Second Partital Listing of World War II Veterans
The database has deliberate additional headings for additions and corrections and was taken from several sources.
If you have any additional information about the people listed here, please send it to me
and I will add it. I will also be checking all of the online files to see if I have additional
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World War II was the costliest war in history in terms of human lives. More people were killed in this war than in any war before
or after it--about 17 million people, including 6 million European Jews.
The war was fought on three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. It pitted Germany, Italy, and Japan against the allied forces led
by Great Britain, France, and the United States. The war began with the rise of Nazism in Germany and Fascism in Italy which
resulted in Germany invading Poland on September 1, 1939.
The United States entered into the war on the 7th of December 1941 when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
| Name | Service Number | Branch of Service; | Dates in Service; | Rank; | Status; | Home City | Awards; | Remarks; |
| NOBLE W ABERCROMBIE | | NAVY | - | | | | | |
| LAWRENCE R ABRAM | | ARMY | - | 2LT | KIA | | | |
| ROY C ADKINS | 6659230 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | | |
| SAMUEL R ALLEN | 8640704 | | 7/1/1943 - 3/20/1946 | | | SWITZ CITY | | |
| STEPHANS L. ARTHUR | 35159314 | ARMY | 4/21/1941 - 11/9/1945 | 1/SGT | | | | ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON W/ 3 BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON W/ 1 BRONZE STAR |
| | THOMAS F ASHBAUGH | 8637213 | NAVY | 3/30/1943 - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| WILLIAM J AUMAN | 6273127 | NAVY | - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| DONALD F AXE | 35812321 | ARMY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| JAMES M BAKER | | MARINES | - | CPL | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| EMERSON Y BARKER | | ARMY | - | MAJ | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ARREATUS J BARNETT | 35731642 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CHESTER BARTON | 36302288 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| LESTER E BARTON | | ARMY | - | 1LT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| NELSON G BEASLEY | 1310672 | ARMY | - | 1LT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ALBERT L BERNES | | MARINES | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| MILFORD O BINGHAM | | ARMY | - | 2LT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| LEO M BISHOP | | | - | | | LINTON | | |
| PAUL BOHNERT | 35477730 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| GERALD J BOSTON | 35720072 | ARMY | - | TSG | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| AMOS N BOWERSOCK | 15082042 | AIR CORPS | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | |
| HARLEY W BREEDEN | 8641912 | NAVY | - | | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| GERALD R BRITTON | 35715122 | ARMY | - | | | LYONS | | DECEASED 4/20/85 |
| MEARL C BUFFINGTON | 35245131 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| EARL W BULLOCK | 35894902 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WALTER C BURRIS | | MARINES | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| PAUL R BYERS | 35724302 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JAMES F. CANTWELL | 3775078 | ARMY | 7/1/1942 - 5/1/1944 | MAJOR | | WORTHINGTON | | SERVED WWI |
| BENJAMIN N CARLISLE | 35256939 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLIAM F CHRISTY | 35724270 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CHARLES L CLAYTON | 35841271 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CHARLES L CLAYTON | 35841271 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| DONALD F CLAYTON | 35809808 | AIR CORPS | - | | | LINTON | | |
| LESLIE R COLE | | MARINES | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| GAIL COMBS | 358009811 | ARMY | - | | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| RAYMOND COMPTON | | NAVY | - | COXSWAIN | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CARL D CORBIN | 355537 | MARINES | 5/20/1942 - 12/22/1944 | | | OWENSBURG | PURPLE HEART | DIED ON AUGUST 24, 1984 |
| EARL CORBIN | 35153655 | ARMY | 2/1/1941 - 5/1/1945 | 2LT | | SCOTLAND | SILVER STAR | 3RD INF. DIV. |
| ALVIN CORBIN | 35906664 | ARMY | 8/1/1944 - 6/1/1946 | CPL | | SCOTLAND | BRONZE STAR | 106TH INF. DIV |
| CECIL C CORBIN | 35370367 | AIR CORPS | 9/1/1942 - 11/1/1945 | TSGT | | OWENSBURG | PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL POW | B-17 SHOT DOWN SOFIA, POW |
| HARRY W CRIST | 35350438 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | | | |
| HOWARD D CROMWELL | | NAVY | - | CPM3C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WAYNE H DICUS | 9552880 | NAVY | 2/21/1944 - 1/18/1946 | S1C | | JASONVILLE | | |
| THOMAS F DORRAUGH | | NAVY | - | PHAR M1C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| FERALD D DOUBLEMONT | 35359921 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| DOYLE L DUGGER | | ARMY | - | CAPT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JAMES A ELGAN | | ARMY | 6/10/1943 - 2/1/1965 | | | LINTON | | |
| PAUL H ELKINS | | ARMY | - | 1LT | KIA | | | |
| ALBERT D ENGLISH | 35251375 | ARMY | | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JESSIE A. FRYE | 35164231 | ARMY | 7/14/1941 - 10/15/1945 | T5 | | BLOOMFIELD | 2 BRONZE STARS | |
| CARL G FULFORD | 35724281 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| VERNON W FULKERSON | 15062839 | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| CHARLES R FULLER | | AIR CORPS | - | | | LINTON | | |
| PAUL W GAMBILL | 35832149 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ROBERT E GARDNER | 35808088 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ROBERT L GILBREATH | 35370366 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CARL D GILMORE | 35814553 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | | |
| CHARLES H GIRDNER | 35810217 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CARROLL G GOODMAN | 35370404 | ARMY | 9/23/1942 - 11/14/1945 | M/SGT | | LINTON | | |
| ARNOLD L GOODMAN | 35725237 | ARMY | 2/22/1943 - 3/29/1946 | PFC | | LINTON | PURPLE HEART | |
| RICHARD L GOODSON | 35729529 | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| JOHN R GORDON | 35169461 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | | |
| ROBERT E GORDON | 35731973 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ERNEST A GREENWOOD | | AIR CORPS | - | | | JASENVILLE | | |
| DONALD R HADLEY | 6263005 | | 2/2/1942 - 6/9/1953 | | | JASONVILLE | PURPLE HEART; 3 ATLANTIC COMBAT STARS; 2 PACIFIC COMBAT STARS | |
| ROBERT C HAMILTON | 35167570 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | | |
| MALCOLM L HAMILTON | 35156238 | ARMY | - | S. SGT. | | NEWBERRY | | |
| LEROY F HANCOCK | | NAVY | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | |
| GLEN HANCOCK | | NAVY | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | |
| JAMES F HANNON | | NAVY | - | R3C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| HAROLD K HARTING | 15303520 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| SHERL E HASLER | 35715128 | AIR CORPS | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| MAURICE P HAYS | | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| NORMAN J HAYS | | NAVY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| HARREL H HAYS | | MARINES | - | | | LINTON | | |
| EARL J HAYWOOD | 35810190 | ARMY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| CHARLES W HEIM | | AIR CORPS | - | SSGT | | SANDBORN | | |
| RALPH B HEIM | | AIR CORPS | - | SSGT | | SANDBORN | | |
| RICHARD E HINES | 35841266 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLIAM HUMPHEYS | 35156098 | ARMY | - | T-5 | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLARD O HUNTER | 35477483 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | | |
| C. INGRAM | | | - | | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| CARLOS A INMAN | | NAVY | - | SM1C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| HERBERT L JENKIN | | NAVY | - | RM3C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| MAURICE L JOHNSON | 306220710 | NAVY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| ESTEL W JOHNSON | 35256843 | ARMY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| BENJAMIN B JOHNSON | 6647900 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | | |
| JOE B KELLEY | 35807852 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | | |
| GLENN KING | 679603 | NAVY | 2/25/1943 - 4/10/1946 | RM2C | | OWENSBURG | PACIFIC THEATER | |
| MARVIN N KIRKPATRICK | 35154246 | ARMY | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | DECEASED 1978 |
| PHILLIP J KOLLING | 18035449 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | | |
| WINFRED J KOONTZ | 35096111 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILMER D LAWRENCE | | NAVY | 4/3/1943 - | | | LINTON | | DOB 7/2/24 |
| JAY R. LEAVITT | 35730397 | ARMY | 5/17/1943 - 11/27/1945 | PFC | | BLOOMFIELD | EAME THEATER RIBBON W/ 5 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, VICTORY MEDAL | |
| PARIS P. LECOCQ | 35249606 | ARMY | 3/27/1944 - 2/16/1946 | CPL | | | EAME THEATER RIBBON W/ 1 BRONZE STAR, VICTIRY MEDAL | |
| PETE W LEDGERWOOD | 35813644 | ARMY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | DECEASED 12/28/77, BLOOMINGTON |
| ALVIN J LEHMAN | 449493 | MARINES | - | | | LYONS | | |
| RICHARD C LINDSEY | | NAVY | - | | | | | DECEASED MAY 1976 |
| JAMES LINTHICUM | | AIR CORPS | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| ALFRED E LIVINGSTON | | NAVY | - | F3C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLIAM D LOGSTON, JR. | 15042813 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | | |
| CLIFFORD T LOOS | | NAVY | 1/1/1936 - | | | SWITZ CITY | | |
| FERRELL A MANN | 15084564 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | | |
| ALBERT G MARQUART | 6269542 | NAVY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| HAROLD W MARTIN | | ARMY | - 1/1/1946 | | | LINTON | BRONZE STAR | PURPLE HEART, VICTORY MEDAL |
| MAX H MCCLANAHAN | 35359919 | ARMY | 9/1/1942 - 10/1/1945 | SGT | | JASONVILLE | | |
| HAROLD G MCCLURE | 45037477 | ARMY | - | | | LYONS | | SERVED IN JAPAN |
| PAUL R MCDONALD | 35370385 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | | |
| HAROLD MCELROY | 35715136 | AIR CORPS | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| JOHN E MCFARLAND | 35169456 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | | |
| FREDERICK C MCLAIN | 35370388 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | | |
| DAMON H MCLAUGHLIN | 45057104 | ARMY | 5/1/1946 - 6/28/1947 | PFC | | LYONS | | |
| HENRY E MEARS | 35099921 | ARMY | - | T-4 | | JASONVILLE | | |
| ROBERT D MEARS | | AIR CORPS | - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| DAVID W MEARS | | AIR CORPS | - | MSGT | | LINTON | | |
| RICHARD L MEYERS | | NAVY | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | |
| JOHN F MILLER | 0508287 | ARMY | 12/22/1942 - 4/1/1946 | MAJOR | | EDINBURGH | | |
| DELMAS E MOORE | 35250803 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | | |
| ROBERT D MULLINS | 35251380 | ARMY | - 1/11/1945 | PFC | | | | |
| FRED K MYERS | | ARMY | - | | | WORTHINGTON | | |
| EMIL R NOEL | 6664816 | ARMY | - | | | | | |
| DALLAS B O'NEALL | 35350441 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| ROBERT E OBANNON | 35730436 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JOHN R OTT | 2940401 | NAVY | - 9/1/1946 | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
| PATRICK H OVERMAN | | ARMY | - | 1LT | KIA | | | |
| ALVIN R. PADGETT | 35965406 | ARMY | 12/2/1944 - 12/23/1945 | PFC | | DOANS | | |
| JAMES E PAGE | 35810260 | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| DALLAS L PAGE | 15331369 | ARMY | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | POW 9/11/44 IN FRANCE |
| GRANVILLE PEARSON | 35837414 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CLIFFTON P PERSHING | 35251393 | ARMY | - | CPL | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CARL F POOLE | 35903513 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLIAM H PORTER | | | - | | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| ANNA M POTOCHNIK | 2169 | ARMY | 10/12/1944 - 8/31/1966 | | | LINTON | | |
| JOSEPH J POTOCHNIK | 35811937 | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | DECEASED 2/13/83 |
| LANDAN M PRICZ | 2936095 | NAVY | 5/22/1944 - 7/2/1946 | | | VICKSBURG | | |
| JAMES W PRUETT | 35365109 | | - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| WAYNE E RALEY | 8652496 | NAVY | - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| DONALD REYNOLDS | 35835111 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| EARL RICH | | ARMY | - | 2LT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| THOMAS T ROBERTS | 35728663 | ARMY | - | | | OWENSBURG | | |
| JUNIOR F ROBERTS | | ARMY | - | | | OWENSBURG | | |
| THOMAS E ROUNDTREE | | NAVY | - | | | JACKSONVILLE | | |
| THOMAS L SAUNDERS | | | 12/4/1942 - 12/22/1945 | PFC | | OWENSBURG | | |
| JAMES D SCHLOOT | | MARINES | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| FLOYD A SCOTT | 35249616 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| MELVIN E SCOTT | 35837416 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| VERNIS E SCOTT | 35722472 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| VINCENT W SEXTON | | NAVY | - | W2C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| WILLIAM E SHANKLIN | 35362651 | ARMY | - | CPL | | LINTON | | DECEASED 5/12/95 |
| CLIFFORD E SHANKLIN | 15060073 | ARMY | - | PFC | | LINTON | | DECEASED 3/1/98 |
| GEORGE W SHORTER | 35170070 | ARMY | 10/17/1941 - 9/1/1945 | PRIVATE FIRST CLASS | | LYONS | 3 BRONZE STARS, AMERCIAN DEFENSE SERVIC MEDAL | POW IN ITALY FOR 9 MONTHS |
| JAMES C. SMITH | 35725231 | ARMY | 2/23/1943 - 3/16/1946 | T/5 SGT | | LINTON | BRONZE STAR | 3102ND SIGNAL SERVICE BATTALION |
| EMONS L SNAPP | | NAVY | 8/27/1943 - 10/29/1945 | | | LYONS | | |
| DALE E STACY | 35708089 | ARMY | - | | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JOHN A STAMM | 35904168 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| DON STARK | 35813997 | ARMY | 1/22/1944 - 11/1/1945 | | | LINTON | 3 BRONZE STARS | |
| JOHN A STIFFLER | 06108407 | MARINES | 12/7/1942 - 3/24/1946 | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| JOHN H. STOKES | 35092776 | ARMY | 1/1/1942 - 9/1/1945 | SSGT | | JASONVILLE | PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR | |
| CLYDE A STOUGH | 35719030 | ARMY | - | SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| E. A STRINGFELLOW | 35169462 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| MAX E STULTZ | 35090584 | ARMY | - | | | KOLEIN | | |
| KENNETH H SULLIVAN | 35812315 | ARMY | 12/27/1943 - 10/8/1945 | T-5 | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| ROBERT L TANNEHILL | 15335189 | ARMY | - | T-5 | | LINTON | | |
| RALPH E THOMPSON | 35724273 | ARMY | - | | | SOLSBERRY | | |
| GLENN W TIMMONS | | MARINES | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| THEODORE E TURPIN | 35812311 | ARMY | - | PVT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| JAMES J ULAND | 35717320 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| DALE D VAUGHN | 9633755/963375 | MARINES | 6/6/1944 - 12/30/1945 | C-TW | | MIDLAND | | |
| VERNON WAGGANER | 35042192 | ARMY | - | | | NEWBERRY | | |
| PAUL WAGGONER | 35167596 | ARMY | - | | | DOANS | | DECEASED 2/12/95 |
| JAMES E WALKER | 949173 | MARINES | - | QM | | JASONVILLE | | |
| RALPH G WALLEM | 35710087 | ARMY | - | | PVT | KIA | | |
| JAMES A WATHEN | 8638450 | NAVY | - | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| ROBERT D WENTZ | 35729536 | ARMY | 4/22/1943 - 10/24/1945 | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| PAUL E WILKES | 7005586 | NAVY | 2/20/1942 - 10/30/1945 | | | JASONVILLE | | |
| VAIL S WOLFE | 15333057 | ARMY | - | S/SGT | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| CORBETT H WOODRUFF | 35042174 | ARMY | - | PFC | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| DONALD F WRIGHT | 3716676 | ARMY | - | | | LINTON | | |
| JACK W WRIGHT | | NAVY | - | AVO1C | KIA | | PURPLE HEART | |
| VAN T WRIGHT | | | - | | | BLOOMFIELD | | |
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