150. MacKay, William C. |
Maritime Service Ensign |
4-30-1944 |
| 1571 Victoria Avenue |
North Atlantic |
H.S.1935 |
Ensign William MacKay was awarded the Mariner's Medal as a result of
his service. He was serving as the 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard a Liberty
ship when they encountered the enemy and the ship was sunk. |
151. Madsen Norman P. |
Navy Ensign |
12-6-44 |
| 1440 Riverside Drive |
South Pacific |
H.S.1940 |
Ensign Norman Madsen was killed in action in the South Pacific, December
6, 1944. |
|
152. Manwell, Thomas |
AAF S/Sgt. |
2-25-1945 |
| 15112 Clifton Blvd. |
Italy |
|
Sgt. Thomas Manwell received the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
He served as an aerial gunner on a B-25 Mitchell bomber and was killed
over Italy. He was with the 12th Air Force. |
153. Marcks, Robert L. |
Army Pvt. |
8-3-1943 |
| 14818 Hilliard Road |
New Georgia |
|
Pvt. Robert Marcks fought with the 37th Division. He was killed August
3, 1943 on New Georgia Island in the Solomons. Pvt. Marcks' brother-in-law
was serving in the same company and saw him fatally wounded. |
154. Matsko, Andrew A. |
Army Pvt. |
12-29-1944 |
| 2026 Lark Street |
Belgium |
|
After seeing action in Sicily and Italy Pvt. Andrew Matsko was considered
s veteran combat fighter. He was serving in Belgium when he was killed
just a few days after Christmas. He never saw his sixteen-month-old daughter
Carol Sue. |
155. Matter, Joseph F. |
Army S/Sgt. |
12-27-1944 |
| 1212 Edwards Avenue |
France |
H.S.1942 |
|
Sgt. Joseph Matter was with the Armored Infantry in France when he was
killed on December 27, 1944. Sgt. Matter was studying to be a minister
at Wittenberg College when he joined the army. |
156. McCarthy, Daniel E. |
Navy Seaman 1/c |
11-30-1943 |
| 1492 Northland Avenue |
California |
|
|
Seaman Daniel McCarthy died in a naval hospital on Thanksgiving Day
in 1943. He died of an infection he contracted while assigned to a base
in California. |
157. McCoy, Paul H. |
Army Pfc. |
5-7-1945 |
| 14704 Bayes Avenue |
Okinawa |
Wd.H.S.1931 |
|
Pfc. Paul McCoy participated in the invasions of Guam, Leyte, and Ie
Shima. He had been overseas for 20 months. Pfc. McCoy was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He died of wounds
he received on May 7, 1945. |
|
158. McDermott, John M. |
Army S/Sgt. |
12-25-1944 |
| 2025 Wascana Avenue |
Europe |
H.S.1942 |
|
Sgt. John McDermott was killed in Europe on Christmas day in 1944. He
was attached to the 66th Infantry Division. |
159. McGinty, William Donald |
Army Sgt. |
4-6-1945 |
| 11918 Franklin Blvd. |
Germany |
Wd.H.S.1941 |
|
Sgt. William McGinty was killed in Germany on April 8, 1945. He was
serving with an assault platoon attached to the 11th Armored Division
of the 3rd Amy. |
160. McGorray, James W. |
Marines Sgt. |
7-30-1944 |
| 1574 Coutant Avenue |
Tinian |
|
Sgt. James McGorray died in the southwest Pacific on Tinian a part of
the Marianas. |
161. McGraw, Thomas M., Jr. |
AAF S/Sgt. |
2-28-1945 |
| 2126 Elbur Avenue |
Austria |
H.S.1937 |
Sgt. Thomas McGraw was a radio gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber. He
failed to return from his 20th mission. Attached to the 15th Air Force,
he had been based in Italy and was decorated with the Air Medal with an
Oak Leaf Cluster. |
162. McIntyre, Roemer, Jr. |
Army Sgt. |
4-14-1945 |
| 1516 Lakewood Avenue |
Germany |
H.S.1943 |
Sgt. Roemer McIntyre went overseas as a member of a communications unit
attached to the 343rd Infantry. He was overseas less than two months when
he wrote home that he was homesick. Sgt. McIntyre was awarded the Silver
Star for gallantry in action in Germany. The citation in part states:
"On April 14, 1945, when he was menaced by a sniper firing from a high
cliff, Sgt. McIntyre, of his own volition, set out to locate the enemy
soldier. As he approached the source of the rifle fire, he was wounded
by the determined sniper. Rising to his feet, Sgt. McIntyre although suffering
intense pain, doggedly pressed forward. Two more bullets entered his body
and he fell mortally wounded. His exhibition of courage, initiative, and
resourcefulness are worthy of high praise." He was also awarded the Purple
Heart posthumously. |
163. NcNally, John E. |
AAF T/Sgt. |
2-21-1944 |
| 1222 Hall Avenue |
Colorado |
|
Sgt. John McNally was killed in a plane crash near the Pueblo Army Air
Base in Colorado. His plane crashed into a mountain during a heavy snow
storm. Of the fifteen planes flying in formation, his was the only one
which crashed. |
164. McNash, Capel W. |
Navy Air Lt. |
12-16-1944 |
| 1188 Andrews Avenue |
South Pacific |
H.S.1932 |
Lt. Capel McNash was killed in action in the South Pacific. Lt. McNash
was an inventor and had 17 patents in his name, including the electrotype
- a typewriter which could be used as a teleprinter operating on radio
signals. He volunteered for service as an apprentice seaman just after
Pearl Harbor and was promoted to Lieutenant a few months before he was
killed. |
165. McNeela, Robert Thomas |
Navy Radio/Petty Officer |
7-4-1944 |
| 1522 Elbur Avenue |
Oahu |
|
The Submarine S-28 was reported sunk July 4, 1944 in the South Pacific
and all hope for the sixty men was abandoned. Robert McNeela was aboard. |
166. Meder, Robert J. |
AAF 1st Lt. |
12-11-1943 [Doolittle Raid] |
| 1622 Elmwood Avenue |
Tokyo |
H.S.1935 |
Lt. Robert Meder was a pilot. He was missing in action after a raid
on Tokyo and other Japanese cities April 18, 1942. He was taken prisoner
and died of beri-beri and dysentery, December 11, 1943 in a Japanese prison
camp. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The citation read
in part, "extraordinary achievement while participating in a highly destructive
raid on the Japanese mainland, April 18, 1942. Lt. Meder volunteered for
the mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely
remote." |
167. Meeker, Robert F. |
AAF Capt. |
3-27-1945 |
| 1053 Abbieshire Avenue |
Coral Sea |
H.S.1939 |
Capt. Robert Meeker was a pilot of an A-20 Havoc and had participated
in 100 hours of operational flight missions over enemy held territory.
These operations consisted of bombing missions against enemy airdromes
and installations on enemy naval vessels and shipping. His courage and
devotion to duty displayed during these flights earned Capt. Meeker an
Air Medal for meritorious achievement. He was lost in a typhoon over the
Coral Sea while flying as a passenger to the Philippines from Australia
on March 27, 1945. He had flown 87 missions in New Guinea and the Philippines
and acted as flight leader of an A-20 light bombardment squadron. Capt.
Meeker was awarded a number of Oak Leaf Clusters, because of the several
rescue missions he flew, over the New Guinea jungles searching for downed
fliers. |
168. Meyers, Paul C. |
Navy Petty Officer |
| 2156 Wascana Avenue |
Coral Sea |
Petty Officer Paul Meyers was a gunner. He lost his life in the Coral
Sea. |
169. Michno, Arthur R. |
Navy Seaman |
7-30-1945 |
| 2042 Lark Street |
Leyte |
|
The U.S.S. Indianapolis was the flagship of the Fifth Fleet and was
selected to deliver the atomic bombs to Tinian before they were dropped
on Japan. After delivering the bombs, the Indianapolis was torpedoed and
sunk on July 30, 1945 by a Japanese submarine. The sinking of the Indianapolis
was the greatest sea disaster in U. S. Navy history. It was also the last
major ship lost in World War II. Seaman Arthur Michno was aboard. |
170. Mihala, Edward |
Army Pfc. |
6-29-1944 |
| 2070 Arthur Avenue |
France |
|
Pfc. Edward Mihala was killed in France while serving in the infantry. |
171. Mikulec, Milan J. |
AAF 2nd Lt. |
10-20-1944 |
| 1499 Lakewood Avenue |
South Dakota |
H.S.1940 |
Lt. Milan Mikulec was on the last test flight before going overseas
when the plane he was aboard crashed. He was training to be a bombardier
and was one of three airmen killed, October 20, 1944 near Lemmon, South
Dakota. |
172. Miller, James A. |
Army Cpl. |
9-17-1943 |
| 1551 Larchmont Avenue |
New Georgia Island |
|
"I just know that Jim did something wonderful -- he was the type that
would only die doing something heroic," said Mrs. Kathryn W. Miller, wife
of Cpl. James A. Miller in a Cleveland Plain Dealer interview. She was
right! Cpl. James Miller was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for
heroism. It was awarded for "extraordinary heroism on July 17, 1943, when
Cpl. Miller and 12 other men out fought a 150-man Japanese raiding party.
Cpl. Miller was stationed as a guard near a supply dump on the beach.
He had volunteered for the hazardous duty knowing that it might cost his
life. He courageously waited until the enemy was almost upon him before
firing a series of bursts at close range. The result was a virtual ambush
of the hostile forces. Cpl. Miller lost his life in a bitter hand-to-hand
encounter when the Japanese were storming his position. |
173. Miller, James Dorn |
Navy Air Lt. |
9-2-1943 |
| 2029 Chesterland Avenue |
Pacific |
|
Lt. James D. Miller was a navy pursuit plane pilot. He was killed in
action in the Pacific war theater. |
174. Miller, Richard S. |
Army Pfc. |
7-20-1944 |
| 2132 Eldred Avenue |
France |
|
Pfc. Richard Miller served with an armored division and was killed in
France July 20, 1944. |
175. Mitchell, James H. |
AAF 2nd Lt. |
6-15-1942 |
| 1533 Elmwood Avenue |
California |
|
Lt. James Mitchell crashed his disabled plane at the cost of his own
life to save 200 men in a hangar. He received the Distinguished Flying
Cross in part for "the courageous self-sacrifice in deliberately crashing
to avoid hitting a hangar in which soldiers were working." |
176. Montagu, John V. |
Navy Aviation Ordance 1/c |
3-19-1945 |
| 1383 Bonnieview Avenue |
Pacific |
|
John Montagu served aboard the U.S.S. Franklin. On March 19, 1944 while
launching her aircraft, an enemy dive bomber came out of the clouds and
scored hits with two five hundred pound armor-piercing bombs. John was
among those who lost his life in the Pacific on that day. His body was
never found. |
177. Moran, William E., Jr. |
Sgt. |
4-19-1949 |
| 1407 Riverside Drive |
|
|
Sgt. Moran was killed in action. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
He was nineteen years old. |
178. Mortenson, Carl Albert |
AAF Lt. |
|
| 1343 Kenilworth Avenue |
Marshall Islands |
H.S.1938 |
Lt. Carl Mortenson was a navigator. He was among the officers and men
decorated by Major General Willis Hale, Commanding General of the 7th
Army Air Force for taking part in aerial attacks on the Gilbert Islands.
Lt. Mortenson was awarded the Air Medal, with an Oak Leaf Cluster for
his effort. He never returned from a mission over Maloelap Island in the
Marshalls. |
179. Mularz, Edward J. |
Army Sgt. |
6-25-1944 |
| 3432 W. ll8th Street |
Burma |
H.S.1938 |
Sgt. Edward Mularz served with the engineers. He died of wounds received
while fighting on the Burma front. He never saw his son, who was just
eleven months old when he died. |
180. Murphy, Daniel J. |
AAF Lt. |
5-24-? |
| 1441 Robinwood Avenue |
Tokyo |
H.S.1934 |
Lt. Daniel Murphy was a flight engineer who taught aeronautics for two
years at Kessler Field, Mississippi, before he went overseas. He was based
in Guam and lost his life when the B-29 Superfortress crashed over Tokyo.
He was awarded the Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster and the Distinguished
Flying Cross. |
181. Nebel, Donald Edward |
AAF Pfc |
9-7-1946 |
| 1265 French Avenue |
U.S.A. |
|
Pfc. Donald Nebel was ill for more than fifteen months with Hodgkin's
Disease, which proved fatal. |
182. Neff, Carl |
Navy Seaman |
1-19-1943 |
| 2012 Wyandotte Avenue |
Illinois |
|
Seaman Carl Neff died while in training at the Great Lakes Training
Station. The funeral service was held at St. Clement Church and he is
buried in St. Mary's Cemetery. |
183. Nickel, Raymond F. |
Army 1st Lt. |
4-20-1945 |
| 14519 Lake Avenue |
Philippines |
|
Lt. Raymond Nickel fought at New Guinea, Mindoro, Leyte and Corregidor.
He served with the llth Airborne Division. Lt. Nickel was killed in action
in the Philippines on April 20, 1945. He had served four years at the
time of his death. |
184. O'Brien, Charles R., Jr. |
AAF Flight Officer |
2-26-1945 |
| 2343 Woodward Avenue |
Belgium |
|
Flight Officer O'Brien was attached to the 8th Air Force and based in
England. He was escorting heavy bombers back to Britain after a raid over
Berlin. In the vicinity of Hanover, Germany, Flight Officer O'Brien wiggled
the wings of his plane, apparently signaling that his radio communication
system was not functioning. Another fighter plane was ordered to escort
O'Brien's crippled plane. The other pilot was also reported missing. It
was believed that their P-51 Mustang fighter planes crashed in Belgium. |
185. Oesterle, Eugene C. |
Army Pfc. |
3-27-1945 |
| 1579 Northland Avenue |
Germany |
H.S.1943 |
Pfc. Eugene Oesterle was killed in Germany, March 27, 1945. He was an
infantryman in the 9th Army. |
186. Oldaker, Arch L. |
Army Capt. |
5-8-1942 |
| 1261 Cove Avenue |
Philippines |
|
Capt. Arch Oldaker was a doctor. He volunteered for duty in the Philippines.
After the fall of Bataan, he escaped to the hills of Luzon rather than
surrender to the Japanese. He died of malaria in the town of Hermosa,
Bataan, May 8, 1942, in the home of one of the Filipinos who had befriended
a group of American soldiers. He had gone there to give medical
aid to the soldiers. |
187. Oliver, Samuel N., Jr. |
Army Pfc. |
7-10-1944 |
| 1380 Riverside Drive |
France |
|
July 10, 1944, the American troops advanced south of La Haye-du-Puits.
The 4th, 9th and 83rd continued their offensive from the west. Pfc. Samuel
Oliver was killed in that action. He was a scout in Company 5 of the 331st
Infantry, 83rd Division and died in Normandy. |
188. Oller, George R. |
Marines Pfc. |
7-10-1943 |
| 2113 Quail Avenue |
New Georgia |
Wd. H.S.1939 |
Pfc. George R. Oller was nineteen years old when he was killed in action
in the southwest Pacific on New Georgia Island. Pfc. Oller had been in
the Marines for eighteen months and withdrew from his classes at Lakewood
High School to enlist. |
189. Olsen, Clarence S. |
Navy/Seabees Quartermaster |
1-8-1944 |
| 1428 Cordova Avenue |
New Guinea |
Wd.H.S.1932 |
The sound of gunfire had scarcely passed when Navy Seabees and Army
engineers bent relentlessly to the task or transforming the beachheads
into airfields. Quartermaster Clarence S. Olsen enlisted in a naval construction
battalion. He died January 8, 1944, while on construction duty with the
Seabees. |
190. Orchard, Fred S. |
AAF 1st Lt. |
12-25-1944 |
| 1500 Marlowe Avenue |
Austria |
H.S.1940 |
Lt. Fred Orchard was a pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber and assigned
to the 15th Air Force, 718th Bomber Squadron. He was flying his eighth
mission over Austria when he radioed that his plane was in distress. He
was awarded the Air Medal for the successful completion of five missions.
Lt. Orchard went overseas before his son was born and never saw him. He
had written home, "I hope I will be flying on Christmas day so I won't
miss home too much." |
191. Pariseau, Daniel H. |
Marines Pfc. |
7-?-1944 |
| 1582 Orchard Grove Avenue |
Saipan Island |
H.S.1938 |
Pfc. Daniel Pariseau died of wounds he received in action. He served
as a radio operator with the 4th marine Division during the battle of
Saipan. The objective was the usual one -- to land upon, seize, occupy
and defend Saipan, in order to deny the enemy the use of the Island. From
this base future offensives were mounted. The Marines fought long and
continuously against strongly entrenched and fiercely resisting troops. |
192. Parker, Neill Fuller |
Army Pfc. |
12-21-1945 |
| 2184 Mars Avenue |
Ohio |
H.S.1940 |
Pfc. Neill Parker was wounded twice while serving with the ll2th Combat
Engineers. He served in Ireland and England before landing on D-Day in
Normandy. He was sent home, but his wounds became more serious and he
died of lung disease on December 21, 1945. He received a Presidential
Citation. |
193. Parmelee, Charles E. |
AAF 1st Lt. |
9-10-1944 |
| 2177 Richland Avenue |
Belgium |
H.S.1937 |
Lt. Charles Parmelee was a pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane.
He was credited with shooting down at least 5 German planes in aerial
combat. He was also credited with the destruction of numerous trains,
barges, trucks and other enemy material. Two of his air victories were
scored within a matter of minutes when Lt. Parmelee single-handedly attacked
a formation of 25 German fighter planes near Paris. He wrote home, "I
am now more than half way through with my missions." Lt. Parmalee
died on Sept. 10, 1944, over Belgium. His wife was presented with the
Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters.
She was also given a solid silver engraved tankard honoring her husband,
because he had shot down the 300th plane by his group. Lt. Parmalee is
buried in Arlington Cemetery. |
194. Parnell, John A. |
Army Pvt. |
12-20-1944 |
| 1667 Elmwood Avenue |
Belgium |
|
At 5:30 a.m. on December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their counter-attack
in the Ardennes. It was better known to Americans as the Battle of the
Bulge. The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were dispatched to the front
December 17, 1944, at the very center of the German line of attack. It
was the last German major offensive and they had managed to assemble a
force of about 250,000 men. Pvt. John Parnell was there and died of wounds
he received on December 20, 1944. |
195. Patamson, Raymond K. |
Navy Mo.M.M. 3/c |
12-22-1945 |
| 2038 Quail Avenue |
Long Beach, California |
|
Raymond Patamson was aboard a Landing Ship-Medium (LSM) in both the
European and Pacific theaters. He was on his way home when he became ill,
and as a result died of dysentery in a hospital in California. In another
month he would have received his discharge. |
196. Patton, Robert A. |
Coast Guard Coxswain |
9-17-1944 |
| 2292 McKinley Avenue |
Atlantic |
H.S.1938 |
The Coast Guard cutter "Jackson" commanded by Lt. Norman Call (see above)
was lost in a hurricane off the east coast. They had gone out to attempt
the rescue of a Liberty ship that had been torpedoed by a submarine. The
Coast Guard became a part of the Navy one month before Pearl Harbor, but
its larger cutters had already been armed and were assigned the job of
protecting our convoys from enemy submarines in the Atlantic. The crew
of the "Jackson" was a part of this support team. Survivors of the storm
reported that the "Jackson" was caught by a tremendous sea which rolled
her over in a complete barrel turn before she sank. Only twenty exhausted
men of the forty-one-man crew were rescued. Robert A. Patton was one of
those lost at sea. |
197. Payne, Harold Gilson |
Navy Lt. |
Summer 1944 |
| (formerly Lakewood) |
Pacific |
H.S.1929 |
Lt. Harold Payne was killed in the Pacific during the summer of 1944. |
198. Peebles, Arthur F., Jr. |
Army 1st Lt. |
1-8-1945 |
| 12020 Lake Avenue |
Belgium |
H.S.1933 |
Lt. Arthur Peebles served in France with gallantry. He won the Silver
Star for leading a charge despite the fact he had been wounded. In leading
the charge he was wounded again. He died in Belgium, January 8, 1945,
and was buried there. He served in England, North Africa and took part
in the invasion of France. He fought with the 67th Armored regiment with
the 1st Army under General Hodges in its campaign through France and Belgium. |
199. Pennell, David G. |
Army Pfc. |
2-14-1945 |
| 1369 Cohassett Place |
Belgium |
|
Pfc. David Pennell served in a tank unit of the 3rd Army and was killed
in Belgium. |
200. Pfahl, Howard Lauffer |
Army Pfc. |
12-2-1944 |
| 1275 Marlowe Avenue |
Sarre Union, France |
|
December 2, 1944 General Patton's U.S. 3rd Army completed the capture
of its sector west of the Saar. Pfc. Howard Pfahl was killed in action
near Sarre Union, France on that date. He was serving with Company A,
l0lst Infantry, 26th Division of Patton's 3rd Army. His body was returned
to the United States and interred at Lakewood Park Cemetery, April 16,
1949. |
201. Pfeiffer, Latham Edward |
Navy Seaman 1/c |
11-9-1942 |
| 18098 Clifton Blvd. |
Atlantic |
H.S.1941 |
Seaman Latham E. Pfeiffer was nineteen years old when he died. It was
his brother Frank who had the duty of telling his parents of Latham's
death. The brothers were shipmates aboard a troop transport. Latham was
mortally wounded while participating in the landing of American forces
at Mehdia, French Morocco. Seaman Pfeiffer was a crew member of one of
the small vessels putting troops ashore. He was found unconscious on the
beach with a head wound and died several hours later. His brother, Frank,
saw him and reported to his family, "When we were ready to invade, I saw
Latham take his post with a landing ship and know he worked 28 hours,
making at least a half dozen trips ashore. Each time they hit the beach,
he was to man a machine gun. They found him lying near the gun." |
202. Powell, Glen Eugene |
Army Pvt. |
9-25-1944 |
| 1572 Parkwood Avenue |
France |
H.S.1943 |
Pvt. Glen Powell wrote home to his mother on September 15, 1944, that
he probably wouldn't be able to write again for a while. He was killed
during infantry fighting in France September 25, 1944. He was her only
son. |
203. Prok, Joseph |
Army Pfc. |
2-1-1944 |
| 1579 Winchester Avenue |
Luzon |
|
Pfc. Joseph Prok was serving with the 1st Cavalry Division when he was
killed in action on Luzon. |