OTTO TOWNSHIP

Residents and Graduates of Otto Township School District

KILLED IN ACTION


Cpl Burton G. Baker
Rixford

633rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion,
Coast Artillery Corps

Killed in Action:
September 12, 1944
France

Age: 24
Buried:
Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred
Repatriated: May 18, 1949


Sgt Bernard D. Bova
Duke Center

Company K,
106th Infantry Regiment,
27th Infantry Division

Killed in Action: June 23, 1944
Saipan

Age: 27
Buried: Olean, NY
Repatriated: January 21, 1949


PFC Wilbur M. Childs
Larabee

Company B,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division

Died of Illness: April 5, 1945
Germany

Age: 21
Buried:
Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred Repatriated: January 18, 1949


Pvt Amos K. Cottrell
Rixford

51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division

Killed in Action: March 31, 1945
Germany

Age: 21
Buried:
Plot I, Row 4, Grave 13
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.


PFC Daniel J. Daugherty
Duke Center

803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Missing in Action: April 8, 1942
Corregidor Island, Philippines

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery,
Manila, Philippines


Cpl Paul R. Henton
Duke Center

602nd Medium Tank Company (Amphibious)
Camp Bradford, VA

Killed in Training:
January 16, 1945

He was killed in an explosion while handling high explosives during regimental exhibition maneuvers.

Age: 24
Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp


S/Sgt Lester R. Higley
Duke Center

B-24 Tail Gunner,
855th Bomber Squadron,
491st Bomber Group, Heavy

Killed in Action: March 24, 1945
Over Germany

Age: 22
Buried:
Plot H, Row 11, Grave 14 Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands


Pvt Olin G. Oestreich
Duke Center

Company C,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division

Killed in Action:
December 3, 1944
Germany

Age: 30
Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp
Repatriated: December 9, 1947


Torpedoman's Mate 2/c
William C. Seibert
Duke Center

USS S-26 (SS-131)
Submarine

Lost at Sea: January 27, 1942
Gulf of Panama

The submarine collided with
another Navy ship and sank
instantly with 46 sailors aboard.

Age: 21
Tablets of the Missing
West Coast Memorial,
Presidio, CA.


Sgt John J. Sherman
Duke Center

545th Bomber Squadron,
384th Bomber Group, Heavy

Killed in Action:
November 30, 1944
Over Leipzig, Germany

Age: 19
Buried: Section F, Site 4062
Woodlawn National Cemetery
Elmira, NY

Sherman completed sixteen missions over Germany.


T/Sgt Walter M. Van Scoter
Eldred
(Rixford native)

14th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division

Died of Injuries: August 12, 1944
Camp Campbell, KY

Age: 23
Buried: Lamphier Cemetery,
Eldred


William Kaluza
Rixford

Chief Army Test Pilot
Culver Aircraft Corporation
Wichita, KS

Killed: July 12, 1943
Plane crash

Age: 28
Buried: St. Bonaventure Cemetery
Allegany, NY

 

PRISONERS OF WAR


Richard W. Cooke
Prisoner of War: Germany

Robert H. Cunningham
Prisoner of War: Germany

James Shirey
 1919 - 2004
Prisoner of War: Germany
Joseph B. Stuart
Prisoner of War: Germany

 

SERVICEMEN & WOMEN

Raymond H. Abbott
1924 - 1993

O. Glenn Aiken
1913 - 2006

Irvin L. Angevine
 1926 -

Fielding J. Armstrong
1921 - 1990
Army Air Forces

William J. Atkinson
1921 - 1990
Donald L. Ault
1925 - 2003
Richard L. Ault
1925 - 2000
Marines

Donald F. Baker
 1921 -
Richard M. Baker
1923 -
Stanley N. Barton
1912 - 1976

Earl N. Baxter
 1920 - 1976
Earl W. Bell
1925 - 2008

John A. Bigler
1921 - 1992
John W. Bishop
 1915 - 2003

Stanley E. Bishop
1920 - 1985
Thurman H. Bishop
1924 - 1981

Darrell D. Blauser
1923 - 2006
Marines

Jack E. Blauser
1926 - 1996

Robert E. Blauser
Carl R. Booth
1924 - 2009
Army
Elmer E. Booth
1918 - 1995
George R. Booth
1920 - 1991
Chester L. Bortz
1921 - 1998
Army

Mary C. Bortz
1919 -
James F. Bova
1923 - 1980

Marion J. Bova

Byron W. Brainard
1923 - 2004
Marines
Byron J. Breese
1923 -
Clinton E. Breese
1915 - 1983
Army Air Forces

Luther G. Brown
 1925 - 2007

Maynard C. Brown
James N. Brunner
1926 - 2012
Navy

Francis I. Buck
1921 - 1993
William Buck
Norman W. Burrell
1920 - 1986
Robert O. Burrell
1926 - 2009
Navy

Hugh L. Bunker
1925 -
Leo A. Bunker
1909 - 1975

Eleanor Campbell
David R. Carlson
1924 - 1954
Navy
Martin C. Carlson
1922 - 1967

Norman W. Causer
1926 - 2006

Lawrence C. Cauvel, Jr.
1923 -

Paul E. Cauvel
1926 -
Navy

Marion C. Chase
1920 -

Walter B. Chase
1918 - 2009
Navy

Norman Childs
1925 - 2010
Samuel E. Clark
1918 - 1989
Arden S. Colebert
1910 - 1999

Louis J. Coleman
1925 - 1991

Francis B. Copeland
1924 - 2010
Loland Cornelius
1915 - 1960
Army

Melvin C. Corsaw
1919 - 2011
William W. Cottrell
1919 - 1984

Jack S. Cunningham
1920 - 1998

Robert H. Cunningham
Gerald M. DeWoody, MD

Donald T. Dibble
1919 - 1988
Army Air Forces
Glenn W. Dibble
1921 - 2010
Army Air Forces
Keith M. Dibble
1916 - 2001
Army Air Forces
Homer W. Dittman
 1910 - 1963
Army
Donald Dubetsky
Paul C. Duke
 1925 - 1995
Ray M. Dunham

Robert E. Edmonds
1920 - 2000
Army Air Forces
Alfred Eugene Ekas
1925 - 1974
Army Air Forces
Donald L. Ekas
1919 - 1994

Albert M. Erickson
1924 - 2004

Everitt L. Erickson
1926 - 1966

Darwin D. Feheley
 1918 - 1988
Army Air Forces
Prisoner of War

Francis D. Feheley
 1920 - 1987
Navy

Earl T. Finn
 1919 - 1982
Edward H. Finn
1926 - 2002
Army

Alene Foster
Patricia Foster

Shirley Rupert Fox
 1920 - 1973
Army Air Forces
Dorothy P. Franks

Lee E. Franks
1922 - 1972
Edward R. Franks
1920 - 1974
Alan R. Fraser
1904 - 1981
Army

Archie H. Freeman
1924 - 2012

Sydney C. Freeman
1922 - 1995
Howard R. Freer
1908 - 1969

Ronald H. Froebel
1921 - 1998
Army Air Forces
Guiles O. Gadsby
1920 - 1982

Joseph D. Galloway
1918 - 1996

Irving D. Galutia
1925 -2008
Army
William F. Gemmell
1918 -
Charles S. Glover
1910 - 1991
James E. Gold
1924 - 2010

George L. Goodell
1922 - 1988
Stuart W. Goodell
1905 - 1983

Robert A. Goodsell
1923 -

William A. Grow
1911 - 1990
Navy
Paul L. Hahn
 1923 -

Stewart Hanks
1927 - 2002
Navy
James Happle
1916 - 1982
Army

Kathryn Happle

John C. Harris
1922 - 2002

Monroe L. Harvey
1921 - 2002
Walter Harvey
Eugene Henton
1927 - 1987
Navy
Robert C. Henton
1923 - 1980
Army
Charles J. Herald
1920 - 1971
Army

Harley Higley
1927 - 1996
Lavern Himes
1922 -
Robert W. Himes
1922 - 1998
Army Air Force

Eugene C. Holden
Francis A. Holden
1924 - 2008
Donald Holly
1921 - 1987

Russell Holtz

John M. Hopper
1920 - 2005
Gale C. Houck
1917 - 1976
36th Armored Infantry
Joseph O. Houck
 1921 - 2004
Navy

Raymond Huff
1921 - 1952
Navy
Jack Huffman

Boyd Hughes
1925 - 2004
Army
Clyde Hughes
1924 - 1997
Army

David W. Hughes
1923 - 2008
Army
Paul F. Hughes
1923 - 2007
Army

Donald R. Hulse
1924 - 1994
Army Air Forces
Robert E. Hungiville
1927 - 1997
Navy
Robert Hunt
1924 - 2005
Army

Glenn R. Iddings, Jr.
Navy
1926 - 1991

William Ireland

Gilbert W. Irons
1919 -

Gordon J. Irons
1920 - 2010

Arthur O. Kahle
1924 - 2003
Army

Earl F. Kahle
1919 - 1993
Army Air Forces

Everitt W. Kahle
1923 - 1999
Marines

Phillip E. Kahle
1926 - 2006
Navy

Stanley J. Kahle
1919 - 1955
Army

Thomas Kahle
1920 - 2011
Army
Anthony Kaluza
1911 - 1996
Army
Frank J. Kaluza
1917 - 2008
Army Air Forces

Maynard Kelley
1925 - 2008
Army

Robert E. Kelly
Gerald A. Kennemuth
1924 -

Richard L. Kennemuth
1918 - 2005
Army

Kenneth J. Kervin
1922 - 2004
Navy

Theodore F. Kervin
1917 - 1969
Navy

Gordon E. Kinney
1924 - 2008
Harry Kockler
1913 - 1999
Army
Kenneth Lamb
1916 - 1976
Navy
Norman M. Lamb
1920 - 1983

Robert L. Lamb
1920 - 1983

Herbert W. Lamphier
1923 -
Norman W. Langfitt

Alfred Latten
Hugh F. Laughlin, Jr.
1926 -
Army
Conrad D. Layfield
1921 - 1987
Gerald B. Layfield
1917 - 2002

Harry D. Layfield
1919 - 1962

Robert E. Layfield
1923 - 1998

Robert G. Lewis
1922 - 2005
John F. Lilley
1914 - 1983

Francis W. Looker
1921 - 1987
Army
James E. Looker
1917 - 1968
Army Air Forces

Elvin J. Loop
1922 - 1974
Army

Lewis F. Loop
1926 - 2009
Navy

Milford S. Loop
1919 - 1986
Navy

Allen E. Matthews
1926 - 1998
Coast Guard

Joseph F. McBride
1922 -

Robert J. McBride
1920 -

James McCandless
1919 -
William McCauley

Jack A. McCord
1924 - 1991
Frederick L. McGee
1924 - 1998
Lester A. McGee
1927 - 1998
Navy
Ralph B. McGee
1925 - 2007
Army
Robert R. McGee
1921 -

Robert F. McKenzie
1919 -

Aden D. Miller
1915 - 2013
Robert G. Miller
1924 - 1977
Army

Russell E. Miller
1919 - 1987
Army Air Forces

Edward E. Milliron
1924 -

Donald M. Minnich
1924 - 2009
Army Air Forces
Rex G. Minnich
1916 - 1955
Army

James F. Minnich
1923 - 2002

Norman C. Mohn
1913 - 1977
Marines
Jay D. Mong
1926 - 1986

Paul A. Mong
1923 - 2007
Army

James R. Morrison
1923 - 1994
Alfred W. Morton
1916 - 1985
Wilbur L. Morton
1921 -

Rex L. Moyer
1919 - 1996
Alton L. Nichols
1918 - 1990
Army
Charles C. Nichols
1920 - 1989
Charles R. Nichols
1918 - 1995
William E. Nichols
1916 - 1994
Raymond J. Nuhfer
1916 - 1997
Willard S. Nuhfer
1922 -
John O'Donnell

Earl L. Oestreich
1919 - 1986

Homer A. Palmer
1924 -
Leslie Parker
1926 - 1982

Charles C. Parsons
1923 - 2006

Floyd T. Payne
1920 - 1962

Robert W. Payne
1926 - 1985

Duane J. Piper
1927 - 1988

Robert T. Pollock
1906 - 1965
Raymond Powell
Norma J. Proper
1923 - 2009
Marines
William H. Randall
Harold Randolph
Leon Randolph
Leonard Randolph
Betty P. Raszman
Donald Regis

Willis Ripley
Donald Robbins
Howard C. Robinson
James A. Robinson, Jr.
Joseph L. Robinson

Robert C. Rodgers

Louis Schenfield

Richard P. Schorman

Ray Schwab

Virgil Schwab

Arthur Shavalier
Clarence Shelley
Harry Sue
Melvin Shirey

Donald D. Shoff

George L. Shoff

William F. Shuman, Jr.

Rudolph Skok
Leonard Smith

Paul Smith

Richard Snow

Walter Snow

Creston Southard

Percy H. Sprague

Robert Sprague
Walter D. Sprague
Kenneth K. Sprester
Sydney Starr

Floyd St. Clair

Frederick Stover, Jr.

LaVerne R. Straight, Jr.

Lewis Straight

Theodore Snow
Carleton D. Tanner

Clifford F. Teuscher
James Teuscher
Raymond Teuscher
Gerald W. Thornton
Robert Thornton
James Torre

Leon Trask
Cyrrle Vandernick
Eugene Vandervort
Jean T. Vandervort

William Vires

Jack Voorhees
Cletus B. Walker, MD
Merl Walker

Robert J. Warters
Navy
1925 - 1974
William Wasson
Paul Weaver
Benjamin Wentworth

Kenneth L. Westren
Dorothy M. Wilcox
Gilbert L. Wilcox

Jack M. Wilcox
Mark E. Williams

Arthur E. Wilmarth

Phillip Wirtz

Spurgeon Witherow
Donald Wolcott
Judd Wurster
Leonard Yale

Richard Yeager
Donald Yeaples
Francis Yeaples

Phillip Zetler
Robert W. Glover
1928 - 1969

Merle R. Zetler