Private First Class Thomas Lamar Sisson was a member of the 99th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea.
His parents were Jesse Lamar Sisson and Vesta M. Jenkins
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, August 18, 1950:
Pfc. Thomas L. Sisson, 19, was killed in action in Korea on Aug. 2, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jess Sisson of Etowah, have been notified. Pfc. Sisson was in the 99th Field Artillery. He volunteered for service in January 1949. Before going to Japan, he was at Camp Bending. His parents received a letter from him written after he landed in Korea. He leaves his parents; two brothers, Troy of Troop A, 278th Infantry, Tennessee National Guard, which will be inducted into the Army about Sept. 1, and Richard; three sisters, Misses Elsie, Creeda, and Glenda Sisson, all of Etowah.
Thomas middle name is Lamar. Father is Jesse Lamar Sisson. April 1,1903 -June 9,1980 Ten
Mother Vesta Marie Jenkins Sisson Feb8,1909-June 8,1986 Tenn . Married July 3,1926 Tenn. Both buried Green Hill cem.Etowa, Tenn. GRANPARENTS – SISSON James Erwin Sisson Feb.27,1874 Gilmore co. Ga.-March 20, 1913 Tenn. Married Lillie Tennesse Buckner Sisson Aug.14,1897 McMinn .Tenn. Born July22,1882 -Aug 3,1957 Tenn.Both in Mars Hill cem.Etowh,Tenn. (She went by Tennie, grandkids called her Tennie maw. Head stone says Tennesse Sisson. GRANDPARENTS JENKINS. James Taylor Jenkins Oct.22,1884 Polk co. Tenn.- Feb.12,1912 Relience Tenn. Campground cem. Married Sept 2, 1905 Ellen Ollie Bates JENKINS ,Relience Tenn. ( Taylor died Ollie , remarried Walter Columbus “Davis,both Geen Hill cem.Etowah Tenn.) James Taylor’s Jenkins brother was Samual Jeremiah Tilden Jenkins they are buried side by side. Sons of Jeremiah M.Jenkins an Margaret SHEHAN Jenkins. Great grandparents of Thomas Lamar Sisson .Relience Tenn. Tilden a Taylor Jenkins married sister , Lillie Bates and Ollie Bates. VESTA was Taylor and ollies daughter, Ernest was Tilden and Lillies son, Double first cousin. The two jenkins cousins meet a bother an sister . Jesse Lamar Sisson and Maggie Coedilla Sisson. Vesta married Jesse and Ernest married Maggie. Making them double related on both Jenkins and Sisson.
–Submitted by Dianne Jenkins, (maiden) St.Marie, his second cousin.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 12 August 1931
- Date of death: 2 August 1950
- County: McMinn
- Hometown: Etowah
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 99th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
- Conflict: Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Green Hill Cemetery, Etowah, McMinn County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXI, Middle Panel
- Sponsored by: Dianne Jenkins
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