Kalamazoo County MI Archives Military .....Central High School Men Who Died in Service ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laura F. Cox July 9, 2009 IN MEMORIAM ------------------- Central High School Men Who Died in Service from Pearl Harbor to May 29, 1946 (Kalamazoo Central H.S., Kalamazoo, Michigan) Program from Memorial Service, No. 3, given Wednesday, May 29, 1946 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 Kill Okinawa May 14, 1945 Barnes, Stanton, Pfc. Infantry Kill Saar River November 17, 1944 Barrett, William L., 2nd Lt. AAF Kill Plane Crash, Cochrane Field February 23, 1944 Beach, Cargill Leo, Lt. AAF Kill Plane Crash over California May 1, 1945 Beardsley, Richard L., Pvt. Marines Kill Iwo Jima March 16, 1945 Beck, Donald B., Cpl. Army Kill Germany January 30, 1945 Beck, Elmer W., T/Sgt. AAF Kill New Guinea April 10, 1945 Becker, Donald E., Seaman 1/c Navy Kill Guam March 17, 1946 Binns, Jack M., Pvt. Army Kill New Guinea December 11, 1942 Bird, Donald Lee, Cpl. Marines Kill Quantico, Va. January 9, 1944 Bland, Norman J., S/Sgt. Army Kill New Guinea December 2, 1942 Bloom, Milford, Warrant Officer Marines Kill Arctic Ocean April 30, 1944 Bodner, William, Pvt. Artillery Kill France November 10, 1944 Brink, Donald W., Ensign Navy Air Corps Kill Plane Crash, Thermal, Calif. July 10, 1945 Bruner, Henry L., Pvt. Army Kill Germany January 14, 1945 Buck, Kenneth J., Ph.M.1/c Navy Kill Salerno September 25, 194 Burge, Jay Lyle, Pvt. Army Kill North Atlantic February 3, 1943 Butcher, Albert, Pvt. Army Kill Belgium January 31, 1945 Ciluffo, Antonio, Pfc. Army Kill Italy September 8, 1944 Chesley, John A., 2nd Lt. AAF Kill Philippines December 30, 1944 Chappel, Louis, Lt. AAF Kill Over Berlin February 3, 1945 Clark, Neil F., Sgt. Army Kill Boise, Idaho August 19, 1945 Cobb, William, Sgt. Army Kill South Pacific November 26, 1942 Conrow, Morrison, Pvt. Army Kill Camp Beale, California April 5, 1943 Cornish, James F., Flight Officer AAF Kill Plane Crash, Talahassee, FL June 22, 1945 Cowgill, Duray E., Pfc. Army Kill Saipan June 24, 1944 De Boer, Victor W., Lt. AAF Kill Over Borneo October 3, 1944 De Boer, Wesley C., Pvt. Army Kill Kitsatchie, Louisiana September 26, 194 De Guerhery, Hans, Storekeeper 3/c Navy Died Aboard USS Sims June 15, 1942 De Visser, Adrian, Pfc. Army Kill Anzio February 16, 1945 De Vries, John, Pvt. Army Kill France November 20, 1944 De Witte, Kenneth, Ensign Navy Kill Gross Ile June 25, 1945 Doan, Max O., Sgt. Medical Corps Army Kill Germany March 18, 1945 Draper, Melvin, S/Sgt. Army Kill New Guinea November 22, 1942 Drenth, Richard, S/Sgt. Communications Army Kill France February 14, 1945 Dutton, Arthur, Lt. Col. Army Kill Italy July 17, 1945 Early, Richard, Lt. AAF Kill Germany April 26, 1945 Eisenhardt, Paul, Pvt. Army Kill France September 9, 1944 Ellerton, Richard H.,Cpl. Army Died Percy Jones Hospital July 23, 1944 Evans, Claude M., Lt. Navy Kill Caribbean Navy Base October, 1944 Fawley, Robert, Pvt. Marines Kill Okinawa June 12, 1945 Ferguson, Warren, Pfc. Marines Kill Iwo Jima February 20, 1945 Flera, Steve J., Pfc. Army Kill Italy September 16, 194 Fonner, Robert M., Lt. AAF Kill Italy July 16, 1943 Ford, Richard M., Sgt. Army Kill Italy November 11, 1943 Garrett, Edward C., Pfc. Artillery Kill Germany April 6, 1945 Garrett, Roger S., Pvt. Army Kill Italy September 30, 194 Garrison, Harold, Lt. Mech. Cavalry Kill France August 3, 1944 Gay, Harold, Ensign Navy Air Corps Died Minneapolis, Minn. February 19, 1943 Gerth, George P., Pvt. Army Kill Germany March 29, 1945 Gordon, Robert W., Pfc. Army Died Yamai Point February 19, 1944 Grace, Robert L., S/Sgt AAF Kill Plane Crash, Kansas January 15, 1943 Graham, Thomas W., Sgt AAF Kill Luzon December 26, 1944 Graves, Jack, Lt. AAF Kill Germany July 30, 1945 Grofvert, Walter J., Pfc. Army Died Fednorth, England December 5, 1942 Gross, George D., Jr., Seaman 1/c Navy Kill Southwest Pacific December 21, 1944 Hargie, Vance J., Cpl. Army Died Hines Hospital, Hines, Illinois April 20, 1943 Harper, David J., Pvt. Marines Kill Aboard USS Huston February 27, 1942 Hart, Murray C., Pvt. Army Kill Mindanao June 17, 1945 Harvey, Robert G., Lt. Marines Kill Tarawa November 21, 1943 Hayes, Jack, Pvt. Army Tank Corps Kill France November 20, 1944 Hendrickson, Frank, Fireman 2/c Navy Kill Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Henwood, John E., Flight Officer AAF Kill Over Germany April 13, 1945 Holton, Ralph L., Ensign Navy Kill Midway June, 1942 Horsfall, Donald O., Lt. AAF Kill Pacific December 27, 1944 Johnson, Henry W., Pvt. Army Kill Luxembourg December 25, 1944 Kean, Jack R., Cpl. Army Kill New Guinea December 5, 1942 King, Garth W., Pfc. Marines Kill Marshall Islands February 22, 1944 King, Paul B., Pfc. Infantry Kill Belgium January 14, 1945 King, Robert D., Pvt. Marines Kill North Atlantic March 6, 1943 Kirby, Jack, Sgt. Army Kill France November 30, 1944 Koning, Harold J., Pfc. Army Kill France September 10, 194 Kooi, Jack, Pvt. Marines Kill Iwo Jima February 20, 1945 Kooi, Robert, Sgt. AAF Kill Over Thailand November 21, 1944 Kruger, Werner, Pfc. Army Kill Okinawa April 27, 1945 Kuziel, Frank J., Cpl. AAF Died Tucson, Arizona August 27, 1945 Kyes, Paul E., S/Sgt. AAF Kill Over France March 28, 1943 Leathers, Leo C., S/Sgt. Army Kill Italy April 12, 1944 Lee, Floyd R., Cpl. Marines Kill Saipan July 10, 1944 Lenderink, James P., Lt. Navy Kill Pacific April 29, 1945 Lester, Richard G., Lt. AAF Kill Plane crash, Fresno, Calif. December 2, 1944 Littler, Maurice W., Sgt. Army Kill France September 18, 194 Lockey, Joseph, S/Sgt. Army Kill New Guinea November 26, 1942 Magnan, James A., Ph. M. 3/c Navy Kill Saipan June 16, 1944 Martin, Joseph P., Lt. AAF Kill Java December 18, 1945 Matveia, Donald, Lt. AAF Kill Mediterranean Area December 29, 1944 McCormick, Burton W., Ensign Navy Air Corps Kill Indiana June 1, 1943 McCreery, Donald, Pfc. Ranger Battalion Kill Germany December 8, 1944 McGee, Donald A., Cpl. Marines Kill Iwo Jima March 13, 1945 Meskil, Albert, Cpl. Army Kill France November 2, 1945 Miller, Lon V., Pfc. Army Regulars Kill Sicily July 19, 1943 Mitchell, James Dewey, flight officer AAF Kill Plane crash, W.George, Texas March 13, 1945 Mongraw,Harold E.,aviation radioman1/c Navy Air Corps Kill Over Guam June 12, 1944 Moskalik, Edward, Pvt. Ambulance Driver Kill France August 8, 1944 Neal, Donald C., Pfc. Marines Kill Saipan June 22, 1944 Nelson, Stephen J., 2nd Lt. AAF Kill England August 2, 1944 Nichols, Robert J., B.M.1/c Navy Kill South Pacific January 10, 1945 Norman, Francis B., Seaman 1/c Navy Kill Atlantic October 20, 1943 O'Brien, Galen W., Lt. AAF Kill North Africa May 24, 1943 Oswalt, Jacob, M./Sgt. AAF Kill Plane crash, Belle Center, OH January 26, 1945 Patton, James, Seaman 2/c Navy Kill Leyte October 23, 1944 Peacock, George M., Sgt. AAF Kill China December 7, 1944 Penning, William Jr., Pvt. Army Kill Italy August 18, 1944 Perkey, Maurice, Pfc. Marines Kill Iwo Jima February 25, 1945 Pikkaart, Robert L., Lt. AAF Kill Over Adriatic Sea December 2, 1944 Piotrowski, John Francis, Lt. Air Service Kill Saidor February 7, 1944 Plews, Frederick T., S/Sgt. Army Died Fort Ord, California November 22, 1943 Rapacz, Andy, Pfc. Marines Kill Iwo Jima February 23, 1945 Reed, Edward S., Chiefmate Navy Kill Off Atlantic March 23, 1942 Ritchie, Edward G., Pvt. Army Kill North Africa May 16, 1943 Ritsema, Peter M., Cpl. Marines Kill Peleliu September 19, 194 Robinson, Rodney C., Pvt. Marines Kill Okinawa August 27, 1945 Roop, Richard B. Flight Officer Kill Italy November 7, 1944 Sackett, Laverne, T/Sgt. Army Kill Germany December 8, 1944 Searles, Warren W., Pfc. Marines Kill Okinawa May 16, 1945 Schreuder, Anthony P., Pfc Army Kill Italy June 8, 1944 Senne, Harry W., Pfc. Army Kill Southwest Pacific July 21, 1943 Seward, Clyde Jr., Pvt. Infantry Kill France July 29,1944 Shanley, Robert G., Sgt. Army Kill France June 6, 1944 Shattuck, Ernest, S/Sgt. AAF Kill France December 20, 1944 Shindler, Robert D., S/Sgt. Army Kill Germany January 10, 1945 Shiley, Richard H., Cpl. Marines Kill Pacific July 12, 1944 Sies, Walter M., Sgt. AAF Kill Over Germany February 16, 1945 Sikkenga, Albert L., Lt. Pilot Kill Germany September 21, 194 Silliman, Gerald H., T/Sgt. Army Kill Lexington, Kentucky May 28, 1943 Slager, Justin J., Pfc. Army Kill Mediterranean Sea November 27, 1943 Snyder, Lawrence D., Seaman 1/c Navy Kill Okinawa October 9, 1945 Soeters, William, Pfc. Marines Kill Tarawa Atoll November 20, 1943 Smith, Eugene E., T/Sgt. Army Kill South Pacific February 8, 1944 Smith, Morris E., Seaman 2/c Navy Kill Pacific November 12, 1942 Smith, Walter J., Lt. AAF Kill Jarhat, India December 16, 1944 Staffin, Richard, Pvt. Army Kill Luxembourg, Germany December 26, 1944 Sternburgh, William, Pvt. Marines Died Japanese prison camp July 20, 1943 Stevenson, Gilbert L., Capt. Air Service Kill Europe January 11, 1945 Stilwell, Elmer D., Cpl. Army Kill English Channel April 28, 1944 Sugas, Arthur, Lt. AAF Kill no place given August 17, 1943 Swanson, Carl O., Lt.(j.g.) Navy Air Corps Kill Plane crash, Mediterrean January 11, 1944 Taylor, Charles, Lt. AAF Kill Over France February 9, 1945 Topoll, George G., Lt. AAF Died no place given April 6, 1943 Torah, Boldizer, Pvt. Coastguard Kill Central Pacific November 5, 1944 Tyndall, Joseph, Cpl. Army Kill no place given October 16, 1942 Ufkes, John, Pvt. Army Kill Leyte January 19, 1945 Vander Roest, John R., Pfc. Army Kill Germany December 1, 1944 Van Dyke, William H., Sgt. Marines Kill Iwo Jima February 22, 1945 Van Dyken, Jacob, S/Sgt. AAF Kill Over France March 2, 1945 Van Sickler, William, fireman 3/c Navy Kill Atlantic February 28, 1942 Velthouse, John L., Sgt. Tail Gunner Died Wounds received over France January 19, 1945 Ver Meulen, Edward F., Pfc. Army Kill France September 10, 194 Vermeulen, John, Pfc. Army Kill Negros Islands, Philippines April 26, 1945 Waldo, Duane, Pfc. Airborne Division Kill Belgium January 7, 1945 Walker, Frederick A., 2nd Lt. AAF Kill Italy February 11, 1945 Walters, Leonard, Fireman I/c Navy Kill Mediterranean 1944 Waters, Homer, Pvt. Army Died no place given June 15, 1943 Watson, Donald P., Pvt. Army Kill Italy November 6, 1943 Wenke, Raymond G., S/Sgt. AAF Kill Over Germany April 8, 1944 White, Edward C. Army Kill Fresno, California December 1, 1943 Wilkins, William V., Pfc. Marines Kill Guadalcanal December 20, 1943 Williams, Clark, Lt. Navy Air Corps Kill Pacific February 22, 1944 Williams, Roy A., Capt. AAF Kill Over Germany April 6, 1945 Witters, Robert A., Sgt. Army Kill Leyte October 25, 1944 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/military/ww2/other/centralhsww2.txt