World War II Veterans

IN MEMORIAM: OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS

"Yet the war and all that the war contained--nobility, villainy, immeasurable sorrow--is certain to live on even after the last old soldier has gone to his grave." - Rick Atkinson, The Guns at Last Light


 

UNITED STATES ARMY

Captain Quinby DeHart Gurnee, MD; 93rd Evac (Thomas Gurnee - grandson)

Captain Edward Taylor Rogers (Tracy Walters-Rogers- daughter)

1st Lt. William John Elvin Jr. (Jan Elvin - daughter)

1st Lt. Charles Benjamin Bowser (Charles Robert Bowser - son)

2nd Lt. Donald F. Curtis (Todd A. Wilson - grandson)

Master Sergeant Edward Wysocki (Patty Larson - daughter)

Staff Sergeant Serafino Antonio Ferrante (Martin William Ferrante- son)

Staff Sergeant Wilburne W. Hubbard (Vesta Lou Hall Hubbard - wife)

Staff Sergeant John Joseph Kluth (Karen Brees - daughter)

Staff Sergeant Louis Russo, Sr. (Louis Russo - son)

Staff Sergeant Stephen J. Spisak; 82nd AB (Brian Dean Lasenyik - son-in-law)

Sergeant Donald Cooper; POW (Steven Cooper - nephew)

Sergeant Emmett "Ted" Harvey Lyons (Scott Lyons - son)

Sergeant Robert N. Janes* (Marilyn Schlaug - sister, Larry Janes - son; Owen Schlaug- nephew)

Sergeant Joe Amateis (Melissa Amateis Marsh - Grandniece)

Sergeant Lynn Burgin (Kermit Carson Kirk)

Sergeant Ira A. Thornber (John Kovacs- son)

Sergeant George Keese McCutcheon (Nanette Jo Pappas - granddaughter)

Sergeant Leon Rolland Hembree (LeAnn Marie Hembree - daughter) 

Sergeant Hudson U. Beatty (John Beatty - son)

Sergeant Hank Hanson (Kristin G. Ostarello - daughter)

Tech Sergeant Herbert Cooper (Steven Cooper - son)

Tech Sergeant Charles B. Imperio (current member)

Tech Sergeant George Cameron Siron (Thomas Valenta- son)

Technician Fourth Grade George Luz Sr. Easy Co., 2nd Bn., 506th PIR; 101st AB (George Luz Jr. - son)

Tech Sergeant Vernon A. Horrell (Richard Vernon Horrell - son)

Tech Sergeant Frank R. Evangelisto (Samuel F. Evangelisto - son)

Corporal Wallace Watson (Lisa Barr- daughter)

Corporal Harry J. Willsher (Bob Willsher - son)

PFC Daniel B. West (Cathy West Brewster - daughter)

PFC Bart Angelovich (Edwarrd P. Angelovich, Robert B. Angelovich, George Angelovich - sons)

PFC Joseph P. Killen (current member)

PFC Frank Lyons (Scott Lyons - nephew)

PFC Kalman Mittler; Infantry (Glenn Mittler - son)

PFC Pete Amateis (Melissa Amateis Marsh - Grandniece)

PFC Joe Amateis (Melissa Amateis Marsh - Grandniece)

PFC Kermit Carson Kirk (current member)

PFC Leonard William Owens (Jackie (Owens) Williams - daughter)

PFC Horace D. Wood Jr. (Taunya Jones - Grandniece) KIA on D-Day at Normandy, France

PFC Dale Carlson (Homer Thomas Hodge - brother-in-law)

PFC Robert Newton Bryant (Steven Bryant - son)

PFC Joseph J. Carawarb (Aaron Reinke - grandson)

Private Frank Iorio (Kyle Iorio, Grandnephew), KIA 1944 in Aachen, Germany

Private George Ridley Cook (Kyle Iorio, Grandnephew) KIA, North Africa

Private Fernand St. James (Daniel St. James - son)

Private Art Klemme (Suzie Wearing - niece)

Private Wayne S. Stewart (Valarie Thompson Laney - granddaughter)

Private Joseph Walters (Tim Reardon - nephew)

Private Clayton L. Mitchell (Gerard Mitchell - son)

Private Giaocchino (Jack) Nobile (Al Nobile- son)

Private James Pippin (Wes Burritt - grandson)

Private Walter Slanga (Pat Jeanne Davis - niece)

Private Howard Kramer (Mark Kramer - nephew)

Private Norn Wagner (Mark Kramer - nephew)

Private John McMorris (Kristina McMorris - daughter-in-law)

Private Edward Settelmeyer (Joe Settelmeyer - grandson)

Private Lester Gann (Randy Gann - grandnephew)

Private GB Smith (Randy Gann - grandnephew)

Private Frank Neuwirth (current member)

Private Robert Jewson (Craig Edlund - son)

Private Arthur Majerowicz (Stephen Stanziano - nephew)

Private Robert Coral Douglass (Calysta Reed - granddaughter in law)

Private Charles Leblanc (Chuck Chiasson - grandson)

Private Henry A. Morlan (Pat Morlan - daughter)

Private Edwin Luebke (Eric Engler - grandson)

Private Clarence Deutsch (Bryan James Odorcich - grandnephew)

Private Adrian C Winkelhoff (Adrienne M. Whatley - daughter)

Private Jerry Berzin (Jennifer Berzin - granddaughter)

Private Charlie Scaglione (Nick Scaglione - grandson)

Private John Ryan (Brad Hoopes - son-in-law)

Private Merle Jacobsen (Sid D. Eells - son)

Private Robert Boyd (Tim Gray)

Private David Hyman (Jeffrey Hyman)

Private Milton Hyman (Jeffrey Hyman)

Private Joseph Delosa (Melissa Ann Cavaliere - grandniece)

Private Don Presenkowski (Jim Presenkowski - son)

Private Bruno J. Stefanski (Deborah Morris - daughter)

Private Leo J. Warmowski (Richard Warmowski - brother)

 

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Captain James A. Kelleher (Mary Kelleher - daughter)

Captain John Kovacs (Kristi Helen Kovacs - daughter in law)

Staff Sergeant Grady Cooper (Steven Cooper - nephew)

Sergeant Walter Walsh (James Clunie - grandson)

Corporal Earl C. Hale (Richard Hale - son)

Corporal Frank Lang (Nick Lang - son)

PFC Herman Paul Bailey (Myra Walters, daughter; Brandon Walters, grandson; Cameron Walters, grandson; Hayley Walters-Clift, granddaughter)

PFC Elton J. Lasseigne (Randy Daigle)

PFC Paul Revere Johnson (Paula Jean Johnson Hedrick - daughter)

Pvt. Carlos Barrera (Thomas Michael Barrera - grandson)

Louis T. Hobbs (Tamara Goff - granddaughter)

Perry Shinas (John Shinas - son)

Andrew G. Van Der Plaats (Andrew G. Van Der Plaats Jr. - son)

 

UNITED STATES NAVY

Rear Admiral William N Leonard (Richard Leonard - son)

Lt. jg John D. Cox ( Steven Cooper - son-in-law)

CPO Joseph Ordell Cook (Kyle Iorio, Grandson)

CPO James Devere Cook (Kyle Iorio, Grandson)

PO3 Fulton William Stitzell (Christine M. Stewart - daughter)

PO3 John F Kimball, Sr (Thomas W Kimball - son)

PO2 Rosella Stitzell (Christine M. Stewart - daughter)

Corpsman James McAndrew (James McAndrew - son)

Gunners Mate Thurman M. Gentry (Tommy Gentry -son)

Gunners Mate Frank Feil (Bradley J. Feil - son)

SMC/2 Merle A. McPherren (Kristina McMorris - granddaughter)

SMC/2 Burton Gilson Douglas (Charles Wadell - son)

PM/2 Frederick Kellogg Stewart (Sarah Sundin - granddaughter)

PM/2 Roland Erich Going (Valerie Boersma - niece)

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Paul Wilson Harless (Linda M Harless - daughter-in-law)

Aviation Radioman 1st Class James William Arwood (Eric Arwood - son)

Daniel F Thompson (Dale Thompson - son)

Morgan C. Looney, Sr. (Morgan C. Looney, Jr.- son)

George C. Mitchell (David G. Mitchell - son)

Lester Gann (Randy Gann - grandnephew)

Francis Hertz (Monica L. Lohrig - granddaughter)

Jack LaFave (Brian Taylor - son in law)

John N. Bagley (Steve Bagley - son)

Bernard Bergeron (Ed Christian - grandson)

Torpedoman 2nd Class Burton Gilson Douglas; CVE-71 (Charles Waddell - son)

Lester George Clark (Cathy Susan Beard - daughter)

Sylvester Budig (Susan Budig - niece)

Roy Hebert (Paul H. Walker - nephew)

George Hebert (Paul H. Walker - nephew)

Ron Hebert (Paul H. Walker - nephew)

Marion Dunn (David Burke - nephew)

 

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS / AIR FORCE

Major General Jeanne M. Holm (RoseAnn Elizabeth Holm - daughter)

Colonel Herman F. Allen (Pat DiGeorge - daughter)

Colonel Gore F. Roberts (Judy Rutz - daughter)

Colonel Gore F. Roberts (Margaret Ann Roberts - wife)

Colonel William R. Grady (Debby Grady - daughter)

Major Daniel Little Burritt (Patty Moon - daughter, Wes Burritt - grandson)

Major Robert J. Withrow (Mark R Withrow - son)

Major Robert Chalmers Dennison (Scott Dennison - son)

Captain Andrew O'Hara (Andy O'Hara - son)

Captain Charles Lewis Tucker (Paul Charles Tucker - son)

1st Lieutenant Robert Murray Wood (John Roger Wood - son)

1st Lieutenant LeRoy Stanland (Robert Haney - nephew)

Lieutenant Randall Cooper (Steven Cooper - nephew)

Lieutenant Robert A. Lewis (Julie Lewis - daughter)

Lieutenant Marvin Beattie (Alan Kidd - grandson)

Master Sergeant Dewitt D. Carlan (Brenda J. Carlan - daughter)

Master Sergeant Kenneth Eugene Burgin (Tom Burgin - son)

Master Sergeant Marion T. Shepherd (Thomas I. Shepherd - son)

Tech Sergeant John O. Hobbs (Shaun O'Connor - grandson)

Sergeant Andrew S Hudock (Chad Hudock - son)

Sergeant Robert Shirar (Dennis Shirar - son)

Sergeant John Ernest Hodgin Jr. (John Ernest Hodgin III - son)

Sergeant Benjamin F. Huffine (David Simmons - son)

Corporal Sam Stanich (Brian J. Underwood - grandson)

Corporal Robert Lenthart (Bob Lenthart - son)

Robert Yeomans (Jay Beck - nephew)

Everett VanHorn (Kenneth Glenn - nephew)

George Giffin (Andi Edward Landis - son)

Clement Alley (Robert John Stika - cousin)

Lauren Willis Dixon (Lori Whitman - daughter)

Gardner Birch; Flight Instructor, CPTP (Jane Gardner Birch - daughter)

John William Northrup, Flight Instructor, CPTP (Current Member)

 

UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE

 Thomas G. Reardon (Tim Reardon - son)

Robert N. Janes* (Marilyn Schlaug - sister, Larry Janes - son; Owen Schlaug - nephew)

Ival Dewayne Wing (Stan Wing - son)

 

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

Raymond Slanga (Pat Jeanne Davis - niece)

Clayton Allen Tillet (Frank M. Speener - grandson)

Clarence Warmowski (Richard Warmowski - brother)

 

BRITISH FORCES 

Lt. Colonel Geoffrey Morris Allen, MBE, British Army (Catherine R. Lincoln - daughter)

Lt. John Ralph Fox (Sheila Ann Shy - daughter)

Staff Sergeant Charles William Cadwallader (Frances Caldwell - daughter)

Sergeant Gordon Thomas Kitchener Johnson - ARMY (Richard Johnson - son)

Sergeant Lesley Arthure Phillips (Nick Rose - grandson)

Pvt. Stanley George Cook - ARMY (Brian Stanley Arthur Cook - son)

Cyril James (Jim) Johnson - ARMY (Richard Johnson - nephew)

Leonard Johnson - ARMY (Richard Johnson - nephew)

Johannes (Joe) Johnson - ARMY (Richard Johnson - nephew)

Leonard Johnson - ARMY (Richard Johnson - nephew)

Charles Herbert Cross, RAF (David G. Mitchell )

Tjaart Eildert Bergman, RAF (Pieter Bergman - nephew)

Thomas William Ralph Saywell, RAF (John Skliros - grand nephew)

Frederick Solomon Cullen (Stephen Sowerby - grandson)

Bert Reed (Paul Reed - son)

Arthur Thompson (Vicki Washuk - great grandniece)

Cuthbert Thompson (Vicki Washuk - great grandniece)

George Miller (Ross Owen - grandson)

Ronald Hill (Thomas Ambridge - son)

 

CANADIAN FORCES

Corporal Peter Walsh (Earl Ludington - nephew)

Gunner John Walsh (Earl Ludington - nephew)

Private Francis Carey (Earl Ludington - stepson)