Honor Roll of Dickenson and Wise County soldiers killed during the Great War

Allen Jackson Bailey
Wm. N. Berry
Tate I. Bruce
Emmett T. Buchanan
Frank Cain
Thomas B. Church
Fred Haskins Colley
Riley C. Collier
Moscow Collins
James R. Creech
Worley Creech
Leonard Crouse
John Henry Deel
Rufus M. Durham
John Funk
Samuel Green
Frederick Grinds
Thomas Jefferson Grizzle
Benjamin H. Hall
James S. Hamilton
Luther Hay
Arvil E. Johnson
Walter H. Keel
Harris Kennedy
Wm. J. Kilgore, Jr.
Alexander Killen
Robert F. McReynolds
Henry H. Meade
Houston Meade
Walker C. Meade
Joseph Mills
Ralph C. Moneyhun
Vivian K. Mouser
Nelson Mullins
William A. Neece
Charles Neely
Teddy Owens
Fred Hicks Priode
Charles B. Powers
Alonzo Proffitt
Willie Ratliff
Wm. W. Richardson
James C. Robinett
Wm. H. Salyers
Fred B. Schultz
Jessie Lee Silcox
James R. Smith
Bruce Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Clarence V. Stidham
Edward Stidham
Henry N. Tate
Oscar M. Taylor
Carlos Warner
John Wells
Harry L. White
Leonard Joseph White
J. Oscar Willis
Vilas Wilson
Garland Wright ¹

Many soldiers from Wise and Dickenson Counties were honored for their service during the Great War

From Wise County:
Corporal Frank Allman, Distinguished Service Cross
Captain James G. Bentley, cited by division commander
Chester Cain, cited by commander-in-chief
Corporal Grant Kennedy, Distinguished Service Cross
Milan Yeary, recommended for Distinguished Service Cross
Major Rice M. Youell, Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre, French Legion of Honor ²

From Dickenson County:
Private Abb Hill, cited by brigade commander
Sergeant Thomas F. Howell, French Croix de Guerre with bronze star
Private Walter Blaine Phipps, Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre with gilt star ³

Note: We cannot verify that this list of distinguished soldiers contains the name of every soldier from Dickenson or Wise County that was honored.

Reference

1. “Dickenson County Roll of Honor”, commemorated November 10, 1923, Clintwood, Virginia.; R. Tate Irvine, “Wise County in War Time,” Virginia Communities in War Time (Richmond: Virginia War History Commission, 1927), 664.
2. R. Tate Irvine, “Wise County in War Time,” Virginia Communities in War Time (Richmond: Virginia War History Commission, 1927), p 663-664.
3. E.J. Sutherland and J.H.T. Sutherland, “Dickenson County in War Time,” Virginia Communities in War Time (Richmond: Virginia War History Commission, 1927), p 102.