REVOLUTIONARY WAR

​Old Beulah Baptist Cemetery:

Joseph Henry, Patriot​
​4 March 1763, Ireland - 20 July 1840

One of the founding pioneers of the Etowah Valley, Henry owned large amounts of land throughout Henderson County.   His burial site and Revolutionary War marker are at Old Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Road & Mt Pleasant View.

Henry served as a private under Col. William Graham  and later under Capt. Lofton.  His parents were Thomas Henry (1719-1787) and Isabella Martha Shields (1728-1821).

source:
hendersonheritage.com  Revolutionary War Patriots
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Etowah Baptist Church
Honor Roll of Veterans
- names, left to right on plaque

Cecil Duncan
Herman Dalton
Reuban Dalton
Roy Dalton
Harry Laughter
Donnie Hamilton
Harold Orr
Avery Simpson
Claude Laughter
Howard McKinna
Terry Mann
R. D. Bruce
Frank Dalton
Howard Dalton
Edward Duncan
Elmer Holtzclaw
Fidill Jackson
Lowell Love
Eugene Stepp
Glenn Simpsom
Ernest West
Gordon Hollingsworth
Glenn Waldrop

Jack Dalton
​Walter Roberts
E. C. Harrison Jr.
Charles Morgan
Cecil Morgan
Bill McKinna
Joyce McKinna
​Marvin Simpson
Oliver Stanton
Jesse Snyder
Ray Parkinson
Charley Morgan
Leo Morgan
Clyde Allison
Leonard Pressley
Glenn Nicholson
Ruth Stamey
J. B. Laughter
Jimmie Gonce
Marvin Allison
Jack Stamey
Theodore Dalton
Floyd Bryson
Ottis Bryson
Fred Sentelle
Garland Jones
Jesse Lee Simpson
Ruth Gonce

Arthur Frank Dalton - U. S. Air Force, Captain
b.  4 November 1921, Etowah NC          d.  June 2009, Gastonia  NC

WWII
48th Fighter Group, 492nd Squadron, flew P47s
Normandy Invasion

"...Most of us scheduled to fly could not sleep.  We spent the night looking at our watches, wondering why it took so long for the night to end.  Just before daylight twelve of us took off carrying 500 lb bombs.  We flew at 9000 ft., which was our assigned altitude because so many planes were in the air..."

Service Record & Medals, tbd

James Cecil Duncan -  U. S. Army,  Technical Sergeant
b.  8  May  1920, Etowah NC         d. 10  May 2009,  Brevard  NC

Served 1942 - 1945
Company "B" 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion

WWII
​Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
EAMET Campaign Medal with three Bronze Service Stars
 Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Bronze Star Medal,  Good Conduct Medal

Thomas Edward Duncan - U. S. Navy, Machinists's Mate I
b. 21 July 1922, Transylvania County   d. 30 Aug 2004, Etowah

​Served Nov 1942 - Jan 1946
NTS, NOB, Norfolk VA, USS Bogue

WWII
American Theatre Medal (1 star)
European, African, M. E. Medal (2 stars)
Asiatic Pacific Medal, WWII Victory Medal
Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation (1 blue star)

Winborn Lee Gash - U. S. Army, Cpl
b. 16 July 1914, Henderson County   d. 28 Dec 1975, Henderson County
WWII, Pacific Theater

William Hood Gash - U. S. Army, Sergeant, TEC4 ORD
b. 16 July 1914, Henderson County   d. 11 July 1966, Henderson County
WWII, European Theater, Normandy Invasion

"Sgt. William H. Gash returned this week to his home at Blantyre after receiving a discharge from the Army.   Sergeant Gash spent 38 months in the European theatre of war with the 4597th Ordnance of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade.   During this time he served in the European countries.   He wears five battle stars for Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Northern France and Central Europe; two bronze arrowheads and a meritorious  service award.  A twin brother, Cpl. Winburn Gash is in the Pacific theatre of war with the 77th division.  They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gash, of Blantyre."

source:  newspaper article, date and name of newspaper unknown

Pierre  Mallett - U. S. Army, Brigadier General
b. 14 March 1893, New York         d.  2 April 1969, Asheville NC

Pierre Mallet was a native of New York but raised in Etowah at the Bryn Avon estate where he is buried in the Mallet Family Cemetery.   Mallet served as an army officer in both World War I and World War II.   In 1943 he took control of the 85th Division Artillery taking his troops into battle in both North Africa and Italy.   He retired from the United States Army in 1950 as a Brigadier General after serving on the military staff of the United Nations.   Military service awards include:   Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the European-African-Middle East Medal with three Bronze Stars, and the American Defense Service Medal.   Pierre Mallet was married to Florence Griffith Miller (1896 - 1992).
 
Sources:
The Asheville Times-News, April 2, 1969
National Register of Historic Places - Bryn Avon
U. S. Army Photo

Ray Edward Parkinson - U. S. Army, Private First Class
b. 4 July 1921, Balfour NC          d. 12 February 1999, Etowah  NC

WWII
May 1943 - January 1946
614th Air Service Group
363rd Air Service Group
American Theatre Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal,
 Asiatic Pacific Service Medal