Those Who Served Index

Ashcraft, Delbert - Submitted by Richard Womack (cousin)

Boryk, Theodore - A Company, 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion - Submitted by Gloria LaRoche (niece)

Bowyer, Herbert Allen - 276th Engineer Combat Battalion - Submitted by Deborah Bowyer (daughter)

Boyce, Syderick Clayton - 16th Armored Divison; 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division - Submitted by Cynthia J. Crumb (daughter)

Bruszewski, John - 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron - Submitted by Scott and Craig Morris (grandsons)

Bryant, Buell - Submitted by Allen Cooley (acquaintance)

Burnett, Wilmar Henry - A Company, 822nd Tank Destroyer Battalion - Submitted by Tammy Pumper (granddaughter)

Carlson, Robert G. - 285th Engineer Combat Battalion - Submitted by himself

Cervantes, Felipe (Phil) - 38th Combat Engineer Battalion - Submitted by himself

Chappell, John Alden - Cannon Company, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division - Submitted by Mark A. Chappell (nephew)

Conway, Harold Francis - C Company, 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division - Submitted by Kevin Barkman (grandson)

Crumley, Oliver Frank - Submitted by Phyllis Mull (daughter)

Dax, Henry "Hank" George - 159th Infantry Regiment - Submitted by Jessica Dax Goodman (granddaughter)

Flanagan, William Thomas, Jr. - 66th Tank Battalion; 36th I.D.; 63rd I.DD.; 100th I.D. - Submitted by Melanie Flanagan Elliott (granddaughter)

Foley, Lyle William - 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized - Submitted by Beverly Snyder (daughter)

Foster, Clayton Bayne - 235th Combat Engineer Battalion - Submitted by Nora Mae Foster (wife)

Freeberg, Irvin - 183rd Artillery Group - Submitted by Katrina Stanchfield (granddaughter)

Frey, Dree Miles - Submitted by Richard Frey (nephew)

Gallegos, Floyd - 31st Chemical Decon Co., 6th Engineer Special Brigade, 29th Infantry Division - Submitted by Curtis Brown (grandson)

Garrity, Hugh - SHAEF HQ - Submitted by Charles Westra (acquaintance)

Gold, Jack Borders - E Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division - Submitted by Clyde Gold (son)

Goldsmith, Cleo Pershing - C Company, 726th Railroad Operating Battalion - Submitted by Jerry Goldsmith (son)

Gustafson, Robert Eugene - A Company, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Submitted by Gus Gustafson (son)

Gwin, Ervin L. - Killed in Action on 11 April 1945 in the vicinity of Meinerzhagen, Germany - Submitted by Lewie Cooper (son-in-law)

Haaland, Carlos O. - HQ Co., 1st Bn., 222nd IR., 42nd ID.; HQ Co., 2nd Bn., 338th IR., 85th ID. - Submitted by Penny Jasper (daughter)

Harris, Frederick - 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division - Submitted by Frank A. Teklits (n/a)

Hathaway, Perry - Submitted by A. Dale Godbee (family friend)

Hesser, Leon - 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division - Submitted by himself

Holmes, Chester - Submitted by Kelly Parks (nephew)

Holmes, Ernest - Submitted by Kelly Parks (nephew)

Huseby, Robert M. - 81st Combat Engineer Battalion, 106th Infantry Division - Submitted by Diana Edmiston (granddaughter)

Isenberg, Sheldon "Bud" - B Company, 776th Amphibious Tank Battalion - Submitted by Bud Guyer (nephew)

Isler, Boyd - 3rd Armored Division - Submitted by Steve Isler (nephew)

Janniere, William J. - Submitted by Tony Janniere (brother)

Jenkins, Henry Burton - 159th Infantry Regiment - Submitted by Betty Jenkins Ledford (daughter)

Kaminski, Edward Jr. - 1940-1945.  Submitted by James A. Kaminski (nephew)

Karaka, Robert Lawrence - C Company, 5th Brigade, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division; B Company, 185th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division - Submitted by Harold Robert Karaka (son) and Charlotte Karaka Vaughn (daughter)

Kauffman, Freeman J. - 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron - Submitted by John Kauffman (son)

Kemp, Clifford F. - 50th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Infantry Division - Submitted by Grace Kemp (daughter)

Kennedy, Jesse W. - 292nd Engineer Combat Battalion - Submittted by Karen Kennedy (daughter)

Keyes, Edward Raymond - 287th Combat Engineer Battalion; 297th Combat Engineer Battalion; 459th Combat Engineer Battalion; 652nd Combat Engineer Battalion - Submitted by Bruce R. Keyes (son)

Kohlrieser, Leo - 82nd Airborne Division - Submitted by Becky Ratcliff (niece)

Koller, Robert Maurice - Company F, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division - Submitted by Victor W. O'Dell, Jr. (son-in-law)

Koskimaki, George - HQ Company, 101st Airborne Division - Submitted by Richard Brodbeck (friend)

Lafferty, Emory Ralph - A Company, 203rd Engineer Combat Battalion; 6th Engineer Special Brigade - Submitted by Deborah Bowyer (granddaughter)

Landgren, Dale Delbert - 771st Field Artillery Battalion - Submitted by Jon Lewis (grandson)

Lapierre, Laurent O. - I Company, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division - Submitted by Paula Platt (daughter)

Larsen, James B. - A Company, 741st Tank Battalion - Submitted by Rebecca Johnson (daughter)

Levy, Moses - C Company, 168th Combat Engineers, 89th Infantry Division - Submitted by Elizabeth Levy (daughter)

Lewis, Forrest Tillman - Submitted by Jon Lewis

Lewis, James Byron - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (friend)

McCartney, Leo F. - 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion - Submitted by Kevin R. McCartney (son)

McCrary, Jack Ladwin - C Company, 2677th Engineer Regiment - Submitted by Anita McCrary Cagle (daughter)

McEntire, DeWitt "D.W." - 35th Cavalry Recon. Troop, 35th Infantry Division - Submitted by Kane and Keith McEntire andd Family (grandsons)

McGovern, Walter Collins - 97th Infantry Division - Submitted by Sheila McGovern Kendrick (daughter)

McGuire, George H. - 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division - Submitted by Darren McGuire (nephew)

Melillo, Louis, Jr. - 505th Military Police Battalion - Submitted by Louis Melillo, III (son)

Mirra, Casper C. - 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division - Submitted by Michael Mirra (son)

Morton, Philip L. - 83rd Reconnaissance Troop, 83rd Infantry Division - Submitted by Janet Doherty (daughter)

Nicosia, Joseph M. - 195th Port Company, Transportation Corps - Submitted by Joanna N. Tuzzeo (daughter)

Oppedisano, Eugene Dante - 748th Tank Battalion - Submitted by Roy Oppedisano (son)

Patton, Chad R. - A Battery, 872nd Field Artillery Battaliion - Submitted by Tad Patton (son)

Pearson, Bob L. - Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 137th Innfantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division - Submitted by Jeffrey Pearson (son)

Plunge, Jr., Adam M. - B Company, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division - Submitted by Robert Williams (grandson)

Popp, Henry - Colonel, US Army, Pacific Theater - Submitted by Elizabeth Eden (daughter)

Prevette, Clyde - E Company, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division - Submitted by Robert Johnson (grandson-in-law)

Price, Robert Curtis - 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division - Submitted by Master Sergeant John David Oakes' Family

Redburn, Alfred LeRoy - 42nd Infantry Division - Submitted by Barbara Redburn (family)

Reppart, Leonard V. - B Company, 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division - Submitted by Tom Reppart (great nephew)

Riley, John H. - 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion - Submitted by Jack Riley (son)

Rupert, Eugene Jerome - Captain, 38th Combat Engineers Regiment, 1st Engineer Special Brigade.  Landed on Utah Beach.  Submitted by Richard T. Rupert (son)

Sebring, Mahlon - A Battery, 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion - Submitted by Sid Eells (acquaintance)

Sharkey, Herbert Edward - K Company, 263rd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division - Submitted by William Maynard (grandson)

Slawson, William "Bill" - 1st Special Service Force; D Co., 505 PIR, 82nd Airborne Division - Submitted by Robert Prosser (friend)

Smith, Robert E. - Submitted by Allen Cooley (friend)

Sneed, Robert O. - A Company, 38th Engineers - Submitted by Ray H. Smith (acquaintance))

Stearns, Howard Ford, Jr. - A Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 45th Infantry Division - Submitted by Rod Stearns (son)

Surface, George B. - Tank Commander, C Company, 81st Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division - Submitted by Darren McGuire (nephew)

Taylor, Edward Charles - A Company, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division - Submitted by Michael A. Taylor (son)

Taylor, John David - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (cousin)

Tenenholtz, Simon - 255th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division - Submitted by Barry Tenenholtz (son)

Trisler, Willie G. - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (sister)

Valdez, Pascual Monares - Staff Sergeant, 736th Tank Battalion - Submitted by Eloise Valdez-Compton (daughter)

Vermilyea, Richard L. - Pfc, F Company, 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division - Submitted by Mark Vermilyea (nephew)

Whitley, George - 54th Evacuation Hospital - Submitted by himself

Froggatte, Ralph Willard - Submitted by Virginia Froggatte (wife)

Gilbert, William Clayton - 27th Air Depot Group - Submitted by himself

Henry, Eugene M. - B-17 gunner, 94th Bomb Group - Submitted by Thomas, James and Charles Laham (nephews)

Hundley, Harold H. - 823rd Bomb Squadron, 38th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force - Flight Maintenance Gunner on a B-25 - Submitted by Martha

                                       Schoonover (daughter)

Jenkins, Forrest Edward (Jinx) - 861st Engineer Squadron - Munitions and Bomb Armorer - Submitted by Pat Garret (daughter)

Kehler Jr., Fred - Submitted by William C. Gilbert (brother-in-law)

Lee, Harold "Bill" - Glider mechanic, 94th Troop Carrier Squadon - Submitted by Carol Lee (daughter)

Liljedahl, John Bruce - Pilot, 372nd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb GGroup - Submitted by Nancy Liljedahl Hall (daughter)

Long, Franklin R. - 105th and 145th Army Airways Communication System Squadron - Submitted by Beth Morrow (daughter)

Mauser, Irving - 603rd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force - Submitted by Alan Mauser Emus (son)

McGarrity, Michael J. - 321st Services Squadron, 320th Services Group. - Submitted by Thomas P. McGarrity (son)

Palmer, Millard "Lefty" - 73rd Bomb Wing - Submitted by himself

Parafinski (Paran), Edward W. - 38th Troop Carrier Squadron - Submitted by June Gerken (daughter)

Parks, E.W. (Pat) - Submitted by Kelly Parks (son)

Peterson, Blair - gunner and electronics engineer on B-29's stationed on Saipan - Submitted by William Ortlund (cousin)

Pearce, Richard - Photographer onboard B-29's, Pacific Theater - Submitted by Allen Cooley (acquaintance)

Redburn, Melvin Wilcox (Willis) - Radio Operator, 559th Signal Aircraft Waarning Battalion - Submitted by Barbara Redburn (family)

Redburn, Ralph Albert - Base Engineer, Hickam Field, Hawaii - Submitted by Barbara Redburn (family)

Reed, Robert W. - 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron - Submitted by Ronald Reed (nephew)

Reynolds, Homer L. - Gunner, 460th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force - Submitted by George D. Reynolds (brother)

Savino, Dominick Robert - 1st Sergeant - Submitted by Nina Savino (daughter)

Stone, Clifford - B-24 Pilot, 460th Bomb Group - Submitted by Allen Cooley (acquaintance)

Walter, Jack C. - 25th Station Complement Squadron; H Co., 304th I.R., 76th I.D.; M Co., 393rd I.R., 99th I.D. - Submitted by Bill and Cletia Chandler (son-in-law & daughter)

Afton, John Daynne - Electrician's Mate, 2nd Class, USS Hamlin - Submitted by himself

Bagley, Leon "Lee" Everett - 40th Naval Construction Battalion - Electrician's Mate, 2nd Class - Submitted by Rachael Bagley (wife)

Brown, Donelda - Submitted by Allen Cooley (acquaintance)

Cooley, Lloyd - Submitted by Allen Cooley (grandson)

Crippen, Paul David - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (cousin)

Crippen, Walter Eugene - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (cousin)

Deal, Robert Edgar - Sonar man, 2nd Class, USS Alfred A. Cunningham; USS Robert E. Peary - Submitted by Tim Deal (son)

Dunbar, Robert Lavern - Submitted by Dutch Dunbar (son)

Eberhard, Rollan K. - Radioman, Third Class (ship or station unknown) - Submitted by Louise Eberhard (wife)

Gabel, Richard L. - Bosun's Mate, USS Robinson - Submitted by himself

Goldsmith, James Wade - Medic - Submitted by Jerry Goldsmith (nephew)

Goldsmith, Kenneth Edward - Submitted by Jerry Goldsmith (nephew)

Goldsmith, Stanley - USS California - Submitted by Jerry Goldsmith (nephew)

Hallock, Rex - Amphibious Communications Unit - Submitted by the Rex Hallock Family

Holmes, Richard E. - Submitted by Kelly Parks (nephew)

Johnson, Gordon C. - Store Keeper, 3rd Class, USS Gratia andd USS Rutland - Submitted by Tim Johnson (son)

Kaminski, Edward Adam - Entered the U.S. Navy in Brooklyn, New York.  Served on the USS Nevada, USS King, USS McNair and as an instructor at San Diego.  Submitted by James A. Kaminski (nephew)

Metcalf, Ralph J. - Lieutenant Commander, Physician - Submitted by Morgan Metcalf (son)

Miles, Edgar "Eddie" - Served aboard the USS Tucker and USS Laub, Signalman, First Class - Submitted by the E. E. Miles Family

Neff, John Junior - Great Lakes Naval Hospital & LST-730, Pharmacist's Mate - Submitted by Tim Johnson (nephew)

Redburn, Howard Ralph - Radioman - Submitted by Barbara Redburn (wife)

Sanborn, Keith - Submitted by himself

Sanborn, Wanda - Submitted by herself

Smith, Lewis M. "Melvin" - USS Richmond - Submitted by Roger Cutsinger (son-in-law)

Stahl, Wallace William - Served at Midway and Okinawa - Electrician's Mate, First Class - Submitted by Cynthia Stahl Lawyer (daughter)

Weygandt Jr., Henry F. - Submitted by Tina C. Gilbert (sister-in-law)

Womack, Richard E. - Served on the USS Shamrock Bay and the USS Prince William - Submitted by himself

Arey, Floyd Eugene - Flamethrower operator - Submitted by Barbara Redburn (sister)

Bearss, Edwin Cole - Marine Raider Battalion; 1st Marine Divission - Submitted by Bill and Karen Ortlund (friends)

Heinrichs, Harold C. - Submitted by himself

Pinon, Elizabeth L. "Betty" - Women Marines - Submitted by Debbie Beardslee (daughter)

Robinson, Edgar - 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division - Submitted by Krista Rochelle (granddaughter)

Robinson, Terral T. - Submitted by Krista Rochelle (great niece)

Schwoebel, Ernest B. - G Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division - Submitted by Julia Walls (daughter)

Shrader, Bill G. - Submitted by Sharon Starr (daughter)

Tayler, Harold H., Jr. - C Company, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division - Submitted by himself

Wagner, Lester Dale - 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division - Submitted by Cy Wagner (son)

Gonsalves, Henry - Submitted by Jim Gonsalves (son) 

Gonsalves, Henry - Submitted by Jim Gonsalves (son) 

Johnson, Naomi (Neville) - Submitted by Tim Johnson (son) 

Gilbert, Tina - Submitted by Allen Cooley (friend)

Patton, Doris - Defense worker at Beech Aircraft, Wichitta, Kansas - Submitted by Tad Patton (son)