Chesterfield County Military Veteran~Sgt. John W. Mills

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia

Sgt. John W. Mills

b. 15 February 1925

d. 31 July 1950

Killed in Action (KIA) Korea

8th ENGR C BN

1 CAV DIV. (INF)

Sgt. John Mills was the son of Charlie Ross Mills and Mary Annie Jordan. he enlisted into the US Army on 26 October 1943. He was a member of  the 8th Engineers, C Battalion, 1st Calvary Division (Infantry).

Sgt. Mills also served in  Belgium, Holland and Germany during World War II. 

Sgt. Mills is buried in Pageland, South Carolina at the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.

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[1] Find A Grave Memorial# 72080902

Chesterfield County Military Veteran~Charles Riley Brock, Jr.

Korean War Service Medal [1]

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. was born 16 November 1927 a son of Charles Riley Brock, Sr. and Henrietta Florence Pate.²

The National Archives Archival database show that  Charles Riley Brock, Jr. enlisted into the US Army Air Corps on 9 February 1946. ³ He was 18 years, 2 months and 24 days old. 














The FindAGrave Memorial for Charles Riley Brock, Jr shows that he served in Korea with the United States Air Force with the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSgt.). Remember that there was no US Air Force at the time of his enlistment into the Army Air Corp. The birth of the Air Force took place on 18 September 1947. ⁴

There is no doubt that in an effort to build up the new Air Force, Charles Riley was among those chosen or that volunteered to transition into the United States Air Force. 

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. died 3 July 1995 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina at age of 67. he was buried in Grandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina.



Charles Riley Brock, Jr. is my 1st cousin once removed. 

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[1] Image used courtesy Wikipedia; in the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KoreanWServMed.jpg
[2] Charles Riley BROCK, Jr., birth certificate Birth Certificate Book #14; Page 650 (16 November 1927), Wadesboro Register of Deeds, Anson County, North Carolina.
[3] National Archives, "Access to Archival Database," database, National Archives, National Archives - Access to Archival Database (https://aad.archives.gov/ : viewed on-line 25 February 2016), Charles R. Brock, Jr.; citing FILM REEL NUMBER 3.374.
[4] FindAGrave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2011); Memorial page for Charles R. Brock, Jr; (16 October 1927–3 July 1995); Find a Grave memorial # 54270353, Citing Grandview Memorial Park; Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA.

Military Monday – Finding your WWII Servicemen

Searching for information on the men in your family that served their country can be time consuming if you don't know where to look.

The National Archives and Records Administration has a portal that is tailor made to find this type of information; it's called the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) .

On the home page of AAD, to the right of the search bar, there a line "Getting Started Guide" that when clicked on will bring up a guide to assist you.

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Military records for WWII, Korean, and Vietnam includes those who served, POW's,  causalities (wounded & died) and in some cases awards and recognition.

For this Military Monday Blog posting I wanted to know how many of my ancestor with the "Johns" surname served in WWII 

The results are here:

There were four:

Luther W. Johns – My Uncle

Walter J. Johns – First Cousin Once removed

William F. Johns -- First Cousin Once removed

Willie B. Johns – My Uncle

Note: Luther and Willie are brothers, Walter and William are brothers

Click on Record by the name and you will see this document.

With Memorial Day rapidly approaching I would like to salute these four men for their service to our country. All four have passed away, the last of the four in 1989. So we say goodbye to this group of men known as – "The Greatest Generation ". 

Gone but not Forgotten

God Bless America