Private James A. Carlson

126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Killed in action on 8 December 1944
Leyte, Philippines
Age: 21

Buried: Plot B, Row 16, Grave 152
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Fireman 2/c Gail W. Chapin

USS Monaghan (DD-354)

Hometown: Port Allegany

Missing in action: 18 December 1944
Age: 25

The USS Monaghan sunk during Typhoon Cobra east of Luzon, Philippines. Only 6 survivors were rescued from the crew of 100 officers and men. Over 790 officers and men were lost at sea from three destroyers sinking during the storm.

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Private Cheston M. Chilson

Company L, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Hometown: Port Allegany

Killed in action 6 August 1943 on Sicily
Age: 22

Buried: Plot E, Row 11, Grave 47
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy

Tech Sergeant Fred V. Clutter

Headquarters Company, 304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division

Hometown: Smethport

Died of wounds 19 March 1945, Kesten, Germany

Buried: Plot B, Row 5, Grave 12
Luxembourg American Cemetery,Luxembourg

Awarded the Silver Star posthumously for distinguishing himself by gallantry in action. During the crossing of the Mosel River a soldier became wounded in a mine field. Sgt. Clutter volunteered to assist and lead the evacuation party which he rowed across the river in a boat to a point near the position of the wounded soldier. He jumped from the boat and began clearing a path to the man. When he discovered evacuation could be effected only by litter, he began to clear a space in which the litter could be placed. While probing this area he accidentally set off a mine and was mortally wounded.

Staff Sergeant Anthony P. Colestro

Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action 14 February 1943, Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia, North Africa

Buried: Section G, Site 4
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
Repatriated: 21 November 1949

Tech Sergeant Frank J. Colestro

Flight Engineer, 333rd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action 6 October 1944, Over Germany
Age: 25

Buried: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 74
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

Lieutenant Robert C. Corey

Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 267th Base Unit, 2nd Army Air Force
Woodward Army Air Field, OK

Hometown: Mt. Jewett

Died Non-Battle: 23 July 1944

Killed while bailing out of his P-40N aircraft due to fire, near Fargo, Oklahoma

Private Amos K. Cottrell

51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Hometown: Rixford

Killed in action 31 March 1945, Germany
Age: 21

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

First Lieutenant Carl E. Crouse

Navigator, 566th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, Heavy

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action 6 June 1944, Over England

Buried: Plot E, Row 4, Grave 16
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

B-24 Bomber exploded during take-off, killing entire crew instantly

Private First Class Dale J. Culver

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Died 29 September 1942, England

Buried: Plot F, Row 1, Grave 51
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

Private First Class Daniel J. Daugherty

803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Hometown: Duke Center

Missing in action 8 April 1942
Corregidor Island, Philippines

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines

Second Lieutenant James B. Davies

Bombardier,
705th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy

Hometown: Bradford

Missing in action 25 August 1944, Over North Sea

Tablets of the Missing
Cambridge American Cemetery, England

On 25 August 1944, 36 bombers hit the Heinkel Aero engine plant in Rostock, Germany. Davies was on the B-24 "Happy Go Lucky" when it suffered engine failure and crashed into the North Sea,
with all ten men aboard.

Staff Sergeant Anthony W. "Bib" DeLucia

375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action 31 August 1944, China
Age: 24

Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford
Group memorial: Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Repatriated: 3 August 2000

DeLucia was an engineer and first saw duty overseas in North Africa before transferring to China. A 1944 War Department report said the B-24 bomber, with a crew of 10 aboard, took off at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 31, 1944, from a 14th Air Force base at Liuchow, China. This was DeLucia's 24th birthday, he and nine other airmen were reported missing when their B-24 did not return from a raid on Japanese ships in Formosa. In 1996, Chinese farmers found wreckage of the plane while searching for herbs on 7,000-foot Kitten Mountain in Guangxi Province, near Vietnam. Three years of crash site investigation accounted for all ten men by forensic scientists at the Defense Department’s laboratory in Hawaii.

Sergeant Robert A. DePrater

449th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium

Hometown: Bradford

Missing in action 11 May 1943 over the Pacific
Age: 23

Tablets of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii

Private First Class William P. Desmond

56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action 17 January 1945
Age: 37

Buried: Plot C, Row 11, Grave 66
Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

Private First Class Herbert R. Dolaway

126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division

Hometown: Port Allegany

Killed in action 13 March 1945
Luzon, Philippines
Age: 20

Buried: Plot A, Row 2, Grave 175
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines