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McKEAN
COUNTY
WORLD WAR II 290 Gold Stars |
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Staff Sergeant Paul L.
Rader
786th Tank Destroyer Battalion Hometown: Cyclone Killed in action 5 April 1945 in Germany Age: 34 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp Repatriated: 7 December 1948 |
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Staff Sergeant Gayle E.
Raught
Company L, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division Hometown: Bolivar Run, Bradford Killed in action 18 November 1944 Aachen, Germany Age: 29 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp Repatriated: 7 December 1948 |
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Private First Class Michael J. Revetti
Buried: Plot C, Row 18, Grave 38 |
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Private Flower Rich
747th Anti Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion Hometown: Bradford Died of injuries suffered while on maneuvers 16 May 1945 at Camp Irwin, CA Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford |
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Private First Class Dean J. Riggs Buried: Plot J, Row 17, Grave 29 |
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Buried: Plot D, Row 8, Grave 32 |
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Private Albert R. Roberts Buried: Plot B, Row 20, Grave 14 |
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Flight Officer David A. Robinson Robinson was a passenger on a B-24
heading from North Pickenham Base to Base Air Depot 1 at Burtonwood.
At 16:25 hrs, the aircraft slammed tail first and at full power
into Black Hameldon, a large hill near Burnley, Lancashire.
The fuselage broke in two, killing half of the crew instantly
and several others died later from their wounds. Only three
survived the crash. Buried: Section 14, Site 32, |
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Private First Class Darl T. Robinson Buried: Plot K, Row 5, Grave 18 |
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Corporal Frank A. Rossman Buried: Plot A, Row 10, Grave 23 |
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Private First Class Vernie W. Rounsville
Buried: Plot L, Row 6, Grave 16 |
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Sergeant Richard E. Royer Aircraft crashed into Gulf of Mexico with |
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Private Frank E. Sailer
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Private Luther E. Samuelson |
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First Lieutenant Buried: Plot N, Row 4, Grave 14 |
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Tech Sergeant Virgil O. Schultz Another B-17 that was attacked by German fighters went out of control, ramming into the Virgil Schultz aircraft, slicing it in two. No chutes were seen. Crew Group Burial: Section 82, Site 64E |
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Corporal Buried: Corporal Robert J. Sebring received
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Torpedomans Mate 2/c William Seibert Tablets of the Missing Seibert served aboard the submarine USS S-26. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the S-26 departed her Connecticut submarine base on 10 December 1941 and steamed to the Gulf of Panama. The submarine arrived at the Navy base at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, on 19 December 1941 and commenced conducting war patrols near the approaches to the Panama Canal. On 24 January 1942, the S-26 left Balboa, Panama, on her second war patrol in the Gulf of Panama. Other submarines accompanied her, including the S-21, S-29 and S-44. The submarines were being escorted by the Navy patrol craft USS PC-460. At 22:10, PC-460 sent a message by flashing code light to the submarines cruising on the surface confirming that she was about to leave the group. Apparently, the S-21 was the only submarine to notice and receive the message. At 22:23, after turning to leave the formation, the escort vessel collided in the darkness with S-26, hitting the starboard side of the torpedo room. The submarine sank immediately, taking forty-six crewmembers down with her. The only survivors were the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Earl C. Hawk, Executive Officer Robert E. M. Ward and one enlisted man as they were all on the bridge at the time of collision. Another enlisted man on the bridge went down with the submarine. Three other crew members survived as they were in the base hospital at the time of S-26's departure. Salvage operations were started almost immediately but S-26 had sunk too deep. Rescue of the men and salvage of the hull was not possible. |
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Tech Sergeant Edward J.
Seleni, Jr
Company B, 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 1st Armored Division Hometown: Ludlow Killed in action 19 February 1943 Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, North Africa Age: 28 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane Repatriated: 3 March 1949 |
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Hospital Apprentice 1/c James C. Shall
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Sergeant John J. Sherman Buried: Section F, Site 4062 Sherman completed 16 missions over Germany |
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First Lieutenant James J. Shevak Tablets of the Missing |
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Private First Class Friend E. Shonts Shonts was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry in action on October 4, 1944 in Germany. A gunner on a M-10 tank destroyer, Shonts was ordered into action against an approaching German panzer in the streets of a German town before them. The enemy tank, which had not been accurately located, had already repelled two attacks by American tanks. Knowing that their tank would be destroyed if they could not detect and destroy the enemy tank within a few seconds after entering the streets, PFC Shonts and the rest of the crew unhesitatingly advanced forward. The enemy tank opened fire at close range but missed with the first round. Shonts’ tank destroyer remained in place and fired twice in rapid succession. Almost immediately their M-10 was hit twice and burst into flames. Two of the crew were killed instantly and the remaining three were injured. |
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Private First Class Charles J. Siffrinn
Buried: Plot H, Row 3, Grave 50 |
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Flight Officer Harold E. Smathers Tablets of the Missing |
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Corporal Marshall R. Smith
Battery A, 772nd Field Artillery Hometown: Bradford Killed in action 13 March 1945 France Age: 20 Buried: Limestone Cemetery, Limestone, NY Repatriated: 15 January 1949 |
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Second Lieutenant Thomas V. Smith Tablets of the Missing |
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Sergeant Leland L. Snyder
5th JASCO (Joint Assault Signal Company), 5th Marine Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action 19 February 1945 Iwo Jima Age: 24 |
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Radioman 2/Class Paul P. Spaseff Spaseff was killed by friendly fire. Four P-40 aircraft of the 78th Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force attacked PT-121 and PT-353 mistaking them for Japanese gun boats. Eight men KIA and 12 Wounded. |
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Sergeant Howard E. Sprague Sprague was a radio operator on a B-29 on mission to Hitachi aircraft plant at Tachikawa. The B-29 was hit by flak and crashed near Terao, Kawagoe. Sprague and five others were killed in the crash. Five others parachuted and were taken prisoner. All five of these men were later killed when they burned to death at the Tokyo Military Prison fire on May 25, 1945. The fire storm was started by the American incendiary bombing raid on Tokyo. Buried: Section 82, Site 4-5 |
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T/5 Sergeant John F. Stakley |
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Private Lewis A. Starsky
Service Company, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division Hometown: King Street, Smethport Died of illness 23 December 1943 Fort Devens Army Hospital, MA Age: 23 Buried: Beth Israel Cemetery, Bradford |
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Private First Class Ray W. Stillman Buried: Plot D, Row 3, Grave 25 |
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Tech Sergeant Harry L. Stokes
Tablets of the Missing
Stokes was on the B-17 Rebel’s Revenge |
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Private First Class Robert G. Stolt Buried: Plot C, Site 1591 |
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Sergeant Edward J. Strauss
Buried: Plot H, Row 13, Grave 71 |
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Private First Class Earl L. Stull Buried: Plot B, Row 43, Grave 39 |
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Aviation Ordnance 3/c Lee E. Stull Buried at Sea |
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Tech Sergeant Alphonso
J. Suppa
572nd Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division Hometown: Cornen Street, Bradford Killed in action 19 January 1945 France Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford Repatriated: 16 July 1949 |
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