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 Bentle

Gordon G.

22 Feb 1922

Clara Myrtle Gordon

Walter Albert Bentle

WW II.  Served in England.

Blasdale

Daniel Toole

1 Aug 1917

Lewis M. Blasdale

Nora Theresa Moreau

WW II

Bronson

William Hayden

23 Sep 1918

Inez Keep

William Bronson

WW II, Pearl Harbor and later at an army hospital.

Carpenter

Austin Winslow

26 Jan 1924

Ernest H. Carpenter

Marion Dalziel Clark

U. S. Navy, WW II, Signalman 2/c, European and Pacific Theaters. 

Carpenter

Robert William

21 Dec 1922

Charles Walter Carpenter

Lila Ethelinda Bradway

U. S. Army.  Enlisted in 1946 with tour in Japan during occupation.

Carpenter

Ernest Clark

12 Sep 1925

Ernest Howland Carpenter

Marion Dalziel Clark

U. S. Navy, WW II.  Naval radioman.

Chapin

Correll Cowles

3 Jan 1925

Albert M. Chapin

Ruth Armstrong

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II.

Currier

Edward John

28 Feb 1926

Florence B. Keep

Lucius Durrier

U. S. Army, WW II.

Draper

Merlin P.

20 Dec 1919

Ruth Keep

Perry Slyvester Draper

U. S. Navy, WW II, 1939-58.

Draper

Herbert Ray

15 Jan 1928

Ruth Keep

Perry Sylvester Draper

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II.

Fuller

Martha

16 Sep 1922

Anabel Kirk

George Fuller

U. S. Navy Waves, WW II, Injured and a disabled veteran. 

Garrison

Harry Jacobs

29 Jun 1922

Ruth Gladys Jacobs

Roy T. Garrison

WW II.

Garrison

Jack Coswell

29 Oct 1926

Ruth Gladys Jacobs

Rob T. Garrison

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II.

Gibbs

Robert

28 Jan 1923

Ethel Van Patten

Earl Gibbs

U. S. Army Air Corps, Corporal.  Died when his airplane was shot down over Leinz, Austria, Jan. 20, 1945.

Graves

John Harmon

8 Jan 1919

Margaret Harmon

Lewis Graves

U. S. Navy, WW II, Lt. Commander.

Hall

Frederick Clarence

30 Dec1913

Berniece Van Patten

Clarence Hall

WW II.

Howell

George Alfred

22 Sep 1920

Sally Best Keep

Avery Howell

U. S. Army, WW II.  Drafted in 1942 and served 38 months mostly in the Chinese Burma Theater.

Howell

Kenneth Avery

18 Jun 1923

Sally Best Keep

Avery Alfred Howell

U. S. Navy, WW II.  Served two years, 1944-46.

Knaak

Raymond Edward

5 Jun 1921

Mary Northroup

Edward Knaack

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II, Pilot. 

Loomis

William Ivan

13 Apr 1891

Maggie Peet

W. W. Loomis

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II, Lieutenant.  Enlisted in U. S. Army in July, 1940, and was sent to mechanical school at Chanute Field, Rantould, Ill, and became and airplane mechanic.  Went on to become and Air Cadet and received his wings and the commission in January, 1943.  Was an instructor until February 1944, when he was sent to the India-China-Burma front where he received injuries and died. 

Luse

Carl Willis

30 Jul 1905

Willis B. Luse

Jostice Butler

WW II, Served as Medical Technician in the Asiatic Pacific, mainly in Calcutta, India, with the 112th Station Hospital.

MacArthur****

Douglas

26 Jan 1880

Arthur MacArthur

Mary Pickney Hardy

Great-grandmother

Olive Keep

U. S. Army, WW I, II, Korea, General of the Army, Medal of Honor.   ****See Personal Experiences Pages

Miner

Charles Winfield

22 Jul 1920

Hazel Nell Brooks

Leo Miner

U. S. Coast Guard, WW II.  Trained at Port Townsend, Wash and sent to radio school in Silver Spring, Md. and was a technician aboard a Coast Guard icebreaker in the North Atlantic. Discharged in 1945.

 

Moore

Royall Tyler

11 Jun 1917

Gertrude Platt

Authur Moore

U. S. Army Air Corp., WW II, 19th Bomb Group based in the Mariana Islands.  Awarded and Air Medal with three clusters.

Morrison

George William

19 May 1910

Ethel V. Keep

Asa Morrisin

U. S. Army Air Corps, Served in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Nickerson

Roger Allen

15 Aug 1930

Allen Nickerson

Alice Magee

U. S. Navy, WW II, USS Worcester.  Earned 5 service medals and two battle stars. 

Pryor

William John

12 Mar 1917

Ruby Nellie Keep

John C. Pryor

U. S. Army, WW II, Apr. 1945-Sept. 1946.

 Purcell

Roy Junior

12 Jun 1924

Gladys Keep

Ernest C. Purcell

U. S. Navy, WW II. Pacific Theater, Aug. 29, 1942-Dec. 1946, near the Aleutians on the USS Hulbert and the USS Ranger.

Rayburg

Sylvester

3 Aug 1923

Lelia Lenore Keep

Sylvester A. Rayburg

U. S. Navy, WW II.  Died Sept. 13, 1944, when his ship, USS Warrington,went down during a hurricane.

Sinclair

Frederic Snell

6 Dec 1926

John K. Sinclair

Bertha Snell

U. S. Army, WW II, was drafted while still in high school.  At conclusion of war, was stationed with the 1st Cavalry Division of the Army of Occupation in Hokaido, Japan.  Completed high school after discharge.

Starr

Donald Webb

8 May 1922

Laura Reams

Glenn Starr

U. S. Army, WW II, Lightening Division of the 3rd Infantry.

Vaill

Phila Kellogg

8 Oct 1915

Alice Carpenter

Arthur Vaill

Instructor, WW II, Cadet Nurse Corps, Springfield Mass. Hospital. 

Vaill

Stanley Hubert

5 Aug 1920

Alice May Carpenter

Arthur Garfield Vaill

U. S. Navy, WW II, Electricians Mate 3rd Class.  Enlisted on April 30, 1943, serving on submarine 412, USS Trepang, based in New London, Conn. and Mare Island, Ca.  Awarded World War II Victory medal, American Theater medal, and the Asiatic Pacific Theater medal.

Varner

Jack Keep

25 May 1920

Viola Keep

Donald Varner

U. S. Navy, WW II.  Drafted into the Navy and served to 1945 when he was honorably discharged.

Wickham

John Keith

5 Nov 1922

Leon Wickham

Gladys Boyce

U. S. Navy, WW II.

Wittenburg

Donald Earl

1 Oct 1930

Edna Keep

Louis Wittenburg

U. S. Army Air Corps, WW II, Pacific Theater.

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