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KALAMAZOO COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MEN WHO DIED IN SERVICE |
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IN MEMORIAM ------------------- from Pearl Harbor to May 29, 1946 (Kalamazoo Central H.S., Kalamazoo, Michigan) Program from Memorial Service, No. 3, given Wednesday, May 29, 1946 |
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Every effort has been made to carefully copy these names. Discrepancies
in given information may have occurred in its original form back in
1946. There has not been any attempt to verify information. Submitted by Laura F. Cox |
| Name | Division | Disp. | Place of Death | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkins, William, Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Okinawa | May 14, 1945 |
| Barnes, Stanton, Pfc. | Infantry | Killed | Saar River | November 17, 1944 |
| Barrett, William L., 2nd Lt. | AAF | Killed | Plane Crash, Cochrane Field | February 23, 1944 |
| Beach, Cargill Leo, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Plane Crash over California | May 1, 1945 |
| Beardsley, Richard L., Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | March 16, 1945 |
| Beck, Donald B., Cpl. | Army | Killed | Germany | January 30, 1945 |
| Beck, Elmer W., T/Sgt. | AAF | Killed | New Guinea | April 10, 1945 |
| Becker, Donald E., Seaman 1/c | Navy | Killed | Guam | March 17, 1946 |
| Binns, Jack M., Pvt. | Army | Killed | New Guinea | December 11, 1942 |
| Bird, Donald Lee, Cpl. | Marines | Killed | Quantico, Va. | January 9, 1944 |
| Bland, Norman J., S/Sgt. | Army | Killed | New Guinea | December 2, 1942 |
| Bloom, Milford, Warrant Officer | Marines | Killed | Arctic Ocean | April 30, 1944 |
| Bodner, William, Pvt. | Artillery | Killed | France | November 10, 1944 |
| Brink, Donald W., Ensign | Navy Air Corps | Killed | Plane Crash, Thermal, Calif. | July 10, 1945 |
| Bruner, Henry L., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Germany | January 14, 1945 |
| Buck, Kenneth J., Ph.M.1/c | Navy | Killed | Salerno | September 25, 1943 |
| Burge, Jay Lyle, Pvt. | Army | Killed | North Atlantic | February 3, 1943 |
| Butcher, Albert, Pvt. | Army | Killed | Belgium | January 31, 1945 |
| Ciluffo, Antonio, Pfc. | Army | Killed | Italy | September 8, 1944 |
| Chesley, John A., 2nd Lt. | AAF | Killed | Philippines | December 30, 1944 |
| Chappel, Louis, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Over Berlin | February 3, 1945 |
| Clark, Neil F., Sgt. | Army | Killed | Boise, Idaho | August 19, 1945 |
| Cobb, William, Sgt. | Army | Killed | South Pacific | November 26, 1942 |
| Conrow, Morrison, Pvt. | Army | Killed | Camp Beale, California | April 5, 1943 |
| Cornish, James F., Flight Officer | AAF | Killed | Plane Crash, Talahassee, FL | June 22, 1945 |
| Cowgill, Duray E., Pfc. | Army | Killed | Saipan | June 24, 1944 |
| De Boer, Victor W., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Over Borneo | October 3, 1944 |
| De Boer, Wesley C., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Kitsatchie, Louisiana | September 26, 1943 |
| De Guerhery, Hans, Storekeeper 3/c | Navy | Died | Aboard USS Sims | June 15, 1942 |
| De Visser, Adrian, Pfc. | Army | Killed | Anzio | February 16, 1945 |
| De Vries, John, Pvt. | Army | Killed | France | November 20, 1944 |
| De Witte, Kenneth, Ensign | Navy | Killed | Gross Ile | June 25, 1945 |
| Doan, Max O., Sgt. Medical Corps | Army | Killed | Germany | March 18, 1945 |
| Draper, Melvin, S/Sgt. | Army | Killed | New Guinea | November 22, 1942 |
| Drenth, Richard, S/Sgt. Communications | Army | Killed | France | February 14, 1945 |
| Dutton, Arthur, Lt. Col. | Army | Killed | Italy | July 17, 1945 |
| Early, Richard, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Germany | April 26, 1945 |
| Eisenhardt, Paul, Pvt. | Army | Killed | France | September 9, 1944 |
| Ellerton, Richard H.,Cpl. | Army | Died | Percy Jones Hospital | July 23, 1944 |
| Evans, Claude M., Lt. | Navy | Killed | Caribbean Navy Base | October, 1944 |
| Fawley, Robert, Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Okinawa | June 12, 1945 |
| Ferguson, Warren, Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | February 20, 1945 |
| Flera, Steve J., Pfc. | Army | Killed | Italy | September 16, 1944 |
| Fonner, Robert M., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Italy | July 16, 1943 |
| Ford, Richard M., Sgt. | Army | Killed | Italy | November 11, 1943 |
| Garrett, Edward C., Pfc. | Artillery | Killed | Germany | April 6, 1945 |
| Garrett, Roger S., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Italy | September 30, 1944 |
| Garrison, Harold, Lt. | Mech. Cavalry | Killed | France | August 3, 1944 |
| Gay, Harold, Ensign | Navy Air Corps | Died | Minneapolis, Minn. | February 19, 1943 |
| Gerth, George P., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Germany | March 29, 1945 |
| Gordon, Robert W., Pfc. | Army | Died | Yamai Point | February 19, 1944 |
| Grace, Robert L., S/Sgt | AAF | Killed | Plane Crash, Kansas | January 15, 1943 |
| Graham, Thomas W., Sgt | AAF | Killed | Luzon | December 26, 1944 |
| Graves, Jack, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Germany | July 30, 1945 |
| Grofvert, Walter J., Pfc. | Army | Died | Fednorth, England | December 5, 1942 |
| Gross, George D., Jr., Seaman 1/c | Navy | Killed | Southwest Pacific | December 21, 1944 |
| Hargie, Vance J., Cpl. | Army | Died | Hines Hospital, Hines, Illinois | April 20, 1943 |
| Harper, David J., Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Aboard USS Huston | February 27, 1942 |
| Hart, Murray C., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Mindanao | June 17, 1945 |
| Harvey, Robert G., Lt. | Marines | Killed | Tarawa | November 21, 1943 |
| Hayes, Jack, Pvt. | Army Tank Corps | Killed | France | November 20, 1944 |
| Hendrickson, Frank, Fireman 2/c | Navy | Killed | Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 |
| Henwood, John E., Flight Officer | AAF | Killed | Over Germany | April 13, 1945 |
| Holton, Ralph L., Ensign | Navy | Killed | Midway | June, 1942 |
| Horsfall, Donald O., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Pacific | December 27, 1944 |
| Johnson, Henry W., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Luxembourg | December 25, 1944 |
| Kean, Jack R., Cpl. | Army | Killed | New Guinea | December 5, 1942 |
| King, Garth W., Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Marshall Islands | February 22, 1944 |
| King, Paul B., Pfc. | Infantry | Killed | Belgium | January 14, 1945 |
| King, Robert D., Pvt. | Marines | Killed | North Atlantic | March 6, 1943 |
| Kirby, Jack, Sgt. | Army | Killed | France | November 30, 1944 |
| Koning, Harold J., Pfc. | Army | Killed | France | September 10, 1944 |
| Kooi, Jack, Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | February 20, 1945 |
| Kooi, Robert, Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Over Thailand | November 21, 1944 |
| Kruger, Werner, Pfc. | Army | Killed | Okinawa | April 27, 1945 |
| Kuziel, Frank J., Cpl. | AAF | Died | Tucson, Arizona | August 27, 1945 |
| Kyes, Paul E., S/Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Over France | March 28, 1943 |
| Leathers, Leo C., S/Sgt. | Army | Killed | Italy | April 12, 1944 |
| Lee, Floyd R., Cpl. | Marines | Killed | Saipan | July 10, 1944 |
| Lenderink, James P., Lt. | Navy | Killed | Pacific | April 29, 1945 |
| Lester, Richard G., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Plane crash, Fresno, Calif. | December 2, 1944 |
| Littler, Maurice W., Sgt. | Army | Killed | France | September 18, 1944 |
| Lockey, Joseph, S/Sgt. | Army | Killed | New Guinea | November 26, 1942 |
| Magnan, James A., Ph. M. 3/c | Navy | Killed | Saipan | June 16, 1944 |
| Martin, Joseph P., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Java | December 18, 1945 |
| Matveia, Donald, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Mediterranean Area | December 29, 1944 |
| McCormick, Burton W., Ensign | Navy Air Corps | Killed | Indiana | June 1, 1943 |
| McCreery, Donald, Pfc. | Ranger Battalion | Killed | Germany | December 8, 1944 |
| McGee, Donald A., Cpl. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | March 13, 1945 |
| Meskil, Albert, Cpl. | Army | Killed | France | November 2, 1945 |
| Miller, Lon V., Pfc. | Army Regulars | Killed | Sicily | July 19, 1943 |
| Mitchell, James Dewey, flight officer | AAF | Killed | Plane crash, W.George, Texas | March 13, 1945 |
| Mongraw,Harold E.,aviation radioman1/c | Navy Air Corps | Killed | Over Guam | June 12, 1944 |
| Moskalik, Edward, Pvt. | Ambulance Driver | Killed | France | August 8, 1944 |
| Neal, Donald C., Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Saipan | June 22, 1944 |
| Nelson, Stephen J., 2nd Lt. | AAF | Killed | England | August 2, 1944 |
| Nichols, Robert J., B.M.1/c | Navy | Killed | South Pacific | January 10, 1945 |
| Norman, Francis B., Seaman 1/c | Navy | Killed | Atlantic | October 20, 1943 |
| O'Brien, Galen W., Lt. | AAF | Killed | North Africa | May 24, 1943 |
| Oswalt, Jacob, M./Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Plane crash, Belle Center, OH | January 26, 1945 |
| Patton, James, Seaman 2/c | Navy | Killed | Leyte | October 23, 1944 |
| Peacock, George M., Sgt. | AAF | Killed | China | December 7, 1944 |
| Penning, William Jr., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Italy | August 18, 1944 |
| Perkey, Maurice, Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | February 25, 1945 |
| Pikkaart, Robert L., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Over Adriatic Sea | December 2, 1944 |
| Piotrowski, John Francis, Lt. | Air Service | Killed | Saidor | February 7, 1944 |
| Plews, Frederick T., S/Sgt. | Army | Died | Fort Ord, California | November 22, 1943 |
| Rapacz, Andy, Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | February 23, 1945 |
| Reed, Edward S., Chiefmate | Navy | Killed | Off Atlantic | March 23, 1942 |
| Ritchie, Edward G., Pvt. | Army | Killed | North Africa | May 16, 1943 |
| Ritsema, Peter M., Cpl. | Marines | Killed | Peleliu | September 19, 1944 |
| Robinson, Rodney C., Pvt. | Marines | Killed | Okinawa | August 27, 1945 |
| Roop, Richard B. | Flight Officer | Killed | Italy | November 7, 1944 |
| Sackett, Laverne, T/Sgt. | Army | Killed | Germany | December 8, 1944 |
| Searles, Warren W., Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Okinawa | May 16, 1945 |
| Schreuder, Anthony P., Pfc | Army | Killed | Italy | June 8, 1944 |
| Senne, Harry W., Pfc. | Army | Killed | Southwest Pacific | July 21, 1943 |
| Seward, Clyde Jr., Pvt. | Infantry | Killed | France | July 29,1944 |
| Shanley, Robert G., Sgt. | Army | Killed | France | June 6, 1944 |
| Shattuck, Ernest, S/Sgt. | AAF | Killed | France | December 20, 1944 |
| Shindler, Robert D., S/Sgt. | Army | Killed | Germany | January 10, 1945 |
| Shiley, Richard H., Cpl. | Marines | Killed | Pacific | July 12, 1944 |
| Sies, Walter M., Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Over Germany | February 16, 1945 |
| Sikkenga, Albert L., Lt. | Pilot | Killed | Germany | September 21, 1944 |
| Silliman, Gerald H., T/Sgt. | Army | Killed | Lexington, Kentucky | May 28, 1943 |
| Slager, Justin J., Pfc. | Army | Killed | Mediterranean Sea | November 27, 1943 |
| Snyder, Lawrence D., Seaman 1/c | Navy | Killed | Okinawa | October 9, 1945 |
| Soeters, William, Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Tarawa Atoll | November 20, 1943 |
| Smith, Eugene E., T/Sgt. | Army | Killed | South Pacific | February 8, 1944 |
| Smith, Morris E., Seaman 2/c | Navy | Killed | Pacific | November 12, 1942 |
| Smith, Walter J., Lt. | AAF | Killed | Jarhat, India | December 16, 1944 |
| Staffin, Richard, Pvt. | Army | Killed | Luxembourg, Germany | December 26, 1944 |
| Sternburgh, William, Pvt. | Marines | Died | Japanese prison camp | July 20, 1943 |
| Stevenson, Gilbert L., Capt. | Air Service | Killed | Europe | January 11, 1945 |
| Stilwell, Elmer D., Cpl. | Army | Killed | English Channel | April 28, 1944 |
| Sugas, Arthur, Lt. | AAF | Killed | no place given | August 17, 1943 |
| Swanson, Carl O., Lt.(j.g.) | Navy Air Corps | Killed | Plane crash, Mediterrean | January 11, 1944 |
| Taylor, Charles, Lt. | AAF | Killed | Over France | February 9, 1945 |
| Topoll, George G., Lt. | AAF | Died | no place given | April 6, 1943 |
| Torah, Boldizer, Pvt. | Coastguard | Killed | Central Pacific | November 5, 1944 |
| Tyndall, Joseph, Cpl. | Army | Killed | no place given | October 16, 1942 |
| Ufkes, John, Pvt. | Army | Killed | Leyte | January 19, 1945 |
| Vander Roest, John R., Pfc. | Army | Killed | Germany | December 1, 1944 |
| Van Dyke, William H., Sgt. | Marines | Killed | Iwo Jima | February 22, 1945 |
| Van Dyken, Jacob, S/Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Over France | March 2, 1945 |
| Van Sickler, William, fireman 3/c | Navy | Killed | Atlantic | February 28, 1942 |
| Velthouse, John L., Sgt. | Tail Gunner | Died | Wounds received over France | January 19, 1945 |
| Ver Meulen, Edward F., Pfc. | Army | Killed | France | September 10, 1944 |
| Vermeulen, John, Pfc. | Army | Killed | Negros Islands, Philippines | April 26, 1945 |
| Waldo, Duane, Pfc. | Airborne Division | Killed | Belgium | January 7, 1945 |
| Walker, Frederick A., 2nd Lt. | AAF | Killed | Italy | February 11, 1945 |
| Walters, Leonard, Fireman I/c | Navy | Killed | Mediterranean | 1944 |
| Waters, Homer, Pvt. | Army | Died | no place given | June 15, 1943 |
| Watson, Donald P., Pvt. | Army | Killed | Italy | November 6, 1943 |
| Wenke, Raymond G., S/Sgt. | AAF | Killed | Over Germany | April 8, 1944 |
| White, Edward C. | Army | Killed | Fresno, California | December 1, 1943 |
| Wilkins, William V., Pfc. | Marines | Killed | Guadalcanal | December 20, 1943 |
| Williams, Clark, Lt. | Navy Air Corps | Killed | Pacific | February 22, 1944 |
| Williams, Roy A., Capt. | AAF | Killed | Over Germany | April 6, 1945 |
| Witters, Robert A., Sgt. | Army | Killed | Leyte | October 25, 1944 |
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