Ogles Family History & Genealogy

Clarence R Ogles of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama was born on November 1, 1925, and died at age 58 years old in August 1984.

Chester B Ogles of Decatur, Morgan County, AL was born on September 10, 1923, and died at age 69 years old on May 26, 1993.

Ernest M Ogles of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee was born on June 14, 1917, and died at age 62 years old in May 1980.

Clifford N Ogles of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on March 9, 1921, and died at age 77 years old on April 2, 1998.

Aubrey L Ogles of Manchester, Coffee County, TN was born on November 28, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on April 9, 2006.

Okley T Ogles of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida was born on May 6, 1923, and died at age 63 years old in December 1986.

William A Ogles of Nashville, Davidson County, TN was born on September 9, 1923, and died at age 74 years old on November 3, 1997.

Charlie S Ogles of Chatsworth, Murray County, GA was born on September 2, 1913, and died at age 90 years old on May 5, 2004.

Burl S Ogles of Manchester, Coffee County, TN was born on June 21, 1924, and died at age 73 years old on August 3, 1997.

Ralph T Ogles of Granite Falls, Caldwell County, NC was born on October 19, 1918, and died at age 76 years old on January 18, 1995.

Gilbert D Ogles of Fairview Heights, Saint Clair County, IL was born on July 27, 1922, and died at age 72 years old on April 13, 1995. Gilbert Ogles was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 1J Site 1666 2900 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis, Mo.

Walter K Ogles of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK was born on May 9, 1924, and died at age 74 years old on May 21, 1998.

Walter Ogles of Russellville, Logan County, KY was born on September 1, 1921, and died at age 76 years old on October 13, 1997.

James B Ogles of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James B. Ogles.

Gordon M Ogles of Ward County, TX was born circa 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gordon M. Ogles.

Cornelius M Ogles of Oklahoma was born on July 11, 1991, and was the father of Cornell M Ogles. Cornelius Ogles died at age 19 years old on May 16, 2011.

Cornell M Ogles was born on November 21, 2008 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States to Cornelius M Ogles. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cornell M Ogles.

The SS Paul Hamilton, named after the third Secretary of the Navy, was one of over 2,700 Liberty Ships built in the U.S. between 1941 and 1945. She was on her fifth voyage as part of convoy UGS-38 on 20 April 1944. (Source: “SS Paul Hamilton” entry on Wikipedia) Aboard the Paul Hamilton were three of the original members of the Oregon National Guard’s first aviation unit, the 123d Observation Squadron: M/Sgt Bruce C. Green, T/Sgt Albert R. Miller, and S/Sgt Leonard W. Mayer. The men were transferred from the 123d earlier in the war to help form a new air unit, the 32d Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, and were headed for duty in Italy with this unit. At this point in the war, most of the original 100+ members of the 123d Obs Sqn had been transferred to other units as part of the massive buildup of the Army Air Forces. By the time the 35th Photo Recon Squadron shipped out for overseas duty, only about 10% of the original 123d members remained in the squadron. Meanwhile, as the Paul Hamilton and the rest of UGS-38 sailed eastward, a German reconnaissance aircraft based in southern France spotted it, and the German Luftwaffe prepared to make an air attack against it. Such an attack was not unexpected, as other prior convoys in the region had experienced air attacks from German bombers based in France. But as the Paul Hamilton sailed on the inner side of the convoy, which one might believe she would be safer than being aboard another vessel on the outer edge of the group. As dusk came over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, German torpedo-bombers made their approach against the convoy. They skillfully made their way across the Mediterranean from France to landfall over North Africa, then turned westward and approached the convoy at low level from land. Allied radar operators on land and at sea had trouble detecting and/or tracking the aircraft, which made it nigh unto impossible to provide effective fighter direction for the aircraft tasked to cover the convoy. Visual lookout on the ships was impaired as dusk turned to dark. A German Junkers Ju-88A-17 bomber of KG77, the kind which attacked UGS-38 on the night of 20 April 1944. (Source: The Luftwaffe Blog) Suddenly, three waves of enemy aircraft hit the convoy off the coast of Cape Bengut, Algeria. A Junkers Ju-88 torpedo-bomber in the first wave aimed and dropped an aerial torpedo at the Paul Hamilton and hit the ship at 2105 hours local time. The Liberty ship erupted in a series of violent explosions as its cargo of explosives detonated. All aboard, 580 men, including three original members of the 123d Observation Squadron, perished in the catastrophic blasts, which briefly turned night into day. The tragic loss of the Paul Hamilton and all souls aboard happened in a matter of seconds when the explosives and a troop-laden vessel was struck by a German aerial torpedo on the evening of 20 April 1944 off the coast of North Africa. (Source: “SS Paul Hamilton” entry on Wikipedia) Five hundred and four Army Air Corps Airmen were lost on The Paul Hamilton. The bulk of the 32d Photo Recon Squadron (a handful were on another ship in the convoy), 317 men, was wiped out, as well as 154 men of the 831st Bomb Squadron (Heavy). Also lost were 29 Naval Armed Guards manning the ship’s guns and 47 Merchant Mariners. It was one of the worst U.S. losses at sea during WWII. Only one body was recovered from the sinking. Two other ships were sunk by this attack with two more damaged.

Beuna (Harper) Ogles of Marmaduke, Greene County, Arkansas was born on February 10, 1892, and died at age 83 years old in December 1975.

Lemyel Ogles of Marmaduke, Greene County, Arkansas was born on April 1, 1891, and was the father of Agnes E Mebane, Newbil V. Ogles, Thelma Ogles, and Hubert G Ogles. Lemyel Ogles died at age 77 years old in January 1969.