1918-1941
Honoring the Stancil Family Veterans
Leumos Waverly Stancil
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Branch: Army, Wagoner
Born: March 5, 1895, Wayne County, NC
Died: Jan. 5, 1961; Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery
Service: 1917-1919; Served in France. Drove a truck on the front lines for ammunition.
Family Connection: Son of Josiah Stancil and Minnie Sasser Stancil
Service Honors
William 'Bill' Hubert Stancil
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Branch: Navy
Born: March 20, 1903
Died: Oct. 3, 1980 San Diego, Calif.
Service: Enlisted about 1920. Spent time in Pensacola, Fla., was an aircraft mechanic and assigned to the USS Lexington, the first aircraft carrier.
Family Connection: Son of Josiah Stancil and Minnie Sasser Stancil
Herbert 'Herb' Andrew Stancil
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Branch: Navy
Born: March 13, 1905
Died: April 7, 1972 Texas
Service: Joined about 1922, learned to fly in Pensacola
Family Connection: Son of Josiah Stancil and Minnie Sasser Stancil
Randolph Moore
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Branch: Army, Pvt
Born: Oct. 30, 1916 Pender County, NC
Died: Dec. 18, 2009 Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Buried at Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, NC
Service: Served from 1936 to 1937 as a private. Randolph Moore was a radio operator for one year at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Fort Monroe was named in honor of President James Monroe.
Family Connection: Husband of Norma Stancil Moore
George Ira Stancil » DeLanie Ethel Stancil Stancil
James Walter Sweesy
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Branch: Air Force, LtCol
Born: Nov. 9, 1920 Foxburg, Clarion, PA
Died: Aug. 7, 1971 Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, NC; Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC
Service: In Air Force from 1937 to 1968. Enlisted for war Jan. 31, 1946, in Pittsburgh. Served in World War II, Korea (Okinawa), Vietnam (Saigon); was Lt. Colonel, 1st Lt. Had a 30-year Air Force career.
Family Connection: Wife of Rose Stancil Sweesy
George Ira Stancil » Thomas Emmette Stancil
Service Honors
with Oak Leaf Clusters
James Orville Stancil
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Branch: Marine Corps
Born: Oct. 10, 1921 Johnston County, North Carolina
Died: Sept. 23, 2014; Buried in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, VA
Service: Enlisted June 3, 1940, Parris Island, SC. October 1940, sent to Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island.
Family Connection: Son of Oscar Stancil and Mamie Hocutt Stancil
Henry Stancil
Henry Rudolph Stancil
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Branch: Navy
Born: Sept. 17, 1924
Died: Dec. 4, 1993 Clifton Forge, Va.
Service: Sent to Rhode Island at the same time his brother James Orville was there with the Marines. He was stationed aboard a PT boat in the Pacific.
Family Connection: Son of Oscar Stancil and Mamie Hocutt Stancil
Henry Stancil
John Frederick Hill
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Branch: National Guard
Born: May 20, 1922
Service: Enlisted Sept. 16, 1940, at Smithfield, NC. He was in the Field Artillery Unit, a member of the National Guard, completed three years of high school. His civilian Occupation: Foreman, laundry or Bookkeeping, Machine Operator
Family Connection: Son of John Fletcher Hill and Bertha Sasser Hill
Tempy Ann Stancil Hill
George Guy Stancil
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Branch: Army
Born: Oct. 23, 1911 Johnston County, NC
Died: Feb. 25, 1986 Honolulu, Hawaii
Service: Enlisted Oct. 15, 1940, and was sent to Hawaii. He fell in love with Frances Louis DeMella, they married and he was released from the Army and stayed in Hawaii.
Family Connection: Son of Oscar Stancil
Henry Stancil
George Ira Stancil Jr.
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Branch: Navy
Born: Nov. 6, 1920 Beulah Township, Johnston County, NC
Died: Feb. 8, 1995 Kenly, NC
Service: Served from Dec. 10, 1940 to 1963
Family Connection: Son of George Ira Stancil
Service Honors
Service Medal
Medal
Campaign Medal
Victory Medal
Service Medal
Medal (multiple awards)
Commendation
William Carl Stancil
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Branch: Army
Born: Sept. 9, 1915
Died: Dec. 14, 1979 Fayetteville, NC; Buried in Lafayette Memorial Park
Service: Enlisted Feb. 3, 1941, at Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, Va. Carl suffered shrapnel wound in the Battle of Anzio beachhead in Italy that lasted from Jan. 23 to May 25, 1944. He returned to the states.
Family Connection: Son of Harvey Stancil
Harold Lloyd Stancil
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Branch: Navy
Born: May 7, 1924 Johnston County, NC
Died: Oct. 13, 1944 USS Franklin, South Pacific
Service: Served from May 1941 to Oct. 13, 1944. Died in South Pacific and has a monument at Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Note: Harold Lloyd Stancil was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his service and sacrifice during World War II.
Family Connection: Son of George Ira Stancil
Service Honors
Henry "Ed" Edward Wallace
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Branch: Air Force
Born: June 17, 1920 Philadelphia, PA
Died: Nov. 23, 2013 Newport News, VA
Service: Enlisted May 13, 1941, at Fort Bragg, NC. Ed was trained to be a bomber pilot. He was shot down in 1943 during bombing raids over Germany. Ed was taken as a prisoner of war. He was released in 1945 after 14 months and when the Allied Forces were victorious.
Family Connection: Husband of Irene Pittman Wallace
Harvey Stancil » Gertrude Stancil Pittman