McKEAN COUNTY
WORLD WAR II
290 Gold Stars
C - D

Private First Class John M. Cable
Company E
405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division
Hometown: 225 Congress Street, Bradford
Died of wounds on 4 March 1945
Age: 21

Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated 22 October 1948

Private First Class
Lawrence L. Cabucci

329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 26 July 1944 in France


Buried: Plot C, Row 18, Grave 30
Normandy American Cemetery
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France

Tracey J. Caldwell
Civilian Contractor, Cavite Navy Yard
Manila, Philippines
Hometown: Cyclone


Lost at sea 24 October 1944 when the Japanese POW ship Arisan Maru was sunk accidentally by the American submarine USS Shark in the Sea of China

Private Paul A. Cannon
Company H
6th Armored Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Hometown: Browntown
Killed in action 23 April 1943 in North Africa
Age: 31

Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp
Repatriated: 1 June 1948

Second Lieutenant Floyd E. Card
Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA
Hometown: Port Allegany
Died of illness 16 April 1943 in Philadelphia
Age: 31

Buried: Card Creek Cemetery, Potter County

Private James A. Carlson
126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Killed in action on 8 December 1944
Leyte, Philippines
Age: 21


Buried: Plot B, Row 16, Grave 152
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Staff Sergeant Richard J. Caserio
312th Service Group, Army Air Force
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 11 May 1944 over Germany
Age: 23

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated: 10 August 1948

Fireman 2/c Gail W. Chapin
USS Monaghan (DD-354)
Hometown: Port Allegany
Missing in action: 18 December 1944
Age: 25

The USS Monaghan sunk during Typhoon Cobra east of Luzon, Philippines. Only 6 survivors were rescued from the crew of 100 officers and men. Over 790 officers and men were lost at sea from three
destroyers sinking during the storm.

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Private First Class Wilbur M. Childs
Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Division
Hometown: Larabee
Died of illness 5 April 1945 in Germany
Age: 21

Buried: Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred
Repatriated: 18 January 1949

Private Cheston M. Chilson
Company L, 15th Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Division
Hometown: Port Allegany
Killed in action 6 August 1943 on Sicily
Age: 22

Buried: Plot E, Row 11, Grave 47
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy

Sergeant Steve J. Chohrach
B-17 Radio Operator,
96th Bomber Squadron
Langley Field, VA
Hometown: Lewis Run

Missing in action 6 March 1942

Atlantic Combat Patrol
Last reported position was off Cape Hatteras, NC

Age: 22

First Lieutenant Arthur W. Christenson, Jr.
Company C
66th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division
Hometown: Ludlow
Killed in action 11 December 1944
France

Buried: Gibbs Hill Cemetery, Ludlow
Repatriated: 28 May 1949
Tech Sergeant Fred V. Clutter
Headquarters Company, 304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Hometown: Smethport
Died of wounds 19 March 1945
Kesten, Germany

Buried: Plot B, Row 5, Grave 12
Luxembourg American Cemetery,
Luxembourg
First Lieutenant Clyde L. Coldren
P-47 Pilot
358 Fighter Group, 366 Fighter Squadron
Hometown: Marvindale
Killed in action 8 March 1944
Nunspeet, Holland
Age: 24

Buried: Venus Cemetery, Venus, PA
Repatriated: 27 May 1949
Private Arthur T. Cole
United States Army
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 31 October 1944
Germany
Age: 31

Buried: Jerusalem Corners Cemetery,
Pleasantville, PA

Repatriated: 18 November 1947
Staff Sergeant Anthony P. Colestro
Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Hometown: Hilton Street, Bradford
Killed in action 14 February 1943
Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia, North Africa

Buried: Section G, Site 4
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ

Repatriated: 21 November 1949
Tech Sergeant Frank J. Colestro
Flight Engineer, 333rd Bomber Squadron
94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Hilton Street, Bradford
Killed in action 6 October 1944
Over Germany
Age: 25

Buried: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 74
Cambridge American Cemetery, England


Brother of Anthony P. Colestro


Staff Sergeant
Byron S. Colwell
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Died of wounds 9 June 1944
Normandy
Age: 25

Buried: Plot F, Row 24, Grave 36
Normandy American Cemetery
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France

 

Sergeant Edgar J. Condgon
31st Infantry Regiment
Hometown: Bradford
Missing in action 24 January 1942
Philippines

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery
Philippines
Private Edward M. Connelly
Aviation Cadet
Hometown: Bradford
Drowned 29 June 1944
Ft. Meyers, FL
Age: 18

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford
Private Paul Connor
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Hometown: Smethport
Died of wounds 2 August 1944
France
Age: 19

Buried: Plot H, Row 12, Grave 14
Normandy American Cemetery,
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France

Sergeant
Leo M. Connors

814th Engineer Aviation Battalion
Hometown: Smethport

Died non-battle 26 May 1943
North Africa
Age: 32

Buried:
St. Elizabeth's Cemetery, Smethport


Repatriated: 16 June 1949

Lieutenant Robert C. Corey
Fighter Pilot Training Squadron,
267th Base Unit, 2nd Army Air Force
Woodward Army Air Field, OK
Hometown: Mt. Jewett
Died 23 July 1944

Killed while bailing out of his P-40N aircraft
due to fire, near Fargo, Oklahoma

Private Allen C. Cosby
4903rd Aviation Squadron, Fort Dix, NJ
Hometown: West Washington Street, Bradford
Killed in a car accident 8 August 1944
Rock City Road
Age: 23

Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford


Private Amos K. Cottrell

51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Hometown: Rixford
Killed in action 31 March 1945
Germany
Age: 21


Buried: Plot I, Row 4, Grave 13
Netherlands American Cemetery,
Margraten, Netherlands

Private First Class Richard L. Crandall
Company G, 86th Mountain Infantry
10th Mountain Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 3 March 1945
Italy
Age: 19

Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated: 9 June 1949

First Lieutenant Carl E. Crouse
Navigator, 566th Bomber Squadron
389th Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Leigh Street, Bradford
Killed in action 6 June 1944
Over England

Buried: Plot E, Row 4, Grave 16
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

B-24 Bomber exploded during take-off,
killing entire crew instantly

Private First Class Dale J. Culver
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Died 29 September 1942
England

Buried: Plot F, Row 1, Grave 51
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

Private John B. Curcio
Company A, 129th Tank Destroyer Training Battalion, Camp Hood, TX
Hometown: Lewis Run
Died from accidental gunshot wounds
22 November 1943
Age: 30

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford

Private John R. Daly

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
82nd Airborne Division
Hometown: Kane
Killed in action 7 June 1944
Normandy

Buried: Plot I, Row 27, Grave 15
Normandy American Cemetery,
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France

Private First Class Daniel J. Daugherty
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Hometown: Duke Center
Missing in action 8 April 1942
Corregidor Island, Philippines

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines

Second Lieutenant James B. Davies
Bombardier, 705th Bomber Squadron
446th Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Bradford
Missing in action 25 August 1944
Over North Sea

Tablets of the Missing
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

On 25 August 1944, 36 bombers hit the Heinkel Aero engine plant in Rostock, Germany. Davies was on the B-24 "Happy Go Lucky" when it suffered engine failure and crashed into the North Sea,
with all ten men aboard.

Private First Class Frank J. Debevc
406 Infantry Regiment, 102 Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Killed in Action: November 23, 1944
Germany

Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane, PA

Repatriated: April 22, 1949
Private First Class John DeFillippo
United States Army
Hometown: West Washington Street, Bradford
Killed in action 25 July 1944
France
Age: 21

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated: 3 May 1948

Staff Sergeant Anthony W. "Bib" DeLucia
375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: East Main Street, Bradford
Killed in action 31 August 1944
China
Age: 24

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated: 3 August 2000

DeLucia was an engineer and first saw duty overseas in North Africa before transferring to China. A 1944 War Department report said the B-24 bomber, with a crew of 10 aboard, took off at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 31, 1944, from a 14th Air Force base at Liuchow, China. This was DeLucia's 24th birthday, he and nine other airmen were reported missing when their B-24 did not return from a raid on Japanese ships in Formosa. In 1996, Chinese farmers found wreckage of the plane while searching for herbs on 7,000-foot Kitten Mountain in Guangxi Province, near Vietnam. Three years of crash site investigation accounted for all ten men by forensic scientists at the Defense Department’s laboratory in Hawaii.

Sergeant Robert A. DePrater
449th Bomber Squadron
322nd Bomber Group, Medium
Hometown: Pleasant Street, Bradford
Missing in action 11 May 1943 over the Pacific
Age: 23


Tablets of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii

Private First Class William P. Desmond
56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division
Hometown: Sherman Street, Bradford
Killed in action 17 January 1945

Buried: Plot C, Row 11, Grave 66
Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

Private First Class
Herbert R. Dolaway


126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Hometown: Port Allegany
Killed in action 13 March 1945
Luzon, Philippines
Age: 20

Buried: Plot A, Row 2, Grave 175
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines

Private First Class Leslie C. Donahey
827th Chemical Company, Air Operations
Barksdale Field, LA
Hometown: Kane
Died of Illness: 12 July 1945
William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, TX
Age: 22

Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
Sergeant Clarence L. Dunham
Hometown: Smethport
First reported missing in action
and then declared Killed in action 4 July 1946
C - D