FALLEN
World War II
1942
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Patrick L. Colbert
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Houston
Date of Loss: March 01, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action on the USS Houston when it sank in the Sunda Strait
1942
Private Donald A. Strong
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 03, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service in Dutch Harbor, Alaska
1942
2nd Lieutenant James L. McCreary
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 05, 1942 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Staff Sergeant Alex W. Kaiser
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 19, 1942 / Age: 27
As a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps he died in a B-25 bomber accident at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina during WWII
1942
Seaman 2nd Class Verlin B. Summer
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: February 18, 1942 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Newfoundland
1942
Private First Class Roy D. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23
Died in service in New Caledonia
1942
Private Robert O. Lium
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 28, 1942 / Age: 22
Died in service in Santa Barbara, California
1942
Sergeant Clyde G. Morgan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 10, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal Kenneth S. Foubert
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: October 13, 1942 / Age: 20
He died in a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal the day his regiment landed on the island.
1942
Private First Class Harvey L. Yokom
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 07, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Private Cecil J. Murphy
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:32nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 27, 1942 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Buna, New Guinea
1942
Corporal Benjamin F. Winter
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 25, 1942 / Age: 27
Died in service as a POW in the Philippine Islands.
1942
Private Roy N. Opstedal
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 27, 1942 / Age: 26
Died in service in Ft Warron, Wyoming
1942
Private George R. Dohn Jr.
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 06, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
1942
Corporal LaVerne E. Ulmer
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 28, 1942 / Age: 24
Died in service at the POW Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippine Islands