The Bullitt County History Museum
Arlington Cemetery

In Memoriam
For Those Who Sacrificed All
Bullitt Countians Who Died
While in Military Service

War of 1812

Private Jacob Hardy

American Civil War (1861-1865)
497,821 Americans Died in This War.
From Bullitt County:

Henry Ash
Ben Barnett
Moses Briscoe
David L. Brooks
Joseph Buckman
Alexander Burton
Edward C. Caldwell
Thomas Clark
Ben Cole
Henry Croan/Crone
James Easton
John Jefferson Garrott
Charles Hardesty
Christian Harshfield
James A. Hill Jr.
Joseph Hoglan
Richard Hoglan/Hogland
John Holsclaw
John Jackson Sr.
Daniel Jenkins
Aaron L. Kaufman
Charles S. Macey
James Masden
Jesse McWilliams
John P. Mix
Lorenzo Murphy
Theodore Pearl
John T. Rairdon/Rardon
W. D. Raymond
John William Rogers
John Shoptaw
William Shoptaw
F.B. Smith
John Smith
Allen A. Snellen
Joe Southern
Richard Southern
Darwin Stoner
James Stoner
William Stoner
James Sweeney
William H. Tumey
Caleb Welch
Samuel Burks Williams
Thomas Withers
William Younger

World War I (1917-1918)
890 Kentuckians were killed in action; 1528 died from accident or disease.
From Bullitt County:

Julian Bell
David Boston
Bruce H. Bridwell
Hubert Allen Dragoo
Herman Evans
Basil Glasgow
Lou Pearl Hibbs
Everett Vernon Holsclaw
Charles Milam
Elmer F. Monroe
Roy V. Ogle
Edward L. Sanders
Oscar Paul Schaefer
Wallace L. Smith
Horrie C. Thompson
David Millard Troutman
Curtis T. Wise
James E. Wyatt

World War II (1940-1947)
7,917 Kentuckians were killed in action in this war.
From Bullitt County:

Robert L. Abell
Thomas E. Armstrong
Robert J. Beeler
Johnny W. Bishop
Clarence W. Boulware
Luke R. Briscoe Jr.
Emmett H. Brown
John E. Brown Jr.
Smith Garrow Carrithers
William N. Caulk
Leo M. Clark
Thomas Louis Coomes
Robert E. Crouch
Marvin Devore
Bernie Druin
Elmore Roscoe Easton MIA
Samuel S. Gore
Joseph L. Nevius Harned
Paul O’Bryan Hayden MIA
James Woodford Jackson
Malcolm W. Jenkins
Charles R. Lee
Leslie E. Logsdon
Charles Leo Mann
William B. Merker
Jarriet T. Moore MIA
Charles Bolin Montgomery MIA
William T. Moser
Thomas Mullins
Jack Priest
Millard H. Proctor
Archy Theodore Raymond
Hilary Herman Rhoades
Commie Leslie Robison
William Dean Rouse
Roy L. Rummage
Nickles Steinlander Jr.
William E. Thompson
Virgil L. Underwood
Willard F. Wright
Clyde Bradley York MIA

Korean Conflict (1950-1955)
1,002 Kentuckians died; 203 missing in action.
From Bullitt County:

Homer R. Ballou
Charles C. Flener
Robert Vernon Goldsmith
Charles Kenneth Harned
J. P. Hatcher
Elmer Claxton McElvain
Harry E. Phelps MIA
Robert Sipes

Vietnam War (1964-1975)
1,088 Kentuckians died in this conflict; 14 missing in action.
From Bullitt County:

Donald E. Baker
Thomas Lee Blatz
Harold Milton Brown
Danny Dale Burkhead
James Jay Crawford
Lee Roy James
William Patrick Milliner MIA

Afghanistan and Iraq (Ongoing)
From Bullitt County:

Thomas P. Echols
Steven Faulkenburg
Michael E. Martin
James E. Powell
Gary L. Woods

Bullitt Countians Who Died While in Service in Peacetime

William Robert Brian Sr.; 1986
Rodney Leroy Brown; 1963
Franklin Tarter Huff; 1970
Bradley Dean Hunt; 1988
Vernon Moses Leffew Jr.; 1969
James P. Morton; 1959
Joseph Aloysius Rothman; 1937
Leland Howard Shepherd; 1941


Volunteers at the Bullitt County History Museum have been compiling this list recognizing Bullitt Countians who have died or MIA in service of our country over the years. Such a list has been surprisingly hard to build, and we seek your help. This is what we have so far.

If you have any information that might help us fulfill this humble effort to honor our fallen heroes, please let us know.

The Bullitt County History Museum, a service of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is located in the county courthouse at 300 South Buckman Street (Highway 61) in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The museum, along with its research room, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday appointments are available by calling 502-921-0161 during our regular weekday hours. Admission is free. The museum, as part of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization and is classified as a 509(a)2 public charity. Contributions and bequests are deductible under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code. Page last modified: 13 Jan 2024 . Page URL: bullittcountyhistory.org/memoriam.html