Fallen Heroes

Cemetery

Johnny Akimoto (On the right with the helmet), March, 1943. Akimoto Family Collection.

Private First Class
John Akimoto

Hometown: Los Angeles, California Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery

Victor Akimoto, c. 1942. Akimoto Family Collection.

Private
Victor Akimoto

Hometown: Los Angeles, California Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery

Clark B. Allen, Jr.'s Wagner College Yearbook Photo, <i>Kallista</i> Yearbook, Wagner College, 1939. Wagner College Archive, Horrmann Library, Wagner College.

Private First Class
Clark Allen

Hometown: Marion, Massachusetts Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

George Allingham pictured at the University of Notre Dame, c. 1933

Field Director
George Allingham

Hometown: Holyoke, Massachusetts Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Richmond Light Infantry Blues photograph, 1940 or 1941. Valentine Richmond History Center.

Major
John Apperson

Hometown: New Kent County, Virginia Cemetery: Rhone American Cemetery

Edgar B. Atkinson. Atkinson Family Archives.

Quartermaster Second Class
Edgar Atkinson

Hometown: Grimsley, Tennessee Cemetery: West Coast Memorial

Grave of Technical Sergeant Leo Deon Ballegeer at Luxembourg American Cemetery, July 5, 2019

Technical Sergeant
Leo Deon Ballegeer

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

Esperidion A. Barratto’s grave marker at San Francisco National Cemetery in California, July 13, 2017. Courtesy of Cathy Gorn.

Private
Esperidion Barratto

Hometown: Manila, Philippines Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery

Private First Class
John Billhimer

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

Sergeant Harry Blankenship's Grave Site, Normandy American Cemetery, July 18, 2015. Hunt Collection.

Sergeant
Harry Blankenship

Hometown: Limestone, Tennessee Cemetery: Normandy American Cemetery

Private
Jesse J. Blanton

Hometown: Norman, Oklahoma Cemetery: St. Mihiel American Cemetery

Warren A. Bolin, March 5, 1943. National Archives and Records Administration.

Corporal
Warren Bolin

Hometown: St. James, Minnesota Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

James Bolton Senior Yearbook, 1938. Newberry High School.

Chief Aviation Pilot
James Bolton

Hometown: Newberry, South Carolina Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

From Lt. Boronko’s obituary in the <i>Scranton Times Tribune</i>, 1945.

First Lieutenant
John Boronko

Hometown: Jessup, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Florence American Cemetery

Paul T. Boyle, 1942. Boyle Family Collection

Sergeant
Paul Boyle

Hometown: New Castle, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Normandy American Cemetery

Great Lakes Naval Training group photograph (fifth from right, front row), October 1940. Courtesy of the Elgin Area Historical Society.

Seaman Second Class
Bruce Bradley

Hometown: Elgin, Illinois Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Private
Donald E. Brown

Hometown: Thompson, Iowa Cemetery: Brittany American Cemetery

Hospital Corpsman Second Class
James Caviness Brown

Hometown: Lillington, North Carolina Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Sergeant
Roy H. Busch

Hometown: Low Moor, Virginia Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

Butefish’s military photograph. Courtesy of Arlene Walters

Technician Fifth Class
Clinton Butefish

Hometown: Eskridge, Kansas Cemetery: North Africa American Cemetery

Private
Nick Carletillo

Hometown: Los Angeles, California Cemetery: Flanders Field American Cemetery

Casatelli’s Yearbook Photo, 1942. Altoona High School Yearbook.

Staff Sergeant
Joseph Casatelli

Hometown: Altoona, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Epinal American Cemetery

Gordon in uniform for his senior picture, Hoover High School Yearbook, 1939. Hoover High School.

Second Lieutenant
Gordon Chamberlain

Hometown: San Diego, California Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery

Stanley Victor Clark, 1943. Clark Family Collection (Rudy Cormier).

Private First Class
Stanley Clark

Hometown: Lewiston, Maine Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery

Private
Oscar B. Collen

Hometown: Orange, Massachusetts Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

Charles H. Crossley Yearbook Portrait, Bloomsburg High School Yearbook, 1941. Bloomsburg Historical Society, Bloomsburg, PA.

Staff Sergeant
Charles Crossley

Hometown: Danville, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Ardennes American Cemetery

Davis completed boot camp at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, c. 1943. Courtesy of Pat Simms.

Private First Class
George Davis

Hometown: Spartanburg, South Carolina Cemetery: Rhone American Cemetery

Private First Class
Peter R. Davis

Hometown: Parker County, Texas Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

Technician Fifth Grade
Willie J. Devore

Hometown: Greenwood, South Carolina Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

Edward Elewicz's military photo, 1940. Elewicz Family Archives, Courtesy of Ed Zebus.

Private First Class
Edward Elewicz

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

Bernard Fox- Senior Year High School Yearbook Portrait, 1937. Ancestry.com.

Technical Sergeant
Bernard Fox

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Cemetery: Rhone American Cemetery

Edwin Frazier in front of family home in East Toledo, N.A. Frazier Family Collection.

Seaman First Class
Edwin Frazier

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio Cemetery: Cambridge American Cemetery

Courtesy of Dennis Jackson.

Fireman First Class
Bigelow Frisby

Hometown: Picayune, Mississippi Cemetery: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

Warren H. Frye, September, 1944. Bill Kennedy via Mark Bando, 101<sup>st</sup> Airborne Screaming Eagles in World War II.

First Lieutenant
Warren Frye

Hometown: Husted, Colorado Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery

Ensign
Stephen Leonard Fuld

Hometown: New York, New York Cemetery: East Coast Memorial

A. D. Hamilton’s U.S. Naval Enlistment photograph, May 1943. Official Military Personnel File, National Archives and Records Administration - St. Louis.

Seaman Second Class
A. D. Hamilton

Hometown: Starkville, Mississippi Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery

Corporal
Thomas Friday Keahanui Hema

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Charles Hewes, c. 1944. England.

Captain
Charles Hewes

Hometown: Biloxi, Mississippi Cemetery: Ardennes American Cemetery

First Lieutenant
Walter Norton Higgins

Hometown: Galveston, Texas Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Photograph from <i>The Flight Jacket</i> of George Hopper, Jr. as an Aviation Cadet at flight school, 1941. National Naval Aviation Museum.

Ensign
George Hopper Jr.

Hometown: Banning, California Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Sergeant
Michael Hrabcsak

Hometown: Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Captain Walter J. Huchthausen, 1943. Harvard University Archives.

Captain
Walter Huchthausen

Hometown: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery

Private First Class Worth H. Jackson, 1943. Courtesy of Philip Jackson.

Private First Class
Worth Jackson

Hometown: Markleville, Indiana Cemetery: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

Private First Class
Vito J. Junevicus

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Kennison’s grave in Florence American Cemetery, 2016. Collection of Bradley Liebrecht.

Staff Sergeant
George Kennison

Hometown: McCoy, Oregon Cemetery: Florence American Cemetery

Private
Jacob N. Kiehl

Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

Clayton Lloyd Landon, c. 1943. Official Military Personnel File, National Archives & Records Administration - St. Louis.

Machinist First Class
Clayton Landon

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery, San Francisco National Cemetery

Private
Chester Lane

Hometown: Ogilville, Indiana Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery

First Lieutenant
Frederick Langhorst

Hometown: Yonkers, New York Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Jack Laubach’s college senior portrait from La Vie, the yearbook of the Pennsylvania State College, 1937.

Lieutenant (junior grade)
John Robert Laubach

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Cemetery: East Coast Memorial

Photograph of Charles Leinbach at Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines, August 1941. National Archives and Records Administration.

Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Leinbach

Hometown: Douglassville, Pennsylvania Cemetery: San Francisco National Cemetery

Harvey J. Madore in uniform, 1944. Courtesy of Robert Madore.

Private First Class
Harvey Madore

Hometown: Augusta, Maine Cemetery: Epinal American Cemetery

Joaquin Madril in his uniform, 1943

Private First Class
Joaquin Madril

Hometown: Duran, New Mexico Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

Private
Burt A. Markham

Hometown: Alma City, Minnesota Cemetery: St. Mihiel American Cemetery

Staff Sergeant
Bruce Mathewson, Jr.

Hometown: Chalfont, Pennsylvania Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

McClure-Senior Yearbook, <i>Yanseh,</i> Oklahoma Baptist University Yearbook, 1940. Oklahoma Baptist University Archives.

First Lieutenant
Homer McClure

Hometown: Carnegie, Oklahoma Cemetery: Cambridge American Cemetery

First Lieutenant Gale Bernard McGowan, U.S.A.A.F., flew 32 missions in the Battle of the Atlantic, December 1944. Collection of Dennis B. McGowan.

First Lieutenant
Gale McGowan

Hometown: Leadville, Colorado Cemetery: Cambridge American Cemetery

Lieutenant Colonel
Herman Ohme

Hometown: Montgomery, Alabama Cemetery: Florence American Cemetery

Evans E. Overbey. Virginia War Memorial.

Private
Evans Overbey

Hometown: Coeburn, Virginia Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Richard Paul Padgett, 1940. Colleton Library.

Second Lieutenant
Richard Padgett

Hometown: Walterboro, South Carolina Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery

Charles Perry’s official military photograph, 1943. National Archives and Records Administration.

Sergeant
Charles Perry

Hometown: Needham, Massachusetts Cemetery: Rhone American Cemetery

Corporal
Eugene L. Piela

Hometown: Franklin, New Hampshire Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Rose Puchalla at work. Courtesy of Mary Sather.

Private First Class
Rose Puchalla

Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota Cemetery: North Africa American Cemetery

Robert Quirck. Courtesy of Harry Hayden, Loretta McDowell, and Norma Santucci.

Corporal
Robert Quirk

Hometown: Berlin, New Jersey Cemetery: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

● Photograph published in the Indianapolis News to announce Raub’s death, October 1, 1944

Staff Sergeant
Francis L. Raub

Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

Eloise M. Richardson in her WAC Uniform. Courtesy of Kevin Foster.

Second Lieutenant
Eloise Richardson

Hometown: Marseilles, Illinois Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Corporal
John D. Rucker

Hometown: East St. Louis, Illinois Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Saaga Family, 1942. Collection of Tile Lolotai.

Private
Henry Saaga

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii Cemetery: Normandy American Cemetery

Phillip Schlamberg, 1945. Serviceman in the employ of the USAAC. Spirit of '45 Organization.

First Lieutenant
Philip Schlamberg

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

William Seiverling’s official military photograph, February 1942. Official Military Personnel File, National Archives and Records Administration - St. Louis.

Private
William Seiverling Jr

Hometown: Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

William Shelfer dressed in his uniform while stationed in England, 1944

First Lieutenant
William Howard Shelfer

Hometown: Havana, Florida Cemetery: Brittany American Cemetery

Private First Class
Colin F. Shultz

Hometown: Hazelhurst, Wisconsin Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Staff Sergeant
Charles F. Simcox

Hometown: West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

William "Bill" Simmons next to P-47D Thunderbolt, <i>Marryin' Sam</i>. Courtesy of Char Baldridge, Historian, 359<sup>th</sup> Fighter Group Association.

First Lieutenant
William Simmons

Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia Cemetery: Normandy American Cemetery

Norman J. Stewart’s senior picture from Farmington High School, 1943.

Sergeant
Norman Stewart

Hometown: Farmington, Michigan Cemetery: Epinal American Cemetery

Captain Walter C. Swarner Jr., 1942. Collection of the Swarner Family.

Captain
Walter Swarner

Hometown: Mercedes, Texas Cemetery: North Africa American Cemetery

Private First Class
Kenneth Tibbs

Hometown: Lancaster, Ohio Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Richard T. Townsend, 2015. Collection of Kamilah Williams.

Private First Class
Richard Townsend

Hometown: Crisfield, Maryland Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

Vanderhorst's grave at Lorraine American Cemetery in France, July 20, 2015. Collection of Pren Woods.

Private
Moses Vanderhorst

Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery

James H. Vrtatko Headstone, 2015.

Private First Class
James Vrtatko

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Cemetery: Ardennes American Cemetery

Civilian
Evelyn Wahlberg

Hometown: Racine, Wisconsin Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Private First Class
Harvey Eugene Wilson, Jr.

Hometown: Nashua, Iowa Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery

First Lieutenant
Josephus B. Wilson

Hometown: Athens, Tennessee Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

Wittbrodt portrait, 1944

Technician Fourth Class
Raymond Wittbrodt

Hometown: Flint, Michigan Cemetery: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

Private Salvador M. Ybor, Jr., in New Zealand. He was stationed there from December 1943 to January 1944, c. January 1944. Courtesy of the Ybor Family.

Technician Fifth Class
Salvador Ybor Jr.

Hometown: Tampa, Florida Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Donald Yecke, c. 1943. Courtesy of the Yecke Family.

Baker First Class
Donald Yecke

Hometown: Sheboygan, Wisconsin Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Yldefonzo in uniform, International Swimming Hall of Fame, Courtesy of Yldefonzo Family.

Sergeant
Teofilo Yldefonzo

Hometown: Piddig, Ilocos Norte, Philippines Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Captain
Bernard Yolles

Hometown: Winona, Mississippi Cemetery: Florence American Cemetery