D Company

The Men 192nd Tank Battalion

Company D

This roster is comprised of two groups that went to the Philippines in November of 1941. Together, they make up the men of the192nd Tank Battalion, Company D, which originated as the 38th Divisional Tank Company of the Kentucky National Guard from Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Before the Battle of the Philippines, D Company was attached to the 194th Tank Battalion, but according to U. S. Army documents, the official transfer of the company to the 194th Tank Battalion was suspended indefinitely.

+ Indicates those men who died during World War II

* National Guardsmen

Headquarters

Provisional Tank Group

Capt. Edwin W. Rue*

Cpl. Elmer J. Bensing Jr.	*Sgt. Vernon H. Bussell+**	Pvt. Daniel H. Nugent
	Cpl. Edward P. Serpell

Headquarters Company

192nd Tank Battalion

1st. Lt. George A. Van Arsdall*+

Sgt. William C. Alford*	Pvt. Lonnie L. Gray*	Pvt. Ernest L. Sampson Jr.*
*Pvt. Elzie E. Anness+**	Pvt. Lyle C. Harlow*	*Sgt. Jennings B. Scanlon Jr.+**
Pvt. William E. Blacketer*	Pvt. Stanley H. Kyler*	Pvt. Reid T. Shewmaker*
*T/Sgt. Johnnie W. Bottoms Sr.+**	*Pvt. Fred G. Leonard Jr.+**	Pvt. Cecil J. Sims*
Pvt. Grover C. Brummett*	Pfc. Lawrence I. Martin*	Pvt. Marvin D. Taylor*
*Pfc. Robert V. Cloyd+**	Pfc. Albert B. Moore*	Pvt. Cecil R. Van Diver*
*Pfc. Ancel E. Crick+**	Pfc. William L. Peavler*	Pvt. Grover D. Whittinghill*
*Pfc. John L. Cummins+**	Pfc. Field M. Reed Jr.*	*Pvt. Edward G. Wills Jr.+**
Pvt. James W. Durr*	Pvt. Campbell K. Sadler*	Pvt. Lucian F. Yankey*
*Pvt. Willard E. Foster+**	*Pvt. James W. Sallee+**	*Pvt. Willard R. Yeast+**

Assigned to

Company A

2nd Lt. Everett R. Preston*+

Assigned to

Company C

1st Lt. William H. Gentry*

Company D

192nd Tank Battalion

2nd Lt. Harry R. Lafon Jr.*+

2nd Lt. Archibald B. Rue*+

Pvt. William E. Adams	Pvt. David A. Dowell	Sgt. Claude Likens
Pvt. Eduardo R. Aguero+	T/5 Everett E. Ferguson+	Pvt. Woodrow P. Lofton+
Pvt. John B. Aldred	Pvt. Harold J. Ferguson	Pvt. George W. Logan
Pvt. Clarence L. Allen+	Pfc. Earl W. Fowler*	Pfc. Marvin Marksberry
Pfc. Crate D. Anderson+	*Sgt. Edward T. French+**	Pvt. Emmit A. McDow+
S/Sgt. Joe R. Anness Jr.*	Sgt. Morgan R. French*	Pvt. Martin W. McGrath+
Pvt. William L. Arnold	Sgt. John A. Funk+	*S/Sgt. Joe B. Million+**
Pvt. John B. Babb+	Cpl. Ernest Garcia	Pvt. Lewis T. Nix Jr.+
S/Sgt. Donald M. Barden+	*Pfc. Roy E. Goodpaster+**	Pvt. Lawrence Odom
T/5 Eber L. Boden+	Cpl. Raymond J. Graham+	Sgt. Charles R. Quinn*
Pfc. Patrick F. Boone	Pvt. James T. Groves	Pfc. Charles E. Reed*
Pvt. George H. Boyce+	Pvt. Jacob P. Henry+	Pvt. Willard Rose
Pvt. Robert H. Brooks+	T/5 Thomas P. Hickey+	Pfc. Garratt G. Royalty*
Pfc. Thomas F. Brooks+	Pvt. George Holman	Sgt. John E. Sadler*
Pvt. Tansell E. Bruce	Sgt Aaron C. Hopper	*Sgt. Heze F. Sallee+**
Pfc. James M. Carter+	Pvt. Ervin D. Horttor	Pvt. Paige E. Sapp
Pvt. Ross Casmo Jr.	Pvt. Kenneth M. Hourigan*	Pvt. James W. Scaife
Sgt. Isaac H. Causey+	Pvt. Abner L. Humphrey Jr.	Pvt. James C. Secrist+
Pfc. J. Carlie Choate	*Pfc. Wesley D. Hungate+**	Sgt. Judson D. Simpson*
Pvt. James L. Choate+	Pvt. William H. Jardot+	Pvt. Jabe C. Smith
Sgt. George O. Christopher	Pvt. Ira L. Jeffries	Sgt. William D. Sparrow Jr*
Pfc. George E. Chumley*	Pvt. Otha Johnson	*Sgt. Herbert C. Steele+**
Sgt. Maurice S. Collier*	T/5 James E. Jones+	Pfc. Ralph L. Stine*
Pvt. Sidney A. Coy	*T/4 Birchell Keeling+**	*1st Sgt. Yandell Terhune+**
Pvt. Maynard C. Cravens	T/5 William C. Kent+	Pvt. James C. Thompson
Pvt. Woodrow W. Cravens	Sgt. Marcus A. Lawson*	*Cpl. Edward V. Trisler+**
*Sgt. Oscar Dean+**	Sgt. Richard T. Leake	Pvt. Peter H. Tschudi
*S/Sgt. Wallace Denny+**	*Pvt. Hugh J. Leonard+**	Pvt. Howard R. Williams+
*Sgt. Ben R. Devine Jr.+**	Pvt. Willis E. Lewis	S/Sgt. Maurice E. Wilson*
Pvt. George R. Dietrich		Cpl. Claude L. Yeast*

The above roster is based on U. S. Army Reports, newspaper articles, and the personal testimonies of the surviving members of Company D. If a member of Company D, who served in the Philippine Islands, was inadvertently omitted from this roster, please let us know so that the omission can be corrected. If you have information on a member of Company D, a photograph of a member of Company D, or would like to correct inaccurate information on a member of Company D, please contact us at:

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