Phillip was killed with his Sgt David Hart and his best friend Ivan Merlo. He was doing what he wanted to do he was always a adrinaline nut loved the excitment in life. Everyone was his friend. That was very evident when the day of his funeral there were 2000 people in the high school gym. Someth...
Died in a tragic plane crash of the Katy-did #41-35142 on April 9, 1944 nine miles southwest of Hartselle, Alabama. Eight Hunter Air Field crew members and passengers died in this crash. Base Commander, Col. Lucius Bass Manning; Pilot, Capt. Howard Lawrence Hardy; Co-pilot, Arthur Joseph Gratis; ...
I love you and think of you everyday! Mandy
How do you begin a tribute to honor a perfect person and a perfect son? I may be biased but I find very few people with the following qualities. Smart, personable, kind, compassionate, talented, handsome, generous, loyal, strong, and responsible.
As a proud father, I found out through ...
Unger mourned as ‘local hero’
By RACHAEL BOSSOW, Times Staff Writer
Published: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:49 AM CDT
Family members are still reeling over David Unger’s sudden death in Iraq. The 2003 Leavenworth High School graduate enlisted in the military shortly...
Joe, I'm not sure that you will ever truly understand how much respect I have for you. You are the true meaning of the words brother, family, friend and hero. The amount of people whose life's you have touched is beyond what anyone would have thought. But in all honesty you are not done. It only ...
"I am Floyd Kent Burkhart a friend, a brother, and a son Lost in the hills of Korea March third nineteen fifty one One Body among Thousands, a soldier of the forgotten war Together we are resting scattered from shore to shore To the united states I wrote my check up to and including my life ...
Patrick
Major Ralph Truitt Amoss is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England in Plot E, Row 1, Grave 68. At the age of 21 Ralph Amoss joined the US Army from Austin, Texas on November 25, 1940. Sometime after completing basic training as a Private he was accepted for flying school, b...
Douglas Finley was a Marine in Baker Bandits (B-1-5) Marines in Korea. After Chosin, the Marines changed strategy to send out squad -sized patrols to search for guerrillas. On January 31, 1951, Sergeant Yesenko and his squad-sized patrol set out on patrol but were somehow taken prisoners by the...
Raymond was a great leader, soldier, and friend. He made me a great soldier by setting a great example. Even after I left Germany we stayed in touch and he made sure I was always doing the right thing. He was a devoted husband that loved his wife very much. He loved his daughter very much but...
70 years ago today and you have not been forgotten.
US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant K CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV KIA in Quang Tri, South Vietnam Gun, Small Arms Fire Panel 19E Line 014 Purple Heart 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, been in &out of Khe Sanh area several times
Birth: Apr. 16, 1923, USA
Death: Apr. 4, 1944, Romania
Francis Beck was the bombardier on the Thieme crew. 2LT Francis Beck was KIA on the fatal mission #40 of the 449th Bomb Group over Bucharest, Romania. The B-24 crashed near the vilage of Baneasa, in Province of Vlasca, Ruman...