2nd Lieutenant Paul Vinroot was serving aboard the B 24 Liberator J, #42-109871 when it disappeared on a mission in Chichi Jima on the morning of January 22, 1945. Vinroot was listed as Missing in Action and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, and a Purpl...
First Lieutenant Lyon was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. His unit was defending positions north of Hoengsong, South Korea, when it was cut off by the Chinese. He was Killed by machine gun fire while trying to break through the enemy trap on February 13, 1951. East ...
Henry Liles Allen graduated from Wadesboro High School in 1936, attended The Citadel for two years and then transferred to UNC.
After graduating in 1940, he entered the service in January 1942 and completed flight training in June 1943. He joined the 15th Air Force in Italy in February...
To Lynn:
Although 45 years have passed since you left this mortal world it still seems like yesterday that I hear your voice and see your smile as a brother in awe of your wonderful sense of family and duty to your country. Your memory lives on in the hearts of those who knew you and ...
Mr. Moyer was from Keego Harbor, MI. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions near Seoul, Korea. SFC Moyer's platoon was assigned to attack commanding terrain. When the platoon leader and platoon sergeant were wounded, he rushed to the head of the faltering ...
Bradford was our uncle. He was killed in 1944 in or around New Guinea. He was point man on patrol the day he was killed taking Japanese machine gun fire. Although many of the cousins of our family never knew him as we were all born after he was killed, Bradford's younger sisters (he was the only ...
Missing World War II Soldiers Identified
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:02:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 660-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that the remains 12 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have ...
Missing Vietnam War Soldiers Identified
10/03/2011 01:08 PM CDT
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 849-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been ide...
The Vietnam War would continue for seven more years after Shelby County, Texas lost her ninth and final son. Private First Class Mac Curtis Buckley of Center, Texas was killed in action by an explosive device in the Gia Dinh Province of South Vietnam on July 5th, 1968. Mac Curtis was drafted in t...
We never met you. But, after writing your Biography, and including the 13 other heroes who died with you over Japanese-held Kiska Island, Aleutians, AK, on 30 Dec 1942, we feel we've known all of your forever. Although long after your death, Pat remarried, she NEVER forgot you. She kept your post...
In loving memory and to honor 1st Lt Robert S. (Bob) Byrnes of Carmichael, California. Sadly, Bob fell on this day February 9, 1968 - 53 years ago in Vietnam 1968, he was just 23 years old and will remain young forever in our hearts. 1st Lt Byrnes is remembered by his brother Jim, his sister-...
Thunderbird Airshow in Houston Texas Oct 19, 2019 - “A Tribute for our son “
The name of Sergeant Philip Howell Childs, US Army Air Forces can be found on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.
Philip Childs was born on February 7th, 1919 to Benjamin Terrell Childs (1899 – 1987) and Ada Oxsheer Childs (1899 – 1965). His...