The United States entered the war, December 7, 1941. Surrender, marking the end of World War II, came aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945.
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The total number of Americans who lost their lives in World War II was
312,896. Another 672,483 were wounded. 12,780 were declared missing in
action. The total number who served in all branches was 13,104,355.
| Almy Bertram S. | Army Pfc. | 7-10-1944 |
| 1401 Roycroft Avenue | Ohio | H.S.1925 |
| Pfc. Bertram S. Almy was training at Camp Shelby Mississippi. He was on the way home when the car he was riding in was struck by a train at Washington Court House, Ohio. |
| Amato, Thomas Albert | Army T.Sgt. | 11-14-1944 |
| 1229 Lakeland Avenue | Germany |
| Thomas Albert Amato was killed in action in Germany on November 14, 1944. His father was Major T. S. Amato who died in World War I. |
| Andrews, Jay Spoor | Merchant Marines | 2-27-1942 |
| 1310 Summit Avenue | at sea |
| Jay Spoor Andrews was lost when his ship the SS R.P. Resor was torpedoed and sunk by the enemy on February 27, 1942. His father was presented with the Mariner's Medal in commemoration of the great service his son had contributed to his country. Jay Andrews was a descendant of Lakewood's early settler, Price French. |
| Anger, Earl J. | AAF Lt. | 11-27-1943 |
| 1197 Marlowe Avenue | North Africa |
| Lt. Earl J. Anger was reported missing in action in North Africa November 26, 1943. Approximately a year later his death was confirmed. Lt. Anger served in the Army Air Force as an aviation engineer. |
| Arthur, Stanley William, Jr. | Marines Cpl. | 6-18-1945 |
| 17836 Clifton Blvd. | Okinawa | H.S.1939 |
| Cpl. Stanley W. Arthur was killed in action on June 18, 1945, on Okinawa. Just three days later, organized resistance on Okinawa was at an end. Cpl. Arthur was a machine gunner with the famed Marine 1st Division and served with the first group of Marines who landed at Guadalcanal. |
| Bader, Donald W. | Army Pfc. | 12-25-1945 |
| 1345 Sloane Avenue | at sea |
| Pfc. Donald W. Bader died Christmas Day, 1945, on a troop ship in the English Channel. |
| Bailey, David Bevington | Army Sgt. | 3-30-1945 |
| 16413 Hilllard Road | Germany | H.S.1943 |
| Sgt. David Bailey was just 20 years old when he was killed in action in Germany. He was trained in anti-aircraft artillery, judo, mine placement and demolition, swimming, and transportation. He served with the llth Armored Division in General George Patton's Third Army. At the time of Sgt. Bailey's death, the llth Armored (Thunderbolt) Division was aiding in the clearing of the German Saarland. Sgt. Bailey was a descendant of Adam Wagar, one of Lakewood's early settlers. |
| Bainer, Joseph E. | Army 1st Lt. | 6-30-1944 |
| 1287 Ramona Avenue | New Guinea | H.S.1932 |
| The main phase of the operations on Biak Island was finished, and part of the landing forces were withdrawn. The remaining men undertook the securing of the island. Lt. Joseph E. Bainer served with the 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troops and died June 30, 1944, on New Guinea. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery. |
| Ball, Eugene C. | Army Pvt. | 6-22-1944 |
| 1309 St. Charles Avenue | France |
| Pvt. Eugene C. Ball entered France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with 185,000 other troops. He was killed June 22, 1944. |
| Bangert, Ralph William | Navy | |
| 1310 Jackson Avenue | at sea |
| Ralph Bangert served aboard a PT boat, one of the smallest and most maneuverable fighting ships of the U.S. Navy. He is buried in France. |
| Basar, Leonard J. | Army Pvt. | 11-13-1944 |
| 2089 Clarence Avenue | Italy |
| Pvt. Leonard J. Basar was killed in action November 13, 1944, in Florence Italy. The Allied drive up the Italian boot proved to be a painfully slow struggle against a determined Germany army. They faced obstacles such as floods, mud, mountains, and the winter cold. There was such heavy fighting in Florence that all the bridges were destroyed in World War II except, the Ponte Vecchio. |
| Beganyi, John R. | Army Pfc. | 7-25-1944 |
| 1630 Grace Avenue | France | H.S.1938 |
| Operation Cobra was the U.S. 1st Army's advance from the Normandy area. It started July 25, 1944. It was preceded by a massive artillery and aerial bombardment. General Omar Bradley called it "the most decisive battle of our war in western Europe." Pfc. John R. Beganyi died in France on the first day of this attack. |
| Bennett, John H. | Army Pfc. | 1-1-1945 |
| 1282 Summit Avenue | Belgium | H.S.1938 |
| Pfc. John H. Bennett died in Belgium January 1, 1945. He was with the 9th Division of the 1st Army. He is buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery. |
| Berry, Charles L. | Army Lt. | 6-12-1944 |
| 18117 Clifton Blvd. | France | H.S.1931 |
| Lt. Charles Berry was killed in action June 12, 1944, just six days after the D-Day landing. |
| Birt, Joseph V. | Marines Pfc. | 3-5-1945 |
| 1451 Maile Avenue | Iwo Jima |
| Pfc. Joseph Birt was killed in action on his 20th birthday. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery. |
| Bittinger, Marlin B,. Jr. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 1-14-1945 |
| 2174 Arthur Avenue | Morotai Island | H.S.1942 |
| Lt. Marlin B. Bittinger was killed on Morotai Island. He was the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber in the 13th Army Air Force. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park. |
| Black, John E | Navy Lt. | 12-7-1941 |
| 1596 Clarence Avenue | Pearl Harbor | H.S.1933 |
| Lt. John E. Black was the first man to give his life in World War II from Lakewood, Ohio. He was serving aboard the U.S.S. Utah when it was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. |
| Blake, L. Daniels | Army Pfc. | 12-16-1944 |
| 17604 Fries Avenue | France | H.S.1943 |
| Pfc. L. Daniels Blake was killed in action in France, December 16, 1944. He went overseas with the 87th Infantry Division, and entered France about the 1st of December with General Patton's Third Army. |
| Bolles, Jay Franklin | Navy Air Radioman 2/c | 6-11-1943 |
| 2189 Wascana Avenue | at sea | H. S. 1940 |
| Jay Franklin Bolles served as a Radioman 2nd class on a Navy aircraft plane. His plane did not return from a mission in the South Atlantic and Jay was declared dead, June ll, 1943. |
| Bombay, Albert J. | Army Pvt. | 12-12-1944 |
| 2105 Elbur Avenue | France |
| Pvt. Albert J. Bombay died of wounds received in France, December 12, 1944. He served in the army at the Battle of the Bulge. |
| Borchert, Arthur A. | AAF Pfc. | 10-5-1944 |
| 1679 Wyandotte Avenue | Reno, Nevada |
| Pfc. Arthur A. Borchert was killed in a truck accident, October 5, 1944. The accident was near the Reno Army Air base where he was stationed. |
| Borosky, Edward F. | AAF 1st Lt. | 2-22-1944 |
| 1258 Lakeland Avenue | Italy | H.S.1941 |
| Lt. Edward F. Borosky was awarded the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement" and the Distinguished Flying Cross with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters. He served with the 15th Air Force in Italy, and completed 50 dangerous missions over enemy territory. He was 21 years old when his family was notified that he was missing. He was declared dead February 22, 1944. |
| Bowden, Robert Frederick | Army Pfc. | 4-23-1945 |
| 2023 Wascana Avenue | Mindanao Island | H.S.1938 |
| On April 23, 1945, units of the U.S. 24th Division took Kabacan, on Mindanao Island. Pfc. Robert F. Bowden was killed in action on Mindanao Island in the Philippines on that day. |
| Boyden, Samuel E | Army S/Sgt. | 11-24-1944 |
| 1519 Ridgewood Avenue | France |
| Sgt. Samuel E. Boyden was killed less than a month after his arrival in France. He served with a tank unit. |
| Boyle, Thomas Arthur | Cpl | 11-24-1944 |
| 1380 Clarence | Germany |
| Cpl. Thomas Boyle served with the 24th Constabulary Squadron in Schweinfurt, Germany. His mother, Violet Boyle was notified of his death. He is buried in Lakewood Park Cemetary. |
| Brenza, George Anthony | Army Pfc. | 7-11-1943 |
| 2178 Clarence Avenue | Sicily | H.S.1937 |
| Pfc. George Anthony Brenza was killed in action in Sicily. The Italian island was assaulted July 10, 1943 by over 467,000 Allied troops. Pfc. Brenza died just a day later, July ll, 1943. |
| Brewer, William H. | Army 1st Lt. | 7-10-1944 |
| 14805 Hilliard Avenue | France | H.S.1935 |
| Lt. William Henry Brewer was killed in France, July 10, 1944. Lt. Brewer wrote home, "The hedgerows in France make our life difficult." The hedgerows were barriers that divided up the fields of Normandy. They were three to four feet thick and three to five feet high and were constructed of trees roots and rocks forming an impenetrable barrier. Hedgerows turned each field into a small fortress and made it significantly more difficult for the Allies to capture the Normandy area. Lt. William Brewer was a member of a heavy weapons unit. |
| Broginni, Lloyd A. | Army Pfc. | 12-7-1944 |
| 1294 Edward Avenue | France | H.S.1942 |
| Pfc. Lloyd A. Broginni was a member of a party sent forward to secure a house on the eastern edge of Enchenberg. "Despite intense enemy fire from machine guns and snipers, Pfc. Broginni endangered himself repeatedly in order to fire at the enemy positions. His heroic effort was cut short by a sniper's bullet which killed him instantly." He died Dec. 7, 1944. The Silver Star was awarded to Pfc. Broginni posthumously. |
| Brown, Daniel Miller | AAF S/Sgt. | 12-25-1944 |
| 1096 Kenneth Avenue | Belgium | H.S.1938 |
| Sgt. Daniel M. Brown served as a turret gunner aboard a A-20 Havoc bomber. He proudly wrote home that he had been made gunner's chief of his squadron. Sgt. Brown completed 50 missions. He was killed during the Battle of the Bulge, Christmas day, 1944, while serving with the 9th Air Force which was attached to General Patton's Third Army. |
| Brunst, John Charles | Amy Pfc. | 2-4-1945 |
| 1229 Andrews Avenue | Luzon | Wd. H.S.1933 |
| The Americans advanced slowly in all directions round their beachhead on Luzon. MacArthur asked General Krueger for more speed. The 6th Amy began advancing south, with Clark Airfield as its objective. The effort continued through the whole month of February. Pvt. John Charles Brunst was killed February 4, 1945, while serving with the 6th Army. |
| Buffington, Edward Kenneth | Army Pvt. | 6-10-1944 |
| 2044 Lakeland Avenue | France | Wd.H.S. |
| Normandy is the name of the French coastal area assaulted by the Allies on D-Day, June 6,1944. Pvt. Edward Buffington was with the l0lst Airborne. He died four days after the assault. |
| Buschlen, Arthur B. | Army Sgt. | 6-6-1944 |
| 1591 Woodward Avenue | France |
| Sgt. Arthur B. Buschlen was killed on June 6, 1944, (D-Day) while attempting to save the lives of two wounded men when their boat capsized in enemy fire as it neared the Normandy beach. Later, in spite of mortal wounds, he attempted to salvage equipment entangled in barbed wire barriers in the channel. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Bronze Star for gallantry posthumously. Sgt. Buschlen was with General Bradley's 1st U.S. Army -- assigned the westerly points of attack at two areas code-named "Utah" and "Omaha." |
| Bzowey, Alexander | Army Pvt. | 4-28-1944 |
| 12501 Plover Avenue | New Guinea | Wd.H.S. |
| Alexander Bzowey died at Hollandia in Netherlands New Guinea, April 28, 1944. He served with the Medical Corps for six months before he was killed. |
| Cahill, Edward Russell, Jr. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 5-8-1944 |
| 1510 Lakeland Avenue | Germany | H.S. 1936 |
| Lt. Edward R. Cahill was killed over Germany, May 8, 1944. He was the copilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress. He had completed 29 successful missions. On the 30th mission, Lt. Cahill and his crew were accompanying another disabled Fortress when they were hit by enemy flak. Friends said he had bailed out of his plane, but it was later reported that Lt. Cahill was killed. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Presidential Citation and the Purple Heart posthumously. |
| Caine Douglas K., Jr. | Navy Seaman 2/c | 1-1-1945 |
| 11851 Lake Avenue | Brecksville, Ohio |
| Seaman Douglas Caine completed the prescribed course of study at the Naval Training School at the University of Chicago, and was transferred to the Great Lakes Training Station in Illinois. It was at the Great Lakes Training Station that he fell from a signaling bridge. He died of his injuries at the Veterans Hospital in Brecksville, Ohio, where he had been moved to be closer to his family. |
| Calavan, Harry Monzie | Army 2nd Lt. | 5-8-1943 |
| 15528 Madison Avenue | North Africa | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. Harry M. Calavan entered the army in January, 1942. He was overseas five months and attached to a tank company in North Africa when he died, May 8, 1943. |
| Call, Norman D. | Coast Guard Lt.(J.G.) | 9-14-1944 |
| 1117 Forest Avenue | at sea |
| Lt. Norman D. Call died when the 125-foot Coast Guard cutter "Jackson" attempted to rescue a Liberty ship that had been torpedoed off the North Carolina coast in the middle of a hurricane. It was a grim opportunity to demonstrate the old Coast Guard saying: "You have to go out. You don't have to come back." |
| Charleson, Vernon Glenn | Army lst Lt. | 4-12-1945 |
| 17716 Narragansett Avenue | Nuremberg Germany |
| On April 11, 1945, the U.S. 3rd Army advanced into the Weimar sector, passing the German extermination camp at Buchenwald and Bad Sulza. The Americans advanced rapidly south of Nuremberg. Lt. Vernon Charleson was serving with a reconnaisance unit of the 3rd Army when he was killed in action. He was an intelligence and reconnaisance officer in his regiment. |
| Christian, Lewis C. | AAF Lt. | 12-29-1944 |
| 1071 Cliffdale Avenue | England | H.S.1942 |
| Lt. Lewis Christian lost his life while serving as a copilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber. |
| Clark, Joseph B. | Navy Yeoman 1/c | |
| 1482 Winchester Avenue | Solomon Islands |
| Joseph Clark died after a short illness. He contracted psittacosis in the Solomon Islands and never recovered. |
| Clark, Max Dale | Army Lt. | 6-7-1944 |
| 15103 Lake Avenue | France |
| Lt. Max Clark was a paratrooper and he was killed in action in France on June 7, 1944, just one day after D-Day. He was in the army for three and half years. |
| Cleary, Thomas J. | Army lst Lt. | 10-18-1945 |
| 1640 Elbur Avenue | Japan |
| Lt. Thomas Cleary was seriously wounded March 22, 1945 on Luzon. He died of complications involving amoebic dysentery while aboard an army transport. He had been in the army for three years and had won five Battle Stars. He served in the 32nd Infantry Division and died October 18, 1945. |
| Coady, Francis X. | Army Pvt. | 10-22-1944 |
| 1435 Coutant Avenue | Germany | Wd. H.S.1935 |
| Pvt. Francis Coady was killed in Germany, October 22, 1944, the date he had previously been reported missing. |
| Comerford, Edward F. | Army Pvt. | 3-13-1945 |
| 1579 Ridgewood Avenue | Germany | H.S.1944 |
| Pvt. Edward Comerford (nee Edward Kitstein) was killed in action in Germany, March 13, 1945. Pvt. Comerford is buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
| Conway, Daniel Richard | AAF Lt. | 9-19-1941 |
| Narragansett Avenue | U.S.A. |
| Lt. Daniel Conway was a flight instructor and was killed in a training crash. |
| Cook, William R | Army T/Sgt. | 7-28-1945 |
| 1222 Manor Park Avenue | Luzon | H.S. 1942 |
| Sgt. William Cook was believed to have been killed by Japanese stragglers in the surrounding hills of a camp near Lipa on Luzon. He was attached to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the llth Airborne Division. He served in New Guinea and was wounded during the battle for Leyte in the Philippines. |
| Cooley, John Hall | AAF Pfc. | 9-9-1943 |
| 1192 St. Charles Avenue | Clovis, New Mexico |
| Pfc. John Cooley lost his life during a routine training flight when the plane he was in lost an engine. He was training to be a flight engineer with the Army Transport Command. He was stationed at Rosecranz Field, Clovis, New Mexico. |
| Cooley, Richard A. | AAF 1st Lt. | 5-12-1944 |
| 1438 Marlowe Avenue | Italy | H.S. 1936 |
| Richard Cooley was killed in Italy near Albina, Reggio Emilia. His body was never recovered. |
| Corlett, Harvey W. | Army Pfc. | 3-31-1945 |
| Germany | H.S. 1944 | 1480 Bunts Road |
| On March 31, 1945, the American 3rd Army was heavily engaged by units of the German 7th Army on the line of the rivers Fulda and Eder. Pfc. Harvey Corlett served with the 3rd Army. He was killed in Germany on March 31, 1945. |
| Courtney, John Robert | AAF T/Sgt. | 11-21-1944 |
| 15900 Clifton Blvd. | Germany | H.S.1939 |
| Sgt. John Courtney was a radio operator and gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He was listed as missing November 21, 1944 and presumed killed on that date. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously. |
| Davidson, Alexander | Navy Boatswain's Mate 2/c | 11-10-1944 |
| 18714 Sloane Avenue | Pacific |
| Alexander Davidson was reported missing in the Pacific area. He enlisted in the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor and served on convoy duty in the South Atlantic. |
| Day, Roger Alvin | AAF 1st Lt. | |
| 1484 Winton Avenue | U.S.A. | H.S.1939 |
| Lt. Roger Day was killed in an auto accident after having served in the Air Force for three years as a flight instructor. |
| Dean, Gilbert Patrick | Marines Pfc. | 6-28-1944 |
| 1495 Hopkins Avenue | Saipan Island |
| On June 15, 1944, U.S. Marines invaded Saipan Island. Pfc. Gilbert Dean was with the 2nd Marine Division. He died on June 28, 1944. |
| Deeter, William H. | Army Pfc. | 11-2-1944 |
| 2024 Morrison Avenue | Netherlands | H.S.1942 |
| Pvt. William Deeter was killed in the Netherlands, November 2, 1944, after having been overseas less than one month. |
| Doty, Charles Edward, Jr. | Army Capt. | 2-23-1945 |
| 1449 Cohassett Avenue | France | Wd. H.S.1932 |
| Capt. Charles Doty was an infantry officer and successfully commanded troops in the Kiska landing in the Aleutians. After a stay in the United States, he was reassigned to duty in France. It was there that he was wounded in action and died of those wounds, Feburary 23, 1945. |
| Dowling, Curt | Army Lt. | Summer, 1944 |
| 1453 Belle Avenue | Italy | H.S.1931 |
| Lt. Curt Dowling was killed in Italy in 1944. |
| Du Cly, Louis H. | Army Cpl. | 4-14-1945 |
| 13736 Madison Avenue | Germany | Wd. H.S.1945 |
| Cpl. Louis Du Cly was killed April 14, 1945, in Germany. |
| Dunbar, Willis J. | AAF Cpl. | |
| 2221 Northland Avenue | New Guinea |
| Cpl. Willis Dunbar was an aerial engineer on a bomber and had completed more than 26 missions over enemy territory. He was killed in an air crash over New Guinea. He was awarded the Air Medal and a Presidential Citation for his work in Australia, New Guinea, and the East Indies. |
| Easter, James Lake | AAF 1st Lt. | 3-2-1943 |
| 2064 Carabel Avenue | Pacific | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. James Easter was a pilot and was killed in action when his B-17 Flying Fortress engaged in battle in the southwest Pacific. He had received the Silver Star, Air Medal, and the Purple Heart for his participation in the battle of Midway. Lt. Easter had taken part in more than 100 hours of long-range bombing missions over areas continually patrolled by enemy aircraft. "James' death," his father said "has been a great loss to us, but it is with a spirit of humbleness and subdued elation that we accept these medals on behalf of our son." |
| Eldred, James Percy | Navy Boilermaker 2/c | 12-2-1942 |
| 15409 Clifton Blvd. | Morocco, N.Africa |
| James Eldred was a Boilermaker 2nd class on the U.S.S. Bliss which was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine. He was participating in amphibious operations in Morocco, North Africa. James was reported missing and after one year declared dead. |
| Entres, Paul J. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 4-27-1945 |
| 2215 Niagara Avenue | U.S.A. | H.S.1940 |
| Lt. Paul Entres was killed April 27, 1945 in the crash of a C-46 troop carrier plane, which was on a routine flight from the Sedalia, Missouri air base. |
| Feldmeyer, John C. | AAF Capt. | 5-23-1943 |
| 1480 Belle Avenue | North Africa | H.S.1938 |
| Capt. John Feldmeyer was a communications officer. He was killed in a plane crash in North Africa, May 23, 1943. |
| Fitzgerald, William M. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 5-27-1944 |
| 1278 Westlake Avenue | Europe | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. William Fitzgerald was killed while serving as a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress. |
| Fleming, Harold Allen | Navy Seaman 2/c | 7-29-1944 |
| 2042 Lincoln Avenue | U.S.A. | Wd.H.S.1943 |
| Seaman Harold Fleming died of a sudden respiratory illness of unexplained origin in Norman, Oklahoma. |
| Florence, William | Navy Lt. | 2-16-1945 |
| 17423 Shaw Avenue | San Francisco Bay |
| Lt. William Florence was killed in a crash of a Navy transport. He was on his way home, on an emergency leave, granted when his mother became critically ill. He never knew of his mother's death. Lt. Florence had served three years as a dental officer for a battalion of Seabees stationed in the South Pacific. |
| Forsythe, Robert H. | AAF 1st Lt. | 12-12-1944 |
| 1441 Elbur Avenue | Iceland | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. Robert Forsythe was a navigator. He was aboard a B-24 in the Air Transport Command and was killed when his plane crashed in Iceland on December 12, 1944. |
| Fristik, Henry | Army Pfc. | 9-30-1944 |
| 1605 Alameda Avenue | Netherlands |
| Pfc. Henry Fristik served with a glider infantry regiment in the 82nd airborne division and was killed Sept. 30, 1944 in the Netherlands. He had written home on Sept. 13, "Keep your chin up." |
| Gabor, Edward J. | AAF Major | 5-1-1945 |
| 12961 Lake Avenue | Italy | H.S.1936 |
| Major Edward Gabor had 189 missions in the Mediteranean area to his credit at the time of his death. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with 10 Oak leaf Clusters, and the Presidential Citation. In addition, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. He was cited for his work in developing a new bombing technique for the P-38 Lighting, and for his successful efforts on combat missions. He was killed on a mission over the northern part of Italy on May 1, 1945, while piloting a P-47 Thunderbolt. |
| Gedecke, William C. | Capt. AAF | 8-23-1944 |
| 2124 Wyandotte Avenue | Italy | H.S. 1929 |
| Capt. William Gedecke was killed in an airplane crash over Naples, Italy, August 23, 1944. |
| Gelnaw, John F., Jr. | Navy Air Petty Officer 1/c | 1-16-1945 |
| 1266 Donald Avenue | China |
| Petty Officer John Gelnew was aboard a Navy torpedo bomber plane that collided with another plane over Hong Kong. They were on a combat mission when he was killed on January 16, 1945. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism as a turret gunner while based aboard the U.S.S. Hancock. |
| Gluntz, Daniel C. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 2-19-1944 |
| 1446 Elbur Avenue | Italy | H.S.1935 |
| Lt. Daniel Gluntz was killed in a crash of a B-24 Liberator in the Mediterranean. He received his glider-pilot wings and was awarded his commission as bombardier. He was on a ferrying mission from Tunis to Italy when he was first reported missing and later confirmed dead, February 19, 1944. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery. |
| Gombar, John A. | Army Pfc. | 2-11-1945 |
| 2161 Halstead Avenue | France |
| Pvt. John Gombar was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving in the 36th Texas Infantry Division in the 5th Army. He served in Africa and Italy before going to France where he was wounded and died. |
| Gordon, Thomas E. | Army Pfc. | 10-5-1943 |
| 1617 Belle Avenue | North Africa |
| Pfc. Thomas Gordon died of injuries received in an automobile accident in North Africa. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
| Gray, George McKinley | Navy Air Seaman 1/c | 5-?-1944 |
| 13838 Clifton Blvd. | at sea | H.S.1942 |
| Seaman George Gray graduated from radio, radar and gunnery school. He was stationed aboard an aircraft carrier and saw action over Tokyo and Iwo Jima as an aviation radioman. He was killed in action in the Pacific theater and was buried at sea. |
| Greanoff, William Arthur | Army Pvt. | 7-2-1943 |
| 2048 Bunts Road | Solomons Islands | H.S.1939 |
| One day before his 24th birthday Pvt. William Greanoff was killed in action in the southwest Pacific. He was stationed at Guadalcanal, where he acted as an administrative assistant to several high ranking officers. He made a ring from a piece of plastic obtained from an enemy plane gun turret and sent it to his father. His parents received the ring only one day before they were notified that he had been killed in action. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Munda on New Georgia Island. |
| Green, Alan S. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 9-16-1944 |
| 1302 Bonnieview Avenue | England | H.S.1941 |
| Lt. Alan Green crashed his P-38 Lightning fighter plane in England, September 16, 1944. |
| Grenwis, Frederick A. Jr. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 11-13-1943 |
| 1401 Roycroft Avenue | Europe |
| Lt. Frederick Grenwis was killed November 13, 1943, while serving as a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator. There were ten men aboard the plane and it collided with another plane. Some of the men on the second plane survived the crash and were taken prisoner. They were on a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany and none of the men in Lt. Grenwis's crew lived. He had served overseas for six months and was awarded the Air Medal. |
| Griffiths, Thomas | Marines Pfc. | 6-15-1944 |
| 2167 Brown Road | Saipan Island | Wd.H.S.1941 |
| On June 15, an amphibious landing was made on Saipan in the sultry summer of 1944. The long twenty-five day attack against strongly entrenched and fiercely resisting troops on Saipan proved the most bitter battle in the Pacific up to that time. Pfc. Thomas Griffiths was killed on Saipan Island on the first day of the Marine invasion, June 15, 1944. |
| Grill, George W., Jr. | Air Marines 1st Lt. | 11-1-1943 |
| 1505 Belle Avenue | S.W. Pacific | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. George Grill lost his life in a plane crash in the southwest Pacific. He was a fighter pilot. |
| Grobarick, Robert Joseph | Navy A M M 3/c | 3-19-45 |
| 1607 Bunts Road | Pacific | Wd. H.S.1942 |
| March 19, 1944 while the U.S.S. Franklin was launching her aircraft, an enemy dive bomber came out of the clouds and scored hits with two five hundred pound amor-piercing bombs. Flames shot through the ship and it was rocked by one explosion after another as fuel and ammunition blew up. There were more than 1000 casualties and Aviation Machinist Mate Robert Grobarick was one of those who lost his life on the U.S.S. Franklin that day. |
| Gruss, Robest J. | AAF Cpl. | 8-19-1944 |
| 2022 Robin Avenue | Tonopah, Nevada | H.S.1943 |
| Cpl. Robert Gruss died while on a routine flight near Tonopah, Nevada. He had trained to be an aerial gunner on a B-24 Liberator. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
| Gunn, Timothy Alexander | AAF 1st Lt. | 9-18-1944 |
| 1423 Lincoln Avenue | Germany | H.S.1939 |
| Lt. Timothy Gunn served as a pilot and was based in Italy. He earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement. He had completed 34 missions as a bomber pilot when he was declared missing in action over Germany, July 18, 1944. |
| Halbach, James L. | Army Cpl. | 2-9-1945 |
| 1375 Westlake Avenue | Germany | Wd.H.S.1925 |
| Cpl. James Halbach was serving in the armored infantry when he was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bu1ge. He died less than two months later in a German prison camp. |
| Hansen, George P., Jr. | Army lst Lt. | 10-14-1944 |
| 1470 Elmwood Avenue | Eng1and | H.S.1932 |
| Lt. George Hansen was killed October 14, 1944 in Bristol, Eng1and. He had served in the infantry in Iceland. |
| Hardy, Alfred D. | Army pvt. | 4-?-1948 |
| 1381 Clarence | Europe |
| Pvt. Alfred Hardy lost his life in Europe. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. |
| Harvey, Lyman Kenneth | AAF 2nd Lt. | 6-16-1941 |
| 14504 Clifton Blvd. | Wyoming | H.S.1936 |
| Lt. Kenneth Harvey was killed in the crash of a B-18 in Wyoming, June 16, 1941. |
| Hayes, Robert J. | AAF S/Sgt. | 12-31-1944 |
| 2060 Elbur Avenue | North Sea | H.S.1939 |
| Staff Sgt. Robert Hayes served as a radio gunner aboard a B-l7 Flying Fortress. He had completed 7 missions when the plane he was in went down in the North Sea, after completing a raid over Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. |
| Heasley, James T. | Navy | 1-14-1946 |
| 2164 Lakeland | at sea |
| James Heasley lost his life while serving in the Navy. He died in the area of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. |
| Heiler, Philip | Army Captain | 4-30-1945 |
| 1540 Chesterland Avenue | Germany | H.S.1934 |
| Captain Philip Heiler was killed in Germany. |
| Henderson, Charles W. | Army T/Sgt. | 1942 |
| 1226 Manor Park Avenue | Bataan |
| Sgt. Charles Henderson wrote an encouraging letter to his sister, "We have been taking good care of ourselves and will be able to do so until Uncle Sam puts the Japs back where they belong. His family heard from him once more in a letter dated February 15, 1942, from Corregidor. That letter was taken from the Philippines by General Douglas MacArthur when he left, and it was delivered to his parents two months later. On April 9, 1942, 75,000 soldiers surrendered, becoming the largest U. S. military force in history to surrender. The Japanese forced the prisoners to march the sixty-five miles to Camp O'Donnell. Nearly 25,000 prisoners died along the way, with another 22,000 Americans dying in the first two months at that camp. It is now known as the Bataan Death March. Sgt. Henderson was taken prisoner and died during the battle of Bataan. |
| Hobson, William Franklin | Navy Air Ensign | 6-19-1943 |
| 1517 Mars Avenue | Corpus Christi, Texas | H.S.1937 |
| June 19, 1943, a plane crashed into the one which Ensign William Hobson was piloting. Ensign Hobson was a Naval flight instructor. The accident happened near Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| Holl, Richard L. | Army Pfc. | 9-1-1945 ? |
| 1558 Parkwood Avenue | France |
| Pfc. Richard Holl was killed in France. |
| Homberg, Arthur | Army Cpl. | 8-2-1944 |
| 1208 Westlake Avenue | England |
| Cpl. Arthur Homberg was wounded in France and died in an English hospital. |
| Horvath, John J. | Army Sgt. | 9-12-1944 |
| 14500 Bayes Avenue | France | H.S.1934 |
| Sgt. John Horvath was the commander of a tank crew. He was killed in France while serving with an armored unit. |
| Hoskin, Harry C., Jr. | Marines Capt. | 5-28-1948 |
| 1263 Warren Road |
| Captain Harry Hoskin died while in uniform. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. |
| Hottois, Allan W. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 9-8-1942 |
| 1278 Granger Avenue | New Mexico | H.S.1938 |
| Lt. Allan Hottois died in a plane crash while in training. |
| Houchin, Waldo P. | Army Pvt. | 12-16-1943 |
| 13909 Lake Avenue | New Jersey | H.S.1940 |
| Along with thousands of other American soldiers, Pvt. Waldo Houchin took his basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. It was there that he was killed in an accident. |
| Hoyer, Frank E. | Merchant Marines Lt. | 3-8-1944 |
| 2229 Richland Avenue | at sea | H.S.1934 |
| Lt. Frank Hoyer was serving as a second mate aboard a Liberty ship. The ship was lost in the Atlantic on March 8, 1944 due to the perils of the sea. |
| Hudimac, George M. | Civilian Technician | 7-2-1944 |
| 1597 Hopkins Avenue | Indian Ocean | H.S.1937 |
| George M. Hudimac lost his life in the Indian Ocean on July 2, 1944 while serving as a civilian technician for the Bureau of Ships under the auspices of the Navy. |
| Hughes, Trevor | AAF Sgt. | 1-8-1944 |
| 1282 Clifton Prado | California | H.S.1942 |
| Sgt. Trevor Hughes was one of ten airmen who lost their lives in a B-24 Liberator bomber making a routine flight on January 8, 1944. The Liberator struck a mountain and burned near the Muroc Army Air Base in California. Sgt. Hughes was trained as an aerial gunner. |
| Humel, Edward J. Jr. | Army 1st Lt. | 4-1-1945 |
| 1431 Waterbury Avenue | France | H.S.1934 |
| Lt. Edward Humel was a member of the medical corps in the army. He had been in the service just nine months and overseas for four months when he was admitted to a hospital in Paris. He died three days later the victim of poliomyelitis. |
| Hurst, Richard C. | Army 2nd Lt. | 5-30-1945 |
| 2140 Wascana Avenue | Okinawa | H.S.1939 |
| Lt. Richard Hurst was killed in action on Okinawa. He was serving with the 7th Infantry Division. The Purple Heart was awarded to him posthumously. Less than a month later the battle of Okinawa ended in victory for the Americans. But not before 6,900 men were killed or declared missing and an additional 30,000 were wounded in land operations. |
| Irish, Keith L. | 2nd Lt. | |
| 17413 Hilliard Avenue | France |
| Lt. Keith Irish lost his life in France. |
| Isbell, Albert Edward | Army S/Sgt. | 11-30-1944 |
| 2113 Bunts Road | Germany |
| Sgt. Albert Isbell wrote home that they were having turkey and dressing for Thanksgiving dinner but that it didn't taste very good when you were eating in the rain. Only a few days later he was fatally wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He was hit by flak and wounded behind his ear. He lived about 12 hours and received the last rites from a priest. The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in World War II. |
| Jackson, Donald R. | Army Pfc. | 5-11-1945 |
| 13424 Merl Avenue | Mindanao | H.S.1943 |
| Pfc. Donald Jackson served overseas with the medical corps and was a veteran of New Guinea and Leyte. He died of a skull fracture on May 11, 1945, on Mindanao. |
| Jenner, Russell H. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 10-31-1944 |
| 1352 West Clifton Blvd. | Belgium | H.S.1940 |
| Lt. Russell Jenner was a fighter pilot. He participated in low-level strafing and dive-bombing attacks on military targets ahead of the allied Armies invading France. Lt. Jenner's group netted in seven days of missions over enemy-occupied France: 7 enemy aircraft destroyed, 3 damaged; 3 bridges demolished by bomb hits; 8 locomotives destroyed, 17 damaged; 30 motor vehicles left blazing; 5 marshalling yards bombed, destroying 25 railroad cars and damaging 125. Lt. Jenner was reported missing in action, October 31, 1944, and was declared dead on the same date. He was awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement and the Purple Heart. |
| Jerome, Frank J. III | Army 1st Lt. | |
| 1550 Larchmont Avenue | Pacific |
| Lt. Frank Jerome was killed in the southwest Pacific. He served with the airborne engineers when he was reported missing in action. It was later confirmed that he had died. |
| Johnson, William Harry | Navy Seaman | 1-3-1942 |
| 1415 Riverside Drive | Java Sea |
| The U.S.S. Houston headed for the Java Sea, and endured a terrific bombing attack by Japanese planes during which it was badly damaged. The next two nights the damaged ship attempted to escape through the Soenda Strait. The Houston never reached port. It was later learned that it had been surrounded by Japanese cruisers, and after a terrific night battle it went down. William Johnson was one of the 38 casualties reported by the Navy Department lost at sea on the Houston. |
| Jones, Robert W. | Army Pvt. | 2-26-1945 |
| 1289 Cranford Avenue | Corregidor | H.S.1943 |
| Pvt. Robert Jones served as a paratrooper and was killed February 26, 1945, on Corregidor. The 127th Engineer Battalion was a part of the llth Airborne Division and Pvt. Jones served with them. |
| Keats, Glynn | Army Pvt. | 3-19-1944 |
| 1367 Andrews Avenue | California |
| Pvt. Glynn Keats was on guard duty on March 19, 1944 at Petaluma, California. It was determined that the stove in the guard tower was unsafe and Pvt. Keats died of carbon monoxide poisoning. |
| Kelley, Robert Patrick | S/Sgt. | 11-8-1948 |
| 1277 Fry Avenue | Europe |
| Sgt. Robert Kelley died in Europe. He was killed in action. |
| Keister, Everett Lee, Jr. | Army Pvt. | 6-7-1944 |
| 1265 Virginia Avenue | France | H.S.1943 |
| The French coastal area was assaulted by the allies on D-Day, June 6, 1944. A beachhead was secured on the sandy shores of Normandy. More then six thousand men were casualties on D-Day. Pvt. Everett Keister was among those wounded in that invasion and died the following day. |
| Kellogg, Frank | AAF 2nd Lt. | 6-11-1943 |
| 1420 Lauderdale Avenue | Idaho | H.S.1938 |
| A routine flight of a B-24 Liberator bomber ended in a crash-landing in Idaho. Lt. Frank Kellogg was the bombardier aboard the hugh plane. |
| Kerr, Harold Leroy | Navy Radioman 2/c | 9-26-1945 |
| 12228 Clifton Blvd. | Rhode Island |
| Harold Kerr died at a naval hospital of injuries he received in an accident at Westerly, Rhode Island. He had served for three years. |
| Kevern, Edward J. | Navy Lt. Comm. | 9-25-1943 |
| 14306 Delaware Avenue | Gulf of Salerno |
| Lt. Commander Edward Kevern assumed command of the "Skill" after its launch. It was one of the most modern craft of its kind. It had a displacement of 840 tons and an over-all length of 221 feet. Commander Kevern had been a naval reserve officer for fourteen years prior to going on active duty. The "Skill" was a minelayer and had a crew of 65 to 70 men. It sank off the coast of Italy as the result of an underwater explosion in the Gulf of Salerno. |
| Kidd, Isaac Campbell | Navy Rear Admiral | 12-7-1941 |
| 11868 Clifton Blvd. | Pearl Harbor |
| U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd was the first admiral to be killed in action in World War II. As the commander of the battleships at Pearl Harbor he was on the bridge of the U.S.S. Arizona when it was hit and exploded on December 7, 1941. His body still rests with the sunken ship. He was awarded a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor which states in part, "Rear Admiral Kidd immediately went to the bridge and, as Commander Battleship Division One, courageously discharged his duties as Senior Officer .... until the U.S.S. Arizona, his Flagship, blew up from magazine explosions and a direct bomb on the bridge which resulted in the loss of his life." Although Admiral Kidd left here at an early age, he had fond memories of Lakewood and thought of it as home. |
| Kilfoyle, Thomas T., Jr. | AAF 1st Lt. | 1-19-1945 |
| 14005 Clifton Blvd. | Germany | H.S.1940 |
| Lt. Thomas Kilfoyle was a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot. He liked to tell the story of one particular mission. He leaned forward in his seat for better observation. Suddenly, he felt something hot crease his back. When he got back to the base he found that he had been grazed by a bullet. If he had been sitting back in his normal position he would have been shot. Lt. Kilfoyle completed 60 missions as a P-47 fighter pilot before he was killed in action at Kehl, Germany. |
| Kilgore, Maurice | Navy Air Lt. (J.G.) | 4-13-1943 |
| (formerly Lakewood) | Pennsylvania | H.S.1933 |
| Lt. Maurice Kilgore died suddenly in an airplane crash in Pennyslvania on April 13, 1943. |
| Kirby, George B. | AAF Lt. | 11-27-1943 |
| 17415 Cannon Avenue | Texas | H.S.1936 |
| Lt. George Kirby was scheduled to be graduated from the army navigation school at Hondo, Texas and receive his 2nd lieutenant's commission, when a bomber he was aboard crashed. He was a participant in a "shakedown" flight preparatory to graduation. The plane developed engine trouble and nose-dived to earth and exploded. Lt. Kirby received his commission posthumously. |
| Klamut, Casmir A. | Army Pfc. | 9-?-1943 |
| 1649 Cohasset Avenue | Belgium | Wd.H.S.1938 |
| Pfc. Casmir Klamut participated in African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns as a paratrooper in the 82nd division. During the invasion in North Africa he was reported missing. The wind had blown him away from his objective when he parachuted from the plane, and he ended up with a unit of Canadian troops. He later died as a result of wounds sustained in action in Belgium. |
| Klein, George Bernard | Army 2nd Lt. | 7-4-1944 |
| 15122 Arden Avenue | France | H.S.1935 |
| On July 2, 1944, the divisions of the American 1st Army were reorganized. The VII Corps, consisted of the 4th,9th and 83rd Divisions. At 5:30 a.m. in a blinding rainstorm the American 1st Army launched the so-called "Battle of the Hedges." Lt. George Klein died in the mud of France the next day July 4, 1944. He was a member of the 83rd Division. |
| Kleinsmith, Adrian R. | Army Pfc. | |
| 1487 Hopkins Avenue | Germany | Wd. H.S.1928 |
| Pfc. Adrian Kleinsmith was wounded twice. He was attached to an infantry unit in the 7th Army. The first time he was hit by a tracer bullet and a piece of of it lodged in his eye. Returning to action, he was wounded by shrapnel in his left leg and right arm. He recuperated in a hospital in England and returned to combat only to be killed in Germany. |
| Knight, Leonard S. | AAF S/Sgt. | 1945 |
| 1472 Lakewood Avenue | SW. Pacific |
| Sgt. Leonard Knight was a radio operator on a B-29 Superfortress. He was listed as missing and later declared dead. He never returned from a mission over Munda, in the central Solomons. It was believed that his plane was lost at sea. |
| Koch, John Casper | Army Pvt. | 10-12-1944 |
| 1224 Edwards Avenue | South Pacific | H.S.1942 |
| Pvt. John Koch was aboard a ship in the South Pacific when he died of appendicitis. |
| Kody, Richard C. | AAF 1st Lt. | 5-15-1945 |
| 1377 Belle Avenue | Italy | Wd. H.S.1933 |
| Lt. Richard Kody served in the army for nine years prior to switching to the Army Air Force. He was killed in Italy while piloting a C-47 transport plane. At the time, he was acting as the commanding officer of a mobile flying control unit. |
| Koerner, Robert K. | AAF S/Sgt. | 11-2-1944 |
| 2182 Glenbury Avenue | Germany | H.S.1936 |
| Sgt. Robert Koerner had the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He received them for exceptional meritorious achievement while serving as the ball-turret gunner of a B-17 Flying Fortress on a number of sustained bomber combat missions over Germany and other enemy areas. He was a veteran of the 6th Air Force's huge daylight bombing assaults over occupied Europe. |
| Kolp, William P. | Marines Pfc. | 6-16-1945 |
| 1611 Rosewood Avenue | Okinawa |
| On June 15, 1945, the Marines at Kunishi Ridge ware unable to advance and suffered heavy casualties. The 1st Division was short of men and integrated with the 8th Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division. Pfc. William Kolp was nineteen years old when he was killed on Okinawa, June 18, 1945. At the time he was serving with the 1st Marine Division. |
| Kotula, Joseph | Army Pfc. | 8-8-1944 |
| 2054 Quail Avenue | France |
| Pfc. Joseph Kotula was killed in action in France while serving in the infantry. He died on August 8, 1944. |
| Kowalski, Richard | Army Pfc. | 6-15-1943 |
| (formerly Lakewood) | Mississippi | H.S.1940 |
| Pfc. Richard Kowalski died of an accidental gunshot wound at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi on June 16 1943 |
| Krauss, Wade H. | AAF 2nd Lt. | |
| 1201 Ramona Avenue | Germany | H.S.1936 |
| Lt. Wade Krauss was a member of a B-24 Liberator ten man crew. He was the bombardier and his plane was shot down over Germany. |
| Ksanovsky, Steve | Army Pvt. | 9-1-1944 |
| 2096 Dowd Avenue | Belgium | H.S.1940 |
| Pvt. Steve Ksanovsky was killed in action in Belgium, September 1, 1944. |
| Kuhn, Joseph L., Jr. | Marine Air Corps. Lt. | |
| 1245 W. Clifton Blvd. | Pacific |
| Lt. Joseph Kuhn lost his life in the Pacific. |
| Kuntz, Donald Carl | Army Pfc. | 10-1-1944 |
| 1302 Hall Avenue | Italy | H.S.1943 |
| Pfc. Donald Kuntz was nineteen years old when he was killed in action. He was serving with the 313th Combat Engineers and saw action at Cassino and Rome. He died north of Florence, Italy, on October l, 1944. He was an only child. |
| Kvak, Emil F. | Army Pfc. | 2-20-1945 |
| 2074 Lark Street | Luzon |
| Pfc. Emil Kvak wrote home, "I've handed many a starving kid my rations." Sadly he was killed on Luzon on February 20, 1945. |
| Lafferty, Earle E. | Army Sgt. | 10-11-1944 |
| 1305 Jackson Avenue | Germany | H.S. 1941 |
| Sgt. Earle Lafferty landed in France on D-Day and fought as the commander of his tank throughout the French invasion. He was killed in action on October 11, 1944. He served with the 734th Tank Battalion. |
| Lambert, DeVere | AAF Pvt. | 4-8-1943 |
| 1460 Elmwood | U.S.A. |
| Pvt. Lambert was on a routine flight from Bear Field, Ft. Wayne, Indiana to the air base in Columbus, Ohio. The bomber crashed at midnight and Pvt. Lambert was one of the casualties. |
| Lancaster, Ray | 12-16-1944 | |
| 1292 Cove Avenue | Luxembourg |
| Very little is known about Ray's service record. His name, address and death were confirmed by the office of Veteran Affairs in Columbus, Ohio. |
| Lask, Clifford A. | AAF Sgt. | 1-?-1945 |
| 1572 Hopkins Avenue | South China Sea |
| Sgt. Clifford Lask was on his first mission as an aerial photographer. He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator which failed to return from a long-range reconnaisance mission over the South China sea. He was serving as a photographer with the 14th Air Force. |
| Leader, Kent E. | AAF 1st Lt. | 12-11-1942 |
| (formerly Lakewood) | Italy | H.S.1937 |
| Lt. Kent Leader was the pilot of a bomber when he was killed in a raid over Italy, December 11,1942. |
| Lehr, Richard R. | AAF 1st Lt. | 10-4-194? |
| 1605 Marlowe Avenue | Solomon Islands | H.S.1933 |
| Lt. Richard Lehr was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator when it crashed in the Solomon Islands. Lt. Lehr had been in the battle of Midway and won the Silver Star for gallantry in that action. |
| Lennon, William C. | Army Pfc. | 5-24-1946 |
| 12933 Clifton Blvd. | Pusan, Korea |
| Pfc. William Lennon loved being in the service. In fact, he served four months before being discharged for being under age. He re-enlisted shortly after his 18th birthday and wrote home how happy he was to be back in the infantry. Pfc. Lennon was on occupation duty in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division when he died of a respiratory disease. (Note: Pfc. William C. Lennon is included in the list of World War II men because he first served during that time.) |
| Lesley, Wendell M. | AAF Flight Officer | 10-27-1943 |
| 1474 Highland Avenue | Texas |
| Wendell Lesley died suddenly at South Camp Hood, Texas |
| L'estrange, Roger W. | Navy Air Ensign | 8-4-1944 |
| 2043 Lakeland Ave. | Pacific |
| Ensign Roger L'estrange was a Hellcat fighter pilot. The Hellcat was the first U.S. aircraft that could out perform the Japanese Zero. It could fly, climb, and dive faster, was more maneuverable, and had better firepower. Ensign L'estrange fought in Guam, Palau Islands, and the Saipan offensives. He wrote home, "I have to get to bed early as I expect a big day tomorrow." He was attached to the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Franklin and never returned from an attack on a Japanese destroyer. |
| Loesch, Brown Ralph | Navy Lt. | 3-6-? |
| 1630 Larchmont | Ella Island | H.S. 1935 |
| Lt. Loesch was a member of the navy fighting squadron, No. 26, which was the first naval aviation command identified as having fought in both the Pacific and European theaters. He died on Ella Island in the Carolines. |
| Long, Raymond Jr. | Navy Pharmacist's Mate 3/c | 2-22-1945 |
| 1222 Hathaway Avenue | Iwo Jima |
| Raymond Long wrote home, "...as soon as we take this island you'll be hearing from me. He was killed while serving with the medical corps of the Navy and was attached to the 5th Marine Division fighting on Iwo Jima. He lost his life while trying to save that of another. |
| Louzecky, John J. | AAF 2nd Lt. | 9-5-1943 |
| 2016 Wascana Avenue | Creedmoor, Texas | H.S.1935 |
| Lt. John Louzecky was killed when his plane crashed and burned near Creedmoor, Texas. He had received his bombardier wings and was training to be a navigator. |
| Lowry, David P. | Army S/Sgt. | |
| 1234 Gladys | H.S.1942 |
| Sgt. David Lowry was killed in action while fighting in Europe. |
| Ludwig, Vance P. | AAF 1st Lt. | 12-?-1943 |
| 11801 Lake Ave. | Germany | H.S.1934 |
| Lt. Vance Ludwig was the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter. He received national attention when he shot down 3 German fighters during a raid over Frankfurt, Germany. It was his 48th mission. Lt. Ludwig received the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters for his action on that day. On the last day of his life, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for remaining with his plane. He was protecting a heavy bomber formation during a raid over occupied Europe and stayed with them until his ammunition was exhausted. Lt. Ludwig's brilliant action was credited with saving the bomber formation from enemy action. Witnesses saw his plane going into a dive near Solingen in western Germany and he was never seen again. |
| Lyncha, Steve M. | Army Pvt. | 1-30-1944 |
| 2042 Lark Street | Italy |
| U.S. Army Colonel William O. Darby organized and commanded the rangers in World War II. He established the first American Ranger Battalion in Northern Ireland in the summer of 1942. The Rangers fought in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. By the summer of 1944 there were only 199 still alive out of the original 1,500 members. Pfc. Steve Lyncha was one of those rangers who died at Anzio, Italy, January 30, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. |
| MacKay, William C. | Maritime Service Ensign | 4-30-1944 |
| 1571 Victoria Avenue | North Atlantic | H.S.1935 |
| Ensign William MacKay was awarded the Mariner's Medal as a result of his service. He was serving as the 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard a Liberty ship when they encountered the enemy and the ship was sunk. |
| Madsen Norman P. | Navy Ensign | 12-6-44 |
| 1440 Riverside Drive | South Pacific | H.S.1940 |
| Ensign Norman Madsen was killed in action in the South Pacific, December 6, 1944. |
| Manwell, Thomas | AAF S/Sgt. | 2-25-1945 |
| 15112 Clifton Blvd. | Italy |
| Sgt. Thomas Manwell received the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. He served as an aerial gunner on a B-25 Mitchell bomber and was killed over Italy. He was with the 12th Air Force. |
| Marcks, Robert L. | Army Pvt. | 8-3-1943 |
| 14818 Hilliard Road | New Georgia |
| Pvt. Robert Marcks fought with the 37th Division. He was killed August 3, 1943 on New Georgia Island in the Solomons. Pvt. Marcks' brother-in-law was serving in the same company and saw him fatally wounded. |
| Matsko, Andrew A. | Army Pvt. | 12-29-1944 |
| 2026 Lark Street | Belgium |
| After seeing action in Sicily and Italy Pvt. Andrew M |