RIDGWAY
WORLD WAR II GOLD STARS

RIDGWAY WWII HONOR ROLL

Private First Class Clark E. Agens

313th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Division

Born: July 27, 1920
Enlisted: February 16, 1943

Killed in Action: France

Buried: Thayer Memorial Cemetery, Ridgway

Tech Sergeant James E. DeAngello
#7020838
US Army Air Forces

Born: July 27, 1921
Enlisted: January 15, 1940
Died Non-Battle, Air Crash: October 25, 1943
Brookville, Fl

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway

Private First Class Neil Buck
# 33432543

Born: May 9, 1925
349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Killed in Action: 14 July 1944

Buried at: Plot E, Row 11, Grave 26
Florence American Cemetery
Florence, Italy

Awards: Purple Heart

Aviation Cadet Dean N. Bloom
#33683351

Born: October 1, 1922
Enlisted: October 3, 1943
Section I, Army Air Corps
Died Non-Battle: June 15, 1945

Buried: Thayer Memorial Cemetery, Ridgway

Private First Class
William Richard Christoff
#33436488

Born: September 15, 1924
Enlisted: April 13, 1943
Co K, 18th Infantry
Died Non-Battle: June 15, 1945
Sunbury, PA

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway

Sergeant Victor V. Caggiano
#33160545

Born: June 17, 1920
Enlisted: March 4, 1942
Co G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Division
Killed In Action: June 20, 1944 in France

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway
Private First Class James H. Eckert
# 33682567

1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Killed in Action: 26 January 1945

Buried at: Plot F, Row 3, Grave 70
Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Eugene G. Frederickson
#33682558

Born: March 26, 1915
Enlisted: August 1943
Battery C, 884th Field Artillery Battalion
Died Non-Battle: 27 April 1944 at Camp Adair, Oregon
Premature explosion of 105mm howitzer shell during practice

Buried: Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway

Private Clarence P. Holmberg, Jr.
#33436502

Born: June 7, 1925
Enlisted: April 13, 1943
Co C, 112th Infantry, 28th Division
Killed In Action: June 9, 1944 in France

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Ridgway
Private Howard R. Hooven
# 20312890

112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died of Wounds: 16 August 1944

Buried at: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 4
Brittany American Cemetery
St. James, France

Awards: Purple Heart
Chief Motor Machinists Mate
Donald E. W. Holquist
# 2503963

United States Navy
Entered the Service from: California
Died: 9 April 1944

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart
Staff Sergeant James C. Holt, Jr.
# 13083496

528th Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Killed in Action: 8 May 1944

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Howard O. Johnson

Born: April 17, 1922
Enlisted: July 10, 1941
US Marine Corps
Killed in Action: July 22, 1944, on Guam

Buried: Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway

Lieutenant Raymond C. Johnson

Born: January 29, 1910
Enlisted: April 19, 1941
Co A, 15th Infantry
Killed in Action: December 23, 1944 in France

Buried: Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway


Machinists Mate 3/c Tilden Luchs

Born: January 10, 1911
US Navy
Killed in Action: June 16, 1944

Buried: Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Section 18A

Corporal Stanley Latcovich
# 35273831

87th Cavalry Reconn Squadron, 7th Armored Division
Entered the Service from: Ohio
Died: 27 October 1944

Buried at: Plot G, Row 7, Grave 24
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Private John E. Lazore

25th Marines, Fourth Marine Division

Born: January 9, 1911
Enlisted: December 21, 1943
Died: 23 July 1944
Tinnian Island

Buried: Wardvale Cemetery, Johnsonburg

Sergeant Rudolph M. Lencer
Service #33274543

Born: September 3, 1920
Enlisted: August 5, 1942
Battery A, 602nd Field Artillery Battalion
Died in Service: August 18, 1944

Buried: St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys

Corporal Bruce F. Laughner
Portland Mills
#33432541

Born: May 3, 1924
Enlisted: February 16, 1943
634th Engineers, 9th Army
Died Non-Battle: March 14, 1945 in Germany

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway

Aviations Mate 2/c Ronald E. Maxton

Born: February 23, 1925
Enlisted: February 23, 1942
US Navy Air Corps
Killed in Action: May 6, 1945 in Pacific

Buried: Thayer Memorial Cemetery, Ridgway

Sergeant Astor O. Magnuson
# 33080831

346th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 4 March 1945

Buried at: Plot A, Row 32, Grave 6
Ardennes American Cemetery
Neupre, Belgium

Awards: Purple Heart

Private Robert C. Nelson
# 33683372

Born: September 27, 1913
Enlisted: September 28, 1943
Co E, 350th Infantry
Killed in Action: October 2, 1944 in Italy

Buried: Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway

T/5 Sergeant John Niedzwicki

Born: February 28, 1925
Enlisted: June 3, 1942
Co D, 1st Finance Training
Died Non-Battle: June 13, 1945

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway

Sergeant Edward Francis Oertly

Born: March 26, 1917
Enlisted: February 1942
391st Bomber Squadron
Killed in Action: September 5, 1944 in China

Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, MI
Sergeant Francis J. Ott
# 33274551

11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry
Division Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Killed in Action: 30 December 1944

Buried at: Plot E, Row 16, Grave 17
Luxembourg American Cemetery
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Aviation Radioman 1/c Robert L. Parsons

US Navy

Private First Class Richard M. Starner
# 13024181

Born: May 27, 1912
Signal Corps
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania, April 1941
Died: 4 July 1942
Prisoner of War: Camp O'Donnell, Philippines

Buried at: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 72
Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

He was a Private First Class in 1st Signal Company (AW). He was on the Bataan Death March. Of 1,547 prisoners who died at Camp O'Donnell, he was the 1,453 prisoner to die. He was buried there but later transfered to the Military Cemetery in Manilla, Philippine Islands. Camp O'Donnell was 20 mile north of Clark Air Force Base.
Private Perry O. Stark
# 33364096

Born: 1914
Enlisted: April 20, 1942
Died Non-Battle

Private First Class Robert F. Spleen
# 13184590

Born: November 15, 1923
Enlisted: June 20, 1943
Co E, 36th Armored Infantry, 3rd Armored Division
Killed in Action: July 17, 1944

Buried: St. Leo's Cemetery, Ridgway
Corporal Joseph J. Sterbank
(Portland Mills)
# 33364062

453rd Quartermaster Truck Company
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Killed in Action: 6 June 1944

Buried at: Plot G, Row 10, Grave 13
Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Awards: Purple Heart
Storekeeper 2/c David H. Smith
# 2505692

United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 25-Nov-44

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards: Purple Heart
Chief Warrant Officer Ralph B. States
# W2113440

112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 20 December 1944

Buried at: Plot D, Row 8, Grave 28
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Machinists Mate 2/c Robert L. Strand
# 6527760

United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 18 December 1944

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Fireman 1/c Orville W. Thompson
# 9232273

United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 19 March 1945

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards: Purple Heart

Ablebody Seaman Norman B. Thompson

Born: 1921
US Merchant Marine
Killed in Action: March 20, 1943

Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Ridgway

Private First Class Emden L. Weilacher
Hallton
# 33434486

Born: September 6, 1916
Enlisted: March 13, 1943
Co K, 7th Infantry
Killed in Action: January 31, 1944

Buried: in Elk County

Captain John S. Williams, MD
# O-471091

Born: September 23, 1909
Enlisted: May 26, 1942
US Medical Corps
Killed in Action: August 14, 1944

Buried: Thayer Memorial Cemetery, Ridgway
Fireman 1/c Kenneth L. Work
(Portland Mills)
# 8217932

United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 11 December 1944

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart

Lieutenant Donald V. Urquhart
#17034336
447th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group

Born: 1915
Enlisted: December 16, 1941
Died Non-Battle, Air Crash: September 13, 1942
Columbia Army Air Base, Fort Jackson, SC

Private First Class Clyde H. Yonkie
# 33160551
Co C, 306th Infantry, 77th Division

Born: March 27, 1910
Enlisted: March 4, 1942
Died of Wounds: August 14, 1944

Buried: Brandy Camp Cemetery, Brandy Camp, PA