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McKEAN
COUNTY
WORLD WAR II
Casualties
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Second
Lieutenant John Thomas
Company A, 382nd Infantry, 96th Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 29 October 1944, Leyte Gulf, Philippines
Age: 26
Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford
Repatriated: 18 February 1949 |
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Private
First Class Paul H. Thomas
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 17 November 1944, France
Age: 20
Buried: Plot B, Row
43, Grave 7
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
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Sergeant
George E. Thompson, Jr
700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, (H)
Hometown: Cyclone
Killed in action 29 November 1944
Age: 19
Group Burial: Section E, Site
288
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, KY
B-24 crashed twenty miles north
west of Paderborn, Germany, after loss of two engines. Five Prisoners
of War and Five Killed in Action.
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Private
First Class Frederick H. Trimble
Battery A, 566th Anti-Aircraft Artillery,
Automatic Weapons Battalion
Hometown: Kane
Died 12 July 1944, Camp Davis, NC
Age: 20
Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane |
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Private
First Class Clarence D. Tulley, Jr
Company H, 6th Marine Division
Hometown: Port Allegany
Killed in action 7 June 1945, Okinawa
Age: 21
Buried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Olean, NY
Repatriated: 6 April 1949 |
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Sergeant Walter M. Van Scoter
14th Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armored Division
Hometown: Eldred
Died of injuries 12 August 1944, Camp Campbell, KY
Age: 23
Buried: Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred |
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Private
First Class Richard E. Van Scoy
167th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 25 June 1945, Mindanao, Philippines
Age: 25
Buried: Plot A, Row 5, Grave
210
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
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Staff
Sergeant Francis L. Wagner
452nd Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium
Hometown: Bradford
Missing in action 4 April 1943, over North Africa
Tablets of the Missing, North
Africa American Cemetery,
Carthage, Tunisia
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Aviation
Cadet Donald C. Walker
Army Air Force
Hometown: Bradford
Died-Air Crash: 13 January 1945
Age: 19
Buried: Willow Dale
Cemetery, Bradford
The B-25 aircraft he was riding
in collided in air with a second plane at Moody Army Air Field,
GA
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Private
Walter R. Walters
Company L, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Killed in action 7 June 1944, Normandy, France
Age: 39
Buried:
Amity Cemetery, Newmansville, Clarion County, PA
Repatriated: 22 September 1948
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Private
First Class Basil K. Wamblade, Jr
6th Marine Division
Hometown: Kane
Missing in action 20 May 1945, Okinawa
Age: 20
Tablets of the Missing, Honolulu
Memorial, Hawaii
Enlisted in Marines at 17,
expert rifleman and leader of a flame thrower unit. He was last
seen during a heavy Japanese counter attack. He was listed as
missing and presumed dead on June 18, 1945.
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Sergeant
Elwood J. Allen Ward, Jr
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Kane
Missing In Action: 22 July 1944
Age: 26
Tablets
of the Missing, Sicily Rome American Cemetery, Italy
Bomber crashed into Adriatic
Sea
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Private
First Class Harry H. Weaver, Jr
Army Corps of Engineers
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 27 December 1943, Algiers, North Africa
Age: 21
Buried:
Plot C, Row 10, Grave 12
North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
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Sergeant
Gerald A. Webster
701 Bomber Squadron, 445 Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Bradford
Died 4 September 1943
Age: 21
Buried: Munderf Cemetery, Jefferson County,
PA
B-24E Bomber crashed four miles
SW of Moville, IA
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Private
Joseph Weidert
US Army
Hometown: Crosby
Committed suicide 4 May 1941, Camp Croft, SC
Age: 27
Buried: St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Smethport
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Tech
Sergeant Grant E. Weisenfluh
Company I, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Hometown: Bradford
Killed in action 7 August 1944, France
Age: 25
Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp
Repatriated: 6 April 1949 |
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Staff
Sergeant James C. Whyte
Company D, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Infantry Division
Hometown: Corydon Township
Killed in action 15 April 1945, Northern Italy
Age: 29
Buried: Plot a, Row 9, Grave
9,
Florence American Cemetery, Italy
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First
Lieutenant Robert B. Williams
402nd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Hometown: Bradford
Missing in action 7 March 1945
Age: 22
Tablets of the Missing, Manila
American Cemetery, Philippines
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Private
First Class Stanley D. Woodard
Company E, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Hometown: Bradford
Died of wounds 7 October 1944, Rimberg, Germany
Age: 27
Buried: Mansfield, PA
Repatriated: December 1947 |
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Private
Paul G. Wright
47th Bomber Squadron, 41st Bomber Group
Hometown: Bradford
Died 20 July 1942, Bomber crashed at Fresno, CA
Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford |
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Private
First Class Max Yancy
Company D, 702nd Tank Battalion
Killed in Action 15 September 1944
Age: 20
Buried: Section 2, Site 607
Gettysburg National Military Park
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Staff
Sergeant William C. Yanish
7th Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
Hometown: Smethport
Killed in action 15 September 1944, France
Age: 27
Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
Repatriated: 28 December 1948 |
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Private
First Class Anthony J. Zarnick
81st Infantry Division
Hometown: Kane
Killed in action 14 October 1944, Angaur Island, Philippines
Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
Repatriated: 10 February 1949 |
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