De Leon World War II Memorial

During World War II, men and women from the De Leon area gave their lives in military service, including Waldo B. Adams, Willie Dee Armstrong, Hilburn Belyeu, Earl V. Bingham, Joe Edward Boswell, Leland H. Bryan, Herbert B. Buchanan, Virgil W. Carlisle, G. H. Couch, Charles R. Dickie, John Glenn Dupriest, Charles R. Elliott, Reiffert R. Evans, Noel R. Ferrell, Wayne Thomas Hardwick, Lucille C. Hendricks, James Edward Hornsby, Joe Berl Huddleston, J. O. Jones, Don Lee Kinnard, George Kreps, Orval R. Lawless, Earl S. Lee, Leroy Collis Macon, Jack Morton Morgan, Russell A. Morrison, Samuel U. Peak, Elward H. Scott, Clennon Short, Curtis Short, William James Slaughter, Flem D. Snider, Gerald W. Sturdivant, Eldon E. Vinson, and Dr. Wayne Ross Weaver, serving in the Marines, Army, AAF, Navy, Navy, A. F., and Air Force. Their sacrifice was offered for others, and the debt owed to them can be repaid only by preserving the principles and freedoms they earned.

De Leon, Texas · United States