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 Company

192nd Tank Battalion

Capt. Edwin W. Rue*

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

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

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

Pvt. Woodrow W. Cravens	T/5 William C. Kent+	*Cpl. Edward V. Trisler+**
Pvt. John O. Cunningham+	Sgt. Marcus A. Lawson*	Pvt. Peter H. Tschudi
*Sgt. Oscar Dean+**	Sgt. Richard T. Leake	Pvt. Howard R. Williams+
Pvt. George R. Dietrich	*Pvt. Hugh J. Leonard+**	S/Sgt. Maurice E. Wilson*
*S/Sgt. Wallace Denny+**	Pvt. Willis E. Lewis	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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