World War II Veterans

from

Wayne County, Indiana

The totals for Veterans listed in the introduction and for Jackson and Wayne Townships
likely are off by less than twenty. Those for the other townships are correct.
By township, the first number after the title is the total from that township.
The second number is the township Killed in Action (KIA). We believe that number is accurate.
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Copyright © 2001 though 2006 Ralph S. Miller, RHS '45. All rights reserved.

These are lists of two thousand, three hundred, thirty-three
citizens from Wayne County, Indiana who served in the
United States Armed Forces and Merchant Marine during World War II.
One hundred seventy were killed or died in action or line of duty (KIA).
At least one other died of wounds (DOW) shortly after the war ended.
There are several areas of the county that have few or no names listed.
We hope those who know of names not listed will let us know
so their stories can be told.

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Those named are men and women from Wayne County, Indiana who were
members of the United States Armed Forces or Merchant Marine between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.
Thanks to the many of you who have put messages in the Guest Book or sent emails with names and
information about friends and loved ones. The recent revisions do not permit retaining the previous
Guest Book messages for review online. They were saved offline as permanent reference.

Jackson Township has 385 names from around Cambridge City. This list was furnished by
Phyllis Mattheis of Cambridge City, Indiana. These names were on the Memorial Plaque in Cambridge City for
many years. Most of the Wayne Township and Richmond names are from the Memorial Plaque at the entrance to
Richmond High School. It was placed there in 1943 and updated in 1998 by Cliff Davis, David J Hoff and the
members of the RHS Breakfast Club. Cliff Davis sent a copy of the list of names on the refurbished plaque.
Names were added to the plaque at that time to have over 1400 names. More than two hundred names
have been supplied by friends and relatives and added to this list in the past two years.

Myron Brown, of Huntington, Indiana, provided a copy of a Palladium-Item article of August 15, 1945
which listed 158 who lost their lives in the war. Interesting that 158 was the first number drawn in the
National Selective Service Draft Lottery in 1940. We believe there were a few more fatalities besides those listed.
There must be several hundred not on the lists which should be. We hope someone will
give us those names so they can be recognized with the others.

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Wayne County has fifteen townships.
The names of the Veterans from the various townships
may be found by choosing from the list below.

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Abington Township (Abington)
Boston Township (Boston)
Center Township (Centerville)
Clay Township (Greensfork)
Dalton Township (Dalton)

Franklin Township (Whitewater)
Green Township (Williamsburg)
Harrison Township (Jacksonburg)
Jackson Township (Cambridge City)
Jefferson Township (Hagerstown)

New Garden Township (Fountain City)
Perry Township (Economy)
Washington Township (Milton)
Wayne Township (Richmond)
Webster Township (Webster)

Wayne County Total 2228/170 KIA

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Abington Township (Abington) 4/1

• Sergeant. Declared dead.

• Drafted upon high school graduation, but was discharged after a few months as the war was over.
  

• Corps of Engineers in the Philippines 1945

• Staff Sergeant. Graduated from Boston High School 1943.
  Drafted December 24, 1943. Marine Air Group 45.
  Airborne Radar Technician at Majuro Island, Marshall Islands,
  on Ulithi Atoll in the Western Caroline Islands and, after the war, on Okinawa.
  Also at Yokosuka, Japan Airfield for United States night fighters during the Occupation.
  Installed the Radio Sound System in the hangars. Honorable Discharge August 1, 1946.
  [By Rose Marie Sudhoff, wife]

Boston Township (Boston) 4/2

• Private First Class. Killed on Attu Island

• Private First Class. Died in Japanese POW camp

• Died February 12, 1999. (By Rose Marie Sudhoff)

Center Township (Centerville) 5/4

• Corporal. Died of wounds received in action in Belgium

• Born in Boston, Ind., Feb. 25, 1926, he was the son of Walter E. and Mildred Ross Wadman Dils.
  Lived in Centerville all of his life except WWII service.
  Received the American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal with five stars,
  Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars and the Purple Heart.
  Died Aug. 1, 2003 in Centerville.

• WAVE. Died of illness at Naval Training Station Hunter College Bronx NY

• Private. Killed in action in Germany

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in German territory.

Clay Township (Greensfork) 107/2

• Private. Killed in action in Germany

• Private. Killed in action in European area

Dalton Township (Dalton) 0/0

Franklin Township (Whitewater) 3/2

• Staff Sergeant. Died in the South Pacific on November 2, 1943. He was the radio operator on a B-25.
  They sank a Japanese ship, but were shot down in the process. The raid was near Rabaul, New Guinea.
  Posthumously, he was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.
  These medals were presented to his mother in a ceremony at the Whitewater High School gymnasium.
  (By Mary Owens, sister)

• Crew member on B-17s.
  Survived the war, but is no longer living.

• Private First Class. Killed in action in France

Green Township (Williamsburg) 2/2

• Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class. Declared dead. US Navy VP-205 Squadron.
  Crewman on PBM-3S on anti-submarine patrol in the Trinidad Sector.
  Overdue July 10, 1943 on submarine hunt. All eleven hands lost.
  See www.vpnavy.com/vp205_mishap.html

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in action in Germany

Harrison Township (Jacksonburg) 1/0

• Enlisted at 35 years of age when married with children.
  Operated the Standard Oil Service Station in Cambridge City before and after military service.
  (By Charles Locke)

Jackson Township (Cambridge City) 318/10

A

A. Frank Adams

Dr. Loren Ake

Fred Alexander

Charles M. Allen

Nolan Allen

Dale Orin Ammerman

H. Claude Ammerman

Frances Ammon

Charles Anderson

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B

• Killed over the English Channel

C

• P-47 Pilot.
  Killed 1945 in Italy

D

• Killed in action in Germany

• Captain. Killed in action over Greece

E

F

G

• Served in New Guinea. (By Charles Locke)

• Sergeant. Died at LeMoor, California

H

• In Aviation Cadet Training at the end of the war.
  Owned The Henderson Store in Cambridge City. (By Don Tate & Charles Locke)

• Corporal. Died in South Pacific

• Flight Officer. Killed while in command of Liaison Division on Luzon

I

J

K

L

• Killed in South Pacific area

• Private. Died of injuries received on Labor Day 1941

M

• Naval Aviator.
  Copilot on Navy patrol bomber training flight out of Norfolk, Virginia.
  Failed to return on mission over the Atlantic prior to the war in April 1941.
  Likely monitoring German submarines off the East Coast.
  (By Sharon A Craig)

• Private First Class. Killed in France

N

O

• South Pacific Theater. (By Charles Locke)

P

• Lieutenant. Killed in Pacific area

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

• Seaman STM2/C Entered Coast Guard June 9, 1945.
  Served on the George McCrarry as Cook. Discharged for health reasons, September 20, 1945
  (By David Worl, son)

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Y

Z

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Jefferson Township (Hagerstown) 11/8

• Private First Class. Killed in European area

• Private. Killed in action on Tarawa

• Sergeant. Killed in France

• Killed in action in France

• Command car accident, Australia

• Member of VMF-314.
  Met Roland Jellison from Richmond on Midway Island

• Signalman Third Class (SM/3C). Served on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) during 1945 and 1946.

• Sergeant. Killed in European area

• Private. Killed in battle for Tarawa

• Sergeant. Killed in action in European area

New Garden Township (Fountain City) 8/4

• Private. Killed in Italy

• Sergeant. Killed in action in Germany

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in action in Luxemburg

• Flew 65 missions in a B-26 Marauder in the European Theater of Operations. [12-26-2003]

• Killed in action in France

Perry Township (Economy) 4/1

• Drafted June 30, 1941 and entered the Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
  Basic Training at Camp Lee, Virginia. Truck Driver and Vehicle Mechanic
  Assigned to 4th Infantry Division, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Benning, Georgia
  Arrived in the European Theater of Operation (ETO) January 29, 1944
  Landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944
  Campaigns -- Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge
  At Brenner Pass when the war ended
  Discharged September 3, 1945 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana with rank of Technician 5
  Medals and Service Ribbons -- Army of Occupation, American Campaign, European, Africa,
  Middle Eastern Campaign with Arrowhead, World War II, American Defense, Good Conduct Medal
  Still living on January 1, 2005!

• In service April 1944 to June 1946. Trained at Fort Custer, Michigan.
  Sent to Europe as replacement in 78th Infantry Division about Christmas 1944.
  Platoon Sergeant. Stationed in Wooperstal, Germany area. Was in Arleson, Germany
  when war ended in Europe. With 78th Division as it moved into Berlin to replace
  82nd Airborne Division as it moved out to go back to the Continental United States.
  Bronze Star. Combat Infantry Badge.
  [Per Joshua Chenoweth, grandson, 12-10-2003]
  

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in action

Washington Township (Milton) 4/3

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in Germany

• Staff Sergeant. Killed in action

• Lieutenant. Killed in plane crash in California

• Served in Germany. Wounded in action.
  Awarded the Purple Heart. Drafted in Milton, Indiana. Passed away June 8, 1991.

Wayne (Richmond) 1773/125

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• Private First Class

• South Pacific. Noncommissioned Pilot in PBY Catalina Squadron

• Private First Class Was severly wounded. Died on Corsica

• Private First Class, 11th Airborne. October 17,1944 to November 15, 1945
  Combat on Luzon, Philippine Islands and Okinawa.
  Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon w/ one bronze service star.
  Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ one bronze service star.
  Interviewed on Okinawa and told he was first Wayne County man to reach Japan.
  Reinlisted in Japan November 16, 1946 Sergeant Technician 5th Grade Co D 532d EB & SR
  Discharged 3-18-47 at Fort Ord, California

• Technical Sergeant Died of wounds received in invasion of France

• Army Infantry. Killed in France

B

• RHS Class of '44. Submarine School 1943-1947
  Went to Submarine School with William Moss RHS '43

• Private Army Infantry. Killed in Luxembourg

• Private Army Communications Unit. Killed in European area.

• WAVES (Women Auxilary Volunteer Emergency Service)
  '42-'45. Link Trainer Instructor. Trained at Atlanta, Georgia.
  Instructed at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Texas.
  Remained in Naval Reserve and was recalled during the Korean War to serve at Jacksonville, Florida
  Taught school later at Guam as a civilian.

• December 1941 -- November 1945
  Captain, 33rd Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group
  Flew B-25s and B-26s
  Australian and New Guinea Theater

• Staff Sergeant Tail gunner.
  Declared dead officially after missing in action over Germany.

• Technician Fifth Class Field Artillery.
  Killed in accident in Central Pacific

• Private Army Ordnance. Died in hospital in France.

• PVT., 83rd Infantry Division. Trained in US and England for the Normandy invasion.
  Division landed about a month after the 6 June 1944 initial landings.
  Severely wounded about 27-28 July by German 88mm artillery shell
  during his unit's attack to cut the Saint-Lo to Periers highway.
  Evacuated to England as his wounds were severe.
  Awarded the Purple Heart.
  After much reconstructive surgery and many months of therapy and training to use his prostheses,
  he became the Postmaster in Richmond and continued until he retired.

• '41-'45. Radio Operator in the Panama Canal Zone

• Private First Class, Infantry. Killed on Okinawa on April 24, 1945

• Enlisted in 1942

• Sergeant Army Infantry. Killed in Germany..

• Killed in South Pacific.

• Private Army Antitank Unit. Killed in Germany.

• Private Army Infantry. Killed on Mindoro.

• Master Sergeant. Served in the Philippines.

• Enlisted in the WAVES in 1943 in Chicago as she was employed there at the time.
  Basic training in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Assigned to Washington, D.C. classified work.
  Transferred to Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago until honorably discharged in September 1945.
  Brutally murdered December 1945 in Chicago. Buried in Earlham Cemetery in Richmond.
  First funeral with full military honors for a woman in Richmond. (Pal-Item article)

• Killed on cruiser USS Juneau.

• Private First Class Killed in European area.

• Bombardier in B-17s.

• Far East Air Materiel Command in the Philippine Islands.
  Then Headquarters Base transferred to Japan near Tokyo.

• '41-'45. Infantry. North Africa and Italy.

• '41-'45. Stationed in the South Pacific.

• Private First Class Killed in Italian area.

• '42-'46. Served on PC1216 in Caribbean Area for 11 months.

C

• Served in Europe. Wounded in battle.
  Awarded the Purple Heart

• Lost in battle on cruiser USS Quincy.

• '42-'45 Staff Sergeant Served in Central Europe.

• Served in North Africa, Italy and Germany
  Wounded on Anzio Beach. Discharged in 1945. Died in 2001.

• Staff Sergeant Died on Mindanoa of wounds received.

• U S Navy 2/1942-12/1946 USNR 12/1946-12/1956 Machinist Mate First Class (MM1/C)
  Graduated from Morton High School in 1937.
  
  Boot Camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Volunteered for the
  newly formed Naval Amphibious Forces at Norfolk, Virginia. August 1942 began
  career as a "Frogman" in the GATOR navy. Assigned to the Scouts and Raiders
  (S/R) Unit 1/3 and trained at Bradford Park, Little Creek, Virginia under the
  command of Lt. Peddicord. The 7 man units included volunteers from all
  branches of the military and a few British Commandos. The School was very
  thorough and demanding in teaching the arts of scouting and raiding techniques to
  prepare the beaches for the invasion forces. Great emphasis placed on physical
  and endurance conditioning in the water, hand to hand combat, the use of explosives
  and small arms with survival behind enemy lines. Most important was "team work."
  The school was closed and all personnel were assigned to OPERATION TORCH,
  the Allied Landings in North Africa. Task Force 34 was the first major
  Amphibious Landing in the European Theatre.
  
  Task Force 34 approached North Africa on the morning of November 7, 1942. The
  S/R units went ashore and marked the beaches prior to the invasion. The
  primary objective of the S/R teams was to capture the airport at Port
  Lyautey and secure it to land our P-40 aircraft. This was accomplished and
  over 107,000 allied troops were landed and the land battle began. The
  Amphibians returned to the USA and the S/R School reformed at Amphibious Training Base (ATB),
  Little Creek, Virginia in December 1942. In early 1943, ATB moved to Ft. Pierce, Florida
  to train for the invasion of Sicily, OPERATION HUSKY scheduled for the summer of 1943.
  
  After a 30 day leave, ordered to report to The Naval Landing Force Base in
  New Orleans (Algiers), Louisiana to work with Higgins Manufacturing on
  various types of landing craft changes to be customized for the island invasions in
  the Pacific. Key emphasis was on the LCVP's, the mainstay of the invasion
  forces. Crews were trained and sent to bases in California to be a part of the
  Island Invasion Forces. Had this duty until June 1944 and received orders to
  report to Camp Pendleton, California for assignment until becoming very ill
  with malaria. Sent to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Malaria was
  complicated with rheumatic fever and sent to the Naval Hospital in Corona,
  California for treatment and disposition. Returned to active duty on November 1, 1944
  with orders to report to NOB in Norfolk for duty assignment.
  
  For the remainder of enlistment, was crew chief for a Shakedown Crew test
  running newly built landing craft (ARL's and LCI's) to qualify them as combat
  ready and train crews in the operation of the craft geared toward the Pacific
  island invasions. The atom bombs were dropped and the Japanese surrendered
  on August 14, 1945 before receiving orders to report to the Invasion Task Force.
  
  Looking back over the WWII years, he feels that his life was saved twice by divine
  intervention: (1) malaria hospitalized him while many of his shipmates were
  killed, and (2) the atomic bombing of Japan saved untold thousands of lives,
  including his. He is grateful, but strongly regrets the loss of so many of his
  shipmates. James Willis Clark resides in Anderson, Indiana. (11-9-2003)
  
  

• In service from November 1941 to September 1945. Radio Operator and Waist Gunner.
  Twenty-three months in Southwest Pacific Area in 13th Air Force, 5th Bomb Group
  394th Squadron. Received Purple Heart and many other medals and ribbons.
  Was shot down three times and sent back to the United States. Died in San Jose, CA August 1989.
  Youbger brother of Thomus U. Clark)
  (By Ms Cathy Lynn Clark Blass, daughter) (11-23-2003)
  
  

• Master Chief Pattern Maker. Enlisted March 1941 in Richmond, Indiana.
  Great Lakes Naval Training Station for Boot Camp. Trained as a Seaman 3/C.
  Ordered to Newport, RI for training and assignment to the USS Melville as Seaman 1/C.
  Went on maneuvers in the North Atlantic and stopped in Bermuda when war was declared.
  Ship ordered to Norfolk Navy Yard to make the ship battle ready and sent to Nova Scotia
  as part of the first AEF convoy to make the North Atlantic run. Records show about 500
  allied ships were sank by German U-boats.
  
  Had first really bad experience realizing that this is war and was very fortunate to have
  made it to the shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Selected crew members were sent to
  Londonderry, Northern Ireland to establish a repair base that became United States
  Naval Operating Base used to repair all Allied ships during the war. This was very rough
  duty but great experience. Was promoted to Pattern Maker 1/C. Eventually the war in
  Europe was coming to an end and all Allied ships were ordered to home ports.
  
  Returned to New York via a transport ship and got married after the long wait.
  Soon on train headed for Long Beach, Ca. to pick up a troop ship to Hawaii.
  Assigned to the ARHI and the only heavy hull repair ship in the US Navy, The Jason.
  It was a very elite ship as most of the crew was chosen by the Admiralty. Joined with the
  battleships and heavy cruisers heading for the Philippines. With them all the way
  from Leyte Gulf to the coast of Japan. Then sent to Jinsen, Korea where did a
  much work repairing generators and restoring power to the cities.
  
  Then to Shanghai for major repairs as city had no power. Captain promoted him to
  Division Chief in charge of all the Chiefs aboard the Jason. The war was winding down
  hitched a ride on destroyer USS Boardman to Honolula and onto San Diego, California.
  Completed six war years and headed home.
  
  The Navy trained him in a good trade which gave him thirty-seven years of continuous
  and rewarding civilian employment providing for the Atlantic Fishing Fleet.
  
  (Information from James G Clark, brother - 11-23-2003)
  
  

• Served from 16 December 1944 to 20 October 1946.
  Trained as paratrooper. Served as Cook in the Asiatic Pacific Theater.
  Born in Richmond in 1919 and lived there until the 1960s. Attended Richmond High School. (By John M. Clark, son)

• Lieutenant Lead Pilot for P-47 Thunderbolt Group. Killed when plane crashed
  in allied territory in Italy after developing engine trouble

• Commander of submarine USS Cisco. Lost in Pacific.

• Staff Sergeant Tail Gunner.on B-24.

• Private Army Infantry. Killed in France.

• Technical Sergeant. Served in the Military Police Corps stateside for 4 years.
  Stationed in Maryland and most of his service at the Huntsville Army Ammunition Depot
  at Huntsville, Alabama.
  Died September 25, 1951 in St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana

• Seaman Second Class (S/2c) January 31, 1946 to November 4, 1947.
  Basic training at Bainbridge, Maryland. Served aboard the 45,000 ton
  USS Midway (CVB-41) aircrft carrier as First Loader on a Five-Inch Gun.
  Made trip to White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico and picked up a captured
  German V-2 rocket. Took it the ship and launched it off the coast of Bermuda
  from the ship for test. Launch was successful. Discharged from the Norfolk Naval Station.

• Seaman First Class (S1/c) Served June 7, 1944 to August 8, 1946.
  Aboard Landing Ship Tank, LST-227 in Pacific Theater. Died July 6, 1974
  Pacific Theater Service Ribbon with four battle stars.

• Seaman First Class Seaman 1st Class. Killed in plane crash at
  Naval Air Station at Wildwood, New Jersey.

• Merchant Marine. On ship torpedoed and sunk.
  Rescued and joined Army when old enough.

• Made beach head on Okinawa on Easter morning as an 18 year old.

• Fought in the Battle of the Bulge
  Born February 5, 1920. Died August 12, 1969.
  (By Don Tate)

• Master Sargeant. Head of the Army Kitchen in High Wickham, England outside of London.
  While in charge of that facility he served Generals Eisenhower and Doolittle along with many
  other dignitaries who passed through the Abbey at High Wickham on their way to the front.
  While in England he met and eventually married WAC Emma J. Petersen, also of Richmond.
  They moved back to Richmond after the war and resided there until 1954.
  (Per son John M Consolino, 7-31-2003)

• WAC (Women's Army Corps) in charge of the top secret telephone operators at the Abbey in
  High Wickham. While in England she met and eventually married MSgt Anthony L. Consolino,
  also of Richmond. They moved back to Richmond after the war and resided there until 1954.
  (Per son John M Consolino, 7-31-2003)

• '44-'46. Pacific Area '45-'46. Participated in occupation of Japan.

• Paratrooper. Killed in France

• Served in Italy. Antiaircraft gunner.

• Private Killed in Italy

• Paratrooper

• Staff Sergeant Radio Operator. Killed over Italy.

• Seabee (CB - Construction Battalion)

• Died of pnuemonia in San Diego, California Naval Hospital

• Private First Class, Rifleman (745),
  Company C, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th Division. March '44 - May '46.

• B-24 Gunner. 15th Air Force

D

• CB's - Construction Batallions 1943-1945
  Alaska Defense, Attu, Alaska

• Lieutenant Pilot. Killed in plane collisionin Republic of Panama.

• Corporal, 38th Infantry Division.
  Killed on Luzon May 9, 1945 on Luzon, The Philippines.
  (Per Bill Denny, his brother, 9-24-2003)

• Seaman First Class. Died of accidental gunshot wounds on Saipan.

• Private Marine. KIA

• Private First Class Killed in Mediterranean area

E

• Staff Sargeant Infantry Machine Gunner. Killed in Italy

• Private Killed in Pacific area.

• Lieutenant Killed in European area.

• Technical Sergeant Bombardier. Killed in Italy.

• Private Killed in Sicily.

F

• Killed in South Pacific.

• Private First Class Died in Germany as a result og injuries received in vehicle accident.

• Staff Sergeant

• Technician Third Class With Tank Division. Killed in Germany.

• Private First Class Killed in Germany.

• Sergeant Killed in Germany.

G

• Lieutenant Died in Algeria

• Private First Class Paratrooper. Killed in Germany.

• Graduated from Morton High School in 1937.
  Worked as Secretary to Principle E. C. Kline at Richmond High School
  Became interested in flying and joined a ground school in the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP)
  where the government, recognizing the coming need for pilots, sponsored these classes and flight training.
  The top three students of this program were awarded a scholarship for flight training.
  Marjorie graduated second in her class and the three from Richmond went to Muncie for flight training.
  She attained her Private Pilot's License through this program.
  
  She joined the Civil Air Patrol as a means of continuing her interest in flying.
  This was in the early stages of World War II.
  
  After the United States entered the war, Jacqueline Cockran got the Women's Air Service Pilots (WASP)
  organized and Marjorie joined it. She was sent to Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas , the training center
  for WASPs, and she trained in PT-19's, BT-13's and AT-6's.
  
  From there, she was sent to multi-engine training where she attained first seat rating in both
  (Martin) B-26's and the (Consolidated) B-24's. She was assigned to the airbase at
  Pocatello, Idaho when she flew the B-26 towing targets for training aircrews at the
  B-24 Gunnery School at Pocatello. Most of her service time, about two years, was at Pocatello.
  
  Her last assignment was at a base in Dyersburg, Tennessee. At that time, WASPs were not
  considered members of the Army Air Forces, although they flew missions equivalent to those of active
  duty service pilots. In recent years, Congress passed legislation recognizing they were active duty
  members of the Army Air Forces and awarded full privledges and benefits as commissioned officers.
  (Information provided by Kiffin Gilbert, brother of Marjorie Gilbert, 8-24-2003)
  

• 1936 Morton High School graduate. Pilot, Air Transport Command.
  First airplane ride at age 21 and hooked on flying. Started flying in 1939.
  Earned Commercial Pilot and Instructor Pilot civilian licenses prior to
  the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Went overseas in 1943 and
  flew "The Hump," the massive airlift that saved war-racked China from falling to the Japanese.
  He made 310 trips over the Himalayas between India and China to supply forces
  in China fighting the Japanese. After the War, Ray flew for United Airlines until retiring
  in 1978. Forty years after flying in China, finally he was honored by the Chinese Government
  with the award of The Chinese Service Medal and Chinese Air Force Wings.

• Enlisted US Navy August 11, 1941. Aboard USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor
  during the attack on December 7, 1941. He transferred to USS Quincy, CA-72.
  Participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944
  and of Southern France. Took President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference.
  After moving to the Pacific, they participated in the bombardment of the Japanese homeland
  and the surrender of the Japanese at Yokahoma.
  Discharged October 20, 1945.

• Sergeant Engineer. Killed in Southwest Pacific.

• Private Killed in Germany.

• Staff Sergeant Radio Operator - Gunner. Killed in Pacific area.

• March 1944 -- June 1946
  122nd Medical Battalion, 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division
  European Theater of Operations

• Private Army Infantry. Killed in France

• Private Killed in Italy.

• Served in France and Germany.

H

• Sea Bees -- Construction Battalions. On many islands in
  the South Pacific. On Truk 1945 or 1946, until sent home due to father's illness.

• Trained at Key West, Florida on 155mm Artillery.
  Sent to Montauk Point to guard coast after German spies captured coming
  ashore on Long Island from German submarine.

• Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed in England.

• Private Killed in France

• Private First Class Killed in plane accident in Panama Canal Zone.

• Aviation Cadet Aviation Cadet. Killed in plane crash at airfield in Georgia

• 1941 to 1947

• Private Died of wounds received in action in Germany

• Enlisted April 1944

• Entered US Army March '43. Company C, 202nd Combat Engineers.
  Wounded at Luxembourg December '44.
  Died February 11. 1946 of complications from his wounds.

• Sergeant. Entered in March 1945.
  Served in Occupation Forces in Japan
  Emgineer Battalion, 33rd Division.
  Later GHQ (General Headquarters) in Tokyo. Ran an ice cream plant.
  Staff made ice cream cake for General MacArthur's birthday in 1946.

• Military Police, European Theater of Operations

• Remained in the Reserves after the war. [Per Kay Oatas, 11-11-2003]

• Enlisted early in 1942. Was killed in the battle of the Coral Sea.

• American Theater

• South Pacific Theater

• European Theater

• Private Army Combat Engineers. Killed in France

• Lieutenant Vernon Hobbs received his commission from the ROTC program at Purdue University.
  Entered active duty upon graduation from Purdue in 1940.
  He was assigned to a unit on Luzon in the Philippine Islands.
  Became a Prisoner-of-War (POW) when captured by the Japanese as the Philippines fell in early 1942.
  Survived the Bataan Death March. Held in the Philippines until December 1944 when American forces invaded Philippines.
  Put aboard the Oryoku Maru and met Louis G Kolger from Richmond along with 1519 other prisoners for movement to Japan.
  No water, food or medical. Extreme heat.
  
  Ship not marked as prisoners aboard and sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft when leaving Subic Bay.
  Prisoners swam to shore and moved to Lingayen Gulf by train and put aboard Enoura Maru.
  Ship had been carrying horses. Hold deck covered with horse manure. No water, food or medical.
  Enoura Maru sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft when anchored in Tako Bay, Formosa. Survivors swam to shore.
  Vernon received slight shrapnel wound in left shoulder blade. It became infected.
  Survivors put aboard Brazil Maru. Vernon died of the infection on board and buried at sea
  a few days before ship arrived in Mori, Japan.
  
  These statements contain some inaccuracies regarding ships and locations. Hope to correct these soon.
  A more accurate statement in much greater detail is available at this URL:
  See www.oryokumaruonline.org and understand why atom bombs were dropped.
  Also see Louis G. Kolger
  (Per telephone visit with Louis G Kolger, 8-20-2002)

• Entered service February 1943. ASTP at CCNY and Carnegie Tech.
  580th Combat Engineers. Trained to operate heavy construction equipment, explosives
  and heavy weapons. To Europe in February 1945. Tuol, France to Nuremburg.
  Left ETO June 5, 1945 from Marseilles, France to Manila, Philippine Islands
  for landing on Nasipit, P.I. (Surigoa Straits) July 25, 1945.
  Discharged February 1946. Started Hoffco in Richmond with brother, Steve.
  Invented Weedeater and other small power equipment. Held 64 patents.
  Sold out in 1996 and retired.

• Pilot of P-38. Declared dead officially after plane was seen
  to fall into Pacific Ocean off Point Reyes, California

• Seaman First Class Killed in Mediterranean area

• Lieutenant. Pilot of B-17. Killed when plane went into tailspin over English Channel.

• Technical Sergeant Killed in England

• Served in Southwest Pacific

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• Served in Europe

• Served in Europe

• '42-'45. Almost three years in Pacific with the Second Marine Division.
  Four assualt landings on Japanese held islands:
• Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands Nov 20, 1943
• Saipan Island June 15, 1944
• Tinian Island, July 24, 1944
• Okinawa, April 1, 1945
• First troops into Nagasaki, Japan after the Japanese surrender for ocupation duty.

• February 1943 -- April 1946 VMF 324
  Central Pacific (Midway Island Island)

• Private First Class Ground Mechanic. Died of injuries received in vehicle accident in France

• Private First Class Army Infantry. Killed on Luzon

• Drowned when bus he was riding was hit by locomotive
  and knocked into water at Leonardo, New Jersey.

• Private First Class Died of injuries received in accident in England

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• Served in Hawaii. Aircraft Mechanic and flew missions as Air Crewman.

• Private Marine. Killed on Iwo Jima.

• Technical Sergeant Killed in France

• Went into France with the Glider Corps

• Technical Sergeant Killed in European area.

• Master Sergeant On PT Boat. Died of illness in European area.

• Entered service May 20, 1939.
  Staff Sergeant, Radioman, 27th Bomb Group (Northrop A-24 Dive Bombers) in Southern U.S.
  Worked on A-20 and Hudson bombers before leaving as advanced party for unit move to Philippines.
  Aircraft shipped by sea. After war started, unit aircraft diverted to Australia.
  Moved to Southern Luzon to establish airfield for flights to and from Australia. As Japanese approached
  moved further south traveling at night in outrigger boats. Had only 17 rifles and 24 pistols.
  When pointless to go on, the Americans and Philippinos went ashore at San Jose, Panay Island
  and surrendered to Japanese Navy and Marine units on May 18, 1942 after the fall of Manila area on Luzon.
  Treated reasonably. Moved to Manilla area by water and turned over to Japanese Army. Brutality began.
  Work details on farms and airfield construction crews. Brutal treatment continued.
  Knew Americans were coming when airfield he was working on was bombed on September 20-22, 1944 by U.S. Navy aircraft
  from the USS Hornet (CV-12) (USS Hornet CV-8 had carried Doolittle raiders toward Japan in April of 1942,
  then torpedoed and sunk October 26, 1942).
  Held in the Philippines until December 1944 when American forces invaded Philippines.
  Put aboard the Oryoku Maru and met Vernon Hobbs from Richmond along with 1519 other prisoners for movement to Japan.
  No water, food or medical. Extreme heat.
  
  Ship not marked as prisoners aboard and sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft when leaving Subic Bay.
  Prisoners swam to shore and moved to Lingayen Gulf by train and put aboard Enoura Maru.
  Ship had been carrying horses. Hold deck covered with horse manure. No water, food or medical.
  Enoura Maru sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft when anchored in Tako Bay, Formosa. Survivors swam to shore.
  Survivors put aboard Brazil Maru and shipped to Mori, Japan on Christmas Day 1944.
  Arrived in Mori, Japan in January -- mid-winter -- with underwear their only clothing.
  Survivors put to work in abandoned, worked out, dangerous coal mines until freed by American occupation troops.
  Louis survived and spent his career as an electronic technician for NASA. Retired and lives in Cincinnati.
  
  These statements contain some inaccuracies regarding ships and locations. Hope to correct these soon.
  A more accurate statement in much greater detail is available at this URL:
  See www.oryokumaruonline.org and understand why atom bombs were dropped.
  Also see Vernon Hobbs
  (Per telephone visit with Louis G Kolger, 8-20-2002)

• Served in the Pacific. Died January 25, 1992

• Private Killed in France

• Private First Class Army Infantry. Killed in Belgium

• Aviation Radioman Third Class Aviation Radioman 3rd Class.
  Lost in crash of dive bomber as it fell into Puget Sound.

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• On B-24s in the Southwest Pacific.

• First Lieutenant, Infantry Commander. Lake was killed in France on July 26, 1944 near
  the village of Les Haies, Cerisy Forest, France. He was 25.
  He was inducted into the U S Army in January 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
  Sent to Fort Custer, Michigan in mid-1941, then to Camp Forrest, Tennessee for maneuvers.
  He trained with the 605th Tank Destroyer Battalion, First Artillery Bn and Anti-Tank Bn.
  Made PFC and Corporal then graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia
  on September 14, 1942 and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. Stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in
  Co. E, 9th Infantry at Camp Bullis, Texas, moved to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin November 17,1942.
  There reassigned to Anti-Tank Co, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division.
  Graduated from Morton High School in 1936 and signed to play baseball with the Cleveland Indians.
  Played in the Mid-Atlantic League. Had been a catcher on the high school baseball team.
  Survived by his wife, Mrs Virginia Lake, son, Walter E Lake and parents, Mr & Mrs Clyde Lake
  all of Richmond. (Pal-Item article 1944)

• Died of illness due to wounds received in South Pacific.

• Private Died in European area of unknown cause.

• 1170th College Training Detachment, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, beginning October 1943.
  Then flight training in Classes 44I and 44J starting January 1944.
  "Tuskegee Airman."

• Served in Europe. Cut down by machine gun fire. Reported had both legs amputated.

• Long service in New Guinea steaming jungles.

• On destroyer in the Pacific.

• Corporal Marine. Killed on Iwo Jima.

• Flight Instructor. Killed in plane accident in Missouri.

• Pilot of B-24 Liberator bomber.
  Lost when his plane was hit over Bremen, Germany on December 23, 1943. Loved flying and always knew he would be a pilot.

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• Warrant Officer Killed aboard USS Oregon at Pearl Harbor

• Private Died of wounds received in action in France

• Sergeant Killed in Germany.

• Private Paratrooper. Killed in France

• Aboard the USS Boston

• 23rd Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force

• Private Army Infantry. Killed in France

• Served in Italy.

• Army Infantry. Killed in France

• Sergeant/Pilot Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfire Pilot.
  Killed over occupied France amd English Channel

• RHS Class of '43. Lost on submarine
  USS Lagarto May 3, 1945
  

• Sergeant Army Engineer. Died of wounds received in France.

• Master Sergeant Army Engineer.

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• Killed in bombing of Pearl Harbor,
  December 7, 1941

• Died of wounds received in France

• Private Paratrooper. Killed in Belgium

• Private Killed in Germany.

• December '42- November '45. 10th Armored Division in US, France, Luxembourg and Germany
  for over two years. 13 months as truck driver.
  Then Switchboard Operator and lineman.

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• Served in the Pacific.

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• In World War II from 1942 to December 1945.

• Went to sea at age 16 in the Merchant Marine in February 1944.
  On board the Liberty ship SS Josiah Royce involved in the invasion of the Philippines.
  Returned to Richmond shortly thereafter and joined the U S Navy in June 1945 at age seventeen.
  Became Gunners Mate and served on the submarine USS Sea Robin (SS407)
  While in the crew the boat made the first trip ever to round Cape Horn by a submarine.
  After a couple of years, transferred to the Hospital Corps.
  Was with the First Marine Division landing at Inchon, South Korea, in 1950.
  Served on two other surface ships and a tour with the Marines on Okinawa,
  tours in Argentina, New Foundland and three years in Japan.
  Retired from the Navy at the old Naval Hospital at Pensacola, Florida.
  Worked as a medical technician at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia
  until retiring in 1985.

• See Emma J. (Petersen) Consolino

• Instructor in the Cryptographic School at Scott Field, Illinois

• Signalman Third Class (SM/3c) Served 1945 to 1946 aboard USS Hornet (CV-12) aircrft carrier

• Private First Class Killed in the Pacific area.

• Stationed in France. Injured there and brought back to the States to recover.

• Signal Corps

• Anti-Aircraft, Intelligence, Photographer

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• Corporal Marine. Killed on Okinawa.

• Private First Class Army Infantry. Died of wounds in action in Germany.

• Staff Sergeant Killed in African area.

• Private See list item.

• Private First Class, 1077th Army Air Forces Base Unit. Wounded in the Mediterranean area.
  Hospitalized 3 times with shrapnel wounds and frostbite. (Pal-Item 10-31-44)

• Private Airborne Division. Killed in European area

• Staff Sergeant Infantry. Killed in France

• Lieutenant. Joined the Navy for flight training in 1941, and assigned to Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
  Evanston, Illinois. Additional flight training in Minneapolis, Des Moines and Florida. Received his wings in
  San Diego. Sent to Pacific area: Hawaii, many small South Pacific islands and Tinian. Served until 1948. He returned to and completed his education at Indiana State Teachers College, now Indiana State University,
  receiving his Bachelor's Degree and worked toward a Master's Degree. Resigned his Navy commission and
  joined the Florida Air National Guard at the rank of Lientenant. He flew F-51s and F-80s.
  His unit was activated for the Korean War, and trained at Victorville, California, then moved to Masawa, Japan.
  Now a Captain, his unit flew ground support missions from Japan to Korea with F-80s. Up for Major,
  he decided that was enough. Interestingly, he was replaced in his unit by Ernie Ravinet, Jr. of Richmond.

• Served in the Pacific as a SK3 aboard LST 487 and then USS Haven (AH12)
  After the war, he was part of Operation Crossroads at the Bikini Atoll. (By his son, William D. Runnels,Jr)

• Entered service October 1942
  Died January 16, 1945. Awards: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
  with Bronze Battle Star, World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Sharp Shooter Medal.
  (By Janice Ryan Douglas, sister)

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• First Lieutenant, Signal Corps.
  After the war, he was an Electrical Engineer at NATCO until he retired.
  
  
  Six Salzarulo brothers served in the military services of the United States in the war.
  They were in order of age:
  
  Framk
  Raymond Paul
  Albert
  Robert L.
  William
  Mark
  
  All survived the war except Raymond, lost in the Battle of Midway.
  

• Captain
  Morton HS Class of '29. IU graduate 1934, Journalism;
  Commission 2nd Lt 1943, US Army. Served under Gen Hodges in 1st Army in N. African campaign 1944/45.
  Before going overseas, he "promised" his Mom that he would "bring back" his brother, Bob,
  who was POW in Germany. Following German surrender, Captain Frank searched for days among
  repatriated POWs and finally located Bob somewhere in France.
  
  They returned together onboard a military ship to New York where they boarded a troop train
  headed for Camp Atterbury, Indiana, in early May, 1945. The train made a special stop
  in Richmond where their parents had a brief but joyous visit on the Pennsylvania RR platform.
  The Richmond Palladium-Item newspaper did a story with photos of that momentous occasion.
  Frank said, "See Mom, I told you so". Honorably Discharged 1946. In the post-war years until
  his death in 1989, Frank was a news reporter for the Indianapolis News.

• Corporal
  RHS Class of '44. Enlisted in Army Air Forces Cadets 20 Sept 1943 at age of 17;
  Upon reaching age 18 in April of 1944, he received orders to report for active duty
  03 May 1944 at Fort Thomas, Ky. In pre-flight training in Texas, he resigned in favor
  of radio operator and mechanic training, Scott Field, Illinois. He later served 8 months
  with the 141st Army Airways Communication System (AACS) Squadron in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  of Operations. Honorable Discharge, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Separation Center, 15 May 1946
  at the rank of corporal. American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon,
  Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal WWII

• Major Salzarulo was pilot on LB-30, a special purpose B-24 from Midway Island.
  Lost on predawn raid to Wake Island, June 7, 1942.
  Action was part of Battle of Midway.
  Mission Commander Major General Clarence L Tinker (Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK)
  was on board. All eleven on board lost.
  Ray had not received notice of his promotion to Major at the time of his death.

• Retired as Colonel, USAF, in 1969 after 29 1/2 years service.
  Morton HS, Class of '37.
  Enlisted Army Air Corps Cadets November, 1940. Received his Pilot's Wings and 2nd Lt. commission 1941.
  1943 assigned 386th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, based in England. B-24 Bomber Pilot.
  Shot down 7 June 1943 over The Netherlands (Holland) returning to England from a bomb raid over Berlin.
  Captured by German troops. Became POW for remainder of the war. After the war, he was President of
  Aluminum Company of Cincinnati, Stamping and Extrusions. Died 08 July 1993

• Commamder. Port Captain for Manila Harbor in early 1945.
  David Hoff landed in Manila fresh from Marseilles, France in June 1945. Made landing on Nasipit Bay-Surigou Straits,
  Island of Mindanao. Got back to Manila in November 1945 in hospital with malaria and Dengue fever. Surprise! Bill showed up to visit.
  When out of hospital, Bill showed up again with his Harbor Craft! Had thick steaks on real china! That was real living!
  Stayed there a weekend and never forgot him. After the war, he was partner in Richmond Paving Contractors "Ish" McGaw Company.
  

• John Schultz was the first person from Richmond to enlist on December 8, 1941
  in the service after the attack on Pearl Harbor the day before. (Pal-Item, Dec 8, 1941)

• '44. Served aboard USS Windam Bay, CVE 92.

• Staff Sergeant Aerial gunner. Killed in European area.

• Army Field Artillery

• Served on Liberty Ship "Nelson Dingley."
  Turned eighteen in South Pacific.

• Private Died in Belgium

• Coxswain

• '42-'46. Trained soldiers to drive tanks at Camp Hood, Texas.
  Sent to England, France and Germany. Guarded the Remagen Bridge over the Rhein River.
  Over on the Queen Mary. Back on a Liberty ship.

• '45-'46 in Shanghai, China.

• Private First Class Drowned in New Guinea area

• In the Pacific area 1944 to 1946.

• Corporal. Tank driver in Reconnaissance Company, ?? Division.
  Killed in Belgium January 7, 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge.

• Private Killed in Mediterranean area

• Lieutenant Bombardier. Killed over New Guinea.

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• Lieutenant Thistlethwaite was the first P-47 pilot to dive bomb German territory.
  351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, Eighth Fighter Command.
  Flew from England beginning July 1943.
  Detached service to Ninth Air Force to destroy ground targets prior to D-Day
  when lost. Aircraft hit by ground fire on raid to Hasselt, Belgium, May 12, 1944.
  Bailed out over North Sea 30 miles off Belgium and last seen alive on raft.
  Rescuers could not find him after refueling and returning.
  
  Body cast ashore in Belgium June 24, 1944. Civilians buried him in WWI British Military
  Cemetery at Coxyde. Exhumed after war, examined and moved to permanent burial.
  Broken left leg. Must have hit tail on bailout. Likely died of hypothermia after
  submerging in frigid water on parachute landing. Buried in U S Military Cemetery at
  Margraten, Netherlands. Plot O, Row 14, Grave 13
  
  Distinguished Flying Cross
  Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
  Purple Heart

• Killed in France in the Battle of the Bulge shortly before the war ended.

• Cook 2. Fought at Hemoshima.

• Staff Sergeant Turret gunner. Declared dead officially after missing in action over France shortly after D-Day

• Wounded on an armored half-track.

• Private Killed in European area.

• Served in the Pacific

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• Technician 5th Grade Artillery.

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• 37th Infantry. Served from November 1942 to October 1945. Stationed in Belgium.

• 115th Station Hospital. Stationed in England, France and Germany, 1942 to 1946

• Bombardier on B-17s.

• Survived Pearl Harbor, Hawaii attack on December 7, 1941.
  Served from 2 January 1941 to 28 February 1946.
  Fort Totten, New York from 2 January 1941 to August 1941.
  Second Lieutennant, Artillery, Intelligence Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. September 1941 to February 1943.
  Returned to the States for additional training. Camp Callan, California March 1943 to September 1943.
  Then fought in European Campaign. Battery D, 798 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe.
  England, France, Germany, Austria from October 1943 to October 45.
  Awards: Pacific Theater Service Ribbon with 2 battle stars.
  European Theater Service Ribbon with 2 battle stars.
  (By Jon M Igelman, MD, nephew) (Totals updated)

• Chief Engineering Test Pilot.
  Killed in bomber crash in Denver, Colorado.

• Army Infantry. Died of wounds received in France

• Private Killed in South Pacific.

• Enlisted US Navy October 1939.
  On (FDR) Presidential yacht, The Potomac, in early '42.
  Moved to destroyers, eventually USS John Rodgers.
  In Southwest Pacific November '42 to mid-'44.
  Tarawa, The Solomons and other combat.
  Pacific Campaign Ribbon with silver star indicating five major battles.
  His final rate was FC2C.
  He was a fire control (gunnery) instructor at the District of Columbia Navy Yard
  from Autumn '44 until his honorable discharge a year later.

• B-25 Radio Operator/Gunner. 1942 to 1945

• Private Killed in European area.

• Copilot of B-24 Liberator bomber. Declared dead after missing in action.

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• Private First Class. Killed in action in Germany

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Special thanks to Cliff Davis of New Paris, Ohio for the list of about 1400 names of Veterans from the Memorial Plaques at the entrance of Richmond High School.

Special thanks to Phyllis Mattheis of Cambridge City, Indiana for the list of 380 World War II
service personnel from Jackson Township.

Special thanks to Myron W Brown of Huntington, Indiana for the Palladium-Item article copy
which lists 158 service personnel from Wayne County who died in World War II.

The information in these lists has come from many sources. Some are from print articles from
the Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana newspaper. The major portion of the Wayne Township list
is from the names listed on the World War II Memorial Plaques in the entrance to Richmond High School.
Almost all of the names for Jackson Township were on a memorial plaque displayed for many years in
Cambridge City. We understand it no longer is there.

About two hundred names in the lists have been requested by individuals. We have entered the information
as it was conveyed to us. We have no way to confirm the accuracy of the information, but used reasonable care
to assure it was entered as received. It was evident that some information supplied by family members
was not accurate as they were not familiar with unit designations, military equipment, terminology
or activities. We attempted in a few cases to use our military experience and knowledge to increase the
accuracy without changing the value of the information materially.

Occasionally, the branch of service was added where none had been stated based on our knowledge of
the military units active in that area. For example, there were few if any United State Marine Corps
units involved in the European conflict. The Marine units were very active in the South Pacific.
Therefore, there are a few cases where a man's branch is shown as U S Marine Corps where it should
U S Army or vice versa. Our intent was to provide as much information as possible. Please notify us
if you know of errors like this or any others.

Our intent is to recognize the honorable activities of all who served in the military services in World War II.
Unfortunately, there is a vast number who have no information other than their name listed. There likely
are several hundred others from Wayne County who served, but whose names are not even on the lists.

Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003 Ralph S. Miller, RHS '45. All rights reserved.

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