- S/Sgt. Donald W. Mills (POW)
MP-Major Don W. McCoy (KIA) (Wing Commander)
OB-1st Lt. Raymond E. Ische (KIA) (Observer)

Excerpts from other pilots in other B-24’s, their descriptions of the Kassel Raid follows;
Paul Swofford: We didn’t know that anything was out of the ordinary. We didn’t know that we were going astray. But there were people who did, and didn’t do anything about it. Now, apparently Chilton’s crew – the group lead – Chilton and McCoy, who was the command pilot, and his navigator didn’t know that they were wrong. Except they are out there on autopilot. I’m sitting back here flying formation. Everybody except the four squadron leads flew formation. Every squadron had a lead. They put their airplane on autopilot, and the rest of us dressed back from them. But we all flew formation, and tight formation. That was a big airplane. It was hard to fly formation. I’ll say it took muscle to fly. And it took extreme concentration to fly close, good formation. So as a pilot, my concentration is not, "Where is the bomber stream going?" My concentration is, "Am I socked in there on the wing of the plane I’m supposed to be dressing off of?" And "Is the other plane on the other side or above me or in back of me, is there any danger being created here?" So I’m concentrating almost 100 percent. Now, remember that since this was only my seventh mission, I hadn’t yet "graduated" from having to fly off someone else’s wing. Later, I would be able to lead an element of three or four aircraft.

Choat, James, US Navy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Churchman, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Clanton, Dave
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Clanton, Thomas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Clapsaddle, Harold D. Lt. US Army Air Corps
US Army Air Force WWII, 380th Bomb Group
Harold was born in Covington, OK and lived with his mother at 3904 S 32 W Ave in Red Fork before going to the service.  He was a 1st Lt pilot flying the B-24 Liberator on missions in the South Pacific during WWII.  He was stationed in Australia.  Harold received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for his sacrifice and bravery.  He was a long-standing member of the Shriners of the Araba Temple in Ft. Myers, Florida and dedicated may hours to the transportation of children to the hospitals and burn centers.  Harold died in Fort Myers, Florida on April 21, 2007.  Wife Norma and daughter Mary Ellen (Bruce) Lyons of Wynnewood, Ok.  Information from Dean Emerson in 2008. 
http://380th.org/REUNION/2001Reunion/PHOTOS/CLAPSADDLE/Clapsaddle.htm
Clapsaddle, Harold D. / 528 / O-684688 / Pilot, Dally's Crew, Dunseth's Crew (9, 10) / - / DALLY'S DILLY

Claver, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Claver, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Clemmer, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Clock, Quentin, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Cluck, Wendall, US Maritime Service
1609 S Phoenix Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Coats, Dick Jr USN, South Pacific  
Dick Coats Jr USN 020843 to 122245 torpedo plane gunner
Tulsa County News 112108 By Anna F. Brown, Managing Editor
Dick Coats, Jr. served in the Navy Air Corps as a gunner on a torpedo plane assigned to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga until it was hit by two kamikaze planes in World War II. He served from Feb. 8, 1943 to Dec. 22, 1945. 
Coats and other servicemen will be saluted on Veteran’s Day November 11, 2008 which will be celebrated in Tulsa with activities and a parade.   Coat’s plane was one of 18 torpedo planes, which with 50 fighter planes and 18 other dive-bombers made up Air Group 80 in the Pacific Theater. Coats and crewmembers named their plane Nancy Jane after one guy’s girl friend and Coats wife.  He flew with pilot Lt. Commander C.W. Shattuck and radioman Keith Townsend.  During the war, Air Group 80 took out 40 bombing sites, sunk or damaged 38 warships, and destroyed more than 200 Japanese planes.  “It was all good experience to me, I enjoyed it,” Coats said. He was prepared to stay longer, but decided to return to his wife and two children at the time.  He and Jane had a third child later.  Once his plane was hit, and the pilot set the plane down on the water. The three crewmen bobbed up and down for nine hours in an inflatable raft before one spied a ship on the horizon. They were rescued. 

After the war, he returned to Tulsa and went to see whom he remembered at the Bus Terminal Company. He ended up accruing 45 years service.  Coats had wanted to fly. He was one of about 15 chosen for the Navy Air Corps from 125 who signed up for the military in Tulsa.  At boot camp, they gave him what he asked for. He attended aviation ordinance school in Norman. He was assigned to a squadron in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  He didn’t want to talk about the awards he received, because he didn’t want to sound as though he was bragging. But, he did say he went on 30 bombing runs, five torpedo runs, and damaged or sunk 31 ships.  Retired now, he is a deacon at Red Fork Baptist Church and is a Tulsa County Election Board official. He enjoys feeding the birds and squirrels.  He is a Webster High School alumnus.  Anna F. Brown can be reached at abrown@tulsacountynews.info

Coates, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Coffey, Calvin Lee
U.S. Navy (deceased)

Coffey, John Raymond
U.S. Navy (deceased)

Coffey, Melvin A.
4705 N Walnut, Sapulpa, OK 74066, 224-3856. Melvin is a Webster graduate.

Coley, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Combs, Thomas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Compton, John T. Captain, US Army (KIA Italy)
Born May 30, 1918, Enlisted September 16, 1940:  Order of the Purple Heart awarded posthumously.  Member of the Oklahoma National Guard 45th Division 180th Regimental Combat Team .  Enlisted June 4, 1934. Killed November 8, 1943 in Italy.   Husband of Mrs. Johnnie Marie Compton, 4708 S 28 West.


http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24614
Here's what author Flint Whitlock says about the incidents in his book about the US 45th ID, "The Rock of Anzio" (Westview Press, 1998). I've added a couple comments in brackets:

On 14 July [1943], the fourth day of the 45th Division's introduction to savage combat, two unfortunate incidents occured that reflected negatively on the Thunderbirds. Near the Biscari airfield, which was being assaulted by Captain John T. Compton's C Company, 180th, a fierce firefight erupted and a dozen of Compton's men were wounded. A group of thirty-six Italian snipers, some dressed in civilian clothing, surrendered. Remembering Patton's 27 June speech [fyi: prior to the invasion of Sicily, Patton warned his troops to watch out for Axis dirty tricks and to show no mercy if any were encountered] and apparently acting on an order from the general that enemy troops who had fired upon medics and wounded soldiers or were diressed in civilian clothes were to be executed, Compton had the entire group shot.

On the same day near the same airfield, Sergeant Horace T. West of A Company, 180th, was directed to escort a group of prisoners of war to the rear for interrogation. After marching the group a short way, West inexplicably halted the prisoners and shot forty-five Italians with a machine gun. Compton and West were court-martialed for killing 73 POWs. Compton was cleared of the charges, but West was judged guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. West served a year of his sentence, was reduced to private, and returned to duty. Captain Compton was reassigned to the 179th Regiment, distinguished himself with a number of heroic acts, and subsequently died in action in Italy in November 1943."

The above passages contain 2 footnotes which refer to Carlo D'Este's book "Bitter Victory"  Rob




Conner, Don
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Conway, Jack
23rd and Olympia, US Navy, South Pacific
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Darrel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, C J, US Navy, Korean War
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Cook, E J
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Clifford
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Gordon, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Lee
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Marion
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Darrel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, E J
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Clifford
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cook, Marion
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cooper, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cooper, Dale
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Corbett, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Corbett, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Coulson, Robert (Bob), USMC 1950-1951
Korean War, Duck Driver
Webster class of 1947
Fort Gibson, OK  918-478-4411

Cousins, Gailton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Covert, Buster
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Covert, Franklin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Covert, Herbert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Covert, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Covington, Vernon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cowan, Shirley J (Nunnery), US Army WAC's
26 July 1956 to 10 April 1959
Interview Specialist - Secretary
Basic and Clerical at Ft McLellan AL, Ft Sill OK, transfer point interview specialist at Ft Sam Houston TX
Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart
"I took 3 years equivalent USAFI courses for college.  It was a very different experience in my life."
Webster class of 1953
1127 E Cobb Ave   Sapulpa, OK 74066   918-224-3476
"I don't have a computer."  2009

Cox, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cox, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Craft, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Craft, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crank, A L
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crank, Samuel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Craig, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crawley, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Creekpaum, SMSgt Eddie Oklahoma Air National Guard
Eddie Creekpaum was one of a group of Webster graduates who served and retired with the Oklahoma Air National Guard. 

Creekpaum, Lester, US Army, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Crowmartie, Samuel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crow, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crow, Lawrence, US Army 1957-1958
100 Transportation Helicopter Division
Crew Chief - Helicopter
Webster class of 1953
924 S Adams    Sapulpa, OK 74066   918-227-4296

Crowe, Ray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Crissell, Ray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cumming, Becaher, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Cupps, Stanley, US Marines, Iwo Jima/South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Davidson, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Davis, Andrew
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Davis, Don
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Davis, Dwight
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Davis, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Davis, James C., US Navy
2342 S Phoenix Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Dean, Claude
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sgt. Kenneth O. Dean  US Army Air Force  38471151  Linz, Austria  February 25, 1945 (KIA)
Sgt. Kenneth O. Dean was a top gunner on B-24 aircraft assigned to the 721st Bombardment Squadron, 450th Bombardment Group in the 15th Air Force. The squadron flew out of Manduria Air Base in Italy. He was killed during a bombing mission in Linz, Austria on Sunday afternoon, February 25, 1945 along with two other crew members. Nine other crew members on his plane parachuted to the ground in Linz and were captured by the German army. They were repatriated and gave written accounts of the bombing run that Sunday. The two other men killed on the mission were the navigator 2LT Frank A Johnstone and bombardier 2LT Seymour Gordon.

721st Bomb Squadron, 450th Bomb Group; Manduria, Italien.  The last known coordinates for the B-24-J on February 25, 1945 at 1314 hrs was 48 degrees 17 minutes north by 14 degrees 17 minutes east. The serial number was 44-41188. It had four Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engines, AF Serial Number 447335, cp321841, bp452108 and bp4404468.

Kenneth, known to fellow crewmembers was nicknamed “K. O.” a common term heard in the mid-40’s in the boxing word for knockout. Crewmembers liked this newcomer to their crew. The Sunday morning mission was Kenneth’s sixth mission. Kenneth’s mother was told that he was assigned to the top gun turret position for the mission, but switched with the nose gunner because the nose gunner was married and had children. The nose gunner had a poor chance of bailing out of the B-24 because of the tight crawl space. Kenneth’s instincts were on target, just as the same as they had been for years during sporting events at Webster when he was able to see danger and avoid it. This Sunday morning he saw danger, and gave his life that another aircrew member could return home to his family.

Dearduff, Neal
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Deason, Robert, US Navy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

DeBolt, James “Jim”, US Army
James (Jim) DeBolt was in the Army, stationed in Korea for two years. In all he was in the service for four years. He graduated from Webster in 1949. Jim has passed away. We lived in Carbondale at the corner of 51st Street and South 36th West Avenue. From Lela DeBolt.

DeBolt, Robert (Bob), US Army
Bob was in the Army for four years, but put in all of his time in California as a cook. He also graduated from Webster in 1949. We lived in Carbondale at the corner of 51st Street and South 36th West Avenue. From Lela DeBolt.

Delf, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dellis, Herbert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

DeVerse, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dial, Phillip E., US Navy 1942 Pacific
On board the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 2009 when the carrier was sunk by the Japanese. He survived the battle.  Son of Mrs. Grace Laughlin 1413 W 24 St.   (Tulsa newspaper article on Frank Bohlander)

Dickenson, E D
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dilbeck, Odessa
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Donaldson, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dodd, Elmer
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dodd, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dodd, Paul
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dodd, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dorsch, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dorsch, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Douglas, LeRoy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Downing, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dunham, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Dunn, Richard US Navy Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Duran, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cpl. William Ralph Durbin  US Army  France  June 19, 1944 (KIA)
William R. Durbin was a Technician Grade Five with the 300th Engineers Combat Battalion.  He was killed June 19, 1944 in North Africa.  Last known status was missing. 

Eagan, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sgt. Michael W. Eagan  US Army 6285782 Muskin China (POW/KIA)
Michael W. Eagan was a Sergeant in the U. S. Army Medical Department.  He was captured and taken to the Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123 and died as a POW.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Eagan 2239 S Quanah.

Edison, Jerry, US Navy
Frisco “Y”, West 21st St, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Elder, J C
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Elder, R B
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Elston, Sidney
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Emerson, Dean
US Army, Yokohama, Japan
2115 W 41 St
"I was inducted into the Army May 6, 1954.  Took basic at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX, from there to Camp Gordon, GA.  I will say that I tried my best and finished in the top 10 out of a class of 450 odd dog faces.  Keep in mind, I WAS 26 AND WAS IN WITH A BUNCH OF 18, 19 YEAR OLD DRAFTEE'S.  I was approached by an Officer who asked me "How would you like to learn to fly a helicopter?"  I said not in these words, but the meaning was the same, HELL NO!!

Off to Ft Lewis, WA, on a slow boat to Japan, by way of Adak, AK.  Arrived at last in Yokohama a repo depot.  Was approached by a Nice Officer who asked, "How would you like to work for me?"  What to do?  I said yes.  Later I found out that he was West Point.  I ended up in an office 10 min walk from downtown Yokohama.  It was the Far East Command Signal Supply Center.  I was in charge of Radios, Radio Test Equipment and batteries for the FECOM and ROKA Army's.  Order from the States and ship to various places upon proper requisition and TO&E.  I found out later that my position was to be held by a Master Sgt rating.  I had no KP nor guard duty and kept my pass with me at all times.  I was cleared for Secret information.

So far so good.  But I was working in an office that consisted of two thirds DAC who had their familys there and were making good money.  They were doing the same job as I!!  That makes for an unhappy GIO.  I was PFC and when Corporals stripes came out the were given to the Company Basketball Team.  I was mad!!

Then in the first week in July, while in the post library reading THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, I found an article by General Hershey who was in charge of the draft.  Lo and Behold!!! I found that the draft age was from 18 1/2 to 25 unless a person had been deferred for any reason and then the liability was extended to age 35.  What the hell gives!!  I send a letter to US Senator Mike Monroney on July 8, 1955 asking him to look into the problem as I was 26 when I was drafted.  I received a reply on July 11th saying he would look into it.  On July 30th I received a letter from Senator Monroney with a copy of a letter from General Lewis B. Hershey saying that I had indeed been drafted in error and to present said letter to my Company Commander, discharge proceedings would follow.  On August 19th 1955 I sent a letter to Senator Mike Monroney thanking him for his help.  I received an Honorable Discharge with all the benefits of wartime service on September 21, 1955.  I was able to return home to my family, but if I had taken that offer to become a helicopter pilot I was most assured to have been recalled to Vietnam when the fighting started there. 

Enochs, Daniel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Enyart, Verlie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Evans, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Evans, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

SSGT William W. Evans, US Army Air Corps (KIA)
William W. Evans mother was Nellie Evans of 1540 W 42 Pl in Tulsa.  He was born September 23, 1916 and enlisted  November 3, 1942.  He was a gunner in the air corps.  He died on September 25, 1943 in action on his first mission in the South Pacific.  William was assigned to the 40th Air Transport Squadron, Pacific Wing.  He was on a flight from Canton Island to Nandi, Fiji Islands when the B24-D, tail number 42-72784 went down.  The radioman was the only crewmember to survive the crash.  In his written statement he said the pilot, 2LT Ralph G Almond O-798410, was flying the airplane just above the sea instead of 8,000 feet.  Lt Almond enjoyed flying at low altitude.  The plane struck the waves and was drug into the water where all of the crew drowned, except Radioman TSgt Richard T Collins. 

Everett, A B
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fanning, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fanning, Troy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Farley, W G
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fernandez, Nickolas, US Navy, South Pacific
Frisco “Y”, West 21st St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Fickett, Boyd
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.


Fike, Clyde H, US Army, Europe
Co A 126 Armed Ordinance Maintenance Battalion.
2115 W 41 St, Tulsa, OK.  Served in US Army from 5 Feb 1942 to 27 Nov 1945.  Died in the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Claremore, OK on March 23, 1994 at 86.  Was a railroad mechanic for Frisco.
 

Fincher, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fisher, Ernest
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Floyd, Paul
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Floyd, Rex Lee, US Navy
4147 S 32 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Forney, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Forney, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Foster, Max
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fowler, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Fraley, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Frew, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

S1/C Darrell M. Gabler  US Navy  Philippines  December 18, 1944 (KIA)
Darrell M. Gabler was a Seaman First Class in the U. S. Navy.  He was killed December 18, 1944 in the Pacific.  Darrell was a torpedo man's mate on the destroyer USS Hull in Task Force 38 in the Philippine Islands area when the task force was hit by a typhoon (Typhoon Cobra).  The USS Hull, USS Spence and USS Monaghan capsized and went down with nearly all hands while the rest of the task force suffered major damage.  Darrell is listed as missing.  His name is recorded on the Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands.  Darrell's Mother Marjorie Williams Gabler (Mrs. Fred J. Gabler) 2118 S Olympia Ave.  He was born February 17, 1927 and enlisted in the Navy on February 18, 1944.  He attended Berryhill High School.  Author Norma Lannon wrote a short story about Darrell Gabler's family in her History of Berryhill, Oklahoma book in 2007. 

Gallagher, James, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Gamble, Leroy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Garman, James, US Navy, South Pacific
Jim Garman joined the US Navy with Webster 1939 graduates Stanley Hawkins, George Burns and Frank Langley.  They all went to school in San Diego, California.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Lt Cecil E. Garbey, US Army Air Corps, Europe  KIA
6 June 1944 Rouen, France
Cecil Garbey was listed in the 1938 Daniel Webster yearbook as Cecil Garby.  He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 25 Jul 1942 and was trained as a P51 pilot.  Cecil was assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron in the 4th Fighter Group, flying out of England during World War II.  He and three other pilots were killed during a dogfight with 15 enemy fighters on D-Day as they flew a mission over France.  The 4th Fighter Group website has a story of the action on that day as follows: 

ONE GREAT DAY FOR THE ALLIES, ONE BAD DAY FOR THE 4TH
http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/resource/tidbits.html 
June 6, 1944 - The Group flew 6 missions on D-Day. They were up after only a couple of hours sleep. The first mission was launched at 0320 hours and was a sweep by the 334th and 335th to Rouen, France. It lasted until 0945. Dense cloud cover claimed Thomas Fraser who went down to become a POW. Ralph Hofer strafed a couple of trains after blurting out "Whoo, a train!"

The 336th came in behind the other two squads and found the same conditions with the same result; too much cloud cover and no results.

The third mission of the day was the only one in which the 4th scored any kills. The 334th was on a fighter bombing mission and attacked a 15 car troop train with poor results. Afterwards, they ran into 10 plus FW-190s preparing to land at Evreux Airdrome and knocked down four.

The next two missions were fighter bombing missions which claimed two pilots downed, Harold Fredericks was hit by flak, crash landed and evaded back to England. Oscar Lejeunesse was also hit by flak. He bailed and was taken prisoner.

The last mission of the day was the worst for the 4th since its inception when 12 Spitfire MkIXs were lost near Morlaix, France. Colonel Blakeslee lead a fighter patrol to the Rouen-Dreux area with the 334th and 335th. Near Rouen a 20 truck convoy was attacked by 335th Blue Section when over fifteen 109s and 190s bounced them out of the cloud cover. The entire section, consisting of Bernard McGratten, Harold Ross, Walter Smith, and Cecil Garbey, was shot down and all four pilots were killed. Later, at 2035 hours, Edward Stepp was heard over the radio to say to Mike Sobanski "Watch those behind you White Leader!" after Sobanski had requested a visual check of his aircraft after hitting some wires. Both were killed. As if that were not enough, Mike McPharlin, who was visiting his old squad, the 334th, on loan from the 339th Fighter Group in his 6N-Z, was lost after reporting his left magneto was out and he was aborting. He wanted to fly "the big one" with his old buddies. He was never heard from again. The totals for D-Day, 4 destroyed, 9 lost. Seven of the losses were on the final mission of the day.

Cecil's name appears with other squadron members killed during the war.
During World War II, R.A.F. Debden Airfield, England, was home of the 4th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, from September 1942 to September 1945.  Vanguard Yanks of the 71st, 121st, and 133rd R.A.F. Eagle Squadrons traded R.A.F. Blues for U.S. Army Olives to become the 4th Fighter Group.  Thunderbolts; later long-ranging Mustangs were to help a dedicated 4th Fighter Group achieve the most victories over enemy aircraft in the entire U.S. Army Air Corps -- 1016 enemy aircraft destroyed.  In remembrance of our 128 comrades who were not to see the war's end, we the survivors humbly dedicate this memorial.

Garbey, Glenn
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gardner, Arlen
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gardner, Arnold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Garman, Dick or Deck
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Garman, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Garrison, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Garrison, Sylvester
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gassaway, Ora
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gay, John W., USAF 7-10-69 to 5-25-73
341st Strategic Missile Wing, 72nd Bomb Wing Heavy, 7th Bomb Wing Heavy, 43rd Strategic Wing.
National Defense Service Medal
Webster class of 1968
2211 W 82 St    Tulsa, OK 74132   918-447-0938

Gay, William L. (Bill), US Navy 1943-1944
APC34  Cook/Gunners Mate
Webster class of 1945   (Deceased in Tulsa, Oklahoma)

George, O'Neal
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

George, Rickie, US Army 1967-1970  
Armor
Webster Class 1967
6546 E 5 Pl Tulsa, Oklahoma 812-1454 (2008)

Geurin, Archie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ghere, Archie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ghere, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gibson, Clark
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gibson, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gilmore, Enlo
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Glance, Jack, US Marines, South Pacific
Midco Road, West 21st St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Glance, Robert, US Army, Honolulu
Midco Road, West 21st St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Goddard, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Goddard, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Goddard, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gomez, Cecil, US Navy, South Pacific
Frisco “Y”, West 21st St, Aleutian Islands
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Gomez, Noble, US Navy, South Pacific
Frisco “Y”, West 21st St
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Gooden, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gordon, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gordon, Dick, US Army, Unknown
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Gotcher, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Gotcher, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Graham, Fred
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Graham, Virgil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Green, George, US Air Force, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Green, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Green, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Green, Udell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Greenwell, Ivo, US Air Force, Burma, China
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Greer, Hubert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.
May have been a Tulsa Police Officer killed in the line of duty.

Griffith, Dewel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Griffith, CMSgt Adrian Earl, USAF Oklahoma Air National Guard
October 1961 to September 1962; January 1958 to December 1990
Units of the 138th Tactical Fighter Wing
Chief of Administration, Chief of Information Management, First Sergeant
Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Mer Service Medal (7 Dev), AFOU, National Defense Service Medal, AF LGY SVC AWD (7 dev), ADF RES medal (1 Dev), Small Arms Expert Rifle, AF TRNG RBN, NCO PROF MIL ED RBN (1 Dev), RVN GAL CRS WDEV.
Webster class of 1953.   Earl was one of a group of Webster graduates who served and retired with the Oklahoma Air National Guard.  12223 E 38 St, Tulsa, OK  74146  918-664-9588    egriffith4@cox.net 

Griffith, Eugene, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Griffith, Gene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Groden, Donald, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Groden, Earl, US Navy, Stateside
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Groden, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hale, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hale, June
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hall, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hall, Betty
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hall, Gerald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hall, Guy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hall, Rod, US Navy  Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Hallford, J W
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hallum, Amos
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Halsey, William Troy (Dub), US Navy
Carpenter's Mate Third Class (CB) USNR, Honorable Discharge on 27 March 1946.  Received the WWII Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

Hancock, James H., USAF 1952-1956
Aircraft Maintenance
Webster class of 1951
3728 S 61 W Ave   Tulsa, OK 74107    918-446-6860

Hancock, CMSgt Monte Oklahoma Air National Guard 37 years
138th Tactical Fighter Group TFG
Monte Hancock was one of a group of Webster 1952 graduates who served and retired with the Oklahoma Air National Guard.
3720 S 63 W Ave   Tulsa, OK   918-446-6066 

Hardesty, Sherman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hardin, Darrell Gene 1963 Webster Graduate, Army, Nov 1, 1965
1 Signal Brigade, 41st Signal Battalion, Vietnam, 1966-1967. Wheel mechanic and truck driver 5 ton and deuce and a half. Retired from Sinclair Oil Company.

Hardin, Harold Dean
1963 Webster Graduate, Army, Sep 1965
Served in Korea, Lives in Broken Arrow, OK.

Hardin, Jerry Leroy
1958 Webster Graduate, Army
Served in Germany in the early 1960’s and served in Korea. Lives in Kansas City.

Harding, George Wesley (deceased)
1943 Webster Graduate  Army, WWII Pacific,  George had an office job. He was 17 at the time he went in.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hardson, Ray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harper, Benjamin "Benny" W., US Navy 1942-1946
MM2c, 9th Special Force
3 Battle Stars, Ribbon of Commendation, Pacific Ribbons, Served in Pacific Islands Operations.
Webster class of 1941
7601 N 173 E Ave    Owasso, OK 272-3628
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harris, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harrison, H. P., US Army, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Harrold, J C
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harrold, L R
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hartzell, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harvey, Joseph
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hasley, Willitam T. "Bill" "Dub"
1943 Webster Graduate    
WWII US Navy Seabee, serving as a Carpenter's Mate Third Class (CB) USNR.  He was Honorably Discharged on 27 March 1946.  Dub was awarded the WWII Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.  He died of cancer in 1999.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Harris, Virgil, US Navy, South Pacific
Midco Road, West 21st St

Harrison, Louis, US Army, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Hawkins, Edward
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hawkins, Stanley, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Stanley Hawkins, Webster Class of 1939 joined the US Navy with three classmates Jim Garman, George Burns and Frank Langley.  They went to San Diego for boot camp.  Stanley was assigned to Squadron 12, a Destroyer Strike Force in the South Pacific.  His ship was the Destroyer Farenholt DD491.  The attack of Guadalcanal was one of the many missions the Farenholt went on during the war.  They engaged the Japanese Fleet in the battle.  Stanley is still living in Tulsa in 2008.  After he returned from the war he had an impressive career as the City of Tulsa Fire Chief for many years. 

Hawkins, Thomas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hayes, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hayes, Louis or Lewis, US Navy, South Pacific
"First Tulsan Dies in Action...Louis Hayes, 1941 Senior at Webster, Navy Victim. Tulsa's first casualty of the war was recorded today when Mr and Mrs L. E. Hayes, 2223 W. Fortieth St. received a telegram from the navy department notifying them of the loss of their son, Louis Albert, 19 years old."  They received notification later that he was not killed. From Glenda Tweedy and Virginia Dean Apker.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Haynes, Bobby
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hayes, Clifton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hayes, Lewis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Haynes, Bobby
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hays, Clifton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hays, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Heffner, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Heffner, Wayne
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Heinritz, Cletus
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Heinritz, Helmar
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Heislar, Grand
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Henderson, Lafayette
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hendricks, Guy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Henry, Jim, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Henry, Robert F. (KIA)
Son of Mrs. Nellie M. Rhy, 4745 S Union.

Hice, Troy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hickox, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hicks, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Higgins, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hill, Gene, USAAF, Italy
B-24, 459th Bomb Group
Ball turret gunner on B-24 Bomber
From  West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.


Hill, Otto
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.


Hill, Troy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hilton, Milton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.


Hobby, John US Army Air Corps WWII
John Hobby died July 17, 2008.    
I was drafted and entered the Army at Ft. Sill, OK. In July 1943 I was given the opportunity to take tests for either paratroops or Army Air Force. I could not visualize jumping so I took and passed the test for Army Air Force. I took basic training at Miami, Fl on a pretty golf course and was housed in some the finest hotels there. I started corresponding with Bobby while in Fl. Then I went to Decatur Ill, for College Training Detachment, at James Millikin University.. I had 10 hr. flight training there. Bobby still lived in Flora, IL and I visited her there. Bobby came to my graduation with my mother. I then went to SAAC for training and since I had problems with depth perception and came in short of the runway with power off – I qualified for bomdardier training. I attended gunnery school in Harlingen, TX, from there went to Midland-Odessa Air base for bombardier training. Bobby and her family moved to Hobbs, NM and I asked her to marry me. We were married Oct. 7, 1944 in Odessa, TX. I graduated from bombardier training as a 2nd Lt. I was then stationed the following places. San Angelo Army Air Base, Lincoln, NE, joined a flying crew and was shipped to Tuscon, AZ. Davis Monathan Air Base for B-29 Bombardier training. From there to Herrington, KS to be sent overseas to Saipan. The war with Japan ended, and I then went to Kirtland Field Albuqurque, NM. Later had enough points to go to Scott Field Bellville, IL, for separation Dec. 1945. The Lord has blessed our family abundantly over the years. Many good things have happened to us.


Hobby, Colonel Thomas K (Tom), US Army 14 Feb 1951-31 March 1979
Field Artillery, 117th FA Bn, OCS, 529th FA Obsn Bn, 8th Army/UN Honor Guard, Instructor Field Artillery School, Office Chief of Staff US Army Pentagon), US Army Vietnam (several assignments), 3rd Bn 32d FA Regt, Office Joint Chiefs of Staff (Pentagon), Prof of Mil Science Loyola of Baltimore, US Army Readiness Command, US Army Forces Command.  Good Conduct Medal (only enlisted men can earn this), Army Commendation Medal, Joint Chiefs of Staff Commendation Medal, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit and numerous service and combat campaign ribbons.  The Army gave me the greatest career opportunities of my life.   I went in as Private with a High School education and was discharged as a Full Colonel with two graduate degrees.  “I was drafted during the Korean War, later got a commission, served in Germany, was a Battalion Commander during the VN war and retired as a Colonel in 1979.”   Current address is 110 Arabella Dr, Fort Davis, TX 79734.   Graduated from Daniel Webster High School in 1948.   Phone is 432-426-2387, email is tomhob@sbcglobal.net.  Colonel Tom Hobby (RET)

Hobgood, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hobson, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hodge, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Holland, Clifford
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Holland, Forrest
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Holland, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Holton, Charles, US Navy, Stateside
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Holton, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Honacker, Jack D. MD, USAF 1954-1956, Medical Officer
Webster class of 1946
4616 S Louisville Ave   Tulsa, OK   918-743-4542

Horne, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pvt. Harold L. Horner  US Army  38463306  France  July 30, 1944 (KIA)
Harold L. Horner was a Private in the U. S. Army  assigned to the 320th Infantry, 35th Division.  He was killed July 30, 1944 and his name is recorded on the monument in Normandy, France where he is buried.  He was awarded the Purple Heart medal.

Houchin, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Houchin, R M
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Houser, Wilford, US Army Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Hudson, Eddie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hudson, Marlon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hughes, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunt, Edgar
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunt, Francis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunt, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunt, Thurman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunt, Vernon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunter, Captain Jeral (Jerry)
US Navy 1944-1946
US Air Force 1949-1959
Moved to Tulsa from Council Hill Oklahoma in 1936. Lived at 1602 South Olympia in West Tulsa. Attended Daniel Webster High School. graduated in 1944. Enlisted in the Navy after graduation. Served in the Seabees as a heavy equipment operator in the Pacific Theater. Honorably Discharged in 1946. Returned to Tulsa and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a Cadet for flight training in 1949. Flew F-80’s for 5 years and then transferred to B-47 Bombers. Resigned from the Air Force in1959 with the rank of Captain.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunter, T/Sgt. Kenneth (Ken)
US Air Force
1943-1962
Moved to Tulsa from Council Hill Oklahoma in 1936. Lived at 1602 South Olympia in West Tulsa. Attended Daniel Webster High School until World War II broke out. Did not graduate. Enlisted in the Army Air Force. Served in the India/Burma Theater in 1943 as Military Police. Served at numerous other air bases, both in the U.S. and Overseas, until retirement in 1962. Retired as a T/Sgt U.S.A.F.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hunter, S/Sgt. Max
US Air Force
1953-1957
Moved to Tulsa from Council Hill Oklahoma in 1936. Lived at 1602 South Olympia in West Tulsa. Attended Eugene Field Elementary in West Tulsa, Clinton Jr. High and Daniel Webster High School in Red Fork. Graduated in 1953. Enlisted in the Air Force in 1953. Served as a Radio and Radar Technician on B-29’s, B-50’s and F-86’s at bases in Alaska and in the United States. Received an Honorable Discharge in 1957 with the Rank of S/Sgt. Attended Oklahoma State University on the G.I. Bill and received a BSEE in 1961.

Hunter, Lt. Col. Robert J (Bob) (POW), USAAF 1938-28 Feb 1963
Germany, O-1633997, 12^th AF, 57^th FG, 66^th FS Alto L.G., Corsica Italy, shot down over Viterbo L.G.'s Italy
Moved to Tulsa from Council Hill Oklahoma in 1936. Lived at 1602 South Olympia in West Tulsa. Attended Central High School. Graduated in 1938. Joined the Army National Guard in 1938. Was accepted into OCS when World War II broke out. Applied for Pilot Training and was accepted. Was Fighter Pilot flying P-47’s. Shot down over Italy on May 16, 1944 and spent 24 days behind German lines. Awarded the Purple Heart for injuries received when shot down. Became Communications Officer for numerous air bases. Retired February 28, 1963 as a Lt. Colonel U.S.A.F.

Hutton, Jerry
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hutton, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Hynes, Albert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Inglett, Jim K, US Army 1968-1970
S5
90th Rep BATT
Webster class of 1964
609 E Reno Pl   Broken Arrow, OK    918-355-4965

Inglett, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Isaacs, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lt. Teddy F. Ivey  US Army Air Force  England  March 27, 1944 (KIA)
Ted F. Ivey was a Second Lieutenant in the 758 Bomb Squadron, 466 Bomb Group.  He was killed on March 27, 1944.  He is buried in the Cambridge Permanent Cemetery in Cambridge, England, grave b 3 20.  Ted was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.  His service number was 7598111.  He was born in 1923 and enlisted on June 29, 1942.  Grandson of Mrs. B.F. Ivey, now of Muldrow, formerly of Carbondale.

Jackson, Clifford
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Jacobson, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Jarrett, Bill, US Army, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Jobe, Truitt
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Jobe, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, Argel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, E D
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, Floyd, US Army Air Force, France
Lived by the Frisco Yards, south of West 21st Street
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Johnson, Jeff TSGT, US Army , France, Europe
During World War II, he was a Technical Sergeant on the front lines in the 95th Infantry Division, 377th, Regiment ,Company "F" 2nd Battalion serving in Patton's 3rd Army during the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded twice and received two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. In 1950, he became the Assistant Business Manager for the Boilermakers Union Local #592 in Tulsa. In 1962, he was appointed International Representative for the Boilermakers Union whose main business office was in Kansas City, Mo.. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner and a member of the American Legion Post 182 in Pryor, Ok.  Johnson is originally from West Tulsa. Jeff and his wife had a flower shop in the exact spot where Rogers Glass is now.

Jeff Johnson was born January 21, 1920 in Pryor, Okla. Jeff grew up in Tulsa and attended schools in the area until about the end of the 9th grade. After high school (in Louisiana) he returned to Tulsa and boxed in the Tulsa Golden Gloves. Jeff joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and sent to Fruita, Colorado where he boxed in local matches in Grand Junction for his CCC group. In 1939, upon returning to Tulsa he began working out of the Boilermakers Union as a "Tanky" cutting down and building oil storage tanks.  He is the person responsible for getting Noble Gomez the position of Int'l Representative of the Boilermaker's Union in Florida and Puerto Rico.

Johnson, Jessie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, Lonnie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, Russell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnson, Tilton, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Johnston, Cecil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Johnston, Russell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Jones, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Jones, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Joyce, Arvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Keifer, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kennemer, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kennon, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kennon, Lee
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kennon, Troye
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kenton, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Kidd, Jack, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Kimes, Hugh
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

King, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

King, Elbert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

King, James C  "J.C.", USAAF 1942-1945  (POW)
8th Air Force  Aircraft Gunner  Purple Heart
POW 1943-1945 at Stalag 17B, Liberated by the 3rd Army
1111 N 4th St   Broken Arrow, OK  74012    918-251-4098

Kirtley, Lewis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knight, Arthur
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knight, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knight, Jacob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knight, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knight, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knox, Cecil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Knox, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lane, Debber
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lane, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Langley, Frank, US Navy, South Pacific
Frank Langley joined the US Navy with three of his Webster 1939 classmates Stanley Hawkins, James "Jim" Garman and Frank Burns.  He went to basic training in San Diego, CA.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Larry, Norman (May be Larry Norman?)
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lasswell, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lauer, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lauer, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Leatherock, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ledbetter, Ed Lt, USMC
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Lenthicum, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

LaVelle, Clarence Bert "Arky" (KIA)
Son of Bert LaVelle 5133 S 36 W Ave

Lewis, Clinton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lewis, Sgt Guy Lester, US Army, Korea (POW)
The West Tulsa News reported on Sgt Lewis as a Prisoner of War in Korea on September 17, 1953.  He entered the US Army in January of 1949 at age 18.  He went to Korea in August of 1950 and was wounded in January of 1951.  He went on furlough to Japan and returned to Korea in April 1951.  He went missing on May 17, 1951.  His name was released by the communists in November of 1951.  He was released and returned home in September of 1953. 

Link, Bourquin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Link, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lofton, Leland
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Looney, Gene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lorance, Walter
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lovell, Clifford, US Navy 1957-1963
USNAS Agana Guam
Storekeeper
USS Cabildo, LSD16, USS Astbula - AV, USS Munsee
Webster High class of 1958
5030 S 26 W Ave    Tulsa, OK 74107   918-446-2305

Lovell, W. B. "Dub" Captain, US Navy, South Pacific
W.B. Lovell retired from the Navy as a Captain (same rank as full colonel in Army).

Lucas, Sam
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lumpkin, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lumpkin, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lunsford, Darrell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lunsford, Ross
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lyles, Glenn, US Army, France, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Lyons, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Madiera, Jim, US Navy, South Pacific
19th and Phoenix
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Marsee, Jack, US Army Corps of Engineers O-551379
Germany and Korea, served 4 years
398 Engineers, decorated with Bronze Star
Clinton High School, class of 1937
4547 S Florence   Tulsa, OK   918-742-8538
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.
Martin, Marvin, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Martin, J N
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Martin, Jimmy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Martin, Virgil "Onions", US Marines, Stateside
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Massey, Cloyance
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mathew, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Maxwell, Cecil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Maxwell, Forest
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Maxwell, Lloyd
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Maxwell, Louis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Maxwell, Opal
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mayes, Burdette
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mayes, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McAlvain, Norman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCaskill, Calvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McClanahan, Carl W. (KIA)  US Army PFC 45th Inf Div
Born 20 Jul 1921, Enlisted 16 Sep 1940, Died 9 Nov 1943 in Italy
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McClanahan, 3622 S 26 W Ave.



McClanahan, Erven R. (KIA) US Army PVT
Born 14 Aug 1922, Enlisted 16 Sep 1940, Died 9 Nov 1943 in Italy
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McClanahan, 3622 S 26 W Ave.


McClure, Eddie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

1st Lt. James C. "Jimmy" McClure US Army  O-412397  France  June 7, 1944 (KIA)
James C. "Jimmy" McClure born 27 Jan 1920.  He was a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, 507 Parachute Inf 82nd Airborne Division, WWII.    He was listed on the roster of the U. S. War Dead 1939-1945.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.  Survivor Claribel McClure


McClure, Teddy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCollier, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCombs, Cecil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

PFC Earl Thomas McCombs  US Army  18050418  Corregidor  April 30, 1942 (KIA)
Thomas McCombs was born in 1921 in Oklahoma.  He enlisted on January 14, 1942 in the U. S. Army Air Corps.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCombs, Frank
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCormick, Frank
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCoy, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McCulley, Norman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McElhaney, Duane "Mac", US Army 1957-1959
2nd United States Missile Command
Clerk in Classified Files
Webster class of 1952
8450 S 39 W Ave    Tulsa, OK 74132   918-446-5221

McElvain, Norman,
West Tulsa
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

McFarland, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McDaniel, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McDaniel, Otto
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McGee, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McGee, Mansell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McGolden, Quentin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McGuire, Monte
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McGuire, Wallace
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McIntire, Curtis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McKee, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McLaren, Bennie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McMichael, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McKnight, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McKnight, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

McNutt, John, US Navy  Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Mead, Carl Marion, US Navy, South Pacific
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.  Carl Marion, James Hilra and Robert Lee were brothers who lived in Garden City. Parents William H Mead and Dessie Etta Mead lived in Tulsa, Pawhuska and Baxter Springs Kansas.  Carl Mead is living in Colorado in July 2010.


F2/C James Hilra Mead  US Navy  Off Savo Island  December 1, 1942 (KIA)
James H Mead was a Fireman Second Class in the United States Navy. His name is recorded on the Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands.  Last known status is missing.  He was awarded the Purple Heart medal.  He is listed as killed in action on roll ww2c_27.  His father's name was W H Mead.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mead, 3644 S Maybelle.  He was reported missing on 30 November 1942 the day the USS Northampton was attacked and dead on 1 December 1942, the day the USS Northampton sunk.   Photo of James Hilra Mead supplied by his niece Cherri Mead Woolschlager on July 10, 2010.

Best information to date is that James Mead was on the USS Pensacola on 30 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga.  He was missing in action and reported dead on 1 December 1942.  Originally called the Fourth Battle of Savo Island (Solomon Islands).http://www.usspennsylvania.com/NavalLosses.htm




Mead, Robert Lee, US Navy  
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.
Robert enlisted and became ill.  He was medically discharged and died shortly after that.  Some papers mention malaria?  Robert is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa with his parents.




 

Meech, Richard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Meekins, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Merchant, Paul
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Messamore, Leroy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mikles, Howard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mikles, Truman
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Miles, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Miller, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Miller, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Milligan, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mills, Wayne, US Army, Europe
Midco Road, West 21st Street
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Mitchell, James L., US Navy
4831 S 29 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Moody, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Moore, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Moore, J W
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Moon, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Morain, Wesley
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Moreland, Captain Harry
The West Tulsa News reported that Capt Harry Moreland was in the US Army. He entered service in 1940 from OU.  In WWII, 1944 he participated in re-taking of the Philippines.  He returned home and was called back to service for the Korean War.  He was flying a small liaison plane as an artillery spotter when his plane was shot down on October 27, 1952.  No information on his return.

Sgt. Morgan, William F. Bill (KIA) 20831815
Enlisted 16 Sep 1940 in Oklahoma National Guard, Field Artillery, 2 yrs high school
Husband of Mrs. Peggy Appeal Morgan, Los Angeles and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Morgan, 3655 S Lawton in Garden City.

Morgan, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Morgan, Hobart
Garden City (deceased)
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

ARM/2C Lloyd Richard Morgan US Navy,  Bougainville, Solomon Islands  July 17, 1943 (KIA)
Lloyd was an Aviation Radioman Second Class in the U. S. Navy.  His name is recorded on the Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands.  Last known status is missing.  He was awarded the Purple Heart medal.  He is listed as killed in action on roll ww2c_27. 

Memo from Eddie Creekpaum, March 27, 2007
The Morgan family, Alma & Ed, attended Carbondale Community Church with our family. My mother, Bessie Creekplaum had both boys and the the Blackburn boy in Sunday School class. When the green Army Ford pulled up in front of their house on south 29th West Avenue the second time everyone thought both Morgans would go to their grave. I was to young to remember them.

Morgan, Manuel
Garden City (deceased)

Morgan, Merland
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

AMN2/C Norman Everett Morgan US Navy, Luzon, Philippines  November 5, 1944 (KIA)
Killed in Action, roll number ww2c_27.  Name is recorded on the Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands for gravesite N1 180.  He was an Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class.  Service number 6713710.  Norman was awarded the Air Medal and additional Navy-Marine Corps Awards. Parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edly Everett Morgan at 5018 S 29 W Ave.  Norman's brother Lloyd was also killed in World War II.

Memo from Eddie Creekpaum, March 27, 2007
The Morgan family, Alma & Ed, attended Carbondale Community Church with our family. My mother, Bessie Creekplaum had both boys and the the Blackburn boy in Sunday School class. When the green Army Ford pulled up in front of their house on south 29th West Avenue the second time everyone thought both Morgans would go to their grave. I was to young to remember them.

Morris, Milton
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Morris, Samuel
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Morrison, Billy
Garden City

Morrison, Richard
Garden City
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Moyer, John P., U.S. Army Medical Corp, 1959-1961
We moved to Tulsa when I was 8 years old in the third grade. I attended Eugene Field, then Clinton Jr. High 1947-1949. I went to Webster High School from 1949 to 1953. I’ve lived on the southwest side for 65 years. I’m 73 years young in 2007.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Mullins, Sgt Charles Jr. (POW)
US Air Force
Charles Mullins Jr attended Eugene Field Elementary, Clinton Jr High and graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa in 1940.  His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullins of Carbondale.  He spent two years in a Korean prison camp. Sgt. Mullins was a flight engineer on a B29 bomber crew.  He was on a bombing mission at the rail yards at Sinanju when they encountered heavy flak.  They were hit in the waist with the flak and then the nose of the plane was hit.  The plane started dropping from the sky and the crew bailed out on August 24, 1951.  He was captured by the North Koreans and remained in prison camp until September 20, 1953.  He returned to Tulsa and his home at 4622 S 37 W Ave. 
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Mullins, Jesse
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Myers, Ben
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Myers, Dorris
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Myers, Everett
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Myers, W. C. Jr., US Army
4706 S 30 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Nabors, Fred
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Neely, Benny, US Navy, South Pacific
Frisco “Y”, West 21st Street
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Nicholson, Douglas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Noland, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Norman, DeWayne
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Norman, Larry (May be Norman Larry?)
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

O'Brien, Buck
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Odom, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Oglevie, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Owens, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Owens, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Owens, Ray, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Oxford, Robert D., US Army, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Palmer, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Parker, Marion
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Parmley, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Parmley, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Parsons, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Patrick, Gene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Patterson, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Patton, Sam E., US Navy
1311 W 24 St, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Peevey, Aaron
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Peevey, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pendley, Raymond "Tuffy", US Navy, South Pacific
Info from Peck Allen 091409.


S1/C William L Pendly Jr.  US Navy  Ashville, NC  August 13, 1943
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Pendley, 1811 S Phoenix.
Returning from leave to Station on military hop.  Crashed in Ashville, NC August 13, 1943
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Perez, Joseph Rudolfo "Joe", US Navy, South Pacific
Frico “Y”, West 21st Street
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Perez, Ramon, US Navy, South Pacific
Frisco “Y” West 21st Street
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Perry, Earl, US Marines, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pestel, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pestel, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Peterson, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Phillips, Alonzo
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Phillips, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Phillips, Gerald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Phillips, George Wesley (KIA)
Son of Mrs. Laura Robles, 4604 S Union.

Phillips, Lowell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Philpott, Norris
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Philpott, Ray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Philpott, Russell
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pierce, Hugh, USMC Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Pike, Elmer, US Army Air Force, Stateside
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

2nd Lt Ermal L. Pinkley US Army Air Force  North Sea Germany  February 3, 1945 (KIA)
366th Bomb Squadron 306 Bomb Group Heavy
Name is on "Tablets of the Missing" monument at Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England.  Awarded Purple Heart and Air Medal.  Reported missing in action or Buried at Sea.  Ermal was not recovered from the sea. Service number 2069110.  On the World War II Honor Roll.  Ermal's mother was Irma Pinkley of 215 S Nogales Ave in Tulsa.  He was born June 29, 1924 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 8, 1943.  He was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal posthumously.  He attended Webster High School and was a member of the Assembly of God Church.  He received his wings and commission at San Marcos, Texas on August 28, 1944.  He served overseas two months as Navigator-Bombardier.  Ermal died on February 3, 1945 in action over the North Sea on return from a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pitts, Harley
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Prater, Ben
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Prater, Clarence "Joe" USAAF, (POW)
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.
Joe was a tail-gunner on B24 bombers out of Italy.  His plane was shot down over Romania and he was captured along with the rest of his crew.  He survived a stay in a German POW camp and escaped when the area around the camp was bombed.  He returned home and still lived on the westside.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Joseph C Prater obit 032723 to 031410 died at 86 in Tulsa
Joseph C. Prater, age 86, passed from this life on Sunday, March 14, 2010. He was born on March 27, 1923 in Kingston, OK to Benjamin and Winnie (Yarbrough) Prater. Mr. Prater worked in commercial property management at Utica Square and Southroads Mall and later operated his own building maintenance business. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and was a POW held in Romania. Mr. Prater was awarded the PurpleHeart for injuries received in the war.

He is survived by his wife, Edna, of the home; 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Janet Prater Pavelka and her husband, Miro, of Dallas, TX, Susan Prater Scott and her husband, Dan Katz, of Tulsa, OK and Carolyn Prater Ryan and her husband, David, of Costa Rica; 1 son and daughter-in-law, Joe C. Prater, Jr., and his wife, Brenda, of Tulsa, OK; 1 brother, David E. Prater, of Tulsa, OK; 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends 6-8PM Tuesday at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home. Funeral service 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, Trinity United Methodist Church. Interment with military honors at Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Restore Hope Ministries, 2960 Charles Page Blvd., Tulsa, OK 74107. Ninde Brookside Chapel 742-5556. www.ninde.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 3/16/2010.

Prater, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pratt, Warren
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Puryear, Insull
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Quick, Frank
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rae, Billy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ragsdale, James Elburn
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rains, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ray, Billy, US Navy, South Pacific
20th and Quanah
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Record, Everett
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

S2/X Eual Thomas Rhyne  US Navy  Pacific  December 24, 1943
Eual Thomas Rhyne was a Seaman Second Class in the U. S. Navy and was Killed in Action on December 24, 1943, roll number ww2_27.  His father was Barney Claborn Rhyne 2411 W 42 Court in Red Fork.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Richards, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Richards, Lloyd
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Richmond, Leroy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Riddle, Bruce
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Riddle, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ridenhour, Arles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Roberts, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Robinson, Carl "Cobb", US Navy, South Pacific
Info from Peck Allen, 091409.


Robinson, George
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rogers, Everett
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rose, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rothhammer, Glen
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Rusher, Robert Lee
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Russell, Clois B
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Russell, Floyd
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Russell, Raymond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Lt. Cmdr Rutledge, Howard US Navy Pacific (POW)
Howard Rutledge was a Navy Lt Cmdr (I think) when taken as a POW during the Vietnam War. He later wrote a book In the Presence of Mine Enemies that you should be able to find in the library. He was highly regarded by John McCain and the others who were POW's in North VN. He died several years ago of cancer and other illnesses related to his years of captivity, punishment and poor food. Howard might have been a full Commander or Captain when he got out after the war? A really neat guy, knew him well. Col. Tom Hobby (RET)

Sage, Evans
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sage, John
Lived in West Tulsa.  Glenn Lyles said John came up to him in London and said "Hi".  Glenn said John was from the Roosevelt area before they moved to West Tulsa.
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Salzman, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sartain, Gailord L.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Sartor, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Schultz, Edmond, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Sharp, James R., US Navy, 1944-1946
CASU12, Aircraft Services Unit
Webster class of 1944
2005 W G St      Jenks, OK     918-298-8086

Scherffius, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Scherffius, Wilson
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Schmidt, David
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Schmidt, Gilbert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Schultz, Johnny
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Scott, Melvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Seals, Ron  US Navy Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Seegreen, Roger
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sever, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sharp, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sharp, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sgt. Charles F. Shelley, US Army Air Corps,  Leverkusen, Germany; December 1, 1943 (KIA)
Charles F. Shelley was a gunner on a B17F aircraft assigned to the 322 Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group (H) in England, AAF Station 121.  He and his crew members were killed on December 1, 1943 at 1155 hrs after they bombed Leverkusen, Germany.  See Missing Air Crew Report  (MACR #43-1321).  Shelley's AF serial number was 18162162.  The pilot of his plane at the time they were killed was 2nd Lt Leonard F Anderson, O-742649.  He was the son of Mrs. Carrie Shelley, 705 W 24th St in West Tulsa.  Charles was born April 11, 1915 and enlisted October 21, 1942.  He received the Purple Heart and Citation of Honor from the Air Corps General H. H. Hap Arnold, Commanding General of the Armed Forces.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.  Charles graduated from Clinton High School (now Daniel Webster) in 1934.  He was a football player.  He served as a Tail Gunner on the Flying fortress B-17.  He sailed for duty overseas September 21, 1943 and was stationed in England. 

Shepard, Archie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Shipp, Lawrence
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sinclair, Richard, US Army
3668 S Maybelle Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.

Sitter, Howard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sloan, Garland, US Navy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Skultz, Emond
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Slavens, Henry
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smith, Finis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman

Smith, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smith, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smith, Leroy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smith, Melvin Earl (KIA)
USN Reserve, Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Born 17 Sep 1917,   Enlisted 28 Sep 1942, Overseas since Feb 1943, Died 1 Nov 1943 in explosion in Southwest Pacific. (Oklahoma War Memorial)
Husband of Mrs. Virginia Sue Smith, 809-A W 31 Pl., and son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Smith, Tulsa.

Smith, Murray
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smith, Nelson
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Smithe, Alvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Snow, TSgt Bob Oklahoma Air National Guard
Bob Snow graduated from Bartlesville.  He served and retired with the Oklahoma Air National Guard with a group of 1952 Webster graduates and became an active member of the Southwest Tulsa Historical Society.  He, like eastside foreigners Roy and Sherry Heim, was part of the group that were given honorary River Passes by the society. 

Snow, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sorture, Charles, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Pvt. Willis Dean Sorture US Army  38465530  Germany  December 18, 1944 (KIA)
Willis Dean Sorture was in the U. S. Army.  He was killed in Germany on December 18, 1944.  His service number was 38465530. 

Spencer, Ralph
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Spicer, Bill
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Springer, William
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

StClair, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

StJohn, Fred
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stansill, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stark, Paul
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Starr, Calvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Steeples, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stenson, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stephens, Ollie
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stepp, Charles, US Army Air Corps, Libya/North Africa
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Stepp, John, US Coast Guard, North Africa
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Stevens, Bob
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stevens, LeeRoy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stewart, Bill US Navy Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Stewart, David, USMC 1962-1967
HMM-165, Helicopter Pilot
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
Webster class of 1960
813 Ridge Ct   Bedford, TX  76021    817-485-6931

Stewart, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Still, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stines, Dan
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stout, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stout, Marvin
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Stout, W H
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pvt. Kenton Wade Studk  US Army  6292048  Dutch New Guinea  September 3, 1944 (KIA)

Stuck, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Surrell, Hobart
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Sylsberry, Ralph, US Navy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Tankersly, Vernon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Taylor, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

PFC Lewis Eugene Thames US Army 38698206 (KIA)
Lewis E. Thames was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. Norma Lannon wrote about Eugene Thames in her "History of Berryhill Oklahoma" in 2007.  She notes that he graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma right after the school was built in 1938.  Other research indicates he enlisted in the Army on April 26, 1944 and trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  Lewis was Killed in Action during World War II while serving as a combat engineer.  He was killed in Holland and was buried in the memorial field there.  Eugene's body was returned to the United States and was buried in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.  His wife Patricia Kennelly remarried and moved to Washington. Killed in Holland March 16, 1945. Related to a Berryhill general on the school board.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thames, James Robert
Served in World War II.  Lived in Berryhill.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thomas, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thomas, Louis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thomason, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thompson, Bicky, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Thompson, Billy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Thompson, James, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

S2C Elmer M. Thorpe, US Navy Seabees, South Pacific (KIA)
Husband of Mrs. Kathryn Thorpe, 1104 E 5th Pl and son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thorpe, 2813 W 40th.
The Tulsa World reported on May 14, 1944 (page 6) that "Elmer M. Thorpe machinists mate second class in the Seabees died Friday (May 12, 1944) from burns received while in performance of duty in the Pacific, according to word received Saturday by his wife Kathryn Thorpe 1104 E 5 Pl, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thorpe 2813 West 40th.  The Navy department said that Thorpe was buried in Allied territory outside the continental United States.  A resident of Tulsa for many years, he worked for the Layman Construction Company before entering the Seabees in August.  The same article named Howard Chase as another Tulsa casualty.

Thrasher, Harold Vernon, US Army
1306 W 39 St, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Timmons, David
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Todd, Finis
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Trail, Benny R., US Navy
4702 S 26 W Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program. Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Tull, Dick
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Turner, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Turner, Virgil
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Upshaw, Harold
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Ussery, Jim, USMC, South Pacific, 2 years  (James Ussery)
Webster class of 1946  (Deceased)
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Utley, George, USAF 1942-1946
B-17 crew member
Webster class of 1942
Lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma 918-494-9637
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Utley, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Valentine, Joe US Army Korea
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Vawter, Arthur
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Vernon, Earl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Vernon, H M
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Vincent, Andrew
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wade, John
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wadley, Sgt. Harold Edgar
US Marine Corps
Berryhill resident.  Served in Korea and Vietnam.  He entered the Marines in 1951 at 17 years old.  He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division and then reassigned to the 5th Marine Division.  Sgt. Wadley was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor in Action during the Battle of Vegas Hill on March 29, 1953.  The West Tulsa News on July 2, 1953 reported during heavy fighting he and the other Marines with him were without food or water for 30 hours as they battled.  "The Purple Heart was awarded him when he was shot four times in the leg as he rescued another Marine.  He fired his Browning automatic rifle until it became hot and jammed.  Throwing it away, he went to the aid of a badly wounded man lying in the open.  Although shot four times through the leg, he carried him back to an aid station, where his own wounds were cared for."  "The citation on the Bronze Star explained that Wadley worked with Marine engineers removing land mines from a road which was needed to evacuate wounded personnel.  After clearing the road, he made several dangerous forays on the steep side of a slope to rescue more wounded men.  He received another wound, but went on helping to evacuate hurt men."  Sgt. Wadley, in typical Marine manner told the West Tulsa News that he believes the "Marine Corps 'is the finest branch of service in the world.' Married Gales S. Welch.

Waggoner, Jack
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Walker, Jack, US Army, Europe
4015 S Union Ave, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Waldrup, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Walker, Clyde
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Walker, Paul Dale, US Navy, South Pacific
916 W 20 St, Daniel Webster High School, Tulsa class of 1944 World War II Veterans from 1944 Vespers program.
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Walls, Jack, US Marines, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Ward, Roy
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Warren, Carl
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Warren, Herman, US Army, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Warren, James "T-Bone", US Army Air Corps, Europe
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Watts, Lawrence Moody SSgt., US Army Air Corps, WWII
30th Bomb Squadron 19th Bomb Group, Honorable Discharge April 24, 1946
Webster Class of 1941 Living in Tulsa with wife Jean Hasley Watts (2008).    
Lawrence served for approximately 13 months with the 30th Bomb Squadron on the Island of Guam in the Asiatic-South Pacific Theater of Operations.  He served as a Remote Control Turret Mechanic,

Wiggs, Lyle W. Jr, USMC
1st Division, 1st Marine Regiment, Easy Company, served 3 years
Webster 1953 graduate
PO Box 1658  Allen, TX 75013
972-543-4640 (2008)

Wilburn, Felix
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Williams, John, US Navy, South Pacific
From West Tulsa - 1939, Before & After, by Cecil Gomez, 2008

Williams, Joe
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Williams, Kenneth
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Cpl. Robert C. Williams  US Marine Corps  Iwo Jima  February 28, 1945 (KIA)
Robert C. Williams was listeed as Killed in Action on roll number ww2c_27.  His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Williams of 2716 W 42 St in Tulsa.  Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman. 

Williams, Wallace
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Willis, Lester
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Willis, Richard, US Army, Killed in Korea but not in action.
Information from Ed Ledbetter, 2009

Willis, Weldon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wilson, Dallas
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wilson, Duard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wilson, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wilson, Mahon
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wood, Harry
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wright, Gorden
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Woods, Charles
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wood, Ernest
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wood, Randolph
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Woolever, Dale
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Worth, Harvey
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Worth, Robert
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Pvt. Elven Wyant  US Army  18051372  Portland, OR  August 24, 1941 (KIA)

Wyant, James
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Wyse, Clayton E, US Army 3 years
Germany
56th S&S BTN
Webster class of 1965
3415 S 67 W Ave    Tulsa, OK 74107   918-446-9513

Yarbrough, Glen
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Yarbrough, Leonard
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Yeargain, SP4 David, US Army 1973-1976  Vietnam
David Yeargain (son of Jerry C. Yeargain) served in the U.S. Army from January 30, 1973 in the First Infantry Division Forward, Panzer Casem (Rommel's old HQ) in Boelengin Germany, with rank of Spec. E-4. Active duty from January 30, 1973 to January 29, 1976, and remained in the Army Reserve until January 29, 1979, (Vietnam Era) with Honorable Discharge. Attended Alice Robertson Elementary School and Clinton Junior High School. Attended Daniel Webster High-School, and graduated from the American High School in Stuggart, Germany.

Yeargain, PVT James Burke, US Navy and US Marine Corps 1952-1954
James Burke Yeargain (brother of Jerry C. Yeargain) joined the Navy Reserves then transferred to the U. S. Marine Corps, Third Division, rank, Private, from 1952 to 1954 .Died in 1992 from bone cancer. Attended Eugene Field Elementary School and Clinton Junior High School. Attended Daniel Webster High School.


Yeargain, CPL Jerry Clay, US Marine Corps  1950-1953 Korea
Jerry Clay Yeargain 1950 graduate of Daniel Webster High School. Served as a paperboy with several routes in West Tulsa, washed dishes at the old Silver Castle Restaurant on Quanah Blvd. and delivered circulars for West Tulsa area grocers in the 1940's. Attended Eugene Field grade school and Clinton Junior High School. Father was a Roadmaster for the Frisco Railroad. Joined the Marine Corps reserves in November 1949 and was called to active duty, boarded a troop train on July 22, 1950 for Camp Pendelton in California for basic training. Boarded troop ship USS Breckenridge in January 1951. Landed in Pohang, South Korea in January 1951. Served with Item Company, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, attaining the rank of Corporal. Decorated with Bronze Star during action in Korea. Returned to the U. S. on troop ship USS Aiken Victory in February 1952. Remained in the Marine Corps Reserve until November 1953, with Honorable Discharge.

Jerry Clay Yeargain obit 090931 to 031110 Webster 1950

Jerry Clay Yeargain - born in West Tulsa, Sept. 9, 1931. Passed away at the VA Hospital in Biloxi, Miss., March 11, 2010. Preceded in death by parents, Mary Lee and Virgil Yeargain; and by two brothers, James and Mike. Married for 57 years and survived by his wife, Euelene; their sons, Johnny, Brent, and Larry, and his brothers, Virgil and Tom. Also, grandchildren, Brooke, Chris, Anthony, Alex, and Brian. A lifelong westsider, he graduated from Webster in 1950. Jerry was awarded the Bronze Star for valor in combat as a U.S. Marine in Korea. Jerry was employed by J. A. Chapman as an accountant; later, at Rogers and Bell and BOK as a trust officer, at MAPCO/ CNG/Dominion Resources as a division order analyst, and consulted for Amoco and Helmrich & Payne. Visitation: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM Thursday with the family receiving friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Thursday. Services: 10:00 AM Friday, March 19, 2010, at Mark Griffith’s Westwood Chapel. Interment: Meadowbrook Cemetery. Mark Griffith-Westwood, Tulsa, OK, 446-0010. Online guestbook available at www.markgriffithmemorial funeralhomes.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 3/17/2010.

Yeargain, PFC Michael Edward, US Marine Corps 1964-1968 Vietnam
Michael Edward Yeargain. (brother of Jerry C. Yeargain) attained the rank of PFC with the first Marine Division in Vietnam. He was sent to Hawaii, and re-assigned to the Third Marine Division for a second tour in Vietnam. His years of service were from 1964 to 1968. Died of cancer in 1992 as a direct result of Agent Orange used for de-foliation in Vietnam Attended Eugene Field Elementary School. Graduated from Southeast High School in Oklahoma City, OK.

Younger, Eugene
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Younger, Ralph
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Yount, Floyd
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.

Zuber, Donald
Listed in Tulsa School Life as a Daniel Webster High School serviceman.