LOGAN COUNTY WORLD WAR II BATTLE RELATED DEATHS

Albert H. Backhaus

S/Sgt,US Army Air Corps, 714th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, Heavy. Missing in action, declared dead 5 January 1944. Memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.

Edward W Alexander

Private, 194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. Killed in action 24 March 1945, Ardennes. Buried Ardennes American Cemetery Plot B Row 35 Grave 47.

Lorn R Barr Private. Died of wounds. No

Private. Died of wounds. No further information given.

James R. Billings

First Lieutenant, US Army Air Corps, 66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy. Killed in action 30 December 1943. Buried Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France, Plot A Row 20 Grave 41.

Melvin C Brockman

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Dale W Dubois

Private, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division. Missing in action, declared dead 30 June 1943. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.

Melvin W Dunn

Private First Class, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Killed in Action 28 January 1945. Buried Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Plot H Row 12 Grave 94.

Don E Ellis

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Samuel E Estes

Staff Sergeant, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Ray D Fent

Private, 63rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 44th Infantry Division. Killed in action 19 January 1945. Buried Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France, Plot B Row 23 Grave 13.

Gail E Fortney Private, US Army. Killed in action.

Private, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Lloyd L Gooch

Staff Sergeant, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Charles Green

Sergeant, US Army Air Corps, 1st Squadron, Combat Crew Replacement Center Group. Missing in action, declared dead 2 February 1944. Memorialized Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England

Karl C Hilthon

First Lieutenant, US Army Air Corps. Killed in action. No further information given.

Oran W Howe

Corporal, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. Killed in action 8 November 1943. Buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, Plot C Row 10 Grave 38.

Harold L Hudson

Private, US Army. Killed in action. No further information given.

Paul N Huston

Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Corps, 577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy. Missing in action, declared dead 5 March 1944. Memorialized Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England

James A King

Second Lieutenant. Died of Wounds. No further information given.

Carl A Koch

Second Lieutenant. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Robert E Lary

Sergeant, US Army Air Corps. 347th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, Heavy. Missing in Action, declared dead 18 December 1944. Buried Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Plot C Row 26 Grave 83.

Josiah E Lehman

Staff Sergeant, US Army Air Corps. 733rd Bomber Squadron, 453rd Bomber Group, Heavy. Killed in Action 19 October 1944. Buried Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France, Plot B Row 16 Grave 32.

Dwight L Long

Technician Fifth Grade, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Walter M Matthews

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Edward L McCracken

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Roy H Meyer

Staff Sergeant, US Army Air Corps. 573rd Bomber Squadron, 391st Bomber Group. Killed in Action 25 August 1944. Buried Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France, Plot J Row 13 Grave 6.

Bruce S Parsel

Sergeant, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Killed in Action 4 March 1945. Buried Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines, Plot D Row 8 Grave 134.

Lloyd R Payne

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Frank Pfrimmer

Staff Sergeant, US Army. MIA, declared dead. No further information given.

Ernest B Sanderson

Technician Fifth Class, US Army. 85th Cavalry Reconn Squadron, 5th Armored Division. Missing in Action, declared dead 19 September 1944. Memorialized Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Carl H Sebring

Private First Class, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Wayne A Shafer

Corporal, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Clifford H Taylor

Staff Sergeant, US Army. Killed in Action. No further information given.

Vernon Leroy Thorp

Sergeant, US Marine Corps. Missing in Action (POW?), declared dead 20 November 1943. Tarawa (Japan?). Memorialized Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sources:

Listing of War Casualties, Daily Oklahoman, July 1, 1946.

U.S. War Casualties Oklahoma, Logan County, World War II : page 1 of 6 (honorstates.org)

 

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