• 94 Veterans buried at Mountain Home
    (15 more than last year; 14 newly identified and one buried this year)
  • 3 served in 2 foreign theater campaigns: WWII & Korea

1 in the U.S. Indian Wars      

10 in the Civil War  

9 in WWI     (1 died in base hospital in France)

41 in WWII (1 POW/KIA)

19 in Korea   

7 in Vietnam    

5 Peacetime Service and

5 unable to confirm time of service

Interesting Notes

  • Paul J. Rector, PVT, U.S. Army, 803rd Engineering Battalion, Aviation Group, WWII, serving in the Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands. He was a Japanese Prisoner of War (POW) who died in June 1942 at Camp #1 - Cabanatuan 1-2-3 Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
    His remains were returned home for burial on April 21, 1949. He was laid to rest on Friday, April 22, 1949, after funeral services held here at Mountain Home, next to his Mother.
  • Jesse M. Durham, PVT, U.S. Army, F305, Inf., 77th Division A.E.F., WWI, France, died on November 10, 1918, at the base hospital of Pneumonia.
    He was buried in Nievre, France as were many others who lost their lives during the war. His wife Bertha had him disinterred and sent home.
    He left St. Nazaire on November 20, 1920, aboard the U.S. Wheaton bound for Hoboken, NJ. The Wheaton arrived in Hoboken on December 15, 1920, and Jesse arrived at the Valley Head train depot on January 15, 1921.
    He was then interred at Mountain Home, where Bertha joined him in 1974. They were married on May 25, 1918.  
  • There are 113 unmarked graves in the cemetery, and there are no records to support who they are or when they were buried here.
  • The oldest marked grave is January 6, 1864, marking the grave of James Craze, Sargent, Company C, 1st Alabama & Tennessee Vidette Cavalry, Civil War.

  • The youngest and oldest Veterans buried here are:
    • Joseph Floyd Crow, U.S. Air Force, Age 19
    • Lee Dolphus Kerby, Sr., US Army, Age 92

Veterans Buried at Mountain Home in Alphabetical Order by Last Name

Henry Lee Vester Adams PFC U.S. Army WWII

Calvin Keith Arnold  U.S. Navy Vietnam

Elder Selba Khomer Beaty Sr.  CW3 U.S.  Army WW II, Korea

A. D. "Dick" Blevins (Abner Denson, Jr.)  SGT  U.S.  Army World War II

Leonard W. Blevins  California, A1C   U.S. Air Force Korea

Marshall T.J. Blevins  TEC 5   U.S. Army World War II

Garry L. Collins  BM1   U.S. Navy Vietnam

Arthur Ilo Crabtree  PVT  35 Co 162 Depot Brig. U.S. Army WWI

Calvin Coolidge Crabtree  CSR3   U.S. Naval Reserve WWII

D. Reuben Crabtree 87th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, WWI

George W. (Washington) Crabtree Ala PVT 6th U. S. Inf. U.S. Army Other Service

Kenneth D. Crabtree PFC U.S. Army, Korea

Marvin E. Crabtree  U.S. Army, WWII

Warren Crabtree  Co C 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

Daniel R. (Dan'l) Craze Co. C. 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

James Craze SERG Co. C 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

Joseph Floyd Crow  U.S. Airforce Korea

John F. Downer SGT  U.S.  Army Korea

Larry Neal Drake SP4  U.S. Army Vietnam

Anthony Buley Durham, Jr. U.S. Army Korea

James Clifford Durham  Private   U.S. Army   Other Service

Jesse M. Durham (France)  PVT Co F 305th Inf. 77th Div. A.E.F. U.S. Army WWI

Nick Springs Durham  PVT NOV Auto Repl. Draft U. S. Army WWI

Walter Verlon Ellis PFC U. S. Army WWII

Jesse P. Eargle  U. S. Marine Corps Korea

Moses M. Findley  Co B 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

Orlando Greeley Flynn  U.S. Navy Korea

Gordon W. Frady   PFC CO. B 321 MG BW 82 Div. U.S. Army WWI

William Colon Gifford  SFC U.S. Army World War II, Korea

Frankie Gardner Gilbert  PFC U.S. Army

Howard E. Gothard  CPL U.S. Army WWII

Clinton Marlin Graves  U.S. Army (Served in Germany)

Ralph Thomas Guinn  PFC U.S. Army WWII

Clifford O. Hamm  U.S. Army WWII

Elbert Olen Haney  SGT U.S. Army Korea

Raymond L. Haney  Alabama, SC1 U.S. Navy Korea

Robert Dexter “Rabbit” Haney  U.S. Airforce Other Service

William C. "W.C." Haney  U.S. Army Korea

Nelson Douglas Hardeman  S1 U.S. Navy WWII

Floyd Ray "Harpo" Harper  U.S. Army Korea

James P. Hayward  PVT Co. C. 67th Infantry NY Inf. Civil War

Henry Grady Hicks U.S. Navy, WWI Navy WWII

William Russell Hicks  U.S. Army Germany base Korea 1953-55

Reuben Jacob "RJ" Hookey  A1C U.S. Air Force Korea

Leon Howington  PFC U.S. Army Vietnam

Wendell Wayne Hubbard  PVT U.S. Army Korea

James P. Jarrell  PFC HO Btry 20 FA BN, U.S. Army WWII

Adolphus Edward Johnson  S2 U.S. Navy WWII

William R. King, Sr.  S2 U.S. Navy WWII

Lee Brown Keith  SGT U. S. Army WWII

Sherman A. Keith  Ala Pvt 331 Inf.83rd Div. U.S. Army. WWI

U.D. Keith S2 U.S. Navy WWII

Lee Dolphus Kerby, Sr. U.S. Army WWII

Tom N. Kerby  SGT U.S. Army WWII

L.Z. Lea U.S. Army WWII

Walter Lea, Sr.  CO C. 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

Virgil Lee, PFC U.S.  Army WWII

Walter M. Lee Ala TEC 4, 11 Tank BN U.S. Army WWII

J.H. (Josiah H.) Lusk, Jr.  Co. G 1st Ala & Tenn. Vidette Cavalry Civil War

Robert Durham "Bobby" McCurdy U.S. Marine Corps Other Service

Roland Eugene Mitchell  U.S. Army - Air Force WWII

Billy Ray Nix  U.S. Army National Guard Other Service

Matthew B. Ott, Jr.  SGT U.S. Marine Corps WWII

Robert V. (Vester) Parham  PFC U.S. Army WWI

Verlon Dennis Parham PFC U.S. Army WWII

Julius L. Partido U.S. Army, WWII, Korea

Roy Connard Payne CPL U. S. Army WWII

Berlin C. Prestwood A3C U.S. Air Force, Korea

Norman Francis Prestwood, Jr.  PVT U.S. Army   Korea

William W. Ragsdale  Ala PFC Base Hospital U.S. Army WWI

Melvin R. Ray  SGT U.S. Army Other Service

Paul J. Rector  PVT 803 Engineer Battalion, Aviation U.S. Army   WWII

Benjimin D. Sims SP4 U.S. Army Vietnam

George B. Sims PFC U.S. Army WWII

John W. Sizemore PVT HQ Battalion Co E 5th Infantry ‘Red Diamond’ Insignia U.S. Army WWI

Clyde G. Smith Tec 5 U. S. Army WWII

Garth D. Smith S2 U. S. Navy WWII

John N. Smith Corporal CO. B. 49 Ala Infantry CSA Civil War

Leonard Smith Merchant Marines with the  U.S. Coast Guard WWII

Melvin Smith S. SGT U. S. Army WWII

Tony. O. Smith SFC U.S. Army SFC U.S. Army

Wheeler Max Smith PFC U.S. Army WWII

Whiteson Smith Co. C. 8th Tenn. Infantry Civil War

Earl Stephens U.S. Army WWII

John M. Tatum,  PFC U.S. Army Other Service

Arnel H. Thomas  U.S. Army WWII

Earl N. Thomas U.S. Army Vietnam

John M. Thomas CO. K, 10 Tenn. Cavalry Civil War

Charles Columbus "Charlie" Tucker, Jr 11th Airborne U.S. Army WWII

James W. Tucker TEC5 U.S. Army WWII

Larry Douglas Tucker U.S. Air Force

Henry C. Tuggle PVT, U.S. Army Indian Wars Cooks Co., 2 (Turk's) Georgia Militia

Grant C. Turner U.S. Army WWII

Arthur Olen Whited PFC U.S. Army WWII