1134 (229 African Americans and 905 whites) servicemen, nurses and civilian workers from Norfolk returned home at the end of World War I and responded to the state of Virginia’s questionnaire about their lives and experiences during the war.
Students in HIS 380: U.S. Military History compiled these brief biographies of Norfolk’s World War I veterans using materials gathered by the Virginia World War I History Commission. Additional information about the lives of veterans after the war were researched by students. The photographs accompanying these biographies are from the Sargeant Memorial Collection, Slover Library.
- Abraham Grant Fountain (1895-1924)
- Abram Hayman Buck (1895-1965)
- Annias Jones (1894-1949)
- Archie Atkins/Adkins (1887/92-1938)
- Arthur Everett (1882- ?)
- Arthur Ives (1890 – 1934)
- Arthur James Wells (1888-1969)
- Arthur Little (1896-1944)
- Benjamin Cicero Dancy (1895/97/90-1919)
- Benjamin Hatten (1896-1942)
- Burnett Ashford (1896-?)
- Charles Edwin Bowser (1888-?)
- Charles Henry Coleman (1897-1980)
- Charlie Frizzel Evans (1895-?)
- Clarence Bray (1894-1931)
- Clarence Bullock (1897-1960)
- Clarence Carlyle Bailey (1895-1931)
- Clarence Clemmons (1880-1943)
- Clarence Ruffus Felton (1893-1933)
- Connie Fowler (1893-1950)
- David Henry Edwards (1892-
- David John Alexander (1877-?)
- David Thomas Lynn (1888-1944)
- Dudley Allen Payton (1895-1982)
- Ealey Earnest Aulston (1888-1934)
- Eddie Oscar Folk (1894-1962)
- Edward Augustus Frisby (1884-1930)
- Ellis Duncan (1894-
- Ernest Edwards (1887/88-
- Everett Ray Altizer (1894-1981)
- Ewin Martin (1896-?)
- Floyd Anthony (1895/8-1961)
- Floyd Bishop (1892-1952)
- Floyd Lee Green (1894-1955)
- George Boynes (1894-?)
- George Harrison Jordan (1893-?)
- George Washington Armstrong (1892-1957)
- Gessie Davis (1890-1919)
- Guss Boone (1890-1926)
- Harry Mathews (1889-1953)
- Harvey Hunt (1894-1935)
- Hillery Atkins (188?-1930)
- James Albert Kettrell (1895/6-1921)
- James Arthur Forrest (1893-?)
- James Bailey (1894-1980)
- James Brown (1897-?)
- James H. Duke (1890-
- James Henry Baskerville (1894-1969)
- James Jones (1893-?)
- Jesse Taylor (1884-?)
- Jim Bolden (1897)
- Joddie Butler Bowser 1887-1971
- John “Johnnie” Washington King (1899-1949)
- John Anderson (1886-1972)
- John Bernard Brewer (1889-1943)
- John Clemons (1896-?)
- John L. Cheatham (1895-1979)
- John Robert Carter (1889-1950)
- Jose Phillip McKinnon (1896- 1970)
- Kesler Duvall Cherry (1895-1925)
- Lee Andrew Banks (1894-1956)
- Lomax Gwathney (1869-1954)
- Louis Cook Austin (1889-1942)
- Luther Jordan Brown (1886/87-1919)
- Merritt Elliott (1896-1952)
- Milton Eugene Hughes (1890-1966)
- Modie Williams (1894-1959)
- Moryck Cecil Woodley (1893-?)
- Obey Elliot Armfield (1891-1973)
- Osborne Berry Thomas (1892-1935)
- Paul Clarence Alexander (1896-?)
- Paul Washington Alexander (1889-1951)
- Prince Algernon Johnson (1896-1918)
- Punius/Purvis J. Chesson (1891-1961)
- Robert Forehand (1889-1931)
- Robert Thomas Bullock (1891-1937)
- Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr. (1890-1968)
- Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr. (1891-1968)
- Ruffin Paige Boulding (1895-1976)
- Samuel Ballard (1886-?)
- Thomas Merritt Simmons (1893-1959)
- Vernal Clingman Hodges (1895–1968)
- Virnal Clingman Hodges (1895-1968)
- William Augustus Stuart (1874-?)
- William Battle (1891-?)
- William Elwood Boone (1890-1937)
- William Fulcher (1884-1938)
- William Hines (1897-1960)
- William Young Marshall (1895-?)
- Willie Fulford (1896-1933)
- Willie Goodman Jones (1897-?)
- Willie Hunter (1892-1929)
- Willie Thomas (1893-1982)
- Willie Thompson (1890-1969)
- Willis Quincy Brown (1885-1918)
- Wilson Elliott Driver (1870-1951)