WORLD
WAR II
1939-1945
This
is the beginning of a compilation of family members who
served in the American, Canadian and British forces
during World War II. More names will be added over time,
along with service photos, when possible.
Those whose names appear in red died during
the war.
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- Addie (Hanson) 1922-2009
Marine Corps Women's Reserve; of San Francisco,
Salinas and San Jose, Calif.; Des Moines, Iowa;
Charlotte, N.C.; Overland Park, Kan.; and
Starbuck, Minn.
[01-09346] Wife of Glenn Clyde
She graduated from the Marine Corps' radio
service school and served on the West Coast,
primarily at the shipyards in Bremerton, Wash.,
assisting with the provisioning of supply ships
headed for the South Pacific. Her obituary.
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- Alfred
"Truman" Truman 1920-1999
Army; of Lumberton, N.C.
[08-00239] Alfred Truman, Alfred, Truman,
Thomas Truman, Thomas, Thomas, Job, John, John
He served in the 82nd "Golden Acorn"
division in Gen. Patton's 3rd Army and received
the Silver and Bronze stars for his actions
during the Battle of the Bulge. His obituary.
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- Archibald
Luther
1893-1990
colonel; of San Diego, Calif.
[03-00301] Edmund Fairfield, Horatio
"Harvey" Plum, Linus Smith, Joshua,
Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
Served with the coast artillery. A career
soldier, he also served in World War I
and the Korean
War.
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- Arthur Frederick
1923-1976
corporal, Army; of Canandaigua, Shortsville and
Clifton Springs, N.Y.
[02-08797] Milton Lee, Edward George, George
A., Alanson, Alanson, Abner, Nehemiah, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was stationed in India and, according to his
hometown newspaper, "was unable to return
home with his division because he was ill with
fever in the hospital there." He was buried
at Riverview Cemetery in Phelps, N.Y.
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- Arthur Hawley
1917-
lieutenant, Navy; of Chicago, Ill.
[05-01641] Arthur Hawley, Joseph Elliott,
Samuel Ward, David, David, Joseph, Joseph, Isaac,
John, John
He was a signal man during the Battle of Iwo
Jima.
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- Arthur Leroy 1924-2006
medic and rifleman, Army; of Milford, Conn.
[08-01680] Ernest Frank, Frank B., Henry
"Harry" W., Henry Charles, Henry,
Hezekiah, Hezekiah, Job, John, John
He served in the 115th Infantry and saw action in
northern France, the Rhineland and Central
Europe. He received the Good Conduct and Victory
medals, the American Theater Campaign Ribbon and
the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
Campaign Ribbon. His obituary.
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- Arthur W. 1926-2006
private, Army, seaman, Navy
[13-04047] Ira, --?--
He was buried in Phoenix at the National Memorial
Cemetery of Arizona. His inscription says that he
was a private 1st class in the Army and a seaman
in the Navy; he served in World War II and the Korean War, but
I'm not sure which service in which war.
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- Arnold 1913-1942
able seaman of Royal Navy; of Oswaldtwistle,
Lancashire, England
Unplaced
Assigned to the H.M.S. President III (lost
with the S.S. Dayrose). His name appears
on the Plymouth Naval Memorial at Devon.
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Billy
Gene 1921-1994
Army
[08-01588] Arthur Hugh, Leander Burton,
Timothy Truman, Timothy, Mark, Job, John, John
He was buried at Arlington Memory Gardens in
Oklahoma City.
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- Betty Jane (Kurtz) 1923-
staff sergeant, Civil Air Patrol; of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
[02-04600] Wife of Marty Willis
She oversaw cadets and nurses in basic training.
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- Bruce
Richard
1922-2012
Army Air Corps; of Los Angeles, Greenbrae and
Novato, Calif.
[03-00684] Leslie Irving, Burton Munroy,
Munroy D., Harvey Harry, Asaph, Asaph, Jonathan,
Joshua, John, John
A 1940 graduate of Lake Elsinore, Calif., Naval
and Military Academy, he joined the Air Corps and
became a pilot and flight instructor for the P61
Black Widow Night Fighter. He was commissioned at
Luke Field, Ariz., in March of 1944. His obituary.
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- Burton Alfred 1922-2005
TEC 4, Army; of Middletown and Durham, Conn., and
Lake Worth, Fla.
[10-00342] Willis Isaac, Frederick M.,
Horace, Joel, Joel, Joel, John, John
He was a technician in the Army, and was buried
at the State Veterans Cemetery at Middletown. His
obituary.
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Calvin
1908-1961
private, Army; of Denver.
[02-08355] William, Matthew, Daniel Webster,
Hiel, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He was a member of the 24th Infantry Division and
was awarded a Bronze Star. He was buried at Ft.
Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo.
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- Calvin
'Ursel'
Ursel 1922-2012
Army; of Mackinaw, Ill., Rensselaer, Ind., and
Mesa, Ariz.
[02-02956] Earl Calvin, Lyman Seth, Giles,
Seth, Giles, Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was a forward observer in Patton's 3rd Army
87th Division, 336th Field Artillery Battalion,
Battery B and saw action in the Battle of the
Bulge, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe, as
well as the liberation of the Buchenwald
concentration camp He was buried at Rensselaer's
Weston Cemetery. His obituary.
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- Carl Everett 1926-2009
Navy; of Coalmont and Chattanooga, Tenn.
[02-04406] William "Bryan," Newland
Muhlenburg, Henson Greenland, Aladdin
"Burg," John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He served from May, 1944, through June, 1946. He
completed construction battalion training and
served on a landing-craft infantry gun ship. He
saw action in France and Germany. His obituary.
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- Carl Lavier 1907-1988
fireman, 1st class, Navy; of Waldron, Mich.
[03-01908] Alonzo T., Homer, Alonzo, Erastus
K., Joshua, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
He was buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery in
Augusta, Mich.
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- Carlton Albert 1917-2004
sergeant, Army; of Rome, N.Y.
[02-02927] Charles Edward, Albert Eugene,
Charles, Philo, Amos, Nehemiah, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Lee Valley Cemetery in Lee, N.Y.
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- Channing Barret
1911-1983
of Lambertville, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio
[03-01627] Olin Earl, Erastus K., Erastus K.,
Joshua, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
He was taken prisoner by the Nazis and held at
Stalag XII A in Germany from Nov. 27, 1944, to
May 27, 1945. This is his POW picture.
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- Charles A. 1929-2011
Army; of Tulsa, Okla., and Maysville, Ark.
[02-07926] William Alvis (?),
William Irvin, Robert, John, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He saw action in Germany near the end of the war.
He was buried at Maysville Cemetery. His obituary.
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- Charles Blakeslee 1927-2010
of Meriden, Conn., and Waldoboro, Bar Harbor and
Jefferson, Maine
[02-05174] Samuel Blakeslee,
Charles Ives, Samuel Blakeslee, Leander, Solomon,
Roswell, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He served in Germany. His obituary.
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- Charles
Carroll
1926-1998
Army Air Corps; of North Manchester, Muncie and
Rochester, Ind.
[13-00854] Otto M., John
Henry, William M., William C., --?--
He was buried at North Manchester's Oaklawn
Cemetery. His obituary.
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- Charles "Dan" Dan 1922-2009
master sergeant, Army Air Corps; of Durham, North
Haven, Clinton, Middletown, Conn., and
Charleston, S.C.
[10-01036] Dan Edward, Charles
Daniel, Hezekiah, Dan, Dan, Hezekiah, Joel John,
John
He served with the 366th Fighter Group, 9th Army
Air Force, according to his obituary.
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- Charles
Edmund 1919-1944
lieutenant, Army Air Forces
[10-00541] Charles Ward, Charles Ebenezer,
Asahel Sanford, Asahel, Charles, Hezekiah, Joel,
John, John
He was a pilot in the 78th Fighter Group, 84th
Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force, from June 26,
1944, until he was killed Sept. 10, 1944, when
his P-47, "The Merry
Chase," crashed at Rambrouch, Redange,
Luxembourg. He was credited with shooting down
five enemy planes and was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with
seven crosses.
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- Charles
K.
1922-2015
Navy; of Monticello, Ky., and Lincoln, Neb.
[01-04193] Dexter. Jefferson, Giles, Robert,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He served in the South Pacific aboard the vessels
USS LST-605 and USS Mifflin (APA-207). He was
buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery at
Nancy, Ky. His obituary.
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- Charles L. 1920-
?
sergeant, Army; of Illinois and St. Louis, Mo.
[13-04036] Unplaced
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- Charles
Lester
1923-2014
Marines; of Brayton, Iowa
[02-08744] Lester Dea, Myron, Byron, Richard
Franklin, Dennis A., Lemuel, Jeremiah, Lemuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic,
Cass County, Iowa. His obituary.
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- Charles Roome 1925-2012
Army; of Staten Island, N.Y., and Skillman, N.J.
[08-00348] Henry Gilbert Woodruff, Charles
Roome, Theodore Weld, Truman, Thomas Truman,
Thomas, Thomas, Job, John, John
His obituary.
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Charles
"Chuck" Roy 1919-1959
captain, Army Air Forces; of Dallas, Texas
[03-01579] Charles Roy, Frank Hebard, Charles
Rollin, Oliver, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua, John,
John
He was buried at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas,
Texas.
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- Charles W. 1911-1959
sergeant, Army
[13-05324] Unplaced
He was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Amistad,
N.M.
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- Clifford E.
1919-
private, Army; of Payne County, Okla.
Unplaced
Reported to Ft. Sill at Lawton, Okla., on Feb.
21, 1944.
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- Clifton Hester
1917-1981
private, Army; of Texas
[02-03270] Walter "Lee" Lee, George
Washington, Edward Mitchison, Samuel, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
His brother Walter also
served.
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- Clyde Deans 1885-1971
colonel; of St. Louis, Mo., and San Antonio,
Texas
[03-01017] Benjamin Franklin, Moses Edwards,
Moses, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua, John, John
He also served in World War I. He
was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
at San Antonio. His son
also served.
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- Clyde Harless 1916-1998
captain; of Houston, Texas, Annandale, Va., and
Gainesville, Fla.
[03-01020] Clyde Deans, Benjamin Franklin,
Moses Edwards, Moses, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua,
John, John
He was a Navy flier at the end of the war,
stationed in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. His father also served.
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- Dan Paul
"Pop" 1920-1999
Army; of Wooster and Wadsworth, Ohio
[02-02474] Dan Durkee, Franklin Abner,
Philander, Samuel, Samuel, Ezra, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was a member of the 20th Armored Cavalry
Division. His obituary.
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Dan
Stallings 1925-1993
coxswain, Navy
[13-02021] Glyndon Cherry, Robert E. Lee, -?-
He was buried at Houston's National
Cemetery.
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- Daniel Alfred 1923-2005
corporal, Army Air Forces and Air Force; of
Minneapolis and Poulsbo, Wash.
[03-02008] Daniel A., David H., Silas,
Augustus, Truman, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John,
John
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces and served 25
years, retiring from the Air Force in 1968. He
served in Burma, India and China. His obituary.
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- David Burtis 1916-1979
captain, Army Air
Forces; of Guilford, Conn.; Seattle, Wash.;
Denver, Colo.; Clovis, N.M.; Harrington, Kan.;
Omaha, Neb.; and Oklahoma City, Okla.
[05-01635] David Valentine, Frank Ward, David
Kirtland, David, David, Joseph, Joseph, Isaac,
John, John
He was a Japanese prisoner of war for five months
in Rangoon, Burma, and was liberated by British
forces. In 1949, he served as flight engineer on
the Lucky Lady II, the B-50 superfort which made
the first nonstop flight around the world. As a
member of the Air Force, he was stationed at the
Strategic Air Command at Bellevue, Neb. He was
buried at Oklahoma City's Resurrection Memorial
Cemetery.
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- David C.
1923-2003
corporal, Army Air Forces; of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Chicago, Ill.
[13-03794] Daniel A., --?--
In 1943, he began his service in China, Burma and
India, and returned home in 1946. See his obituary.
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David Freeland
1924-1998
corporal, Marines; of Oshkosh, Wis., Emporia,
Kan., and Las Vegas, Nev.
[10-00375] Gale Freeland, Freeland
"Fred" E., Nathaniel Blanchard, John
Orcutt, Hezekiah, Simeon, Hezekiah, Joel, John,
John
He was buried at Cemetery Park in Iron Mountain,
Mich.; his obituary.
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- Donald Edward 1920-1976
Army Air Forces; of Mount Vernon, Ill., Downey,
Calif., and Baton Rouge La.
[03-01057] Benjamin Edward, George
Washington, Moses Edwards, Moses, Oliver,
Jonathan, Joshua, John, John
His April 1, 1942, enlistment records at Peoria,
Ill., state that he was employed as a shipping
and receiving clerk, and had one year of college.
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- Donald Eugene 1916-1994
Army; of Vayland, S.D., Shawnee and Lusk, Mont.,
Miller, S.D., and Billings, Mont.
[02-05351] Archie John, James Wilbur, Melvin
Augustus, Ellsworth, Sylvanus, John, Jeremiah,
Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was stationed in Colorado and Texas.
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- E.E.
Army Air Forces
Unplaced
I don't know who this man is ... I just have a picture of him
believed to have been taken in Texas. If you have
any information on him, please email
me.
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- Earl Kenneth 1916-
Army; of Canton and Peoria, Ill.
[03-01056] Benjamin Edward, George
Washington, Moses Edward, Moses, Oliver,
Jonathan, Joshua, John, John)
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- Edward
private, Army; of St. Louis.
Unplaced
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- Edward C.
2nd lieutenant, Army; of Cole County, Mo.
[03-01028] Edward G., Moses Edward, Moses
Edwards, Moses, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua, John,
John)
Killed in action.
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- Edward
Lincoln
1906-2002
1st sergeant, Army; of Milford, Conn., and
Falmouth, Maine
[02-0494] Edward Lincoln, Joel
Cruttenden, Joel, Joel, John, John, John, John,
John, John)
He mustered out between Sept. 26 and 30, 1945, at
Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass. His obituary.
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- Edward "Ted" Tryon
1925-2001
Marines; of Rye, N.Y., Sarasota, Fla., and
Rockland, Maine
[02-02985] Allan Edward,
Edward Kibbe, Calvin Zina, Zina, Elihu,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John)
"An officer." Also served in the Korean War.
His obituary.
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Edwin Crable
1922-2012
Army Air Corps; of Holdenville, Okla., and
Oakland, Calif.
[02-06196] Joseph "Henry" Henry,
John Henry, John, Samuel, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John)
He enlisted Jan. 27, 1943. He was buried at
Holdenville Cemetery. His obituary.
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Elizabeth "Betty" (Ross)
1925-2008
medical corps, Army; of Philadelphia, Pa., and
Sioux Falls, S.D.
[02-07429]
She entered the Army in February, 1945, and met
her future husband, Roy Joseph
Parmley (Lockey, James A., Garner
"John" J., Richard, Ephraim, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), who
was an ambulance driver. She was discharged in
August, 1946. She was buried Hills of Rest
Memorial Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. Her obituary.
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Elliot
"Hodie" Lester 1925-1991
Army; of Granby and Hartland, Conn.
[01-08568] Gladwin Earle, Hubert
"Burt," Frederick H., Sylvester,
Nathaniel, Elihu, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Hartland's East
Hartland Cemetery.
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Elvis
Eugene 1916-2006
private, Army; of McCleansboro, Ill.
[01-05525] Austin Eugene, Andrew Mullen,
Thomas Henry, James, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at McCleansboro's
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Elwood E. 1916-2005
Army; of Venice, N.Y.
[13-05006] Ernest, James, --?--
His obituary.
He was buried at East Venice Cemetery.
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- Emmert "Jess" Orval
1923-2017
Army; of Butterfield, Mo., and Antioch, Calif.
[01-03567] Emmett Orval, John Reed, John,
Richard, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He enlisted Dec. 22, 1941, at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and served with F
Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st
Airborne Division. He saw action on D-Day,
having parachuted into
France the day before, and in the
Netherlands. His decorations
included the EMEA Campaign Medal, the Purple
Heart, and the Presidential Unit Citation. His obituary.
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- Erwin Clark
1900-1943
chief carpenter's mate, Navy; of Haddam, Conn.,
and Long Beach, Calif.
[02-00977] George Wilson, George,
Epaphroditus, Aaron, Cornelius, Josiah,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
Erwin's name appears among the Navy's dead and
missing in action at the American Cemetery at Ft.
Bonifacio, Manila, the Philippines. He was killed
in the Battle of Savo Sea on Nov. 30, 1942, and
awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross.
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- Eugene F.
1924-
of Normal, Va., and Washington, D.C.
[02-00749] Owen S., Francis "Frank"
Owen, Luman E., Lucius Seth, Seth, Giles,
Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
Saw combat at Cologne, crossed the Rhine River at
Bonn and went south, crossing the Danube River at
Inglestatt and was in Austria when the war ended.
His division liberated the Daschau and took
77,000 Germans prisoner. He was with Battery A,
911th Field Artillery Battalion attached to the
Blackhawk Division out of Illinois, attached to
the 86th Infantry Division. He also served in the
Philippines.
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- Eugene Forbes
1924-
sergeant, Army; of Normal, Va., and Washington,
D.C.
[02-00749] Owen S., Francis "Frank"
Owen, Luman E., Lucius Seth, Seth, Giles,
Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
Battery A, 911 Field Artillery Battalion, 86th
Infantry Division. Served in France, Germany,
Austria and the Philippines.
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Felix
Maurice 1926-2006 
Army; of Nacogdoches, Texas.
[02-03384] Arch Buchanan, Isaac Buchanan,
Edward Mitchison, Samuel, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
His obituary.
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- Forrest K.
1921-1998
seaman 2nd class, Navy; of Canandaigua, N.Y.
Unplaced
He was buried at Canandaigua's Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis
Henry 1910-1978
master sergeant, Army Air Forces; of Newark,
Ohio, and Jackson, Tenn.
[08-0698] Francis Henry, Thomas Lemuel, Henry
W., Ezriah, Timothy, Mark, Job, John, John
He was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Paris,
Tenn.
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- Francis L.
1919-2008
Army; of Winsted, Conn., and Port Saint Lucie,
Fla.
[08-01549] Frank Louis, Chester Nelson,
Frederick David, William Cockfield, Solomon,
Mark, Mark, Job, John, John
Coast artillery. He was buried at Winsted's
Forest View Cemetery. His obituary.
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- Frank Thomas 1909-1989
Army; of Flushing and Lansing, Mich.,
Minneapolis, Minn., and Mason, Mich.
[03-02297] George Mortimer, Thomas M., Thomas
Jefferson, Timothy, Bryan, Jonathan, Joshua,
John, John
He mustered at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minn.,
in 1942, but refused enlistment. He was assigned
supervisor at a TNT manufacturing plant in Point
Pleasant, W.Va., for the duration of the war.
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- Frederick Willis
1914-1998
Army; of New London and Norwich, Conn.
[05-01272] Clarence Frederick, Frederick
Henry, Phineas, James, Phineas, Isaac, John, John
He was a member of the Army
National Guard for more than 30 years and served
in the Army for two years during the war.
His obituary.
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- George
ca1925-
Royal Navy.
[14-00737] Austin, George, Thomas, Samuel,
Joseph, Joseph, Henry, John, Edmond, John, --?--,
Henry
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- George Barney
1906-1944
corporal, Army; of Flint, Mich.
[03-02285] Harry Leroy, George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Timothy, Bryan, Jonathan,
Joshua, John, John
He was in I Company, 314th
Infantry, 79th Division. He was killed in France.
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- George Erwin
1931-
technical sergeant, Army Air Forces; of Brunswick
and St. Simons Island, Ga.
[02-02779] Ellis Earl, George Wilson, George,
Epaphroditis, Aaron, Cornelius, Josiah,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
Living as of October, 2003.
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- Glen
Jefferson 1915-2009
Army; of Nacogdoches and Houston, Texas.
[01-03364] Isaac Davis, Isaac Buchanan,
Edward Mitchison, Samuel, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He served in the India-Burma-China Theater with
the 124th Cavalry. His obituary.
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- Glenn Clyde
1901-1972
Army; of Oakland, Calif., and Lusby, Md.
[13-02301] Marion Clyde, Orville Leroy, Henry
A., --?--
He served with the 8th Armored Division in
Europe, 1944-45, in the medical detachment, 49th
Armored Infantry Battalion. He received the
Purple Heart and the Combat Medic Badge. He also
attended an Army specialized training program at
the University of Illinois.
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- Grace Olive (Parmelee) Wheeler
1917-2005
2nd lieutenant, Army nurse; of Newark, Ohio.
[08-01274] Francis Henry, Thomas Lemuel,
Henry W., Ezriah, Timothy, Mark, Job, John, John
Called for duty in February, 1940, at Ft. Warren
in Cheyenne, Wyo. Eight months later. transferred
to Cochran Field, Ga., where she was on Pearl
Harbor Day. On Jan. 1, 1942, she reported to San
Francisco, bound for the Philippines. Finally
left for Honolulu on March 24, 1942, on the USS
Wharton. Arrived five days later in Hawaii
and permanently stationed at Schofield Barracks
in Honolulu. Her obituary.
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Harmon Ansell
1911-1987
of Bloomfield, N.Y., and Phoenix, Ariz.
[02-02107] Howard, Millard, Harmon LeRoy,
Alanson, Abner, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., in
1945. His brother Leslie
also served.
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Harold
F. 1918-1982
private, Marine Corps; of Nineveh Twp., Ind., and
Miami and Williston, Fla.
[07-00733] Clarence Beecher,
Edgar Alfred, Marcus "Mark" Hulburt,
James Clark, Marcus Beecher, Noah, Noah, Stephen,
John, John
He was buried at Jesse Mercer Willis Cemetery in
Williston, Fla.
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Harold
Iva 1913-1988
corporal, Army; of Albany and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
[13-01764] Louis Ira, --?--
He was buried at Union Cemetery in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.
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Harold Perry
1889-1963
lieutenant commander, Navy; of San Diego, Calif.,
and Denver, Colo.
[03-00229] Edmund Fairfield, Horatio
"Harvey" Plum, Linus Smith, Joshua,
Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
He was a 1913 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy
and also served in
World War I. He was buried at Fort Douglas
Military Cemetery in Salt Lake City.
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- Harry Aurora
1921-2005
Army Air Corps; of Vaughnsville, Chagrin Falls
and Solon, Ohio.
[02-02833] Gardiner Philander, Gardiner
Henry, Zeno "Philander," Zeno, Gardner,
Nehemiah, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
His old home was sold
to the city of Solon.
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Harry Henry
1925-1998
Navy; of Fraser and Durango, Colo.
[02-08342] Harrison "Harry" Herman,
Ezekiel Marion, Thomas Henry, James, Ephraim,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was a Seabee in American Samoa; he also served
in the Korean
War. His obituary says he was cremated and
his ashes were buried at Pine River Valley
Cemetery, however his headstone is at Bayfield
Cemetery in Bayfield, Colo.
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- Harry Truman 1924-1973
sergeant, Army Air Forces; of Sioux Falls, S.D.,
and Fresno, Calif.
[03-01180] Harry Truman, Harry Truman, Ira,
Truman, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
He was a B-17 belly gunner. He flew 25 missions
over Germany, was shot down on the last one and
spent six months at a POW camp in France. He was
buried at Honolulu's National Cemetery of the
Pacific.
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- Harvey J. 1922-1982
private, Army
[05-02245] Clarence Jerome, James
"Marion" Marion, James Bogart, David
Rossiter, James, Phineas, Isaac, Isaac, John,
John
He was buried at Lakeview Cemetery at Valier,
Mont.
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Henry
P. 1920-1992
Army
[02-06266] Andrew Pearl, Ezekiel Marion,
Thomas Henry, James, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Santa Rosa Memorial Park in
Santa Rosa, Calif.
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- Herman
"Pete" Ray 1912-2000
Army; of Long Beach, Calif., New York, N.Y., and
Coffeyville, Kan.
[03-00863] Albert "Bert," Franklin
DeWitt, William "Hank" Henry, Stephen
Asa, Amos, Amos, David, Joshua, John, John
He was in the Northern Africa campaign. His obituary.
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Howard Alwyn 1917-1985
Army; of Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
[02-00425] Howard Baldwin, Isaac, Aaron
Baldwin, Bela, Reuben, John, John, John, John,
John, John
He was buried at Honeoye Falls Cemetery. Brothers
and Ronald "Red"
and Richard also served.
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Howard
Woodruff 1926-1951
private, Army; of Milford, Conn.
[08-01681] Ernest Frank, Frank B., Henry
"Harry" W., Henry Charles, Henry,
Hezekiah, Hezekiah, Job, John, John
He was a member of the 12th Infantry, 4th
Infantry Division. He was buried at Milford's
Kings Highway Cemetery.
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Ira
"Lloyd" Lloyd 1907-1993
private, Army; of Brookport, Ill.
[01-09626] Otis E., Thomas J., Samuel,
Samuel, Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
Lloyd was awarded a Purple Heart. He was buried
at Brookport's Pell Cemetery.
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J.G.
"Jack" Hilbert 1911-1977
Army; of Nacogdoches, Texas.
[02-03302] John Edward, Edward Mitchison,
Samuel, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He was buried at Nacogdoches' Rock Springs
Cemetery.
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- Jack Graham
1922-2014
private, Army Air Forces; of Columbus, Kan.
[10-00835] Fred Albert, James Mabie, Walter,
Moses William, James, Moses, Hezekiah, Joel,
John, John
He enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., on Nov. 6,
1942.
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James Buford
1926-2005
private, Army; of Potosi, Mo.
[02-07023] Laddon, James, Robert, Hiel C.,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He enlisted April 13, 1945, at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., and is buried there.
His obituary.
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- James
Frederick 1925-
private, Army; of Mount Lebanon and Aspinwall
(now Bethel Park) and Pittsburgh, Pa.
[14-00425] Seba, Mary Ellen & Henry,
Joseph, Henry, John, Henry, Henry, John, Edmund,
John, --?--, Henry
Served with the 8th Armored Division in Europe.
His brother Richard
also served.
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James
G. 1921-1991
Army; of Maysville, Ark., and Broken Arrow, Okla.
[01-07927] William Alvis, William Irvin,
Robert, John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He was buried at Broken Arrow's Park Grove
Cemetery.
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- James
Henderson 1926-2010
of Parnell, Ky.
[02-06254] Miles "Bill" Monroe,
Frank "Hence," Miles R., Garner, John,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
His obituary.
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- James Joel
1912-1970
Army; of Arkansas and Missouri.
[02-06379] William Parin, Joel Parin, Parin
"Payne," Elihu, Elihu, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
This photo was taken in 1942 when he was in basic
training.
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James
Lee 1926-2002
pharmacists mate 3rd class, Navy; of Columbus,
Kan.
[10-00853] Ira Lee, James Mabie, Walter,
Moses William, James, Moses, Hezekiah, Joel,
John, John
He was buried at Columbus' Park Cemetery.
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- James
Lovett
1921-1945
1st lieutenant, Marines; of Chicago, Ill.
[05-01642] Arthur Hawley, Joseph Elliott,
Samuel Ward, David, David, Joseph, Joseph, Isaac,
John, John
He was a fighter pilot. His name is listed among
the Marines' missing in action at the American
Cemetery at Ft. Bonifacio, Manila, the
Philippines. He was missing May 1, 1945, and
awarded the Purple Heart. Photo of his family.
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James
Merton 1903-1962
service unit, Army; of Oregon.
[10-01167] William Gordon, William
"Will" Moses, Moses William, James,
Moses, Hezekiah, Joel, John, John
He enlisted July 16, 1942, at Portland, Ore.
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- James Shaw
1925-1994
Navy; of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Eden, N.Y.
[02-03651] Albert Oliver, Ernest Ripley,
Oliver Rising, Zina, Elihu, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was a radio operator in the South Pacific.
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James
Tilden 1903-1978
construction mechanic, Navy; of Butte and
Missoula, Mont.
[08-01673] Timothy "Leander"
Leander, Leander Burton, Timothy Truman, Timothy,
Mark, Job, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at the Missoula Cemetery.
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- James Victor
1921-1999
Army; of Carbondale, Ill., and Blue Springs, Mo.
[02-05467] Amos Guy Leo, Andrew
"Jackson" James, John, Giles, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
His obituary.
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- James W. ( ?
-1954)
Navy; of East Grand Rapids, Mich.
Unplaced
After the war, he became an Air Force pilot, conducting reconnaissance flights during
the Cold War. His plane crashed on a 1954 secret
mission near what was
then the border of East Germany and
Czechoslovakia.
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John "Johnnie"
1925-1945
private, Army; of Wayne County and Louisville,
Ky.
[01-06256] Miles "Bill" Monroe,
Frank "Hence," Miles R., Garner, John,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He served with Company C, 276th Infantry, 70th
Division of the 7th Army. On the afternoon of
March 6, 1945, he was dug in on a wooded hill
overlooking a coal mine and the German town of
Stiring-Wendel when he was killed in action. His
body was returned to the U.S., in mid-December
1948; he was buried at Parnell Baptist Church
Cemetery in Wayne County.
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- John Eugene
1918-1983
lieutenant, Army; of Golconda, Ill.
[02-01977] George, John Williamson,
Ellsberry, Samuel, Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He graduated Signal Officer Candidate School in
1942 and served in the South Pacific.
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John
H. 1919-1994
private, Army; of Sorento, Ill.
[02-08846] John Beagle, John H., Hiel,
Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He was buried at Sorento's Sunnyside Cemetery.
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- John Osborn
1918-2006
Of Durham, Conn.
[10-00339] Willis Isaac, Frederick M.,
Horace, Joel, Joel. Joel, John, John
He served in the South Pacific.
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- John Oscian
1921-1964
Army; of Atlanta, Ga.
[05-02314] John Oscian, James McGinty,
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Isaac, John, John
He served from March 18, 1943, to Jan. 24, 1944,
and was in the 541st Parachute Infantry.
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Johynee
Ilene 1921-2002
nurse; of Butterfield, Mo.
[02-03566] Emmett Orval, John Reed, John,
Richard, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
She served in England, and was buried at
Butterfield's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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Joseph
"Orlie" Orlie 1912-1966
private, Army; of Mount Vernon and Joliette, Ill.
[02-06064] Andrew Mullen, Thomas Henry,
James, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He served in Co. 478 Infantry, and was awarded
the Bronze Star Medal. He was buried at the
Opdyke (Ill.) Cemetery.
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Kenneth Emery 1925-2005
staff sergeant, Marines; of California and
Wyoming
[08-01336] Harold Oren, Perry Lewis, Timothy
Enoch, Jeremiah, Timothy, Mark, Job, John, John
He also served in the Korean War,
and was buried at Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery
in Casper, Wyo. His obituary.
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- Kenneth Ernest 1916-2009
Navy; of Nampa, Idaho, and Alto Pass, Ill.
[02-07570] Ernest Lafayette, Walter
"William," John, Giles, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Alto Pass Cemetery. His obituary.
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Laurence
Harris 1913-1983
Navy; of Robeson County, N.C.
[08-01762] E Alfred Truman, Alfred, Truman,
Thomas Truman, Thomas, Thomas, Job, John, John
He was buried at Shepherd Memorial Park in
Naples, N.C.
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- Lawrence "Larry"
Franklin 1925-2014
corpsman, Navy; of Milwaukee, Wisc.
[08-00626] Clarence Morrison, Frederick
Alonzo, Franklin Henry, Truman, Timothy Truman,
Timothy, Mark, Job, John, John
He joined the Navy in January, 1944, and was
discharged in December, 1946. He trained as a
pharmacist and served with the 6th Marine
Division, 4th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, E Company,
in the South Pacific. He participated in the 1945
Battle of Okinawa and the invasion of Japan. His obituary.
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- Leland Wellington
1903-1995
chief warrant officer, Navy; of Ivorytown and
Hartford, Conn.
[02-03081] Morelle Edward, Wellington L.,
Lorenzo Asahel, Asahel, Asahel, Lemuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He served in the Navy for 27 years, beginning in
the final days of World
War I. He saw action in the
European and Pacific theaters. His obituary.
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- Leslie Parker 1907-1988
major, Army; of Bloomfield, N.Y., Alexandria,
Va., and Washington, D.C.
[02-02106] Howard, Millard, Harmon LeRoy,
Alanson, Abner, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
His brother Harmon also
served.
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Lester "Roy" Leroy
1925-1988
Army Air Corps
[02-07581] Lester Dae, Myron Bryan, Richard
Franklin, Dennis A., Lemuel, Jeremiah, Lemuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, Calif.
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Lewis
Newell 1926-1981
Navy; of Payne County, Okla.
[02-07592] Henry Stephen, James Knox Polk,
Stephen, John, John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Underwood Cemetery in Yale,
Okla.
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- Livingston
McClelland 1922-1979
Army; of Skaneateles, N.Y.
[08-01694] Charles Roome, Charles Roome,
Theodore Weld, Truman, Thomas Truman, Thomas,
Thomas, Job, John, John
He was one of the original members of the Twirly
Birds, those helicopter pilots who soloed before
V-J Day, Aug. 14, 1945.
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Loren Francis
1894-1948
lieutenant colonel, Army; of Ipswich, S.D., and
San Antonio, Texas
[14-00223] Joseph William Lincoln, Joseph,
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Henry, John, Edmond,
John, --?--, Henry]
Loren was a career Army man: He served in World War I;
was awarded the Legion of Merit and the
Distinguished Service Medal, and received
citations from the Italian and French governments
for his service in World War II; worked in the
Judge Advocate General's Corps and was an
executive officer for the Office of Provost
Marshal General. He died after contracting a
disease in Korea
and was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National
Cemetery.
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Luke
Wheelock 1916-1957
tech corporal, Army; of Lincoln, Vt.
[03-00970] George Everett, Luke Wheelock,
Daniel Everett, Asaph, Jonathan, Joshua, John,
John
He served in the 10th Field Artillery and was
presented an oak leaf cluster to the Bronze Star
after he refused cover and drive his ambulance
through artillery fire to evacuate a wounded man
in Italy.
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Luther
Thomas 1912-1951
tech corporal, Army; of Potosi and Fanning, Mo.
[02-07306] Thomas William, Van Buren, Hiel
C., John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He served in the 618th Field Artillery
Observation Battalion. A jury ruled his death an
accidental gunshot "while reaching for gun
behind door [to] go rabbit hunting." He was
buried at Potosi's New Masonic Cemetery.
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Marion
C. 1925-1944
staff sergeant, Army Air Forces; of Warrensburg,
Mo.
Unplaced
Served in Europe; killed in action. He was buried
at Warrensburg's Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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Marshall
1922-1980
private, Army; of Oregon and Wilder, Idaho.
[13-04515] Unplaced
He was buried at the National Cemetery in
Nashville, Tenn.
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- Marty Willis 1923-
Army; of Parnell, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
[02-04592] Alfred Layton, Garner, Emerson
Bell, Garner, John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He served with the 386th Infantry, 97th Division,
Anti-Tank Company which saw action from France to
Czechoslovakia. He was a driver. He was also a
chauffeur to the military company commander at
Tokyo Bay. His wife, Betty,
also served.
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- Maurice Blair
1920-2004
Navy; of Durham and Thomaston, Conn.
[10-00340] Willis Isaac, Frederick M.,
Horace, Joel, Joel, Joel, John, John
He served from 1944 to 1946, and was stationed on
the NRS New Haven, Conn., the NTC Sampson in New
York, the NCTC in Davisville, R.I., and with the
137th and 139th Construction battalions and the
3rd USNCB (Special) PSC of Lido Beach, Long
Island, where he served until his discharge. His obituary.
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Melvin Hubert 1920-1990
captain, Army Air Forces; of Potosi, Mo., and
Fairview Heights, Ill.
[10-09469] Jesse H., Van Buren, Hiel C.,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He also served in the Korean War. He
was buried at Jefferson Barracks National
Cemetery at Lemay, Mo.
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- Miles
Edward 1922-1944
1st lieutenant; of Kankakee County, Ill.
[01-01243] Maurice Edward, Oliver Clark,
James Edward, Ezra, James, Jeremiah, Lemuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was a member of the 729th Bomber Squadron,
452nd Heavy Bomber Group. His name is listed
among the U.S. Air Force missing in action at the
American Cemetery at Cambridge, England. He died
Sept.3, 1944, on a bombing mission to Brest,
France, when his B-17 bomber was hit by flak over
Guernsey Island off the coast of France and
crashed into the English Channel. He was awarded
the Air Medal with two Oak-Leaf Clusters and a
Purple Heart. An uncle, Miles McKinstry,
was killed in World War I.
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- Nell A. 1917-2003
Navy; of Prairie du Rocher and Granite City,
Ill., and Sanford, N.C.
[02-07269] Napoleon
"Lorin" Lorin, Napoleon Bonaparte,
Giles, Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
Her obituary.
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Norman
B. 1919-1994
lieutenant, Navy; of Murphysboro, Ill.
[01-04660] Nathaniel, Raymond
D., Walter "William," John, Giles,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was awarded the Navy Cross after the Oct. 25,
1944, battle off Samar. Accompanied by one other
torpedo plane and without fighter escort, he
scored a direct hit on a Japanese battleship that
was attacking the invading U.S. fleet at Leyte.
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- Norvell 1926-1980
private, Army; of Wayne County, Ky.
[02-06879] Roscoe Samuel, Andrew
"Jiff" Jefferson, Miles R., Gardner,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He enlisted at Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 8, 1944.
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Owen Eugene 1918-1964
Army Air Corps; of Oberlin and Cleveland, Ohio
[10-00733] Thomas Douglas, Herbert Lincoln,
Mary Louise, Noah, Camp, Joel, Joel, John, John
He enlisted June 15, 1943, and served with the
484th Bombardment Group at Westover Field in
Chicopee, Mass.
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- Paul
Army; of El Paso, Texas.
Unplaced
He served with the 60th General Hospital in New
Guinea and the Philippines.
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- Paul Edwin
ca1925-ca1945
Army; of Coalmont, Tenn.
[02-04425] Robert Flynn, William Giles,
Henson Greenland, Aladdin "Berg," John,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was killed in action.
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- Paul
Stanley
1927-2006
Army; of Granite City and Chicago, Ill.,
Cleveland, Ohio, and Dallas, Texas
Napoleon "Lorin"
Lorin, Napoleon Bonaparte, Giles, Giles, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He served in the Philippines from 1943 to '44.
His obituary.
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- Paul W. 1926-2006
Army; of Mansfield, Ohio, and Knoxville, Tenn.
Max. W., --?--
He served in the Philippines and the occupational
force in Japan. His obituary.
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- Perry Ormistan
1904-1963
lieutenant colonel, Marine Corps; of Flint,
Mich., Quantico, Va., and Montecito, Calif.
[03-01735] Linus Scott,
Horatio "Harvey" Plum, Linus Smith,
Joshua, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua, John, John
Perry was an air commander who "continued
the air onslaught against the Northern Solomons
after the capture of Vella Lavella,"
according to this official Air Force photo.
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- Peter Allyn 1924-2007
of Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., and Green
Valley, Ariz..
[10-01112] Charles
"Allen" Allyn, Charles Albert, James,
James, James, Moses, Hezekiah, Joel, John, John
He served in the Philippines. His obituary.
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- Philip W.
1917-1944
sergeant, Army; of Chicago, Ill.
[02-07279] Harry C., Henry A., Theodore
Spencer, George Washington, Eliel, Jeremiah,
Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was a member of the 18th Infantry, 1st
Infantry Division, and was killed Oct. 23, 1944,
at the Battle of the Bulge. He was buried at St.
Mary Catholic Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill.
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- Ralph Ambrose
1912-1958
Tech 4, Army; of Potosi,
Mo.
[02-06324] Alfred A., Van Buren, Hiel C.,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He served with the 164th Infantry. He died in a
construction accident and was buried at Potosi's
New Masonic Cemetery.
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Ralph
L. 1924-2011
boatswain's mate, petty officer 3rd class, Navy;
of Granite City and Maryville, Ill.
[01-08247] Napoleon "Lorin" Lorin,
Napoleon Bonaparte, Giles, Giles, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Jefferson Barracks National
Cemetery in Lemay, Mo.
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Ralph Stott
1927-1996
SOG3, Navy; of Honeoye Falls and Owego, N.Y.
[02-0282] Henry Benham, Clifford, Aaron
Baldwin, Bela, Reuben, John, John, John, John,
John
He also served in the Korean War and was
buried at Owego's Broadway Cemetery.
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Ray
A. 1922-1982
Tech 4, Army; of Missouri
[01-9465] Jesse H., Van Buren, Hiel C., John,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Jefferson Barracks National
Cemetery, at Lemay, Mo.
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Raymond I.
1925-1968
staff sergeant; of West Bloomfield, N.Y.
[13-02902] Unplaced
SSgt Btry A 2 BN 5 Artillery, World War II and Korea. He was buried
at West Bloomfield's North Cemetery.
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Richard B.
1927-1994
private, Army; of Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
[02-00483] Howard Baldwin, Isaac, Aaron
Baldwin, Bela, Reuben, John, John, John, John,
John, John
He was buried at Honeoye Falls Cemetery. Brothers
Howard and Ronald "Red" also
served.
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- Richard
Burton 1925-2013
Navy; of Norwich, Conn., Springfield, Mass., and
Haines City, Fla.
[03-01482] Harold Burton, Burton Munroy,
Munroy D., Harvey Harry, Asaph, Asaph, Jonathan,
Joshua, John, John
His obituary.
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- Richard C.
1924-1986
Army; of Battle Creek, Mich.
[13-02530] Forest Dale, Frederick Luman,
James Edwin, Luman H., --?--
He enlisted March 11, 1943, at Kalamazoo, Mich.
He was buried at Battle Creek's Oak Hill
Cemetery.
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- Richard
Hall 1921-2005
captain, Army; of Perry, N.Y.
[03-02098] Richard Hall, George Herbert,
Anson Hall, Asaph, Asaph, Jonathan, Joshua, John,
John
Victory medal. He was buried at the United Church
Commemorative Garden in Warsaw, N.Y. His obituary.
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- Richard
Henry 1916-1990
Navy; of Dawson, N.M., and Uniontown, Pa.
[14-00423] Seba, Mary Ellen & Henry,
Joseph, Henry, John, Henry, Henry, John, Edmund,
John, --?--, Henry
He was a Seabee with a ship repair detail in the
Pacific. Ended his duty on Okinawa. His brother James also served.
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- Richard Otis
1908-1974
Navy; of Binghamton, N.Y., Ashland, Ky., and Ann
Arbor, Mich.
[08-00917] Leon Walter, Ambrose
"Andrew," Nathan Lord, Beecher,
Jeremiah, Abel, Job, John, John
According to his daughter, he was in charge of
feeding and housing forces in New Guinea.
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- Robert 1923-1988
Army; of Monticello, Ky.
[02-06255] Miles "Bill" Monroe,
Frank "Hence," Miles R., Garner, John,
Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
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- Robert Asaph
1917-2002
Army Air Forces; of Bettendorf, Iowa.
[10-01133] Harry Dillion, Henry William,
Moses William, James, Moses, Hezekiah, Joel,
John, John
He was a navigator on B-17 and B-29 bombers and
was shot down over Poland. He invented the
Parmele Navigator, a mileage
computation tape-measuring device and was
inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame. He
was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery at Davenport,
Iowa. His obituary.
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- Robert B.
1912-1979
tec 3, Army; of Phelps, N.Y.
Unplaced
He was buried at Phelps' Resthaven Cemetery.
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- Robert Edward
ca1923- ?
Army; of West Point, Miss.
[02-05482] Edgar, Thomas J., Samuel, Samuel,
Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He enlisted Dec. 10, 1942.
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- Robert Elberne
1925-2008
signalman 2nd class, Navy, of Scranton, Pa., and
Cumming, Ga.
[02-05517] Frank Richard, Gardiner Henry,
Zeno "Philander," Zeno, Gardner,
Nehemiah, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
Served on Destroyer DD636 and
participated in the invasions of Normandy, the
South of France and Okinawa. He was buried at
Bethel Cemetery at McCutchenville, Ohio.
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- Robert
Harold 1920-2005
lieutenant JG, Navy, of North Manchester, Ind.,
and Orlando, Fla.
[13-00852] Otto M., John Henry, William M.,
William C., --?--
His obituary.
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- Robert Lee
1919-2011
2nd lieutenant, Army, of Oklahoma City and Muskogee, Okla.
[08-01587] Arthur Hugh,
Leander Burton, Timothy Truman, Timothy, Mark,
Job, John, John
His obituary.
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- Robert M.
1921-2002
chief radio technician, Navy, of Stratford,
Conn., and Fort Myers, Fla.
[03-01340] Berkley Melvin,
Abner Augustus, Rufus Electus, Rufus Clark,
Ebenezer, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua, John, John
He mustered out between Dec. 20 and 23, 1945, at
Lido Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
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- Robert W.
Navy, of Milbrae, Calif.
Unplaced
Served on Underwater Demolition Team 10. Five
landings in the South Pacific. He was awarded a
Silver Star for his actions at Leyte on Oct. 19,
1944.
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- Roland Clayton 1926-2004
Navy, of Hutchinson and Topeka, Kan.
[02-06977] Leslie William, Albion True, James
Edward, Ezra, James, Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
Served in the Pacific Theater, 1944-46, and was
stationed in the Philippines. His obituary.
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Ronald "Red" Art 1921-2000
corporal, Marines; of Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
[02-00481] Howard Baldwin, Isaac, Aaron
Baldwin, Bela, Reuben, John, John, John, John,
John, John
He was buried at Honeoye Falls Cemetery. Brothers
Howard and Richard also served. He and
his son, Rodney,
a Vietname War veteran, were honored with a commerative stone
at the Honeoye Falls Cemetery.
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Roy Joseph 1926-2005
private, Army, of Sioux Falls, S.D.
[02-07428] Lockey, James A., Garner
"John" J., Richard, Ephraim, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Sioux Falls' Hills of Rest
Memorial Park. His former wife, Elizabeth "Betty"
Ross, also served.
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Roy
W. 1923-1997
private, Army, of Beech Grove, Ind., and Cave
Junction, Ore.
[07-00726] Ralph B., James W., Marcus
"Mark" Hulburt, James Clark, Marcus
Beecher, Noah, Noah, Stephen, John, John
He was buried at Cave Junction's Laurel Cemetery.
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- Ruth Mary
1917-2003
Women's Marine Corps, of West Haven and West
Hartford, Conn.
[08-00953] Arthur Lewis, William Lewis, David
Lewis, Beecher, Jeremiah, Abel, Job, John, John
She served from 1943-45, and was buried at St.
James' Episcopal Church Memorial Garden in West
Hartford. Her obituary.
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- Samuel Ross
1918-2006
captain, Army Air Forces, of Jersey Shore, Pa.,
Faust and Tupper Lake, N.Y., Flagler Beach, Fla.
[02-00602] Clifford Hunt, Samuel Benjamin,
Eliab Harvey, Eliab, Eliab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
C Company commander of the 871st Airborne
Aviation Engineer Battalion in New Guinea and the
Southwest Pacific. He helped build airfields from
New Guinea to the Philippines. His obituary.
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- Sherwood "Sherry" E.
ca1925-2016
Navy; of Guilford, Conn.
[05-01971] Earle Lindsley, George Horace,
Horace Dudley, Jonathan, Jonathan, william,
Joseph, Isaac, John, John
His obituary.
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Spencer
"Newton" Newton 1896-1964
captain, Army Air Forces Reserve; of Monterey,
Long Beach and Watsonville, Calif.
[05-01450] Horatio Miller, Spencer
"Thomas," Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Isaac,
John, John
He was a pilot in the Ferry Command, California
Sector, Domestic Wing, based at Long Beach
Airport.
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Stuart
Leslie 1917-1993
Army Air Forces, of East Hartfield, Conn., and
Springfield and Easthampton, Mass.
[03-01481] Harold Burton, Burton Munroy,
Munroy D., Harvey Harry, Asaph, Asaph, Jonathan,
Joshua, John, John
According to a grandson, he worked in a warehouse
in the rear echelon of combat, requisitioning and
issuing supplies, keeping records and receipts.
He served from April 1943 to May 1945 in North
Africa and Europe. He was buried at Easthampton's
Brookside Cemetery.
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- Thomas
ca1905-1945
corporal, Royal Army Service Corps; of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
[14-01241] William, --?--
Buried at the War Cemetery at Balogna, Italy. His
name is on a plaque at the Amble Bede Street
Club, a century-old private members' social
organization at 16 Bede St., Amble,
Northumberland, England.
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Thomas Clay 1925-2004
Army, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Sierra Vista,
Ariz.
[02-08502] James Alfred, James Clay, William
Irvin, Robert, John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
He was a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal who
also saw action in the Korean and Vietnam
wars. He was buried at the Southern Arizona
Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista. His obituary.
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Thomas
Jennison 1926-1968
signalman, Navy Reserve; of Salt Lake City, Utah
[14-00347] Joseph, Thomas Jennison, Joseph
Dawson, Maria, Joseph, Joseph, Henry, John,
Edmond, John, --?--, Henry
He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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Thomas
M. 1922-1944
private, Army; of McNairy County, Tenn.
[13-00672] Unplaced
He enlisted Dec. 21, 1942, at Ft. Oglethorpe,
Ga., at the age of 22 and was killed in action
Dec. 17, 1944. He served with Company B, 612th
Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was buried at
Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi.
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- Thomas N. 1925-1944
private, Army; of Madison County, Ill.
Unplaced
He was killed Sept. 14, 1944, in France and
buried at the American Cemetery at Epinal
(Vosges), France. He was awarded a Bronze Star
and Purple Heart.
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- Van
Allen 1923-2008
Navy; of Memphis and Colorado City, Texas
[01-09686] John "Watts" Watson,
Allen Ambrose, Samuel, Robert, John, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He served aboard the Nevada in the
Pacific and in Europe, and received a Purple
Heart in 1945. His obituary.
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- Van Sam
1914-
major, Army; of Electra, Texas, Magnum, Okla.,
Wichita, Kan., New Orleans, La.; now living in
LaGrange, Texas.
[02-04524] Tim Hennessey, Samuel Mitchison,
Edward Mitchison, Samuel, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John
Physician; served in the 636th Tank Destroyer
Battalion, attached to the 36th Infantry Division
"Texas Army" that was the first
American force to invade Continental Europe at
Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 9, 1943; and then with
the 51st Station Hospital.
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Victor
1925-1956
sergeant, Army; of Illinois
[13-00143] Unplaced
A Vermilion County, Ill., coroner's inquest ruled
his death a justifiable homicide and that he died
of a gunshot wound he received while resisting
arrest. He was buried at Floral Hill Cemetery in
Hoopeston, Ill.
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- Walter A. 1918-2007
Army; of Hamden, Conn.
[08-01506] Daniel L., Owen J., Owen J.,
Jehiel Nettleton, Jeremiah, Timothy, Mark, Job,
John, John
Served in the South Pacific for nearly five
years. Awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the
Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was wounded on
Saipan on July 3, 1944. See his obituary.
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Walter Eugene 1929-1970
sergeant, Marines; of Metropolis, Ill., and
Kinston, N.C.
[02-08656] Walter Eugene, Otto, Samuel,
Samuel, Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He also served in Korea and Vietnam.
He was buried at Pinelawn Memorial Park in
Kinston, N.C.
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Walter
J. 1921-1986
staff sergeant, Army; of Spavinaw, Okla.
[13-01989] Unplaced
He was buried at Spavinaw-Strang Cemetery.
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- Walter
Johnston 1905-1944
sergeant, Army Air Forces; of Binghamton, N.Y.
[08-00902] Frank Edward, Ambrose
"Andrew," Nathan Lord, Beecher,
Jeremiah, Abel, Job, John, John
He was a B-25 turret gunner of the 381st Bomber
Squadron, 310th Bomber Group, Medium. His name
appears among the Air Force's missing in action,
on March 14, 1944, on the tablets at the American
Cemetery in Florence, Italy. He was awarded the
Air Medal and Purple Heart. He was declared dead in 1945.
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Walter
M. 1905-1947
private, Army Air Forces; of Potosi, Mo.
[02-07469] Firmin Milton, Van Buren, Hiel C.,
John, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John
He was buried at Potosi's Old Masonic Cemetery.
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Walter Maurice 1911-1984
private, Army Air Forces; of Houston, Dallas and
Marlin, Texas.
[02-03267] Walter "Lee" Lee, George
Washington, Edward Mitchison, Samuel, Giles,
Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Spavinaw-Strang Cemetery. His
brother Clifton also
served.
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- William
Eugene
1922-2000
lieutenant commander, Navy; of Metropolis, Ill.
[01-08705] Thomas Noah, Thomas J., Samuel,
Samuel, Giles, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John
He also served in the Korean War.
William was buried at Metropolis' IOOF Cemetery.
His obituary.
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- William H. 1924-1945
sergeant; of Santa Barbara and North Hollywood,
Calif.
[03-00687] Harvey Wright, Harvey J., Anson
E., Harvey Harry, Asaph, Asaph, Jonathan, Joshua,
John, John
He was killed by a snow-covered booby-trap on
Jan.25, 1945, near Hofen, Germany, in the waning
hours of the Battle of the Bulge; his services
were held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on June
8, 1949.
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- William
H.
"Grassy" 1916-2007
radio man, 3rd class, Navy; of Albany, N.Y., and
Pittsfield and Cheshire, Mass.
[13-04268] William H., --?--
He served from 1943-46 and was discharged with
several medals. He was buried at Pittsfield's St.
Joseph's Cemetery. His obituary.
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William
H. 1924-1996
Navy; of Hartford City and North Manchester, Ind.
[13-00863] Wal Simon "Earl" Earl,
John Henry, William M., William C., --?--
He was buried at North Manchester's Oaklawn
Cemetery.
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- William K. 1923-1987
private, Army; of Warrensburg, Mo.
[02-08191] Zollie Crawford, William Thomas,
George W., Stephen, John, John, Giles, Hiel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
He was buried at Englewood Cemetery in Clinton,
Mo.
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