JOHNSONBURG
WORLD WAR II GOLD STARS

JOHNSONBURG WWII Honor Roll

PFC Peter J. Tucci
Service # 12023068

Entered Service: 17 January 1941
Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment

Killed in Action: 27 March 1943 at Kassarine Pass, North Africa
S/SGT Joseph H. Scarano

U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 13048059
399th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered Service: 15 January 1942
Killed in Action: 15 September 1943 over Paris
Buried at: Plot A, Row 33, Grave 55
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France

Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Seaman 2nd Class Henry E. Van Order

Entered Service: 15 July 1943
13th Spec. Batt. Hqt. Company

Died: 19 October 1943 at Gulfport, Mississppi
PFC Domenico J. Cosentino

Service # 33434499
Entered Service: 15 March 1943
125th C. M. L. Processing Company

Died: 18 November 1943 at Camp Sibert
PVT Patrick N. O'Connor

Service # 33436504
Entered Service: 13 April 1943
Company A, 53rd Division, 11th Tn. Regiment

Died of Wounds: 2 January 1944 in Italy
PVT Marcellus E. Nestlerode

U.S. Army
Service # 33407697
487th Quartermaster Laundry Company
Entered Service: 17 December 1942
Died: 13 February 1944 at Anzio Beach
Buried at: Plot H, Row 1, Grave 4
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
S/SGT Ray K. Kessler

Service # 33270592
Entered Service: 2 May 1942
338th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division

Killed in Action: 12 May 1944 in Italy
Second Lieutenant Joseph E. Kowalski

Service # O-684531
Entered Service: 23 July 1941
435th Troop Carrier Group

Killed in Action: 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France
Electricians Mate 1st Class Charles A. Rippon

USS LCT 458
(sunk, enemy mine)

Service # 6089168
United States Naval Reserve
Entered Service: 3 December 1942
Killed in Action: 7 June 1944 at Utah Beach, Normandy, France
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Awards: Purple Heart
Pharmacist'sMate 3rd Class
Frederick Louis Warmbrodt


Attached: Fourth Marine Division
Service # 6535532
United States Navy
Entered Service: 10 January 1943
Died: 17 June 1944 at Saipan
Buried at: Plot N, Row 0, Grave 1056
Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards: Silver Star, Commendation Ribbon
PVT John E. Lazore

Fourth Marine Division,
US Marine Corps
Entered service 21 December 1943

Died: 25 July 1944 at Tinnian Island
PFC Joseph T. Machcoviak

Service # 33271886
Entered Service: 6 June 1942
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division

Died of Wounds: 29 July 1944 in France
S/SGT Karl D. Breakey

U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 33408973
506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered Service: 4 January 1943
Died of Injuries: 8 August 1944 in England
Buried at: Plot E, Row 4, Grave 53
Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England

Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
PVT John H. Grumley, Jr.

Service # 33297497
Entered Service: 20 October 1942
321 Infantry Regiment, 81st Infantry Division

Killed in Action: 30 September 1944 at Anguar
SGT Joseph John Manno

Service # 33273078
Entered Service: 6 July 1942
Company A, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Killed in Action: 8 October 1944 in France
T/SGT Robert K. Grumley

Service # 33296208
Entered Service: 19 September 1942
45th Infantry Division

Died of Wounds: 18 October 1944 in France
Aviation Radio Technician 1st Class
Joseph J. Bliskey, Jr.


USS Suwannee (CVE-27)
Kamikaze attack

Service # 6523677
United States Naval Reserve
Entered Service: 16 May 1942
Died: 25 Octobeer 1944 at Leyte, Philippines
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart
PVT Jackson W. Thacher

U.S. Army
Service # 33432535
328nd Engineer Combat Bn, 103rd Infantry Division
Entered Service: 16 February 1943
Died of Wounds: 4 December 1944 in France
Buried at: Plot B, Row 32, Grave 18
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France

Awards: Purple Heart
SGT John T. Kroah

U.S. Army
Service # 33272993
314th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Infantry Division
Entered Service: 6 July 1942
Killed in Action: 23 December 1944
Buried at: Plot C, Row 10, Grave 23
Luxembourg American Cemetery
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
SGT John W. Black

Service # 33432559
Entered Service: 19 December 1943

Bazooka Gunner, Anti-Tank Company,
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Died of Wounds: 23 December 1944 in France
First Lieutenant Henry J. Jackson

Service # 01295884
Entered Service: 17 February 1941
Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment

Killed in Action: 12 January 1945 in Italy
T/SGT James S. Polaski

Service # 33015242
Entered Service: 21 January 1941
23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division

Killed in Action: 15 January 1945 in Belgium
PVT Calvin Klase

Entered Service: 19 May 1944
Company I, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Died: 14 February 1945 in Germany
Technician Fifth Class Archie M. Wold

U.S. Army
Service # 32838670
386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division
Entered Service: February 1943
Died: 9 April 1945 in Germany
Buried at: Plot P, Row 4, Grave 6
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands

Awards: Purple Heart
Seaman 1st Class John W. Burrs

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Sunk, enemy torpedo, Japanese sub I-58 in Philippine Sea

Service # 6528433
United States Naval Reserve
Entered Service: 17 July 1942
Died: 29July 1945
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart
Carl McAnnich

Entered Service: 11 February 1946
HDES Company, Military Government, Pyokyos

Died: 30 July 1946 at Yokahama, Japan