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Richard Holmes Boynton
(1925-1996)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Served in Okinawa with an amphibious tractor battalion
- Served with the amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines.
- Class of 1942
Service WWII
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Thomas Russell Crane
(1924 -1944)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- A gunner on a B-24 Bomber, he was the holder of the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
- Killed in Action over Germany while on his 25th mission, November 26, 1944
- Interment ~ Ardennes American Cemetery, Nuepre, Belgium
- Class of 1942
Service WWII
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Harvey Gerald Crush, Sr.
b1923
- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Stationed at Matagarda Island, Foster Field, Texas
- Class of 1942
Service WWII
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- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Technician - Fifth Grade
- Deployed: Pacific Theater
- Basic training with an anti-aircraft unit at Camp Stewart, Ga.
- Machine gunner stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Stationed Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
- Awarded American Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, Good Conduct & WWII Victory Medal
- Class of 1942
Service 1943 - 1946
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Charles Pitman Hampton, Jr.
(1925-2008)
- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Received the silver wings of an Army Air Forces pilot
- Flight officer sworn in at Napier Field, Alaska
- Attended the Lodwick School of Aeronautics, Lakeland, Florida
- Class of 1942
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Paul George Harris
(1924-2007)
- U.S. Navy
- World War II
- Aviation Machinist's Mate 3/c
- Awarded an Air Medal for outstanding airmanship and meritorious achievement
- Served as a crew of a PB3Y-1 bomber in the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel
- Class of 1942
Service 1942-1946 |
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Jay Franklin Marts
(1922-2001)
- U.S. Army Air Corps
- World War II, Korea, Vietnam
- Lt Col
- Fighter Pilot
- Served with the 339th Fighter Group, Fowlmere, England
- Interment ~ Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Class of 1942
Service: 1942-1946; reserves - total 21 years
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John Hubert McCoubrie, Jr.
(1924-1997)
- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Aviation cadet at Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah
- Combat aerial navigator at Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas
- Served with the 15th AAF B-24 Liberator group in Italy
- Class of 1942
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Walter Springer Norton, Jr.
(1924-1995)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- POW - Prisoner of the Germans for 108 days
- Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 51-09
- European Theatre: Germany
- Class of 1942
Service: October 1943 - July 1945
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Eugene Edward O'Brien
(1921 - 1978)
(Mr. Sean O'Brien's grandfather)
- U.S. Navy
- World War II
- 1st Gunners Mate
- Interment ~ Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1942
Service 1944-1951
James O'Brien (father of Eugene O'Brien)
Service WWI
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Irwin Oscar Olinger
(1925-2004)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Served in Germany with the First Division of the First Army
- Awarded the Purple Heart
- Class of 1942
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Ralph F. Ormsby
b1923
- U.S. Navy
- Stationed at Marr Island, California
- Class of 1942
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Ralph W. Pancoast, Jr.
(1924-1994)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Stationed somewhere in France
- Interment ~ East View Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1942
Service 1943 - 1946
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Carl Francis Pankok
(1924-1945)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Sergeant
- Assigned to the coast Artillery in Fort Bliss, Texas; transferred to the 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division
- Reported as Missing in Action on January 4, 1945, during the "Battle of the Bulge"
- Awarded the Purple Heart
- Death Date: March 15, 1945
- Interment ~ Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium
- Class of 1942
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Commendations:
Purple Heart
Combat Infantryman Badge
Marksmanship Badge
World War II Victory Medal
American Campaign Medal
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Army Good Conduct Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
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- U.S. Army Air Corps
- World War II
- Basic training at the Army Air Base, Amarillo, Texas
- Attended the AAF Navigation School at the San Marcos Army Air Field
- Stationed at Camp Harshan, near New Orleans, La.
- Deployed to England
- Navigator, 8th Air Force
- Awards: Silver Wings as an Aerial Navigator & Commission in the Army Air Forces American Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal & Distinguished Unit Badge.
- Class of 1942
Service 1943-1946 |
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Andrew Rhea, Jr.
(1924 - 2011)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- Stationed with anti-aircraft units at Camp Stewart, Ga. & Fort Bliss, Texas
- Served with an armored field artillery battalion at Camp Shelby, Miss.
- Interment ~ Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Salem, NJ
- Class of 1942
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- U.S. Army Air Force
- World War II
- Pilot training at Maxwell Field, Ala.
- Served 44 months as a WWII pilot and B24 Instructor
- Served 12 months in China Burma, India transporting fuel in the Philippine Islands
- Class of 1942
Service 1940 - 1946
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Paul J. Sickler
(1925-1944)
- U.S. Army
- World War II
- 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
- MIA, declared KIA in France on June 22, 1944
- Awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart
- Memorialized: Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mur, France
- Class of 1942
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Richard F. Young
b1925
- U.S. Navy
- World War II
- Rank - Photographer's Mate 3/c
- Photographer with JICPOA (Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Area) and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Tokyo, Japan
- Class of 1942
Service 1943-1946
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