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Notes: Don’t know when or where he served, but he was a veteran, possibly WW I. Husband of Eunice Morrison. His daughter, Molly Morrison, might know details. He is buried in the veterans’ cemetery on Pine Mountain.

 

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Wars Fought In: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Notes: Daughter of Greg and Della Caudill of Carcassonne. Served in Iraq War at same time and same unit as Matthew Caudill. 

 

Army

Dates of Service: 1950’s

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Notes: Son of Clifton and Ruby Caudill. Served between Korean War and Viet Nam. Died circa 2021.

 

Sargent

Dates of Service: 1950’s

Rank Achieved: Sargent

Awards Received: Purple Heart

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Notes: Son of Clifton and Ruby Caudill. Father of Greg Caudill, Teresa Caudill Collins, and Beverley Caudill. Served between Korean War and Viet Nam.

 

Army

Dates of Service: 1950’s

Rank Achieved: Sargent

Awards Received: Purple Heart

Wars Fought In: Vietnam

Notes: Husband of Glenna Whitaker Caudill of Carcassonne. 

 

Army

Dates of Service: 1943-1945

Rank Achieved: Sargent

Awards Received: Purple Heart

Wars Fought In: WWII

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Served in Europe during WW II. Returned home, married Beatrice Caudill of Hotspot, and worked in the coal industry, mainly as a tipple operator. Father of Edgar Whitaker, Jr. and Beatrice Gail Roark of Carcassonne.

 

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Notes: Brother of Beatrice Caudill Whitaker. Attended Carcassonne School. Served in occupied Germany after WW II, then returned home and graduated from Whitesburg HS. Taught for many years in Letcher County. Father of Marcia Caudill of Carcassonne, and Margaret Caudill Hall, Richard Eugene Caudill, Janie Caudill Klamerus, and Ramona Caudill Bell.

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Notes: Beckham served in the South Pacific during WW II. He returned home to marry Virginia Whitaker of Carcassonne. He and Virginia were Letcher County teachers, where Beckham retired as county supervisor. He died in 2007. Father of Dr. George H. Caudill, MD and Dr. Jimmy S. Caudill, DMD.

Army

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Wars Fought In: Korean War

Notes: The younger brother of H. D Caudill, Jr., He later worked for a variety of Airline companies and ran his own electronics shop. He now (8-11-24) lives near Indianapolis, Indiana, near his children, Tony and Lynn.

Army

Dates of Service: 1943-1945

Rank Achieved: Sgt.

Awards Received: Purple Heart

Wars Fought In: WWII

Notes: H. D, along with his brother Kenneth, went to Blackey in 1941, prepared to lie about their ages to the Army recruiter who was supposed to be there that day. The recruiter never showed up, so H D, after graduation, went to Louisville to work in a machine shop. Finally drafted in 1943, he did his basic training in Texas and was assigned to the 36th division (The T-Patch, or Texas National Guard). Shipped to France, he was the unit’s bazooka man until his loader was critically wounded. While escorting two French resistance fighters to their home village on February 19, 1945, he was wounded when one of them stepped on a pile of rubble which concealed a shoebox mine. He returned home, worked his way back to health, and married Edna Whitaker in October 1945. He attended mechanic school at Mayo and in Knoxville, TN. He worked nights for an auto dealer while he and Edna attended college. He became a vocational teacher, eventually retiring as the regional coordinator for the seven counties around Louisville. He wrote a book about growing up in Carcassonne and serving in WW II, and died in 2007, while attending a reunion of his military brigade in Texas. Father of Michael Caudill of Carcassonne, Ken Douglas Caudill (d. 1960), Dr. Robert Caudill, and Lonna Ann Caudill.

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