|
Last |
First |
Rank |
Branch |
Date |
Notes |
Community |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Charles F |
Pvt |
Army |
29JAN1945 |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
David |
Lt |
Army Air |
28SEP1944 |
KIA B-17 shot down over Germany, Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters & Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
|
Harold Oats |
Cpl |
Army |
7AUG1943 |
DNB |
County |
|
|
Anderson |
Donald |
Pvt |
Marines |
3MAR1943 |
Purple Heart, KIA Iwo Jima |
Oroville |
|
Robert V |
Pfc |
Army |
29APR1943 |
DNB |
Chico |
|
|
Carroll S |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
7SEP1942 |
Army pursuit plane crash near Florida Training Field |
Chico |
|
|
Elmer |
Pvt |
Army |
2JUN1944 |
KIA. Purple Heart / Ashley Ave. |
Oroville |
|
|
Jack B |
Pvt |
|
2JUN1944 |
KIA Italy. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Byrl L. |
Pvt |
WAC |
10APR1944 |
19th Company, 3rd Regiment, 1798 SU, |
Oroville |
|
|
Bachey |
Lloyd |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Harvey Jessey |
|
Army |
14MAR1944 |
Killed in Italy |
Gridley |
|
|
Thomas D |
SSgt |
Army |
6MAR1945 |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
John, Jr. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
15OCT1943 |
POW/MIA. Died in Japanese prison camp. DNB |
Chico |
|
|
Bailey |
Lloyd E. |
Pvt |
Army |
30OCT1944 |
KIA, Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Baker |
Russell |
|
Marines |
23MAY1942 |
Motorcycle accident |
Biggs |
|
Robert E |
Pfc |
Army |
8NOV1945 |
Purple Heart, MIA Italy. KIA |
Chico |
|
|
Barnes |
Eugene |
Pvt |
Army Air |
SEP 1942 |
|
Chico |
|
George B |
Pfc |
Army |
14NOV1944 |
Purple Heart, KIA France. |
Chico |
|
|
Johnnie W. S. |
SSgt |
Army |
19DEC1944 |
KIA Holland. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Allan |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
8DEC1944 |
P-38L Air Crash 2.5M WSW Hayward, CA |
Chico |
|
|
Beard |
George |
Pfc |
Army Air |
11MAR1944 |
Died of asphyxiation in a B17 Flying Fortress bomber. |
Oroville |
|
James Todd |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
2MAY1944 |
MIA Air crash Italy |
Chico |
|
|
Leslie |
Fireman 2C |
Navy |
16JUN1943 |
Died in the Pacific |
Oroville |
|
|
Carl |
Sgt |
Army Air |
29MAY1944 |
KIA mid-air collision England |
Chico |
|
|
Binning |
George Henry |
S2C |
Navy |
25NOV1943 |
Purple Heart, Listed on the Tablets of the Missing
at Honolulu Memorial |
Chico |
|
Warren R. "Bob" |
Pvt |
Army |
7MAY1942 |
Died in the Philippines under the Japanese. DNB |
Chico |
|
|
Boyd |
George D |
Pvt |
Army |
25MAY1945 |
Died in Germany after VE Day. DNB |
Chico |
|
Bradford |
Henry F |
Pvt |
Army |
DNB |
Durham |
|
|
Marshall J. |
Pfc |
Army |
21SEP1944 |
Died on troop train going through Oroville. |
Oroville |
|
|
Brewer |
Charlie W |
Cadet |
Army Air |
16SEP1943 |
BT-13A Air Crash 5 Mi SW Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Galen A |
SSgt |
Army Air |
4 FEB 1945 |
MIA B-24 lost over England, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
|
Brown |
Lloyd |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
AUG 1944 |
MIA |
Gridley |
|
Brown |
Robert F. |
Lt |
|
|
MIA |
Oroville |
|
Broyles |
Chester |
Lt |
Army Air |
JUN 1944 |
MIA |
Chico |
|
Bruce |
Keith Chester |
Cadet |
Navy |
20JUN1942 |
Died in air crash, NAS Corpus Christi, TX, day before
graduation from flying school. |
Chico |
|
Bryan |
Walter T |
Flt/O |
Army Air |
23OCT1944 |
P-38L Air Crash 1 mi W of Chico AAF, CA |
Chico |
|
George |
Pvt |
Army |
JUN 1942 |
Died as POW in Manila after fall of Corregidor |
Chico |
|
|
Buckner |
Wayne |
|
Navy |
JUN 1945 |
Auto accident |
Biggs |
|
Button |
Elmer LeRoy |
Cpl |
Marines |
16MAY1945 |
KIA. Killed in South Pacific, Okinawa |
Chico |
|
Leonard Neal |
Maj |
Army Air |
20JUL1946 |
Mid-air Collision, Pacific Coast of Panama |
Oroville |
|
|
Campbell |
Raymond E |
Pfc |
Army |
4JUL1944 |
KIA Europe, Purple Heart |
Manzanita |
|
Harley J |
Pvt |
Army |
16MAY1942 |
KIA. Killed in New Guinea |
Chico |
|
|
Norman E |
Pfc |
Army |
23MAY1945 |
KIA. Killed in Okinawa. Originally in National Guard "G" Co.. Published artist. |
Chico |
|
|
Capps |
Vernon L. |
Pvt |
Army |
30NOV1944 |
DNB |
Oroville |
|
Frank L |
1st Lt |
Army |
6MAR1945 |
KIA Luzon |
Chico |
|
|
John M. |
Tech 4 |
Army |
14DEC1944 |
KIA Belgium. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Caywood |
Clinton L |
2nd Lt |
Army |
1MAR1943 |
KIA. Air crash in North Africa, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Harvey Henry |
GM3 |
Navy |
10AUG1943 |
MIA |
Gridley |
|
|
Chapman |
Ernest A |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23APR1944 |
P39Q Air Crash 35 Mi NW Cheyenne, WY |
Chico |
|
Chapman |
Ralph E |
TSgt |
Army |
19OCT1942 |
KIA. Killed defending Alaska. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
Claflin |
Ralph B, Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19JUN1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 2mi N of Chico AAF, Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Claypool |
Edward Gilbert |
Fireman 2C |
Navy Reserve |
Oroville |
||
|
Kenneth W |
1st Lt |
Army |
14MAY1945 |
B-29 Pilot, crashed in Nagoya, Japan, KIA/MIA |
Paradise |
|
|
John Jackson |
Pfc |
Marines |
27AUG1944 |
MIA, Solomon Islands |
Chico |
|
|
Cole |
Willis W |
SSgt |
Army |
FOD |
Durham |
|
|
Countryman |
Joseph Delbert |
|
|
|
Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Craddock |
Elmer C. |
Pfc |
Marines |
OCT 1944 |
KIA |
Biggs |
|
Lloyd Edward |
PO 3c |
Navy |
2SEP1943 |
Killed in aviation accident |
Chico |
|
|
Creekmore |
Delmar |
Pfc |
Marines |
23FEB1946 |
Died in service |
Gridley |
|
Leland |
GM2 |
Navy |
10APR1943 |
Died as Japanese POW |
Gridley |
|
|
Cumiskey |
Phillip Alan |
PO 2c |
Navy Reserve |
|
|
Gridley |
|
Cummings |
John H |
TSgt |
Army |
17NOV1944 |
Died of pneumonia during Battle of Leyte, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
Charles |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
|
Darling |
Stanley B |
TSgt |
Army |
26JUL1944 |
MIA over Austria. FOD |
Chico |
|
Darnell |
Floyd L. |
Sgt |
Marines |
|
|
Chico |
|
Davis |
Arthur L |
Cpl |
Army Air |
AUG 1944 |
DNB |
Gridley |
|
Day |
Le Roy L |
Pvt |
Army |
11MAY1945 |
KIA. Infantryman 382nd Reg. Died in Okinawa, Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Warren "Monk" |
S1C |
Navy |
7OCT1944 |
Purple Heart, USS Selfridge (DL-357) sunk, KIA/MIA |
Biggs |
|
|
DeMoss |
Robert |
|
|
|
|
Chico |
|
Denny |
Carl Cleveland |
S2C |
Navy |
8AUG1942 |
USS Jarvis, Missing with all hands in the Coral Sea |
Oroville |
|
Edward F |
Pfc |
Army |
1AUG1945 |
DNB France |
County |
|
|
Donnavan |
Gerald Miller |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Driscoll |
John |
Lt |
Army Air |
26SEP1941 |
AT-6A Air Crash 10 mi NE of Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Duke |
Byron K Jr |
Flt/O |
Army Air |
8DEC1944 |
P-38L Air Crash 2M W Princeton, CA |
Chico |
|
Dunning |
Ray Hall |
Pfc |
Marine Reserve |
11JUN1945 |
KIA Okinawa |
Chico |
|
James Walter |
Cpl |
Marines |
1JAN1941 |
|
Gridley |
|
|
Morris Bradford |
FN 2c |
Navy Reserve |
30JUL1945 |
All but approx. 300 of USS Indianapolis crew lost at sea. KIA/MIA |
Paradise |
|
|
Elkins |
Herman |
Oroville |
||||
|
Englent |
James |
|
|
|
KIA |
Chico |
|
Entler |
Paul L |
Tec5 |
Army |
18APR1945 |
KIA. Killed in Germany, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Evans |
Robert M |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV1945 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Floyd Orel |
Pvt |
Army |
19NOV1942 |
Unexpected knife accident at Camp Carson, CO |
Chico |
|
|
Fink |
John Riley |
Cadet |
Army Air |
NOV 1943 |
Air crash while flight training at Williams Field, Higley, AZ. DNB |
Chico |
|
Alfred |
Stewart |
USMM |
26JUL1940 |
Served on SS Witchita. Died in Sydney, Australia |
|
|
|
Fisher |
Harold C |
Pfc |
Army |
5FEB1944 |
Died of wounds from Battle of Kwajalein. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
John |
EM1 |
Navy |
1 MAY1943 |
KIA . Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Foster |
Gordon P |
SSgt |
Army |
19APR1945 |
KIA. Killed in Okinawa. Purple Heart. Originally in National
Guard "G" Co. |
Chico/Paradise |
|
Foster |
Stanley Marshall |
Capt |
Army Air |
29APR1944 |
Died while instructor on B-24 training flight over Nebraska. 60 missions in South Pacific. Air Medal, 3 Oak Leaf Clusters. |
Paradise |
|
Ray B. |
Pfc |
Marines |
11NOV1943 |
MIA, presumed dead. Sniper on Tulagi Island, Solomons |
Paradise |
|
|
Freitas |
Leonard |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Garmong |
Charles M |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
26APR1945 |
BT-13B Air Crash 10 NE Folsom, CA. DNB |
Chico |
|
Garner |
Bill G |
Cadet |
Army Air |
7JAN1944 |
BT-13A Air Crash 5 1/2 Mi NE Willows, CA |
Chico |
|
Gass |
Robert |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Carl August |
Lt |
Army Air |
26MAY1945 |
MIA. Listed on plaque at Chico University, France |
Chico |
|
|
Gianella |
Lawrence |
Civilian |
USMM |
9DEC1941 |
Radioman on Merchant Ship Prusa |
Oroville |
|
Gilbert |
Herman, Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
7MAY1943 |
Training accident 6 mi S of Hamilton City. DNB |
Chico |
Floyd |
Pfc |
Army |
9AUG1941 |
Died in hospital after reporting himself AWOL |
Gridley |
|
|
Godbold |
William, Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
5JUL1943 |
Died of Illness |
Chico |
|
Manuel John |
Pfc |
Army |
6NOV1944 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University, MIA Philippines |
Chico |
|
|
Goodwin |
Eugene A |
Pvt |
Army |
3MAR1945 |
KIA. Killed in Italy, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Howard S |
PO 3c |
USNR |
13DEC1944 |
KIA USS Lexington, Battle of Coral Sea, Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Gould |
Murry |
Cadet |
Army Air |
4 DEC 1942 |
Parachute accident |
Chico |
|
Orren B |
Pfc |
Army |
3JAN1945 |
KIA in Leyte, PI |
|
|
| Granville | Laurence George | SSgt | Marines | 26SEP1938 | Died as result of air crash in service | Gridley |
|
Orvin Thomas |
TSgt |
Army Air |
21APR1946 |
Died while in service |
Chico |
|
|
Ashley M |
Capt |
Army Air |
27APR1944 |
Pilot B-17, KIA over Belgium, Air Medal with 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
|
Habig |
Charles J |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
21MAR1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 5M SW Red Bluff, CA |
Chico |
|
Leslie C. |
Pfc |
Army |
2MAY1942 |
POW, 31st Infantry, Philippines |
Biggs |
|
|
Hampton |
Lenard C |
Pfc |
Army |
KIA Purple Heart |
Biggs |
|
|
Hansen |
Donald G |
TSgt |
Army |
3FEB1944 |
KIA. KIlled in Kwajalein, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
Nels Gunner |
S1C |
Navy |
16APR1945 |
MIA |
Paradise |
|
|
Tommie M |
Pfc |
Army |
3SEP1944 |
KIA Belgium. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
Harding |
Robert Warren |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Harris |
Everett L. |
2nd Lt |
Army |
|
Declared dead |
Oroville |
|
Harris |
William R |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Harter |
Linus H Jr. |
Cadet |
Army Air |
17DEC1943 |
BT-13 Air Crash Aux Field No 1, CAAF, Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Harvey |
Clyde M. |
Pfc |
Army |
KIA |
Oroville |
|
|
Robert E |
Pvt |
Army |
22APR1945 |
KIA. Purple Heart, Okinawa, Japan |
County |
|
|
Hecox |
Max L |
1st Lt |
Army |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
Hedlund |
Carroll A. |
Pfc |
Army |
MAR 1943 |
Killed in parachute training, Camden SC |
Richvale |
|
Charles Edgar |
PO 2c |
Navy |
MAY 1942 |
USS Atik, radioman, MIA |
Durham |
|
|
Hendricks |
Edgar A |
Army Air |
6DEC1944 |
P-38L Air Crash Hayward AAF, CA |
Chico |
|
|
Hines |
William E Jr. |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
19MAR1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 3M E Durham, CA |
Chico |
|
Ross Eldon |
PO 2c |
Navy |
24OCT1944 |
POW USS Canopus, Corregidor & Bataan, Purple Heart, Pharmacist Mate. DOD |
Chico |
|
|
Hobson |
Grover |
2nd Lt |
Army |
6JUN1944 |
KIA D-Day Normandy coast |
Chico |
|
Willard H |
Pfc |
Army |
1FEB1944 |
DOW. Purple Heart, Marshall Islands |
County |
|
|
Houghton |
Daniel J |
|
USMM |
7JAN1943 |
KIA in south Pacific |
Chico |
|
Hugh |
Lloyd E |
Cpl |
Army |
Unknown |
DNB. SN 39837119 |
County |
|
Hugi |
Ernest Gotlieb, Jr |
Pvt |
Army |
16JAN1945 |
KIA, Luxembourg, Belgium |
Gridley |
|
Theodore Melton |
PO 3 |
Navy |
18DEC1944 |
MIA. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Jacobes |
Earl J. |
1st Lt |
Army |
18NOV1944 |
DNB |
Oroville |
|
Jenkins |
Richard H Jr |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23APR1944 |
P-39Q Air Crash 35 Mi NW Cheyenne, WY |
Chico |
|
Innes A |
Pfc |
Army |
26MAY1943 |
DNB |
Oroville |
|
|
Phillip Loren |
PO 2c |
Navy |
18FEB1942 |
Metalsmith on USS Polux, MIA shipwreck |
Chico |
|
|
Burl |
Pfc |
Army |
13MAY1944 |
KIA. Purple Heart |
East Biggs |
|
|
Emery B. |
TSgt |
Army |
28OCT1944 |
KIA Silver Star, Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Johnson |
Gordon |
|
|
|
|
Chico |
|
Johnson |
Robert W. |
S-1C |
Navy |
JUN 1944 |
Purple Heart |
Oroville/Biggs |
|
Joseph |
Levon Richard |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Harvey. H. |
Pfc |
Army |
6JAN1945 |
Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Justus |
Raymond D. |
Pfx |
Army |
1945 |
KIA |
Gridley |
|
Fred |
Cpl |
|
15JUL1944 |
|
Oroville |
|
|
Lloyd Henry |
Lt |
Army |
18JAN1945 |
Died as prisoner Japanese POW Hell ship Brazil Maru |
Oroville |
|
|
Kemp |
James L |
2nd Lt |
Army |
JUL 1944 |
Signal Corps, Killed at Anzio, Purple Heart. KIA |
Chico |
|
Kendal |
Fred |
Capt |
Marines |
10MAR1945 |
KIA Iwo Jima, Silver star with gold star, Purple Heart with gold star |
Chico |
|
Kenecht |
John F |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
24MAR1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
Chico |
|
Carlos R |
2nd Lt |
Army |
DNB |
County |
||
|
King |
Howard G. |
1st Lt |
Army |
|
KIA Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Knautz |
Richard L |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
7MAY1943 |
BT-13 Air Crash 6 Mi S Hamilton City, CA |
Chico |
|
Franklin Merritt |
Aviation Cadet |
Army Air |
20DEC1943 |
BT13-A Pilot, DNB, Marana Army Airfield, Pima County, Arizona |
Chico |
|
|
Laham |
Edward W |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
9JUN1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi E of Nelson, CA |
Chico |
|
Donald A |
Sgt |
Army |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
||
|
Larremore |
Elton Farrel |
Lt |
Army Air |
FEB 1944 |
Died at Columbia A.F., SC |
Paradise |
|
Lawlor |
John F. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
24OCT1943 |
B-25 crash near Richvale |
Oroville |
|
Richard Miles |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
28MAR1943 |
Listed on plaque at Chico University. MIA |
Chico |
|
|
Ledger |
Emery Guy |
Pvt |
Army |
6JUN1944 |
KIA Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Lee |
Harold J |
SSgt |
Army |
OCT 1944 |
B-17 gunner, Killed over Germany, Purple Heart. KIA |
Chico |
|
Lester |
Wallace Edgar |
PO 1c |
Navy |
|
Radioman, Died in Mediterranean |
Manzanita |
|
Norman Charles |
Sgt |
Army Air |
20JUN1944 |
B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Crashed North Sea off Terschelling Island, Holland |
Chico |
|
|
Lewis |
Arvie L |
Pvt |
Army |
|
DNB. SN 39149140 |
County |
|
Aaron Ralston |
S1c |
Navy Reserve |
4JAN1945 |
Purple Heart. MIA |
Chico |
|
|
Mitchell M |
SSgt |
Army Air |
KIA. Radio Operator, Air Loss/Crash Munich, Germany |
Chico |
||
|
Little |
James Hubert |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Ray Brown |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
10OCT1943 |
B-25 Pilot. MIA over North Africa. DNB |
Chico |
|
|
Lofgren |
Maurice A |
Capt |
Army Air |
30AUG1943 |
Pilot, died flying over Europe. Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster. DNB |
Richvale/Chico |
|
Love |
Joseph N |
Sgt |
Army Air |
JAN 1944 |
B-24 crash near Blythe, CA. DNB |
Stirling City |
|
Donald Francis |
CSM |
Navy |
31MAY1947 |
Died of meningitis in Guam |
Gridley |
|
|
Madison |
Wallace D |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
17JUL1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi W of Chico AAF, CA |
Chico |
|
March |
Hubert Roland |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
1942 |
Navigator on bomber. Air crash Natal, Brazil. DNB |
Chico |
|
Marshall |
William H |
2nd Lt |
|
|
|
Chico |
|
Martin |
Theodore Santiago |
PO 1c |
Navy |
26MAR1945 |
KIA Iwo Jima, Seebees |
Chico |
|
Martin |
William H. |
Pfc |
Army |
JUN 1944 |
KIA near LaCambe. France. Body returned to US 1948. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Mathauser |
John |
Cpl |
Army |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
McBride |
Roy Julian |
PO 2-C |
Navy |
24DEC1942 |
Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
McCallen |
Rodney L |
Pfc |
Army Air |
25AUG1944 |
Died in China, DNB |
East Biggs |
|
Earl William |
PO 2c |
Navy Reserve |
30JUL1945 |
Machinist Mate, All but approx. 300 os USS Indianapolis crew lost at sea. MIA |
Paradise |
|
|
McCutchen |
Warren Harrell |
S2c |
Navy Reserve |
7DEC1941 |
First U.S. casualty of World War 2 |
East Biggs |
|
McDaniel |
Robert H |
Lt |
Army |
21FEB1945 |
KIA. Killed in France with 275th Reg. Silver Star, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
McFerrin |
Bill |
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MIA |
Oroville |
|
McHenry |
Richard L |
Pfc |
Army |
Purple Heart. KIA |
Chico |
|
|
Vernon C |
PO 3c |
Navy |
1944 |
Machinist Mate, crew of submarine "Flier", lost MIA, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
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McLaughlin |
Richard S |
Cadet |
Army Air |
8DEC1943 |
Training plane crash 2 mi SW Hamilton City |
Chico |
|
Meeks |
Kenneth W |
|
Army Air |
27JUL1943 |
BT-13A Air Crash 2 Mi E Aux Field No 2, CA |
Chico |
|
Meinberg |
Floyd M. |
Pfc |
Marine Reserve |
10NOV1942 |
KIA. Killed at Guadalcanal, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Robert Arthur |
Flt O |
Army Air |
24NOV1944 |
Killed in crash, 5 miles N Roseville, CA |
Chico |
|
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Meyer |
Marx E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
22MAY1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 1 mi NW of Chico AAF, CA |
Chico |
|
Mickelson |
Harold J. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
23AUG1943 |
P-39 Crash 2 mi. N Oroville |
Oroville |
|
Miller |
Harry "Bill" W, Jr. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
23JUL1944 |
Died in aircraft accident in Central Pacific. DNB |
Chico |
|
Miller |
Marshall M. |
|
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Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Moak |
David E. |
|
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Chico |
|
Moen |
Merland E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
15MAY1944 |
P-39Q Air Crash. Last seen between Farallones & Pescadero,CA |
Chico |
|
Moffett |
Charles S |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV1945 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Mogensen |
Walter E |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19FEB1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 22M NW Barstow, CA |
Chico |
|
Gail Everett, Jr. |
Capt |
Army |
6MAY1943 |
MIA in North Africa near Tunis. FOD |
Chico |
|
|
Morel |
Leo, L, Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
1SEP1944 |
P-38L Air Crash 1 mi E of Orland, CA |
Chico |
|
Morgan |
Earl A |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19FEB1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 22M NW Barstow, CA |
Chico |
|
Edwin |
TSgt |
Army Air |
11JUL1943 |
MIA Italy, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
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Morgan |
Lester T |
Pvt |
Army |
11JAN1945 |
KIA Germany, Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Morie |
Clement L |
|
Army Air |
24MAR1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
Chico |
|
Morningstar |
Everett L. |
Cpl |
|
|
Morningstar Ave. in Oroville named for him |
Oroville |
|
William Frank |
PO 1c |
Navy |
|
MIA Philippines |
Chico |
|
|
Bernarr Houghton |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
22JUN1943 |
Lost over the English Channel |
Richvale |
|
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Noel |
Harold P |
Sgt |
Army |
KIA Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
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Nordale |
Arnold M |
Cadet |
Army Air |
|
DNB Training accident near Vina |
Chico |
|
Norlie |
Merle O |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
18MAR1944 |
DNB Died in B-24 crash near Tucson, AZ |
Chico |
|
Kenneth James |
Maj |
Army Air |
15DEC1944 |
KIA. POW on Japanese ship that was sunk in Subic Sea, Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
|
Raymond Hanley |
PO 2c |
Navy |
7APR1943 |
KIA. Machinist Mate, Lost at sea with entire crew aboard torpedoed USS Aaron Ward in Pacific |
Chico |
|
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Oetgen |
John |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
7AUG1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 2 mi W of Sutter, CA |
Chico |
|
O'Kelly |
William |
Cpl |
|
21OCT1944 |
|
Oroville |
|
Donald LaVerne |
ARM2c |
Navy Reserve |
28DEC1943 |
Missing in Action in the Marshall Islands. Memorialized in Gridley Cemetery |
|
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|
Onstott |
Gordon L. |
1st Lt |
Army |
16JUN1944 |
KIA in Normandy. Quartermaster. |
Gridley |
|
Lester William |
Pfc |
|
10JAN1944 |
|
Oroville |
|
|
Orner |
Ray Berthal, Jr |
Msgt |
Army Air |
16DEC1943 |
Gunner on bomber. Died returning from Guadalcanal over New Britain in South Pacific. MIA |
Paradise |
|
Oster |
Harold L |
|
Army Air |
24MAR1945 |
P-38L Air Crash 10M ESE Marysville, CA |
Chico |
|
Owocki |
Stanley S. |
Cpl |
Army Air |
5SEP1943 |
Found dead at Storrie, CA. Was returning to Chico Air Field from furlough. |
Chico |
|
Paich |
Frank John |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Parker |
Wilson Hall |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
George Sutton |
Capt |
Army Air |
19JUN1944 |
MIA |
Chico |
|
|
Petro |
Charles |
SSgt |
Army Air |
7DEC1944 |
Propeller accident, Hayward AFB |
Chico |
|
Phelps |
Robert |
|
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|
|
Oroville |
|
Phillips |
William R. |
Pfc |
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Pickler |
Arden Eugene |
Pvt |
Army |
22OCT1943 |
Died Camp Roberts. DNB |
Nelson |
|
Arthur Donald |
MM1C |
Navy |
15DEC1945 |
MIA in the Pacific when USS Houston was sunk |
Chico |
|
|
Pike |
Everett Lee |
Pfc |
Army |
15JAN1945 |
KIA, Battle of the Bulge, 75th Division, 291st Infantry |
Gridley |
|
Pinkston |
William |
|
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|
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Oroville |
|
Ponke |
Leo F |
SSgt |
Army |
24JUN1945 |
DNB. Died in air crash over Burma |
Chico |
|
Daryl W. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
FEB 1945 |
MIA. Daryl Porter Way |
Oroville |
|
|
Powell |
Donald L. |
Pfc |
Army |
12JUN1944 |
KIA France. Purple Heart |
Oroville/Biggs |
|
Powell |
Wayne B |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
6NOV1945 |
B-29 Air Crash 12M NE Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Pristavec |
Ernest J |
Pvt |
Army Air |
JUN 1942 |
DNB. Burns from gasoline explosion at Chico Air Field |
Chico |
|
Pryde |
Anthon |
Lt |
Army Air |
AUG 1944 |
MIA |
Biggs |
|
Pulliam |
Francis |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Richard |
Cpl |
Army Air |
2FEB1945 |
MIA. B-24 crash between Azores & Bermuda |
Chico |
|
|
Edward G. |
Cpl |
Army |
4MAY1944 |
KIA Anzio, Italy. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Randle |
Washington S |
|
Navy |
20JUN1943 |
DNB. Naval Trainee died from illness |
Chico |
|
Robert Merton |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
5DEC1945 |
MIA. Listed on plaque at Chico University, B-29 Pilot, Crashed in Tokyo Fay |
Chico |
|
|
Ray |
Donald W |
1st Lt |
Army |
SEP 1945 |
DNB. Died of illness at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco |
Chico |
|
Reynolds |
Richard Rodney |
Navy |
Oroville |
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Clifford Arlin |
Cpl |
Marines |
|
KIA Iwo Jima. Arlin Rhine Dr. |
Oroville |
|
|
Richey |
Willis J |
Cadet |
Army Air |
25FEB1944 |
BT-13 Air Crash 1/2 Mi N Chico AAF Aux 3, Vina, CA |
Chico |
|
Ricker |
Edward |
2nd Lt |
Army |
9JUN1944 |
KIA Invasion of Normandy, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Roberts |
Wallace M |
SSgt |
Army |
25FEB1944 |
FOD |
County |
|
Carl Mason |
Pfc |
Army |
26DEC1944 |
KIA France. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Beverly C |
Capt |
Army |
29MAY1943 |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
Robinson |
Dennis (Red) |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
19JAN1944 |
DNB. Air Transport Command, Air Crash in England |
Chico |
|
Rose |
Orville, Jr |
Cpl |
Army Air |
22MAR1943 |
BT-13A Air Crash Into Sacramento River, 4 Mi SE Red Bluff Airport |
Chico |
|
Melvin |
Pfc |
Army Air |
24MAR1945 |
MIA B-17 Austria. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Rugh |
Lloyd E. |
Cpl |
Army |
30SEP1944 |
KIA Los Negros Islands South Pacific. 8th Engineer Corps |
Nimshew |
|
Rush |
William Evans |
Radioman 1st Class |
Navy |
15DEC1944 |
Japanese POW on Japanese ship sunk by allies near Subic Bay, Philipines. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
Rutherford |
Gerald A. |
2nd Lt |
|
2MAR1944 |
|
Oroville |
|
John Charles |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
1AUG1943 |
KIA in Romania. B-24 co-pilot. |
Oroville |
|
|
Carl A., Jr. |
Pfc |
Army Air |
24OCT1944 |
Captured at Bataan. Went down on Japanese prisoner ship. Purple Heart. |
Paradise |
|
|
Schulze |
Garnett "Dutch" |
TSgt |
Army |
MAY 1945 |
KIA. Killed on Okinawa. Two Bronze Stars. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. Also lived in Paradise. |
Chico |
|
Scott |
Harold A |
Capt |
Army |
1944 |
DOW, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters |
Gridley |
|
Harry |
Pvt |
Army |
29APR1944 |
KIA. Purple Heart. Philippines |
County |
|
|
Corbin Wilbur |
WOJG |
Army Air |
4JUL1944 |
DNB. Drowned in the Adriatic Sea, Italy, while attempting to rescue another servicemen. Soldier's Medal |
Chico |
|
|
Alvin Walter |
Lt |
Navy Reserve |
MAY 1943 |
MIA. Navy PV-1 pilot. |
Chico |
|
|
Shannon |
Harold, Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army |
|
DNB |
County |
|
Shaw |
David |
Sgt |
|
|
MIA |
Oroville |
|
Sheehan |
John Forrest |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Elvin E. |
Pvt |
Army |
14JUL1944 |
DOW. Purple Heart, France |
County |
|
|
Shone |
Thomas B |
Capt |
Army |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
Sikking |
Chester B. |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
24OCT1943 |
B-25 crash near Richvale |
Oroville |
|
Robert L |
Fl O |
Army |
9MAR1944 |
FOD |
County |
|
|
Sitton |
Golden M. |
Sgt |
Marines |
22FEB1945 |
KIA on Iwo Jima |
Durham |
|
Sloat |
Richard O |
Lt |
Marines |
1944 |
KIA Battle for Saipan |
Chico |
|
Harry James |
PO 2c |
Navy |
25NOV1945 |
Machinist Mate, MIA |
Gridley |
|
|
Smith |
Dennis David |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Kernick |
Lt |
Army Air |
18JUL1943 |
MIA South Pacific. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Soehner |
Walter Herman |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Soens |
Donald A |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
18SEP1943 |
P-39 Crash 10 mi. NE Roseville |
Oroville |
| Sohnrey | Kenneth Wilbur | TSgt | Army | 31OCT45 | Gridley | |
|
Thomas A |
Sgt |
Army |
1JUN1945 |
MIA. Mariana Islands |
County |
|
|
Spreen |
Clarence F. |
|
Army |
|
Died in the Philipines. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico/Paradise |
|
Squires |
Charles G |
2nd L |
Army |
|
DNB |
County |
|
Robert |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
22MAY1943 |
B-17 Co-Pilot. MIA |
Chico |
|
|
Standridge |
Howard C |
Capt |
Army Air |
26APR1945 |
BT-13B Air Crash 10M NE Folsom, CA |
Chico |
|
Staple |
Henry G |
1st Lt |
Army Air |
23APR1943 |
B-17 pilot, DNB |
Chico |
|
Stauss |
|
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Stegner |
James M |
|
Army |
30APR1942 |
KIA Corregidor |
Chico |
|
Stephens |
James C, Jr. |
SSgt |
Army |
FOD |
County |
|
|
Stoddard |
Aaron Asa |
Pvt |
Army |
JUN 1944 |
KIA Normandy (Listed on plaque at Chico State Univ.) |
Gridley |
|
Benjamin J. |
Tec 4 |
Army |
6JUN1944 |
KIA Normandy. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
John Geisler |
S-1C |
Navy |
3 MAR1944 |
KIA - Ship sunk by Japanese Fleet in Battle of Java Sea. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Strang |
Harold A. |
SSgt |
Army |
|
|
Oroville |
|
Swanson |
Eugene Wesley |
Pvt |
Marine |
Oroville |
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|
Harold |
GSgt |
Marines |
1944 |
MIA Tarawa |
Chico |
|
|
Taggart |
Glen |
Pfc |
Army |
3MAY1945 |
MIA Okinawa |
Oroville |
|
Tazuk |
John |
|
|
|
|
Chico |
|
Tieck |
Robert H. |
1st Lt |
Army |
|
|
Oroville |
|
Tims |
Morris |
Pfc |
Army |
12MAY1944 |
Died in the Union Hotel fire at 3 AM in Oroville, CA Stationed at Camp Beale, Marysville Here for a date with Dorothy Rabe, Oroville girl. |
Oroville |
|
Towry |
Charles R Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
15NOV1944 |
P-38G Air Crash 10M NW Chico, CA |
Chico |
|
Triplett |
Vernor M |
SSgt |
Army |
JUL 1945 |
KIA on Mindanao, Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Tupper |
Daryl |
Pvt |
|
26FEB1945 |
KIA Luzon |
Chico |
|
Walter M. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
8APR1944 |
P-39 Crash in Ephrata, WA |
Oroville |
|
|
Wendell L. |
Pfc |
Army |
|
KIA. Purple Heart |
Oroville |
|
|
Tuttle |
Frank D., Jr. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
20NOV1943 |
Pilot, Air crash near Wilson's Creek on East Coast of US. DNB |
Chico |
|
Tuttle |
Robert Earl |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Tyler |
Robert |
Lt |
USNR |
APR 1944 |
KIA in Atlantic |
Chico |
|
Vanskaitis |
Frank E, Jr. |
Pvt |
Army |
5OCT1942 |
Died from illness. Chico AAF. DNB |
Chico |
|
vanWoer |
Richard |
Lt |
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Vedder |
Norbert F. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
24OCT1943 |
B-25 crash near Richvale |
Oroville |
|
Voudouris |
Theodore |
Lt |
Army Air |
JUL 1944 |
Pilot B-24, 15th Air force. KIA over Italy |
Magalia |
|
Charlie M |
Pvt |
Army |
19NOV1942 |
Died from beriberi at Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippine Islands |
Chico |
|
|
Rudolph Frank |
|
Army |
10DEC1945 |
Died in service |
Gridley |
|
|
Walker |
Melvin T |
Pfc |
Army |
23FEB1945 |
KIA. Killed in Germany. Purple Heart |
Chico |
|
Walsh |
Thomas J |
Tec5 |
Army |
DNB |
County | |
|
Arlo Howard |
PO 3c |
Navy |
29APR1945 |
MIA |
Paradise |
|
|
Wassum |
Warren Milford |
Pfc |
Army |
8OCT1942 |
Accidental death on guard duty. Originally in National Guard "G" Co., DNB |
Chico |
|
Watrous |
Don |
2nd Lt |
|
6DEC1944 |
|
Oroville |
|
Watson |
Earl L. |
1stSgt |
Army |
4FEB1944 |
KIA. Died at Kawjalein. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
Watts |
Wendell |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
13JAN1944 |
P-39 Crash 12 mi. NW of Oroville |
Oroville |
|
Webb |
Leroy |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
11JUN1943 |
Bomber crash near March AFB |
Gridley |
|
Weidman |
Hubert L. |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
28DEC1943 |
P-39 Crash 2 mi. East of Butte City |
Oroville |
|
Welch |
Thomas K |
SSgt |
Army Air |
MAR 1945 |
KIA. Tail Gunner. Killed over Belgium. Air Medal, 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
West |
Thorne Grant |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Westphall |
Robert E |
Pvt |
Army |
DNB |
County |
|
|
Wharton |
James Donald |
F2 |
Navy |
1JAN1941 |
Memorial gravestone @ Centerville Cemetery |
Chico |
|
Whitford |
William R |
|
|
|
Listed on plaque at Chico University |
Chico |
|
Whitmark |
James |
|
|
|
|
Oroville |
|
Wickman |
Harold |
|
Civilian |
27APR1944 |
POW |
Oroville |
|
Thomas Wilford |
Lt |
Army |
16SEP1944 |
KIA Italy |
Oroville |
|
|
Wilcox |
Robert O |
Ens |
Navy |
MAY 1943 |
Air Crash at Corpus Christi, TX. DNB |
Chico |
|
Wilson |
John W |
2nd Lt |
Army |
KIA. Purple Heart |
County |
|
|
Wilson |
Meurnice S |
2nd Lt |
Army Air |
8JUL1944 |
P-63A Air Crash 12 mi SW of Corning, CA |
Chico |
|
Winter |
Alvin F |
SSgt |
Army Air |
19MAY1944 |
KIA. Aerial gunner, killed over Australia, Purple Heart. Originally in National Guard "G" Co. |
Chico |
|
Winters |
Mark W |
Pfc |
Army |
KIA Purple Heart |
Biggs |
|
|
Wool |
Frederick G |
|
Army Air |
22MAR1943 |
BT-13A Air Crash Into Sacramento River, 4 Mi SE Red Bluff Arpt |
Chico |
|
Alphie Rice |
S2C |
Navy |
6OCT1943 |
KIA, Worthy Ave., Purple Heart |
Oroville |
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