

These men were our Fathers, Grandfathers, and Uncles.
While so many gave some during World War II, these men gave all
for their country, for their families, and for the cause of freedom in the world.
On the pages that follow, and with a deep sense of pride, we,
their sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, nieces and nephews
celebrate and honor the lives of these 122 beloved men.
CLICK ANY NAME BELOW to see full-page Tributes -
last updated on Sunday, April 25, 2004.
-- In Their Memory --
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ADAMS -- PVT William E. (Biggie)
Company C, 15th Engineers Battalion, 9th Division
Killed in Action 14 October 1944, near the Siegfried Line, Germany
Originally buried at Henri-Chapelle, now buried at Winchester Cemetery, Kentucky
The Grandfather of Ronald Gayle Burrus, Jr.
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ALBRIGHT -- 1LT Harry Rudolph (Rudy)
Company A, 337th Infantry, 85th Division
Killed in Action 12 May, 1944, Minturno, Italy
Buried at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
The Father of Gail Albright Brown
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ALLEE -- 1LT Donald W.
422nd Night Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps
Killed in Action 19 December 1944, in Belgium
Buried at Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Belgium
The Father of Donald W. Allee (Jr.)
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AUDINET -- T/5 Clifford Eugene
Hq. Battery, 532nd AAA-AWBn (1943-1945);
Hq. & Hq. Co., 2nd Battalion, 473rd Infantry Regiment (1945)
Killed in Action 26 April, 1945, Rapallo, Italy
Buried at Florence-American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy
The Father of Patrick Joseph Audinet
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BAKER -- SGT Elmer A.
Co. K., 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th "Panther" Division
Lost 24 December 1944, S.S. Leopoldville, off Cherbourg, France
Buried at Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, MO
The Father of Sandra Joyce Baker Cardens
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BARRETT -- PFC Roy Elmo
Company L, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Killed in Action 16 November, 1944 in Hurtgen, Germany
Burial information to come
The Father of Ken Barrett
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BENNETT -- PVT Sydney Worthington
87th Mt. Infantry, 10th Mt. Division
Killed in Action 19 April, 1945 near Mongiorgio, Italy
Buried in Florence, Italy
The Father of Ann Bennett Mix,
Sydney R. Bennett, and Thomas Allen Bennett
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BOETTCHER -- S/SGT Donald E.
15th Army Air Corps 55th Bomb Wing
485th Bomb Group 828th Squadron Combat Crew 7
Died of war injuries 1-4-48, after 52 missions
Buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, IL
The Father of Terry Boettcher
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BREMER -- PVT Ludolf
Company L, 359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division, 3rd Army
Killed in Action 29 November, 1944 near Mondorf, Germany
Buried in St. Avold, France
The Father of Paul C. Bremer
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BRIGHAM -- CPL Robert W.
101st Airborne/502/HQ Reg
HQCo/Demolitions
Wounded 22 Oct 44; Died: 23 Oct 44, Dodewaard, Holland
Buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten Holland
The Father of Darla Brigham Brewer
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BROWN -- PFC John Riley
12th Cavalry
Killed in Action 9 March, 1945 near Luzon, Manila, in the Philippines
Buried at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, MN
The Father of Nancy Sue Johnson
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CANNON -- Chief Aviation Pilot Houston R.
PBY Squadron V-43
Missing in Action 25 August, 1942, in the Aleutians
Lost at Sea
The Father of Jerry Cannon
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CERVANTES -- 2LT Francis Ildelfonso
859th BS, 15th Special Group (Provisional), 15th AF
Killed in Action 9 February, 1945 near Jablanac, Yugoslavia (present day Croatia)
Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
The Father of Frank David Cervantes, M.D.
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CERVENAK -- S1c Albert M.
Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV17)
Killed in Action 11 May, 1945, offshore, at the Battle of Okinawa
Buried at Sea
The Father of Pat Cervenak Albani
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CLAWSON -- S/SGT Harry Allen
H Co., 3rd. Bn., 506th. PIR, 101st. Airborne
Killed in Action 6 October, 1945, at Opheusden, The Netherlands (MIA 1944 - 1971)
Buried at Safford, Arizona
The Father of Ronald Clawson, Sharon Clawson Porter, & Rodney Clawson
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CONNOR -- PVT George Roger
Company B, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, 3rd US Army
Killed in Action 4 January, 1945, near Wardin, Belgium (5 miles E. of Bastogne)
Buried in the US Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg
The Father of Roger McKee Connor
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CONWAY -- CPL David Leonard
38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division, Company C
Killed in Action 4/14/45, Weissenfels, Germany
Buried at American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
The Father of Geraldine Conway Morenski
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COX -- PVT Carl, Sr.
Company I, 3rd Division, 15th Infantry
Killed in Action 1 February, 1945, in the Colmar Pocket
Buried at the Epinal American Military Cemetery, Epinal, France
The Father of Janice G. Cox Proffitt
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CROUGH -- PVT Vincent Leo
Co. C, 83rd Armd Rcn Bn, 32nd Armd Regt, 3rd Armd Div., 1st Army
Killed in Action 27 February, 1945, near Grouven, Germany
Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
The Father of Daniel F. Crough
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CROWLEY -- SGT William Edward
13th AF, 307th BG, 372nd BS
Killed in Action 15 July, 1944, near Yap Island in the Pacific
Memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing, Manila,
and at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego
The Father of Sharon Crowley Edwards
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DAVIS -- PFC George T.
10th Mountain Division, 87th Infantry HQ, 3d BTN
Killed in Action 19 April, 1945, at Badia di Sopra, Italy
Buried in Lake St. Charles Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
The Grandfather of Tina M Aden
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DOHERTY -- PFC Francis Henry (Bud)
Company L, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, 7th Army
Killed in Action 29 March, 1945, near Aschaffenburg, Germany
Buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
The Father of Edward J. Doherty
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DONLEY -- PVT Paul E.
Anti-Tank Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Killed in Action 16 August, 1944
Buried in Tuscola, IL
The Father of Dolores "Kay" Donley
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DOUGLASS -- PFC Charles Arthur "Chick"
Third Army, 4th Armored Div., 53rd AIB, CO B, 3rd Platoon
Killed in Action 31 March, 1945, near Vacha, Germany
Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, East Sumner, Maine
The Father of Judith Laura Douglass Nowak
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DOWNING -- PFC D.F. "Mort"
19th Infantry, 24th Division, 1st. Bn., Co. C, Third Platoon, 4th. Squad
Killed in Action 13 June, 1945, Mandog Hill, Mindanao, Philippines
Buried in the American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
The Father of Doris Downing Miller
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DUKE -- PVT James Dotson
First Army, 1st Division, 16th Infantry, Co. "G"
Killed in Action 20 November, 1944, Aachen, Germany
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, in Birmingham, Alabama
The Father of Jamie and Madelyn Duke
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EAST -- MAJ Joe Clifton
91st Coast Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
Buried at Sea 15 January, 1945
Somewhere off Formosa
The Father of Sue East Webster
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ECKARD -- PFC Franklin Glenn, Sr.
Co. A, 317th Inf. 80th Div.
Killed in Action 28 November, Farebersviller, France
Buried in Icard, North Carolina
The Father of Frank Eckard
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EDMANDS -- LTCMDR Allan Christie "Ace"
Skipper, Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT5) of Task Force 58.2
Killed in Action 19 March 1945 on the carrier U.S.S. Franklin, off the coast of Japan
Buried at Sea
The Father of Mary Christine Edmands Barrett, Allan Christie Edmands, Jr., and Anna Jane ("Janna") Hawes Yarnot
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ELLIOTT -- CPL Franklin Maynard "Bud"
Company A, 741st Tank Battalion
Killed in Action 6 June, 1944 on Omaha Beach
Buried in Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent/Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Grave 1, Section L, Row 16
The Father of Rondy Elliott
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FINCH -- 2LT David Baird
17th Inf 7th Div
Killed in Action 13 November, 1944 on Leyete, Philippines
Buried in the Manila American Cemetery
The Father of Baird (Barry) Otis Barr
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FRINKS -- PVT Charles O. (Charlie)
44th Cavalry Mechanized Recon Squadron
Killed in Action 17 April, 1945 in Salzwedel, Germany
Buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
The Father of Charles Purvis Frinks and Jean Frinks Reid
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GAFFNEY -- 2LT George Philip, Jr.
35th Fighter Group, 41st Fighter Squadron
Missing in Action 11 March, 1944 in New Guinea; Found 26 June, 1998
Buried June 9th, 1999 at Arlington National Cemetery
The Father of Patricia Gaffney Kindig
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GALLOWAY -- TEC 5 Orville C.
300th Engineers Combat Battalion
Missing in Action 16 June, 1944 in the English Channel
Memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge Cemetery, England
The Father of Doris Galloway Hutson
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GRAY -- PFC Harry C.
54th Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division, 3rd Army
Killed in Action 20 March, 1945, Landau, Germany
Buried Plot H Row 6 Grave 87, Luxembourg American Cemetery
The Father of Elizabeth (Betty) Gray Hendricks
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GWIN -- PFC Ervin L.
First Army, 28th Infantry, Company L
Killed in Action 11 April, 1945, near Meinerzhagen, Germany
Buried at Margraten; later returned to Greenlawn Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri
The Father of Bonnie (Gwin) Cooper
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HALVERSON -- 1LT Kenneth Vernon Halverson
U.S. Army Air Corps
Killed in Action 7 November, 1944, on Mount Tournette, France
Buried at Elk Point Cemetery, Elk Point, South Dakota
The Father of Barbara Halverson Henry
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HAMILTON -- CPL Victor Winston
420th AAF 320th Wing, T/SQD
Killed 11 May, 1945, Mendocino, CA
Buried at the Evergreen Cemetery Hillside, New Jersey
The Grandfather of Trisha Hamilton-Leo
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HAPP -- 1LT Lee Morris, Jr.
Fourth Marine Division, 24th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company
Killed in Action between 19-28 June 1944, Saipan Island, Marianas Group, South Pacific
Buried at the National Cemetery, Hawaii
The Father of Olivia Tatum Pope Happ Pendleton Young
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HARDING -- 1LT Robert Joseph, Sr.
Company D, 1st BN, 115th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division
Wounded in Action 5 August 1944, died 6 August 1944 at St. Martin de Tallevende, Normandy, France
Buried at Pinelawn National Cemetery, Long Island, NY
The Father of Robert J. Harding, Jr.
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HIGGINS -- PFC George Francis
358th Inf, 90th Division
Killed in Action 16 March, 1945 near Halsenbach, Germany
Buried at the Luxembourg Cemetery
The Father of George "Pete" Higgins, Jr.
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HILL -- PFC Joseph Fletcher
101st Airborne, 502 HQ Regt. Demolitions
Killed in Action 22 October, 1944 near Dodewaard, Holland
Buried at Netherland American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Reburied April 30, 2001, Graceland Memorial Gardens, Milford, Ohio, U.S.A,
The Father of Bobbie Hill Mues
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HOLLIDAY -- CPT Karl O.
Battery Commander, HQ Battery, 561st Field Artillery Battalion
Killed in Action 13 April, 1945 near Klotz, Germany
Buried at the American Military Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
The Father of Bob Holliday
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HOPKINS -- 1LT Charles E., Jr.
7th AF, 11BG, 98BS
Missing in Action 20 January, 1944 in a B-24 in the South Pacific; declared KIA 1948
Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Punch Bowl in Honolulu, HA
The Father of Penny Sue Hopkins LeGrand
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HOUSE -- 1LT Alton L.
6th. Armored Division, Troop C, 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized
Killed in Action 5 August, 1944, in Brittany
Buried at the Brittany Military Cemetery, St. James, France
The Father of Chari L. House
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HUBBARD -- PVT Melvin T.
194th Field Artillery BN, Battery C
Died 9 October, 1946
Buried at Mount Tabor Churchyard, Florence, Alabama
The Father of Ruth Hubbard Malone
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ISRAEL -- SGT Robert (Rudy) Israel
1st Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, Company G
KIA 23 February, 1945, in the Kasserine Pass
Buried in New York
The Father of Sheila Israel Lobel
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JACKSON -- CPT Earl L.
84th Infantry Division, 334th Infantry Regiment, Co C
KIA 23 February, 1945 near the Roer River, Germany
Originally buried at Margraten; now buried in Makanda, Illinois
The Father of Shirley Jackson McKinney
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JOHNSON -- 2LT David Selby Johnson
782nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Army
KIA 12 April, 1945
Luxembourg Memorial, BNR
The Father of Susan Johnson Hadler
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JOHNSON -- PVT Homer Carroll
Co. H, 54th Bn, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
KIA 13 May, Mothers Day, 1945
Buried at Portales, NM
The Father of Carroll Jean Johnson Curry, Donna Fay Johnson, and Thomas Lee Johnson
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JONES -- CPL William Kermit
9th Air Force, 409th Bomb Group, 642nd Bomb Sqdn
KIA 23 January, 1945; Crashed at Stolzembourg, Luxembourg
Buried at American Cemetery, Hamm
The Father of Elizabeth Ellen Jones
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KAUFMAN -- CPL Perlee McKinley, Jr.
8th Infantry Division, 13th Regiment, Company L
KIA 22 December, 1944; Bergstein, Germany
Buried until 1948 at Margraten; now buried in Newman Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
The Father of David L. Kaufman
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KINDIG -- MAJ Earl Robert
Field Artillery, Regular Army
Commanding Officer, 121st Field Artillery BN, 32nd Infantry Division
MIA 7 February, 1944, Saidor, New Guinea
Remains recovered and interred at Arlington National Cemetery, 30 October, 2001
The Father of Michael Robert Kindig
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KING -- SGT Fred E.
Company "H," 41st Armored Infantry, 2nd Armored (Hell on Wheels) Division
Killed in Action 19 November, 1944, in Puffendorf, Germany
Buried at the Netherlands American Military Cemetery (Margraten)
The Father of Frank Lemual King
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KINGERY -- PVT Morris Harold
41st Armd Inf 2nd Armored (Hell on Wheels) Division Co G 3rd BN
Killed in Action 27 November 1944, Merzenhausen, Germany
Buried at the Netherlands American Military Cemetery (Margraten)
The Father of Carla Kingery Holcomb
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LANE -- MAJ Robert A.
S-2, Intelligence, Combat Command B, 2nd Armored Division
Killed in Action 23 August, 1944, Conche, France (Normandy)
Buried at the American Normandy Cemetery
The Father of Sandra Lane Walker
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LARSON -- PFC Duane
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Batallion A, 503rd Regimental Combat Team
Killed in Action 26 February, 1945, on Corregidor
Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Niles, Michigan
The Father of Dolane Larson
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LeCOMPTE -- F/O Howard E. LeCompte, Jr.
8th AAF, 306th Bomb Group, 367th Bomb Squadron
Killed in Action April 14, 1945, on the Isle of Man
Buried at the Oak Lawn Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
The Father of Sylvia Ann LeCompte Torbett; Grandfather of Kim A. Sumek
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LE COMTE -- S/SGT George J.
B-24 Tail Gunner, 8th and 15th Air Forces
Killed in Action December 11, 1944, over Vienna, Austria
Buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Northwestern Illinois
The Grandfather of Kathy Le Comte Lupton
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LEIST -- S/SGT Leroy Ernest "Babe"
418th Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, 8th AF
Missing in action, 4 February, 1944, Walcheron Island, Holland
Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten Holland
The Father of Adrian Leist Caldwell
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LINK -- PFC Leonard L.
Co. A, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th (Ivy) Division, First Army
Killed in action, 20 January, 1945, in Luxembourg, Battle of the Bulge
Buried in West Grove Cemetery, Forreston, IL
The Father of Leonard, Jr., and Robert Link
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LINNE -- SGT Walter John
14th Armored Division, 47th Tank Battalion, B Company, B-11
Killed in Action 24 March, 1945, near Germersheim on the Rhine, Germany
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Father of Walter Paul Linne and John George Linne
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LOBDELL -- 2LT Kenneth Cameron
Army Air Corps, 99th Bomb Squad, 9th Bombardment Group
Killed in Action 30 March, 1945, Tinian Island, Marianas, South Pacific
Buried in Hartland, VT
The Father of Joy Wallace
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MALONE -- PVT Richard J.
9th army, 30th Division, 119th Infantry, Company B
Killed in Action 24 March, 1945, on the Rhine Crossing, Germany
Buried at the American Military Cemetery at Margraten in The Netherlands
The Father of Kathleen Ann Malone Prantner, Mary Esther Malone Woerner
and Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth Malone
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MARNETTE -- Thomas Haynes
168th Inf div 34th Div 3rd BN Co I
Killed in Action 29 March, 1943, in the Fondhouk Pass, Tunisia, North Africa
Buried North Africa Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
The father of Diane Marnette Sagen
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MARTIN -- T/SGT Johnnie H., Jr.
8th AF, 491st BG(H), 854th BS
Killed in Action 26 November, 1944, near Minden, Germany
Buried at the Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
The Father of Kay Martin Sandhoff
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McCARTNEY -- 1/SGT George Daniel
6th U.S. Army; 9th U.S. Army Corp of Engineers; 2nd Engineer Special Brigade,
115th Engineer Battalion, Company C, Company F, 532d Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
Died 1 April 1952
Buried at Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview, Illinois
The Father of Georgia Kay McCartney
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McCLEARY -- 2LT Lorin David, Jr.
838th BS, 487th BG, 8th AF, B-24 Liberator
Killed in Action 11 May, 1944, Chateaudum, France
Buried at New Albany National Cemetery, IN
The Father of Lorin Mccleary, III
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McELVAIN -- SGT Walter William
44th Infantry Division, Signal Company
Died 26 Jan, 1946, Percy Jones Army Hospital
Buried at Valhalla Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana
The Father of Walter William McElvain, Jr.
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MEEHAN -- 1LT Thomas III
E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Killed in Action 6 June 44 over Ste. Mere-Eglise, Normandy
Buried in a mass grave at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO
The Father of Barrie Meehan Meller
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MOCKUS -- 2LT John Peter
368th Sq 306th BGH, B 17 Co-Pilot
Killed in Action 15 Dec, 1944, Returning to England
Buried in England
The Father of Pat Mockus and Mary Mockus Shipler
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MORRIS -- PVT Bernard Lee
279th Replacement Company 85th Infantry
KIA 11 February 45, LST 577 in Philippine Sea,
Remains not recovered off the Philippine Islands
The Father of Tom Morris
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MORRISON -- 2LT Donald Schoenwether
15th AF, 454th Bombardment Group, 736th Bombardment Squadron
Killed in Action 19 March 1944 on a mission near Cerkvenjak, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Buried at Jefferson Barracks Memorial Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
The Father of Donita Morrison Troglio
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MOTT -- PFC Garner William
Company K, 1st Platoon, 3rd BN, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Killed in Action 7 May 1945 at the Battle of Okinawa
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris, Ohio
The Father of Nick Mott
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NELSON -- LT (jg) James Bruton
Pilot of an Avenger, based on the USS Croatan (VC-42)
MIA/KIA 28 March 1944 in the North Atlantic
Lost at Sea, Memorial services held aboard USS Croatan
Formal military service held May 25, 2003 in Uvalde, TX
The Father of Patricia Nelson Fitch
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NICHOLS -- 1LT James F., Jr.
95th Infantry Division, 358th FABn in support of 378 Infantry Regiment
KIA 5 March 1945, near Rheinhausen, Germany
Buried in Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Oklahoma
The Father of Susan Nichols Linville
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NOBLE -- PFC Russell Philip "Bud"
Supply Squadron, 17th Air Depot Group, U.S. Army Air Corps
Killed in an accident 23 April 1943, near Benghazi, Libya
Buried in the American Military Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
The Father of Phyllis Eleanore Noble; Grandfather of Zachary Noble Kmiec
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OTT -- PFC Maurice Joseph
ll6th Infantry, 29th Division
KIA 22 June 1944, near St. Lo, France
Buried in Clearfield Cemetery, Clearfield, PA
The Father of Janice Ott Buterbaugh
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PARKINSON -- PFC Howard W.
71st Infantry Division, 66th Infantry Regiment, Co K
Drowned 7 June 1945, near Gersten, Austria
Memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
The Father of Sandra K. Parkinson Wical and Susan C. Parkinson Hoover
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PEIRSON -- 1LT John Silas Sheffield
290th Regiment, 75th Infantry Division
Killed in Action 25 December, 1944 at La Roumiere, Battle of the Bulge
Buried at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
The Father of Rik Peirson
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PHELAN -- PFC John William "Jack"
3rd Army, 5th Inf. Div., 2nd Inf. Rgt., 2nd Bn., Co. "G"
Killed in Action 10 November, 1944, near Metz, France
Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, near Utica, NY
The Father of John William Phelan, Jr.
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PILLER -- PVT Frank Joseph
I Company, 3rd Battalion, 363rd Infantry Regiment,
91st Infantry Division
Killed in Action 8 July, 1944, Near Vada, Italy
Buried at Florence Cemetery Via Cassia, H-6-13, Italy
The Father of Kathey Ames
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RADCLIFF -- SGT Ernest Gilbert
55th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group
Lost 5/26/45, between San Marcelino, Luzon and Peleilu
Memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery
The Father of Patricia Arlene Temte
and Grandfather of Kristin Temte Neely
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RAMIREZ -- PVT Maximiliano S.
K Company, 3rd Battalion, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Killed in Action 2 October, 1944
Memorialized at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avoid (Moselle).
The Father of Victoria Ramirez Adams
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RAREY -- CPT George W.
379th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force
Killed in Action on a Mission 27 June, 1944
Burial information to come.
The Father of Damon Rarey
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RATLIFF -- PVT Ova Wendell
110th Infantry, 28th Division, Company C
Killed in Action 14 November, 1944, near Vossenack, Germany
Buried at Flatwoods Cemetery, at Woodsbend, Kentucky.
The Father of Thomas G. Ratliff
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RENO -- CPL Robert V.
Third Army, 71st Division, 14th Infantry, Co. E., 1st Platoon
Killed in Action 1 April, 1945, in Germany
Interment St. Avold, France; Final Resting Place, Winchester, IN;
Memorialized in Coldwater, Ohio
The Father of Roberta R. (Brigitt) Caito and Robert E. Reno
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RICKETSON -- AMM3c Jacob "J.E."
Torpedo Squadron, Air Group 17, USS HORNET
Killed in Action 7 April 1945 in the East China Sea, off the coast of Kyushu, Japan
Memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Father of Elaine Ricketson Danks
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RIRIE -- LT Otis Milton
Sixth Air Force, 26th Fighter Command, 51st. Fighter Squadron.
Killed in Action 8 December, 1944 in the Panama Canal Zone
Buried in Memorial Park National Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Father of Carolyn Ririe Lofgren
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ROBERTS -- 2LT Edmund Hunt, Jr.
Army Air Corps, 7th Air Force, 30th Bomb Group, 27th Bomb Squad
Killed in Action 26 December, 1943
Memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Father of Susan Kent Roberts Chadd
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ROODENBURG -- MAJ William Henry
33rd Fighter Group, Headquarters Squadron
Killed in Action 11 January, 1943
Buried at the North Africa Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunisia
The Father of Susan Jane Roodenburg Perko
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ROSEN -- Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Samuel
U.S.S. Spence
Killed in Action 18 December, 1944
Buried at Sea off the Philippine Islands
The Father of A. Eric Rosen
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ROWMAN -- 2LT Theodore
8th Armored Division, 106th Cavalry Recon Squad
Killed in Action 15 October, 1944, near Foret-de-Parroy, France
Buried in Epinal Cemetery, France
The Father of JoAnne Rowman Morrissey
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SAVARD -- 2LT Godfrey Joseph
Company A, 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division, 5th Army
Died 22 October, 1945, near Leghorn, Italy
Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Florence, Italy, C-3-9
The Father of Bill Chiodo
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SCALF -- PFC Andrew James
455th Anti Aircraft Artillery and 137th Infantry, 35th Division
Killed in Action 27 February, 1945, in Gerderath, Germany
Buried at the American Military Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
The Father of Brenda Scalf Burchfield
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SCHARAS -- CPL George H.
Company "M", 327th Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
Died 30 April, 1945
Buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France
The Father of Doris Portley
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SCHROEDER -- LT Paul Gerhardt
USS Bunker Hill (CV17)
Killed in Action 11 May, 1945, off Okinawa
Buried at Sea, 12 May, 1945
The Father of Thomas G. Souders
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SHIELDS -- PVT James Charles, Jr.
2nd Battalion, Company M, 24th Division's 34th Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action 5 February, 1945
Buried at Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Florida.
The Father of James C. Shields, III and Robert Gary Shields
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SHIELDS -- CWO John Coleman
41st Div., 162nd Infantry Band, Bandmaster
Died 6 December, 1943
Buried at Golden Gate Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
The Father of Phyllis "Chickie" Shields Berry
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SMITH -- 2LT Luther Allen
88th Infantry Division, 313th Engineer Battalion, Company B
Killed in Action 15 July, 1944 in Legoli, Italy
Buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
The Father of Frederick T. Smith and Robert A. Smith
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STOVER -- Chief Steward Fred A.
Timothy Pickering, of the American President Lines
Lost at Sea, 13 July 1943, off the coast of Sicily, Italy
Memorial Information to come
The Father of Wilma Stover Bergeret
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STRAHLENDORF -- 1LT Harry William
404th Squadron, 371st Fighter Group
Killed in Action 24 June, 1944
Buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Father of Harry Strahlendorf, Jr.
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TALHELM -- PVT Roy Upton
G Co., 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Wounded 8 June, 1944; Died 12 June, 1944
Buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer/
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France, Plot C, Row 9, Grave 32
The Father of Donna Talhelm Allen
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TANNENBAUM -- PVT Henry Irving
F Co., 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Killed in Action 11 January, 1945, Near Ottre, Belgium
Originally buried at Henri-Chapelle in Belgium
Now buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York
The Father of Samuel Victor Tannenbaum
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TESORIERO -- PVT Anthony
179th Infantry
Killed in Action 13 April, 1945, Quickborn, Germany
Originally buried in Quickborn, Germany
Now buried at Farmingdale National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York
The Father of Josephine Del Pino and Grace D'Ambra
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THIER -- 1LT Joseph Jerome
1st Infantry Regiment, M Co. 3rd Btn, 6th Infantry Division
Killed in Action 17 January, 1945, Urdaneta, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York
The Father of Mary Ruth Thier Klimow
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TIEMANN -- Edgar Benjamin "Boots"
1st Army, 16th Infantry, 3rd Battalion, Company L, The Big Red One
Killed in Action 17 April, 1945, Tanne, Germany
Originally buried at Margraten Cemetery, Holland.
Now buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Alton, Illinois.
The Father of Vivian Castellano, Edgar R. Tiemann, and Patricia Fabri
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TINLEY -- CPT Charles D.
54th Signal Maintenance Company Philippine Islands, 429th Signal Corps
Died 2 February, 1943, Osaka, Japan
Buried at Arlington National cemetery
The Father of Nancy Tinley Brown
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THOMAS -- PFC Morris L.
506th. PIR, 101st. Airborne Division
Missing in Action Oct. 1944 - Dec. 1971; Killed in Action: 6 October 1944 at Opheusden, The Netherlands
Buried in Westfield, NY
The Father of Brenda Kightlinger
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TOFIL -- PFC John Jacob
77th Division, 305th Infantry, 2nd Platoon, Company L
Wounded: 17 Dec., 1944; Died: 19 Dec., 1944 -- Leyte Island, Philippine Islands
Buried in Manila American Cemetery; Plot N, Row 12, Grave 192
The Father of Monica (Tofil) Fleisch, and Gertrude (Tofil) Wentsler
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TOLAR -- PVT Fred H.
I Company, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Army
Killed in Action 20 September, 1944, near Schlausenbach, Germany
Originally buried at Fosse #1, Belgium;
reburied 4/49, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman, KS
The Father of Cindy Tolar Schierling
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WEBSTER -- SGT Daniel W.
Co D and Co A, 16th Infantry, 1st Division (Big Red One)
Killed in Action 12 September, 1944, in Aachen, Germany
Originally buried at Fosse #1, Belgium;
reburied 1948, Willowbrook Cemetery in Fisher, IL
The Father of Terry Webster Davis
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WEXLER -- SSGT Philip J.
Company M, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Div. (Red Arrow)
Killed in Action 25 July, 1945, Senipsip, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Buried at Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, NY.
The Father of Alan Wexler
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WHELAN -- 1LT Peter L.
12th AAF, 27th Fighter/Bomber Group, H.Q.
Killed in Action 11 September, 1944, on Mt. d' Annoisin, France
Originally buried 12 September, l944 in Cremieu, France; reburied 25 Dec. '44 in Luynes
Military Cemetery, France Final burial 29 May, 1948, Henderson, Kentucky
The Father of Ann Whelan O'Connor
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WIEGAND -- PFC Frank H.
34th Inf. 24th Div. Co "B"
Killed in Action May 9, 1945, near Bancal, Mindanao
Buried at Manila American Cemetery, The Philippines
The Father of Dianne (Wiegand) Baczynski
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WIGNALL -- PFC William H.
80th Infantry Division
Killed in Action 4 December, 1944 near the village of Farebersviller, France
Buried at the Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France
The Father of Jeff Wignall
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WILDERMUTH -- AMM3/c Howard Wayne
U.S. Navy, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB 42
Killed February 23, 1946, en route from Rio de Janiero
Buried at the Lincoln Highway Cemetery, Aurora, IL
The Father of Kathie Wildermuth Gray and Janice Wildermuth Printy
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WILKES -- 1LT Floyd Wilson
U.S. Army Air Forces, 402nd Bomber Squadron 502nd Bomber Group
Missing in Action 9 July, 1945, Northwest of Guam
Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu, Hawaii
The Father of Cheryl Lynn Wilkes
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WILKINS -- PVT Howard Russell
1st Marines, U.S. Marine Corps
Killed in Action 22 May, 1945 on Okinawa
Buried at Honolulu, Hawaii
The Father of Ted Wilkins, Sr.
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WILMETH -- PFC Tom T.
Co. 'B' 17th Armored Infantry Battalion
Killed in Action 22 April, 1945, near Munich, Germany
Buried at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
The Father of Karolyn Wilmeth Hendrix, Tom Wilmeth and Donna Wilmeth McLaren
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ZIESKE -- 1LT Clarence Eugene (Bud)
374th Fighter Squadron, 361th Fighter Group
Killed in Action 12 August, 1944 Rosieres Airfield near Amiens, France
Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC
The Father of Joseph Mack Zieske Ormond
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ZUCCARELLA -- S/SGT Rocco Michael
8th Armored Division 49 AIB, Company A
Killed in Action 8 April, 1945, Werl, Germany
Buried at American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
The Father of Gloria Catherine Zuccarella Borell Layne


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