SOLDIERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS HONORED ON THE FANNIN MEMORIAL | |||||
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The above image is the "Fannin Memorial" erected to honor Col. James Walker Fannin and the men of his command. (Photo courtesy of Douglas Anderson) |
The above image is the Historical Marker erected at the "Fannin Memorial" by the Texas Historical Commission, detailing the plight of Col. J. W. Fannin and his men. (Photo courtesy of Douglas Anderson) |
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Grave of Col. J. W. Fannin and his men after the battle of coleto (march 19-20, 1836), where a texas army under col. james walker fannin met defeat by mexicans in superior numbers, the texas soldiers were held in the presidio la bahia, supposedly as war prisoners. however, by order of mexican gen. antonio lopez de santa anna, approximately 400 of fannin's men were marched out and massacred on palm sunday, march 27, 1836. The wounded were shot one by one in the fort compound. Col. Fannin was the last to die. because of their profession, drs. j. h. barnard, j. e. field and jack shackelford were spared. about 25 men were saved by a mexican woman, "the angel of goliad." approximately 30 escaped by feigning death or by swimming the san antonio river. the texans' corpses were stripped and partly burned, but left unburied. this atrocity three weeks after the fall of the alamo gave texans part of the battle cry -- "remember the alamo! remember la bahia!" -- under which decisive victory was won at san jacinto on april 21, 1836. gen. thomas j. rusk and the texan army afterwards marched here and gathered the bones of fannin's men from the terrain. from presidio la bahia the remains were carried in procession to the grave, and there given a military funeral and burial on june 3, 1836. (The above narrative is from the inscription on the Texas Historical Commission Marker at the site of the Fannin Memorial, the gravesite of Col. J. W. Fannin and his men. See image above.) |
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SOLDIERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS HONORED ON THE FANNIN MEMORIAL | ||||
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Abercrombie, Wiley A. |
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Adams, James Moss |
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Aldridge, Isaac |
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Aldridge, John |
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Allen. Peter |
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Allen, Layton |
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Allison, Alfred |
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Allston, William L. |
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Ames, Allison |
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Anderson, Patrick H. |
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Bagby, James S. |
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Baker, Augustus |
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Baker, Stephen |
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Barklev, John H. |
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Barnhill, John N. |
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Barton, Thomas B. |
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Bates, Anthonv |
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Batts, James S. |
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Beall, Josias B. |
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Beck, John F. |
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Bell, Marvin |
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Bellows, Fred J. |
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Bentley, Henry Hogue |
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Blackwell, Joseph H. |
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Blake, Thomas M. |
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Bouch, Gabriel |
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Bracev, Leslie G. H. |
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Bradford, James A. |
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Brashear, Richard G. |
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Brister, Nathaniel R. |
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Brooks, John Sowers |
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Brown, J. S. |
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Brown, Oliver |
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Brown, William S. |
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Bryson, John M. |
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Buckley, Daniel |
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Burbidge, Thomas |
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Burt, Benjamin F. |
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Butler, Moses |
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Bynum, Alfred |
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Byrne, Matthew |
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Cain, J. W. |
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Carabajal, Mariano |
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Carlisle, George Washington |
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Carrier, Charles J. |
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Carroll, Michael E. |
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Caruthers, Ewing |
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Cash, George W. |
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Chadwick, Joseph M. |
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Chew, John |
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Chisum, Enoch P. Gains |
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Churchill, Thomas T. |
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Clark, Joseph H. |
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Clark, Seth |
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Coe, John G. |
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Coglan, George |
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Cole, William H. |
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Coleman, Jacob |
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Colston, William John |
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Comstock, William |
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Conrad, Cullen |
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Conway, Matthew |
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Cosbv, Thomas H. |
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Cowan, William J. |
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Cox, Harvey |
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Cozart, Henderson |
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Cross. John |
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Cumming, George W. |
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Cunningham, John D. |
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Curtman, George F. |
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Daniell, George Washington |
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Dasher, Thomas Jefferson |
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Davidson, Robert T. |
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Davis, George A. |
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Daws, Walter W. |
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Day, H. B. |
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Debicki, Napoleon |
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Dedrick, George |
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Dennis, Joseph |
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DeSpain, Randolph |
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Devereaux, Michael |
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Dickerman, William P. |
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Dickinson, Noah, Jr. |
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Dickson, Abijah Hogan |
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Dickson, Henrv H. |
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Disnev, Richard |
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Donoho, John |
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Douglass, Henry L. |
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Douglas, William G. |
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Downman, Henry M. |
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Dubose, William P. B. |
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Duffield, J. E. |
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Duncan, James |
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Dusanque, Francis J. |
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Duval, Burr H. |
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Dyer, George |
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Eddy, Andrew H. |
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Edwards, Samuel M. |
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Eels, Otis G. |
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Ellis, James E. |
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Ellis, Michael |
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Ely, John |
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English, Robert |
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Escott, |
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Eubanks, George |
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Fadden, John |
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Fannin, James Walker |
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Farney, Samuel |
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Fenner, Robert |
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Ferguson, Joseph G. |
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Foley, Arthur G. |
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Fine, Charles |
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Fisher, John H. |
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Fitzsimmons, Edward |
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Foster, J. A. |
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Fowler, Bradford |
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Franklin, Elijah B. |
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Fraser, Hugh McDonald |
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Frazer, Charles |
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Frazer, William Warren |
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Frazier, Micajah G. |
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Freeman, Thomas S. |
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Frizzell, Terrell R. |
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Frost, Hezekiah |
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Fuller, Edward |
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Gallagher, Dominic |
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Gamble, David |
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Garner, E dward |
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Garner, M. C. |
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Gates, Lucius W. |
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Gatlin, William James |
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Gibbs, John |
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Gibbs, Lewis C. |
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Giebenrath, Imanuel Frederic |
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Gilbert, William |
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Gilikson, Francis |
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Gilland, George M. |
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Gimble, John |
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Gleeson, John |
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Gould, |
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Grace, John C. |
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Graves, Hansome O. |
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Gray, Francis H. |
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Green, George |
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Green, William T. |
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Grimes, James R. |
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Grinolds, E. J. D. |
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Gunter, William |
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Hamilton, James A. |
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Hand, John J. |
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Hardwick, Charles S. |
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Harper, William |
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Harris, Jesse |
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Harris, William |
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Harrison, Erasmus D. |
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Haskell, Charles Ready |
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Hastic, Henry |
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Hatfield, William R. |
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Hawkins, Norborne B. |
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Heath, Ebenezer Smith |
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Helms, Wilson |
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Hemphill, William |
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Heyser, John |
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Hill, Stuart |
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Hitchard, John |
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Hodge, Nathan |
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Hufty, Edward H. |
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Hughes, Wesley |
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Hughes, Wiley |
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Humphries, Jesse C. |
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Hunt, Francis M. |
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Hunter, William |
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Hurst, Stephen Decatur |
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Jack, James C. |
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Jackson, John N. |
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James, |
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James, John |
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Jennings, Charles B. |
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Jones, Henry W. |
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Johnson, David |
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Johnson, Edward J. |
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Johnson, William P. |
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Kelly, James |
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Kelly, John |
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Kemp, James P. |
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King, Montgomery B. |
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Kinney, Allen O. |
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Kissam, P. T. |
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Kornicky, John |
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