BETHEL, DELAWARE VETERANS

This page is dedicated to all veterans who were born, grew up or lived in Bethel, Delaware

When I was growing up in Bethel, there was a display case in front of the Bethel United Methodist Church. This display contained the names of veterans from Bethel through WWII. As a young boy this list of names didn't really mean much to me. After I returned to Bethel, after a hitch in the United States Navy, this list of names meant a great deal more to me; however, the display had been removed and no one seemed to know what had happened to it. I occassionally thought about this display over the years but it wasn't until a trip to New England in the summer of 1998 for a Navy reunion, that I stared thinking more about the list of names again. In many of the small towns in New England  there seemed to be a display of the veterans  in most town squares. I thought this web page would be a good place to once again show our appreciation to our Bethel veterans. I'm sure that in composing this list I have overlooked someone or have an error in the information. My apologies for that. If you know of someone who should be included in this list or a correction made, please let me know and I'll add the name or make the correction as soon as possible. 

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	M.I.	SERVICE	RANK/RATE	DATES OF SERVICE	WAR	MEDALS
Allen	Earle	R.	USAAF	2ND LT		WWII
Bailey  *	Donald		USMC
Baker         (photo)	Alan	D.	USN	PO2 (AG2)	9/17/64 - 10/11/69	VIETNAM ERA
Baker, Sr	Donald	Lee	USMC
Baker  *   (photo)	Marshall	D.	USAAF	PFC	4/42 - 9/45	WWII
Baker *	Ralph	E.	USA/DNG	CWO		WWII
Baker  *	William	A.	USA			WWII
Baker	William	M.	USN	PO3 (HM3)	11/07/67 - 11/05/71	VIETNAM ERA
Bell  *	Robert	Richard				WWII
Burke	Ronald		USA
Calloway	Michael	S.	USN	HM	9/1/70 - 8/31/74	VIETNAM ERA
Carter	Harry		USAF
Carter  *	Walter	S.	USN	AN
Collins	John Daniel	L.	USMC	SGT		WWII
Cordrey	Harvey	L.	USA
Cordrey	James	H.	USAAF			WWII
Cordrey	William	E.	USN	WT1		WW1
Cubbage *	Herman
Davis   *	Raymond
Dean  *	Lawrence
Denninson  **	Richard		USA			VIETNAM
Dykes  *	Carlton		USA			WWI
Ellegood  *	George		USN
Eskridge	Glen		USAF
Garrett	William		USCG
Hastings	Rudolf		USA
Hopkins *	George	H.	USMC	CPL		WWII  (Pacific)
Hughes	Lewis	R.	USN
Joseph	Arthur	J.	USA	PFC		WWII
Joseph	William	Henry	USA	SGT		KOREA
Joyce  *  (photo)	John (Skip)	Patrick	USA		4/16/41 - 10/28/45	WWII
Lankford *  (photo)	Jim
Littleton  *	Garmond
Markum	Charles	R.	USA	Bugler		WWI
Mitchell	Wayne		USA
Moore, Jr. *	Andrew		USA		5/19/44 - 1/4/46	WWII
Moore *	Samuel "Jim"		USA			WWII
Pugh	William	C.	USN	CSP		WWII
Palmer	Lemuel	A.	USA			WWII
Phillips	Ura	B.	USA	PVT		WWI
Robinson	Leroy		USMC	CPL		WWII
Rowe	Richard
Shiles	George	T.	USN	PO2 (BM2)		WWII
Slatcher	William					WWII
Spence	Brandon		USAF			IRAG/AFGAN WAR
Spence, Jr.  *	Nelson		USN			VIETNAM
Spence	Patrick		USN			IRAG/AFGAN WAR
Styers	Louron	J.	USA	CWO	Active Duty:1959-1981 Vietnam: 65/66;69/70;74/75	VIETNAM
Todd	Everett	L.		TEC4		WWII
Tracey *	Milton	L.	USAF	CPL		WWII
Tyndall	John	W.	USA	SFC
West	Jack		USAF			VIETNAM ERA
Wheatley  *	Charles	S.	USA	PVT		WWI
Wheatley  *	James		USA
Wheatley	John		USA
Wood  *	Edwin	E.	USA	CPL		KOREA