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KIA

David Carroll Burch
Paul Edwin Gore
Joseph Hargrove
Lane Hargrove
George Patrick Power

Faison Area Vietnam Veterans

Definition of the “Faison Area”
The geographical area that includes the Town of Faison, Rt. 1, Rt. 2, and Rt. 3 Faison, North Duplin School District, Calypso, and Beautancus plus some portions of Sampson County (near Faison) that included students that attended Piney Grove High School or Hobbton High School. Also some students from Faison and RFD Faison attended Douglas High School in Warsaw…. Even though, not a criteria, all of these areas would have included many who farmed and hauled produce to sell at the “Faison Produce Market”, worked at the produce market, or worked in other areas of agriculture.

The veterans that are listed in the below table would have been awarded the above Vietnam Service Medal (on the ground in Vietnam).

Visit “Remembering our Veterans” to view more information about each individual listed in the below table.

Veteran	High School	Service	Date & Location in Vietnam	Other Information
Adams. Pritchard A.	1945 FHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	Rank: Col. Served in both Vietnam and Korea.
Andrews, Donald	1963 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	North Duplin High School Class of 1963.
Autry, Stonewall J.	1968 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 26th Combat Engineers
Best, Robert Henry, Jr.	1966 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam Camp Enari near Pleiku City at the base of Dragon Mountain	North Duplin High School Class of 1966. Robert Henry Best Jr. (Bobby) was drafted in 1967 and was stationed at Camp Enari near Pleiku City at the base of Dragon Mountain in Vietnam. His rank was Seargent. He was awarded the Soldiers Medal for pulling out wounded soldiers after an ammunition dump had exploded.. He left for Vietnam on his birthday.
Bland, Bennie	1958 NDHS	Marine Corps	Served in Vietnam	NDHS 1958. Served from 1958-1966 including service in Vietnam
Bland, Jimmy	196_ NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	Jimmy Bland was a helicopter, door gunner in Vietnam
Boyette, Gene	1965 HHS		Served in Vietnam
Boykin, Johnny	196_ Douglas HS	Army	Served in Vietnam	SGT
Brock, Randy,		Army	Served in Vietnam 1966-69 Tour 1: 82nd Airborne Tour 2: 101st Airborne	1966-1969. SGT Served two tours in Vietnam. 82nd Airborne and 101st Airbourne. Wounded once and contracted Malaria. Received the Purple Heart.
Burch, David Caroll [KIA]	1962 Hobbton HS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1968 191st Assault Helicopter Company at Camp Bearcat	"Hobbton High School Class of 1962. Captain David Carroll Burch was an Army UH-1 (Huey) Helicopter pilot in Vietnam He was a squadron leader in the 191st Assault Helicopter Company. His helicopter was shot down on September 3, 1968. Captain Burch was awarded the Silver Star postumuosly. Click on The Virtual Wall to view additional pictures. Crash, Long An Province, 10 miles south of Saigon. Died, September 3, 1968. Graduate of N.C. State University. A Tribute to David Burch from a nurse from the Red Cross that knew David in Vietnam is included in the ""Library"" section of this website. David was a son of Georgiana Hines Burch and grandson of Inez Oates Hines and Herbert Hines"
Casteen, Frank Dickson, Jr.	1961 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1965	Son of Mac and Frank Casteen Sr.. US Army, Spec 4, Served in Vietnam in 1965. VSN, NDSM, VCM
Dantzler, Allen	1967 NDHS Class	Army	Served in Vietnam
Davis, Hank	1966 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1966-69 Tour 1: 9th Infantry Division, Camp Bearcat Tour 2: 110th Transportation Co., Vietnam Tent City	"North Duplin High School Class of 1965. US Army, Specialist 4th Class, 1966-1969 9th Infantry Division Vietnam. Camp Bearcat, 110th Transportation Co., Vietnam Tent City.... VSM, VCM, ND Both parents served in WWII and are listed above. Hank Davis and Leslie Jernigan joined the Army in October 1966 on the buddy plan. Quote from Hank: ""We were together for basic training at Bragg, AIT at Ft Dix NJ & for more training at Ft Lee, Va. then we both went to Vietnam in April 1967 where we were separated with me going to the 9th Infantry & Leslie going to Cu Chi in support of the 25th Infantry. After our year tour I signed up for another tour with the 1st Air Cav but stayed at Tent City B & Les went to Ft Belvoir, Va. I was contemplating another tour in Nam when I got orders for Ft Bragg so I decided that was close enuff to home so home I came. I went to college after getting out & Big Les became a policeman."""
Davis, Jimmy	1966 NDHS		Served in Vietnam
Elliot, James Franklin			Served in Vietnam	ND,BSM,RM,GC,VSM,VCM,V GallantryM, others. Also served in DS
Faison, Heywood	_____ DHS		Served in Vietnam
Faison, Kenneth	1970 NDHS		Served in Vietnam
Foss, Joseph Ollin	1959 NDHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon	North Duplin High School Class of 1959. Served in Vietnam at Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon, South Vietnam CMSgt Merit, SVC Medal 3 clusters, VSM, GCM, NDSM,
Foss, Ronnie	1969 NDHS		Served in Vietnam
Garris, William Gerald	1954 CHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam 1969-70	Served 22 years in the US Air Force, including a tour at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam in the mid 1969-1970. Graduated from Calypso High School in 1954. Grew up in Beautancus.
Gillespie, Perry Don		Army	Served in Vietnam 82nd Airborne Division.	SP4 US Army 82nd Airborne
Gore, Paul Edwin [KIA]	1955 Class (Faison Elem. '46-51)	Merchant Marines	Served in Vietnam	"Attended Faison Elementary School from 1946-1951 Son of David Maurice Gore and Ora Gertrude Exxell Gore"
Gwaltney, Danny	1970 NDHS		Served in Vietnam
Hargrove, Elton R.	1964 NDHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam 1967-68 483rd TW PACAF
Hargrove, Joseph, [KIA]	1969 NDHS	Marine Corps	Served in Vietnam	Marine Corps - Crew of the SS Mayaguez. Known as the ""Mayaguez Incident"", the ship and crew were captured by Cambodian forces in International waters and taken to an island. US Marines attempted to capture these POWs, but were unsuccessful. Several books have been written. Efforts continue to bring home Joseph Hargrove"", which is the title of a book that tell of the untiring efforts of his cousin, Gary Turner."
Hargrove, Lane [KIA]	1966 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	North Duplin High School Class of 1965, but moved to PA before graduating. Served in Vietnam (KIA). Honored on the "Faison Memorial Wall" of this website.
Holmes, Wesley	1970 NDHS		Served in Vietnam
Jackson, J.W.	1966 Midway HS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1969-70 (14 months) Artillery unit in Fu Loy	"Midway High School Class of 1966. Husband of Becky Taylor Jackson of Faison. Served in an Artillery unit in Fu Loy. Served 14 months from 1969-1970. Rank Sgt. J.W. was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Bronze Star Medal."
Jernigan, Leslie	1966 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1967-68 25th Infantry at Cu Chi	April 1967 - April 1968 "North Duplin High School Class of 1966. Son of Lillie Mae and Audy Jernigan. Sgt, VSM, Pres, Unit Cit, Merit Service, CIB, GCM, Com Hank Davis and Leslie Jernigan joined the Army in October 1966 on the buddy plan.
Jones, Charles		Army	Served in Vietnam August 3, 1967 - March 29, 1969 173rd Airborne Brigade "Sky Soldiers".	Wounded SGT Specialist E-5. Graduated from Clinton High School in 1967. Served in Vietnam from August 3, 1967 - March 29, 1969, with the 173rd Airborne Brigade "Sky Soldiers". Wounded on April 10, 1969. Dak to Vietnam. Received Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Air Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross and Good Conduct Medal. Participated in Vietnam Counter-offensive Phase III, TET 68 Counter Offensive. Counteroffensive Phase IV, Vietnam Counter-offensive Phase V and Vi, and TET 1969 Counter-offensive.
Jones, Jessie Louis	1959 NDHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam January 29, 1966-February 20, 1967	Jessie Louis Jones; Born: January 19, 1941;Deceased: February 28, 1989; Air Force, 20 years; Vietnam: January 29, 1966-February 20, 1967;Retired: January 1, 1980
King, Alton Ray	1955 FHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam	TSCT
King, Gerald	1964 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam
King, John Hicks, III		Army	Served in Vietnam 1968 (14 months)	Entered Army Nov. 1967. Trained as a heavy equipment operator. Spent 14 months in Vietnam and was wounded. Received the Purple Heart and was awarded the Bronz Star, Army Accommodation Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal.
Lane, Nelson S.		Army	Served in Vietnam Duc Fo area of Vietnam located on the Bon Song River	Specialist 4th Class. Served in the Combat Engineers in Viet Nam. He was in the Duc Fo area of Vietnam located on the Bon Song River while serving in the Army.
Matthews, Billy "Bill Buck" Ralph	1967 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division.
McCullen, Cecil Dewey, Jr.	1962 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam Jan 1969 - Jan 70 187th Assault Helicopter Company at Tay Nin base camp III Corp.	Son of Velma and Cecil D. McCullen Sr. Served in Vietnam. Served with the 187th Assault Helicopter Company at Tay Nin base camp III Corp RVN, Jan 1969 through Jan 1970. Served as an attack helicopter pilot and flew UH 1C, UH 1M, and AH 1G Cobra attack helicopters. Awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. Jan 1969-Jan 1970 Helicopter pilot
Oakes, Joseph D.	1967 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1st Calvary - DELLA	Army APC's. Joseph was in the 1st Calvary - DELLA. Joseph was wounded 3 times, but still survived to come home to Faison.
Oates, Michael _. HHS '6_	196_ Hobbton HS	Army	Served in Vietnam Tour 1: Tour 2:	Hobbton High School Class of 196_. RFD 1 Faison. Son of Kay and Mitchell Oates. Completed two tours of duty in Vietnam. Awarded the Silver Star.
Parrish, Thomas Glenn	1964 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam
Power, George Patrick (Pat) [KIA]	1967 NDHS	Marine Corps	Served in Vietnam	North Duplin High School Class of 1967. Lance Cpl, Patrick Power joined the Marine Corps through the early enlistment program during his Senior year at North Duplin. Pat completed basic training at Parris Island, SC. Pat saw his friend Nelson Best before leaving for Vietnam. Nelson never saw Pat again, as he was KIA in Vietnam in 1968.
Price, Charles Allen	1952 FHS	Army	Served in Vietnam
Price, Ray	1967 NDHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam 1969-70	Pic of Ray Price, Vietnam Veteran, ND Class of 1967. Served in US Air Force, July 1968-89. In Vietnam 1969-70. Son of Lincoln & Sadie Price. Lives in New Carlisle, OH
Pridgen, William Harper	1959 NDHS	Air Force	Served in Vietnam 1967-68 Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon
Rouse, John Charles	1964 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	Disability due to Agent Orange exposure.
Rouse, Randy	1958 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1967-68	Spec 5
Sessoms, J.D.	1963 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam	E3 VSM w/ 1 Star, NDSM, VCM, Sharpshooter
Sessoms, William "Cootie"	1965 NDHS	Navy	Served in Vietnam
Sherrod, Lamont			Served in Vietnam	27MAR2005
Smith, Granville Bob			Served in Vietnam	MSGT. 3 Purple Hearts
Summerlin, Ashley	1968 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 526th CC&S / Company E00	Brother of George Summerlin
Summerlin, George	1953 Class of _____	Air Force	Served in Vietnam	Brother of Ashley Summerlin
Sutton, Carroll	1962 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam April 6, 1967 - April 6, 1968 Ben-Luc, Vietnam	April 6, 1967 - April 6, 1968
Sutton, Oscar M.		Air Force	Served in Vietnam	Served from 1954 - 1977, including service in Vietnam
Thompson, Delton	_____ DHS		Served in Vietnam	Delton's father was a Principal of NDHS
Thornton, Linwood	1969 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1971 10th Calvary, 1st Field Force in An Khe in the Central Highlands	Mar 1971 - Oct 1971 MOS was 11BP8 (infantry scout dog handler). Linwood's dog was named Hasso.
Tucker, Bobby Gene	1966 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam
Tucker, Jesse Thomas "Tommy", Jr.	1963 NDHS	Navy	Served in Vietnam 592 River Div. first at Na Bhe, then on the Cambodian border at Go Da Hah
Williams, Ronald		Army	Served in Vietnam Tour 1: Tour 2: Tour 3:
Williamson, Ralph	1961 NDHS	Army	Served in Vietnam 1966-68	Wounded and medevac'd to Japan.