Reconstructed USAAF history display
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...
Bronze Star
2010 Deployment to Afghanistan
1st Battalion 2d Marine Regiment
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
KIA: May 12, 2010 Helmand province, Afghanistan
Sgt. Lamar was raised in Stafford County and was a 2004 graduate of Stafford High School, where he was a wrestler, baseball player an...
DAY IS DONE, GONE THE SUN, FROM THE LAKES, FROM THE HILLS, FROM THE SKYS. ALL IS WELL, SAFELY REST MY SOON FOR YOU STAND WITH GOD AND ALL YOUR BROTHER'S AND SISTERS IN ARMS IN FIDDLERS GREEN. YOU ARE LOVED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN LOVE DAD :-)
Fireman First Class Francis R. Hallas was serving aboard the U.S.S. Laffey at the battle of Okinawa on April 16, 1945 when the ship was badly damaged by enemy fire.
From the memorial plaque aboard the U.S.S. Laffey:
"Okinawa was the largest amphibian invasion of the Pacific...
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 ...
PFC Raymond Bowman was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds received in action in France. He was awarded a second Purple Heart for a fatal wound received in action in Germany.
First Lieutenant Badley was awarded the Purple Heart.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. -Abraham Lincoln
Our American Hero
US Army Pfc.Andrew E.Lara
Hometown: Albany, Oregon
Andrew Lara was a 2004 South Albany High School graduate and w...
He and my dad were friends in high school. My dad spoke of him often and would always drift off in thought of him when he talk about him; saddened by his passing but proud of his service.