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TOP:
Andrew
Jenkins (Jenk) Presley (1845-1938), son of Barney
Harrison Presley, of Leake Co., Mississippi, served in Company
F (Leake Rebels), 33rd Mississippi
BOTTOM:
Elias Harrison Presley
(1839-1925), son of Barney Harrison Presley, of Leake Co.,
Mississippi, served in Company I, 2nd Arkansas Infantry
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TEARSIE
EDWARD HARGETT- WWII
8/12/1910 - 7/11/1945
Hargett
Tearsie E Pfc 83rd Recon 7/11/1945 14092645 Cavalry
KIA
Tearsie Edward Hargett was killed in the D-day battling
at Normandy Beach in France. His only surviving son,
Mackey Edward Hargett, had never met his father. The
family is from Mississippi.
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Sadly, Tearsie's
remains were never recovered and he is listed on DPMO's
list of MIA/bodies not recovered from WWII.
We will continue to work with DPMO for a full accounting
for T.E. Hargett |
A Hero Who Never
Came Home - Pvt.Tearsie Hargett
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Willie Lee Hargett- WWI
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Willie
Lee Hargett (known as Lee or Shorty)
(Jan 15, 1898-Jun 15, 1976) was the son of William Daniel
Hargett
(May 6, 1873-Mar 6, 1939) and Emily Presley (Apr 1882-Dec
22,
1957). William Daniel Hargett was the son of Daniel Hargett
(b.
May 1, 1833) and Emily Penley.
Willie Lee Hargett married Emily Love (Jan 16, 1908-Feb
24,
1958). He was described as a very kind and friendly man.
They
are all buried at New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Union
County, North Carolina.
(research by Julie Hampton Ganis, the lifesaver of the old
families of Union and Mecklenburg Counties, NC)
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Thomas Jefferson Howard, Helms/Presley direct line
Thomas served as a US Army medic in WWII |
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"...some
of my best friends are Marines and some are Sailors
and {in} the Army and the Air Force and so on and I
think they are all great outfits because if it wasn't
for them and if it wasn't for God where would our country
be..."
Elvis Presley
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