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" Every man's life ends the same way " It is only the details of how he lived,
and how he died,
that distinguish one man from another !
Ernest Hemingway
All weblinks within this document are hightlighted in " Bright Blue "
INCLUDING:
" Ships ~ Military Divisions ~ and More for your historical research ! "
Thursday,
" July 13, 2023 "
( Originally created in April, 2014 )
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The following list was created in the memory of the brave men and women from " Lamoille County, Vermont " that " Gave Their All " for their State and Country during World War II. Soldiers, Sailors and Merchant Marines, are all included on this listing.There are personal " Online Memorials " for each of these honored men and women that were created for them by using the " Find A Grave Website ". On the " Majority " of the online memorials you will see a small biography for each soldier which may include:
Parent's, Grandparent's & Sibling's Names,
where & when they were born,
where they grew up,
when & where they enlisted in the service,
the military unit they were part of,
" AND "
where and how they actually died during the war !If you see one without a biography, picture, or you have more information on them please send me an Email at russpickde@comcast.net - ( or by clicking here )
I'll update their records as quickly as possible .....
Lamoille County had a total of:
" 30 "
Soldiers and Sailors who
"Gave Their All"
during World War II !
Also Please Note: The records show these men and women as either enlisting, being originally from, or having strong ties to Franklin County. Therefore some of these soldiers may not necessarily be from the particular county noted.
On some of the records you will note that the "Cemetery/Memorial" column shows "unknown". If you know where any of these men or women are interred please let me know by sending me an "email - (by clicking here)" and I'll insure that the information is noted for their record.
Whether a soldier or sailor was " Killed In Action ", " Missing In Action ",
" Died of Wounds ", or even died in the " Line Of Duty " ......
They are all
" HEROES "
in my book and deserve all the recognition they can get !!
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Anne ~ Barb Destromp ~ Jen Snoots
For their great help locating burials, taking photos,
" Vermont ! "
For their great help locating burials
" Nationwide ! "
" and " record updates For Soldiers & Sailors from
" and " record updates For Soldiers & Sailors
AM = Awarded the " Air Medal " ~ ( Meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. )
AM+ = Awarded " Multiple Air Medals " ~ ( Noted as Oak Leaf Clusters attached to " First " Air Medal. )
BS = Awarded the " Bronze Star " ~ ( 4th highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service )
BS+ = Awarded multiple " Bronze Stars " ~ ( Noted as Oak Leaf Cluster attached to " First " Bronze Star. )
DFC = Awarded the " Distinguished Flying Cross " ~ ( Awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. )
DSC = Awarded the " Distinguished Service Cross " ~ ( 2nd highest award for extreme gallantry and risk of life. )
DSM = Awarded the " Distinguished Service Medal " ~ ( Awarded for Exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States. )
FDC = Awarded the " Croix de Guerre " ~ ( Awarded by France for those soldiers who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism. )
LOM = Awarded the " Legion Of Merit " ~ ( Awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. )
MM = Awarded the " Mariner's Medal " ~ ( Awarded to the Merchant Marines for being wounded or killed in action )
MM* = Awarded the " Mariner's Combat Bar " ~ ( Awarded to Merchant Mariners who have been in combat action )
MM** = Awarded the " Mariner's Combat Bar Star " ~ ( Combat Star's awarded to those who are forced to abandon ship when attacked )
MDS = Awarded the " Mariner's Distinguished Service Medal " ~ ( Awarded for " Heroism Beyond the Call of Duty ". )
MOH = Awarded the " Medal Of Honor " ~ ( Highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. )
NC = Awarded the " Navy Cross " ~ ( 2nd highest military decoration for valor that may be awarded to a member of the Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard. )
PH = Awarded the " Purple Heart " ~ ( Awarded for being wounded in action. )
PH+ = Awarded " Multiple Purple Hearts " ~ ( Noted as Oak Leaf Clusters attached to " First " Purple Heart. )
POW = Awarded the " Prisoner Of War Medal " ~ ( Awarded for serving as a Prisoner of the enemy. )
PUC = Awarded a " Presidential Unit Citation " ~ ( Awarded to a unit for heroism or extraordinary achievement. )
SM = Awarded the " Soldier's Medal " ~ ( Awarded for distinguished heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy )
SS = Awarded the " Silver Star " ~ ( 3rd highest award, awarded for gallantry in action )
Other Medals
Such as Good Conduct, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, American Defense Service Medals, etc. " Are Not " included in this listing.
= Photo of person shown on online memorial
= Photo of tombstone or listing shown on online memorial
N/A ~ ( in any field ) = not applicable
An " * " shown behind the " Place Of Passing " = ( Biography created by Russ Pickett )
Cenotaph = A memorial stone only, remains not recovered or possibly interred somewhere unknown.
Those Included: = Died during the war ~ " December 7, 1941 " through " September 2, 1945 ".
( Some others have been included that died close to the war's end possibly from wounds or illiness )
~ Those letters shown in " Bright Blue " below have soldiers & sailors listed for this county ~
~ Those letters shown in " Red " below have no soldiers or sailors listed for this county ~
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Alexander, Bruce F. ~ POW - PH ~ Cabanatuan
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Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Died While POW " ~ ~ ~ November 13, 1942 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Philippines |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Baker, Robert G. ~ PH ~ Italy * |
First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 85th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ September 15, 1944 |
View Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Morrisville, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Brosseau, Gerald H. ~ PH ~ France
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First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 4th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ June 15, 1944 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Hyde Park, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Coache, Arcand H. ~ PH ~ Italy * |
First Class |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ June 1, 1944 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Burlington, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " | |
Conrad, Wilbert Leon, Jr. ~ DSC - PH ~ Okinawa
*~ ~ ~ He was " 1 " of appx. " 12,500 " U.S. Soldiers / Sailors that perished at " Okinawa " ! Lieutenant Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 7th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army ~ ~ ~ " Died Of Wounds " ~ ~ ~ April 15, 1945 ~ ~ ~ Battle of " Okinawa " Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Lunenburg, Vermont Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Dewey, George Sidney ~ PH ~ Italy
" Family Link Included " |
Fourth Grade |
Regiment ~ ~ ~ 1st Special Services ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ December 3, 1943 |
National Cemetery ~ ~ ~ East Farmingdale, New York |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Douglass, Dayton K. ~ N/A ~ unknown |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ 1943 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Eden, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " | ||
Dyke, Gerald G. ~ PH ~ Italy * |
Artillery Battalion ~ ~ ~ 1st Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 10, 1943 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Italy |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Flanders, Pearl H. ~ PH ~ Solomon Islands
" Family Link Included " |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 43rd Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 15, 1943 |
View Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Lamoille, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " | |
Fournier, Roger S. ~ PH ~ France
" Family Link Included " |
Fifth Grade |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 83rd Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 27, 1944 |
Blood Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Gates, Richard Oscar ~ AM+ - PH ~ Adriatic Sea *~ ~ ~ The " 1 "other crewman that perished with him is linked on his record ! |
Lieutenant ~ ~ ~ Bombardier |
# 42-52614 ~ ~ ~ 725th Bomber Squadron ~ ~ ~ 451st Bomber Group ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army Air Force |
~ ~ ~ " Missing In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 31, 1944 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Italy ~ ~ ~ Cenotaph |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Gibbs, Mary Louise ~ N/A ~ Vermont
~ ~ ~ " Mary " was killed in a Bus crash in Burlington, Vermont ! |
~ ~ ~ U.S. Army Air Force |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ June, 1943 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Stowe, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " | |
Gomo, Urban C. ~ PH ~ unknown
" Family Link Included " |
First Class | ~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ 1945 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Jeffersonville, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Kellogg, Roger Gates ~ N/A ~ South Dakota
~ ~ ~ The " 10 " crewman that perished with him are linked on his record ! ~ ~ ~ " Sgt. Lawrence D. Burbank " of Caledonia County, VT also peerished on the same B-17 ! |
Sergeant ~ ~ ~ Flight Engineer |
# 42-5112 ~ ~ ~ 543rd Bomber Squadron ~ ~ ~ 383rd Bomber Group ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army Air Force |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ May 22, 1943 |
View Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Morrisville, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Kneeland, Raymond Marston ~ POW - PH ~ Philippines * |
Fifth Grade |
Bomber Squadron ~ ~ ~ 27th Bomber Group ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army Air Force |
~ ~ ~ " Died While POW " ~ ~ ~ June 5, 1942 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Philippines |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Lapan, Howard D. ~ PH ~ Europe * |
First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 9th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Died Of Wounds " ~ ~ ~ March 1, 1945 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Belgium |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Laraway, Cedric Charles ~ PH ~ France
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First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 79th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ November 17, 1944 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ France |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Lunn, Richard C. ~ PH ~ Mediterranean
" Family Link Included "
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Mate 1st Class |
tribute page for the : ~ ~ ~ |
~ ~ ~ " Missing In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 10, 1944 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Italy ~ ~ ~ Cenotaph |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Mansfield, Tracy Henry ~ PH ~ Pacific *
~ ~ ~ " Tracy " was a survivor from the " U.S.S. Langley " which was "Scuttled" on February 27, 1942 ~ ~ He perished in the sinking of the Pecos ! |
First Class ~ ~ ~ Passenger |
( AO-6 ) ~ ~ ~ Ship Sunk ~ ~ ~ U.S. Navy |
~ ~ ~ " Missing In Action " ~ ~ ~ March 1, 1942 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Philippines ~ ~ ~ Cenotaph |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Mayo, Hollis W. ~ PH ~ Solomon Islands
" Family Link Included " |
First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 43rd Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ July 29, 1943 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Bakersfield, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
McCuin, Gordon C. ~ PH ~ France * |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 4th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ June 9, 1944 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ France |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Phelps, Chester William ~ N/A ~ Pacific * |
Sergeant |
Signal Company ~ ~ ~ Signal Corps ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ July 1, 1943 |
Memorial Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Honolulu, Hawaii |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Powell, Charles Frank, Jr. ~ PH ~ Iwo Jima
~ ~ ~ He was " 1 " of " 6,863 " U.S. Soldiers / Sailors that perished at " Iwo Jima " ! |
Marine Regiment ~ ~ ~ 4th Marine Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Marine Corps |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ February 25, 1945 ~ ~ ~ Battle of " Iwo Jima " |
Cambridge Cemetery ~ ~ ~ South Cambridge, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " | |
Putnam, Reginald L. ~ PH ~ Germany * |
First Class |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 94th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ February 27, 1945 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Luxembourg |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Rogers, Royal R. ~ PH ~ Germany
" Family Link Included " |
First Class |
Artillery Battalion ~ ~ ~ 1st Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Died Of Wounds " ~ ~ ~ October 24, 1944 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Belgium |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Sabin, Merle W. ~ PH ~ Germany
" Family Link Included " |
Sergeant |
Infantry Regiment ~ ~ ~ 4th Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ February 6, 1945 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Wolcott, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Sherman, Donald G." Family Link Included " |
Fifth Grade |
Medical Collecting Company ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ April 27, 1945 |
American Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Italy |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Titus, Wilbur Leon ~ N/A ~ Scotland *
" Family Link Included "
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Officer ~ ~ ~ Passenger |
# 41-29369 ~ ~ ~ 97th Troop Carrier Squadron ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army Air Force |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ July 23, 1945 |
View Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Johnson, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
Touchette, Ernest A. ~ N/A ~ North Carolina *
" Family Link Included " |
~ ~ ~ " Line Of Duty " ~ ~ ~ February 7, 1944 |
Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Stowe, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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Last Name - First Name - Middle Name Notes |
Rank |
of Service |
~ ~ ~ Cause of Death ~ ~ ~ Date Of Passing |
Memorial |
Memorial ~ ~ ~ Click Below |
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Ward, Walter S. ~ PH ~ Germany *
" Family Link Included " |
Artillery Battaliion ~ ~ ~ 2nd Infantry Division ~ ~ ~ U.S. Army |
~ ~ ~ " Killed In Action " ~ ~ ~ February 3, 1945 |
View Cemetery ~ ~ ~ Morrisville, Vermont |
Memorial " Click Here " |
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( russpickde@comcast.net )