Honored Members in Military Service

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or Colonial Army During the Revolutionary War

 

James Porterfield, PM.  Battle of Camden.

 

William Polk, PGM, NC Continental Line, Lt. Colonel, S.C. Militia 

 

Thomas Brown, NC Militia Colonel

 

Lehansius De Keyser, Adjutant of the 1st N.C. Regiment, November 15, 1775, Colonel, Owned the house (possibly a tavern) in which Phoenix Lodge met.

 

Guilford Dudley, Militia Colonel

 

*Alexander Martin, Colonel N.C. Continental Line, Legislator, Gorvernor (Not a member of a blue lodge) Recieved the Mark Master and Past Master Degrees in an "occasional lodge" at DeKeyser's Tavern in Fayetteville on November 23, 1790.

 

*Adlai Osborne, Militia Colonel, (Blue lodge unknown) Recieved the Mark Master and Past Master Degrees in an "occasional lodge" at DeKeyser's Tavern in Fayetteville on November 23, 1790.

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or United States Military During the War of 1812 (June 18 1812-February 18 1815)

 

John Adams Cameron, PGM

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or United States Military During the Mexican-American War 25 April 1846-2 February 1848)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or Military During the War Between the States (12 April 1861-9 May 1865)

 

General Walter Draughon, CSA, commander of the forces that received the surrender of the Fayetteville Arsenal under orders from Governor Ellis of North Carolina in 1861.

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or United States Military During the Spanish-American War (25 April 1898-25 August 1898)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the Militia or United States Military During World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During World War II (1 September 1939-2 September 1945)

 

John Francis Lynch, PM (Honorary Past Master), 33*, Served in the US Army and US Army Air Corps.

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the Korean War (25 June 1950-27 July 1953)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the Vietnam War (1 November 1955-30 April 1975)

 

Gaylord Leroy "Butch" Boitnott, PM (US Army Special Forces)

 

Neil McLeod, PM, (US Army)

 

Emmett Paul Starnes, Jr., (US Air Force)

   

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the Cold War (1947-1991)

William Ivey Jr. PM (US Navy)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm) (2 August 1990-28 February 1991)

 

Emmett Paul Starnes, Jr. (US Air Force)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) (7 October 2001-Present)

 

Matthew Ellis (US Marine Corps)

Timothy Anderson Dahlman (US Army)

Jeffrey Rogers (US Army)

Kenneth W. Wical, PM (US Army)

Jose Rivas (US Army)

David Stanwood (US Army)

Rusty Nance (US Army)

 

 

Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 Who Served in the United States Military During the Iraq War (Operations Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn) (20 March 2003-15 December 2011)

 

Kenneth W. Wical, PM (US Army)

Timothy Anderson Dahlman (US Army)

Martin Busch (US Army)

Michael Ariano (US Army)