Purple Heart

S/SGT Xon Connett FLYING AS A RADAR OPERATOR IN DOUGLAS C-47 AIRCRAFT WITH THE 50TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 314TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP BASED NEAR SALTBY, ENGLAND. KILLED IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1944 IN AERIAL SUPPORT OF OPERATION MARKET GARDEN IN BELGIUM. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HE...

Darrell Samuel Cole was born on 20 July 1920 in Flat River, Missouri. Until he graduated from high school in Esther, Missouri, in 1938, his main interests in life were playing basketball, hunting and photography. During his youth he learned to play the French Horn, an accomplishment that was late...

I never got to meet my brother, Earl. He was already in Hawaii when I was born. 60 years later, searching for the story of his life and death in the Solomons has given me a sense of connection and appreciation of his life and service to America. It allowed me to present a book detailing his li...

Melford Ray Collins was born in Muleshoe, Texas to Fred R Collins and Betty Jewell Hulcey.
He died in the Gulf War at the Persian Gulf, Arabia, He was awarded a Purple Heart by the US Army.
Wife: Norma Ruth Ann Herrington
Children: Betty Jean Collins

Army Pfc. M...

Airmen Missing From WWII Accounted For
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air ...

Ensign Richard A. Arrighi, USCGR, an officer on board the cutter Escanaba, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on 18 August 1943, during rescue operations off Greenland on 3 February 1943.  After the troopship Dorchester was torpedoed, Arrighi was the first to go over the sid...

Just clicked on your name to see your information such a young man thank your for your service and the Ultimate Sacrifice it is not forgotten. I honor you this day!!

PFC David Donald Berdahl was serving aboard a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 69-16717) as a gunner on January 20, 1972 when it was hit by enemy fire in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. The aircraft crashed on the bank of the Rao Quan River and enemy forces prevented any recovery efforts. Berda...

John B. Haselbeck, child of God, was a member of Arlington Hills Lutheran Church. His Memorial Service was held on November 27, 1943.

World War II
U.S. Navy Seaman, Second Class
Stationed on the ship USS Arizona BB-39

His service Start Date was June 6, 1941 and He was transferred to the USS Arizona for duty on Aug 13, 1941. He was promoted to Seaman 2nd Class on Oct 17, 1941 and was listed as missing since ...

Weston H. Thompson, Jr. , known to family and friends as Tom, without hesitation, selflessly sacrificed his young life to save his trapped fellow comrades in a fierce battle near Chuggo jan, Korea on January 30, 1952. His heroic actions drew enemy fire upon himself to enable his patrol to escape,...

To the young man that lived a lifetime in just more than 25 years -you gave me another family. Thank you for your sacrafice, drive, and enthusiasm for life. You have an amazing family that truly shares you - each and every time we talk I get to know just a little more of you, Joe. It is becaus...

Having actually gone "Missing" on March 7, 1944, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 16, 1946.

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Bruce served as an Ensign, PT-337, U.S.S. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Twenty-Four, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He r...