Chico
|
Last |
First |
Rank |
Branch |
Date |
Honors |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
David |
Lt |
Army Air |
28SEP1944 |
KIA B-17 shot down over Germany, Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters & Purple Heart |
|
|
|
Robert V |
Pfc |
Army |
29APR1943 |
|
DNB |
|
|
Carroll S |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
7SEP1942 |
Army pursuit plane crash near Florida Training Field |
|
|
|
John, Jr. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
15OCT1943 |
POW/MIA Died in Japanese prison camp |
DNB |
|
|
Robert E |
Pfc |
Army |
8NOV1945 |
Purple Heart, MIA Italy |
KIA |
|
|
Barnes |
Eugene |
Pvt |
Army Air |
SEP 1942 |
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|
| Barnes |
George B |
Pfc |
Army |
14NOV1944 |
Purple Heart, KIA France |
KIA |
|
Allan |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
8DEC44 |
P-38L Air Crash 2.5M WSW Hayward, CA |
|
|
|
James Todd |
1st Lt |
Army Air | 2MAY1944 |
MIA Air crash Italy |
MIA | |
|
Carl |
Sgt |
Army Air |
29MAY1944 |
KIA mid-air collision England |
KIA |
|
|
Binning |
George Henry |
S2C |
Navy |
25NOV1943 |
Purple Heart, Listed on the Tablets of the Missing
at Honolulu Memorial |
KIA/MIA |
|
Warren R. "Bob" |
Pvt |
Army |
7MAY1942 |
Died in the Philippines under the Japanese. |
DNB |
|
|
Bradford |
Henry F |
Pvt |
Army |
Durham DNB |
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Boyd |
George D |
Pvt |
Army |
25MAY1945 |
Died in Germany after VE Day |
DNB |
|
Brewer |
Charlies W |
Cadet |
Army Air |
16SEP43 |
BT-13A Air Crash 5 Mi SW Chico, CA |
|
|
Galen A |
SSgt |
Army Air |
4 FEB 1945 |
MIA B-24 lost over England, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart |
MIA |
|
|
Broyles |
Chester |
Lt |
Army Air |
JUN 1944 |
MIA |
|
|
Bruce |
Keith Chester |
Cadet |
Navy |
JUN 20 1942 |
Died in air crash, NAS Corpus Christi, TX, day before
graduation from flying school. |
|
|
Bryan |
Walter T |
Flt/O |
Army Air |
23OCT44 |
P-38L Air Crash 1 mi W of Chico AAF, CA |
|
|
George |
Pvt |
Army |
JUN 1942 |
Died as POW in Manila after fall of Corregidor |
|
|
|
Button |
Elmer LeRoy |
Cpl |
Marines |
16MAY45 |
Killed in South Pacific, Okinawa |
KIA |
|
Harley J |
Pvt |
Army |
16MAY42 |
Killed in New Guinea |
KIA |
|
|
Norman E |
Pfc |
Army |
23MAY45 |
Killed in Okinawa. Originally in National Guard "G" Co.. Published artist. |
KIA |
|
|
Frank L |
1st Lt |
Army |
6MAR1945 |
KIA Luzon |
KIA |
|
|
Caywood |
Clinton L |
2nd Lt |
Army |
1MAR43 |
Air crash in North Africa, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Chapman |
Ernest A |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23APR44 |
P39Q Air Crash 35 Mi NW Cheyenne, WY |
|
|
Chapman |
Ralph E |
TSgt |
Army |
19OCT42 |
Killed defending Alaska. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
Claflin |
Ralph B, Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19JUN44 |
P-63A Air Crash 2mi N of Chico AAF, Chico, CA |
|
|
Cole |
Willis W |
SSgt |
Army |
Lived in Durham |
FOD |
|
|
Lloyd Edward |
PO 3c |
Navy |
2SEP43 |
Killed in aviation accident |
|
|
|
Cummings |
John H |
TSgt |
Army |
17NOV44 |
Died of pneumonia during Battle of Leyte, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
|
|
Charles |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
|
Darling |
Stanley B |
TSgt |
Army |
26JUL1944 |
MIA over Austria |
FOD |
|
Darnell |
Floyd L. |
Sgt |
Marines |
|
|
|
|
Day |
Le Roy L |
Pvt |
Army |
11MAY1945 |
Infantryman 382nd Reg. Died in Okinawa, Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
DeMoss |
Robert |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Donnavan |
Gerald Miller |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Driscoll |
John |
Lt |
Army Air |
26SEP41 |
AT-6A Air Crash 10 mi NE of Chico, CA |
|
|
Duke |
Byron K Jr |
Flt/O |
Army Air |
8DEC44 |
P-38L Air Crash 2M W Princeton, CA |
|
|
Dunning |
Ray Hall |
Pfc |
Marine Reserve |
11JUN45 |
KIA Okinawa |
|
|
Englent |
James |
|
|
|
|
KIA |
|
Entler |
Paul L |
Tec5 |
Army |
18APR45 |
Killed in Germany, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Evans |
Robert M |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV45 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
|
|
Fink |
John Riley |
Cadet |
Army Air |
NOV 1943 |
Air crash while flight training at Williams Field, Higley, AZ |
DNB |
|
Fisher |
Harold C |
Pfc |
Army |
5FEB44 |
Died of wounds from Battle of Kwajalein. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
DOW |
|
Foster |
Gordon P |
SSgt |
Army |
19APR45 |
Killed in Okinawa. Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. Lived in Paradise and also shown on Paradise list. |
KIA |
|
Freitas |
Leonard |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Garmong |
Charles M |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
26 Apr 1945 |
BT-13B Air Crash 10 NE Folsom, CA |
DNB |
|
Garner |
Bill G |
Cadet |
Army Air |
7JAN44 |
BT-13A Air Crash 5 1/2 Mi NE Willows, CA |
|
|
Carl August |
Lt |
Army Air |
26MAY1945 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University, France |
MIA |
|
|
Gilbert |
Herman, Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
7 MAY 1943 |
Training accident 6 mi S of Hamilton City |
DNB |
|
Godbold |
William, Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
5 JUL 1943 |
Died of Illness |
|
|
Manuel John |
Pfc |
Army |
6NOV1944 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University, MIA Philippines |
|
|
|
Goodwin |
Eugene A |
Pvt |
Army |
3MAR45 |
Killed in Italy, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Gould |
Murry |
Cadet |
Army Air |
4 DEC 1942 |
Parachute accident |
|
|
Ashley M |
Capt |
Army Air |
27APR44 |
Pilot B-17, KIA over Belgium, Air Medal with 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
|
Habig |
Charles J |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
21MAR45 |
P-38L Air Crash 5M SW Red Bluff, CA |
|
|
Hansen |
Donald G |
TSgt |
Army |
3FEB44 |
KIlled in Kwajalein, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
Harding |
Robert Warren |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Harter |
Linus H Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
17DEC43 |
BT-13 Air Crash Aux Field No 1, CAAF, Chico, CA |
|
|
Hedlund |
Carroll A. |
Pfc |
Army |
MAR43 |
Killed in parachute training, Camden SC |
Richvale |
|
Charles Edgar |
PO 2c |
Navy |
May 1942 |
USS Atik, radioman, MIA |
Durham |
|
|
Hendricks |
Edgar A |
Army Air |
6DEC44 |
P-38L Air Crash Hayward AAF, CA |
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|
Hines |
William E Jr. |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
19MAR45 |
P-38L Air Crash 3M E Durham, CA |
|
|
Ross Eldon |
PO 2c |
Navy |
24 OCT 1944 |
POW USS Canopus, Corregidor & Bataan, Purple Heart, Pharmacist Mate |
DOD |
|
|
Hobson |
Grover |
2nd Lt |
Army |
6 JUN 1944 |
KIA D-Day Normandy coast |
|
|
Houghton |
Daniel J |
|
MM |
7 JAN 1943 |
KIA in south Pacific |
|
|
Jenkins |
Richard H Jr |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23APR44 |
P-39Q Air Crash 35 Mi NW Cheyenne, WY |
|
|
Phillip Loren |
PO 2c |
Navy |
18FEB1942 |
Metalsmith on USS Polux, MIA shipwreck |
|
|
|
Johnson |
Gordon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph |
Levon Richard |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Kemp |
James L |
2nd Lt |
Army |
JUL 1944 |
Signal Corps, Killed at Anzio, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Kendal |
Fred |
Capt |
Marines |
10 MAR 1945 |
KIA Iwo Jima, Silver star with gold star, Purple Heart with gold star |
KIA |
|
Kenecht |
John F |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
24MAR45 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
|
|
Knautz |
Richard L |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
7MAY43 |
BT-13 Air Crash 6 Mi S Hamilton City, CA |
|
|
Laham |
Edward W |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
9JUN44 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi E of Nelson, CA |
|
|
Richard Miles |
2nd Lt |
Army Air | 28MAR1943 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
MIA |
|
|
Lee |
Harold J |
SSgt |
Army |
Oct 1944 |
B-17 gunner, Killed over Germany, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Aaron Ralston |
S1c |
Navy reserve |
4 JAN 1945 |
Purple Heart |
MIA |
|
|
Mitchell M |
SSgt |
Army Air |
Radio Operator, Air Loss/Crash Munich, Germany |
KIA |
||
|
Little |
James Hubert |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Ray Brown |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
10OCT43 |
B-25 Pilot. MIA over North Africa |
DNB |
|
|
Lofgren |
Maurice A |
Capt |
Army Air |
30AUG43 |
Pilot, died flying over Europe. Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster |
Richvale/ Chico DNB |
|
Madison |
Wallace D |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
17JUL44 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi W of Chico AAF, CA |
|
|
March |
Hubert Roland |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
1942 |
Navigator on bomber. Air crash Natal, Brazil |
|
|
Marshall |
William H |
2nd Lt |
|
|
|
|
|
Martin |
Theodore Santiago |
PO 1c |
Navy |
26 MAR 1945 |
KIA Iwo Jima, Seebees |
|
|
McDaniel |
Robert H. |
Lt |
Army |
21FEB1945 |
Killed in France with 275th Reg. Silver Star, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
McLaughlin |
Richard S |
Cadet |
Army Air |
8 DEC 1943 |
Training plane crash 2 mi SW Hamilton City |
|
|
Vernon C |
PO 3c |
Navy |
1944 |
Machinist Mate, crew of submarine "Flier", lost MIA, Purple Heart |
|
|
|
McHenry |
Richard L |
Pfc |
Army |
Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
|
Meeks |
Kenneth W |
|
Army Air |
27JUL43 |
BT-13A Air Crash 2 Mi E Aux Field No 2, CA |
|
|
Meinberg |
Floyd M. |
Pfc |
Marine Reserve |
10NOV42 |
Killed at Guadalcanal, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Meyer |
Marx E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
22MAY44 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi NW of Chico AAF, CA |
|
|
Miller |
Harry "Bill" W, Jr. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
23JUL44 |
Died in aircraft accident in Central Pacific |
DNB |
|
Miller |
Marshall M. |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Moak |
David E. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moen |
Merland E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
15MAY44 |
P-39Q Air Crash Last seen between Farallones & Pescadero,CA |
|
|
Moffett |
Charles S |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV45 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
|
|
Gail Everett, Jr. |
Capt |
Army |
6MAY43 |
MIA in North Africa near Tunis |
FOD |
|
|
Morel |
Leo, L, Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
1SEP44 |
P-38L Air Crash 1 mi E of Orland, CA |
|
|
Morgan |
Earl A |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19FEB45 |
P-38L Air Crash 22M NW Barstow, CA |
|
|
Morie |
Clement L |
|
Army Air |
24MAR45 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
|
|
Mogensen |
Walter E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19FEB45 |
P-38L Air Crash 22M NW Barstow, CA |
|
|
William Frank |
PO 1c |
Navy |
|
Philippines |
MIA |
|
|
Noel |
Harold P |
Sgt |
Army |
Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
|
Nordale |
Arnold M |
Cadet |
Army Air |
|
Training accident near Vina |
DNB |
|
Norlie |
Merle O |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
18MAR44 |
Died in B-24 crash near Tucson, AZ |
DNB |
|
Kenneth James |
Maj |
Army Air |
15DEC44 |
POW on Japanese ship that was sunk in Subic Sea, Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
|
Raymond Hanley |
PO 2c |
Navy |
7APR1943 |
Machinist Mate, Lost at sea with entire crew aboard torpedoed USS Aaron Ward in Pacific |
KIA |
|
|
Oetgen |
John |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
7AUG44 |
P-63A Air Crash 2 mi W of Sutter, CA |
|
|
Oster |
Harold L |
|
Army Air |
24MAR45 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
|
|
Owocki |
Stanley S. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
5SEP43 |
Found dead at Storrie, CA. Was returning to Chico Air Field from furlough. |
|
|
Paich |
Frank John |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Parker |
Wilson Hall |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
George Sutton |
Capt |
Army Air |
19JUN1944 |
MIA |
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|
Petro |
Charles |
SSgt |
Army Air |
7DEC44 |
Propeller accident, Hayward AFB |
|
|
Arthur Donald |
MM1C |
Navy |
15DEC1945 |
MIA in the Pacific when USS Houston was sunk |
MIA |
|
|
Ponke |
Leo F |
SSgt |
Army |
24JUN1945 |
Died in air crash over Burma |
DNB |
|
Powell |
Wayne B |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV45 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
|
|
Pristavec |
Ernest J |
Pvt |
Army Air |
June 1942 |
Burns from gasoline explosion at Chico Air Field |
DNB |
|
Richard |
Cpl |
Army Air |
2 FEB 1945 |
B-24 crash between Azores & Bermuda |
MIA |
|
|
Randle |
Washington S |
|
Navy |
20JUN1943 |
Naval Trainee died from illness |
DNB |
|
Robert Merton |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
5DEC1945 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University, B-29 Pilot, Crashed in Tokyo Fay |
MIA | |
|
Ray |
Donald W |
1st Lt |
Army |
SEP 1945 |
Died of illness at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco |
DNB |
|
Richey |
Willis J |
Cadet |
Army Air |
25FEB44 |
BT-13 Air Crash 1/2 Mi N Chico AAF Aux 3, Vina, CA |
|
|
Ricker |
Edward |
2nd Lt |
Army |
9 JUN 1944 |
KIA Invasion of Normandy, Purple Heart |
|
|
Robinson |
Dennis (Red) |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19 JAN 1944 |
Air Transport Command, Air Crash in England |
DNB |
|
Rose |
Orville, Jr |
Cpl |
Army Air |
22MAR43 |
BT-13A Air Crash Into Sacramento River, 4 Mi SE Red Bluff Arpt |
|
|
Schulze |
Garnett "Dutch" |
TSgt |
Army |
MAY 1945 |
Killed on Okinawa. Two Bronze Stars. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. Also lived in Paradise. |
KIA |
|
Corbin Wilbur |
WOJG |
Army Air |
4JUL44 |
Drowned in the Adriatic Sea, Italy, while attempting to rescue another servicemen. Soldier's Medal |
DNB |
|
|
Alvin Walter |
Lt |
Navy Reserve |
MAY 1943 |
Navy PV-1 pilot. |
MIA |
|
|
Sitton |
Golden M. |
Sgt |
Marines |
22FEB45 |
KIA on Iwo Jima |
Durham |
|
Sloat |
Richard O |
Lt |
Marines |
1944 |
KIA Battle for Saipan |
|
|
Smith |
Dennis David |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Soehner |
Walter Herman |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Spreen |
Clarence F. |
|
Army |
|
Died in the Philipines. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. Also on Chico list. |
|
|
Robert |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
22MAY1943 |
B-17 Co-Pilot |
MIA |
|
|
Standridge |
Howard C |
Capt |
Army Air |
26APR45 |
BT-13B Air Crash 10M NE Folsom, CA |
|
|
Staple |
Henry G |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23 APR 1943 |
B-17 pilot, DNB |
|
|
Stegner |
James M |
|
Army |
30 APR 1942 |
KIA Corregidor |
|
|
Harold |
GSgt |
Marines |
1944 |
MIA Tarawa |
MIA |
|
|
Tazuk |
John |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Towry |
Charles R Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
15NOV44 |
P-38G Air Crash 10M NW Chico, CA |
|
|
Triplett |
Vernor M |
SSgt |
Army |
JUL 1945 |
KIA on Mindanao, Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Tupper |
Daryl |
Pvt |
|
26 FEB 1945 |
KIA Luzon |
|
|
Tuttle |
Frank D., Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
20NOV43 |
Pilot, Air crash near Wilson's Creek on East Coast of US |
DNB |
|
Tuttle |
Robert Earl |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Tyler |
Robert |
Lt |
USNR |
APR 1944 |
KIA in Atlantic |
|
|
Vanskaitis |
Frank E, Jr. |
Pvt |
Army |
5OCT1942 |
Died from illness. Chico AAF |
DNB |
|
Walker |
Melvin T |
Pfc |
Army |
23FEB45 |
Killed in Germany. Purple Heart |
KIA |
|
Wassum |
Warren Milford |
Pfc |
Army |
8OCT42 |
Accidental death on guard duty. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
DNB |
|
Watson |
Earl L. |
1stSgt |
Army |
4FEB44 |
Died at Kawjalein. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
West |
Thorne Grant |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Welch |
Thomas K |
SSgt |
Army Air |
MAR 1945 |
Tail Gunner. Killed over Belgium. Air Medal, 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
Wharton |
James Donald |
F2 |
Navy |
1JAN1941 |
Memorial gravestone @ Centerville Cemetery |
|
|
Whitford |
William R |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
|
|
Wilcox |
Robert O |
Ens |
Navy |
MAY 1943 |
Air Crash at Corpus Christi, TX |
DNB |
|
Wilson |
Meurnice S |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
8JUL44 |
P-63A Air Crash 12 mi SW of Corning, CA |
|
|
Winter |
Alvin F |
SSgt |
Army Air |
19MAY44 |
Aerial gunner, killed over Australia, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
KIA |
|
Wool |
Frederick G |
|
Army Air |
22MAR43 |
BT-13A Air Crash Into Sacramento River, 4 Mi SE Red Bluff Arpt |
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