County residents J.O. Lawson and J.L. Thompson are among 213 U.S. Navy sailors and soldiers lost at sea when a German submarine sunk the Ticonderoga on Sept. 30, 1918, during World War I.

Their names are among 179 names listed on the Cherokee County veterans monument at the county administration building. The two men are listed only by their initials and last names on the monument dedicated by the American Legion in 1984.

The Cherokee County History and Arts Museum wants to learn more about the lives of the veterans whose names appear on the county monument, museum director Billy Pennington said. The monument lists veterans killed and missing in action while serving in World War I through Vietnam.

"Gaffney High School has done seven books where students have interviewed living veterans," Pennington said. "We just don't have much information on those veterans who were killed or missing in action. We are interested in finding out more biographical information about each veteran."

The museum is using the list of names from the county veterans monument as a starting point in the research project. Biographical information sought by museum researchers includes the veterans' full names, education, families and military service backgrounds.

The veteran history project comes following last week's groundbreaking for the Cherokee County Veterans Appreciation Park on Montgomery Street. The park will have walls engraved with the names of all local veterans who have been honorably discharged.

Historian Jerry Hancock said he hopes family members will come forward to help fill in gaps in knowledge about local veterans killed and missing in action while serving in different wars.

"There are lot of veterans buried in unmarked graves. Any veteran who was honorably discharged can get a free tombstone from the Veterans Affairs Office," Hancock said. "We would like to know more about what happened to the veterans so we can recognize their service to our country."

People with biographical information about local veterans killed and missing in action can call the Cherokee County History and Arts Museum at (864) 489-3988; or send them an e-mail at:

chaps@cherokeecountyhistory.org

Cherokee County soldiers killed and missing in action

World War I
Allen, Landrum
Allen, Loyd
Bobo, Jesse
Burgess, Arthur
Camp, Oscar
Chesney, Coke T.
Collins, Ed
Crocker, Alexander
Dickson, Leander T.
Dowdle, Glenn
Edwards, Arthur
Ellis, Grier
Gallman, Richard E.
Godfrey, Jay Bee
Grant, Albert P.
Hames, Broadus B.
Hamrick, John G.
Hicks, Richard J.
Hoey, Sam
Huitt, Thomas
Humphries, Summie
Hutchinson, Lorane
Johnson, Hiram J.
Johnson, James H.
Kirby, Walker
Little, Stanley
Littlejohn, Zeno
McCraw, Carson D.
McCraw, Charlie R.
McCraw, Coleman A.
McCullough, Thomas
McKinney, William
McSwain, Baxter Co.
Morris, Read
Mullinax. Amos
Neal, James Irby
Owens, Ellis A.
Owens, Lawson J.
Owensby, Marcus L.
Petty, Rochelle
Phillips, Lester
Procter, Lewis G.
Robbs, Furman D.
Roberts, Ben C.

Ross, Crawley
Sarratt, Herbert Q.
Sellers, Virgil D.
Sims, Earnest
Sparks, William T.
Spencer, Paige G.
Thompson, J. L.
Thrift, Larking L.
Wilson, Gaines W.
Young, James B.
World War II
Allison, Razz A.
Atkins, Boyce E.
Ault, Joseph E.
Batchelor, James E.
Beam, James F.
Belcher, LeRoy M.
Biggers, Charles M.
Broome, Boyce O.
Brown, Wofford H.
Byars, William W.
Byars, Zachariah T.
Callahan, Bill
Camp, Garrison
Carroll, Wylie C.
Clary, Charlie B., Jr.
Clary, Shufford O.
Cobb, Austell
Coker, Elford C.
Cox, James C.
Cromer, Morgan W.
Curtis, Fred H.
Daniel, Jack E.
Davis, Willard H., Jr.
Davis, William F.
Dixon, William T.
Ellis, Don
Flower, Albert D.
Gallman, Samuel J.
Goforth, Donald H.
Greene, Perry J.
Hamrick, Roland H.
Harmon, Otha Lamar
Harris, Tommy D.

Harris, Woodrow Wilson
Hemphill, Frazier
Hodge, William L.
Horne, William C.
Hughes, Harry L.
Johnson, Eddie W.
Johnson, Logan L.
Jolly, Logan M.
Jones, Lewis B.
Jones, William S., Jr.
Kirby, Bobo
Lamb, Emphers T.
Lane, E. G.
Lanier, James
Littlejohn, Thomas L.
McCraw, Luther
Medley, Claude L.
Medley, Samuel A.
Melton, Howard D.
Mills, Hudy A.
Mitchem, Van
Nance, Charles A.
Parris, Billy S.
Patterson, Victor W.
Peeler, Lindsay
Pettit, Albert
Phillips, Curtis P.
Phillips, Roy Jasper
Plaxico, Victor K., Jr.
Powell, Gene Scruggs
Reynolds, Woodrow W.
Richardson, Charles R.
Robison, William R. C.
Ruppe, Lynn
Ruppe, Toy
Sams, Robert Wood
Sapp, James O.
Sarratt, Harry Milton
Sellars, John C.
Skinner, John M.
Smith, Donald W.
Smith, Harvey E.
Sparks, Paul
Sparks, Rodeheaver
Spencer, Quenten E.

Spencer, Raymond
Sprouse, Elzie B.
Sutherland, William A.
Thomas, Barron A.
Thompson, Edgar Dean
Walker, McKinley
Webster, Walter R.
Whelchel, Wesley Thomas
White, Jerry H.
Williams, James
Young, Dewey Y.
Korean War
Crow, Wilton Prelo, Jr.
Estes, William T. "Bill"
Hodge, William L.
Jones, Donald Gene
Kennedy, Theodore
McCraw, Bufford E. "Bobo"
Millwood, Monroe Mason
Petty, Edward, Jr.
Petty, Edwin
Quinn, James Brice, Jr.
Shipton, John George
Waldrop, Jack Norman
White, James Howard
Vietnam War
Allison, John Robert
Blackwell, Robert Lawrence
Clary, John Willard
Crotts, Donald Coleman
Dover, Johnny Lewis, Jr.
Foster, Samuel Edward
Fox, Richard Lyman
Hames, Bobby Joe
Hardin, Curtis Levence
Petty, William Clark
Reaves, John Shepard
Rutland, Warren Lester
Smith, John Clifford, III
Sossamon, Edward DeCamp
Spencer, James A., Jr.
Swofford, Danny Ray
Walker, Evan Spencer