Name: Alford, James - Fortville · Name: Alford, James ... Service US Army - 75th Infantry Division...

Name: Alford, James

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

Trained at:

Camp Swift, Texas; Maneuvers in Louisiana; Fort Leonard Wood,

Missouri; Camp in California for Amphibious Training; Camp Kilmer,

New Jersey; Seattle, Washington

Overseas Date Feb. 19, 1945; Aug. 29, 1945

Served In: France, Germany, Czechoslovakia (4 months), Japan (6 months)

Discharged Feb. 22, 1946

Name: Alleyne, Lawrence Stanley

Branch of

Service Squadron VPB 200 (Replacement Unit)

Rank Aviation Radioman 3rd Class

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 14, 1942

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Florida; San

Diego, California

Overseas Date May -- 1944

Served As: Radio and Radar Operator on PBY

Battle

Engagements Tarawa, Midway, Canton, Espiritu-Santos


Notes Pacific Theatre - was a Patrol of Convoys and Ferrying Planes

Name: Anderson, Don

Name: Arnett, Joe M.

Branch of

Service US Army - 75th Infantry Division

Rank Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Oct. 12, 1942

Trained at:

Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Louisiana

Maneuvers; Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky; Camp Shanks, New York

Overseas Date Nov. 17, 1943 - Landed in Scotland

Served In: England, France, Holland, Germany and Belgium

Discharged Sep. 16, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Arnett, Owen

Name: Arthur, Russell E.

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Lieutenant Colonel

Stationed at West Point, New York as Instructor of Foreign Languages

Discharged 1946

Name: Bainter, Edgar

Name: Bainter, Milton A.

Branch of

Service Army

Rank Technician Fourth Grade

Entered

Date/Location Nov. 2, 1939

Trained at: Fort Harrison, Indiana

Overseas Date Mar. 22, 1943 - Landed in Accra, Gold Coast, Africa

Served In:

Africa, Spain, Gibraltar, England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany,

Invasion of Normandy

Decorations Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon, France Citation, Caribbean Ribbon

Discharged Oct. 10, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Notes Served with the 1st Army, 1st Engineers Special Brigade

Name: Barnard, Carl

Name: Barrett, Lewis H.

Branch of

Service Company C, 7th Battalion, 724th Engineer Base Depot Company

Rank Technician Fifth Grade - Supply

Entered

Date/Location Apr. 7, 1943 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at: Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Camp Sutton, North Carolina; Marion, Ohio

Overseas Date May 29 - 1944

Served In: European Theatre

Battle

Engagements Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal; 3 Bronze Service

Stars

Discharged Dec. 3, 1945 - Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Notes

Landed in England D Day. Later went to France and Belgium.

Operated largest Engineer Depot and held it during the Bulge. Later

moving up into Darmstadt, Germany

Name: Barrett, Stuart

Branch of

Service

Infantry - Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 5th

Infantry Division

Rank Master Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jun. 10, 1941 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp Wolters, Texas; Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Chaffee, Arkansas,

Fort Meade, Maryland

Overseas Date Dec. 10, 1944


Battle

Engagements Battle of Ardennes, rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

European Theatre Ribbon with 3 Stars; Purple Heart; Oak Leaf

Cluster

Discharged Sep. 30, 1945 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Notes

Landed overseas at Marseille, France. Received wounds in

Luxemburg, Germany

Name: Basey, Carl

Branch of

Service US Army Air Corps

Rank Corporal

Entered

Date/Location Oct. 19, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Atlantic City, New Jersey; Fort Logan, Colorado; Westover Field,

Massachusetts; Trumbuel Field, Connecticut; Mitchel Field, New

York; Bedford Air Base, Massachusetts

Discharged Oct. 29, 1943 - Bedford Air Base, Massachusetts

Notes Disability discharge for pre-service disability

Name: Beck, Jack

Name: Beckley, Hollis

Name: Beckner, Wilbur L.

Rank Technician Fifth Grade

Battle

Engagements

Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France,

Rhineland, Ardennes

Decorations

European - African - Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 8 Bronze

Stars - Per W D GO # 33/45; Good Conduct Ribbon, Distinguished

Unit Citation - Per GO 16 Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division

Discharged 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Benson, Warren Eugene

Branch of

Service US Naval Reserve

Rank Pharmacist's Mate Third Class

Entered

Date/Location Mar. 14, 1942 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston,

Massachusetts; Chelsea, Massachusetts, Lido Beach, Long Island,

New York; San Bruno, California

Served In:

South and Central Pacific Ocean (36 months) aboard U.S.S. Relief

(ah-1)

Decorations

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, Good

Conduct Medal

Discharged Oct. 12, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Blackteer, Charles

Branch of

Service 2nd Armored Division, 9th Army


Entered

Date/Location Feb. 11, 1941

Trained at: Fort Benning, Georgia; Maneuvers in Tennessee and Louisiana

Battle

Engagements

Invasion of Casablanca, Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, Holland,

Germany

Decorations 7 Bronze Stars

Discharged Jul. 1, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Blanton, Robert

Name: Bolander, Max E.

Branch of

Service Marines

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at: San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California

Overseas Date Oct. 23, 1943

Served In: New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Guam, Saipan, Tien-tsin, China

Discharged Feb. 16, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Bonisa, Joe R.

Branch of

Service US Marines - 1st Marine Division

Rank Private First Class

Entered


Trained at: San Diego, California; Mare Island, California

Served In:

New Caledonia, New Britain, Guadalcanal, Australia, Okinawa, Palau

Island Group, China

Discharged Jan. 28, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Bonisa, Robert

Branch of

Service US Army


Entered

Date/Location Apr. 7, 1945

Trained at:

Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North

Carolina

Served In: Occupation of Germany in Apr. 1946

Notes:

Was still serving in 82nd Airborne at Fort Benning, Georgia when

book was printed.

Name: Brandom, Tommy

Branch of

Service Air Corps Reserve

Entered


Trained at:

Kessler Field, Mississippi; Pecos Field, Texas; Douglas Field, Arizona;

Scott Field, Illinois

Called to

Active Duty Dec. 26, 1944

Discharged Nov. 23, 1945

Name: Brantlinger, Virgil

Name: Bratten, Max H.

Branch of

Service Armored Infantry

Rank Captain

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 9, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Benning, Georgia,; Tennessee Maneuvers;

New York

Overseas Date Nov. 11, 1944

Served with: 777th Tank Battalion - European Theatre

Battle

Engagements

Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Rhineland, Battle of Central Germany -

all with First Army

Decorations European Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars

Discharged Sep. 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Notes

Was with advanced elements of the First Army that made the first

contact with the Russians on the Elbe River in Central Germany

Name: Brown, Quitman

Name: Brown, Roy Jr.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Quartermaster Second Class

Entered


Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Diesel School, University of Illinois; Board Ship

U.S.S. Yukon

Served In:

Iceland, Greenland, Italy, North Africa, Trinidad, Caribbean Sea,

Hawaiian Islands, Pearl Harbor, Marshall, West Carolina, Admiralty,

New Hebrides, New Caledonia Islands, New Zealand.


Name: Cauldwell, Ted

Branch of

Service US Marine Corps

Rank Corporal

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 4, 1943

Trained at: Camp Miramar, San Diego, California

Served In:

Russell Island, Solomon, Emirau, Leyte, Luzon - with Marine Air

Group 32 attached to Marine Air Wing

Discharged Oct. 25. 1945 - Cherry Point, North Carolina

Name: Clark, Joe T.


Entered

Date/Location Dec. 1942

Trained at: Fort McClellan, Alabama

Overseas Date Sep. 4, 1943 - Served under 8th Air Force until June 1945

Served Under:

Adjutant Generals Department, Fort Benning, Georgia, Postal Unit

556 A.P.U.

Battle

Engagements Liege, Belgium, A.P.U. Oct. 10, 1945

Discharged Nov. 4, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Clark, Ted

Name: Coglan, Norman

Entered

Date/Location Jun. 1943 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Trained at:

Bainbridge, Maryland; Great Lakes, Illinois; Princeton, New Jersey;

Hollywood, Florida; San Diego, California; Oceanside, California; San

Bruno, California

Commissioned May -- 1944

Discharged Feb. 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Cole, Roy

Branch of

Service Army

Entered

Date/Location Jan. 22, 1947

Discharged Mar. 2, 1947 - Fort Knox, Kentucky

Name: Collins, Charles

Name: Colvard, John S.

Branch of

Service US Army - 410th Bomb Group

Entered

Date/Location Mar. 2, 1943

Battle

Engagements

Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe, Air Offensive

Europe

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with 1 Bronze

Medal and 1 Silver Star, 2 Overseas Bars; Good Conduct Medal

Discharged Oct. 19, 1945

Name: Colvard, Samuel E.

Branch of

Service US Army

Decorations American Theatre Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal

Discharged Dec. 12, 1946

Name: Conger, Charles

Name: Conger, Clifford

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at: Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Served In:

France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany and Austria with General

Hodges 1st Army and General Patton's 3rd Army


Name: Cooper, Fay

Name: Cooper, Pete

Branch of

Service 745th Field Artillery Battalion

Trained at: Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Embarkment Camp Shanks, New Jersey - Sailed to Scotland and England

Battle

Engagements Central Europe and Rhineland

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 2 Battle Stars;

2 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Name: Corman, Newt

Branch of

Service Navy

Rank Seaman, Second Class

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee

Discharged Jan. 7, 1946 - Memphis, Tennessee

Name: Cowan, Harry A.

Rank Technicain Fourth Grade

Entered


Trained at:

Fort Eustis, Virginia; Holabird Motor Base, Maryland; Camp Davis,

North Carolina; Camp Hulen, Exas - with 482nd Welder Battalion;

Camp Barkeley, Texas

Served In: Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-

Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars; World War II

Victory Medal


Name: Cox, Robert

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at:

Balboa Park, San Diego, California; Fort Custer, Michigan; Drew Field,

Florida

Discharged Feb. 19, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Notes: Served as Construction Machine Operator

Name: Cramer, Harold

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Seaman, First Class

Entered


Trained at:

Green Bay, Wisconsin; Great Lakes, Illinois; Navy Ammunition Depot,

Shoemaker, California

Discharged Jul. 29, 1946 - Memphis, Tennessee

Name: Crosley, Edward L.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Seaman First Class

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; San Bruno, California; Port Hueneme, California

Discharged Feb. 8, 1945 - Long Beach Hospital, California (Medical Discharge)

Name: Davis, Elmer Dale

Entered


Trained at: Camp Wolters, Texas; Fort Meade, Maryland

Served In:

Hawaii and Okinawa with Company B, 17th Infantry, 7th Division -

Seoul, Korea with 31st Field Artillery Battalion as Military Police

during Occupation

Discharged Dec. 12, 1946 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Name: Davis, Forrest R.

Branch of

Service 38 Division with 6th and 10th Army

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Camp Carabelle, Florida; Camp Livingston,

Louisiana

Served In: Hawaiian Islands, New Guinea, Leyte

Decorations

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars, Philippine

Liberation with 2 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Pre-Pearl

Harbor Medal

Discharged Aug. 3, 1945 - Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington D.C.

Name: Davis, Robert R.

Branch of

Service US Marines

Rank Platoon Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: San Diego, California

Served In:

Guadalcanal, New Britain, Caledonia and New Zealand with 1st

Marine Division, 2nd Marine Regiment

Discharged Sept. 25, 1945 - San Diego, California

Notes Previous training in army from 1932-1937 (4 1/2 years)

Name: Davis, Wilfred E.

Branch of

Service 1st Infantry, 6th Division

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Desert Training in San Luis Obispo,

California

Served In: Hawaiian Island, New Guinea, Philippines, Korea, China

Discharged Dec. 14, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Davis, William E.

Branch of

Service Medical Corps - 36th Infantry, 111th Division, Medical Battalion

Entered


Trained at: Camp Barkeley, Texas

Overseas Date Mar. 7, 1944

Served In: Africa, Italy, France, Germany, Austria

Decorations Presidential Citation, Legion of Merit

Discharged Jan. 29, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Notes Total time overseas = 22 months

Name: Dawson, Richard E.

Branch of

Service 541st Parachute Regiment

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Robinson, Arkansas; Jumping School, Fort Benning, Georgia


Notes Jumping Instructor in Paratroops at Fort Benning, Georgia

Name: Dean, Melvin

Name: Dean, Robert E.

Branch of


Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at: San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California

Served with:

1st Marines, 1st Division in Russell Island, Invasion of Okinawa,

Occupation of China

Discharged May 15, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Dobbins, Billy

Branch of

Service Army

Rank Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 4, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

San Diego, California; Fort Custer, Michigan; Camp Gordon, Georgia;

Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Butner, North Carolina

Overseas Date

Jan. 10, 1945 from Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts - Arrived

Jan. 21, 1945 at Le Havre, France

Served In:

Rhineland and Central Europe with Company L, 354 Infantry, 89th

Division as Assistant Squad Leader throughout entire foreign service

Decorations Combat Infantry Badge


Name: Dobbins, Jack C.

Branch of

Service Technician Fifth Grade

Entered

Date/Location Feb. 1943

Trained at: Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Served In:

Sidney, Australia, New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Philippines and Japan

with 615 Engineers, 5th Air Force, 8th Army under General

Eisenhower

Discharged Jan. 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Dowden, Abraham

Name: Dowden, William

Name: Downing, Charles

Name: Downing, Donald D.

Branch of

Service US Army

Entered


Trained at: Camp Blanding, Florida; Attended Cook and Baker's School

Discharged Nov. 11, 1945 - Camp Blanding, Florida

Notes Service on Troop Trains

Name: Durack, Paul H.

Branch of

Service 38th Signal Corps and Air Corps

Rank First Lieutenant

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Drew Field,

Tampa, Florida, Maxwell Field, Alabama; Albany, Georgia;

Greenwood, Mississippi; Avon Park, Florida; Barksdale Field,

Louisiana

Discharged Oct. 20, 1945 - Gulfport, Mississippi

Name: Durham, Virgil

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Apr. 1941


Served In: Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Austria

Decorations 5 Combat Stars, French Citation, Presidential Citation

Discharged Oct. 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Duzan, Robert L.

Branch of

Service Army Air Force

Rank Corporal

Entered

Date/Location Jan. 16, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Fort Dix, New Jersey with 1st Air Force; Drew Field, Florida with 3rd

Air Force

Served In: Aleutian Islands (27 months) with 11th Air Force


Name: Everitt, Harold F.

Branch of

Service Medical Corps

Entered


Trained at: Camp Barkeley, Texas

Discharged Jul. 3, 1945 - Camp Stoneman, California

Name: Fair, Ernest

Name: Ferrell, Glenn

Branch of

Service Navy

Entered

Date/Location Apr. 18, 1944 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois

Discharged US Naval Hospital, San Diego, California

Name: Ferrell, Mars

Branch of


Rank Flight Surgeon - Major, A. U.S.

Entered

Date/Location Oct. 15, 1942 - Miami Beach, Florida

Trained at:

Miami Beach, Florida; Randolph Field, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee;

Pueblo, Colorado; Salina, Kansas; Alamogordo, New Mexico;

Charleston, South Carolina

Served In: South Pacific Theatre

Battle

Engagements

Okinawa with 319th Bomb Group (M); Army of Occupation Seoul,

Korea with 317th Troop Carrier Group

Inactive Duty: Feb. 1946

Name: Flanagan, Laurence Franklin

Branch of

Service Navy

Rank Shipfitter Second Class

Entered

Date/Location Nov. 9, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; San Diego, California

Served On: U.S.S. Y.R. 44 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 6 months

Discharged Nov. 11, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Fort, Edward E.

Branch of

Service US Army


Entered

Date/Location Sep. 1943

Trained at: Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Camp Shanks, New York

Served In: Scotland, England, France Germany, Austria

Discharged Mar. 23, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Fort, William

Name: Fouts, Lloyd

Branch of

Service Army - Company C. 317th Infantry, 80th Division


Entered

Date/Location Jul. 6, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Yuma, Arizona; Fort

Dix, New Jersey, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Overseas Date Jul. 1, 1944 - Landed in Scotland Jul. 8, 1944

Served In: France, Luxemburg, Germany

Decorations

3 Bronze Battle Stars, Silver Star Medal, Combat Infantryman's

Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Rifle Sharpshooter, European-African-

Middle Eastern Campaign Metal

Discharged Jul. 1945 - Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Notes: Wounded near Nuremburg, Germany

Name: Freeman, Paul

Branch of

Service 11th Infantry and Medical Units

Rank First Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Oct. 14, 1935, Feb. 10, 1941 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky and California

Served In: China-Burma-India Theatre

Decorations Rifle and Machine Gun Expert Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Discharged Oct. 16, 1938, Dec. 11, 1945

Notes First Sergeant over the 48th Evacuation Hospital in India for 1 year

Name: Fuqua, Joe

Branch of

Service Army

Rank Technician Fifth Grade - Small Arms Repairman

Entered

Date/Location May 14, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Aberdeen, Maryland; Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Camp Rucker,

Alabama

Overseas Date Apr. 11, 1944 - 37th Medical Battalion

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

Expert Rifleman's Badge; Driver and Mechanic Badge; 5 Battle Stars;

French Croix De Guerre Avec Etoile De Bronze; Good Conduct Badge,

Certificate of Merit


Name: Garst, Edward

Branch of

Service Army

Entered


Trained at:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Barkeley, Texas; Stringtown, Oklahoma;

Camp Rucker, Alabama; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Camp Kilmer,

New Jersey

Overseas Oct. 22, 1944 - Company 90th, Chemical Mortar Battalion

Served In: France, Belgium, Germany, crossed Rhine River near Remagen

Battle

Engagements Army of Occupation (1 month) Nuremberg

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 Bronze

Service Stars, American Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Discharged Oct. 17, 1945 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Notes

Squad Leader of 42 Inch Mortar Crew. Training to go to Japan at Fort

jackson, South Carolina when war ended.

Name: Garst, Paul P.

Branch of

Service Infantry - Company A. 319th Infantry 80th Division

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Desert Training

near Yuma, Arizona

Overseas Date Jul. 1, 1944

Served In: England, France Luxemburg, Germany, Austria

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Service Medal with 4

Bronze Stars, Purple Heart Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct

Medal, World War II Victory Medal

Discharged Oct. 30, 1945 - Fort Knox, Kentucky

Notes

Time Overseas: 1 yr. 3 m. 25 d. - In combat 9 months as Squad

Leader in charge of and responsible for eleven men

Name: Gault, Lawrence E.

Branch of

Service Army

Rank Technical Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jan. 11, 1943 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Wallace, Texas; Camp Stewart, Georgia; Camp Pickett, Virginia

Overseas Date Oct. 19, 1944 - Joined the 185 Infantry, 40th Division

Served In: Asiatic-Pacific Theatre

Battle

Engagements New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon, Panay, Negros

Decorations

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars, Philippine

Liberation Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars, Bronze Arrowhead, World

War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge


Name: Godbey, Floyd J.

Branch of



Entered


Trained at: Georgia and Florida Air Bases


Served In: China-Burma-India Theatre (28 months)


Name: Godbey, Morris E.

Rank Sergeant

Entered



Overseas Date Jun. 6, 1944

Served In: European-St. Lo, France and Germany

Decorations

European Theatre Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart,

American Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, World War II

Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge


Notes

Served as Replacement Jul. 10, 1944; Assigned to I and R Platoon of

Headquarters Company, 320 Infantry Division Jul. 19, 1944; Assigned

to 40th Replacement Battalion Mar. 1, 1945

Name: Goff, Jim

Name: Goodpasture, Billy

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at: Camp Stoneman, California; Fort Lewis, Washington

Served In:

Le Havre, France, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Germany, Metz,

France with 482 Engineering Battalion

Discharged May, 1946 - Fort Lewis, Washington

Name: Goudy, Jules

Branch of

Service 343rd Infantry Regiment, 86th Division


Entered


Trained at:

Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Camp Cooke,

California, Camp San Luis Obispo, California

Overseas Date Feb. 19, 1945

Served In:

European; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre - Germany and Luzon for 10

months with 343rd Infantry Regiment, 86th Division

Discharged Apr. 3, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Gurley, Ralph E.

Branch of

Service US Air Force

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Sheppard Field, Texas; Lubbock, Texas

Overseas Date Jan. 31, 1942

Served In: Australia (18 months) - Returned to US by way of New Caledonia, Fiji,

Canton and Hawaii

Discharged Nov. 22, 1943 - due to injured back and paralyzed leg

Notes

Served in 30th Service Squadron, 22nd Service Group. The first

Fortville boy to serve overseas and one of the first two from Hancock

County. Enrolled as a Flying Cadet after return to US until

discharged.

Name: Gwinn, Ralph H.

Branch of

Service Engineers

Rank Sergeant - Rifle Marksman

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Pickett, Virginia; Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; Camp Gordon

Johnston, Florida; Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Overseas Date Apr. 8, 1945 with 1748th Engineers Petroleum Distribution Company


Battle

Engagements Ryukyus

Decorations

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star; American Theatre

Ribbon; Good Conduct Ribbon; World War II Victory Medal


Name: Hall, William D.

Branch of

Service Naval Aviation Cadet

Rank Ensign

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 11, 1942 - Active Duty Call on Aug. 1, 1943

Trained at:

Monmouth University, Monmouth, Illinois; University of Wyoming,

Laramie, Wyoming; St. Mary's College, California; Ottumwa, Iowa;

Cabaniss Field, Texas; Beeville, Texas; Kingsville, Texas; Corpus

Christi, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida

Discharged Jun. 10, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Notes

Duties: Flying Mail and Hospital Planes between United States and

the Orient. "NATS" Squadron of C-54 Skymasters. Naval Air Station -

Honolulu, Hawaii

Name: Hardin, Donald R.

Rank Fireman First Class

Entered

Date/Location Mar. 1945

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Shoemaker, California

Served with:

Fleet Air Wing in Hawaiian Island, Shanghai, Tsinger, Korea, Japan,

Guam

Discharged Aug. 1, 1946

Name: Hardin, Richard

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Lieutenant - U.S. Naval Reserve

Entered

Date/Location July, 1943 - Fort Schuyler, New York

Trained at: New York; Gulfport, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana

Served In: American, European, Asiatic and Mediterranean Theaters

Discharged Jan. 6, 1946 (Released to Inactive Duty)

Name: Hauk, Lowell M.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Carpenter's Mate Third Class

Entered

Date/Location May 31 - 1944

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Shoemaker, California

Served On: A.P.D. U.S.S. Newman

Battle

Engagements

Philippines, New Guinea, China, Okinawa, Solomon Islands,

Guadalcanal, several islands in Pacific area and two Invasions on

Borneo


Name: Hayes, Donald

Branch of

Service Navy

Trained at: Sampson, New York

Stationed Chincoteague Island, Virginia


Name: Hayes, Robert

Branch of



Entered


Trained at: Craig Field, Selma, Alabama

Overseas Date May 28th, 1942

Served In: Puerto Rico and Guam

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon; Good

Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Truck Driver Medal


Notes Heavy Transportation Operator - 20th Air Force, 315 Bomber Wing

Name: Heche, Adrian E.

Branch of

Service Air Force

Rank Second Lieutenant

Entered


Trained at:

Sky Harbor Airport; Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana; Fort

Thomas, Kentucky; Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi; University of

Tennessee; Walnut Ridge Air Base, Arkansas; Souther Field,

Americus, Georgia; Greenville, Mississippi; Courtland, Alabama;

Blytheville, Arkansas; Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama; Lincoln,

Nebraska; Chanute Field, Illinois

Discharged Mar. 3, 1946 - Fort Douglas, Utah

Notes

Name: Hendrix, George

Branch of

Service Navy

Entered

Date/Location May 22, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois - Company 832; Seattle Washington; Bremerton,

Washington; Port Hueneme, California

Overseas Date Sep. 1, 1945 - Jan. 20, 1946

Served On: U.S.S. Titania


Name: Hendrix, Jarvis

Name: Hennis, Lowell

Rank Supply Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jan. 19, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Trained at: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Served with: 70th Tank Battalion

Discharged Jul. 1947 - Fort Knox, Kentucky

Name: Hennis, Bill

Branch of

Service Ordnance

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Roberts, California; Camp Haan, California

Discharged Oct. 10, 1945 - Fort Lewis, Washington

Notes

Fourteen months - Sereant in charge of a section in a dud searching

detachment connected with demolition group. Located unexploded

bombs, shells and mines all over Arizona, Montana, Oregon,

Washington and California

Name: Hennis, Ralph

Branch of

Service Army

Entered

Date/Location Oct. 1942

Trained at:

Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Camp Kilmer,

New Jersey

Overseas Date Dec. 29, 1943

Served In: European Theatre - 3466th Army Ordinance

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon; European Theatre Ribbon; 3 Bronze Stars;

Good Conduct Medal; Victory Medal; Bronze Arrowhead;

Distinguished Unit Badge; French Croix De Guerre


Name: Henry, George M.

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Miami Beach, Florida; Radio School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota;

Gunnery School, Fort Myers, Florida; Combat Crew Training,

Ardmore, Oklahoma

Served In: England - Flew Mission with 8th Air Force

Decorations 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, 4 Battle Stars, Distinguished Flying Cross

Discharged 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Hershman, George T.

Branch of

Service Navy

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa - Electrical Engineering;

Shoemaker, California

Overseas Date June, 1944

Served In: South Pacific


Name: Hiatt, James R.

Branch of

Service 3114th Signal Corps Battalion


Entered



Served In: Canal Zone


Name: Hiatt, John

Branch of

Service Army

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 11, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas

Assigned to Army Security Agency, Warrenton, Virginia

Discharged 1946 - Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Name: Hiday, Duane

Branch of


Entered

Date/Location May 12, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana


Discharged San Diego, California

Name: Hinnefeld, Edwin

Branch of

Service US Army - 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division


Served In: European Theatre - 30 months

Battle

Engagements Norhtern France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon, European Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze

Battle Stars, Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Unite

Service Plaque; Presidential Citation

Discharged Jan. 27, 1947

Notes: Total Time Served: 3 yrs.

Name: Hite, Ernest

Name: Hochstedler, Clyde

Name: Hochstedler, J. L.

Branch of

Service US Naval Reserve

Rank Lieutenant

Entered


Trained at:

Glenview, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Florida;

Ream Field, San Diego, California

Served In:

Kahalui, Maui, Territory of Hawaii; Marpi Point, Saipan - on U.S.S.

Intrepid


Name: Hollenback, Calvin

Name: Hudson, Bob


Entered


Trained at:

Amarillo, Texas; Nebraska; Santa Ana, California; Sioux Falls, South

Dakota; Yuma, Arizona; Gulfport, Mississippi; Atlanta, Georgia

Served With:

305th bomb Group, 422nd Bomb Squdron on a C-47 over Belgium,

Germany, France, Italy and Africa

Discharged Apr. 9, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Humfleet, Robert, Jr.

Name: Humphrey, John W.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Pharmacist's Mate Third Class

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Norfolk, Virginia; A.P.A. Transport

Battle

Engagements

Invasion of Saipan, Sicily, Salerno, Northwest Africa, Hawaiian Island,

Guadalcanal

Discharged Feb. 15, 1945 - U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland

Name: Hunt, Ralph

Branch of



Entered


Trained at:

Camp Barkeley, Texas; O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield,

Missouri


Served In: Scotland, England, France, Belgium with 193 General Hospital

Battle

Engagements Rhineland Campaign

Decorations Bronze Star; Good Conduct Medal


Name: Hutcherson, Billie

Branch of

Service 27th Infantry Division

Entered


Trained at: Camp Wolters, Texas

Overseas Date Mar. 10, 1942 for Hawaii

Served In:

Honolulu, Marshall Islands, Marianas, New Hebrides, Okinawa,

Guam, Saipan


Name: Hutsel, William

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Baker Second Class

Entered


Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Norfolk, Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New

Orleans, Louisiana

Served In: Pacific Theatre

Battle

Engagements

Invasion of Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guam, Saipan, Sourthern

Russia


Name: Jackson, Elbridge B.

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at:

Atlantic City, New Jersey; University of Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis,

Indiana; Greenville, Texas

Discharged Nov. 29, 1945 - Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

Notes: Total Time Served - 44 months, 8 days

Name: Jackson, Melvin

Name: Jackson, William Marvin

Branch of


Rank Technician Fifth Grade - Surgical Technician 861

Entered


Discharged May 31, 1946 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Jarrett, Bob

Branch of

Service US Army - Quartermaster Corps


Entered

Date/Location Mar. 2, 1943 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp White, Oregon; Stanford University, California; Camp Lee,

Virginia; Camp Beale, California; Fort Bragg, North Carolina


Battle

Engagements

France, Belgium, Germany - Redeployed through Panama Canal to

Philippines; served on Luzon at Manilla


Name: Jarrett, Charles W.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Water Tender Third Class

Entered

Date/Location April, 1944

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Camp Bradford,

Virginia


Served On: L.S.T. 934

Battle

Engagements

Invasion of Leyte, Lingayen, Palawan, Negros, Cebu, Mindanao,

Okinawa


Name: Jarrett, Glenn

Branch of

Service US Army - 985th Ordnance Field Depot, 1st Army


Entered


Trained at: Santa Anita, California

Served in: England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

Discharged Dec., 23, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Jarrett, Leon

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class - Petty Officer

Entered

Date/Location Nov. 30, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Dewey, Great Lakes, Illinois

Sea Date June, 1943

Served On:

C.V.E. 30 - Aircraft Carrier of small class - Abord 27 months of

Atlantic Duty

Discharged Oct. 6, 1945 - Camp Shelton, Virginia

Name: Jarrett, Richard

Branch of


Rank Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Feb. 11, 1944 - Camp Robinson, Arkansas

Trained at:

Sheppard Field, Texas; Lowry Field, Colorado; Coffeyville Army Air

Base, Kansas; Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Brooks

Field, San Antonio, Texas

Decorations American Theatre Ribbon; Good Conduct Ribbon; Victory Medal


Name: Jarrett, Richard Lee

Branch of

Service Navy

Rank Seaman, Second Class

Entered

Date/Location Nov. 23, 1942 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Discharged Apr. 29, 1943 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Johnson, Bill

Name: Johnson, William E., Sr.

Branch of

Service US Army Air Corps

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 25, 1942

Trained at:

Camp Lee, Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gunnery School,

Texas; Denver, Colorado

Battle

Engagements

Flew Mission from England with 8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group

over Germany, France and Normandy


Name: Jones, Benjamin Franklin

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Painter First Class

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 24, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at:

Norfolk, Virginia; Casco Bay, Maine; U.S.S. Denebola; Camp Bradford,

Virginia

Discharged Nov. 10, 1944 - Camp Bradford, Virginia

Notes

Instructor Amphibious Training - Camp Bradford, Virginia. Previous

Navy Service - Discharged Sep. 5, 1922

Name: Keith, Claude

Branch of

Service Infantry - Company E. 63rd Infantry, 6th Division

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 5, 1942 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at:

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Desert Training, Southern California;

Camp Young, California; Camp San Luis Obispo, California



Discharged Jan. 23, 1945 - Moore General Hospital, North Carolina

Name: Kellermeyer, Henry

Branch of

Service US Army

Entered


Trained at: Fort McClellan, Alabama


Served In: Italian Theatre

Discharged Jun. 1, 1945 - Camp Wheeler, Georgia

Name: Kemerly, Billy

Branch of

Service

1st and 8th Armored Division, 311 Infantry Rangers Division - Later

with the Air Force as Military Police

Entered


Trained at:

Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp

Campbell, Kentucky, Camp Butner, North Carolina; Robins Field,

Georgia; California

Overseas Date Sep., 1943

Served In:

China, India and Burma (making several trips over the hump in

China)

Discharged Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Notes

Flew by plane Sep. 1945 to the United States - having completed a

trip around the world by landing at Miami, Florida

Name: Kemerly, Herschel M.

Branch of

Service Marine Corps

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 1945 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at: Parris Island, South Carolina; was A.T. to Quantico, Virginia

Discharged Dec., 1945 - (Medical)

Name: Kemerly, Leon E.

Branch of

Service Army - 50th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Cooke, California

Served In: Landed in England - Joined General Patton's 3rd Army in July 1944

Decorations Purple Heart

Discharged Jan. 17, 1946 - Camp Custer, Michigan - (Medical)

Notes

Held prisoner at the Port of Brest until liberated by American

Rangers. Was captured by German SS Troops and Paratroopers Aug.

19, 1944. Went back in combat and was wounded in the Belgium

Bulge on Jan. 1, 1945 and was in the hospital until discharged.

Name: Kemerly, Murl Glenn

Branch of

Service US Army - 78th Cavalry Reconnaissance

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Butner, North Carolina; Maneuvers at Nashville, Tennessee

and Camp Pickett, Virginia

Served In:

Landed in Southampton, England - from there to the Seine River 40

miles from Paris, France - hit the lines in the Belgium Bulge, in Berlin,

Germany


Name: Kemerly, Richard D.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Coxswain (T) (LC) Sv6

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Coxswain School, Norfolk, Virginia

Battle

Engagements Invasion of Leyte, Luzon and Borneo

Decorations

Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star; Asiatic-Pacific

Theatre Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars; American Area Ribbon; World

War II Victory Medal; Amphibious Force Shoulder Insignia

Discharged Dec. 22, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Kingen, Dennis

Name: Kingen, John

Name: Kingen, Orville

Name: Kingery, Cecil

Name: Kingrey, Emerson

Branch of

Service 2nd Infantry Division


Entered


Trained at: Camp Wolters, Texas; Camp McCoy, Wisconsin

Served In: Belfast, North Ireland, France, Belgium and Germany

Decorations 1 Bronze Star; 1 Silver Star; Purple Heart with 1 Cluster


Name: Kingery, Frederick

Name: Kingery, Irvin

Name: Kingery, Lewis

Name: Kroeckel, Richard E.

Branch of

Service

Army Air Force (A.A.C.S.) - 1716th Signal Service Aviation Battalion,

5th Air Force


Entered


Trained at:

Miami Beach, Florida; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania;

Chanute Field, Illinois; Sheppard Field, Texas; Greensboro, North

Carolina.

Overseas Date Jun. 1, 1945



Name: Kroeckel, Robert

Branch of

Service Infantry

Rank Corporal

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Bowie, Texas; Camp Hood, Texas; University of Kansas; Camp

Gruber, Oklahoma

Overseas Nov. 24, 1944

Served With: 242nd Infantry, 42nd Division during all engagements

Battle

Engagements

Battle of Bulge, Battle of Rhineland, Battle of Central Europe, Army

of Occupation Austria

Decorations

Bronze Star Medal; American Theatre Ribbon; European Theatre

Ribbon; Army of Occupation Ribbon (German); Victory Medal;

Combat Infantryman's Badge


Name: Largent, Harry

Name: Lewark, Demoind G.

Branch of

Service Infantry

Rank Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jul. 6, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp Laguna,

Arizona; Fort Dix, New Jersey

Overseas Date Jul. 1, 1944 from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Served In:

European Theatre with Company E., 317th Infantry, 80th Infantry

Division

Decorations

Expert Rifleman's Badge; Combat Infantry Badge; 1 Star; Purple

Heart

Discharged May-3-1945

Notes Wounded Nov. 13, 1944

Name: Lewark, William E.

Branch of

Service 318th Anti-Tank Company, 80th Infantry Division

Rank Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp Laguna,

Arizona; Fort Dix, New Jersey

Overseas Served 1 year


Decorations Expert Rifleman's Badge

Discharged Sep. 20, 1945

Name: Lindamood, Junior

Name: Lindamood, Richard

Branch of

Service Army

Rank Private (3 months) Corporal (32 months)

Entered


Trained at: Atlantic City, New Jersey; Drew Field, Florida

Overseas 1 year, 10 months, 12 days

Served In: European Theatre with 432nd Fighter Control Squadron of Europe

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 5 Bronze

Stars; American Theatre Ribbon; Good Conduct Ribbon; Victory

Medal


Name: Manship, Earl

Branch of

Service Army - Signal Corps


Entered


Trained at: Camp Crowder, Missouri - 232 Signal Operation Company

Overseas Date Apr. 30, 1943

Served In: South Pacific Theatre

Battle

Engagements New Guinea, Southern Philippines (liberation), Luzon, Japan

Decorations

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars; Philippine

Liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star; Good Conduct Medal; Victory

Medal


Notes

Name: Martin, Gilbert

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Seaman First Class

Entered


Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Shoemaker, California; Oakland, California

Discharged Mar. 29, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Maynard, Claud E.

Branch of

Service Military Police

Entered

Date/Location Dec., 1941 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Served With:

677 Division as Military Police in Algeria, French Morocco and Tunisia

(3 years)

Decorations

American Defense Ribbon; European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre

Ribbon; 2 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Ribbon


Name: Maynard, Lester E.

Branch of

Service Reconnaissance Company 607, Tank Destroyer Battalion

Entered


Trained at: Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Camp Hood, Texas

Overseas Date April, 1944

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon; European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre

Ribbon; 5 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory

Medal


Notes Total Time Overseas - 1 year, 8 months

Name: McAtee, Millard

Branch of

Service Infantry


Entered

Date/Location Mar. 3, 1944 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Wolters, Texas; Camp Butner, North Carolina



Discharged Aug. 17, 1946 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Notes

Served overseas with 89th Infantry Division, Headquarters Berlin

District, (Potsdam Conference), Headquarters United States Forces

Name: McBane, Robert

Branch of

Service Field Artillery

Rank Major (May 2, 1945)

Entered


Trained at: Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Washington, Maryland; Camp Patrick Henry,

Virginia; Camp Stoneman, California

Overseas Date Aug. 31, 1943

Served In:

South Pacific Theatre (10 months) Southwest Pacific (1 1/2 years) -

Northern Solomons, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Southern

Philippines, Luzon, Occupation of Japan and Korea

Battle

Engagements Bougainville, Leyte, and Luzon


Notes

Recalled to Active Duty - June 1946 at Washington, D.C.;

Commissioned Regular Army - June 1947 at Washington, D.C. --

Decorations: 5 Campaign Stars, Bronze Star Medal, Sudtan Arrowhed

(for H-hour assault landing at Leyte)

Name: McCord, Chester, Jr.

Name: McCord, Richard

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Camp Hood, Texas; Fort Ord, California

Served In:

Finschhafen, New Guinea, Leyte, Philippines and Japan (Oct. 1945) -

with the 73rd Field Hospital


Name: McKay, Marion B.

Branch of


Entered



Served As: Coast Patrol at Rhode Island and also Transport of Prisoners

Discharged Aug. 15, 1945 - Newport, Rhode Island

Notes Total Time Served - 24 months

Name: Melton, Ray

Name: Mitchell, Kenneth

Name: Mock, Samuel C.

Branch of

Service Air Corps

Entered


Trained at:

Sheppard Field, Texas; Aircraft Mechanic School, Amarillo, Texas,

Gunnery School, Kingman, Arizona; Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas

Served With:

452nd Bomb Squadron and as Top Turret Gunner and Engineer on a

B-17

Discharged October, 1945

Notes Shot down and held prisoner for four weeks while on his 4th mission.

Name: Mollenkopf, Gene

Name: Mollenkopf, Vaughn

Entered


Trained at: Camp Blanding, Florida

Served In: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland

Discharged Sep. 5, 1945 - Kentucky

Name: Moran, John A.

Branch of


Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 21, 1941 - Fort Crook, Nebraska

Trained at: Camp Grant, Illinois; Camp Chaffee, Arkansas

Battle

Engagements Germany - with 78th Infantry Division

Decorations 3 Battle Stars; Silver Star; Bronze Star; Purple Heart

Discharged Camp Atterbury

Notes

Saw Service in the following Army Installations; Fort Benjamin

Harrison, Indiana; Camp Pickett, Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort

Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Meade, Maryland

Name: Morgan, Charles

Name: Morris, John Worthington

Branch of

Service Army - Infantry


Entered

Date/Location Sep.. 15, 1944 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Trained at: Camp Blanding, Florida

Overseas Date Mar. 15, 1945 from New York


Decorations Combat Infantry Badge

Discharged Jul. 2, 1946 - Fort Lewis, Washington

Notes:

Apr. 14, 1945 joined Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion, 114th

Infantry Regiment, 44th Division

Name: Neal, Wallace

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Technician Third Grade

Entered


Trained at: Camp Crowder, Missouri

Served In: Pelelieu, Palau, Saipan with 3165 Signal Corps

Discharged Nov. 6, 1946 - Camp Sheridan, Illinois

Name: Noe, George

Branch of

Service Navy

Rank Ship's Cook Second Class

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 12, 1943 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Trained at: Shoemaker, California

Overseas Date Nov., 1943

Served On: U.S.S. Ajax; U.S.S. S.C. 1213

Battle

Engagements

Marshall Islands, Hollandia, Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau Island,

Morotai, Leyte, Philippine Islands, Truk, Saipan, Zamboango, Savo,

Manila, Attu, Okinawa, Formosa, Wake, Kiska, Aleutians

Decorations

American Area Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon, Philippine

Liberation Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, 8 Battle Stars


Name: North, Margaret

Branch of

Service WAVES - V-10, US Naval Reserve

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 13, 1944 - Chicago, Illinois

Trained at: Hunter College, New York; 48th Regiment

Stationed At: Naval Air Training Base, Pensacola, Florida

Discharged Feb. 8, 1946 - Pensacola, Florida

Name: Ogle, Ralph Otis

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Carpenter's Mate Second Class

Entered


Trained at:

Indianapolis, Indiana; Great Lakes, Illinois; Norfolk, Virginia; Port

Hueneme, California; San Francisco, California; Oakland, California;

Santa Cruz, California; Clearfield, Utah; Mare Island, Califronia;

Corona, California

Overseas 3 years, 8 months, 6 days


Name: Olvey, George

Name: Perkins, James R.

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Sheppard Field, Texas

Overseas Date Feb., 1944

Stationed: England (1 1/2 years) - working as airplane mechanic


Name: Perkins, Richard

Branch of

Service US Army

Entered

Date/Location Jan., 1943

Trained at: Omaha, Nebraska - Ordnance School

Overseas Date Aug., 1944

Served In: England, France, Germany, Russia and Austria

Discharged Feb., 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Perkins, Thomas O.

Branch of

Service Infantry

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 11, 1943 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Trained at:

Camp Blanding, Florida - trained with the 211th Infantry,

Replacement Battalion Company - 30 Caliber Machine Gun also 81

M.M. Mortar

Overseas Date Mar. 19, 1944 from Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Served In:

North Africa (2 weeks), Italy (4 months) training in a Replacement

Depot then to the front with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 351st

Infantry Regiment, 88th Division as a Machine Gunner

Discharged Nov. 15, 1945 - Camp Gruber, Oklahoma

Name: Petty, Ingales

Name: Plain, Donald

Name: Postrack, Joseph R.

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jan. 5, 1943 - Dayton, Ohio

Trained at:

Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; Alliance

Air Base, Nebraska; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Overseas Date Jul. 2, 1944 to Dec. 19, 1945


Discharged Dec. 23, 1945 - Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania

Name: Price, John R.

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank First Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Chaffee, Arkansas; Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Served with: 159 Infantry, 29th Infantry of the 106 Division

Battle

Engagements Le Havre, France, Northern France and Central Europe

Decorations 2 Bronze Stars and other Citations


Name: Prickett, Forrestt

Name: Rafert, Frank

Name: Rees, Lowell

Branch of

Service Infantry

Entered


Trained at: Camp Wheeler, Georgia

Overseas Date Sep., 1944 - joined 104th Timberwolf Division

Battle

Engagements Holland and Germany

Decorations Infantry Badge; 3 Battle Stars


Name: Reichenback, Robert L.

Branch of

Service US Army


Entered


Trained at:

Camp Wolters, Texas; Radio School in Alaska; Camp Miles Standish,

Massachusetts

Battle

Engagements Marseille, France

Discharged Jun. 8, 1945 from a hospital in Kentucky

Notes: Was hospitalized in England

Name: Rensforth, Phillip S.

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class

Entered

Date/Location May -- 30, 1944

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Richmond, Virginia; Shoemaker, California;

Treasure Island, California

Battle

Engagements

Invasion of Luzon, Honolulu, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Leyte,

Samar


Name: Richards, John

Name: Richcreek, Joy B.

Branch of

Service Machine Line Gunner; Head Cook

Entered


Served In:

England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembury, Germany

(Total of 12 months)


Name: Ridge, Tom

Branch of

Service Signal Corps

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Crowder, Missouri; Fort Meade, Maryland; Camp Pickett,

Virginia; Camp Stoneman, California


Served In: Middle East

Discharged Oct. 15, 1945 - Camp Crowder, Missouri

Name: Roche, James R.

Branch of

Service Army - Medical Corps

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 8, 1942 - Bloomington, Indiana

Trained at:

Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Camp Grant, Illinois; Champaign,

Illinois; Bloomington, Indiana


Name: Ross, Carl Thomas

Branch of

Service Artillery


Entered


Trained In: U.S. (1 1/2 years)

Overseas Date

Overseas (1 1/2 years) with the 253rd Armored Field Artillery

Battalion

Decorations

European Theatre Ribbon; 4 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal;

World War II Victory Medal


Name: Rush, Emerson

Entered


Overseas 10 months



Notes: Wounded Aug. 15, 1944 - Chartres, France

Name: Rush, Reba L.

Branch of

Service Army Nurse Corps


Entered


Overseas Date Jun. 30, 1942 (38 months total)

Served In:

European Theatre - Stork General Hospital, South Carolina; Ireland;

Oxford; England; France

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Campaign Ribbon;;

American Defense Service Medal


Notes:

Overseas Duty with 2nd General Hospital and was one of the first

General Hospitals overseas and one of the first to land in France.

Name: Saville, Floyd

Branch of

Service Engineers Corps

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Butner, North Carolina - Assigned to Campany A, 292 Combat

Engineers Battalion

Overseas Oct. 5, 1944 for England

Served In: European Theatre (31 1/2 months)

Battle

Engagements France, Aschen, Germany, Battle of Bulge

Name: Sewell, George William

Branch of

Service US Navy

Rank Shipfitter Second Class

Entered

Date/Location May -- 12, 1942

Trained at:

Great Lakes, Illinois; U.S. Naval Armory, Chicago, Illinois; Armed

Guard School, Gulfport, Mississippi; Brooklyn, New York

Served In: European Theatre - aboard P.C. Boat U.S.S. 1167

Discharged Jun. 30, 1945 - U.S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Name: Sewell, Raymond

Entered

Date/Location Aug. 20, 1942 - Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Discharged March, 1943

Notes:

Served in both World War I and II - In World War I served with the

famous Rainbow Division and was gassed during one of the Division's

major battles in France. In World War II served only in the United

States.

Name: Sherman, Melvin

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Corporal

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 23, 1941

Trained at: Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts

Served In: England, Scotland, Wales, France and Germany

Discharged Nov. 3, 1945 - Fort Knox, Kentucky

Name: Sherman, Robert E.

Branch of US Navy

Service

Rank Pharmacist's Mate Second Class

Entered

Date/Location Jun., 1943

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Bethesda, Maryland

Battle

Engagements Invasion of Guam, Saipan, Okinawa, Japan

Discharged Apr. 29, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Shull, Leslie

Branch of


Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Barkeley, Texas; Camp Anza, California

Overseas Date May 7, 1945 on U.S.S. General Hase (Total Time 1 year, 13 days)

Served In:

China-Burma-India Theatre - Served with 18th General Hospital in

Myitkyina, Burma; 185 Quartermaster Corps in Calcutta, India

Decorations

American Theatre Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 1

Bronze Star; Good Conduct medal; World War II Victory Medal


Notes:

Served in Company D, 64th Medical Training Battalion; Company B,

56th Medical Training Battalion

Name: Shull, Oswald

Branch of

Service Navy

Entered


Trained at:

Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Chicago, Illinois; Camp Parks,

California; Naval Air Corps, Moffett Field, California

Discharged Aug. 1, 1946 - Shoemaker, California

Name: Shull, Raymond

Branch of

Service Air Force

Entered

Date/Location Aug., 1941

Trained at: McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

Served In:

Bombay, India; Karachi, India; Kunming, China; 14th Air Force with

General Clair Lee Chennault of the original Flying Tigers

Decorations 2 Bronze Stars


Notes:

Waist Gunner - flew the hump nineteen times from India to China

with 322 Combat Cargo

Name: Skinner, Benjamin F.

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Jun. 13, 1941

Trained at:

Fort Riley, Kansas; Greensboro, North Carolina; Iceland; California;

Chanute Field, Illinois

Discharged Nov. 9, 1945 - Chanute Field, Illinois

Name: Skinner, Charles

Name: Smith, Morris

Name: Stokes, Benjamin

Name: Swinford, Marvin

Branch of

Service Marines

Rank Corporal

Entered

Date/Location Dec. 18, 1943 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Trained at:

San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Camp Lejeune,

North Carolina

Served In: Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Guam, Japan

Decorations Good Conduct Medal

Discharged May 6, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Notes

Went into Action with Company C, 6th Motor Transport Battalion,

6th Marine Division

Name: Thacker, Earl B.

Entered


Trained at:

Aberdeen, Maryland; Camp Phillips, Kansas; Fort Leonard Wood,

Missouri

Overseas Date Oct., 1944

Discharged Apr. 22, 1946 - Newton D. Baker General Hospital, West Virginia

Name: Thomas, Claude E.

Branch of

Service US Army


Entered


Trained at:

Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Carson, Colorado; Fort Meade, Maryland;

Camp Shanks, New Jersey

Served In: England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany

Decorations Purple Heart

Discharged

Jan. 7, 1946 - Wakeman Convalescent Hospital, Camp Atterbury,

Indiana

Notes: Wounded in Belgium

Name: Todd, Ralph

Name: Torrence, Robert

Branch of

Service US Army & US Navy

Entered

Date/Location May 2, 1945 & Nov. 26, 1945

Trained at:

Fort McClellan, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Camp Adair, Oregon - US

Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland; Naval Academy

Preparatory School

Discharged Jun. 29, 1946

Name: True, Charles

Name: Tuttle, Charles

Name: Tuttle, Charles J.

Name: Ungeright, Irwin E.

Branch of

Service Air Force

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Kelly Field, Texas; Goldsboro, North

Carolina

Overseas Date April, 1942; Nov., 1944

Served In: European Theatre with the 8th Weather Squadron

Discharged Oct. 30, 1945 - March Field, California

Name: Valentine, Carl

Branch of

Service US Army

Rank Sergeant - (A.T.C.)

Entered


Trained at:

Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tucson, Arizona;

Reno, Nevada; Great Falls, Montana; Fairbanks, Alaska; Palm Springs,

California

Discharged Nov. 26, 1945 - McClellan Field, California

Name: Van Laningham, Avery

Branch of

Service US Marines

Rank Platoon Sergeant

Entered May -- 11, 1945

Date/Location

Trained at:

Parris Island, South Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp

Pendleton, California

Served In: Guam, Okinawa and Initial Landing with 4th Marines in Japan

Discharged Dec. 29, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Venus, Frank

Name: Wallsmith, Claude

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at:

St. Petersburg, Florida; Gulfport, Mississippi; Keesler Field,

Mississippi; Miami Beach, Florida; St. Louis, Missouri; Jefferson

College; San Antonio, Texas; Mustang Field, Oklahoma; Willow Run,

Detroit, Michigan; Laredo, Texas; March Field, California; Radar

Reconnaissance B 24 School

Discharged Feb. 19, 1946 - Fort MacArthur, California

Notes

Name: Webb, Dean

Name: Webb, Kenneth

Branch of

Service US Army

Entered


Trained at: North and South Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Bowie, Texas


Notes:

Name: Webb, Raymond E.


Entered


Trained at: Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Battle

Engagements Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes

Decorations

European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 4 Bronze

Stars; American Theatre Ribbon; American Defense Service Medal;

Good Conduct Medal


Notes: Prisoner of War in Germany 5 months

Name: Webb, Scott

Name: White, Carl M.

Branch of

Service US Army - Company A, 168 Infantry

Rank Staff Sergeant

Entered

Date/Location Nov. 18, 1941 - Fort Custer, Michigan

Overseas Date Time Served: 1 year, 3 months, 25 days

Battle

Engagements Rome-Arno, Northern Apennines, Po Valley

Decorations

1 Service Stripe; 2 Service Bars (Overseas); American Defense

Ribbon; American Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle

Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 3 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal;

Distinguished Unit Badge; Combat Infantry Badge

Discharged Nov. 9, 1945 - Camp Grant, Illinois

Notes Served with the 34th Division (Red Bull) in Italy

Name: Wiley, Fred E.

Branch of

Service Quartermaster Corps


Entered


Trained at: Washington, D.C.; Camp Ellis, Illinois


Notes Total Time Served: 38 months, 29 days

Name: Wiley, Orville C.

Branch of

Service Army - 38th Division, Company D, 151st Infantry

Entered


Trained at:

Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Fort Benning,

Georgia

Decorations American Service Ribbon

Discharged May 29, 1943 - Camp Livingston, Louisiana

Name: Wiley, Robert

Name: Wilson, Eugene

Name: Wiseheart, Richard

Branch of

Service Navy

Entered

Date/Location Jul. 25, 1944 - Detroit, Michigan

Trained at: Great Lakes, Illinois; Camp Bradford, Virginia

Served with:

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre and European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre

as an Armed Guard aboard S.S. Charles A. Dana

Discharged Feb. 19, 1946 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Name: Woods, Gene

Branch of

Service Navy

Rank Petty Officer Second Class

Entered

Date/Location Sep. 12, 1945 - Great Lakes, Illinois

Stationed In: Chief of Naval Operations Office in Washington, D.C.

Discharged Nov. 7, 1948 - Washington, D.C.

Name: Wright, Robert E.

Branch of

Service US Army


Entered


Trained at: Fort Lewis, Washington

Served In: Manilla, Philippine Islands

Discharged Apr. 24, 1947 - Fort Lawton, Washington

Name: Young, Harry

Branch of

Service US Army - 27 Infantry Division

Rank Sergeant

Entered


Trained at: Camp Wolters, Texas; Fort Ord, California

Served In: Southwest Pacific Theatre and Hawaiian Islands

Discharged Jul. 13, 1945 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Name: Young, William

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