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"FREEDOM DOES NOT COME FREE!"
 

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"All gave some. Some gave all."

The WALL of  HONOR at the COLLIN COUNTY
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK in McKINNEY
will contain the names of over 348 hometown heroes
who gave all for our country.

Though they are no longer with us in body, their spirits live on.
"A SOLDIER IS NOT DEAD UNTIL HE IS FORGOTTEN."
Collin County Heroes who gave all - Enter

SEPTEMBER HEROES

ADAMS, JIM  Anna, Cpl. Co. H. 61st Infantry, France Sept. 16, 1918.  Buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
ALLEN, WOODROW H.  McKinney,  Machinist 1st Class, Navy, survived five major battles at sea in the Pacific including the sinking of the USS Hornet, decorated for bravery, killed in accidental explosion aboard ship Sept. 4, 1943.
BAILEY, JAMES A. 19,  McKinney, Sept. 1944.
BLACKBURN, EDGAR  28, Celina  CPL  Sept. 9, 1943
CARVER, JOE E. JR. Farmersville, Pvt. Sept. 1944 in France.
CLAY, WILLIAM H. 26,  McKinney, Sept. 16, 1944 in France.
COPUS, CHARLIE W.  McKinney, 1ST Lt. Field Artillery, Sept. 18, 1944 in France.
CURRIN, HENRY L.  Josephine, Pvt. Co. C. 138 Inf, 350th Div. Sept. 28, 1918 in Battle of Argonne, France.
EAST, AUBREY F. 33,  McKinney, 1st Lt. 702nd Tank Battalion, Sept. 13, 1944 in France.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM F.  McKinney, PFC, USMC, Saipan Sept. 1944.
FRENCH, JAMES P. 24,  Plano, Sep. 19, 1944 in France.
GEIGAS, JIMMY  McKinney, Pvt. 359th Infantry, 90th Division. Sept. 12, 1918. First McKinney boy to ever be killed in battle on foreign soil. The American Legion Post in McKinney is named in his honor.
GUINN, TILLMAN  Celina, PFC Co. G. 359th Inf. 90th Div. France Sept. 12, 1918. Buried in France.
HARDING, PETER J
.  Plano, Capt. Co. A. 359th Inf. 90th Div. France Sept. 15, 1918. Buried in France.
GUINN, TILLMAN  Celina, PFC Co. G. 359th Inf. 90th Div. France Sept. 12, 1918. Buried in France.
HARDING, PETER J
.  Plano, Capt. Co. A. 359th Inf. 90th Div. France Sept. 15, 1918. Buried in France.
HILL, KENNETH J. 18, PFC,  27th Inf. Reg. US Army  Sept. 2, 1951
HOLLEY, JOE R. 23, Allen, T/Sgt. 38079775, Army Medical Corps, Sep. 19, 1944 in Germany.
MATTHEWS, ROY  Altoga & Westminster, 1st Lt. Sept. 14, 1918.
WALTERS, OSCAR M.
23,  McKinney, Pvt. 359th Inf. 9th Division, France Sept. 16, 1918.
JOHNSON, ROBERT B.  Princeton, Carpenter’s Mate US Navy, Sept 23, 1918.
LONG, JOHN C.  Princeton, Pvt.  36th Div. France Sept. 13, 1918.
LAIR, JOHN C.  Celina, PFC,  September 1944.
JONES, JOHNNY C. 22 McKinney, Engineman 4th Class, US Navy, River Patrol Forces- Sept. 22, 1970.
MUDD, DANA T.  McKinney, Flight Officer, Us Army Air Corps, Glider pilot, flew a Waco CG-4 A Glider, killed in action on 21 September, 1944 in Holland during Operation Market Garden.
PARRIS, HUGH, B
. JR. 24,  McKinney, 1st Lt. Air Corps, pilot South Pacific Sept. 22, 1943
SEAY, EDGAR  Farmersville, PFC, 359th Inf. Sept. 1944.
VAUGHN, JAMES W
.  Celina, 29, PFC, Sept. 12, 1944 in France.

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