JUSTIN MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY
Memorial Collection
This page is a series of memorials to Service Members of all eras who fell in war. Extended Biographies or websites dedicated to the fallen serviceman or woman if available will be linked to as well. Also be sure to follow the link below to my Military Oral History Collection where the biographies of Servicemen who survived are presented.
The Format of a Citation will be name (which will be a link if any other website pertains to the person), rank, position, unit, conflicts in which the veteran served, home town, awards or citations, any biographical information ( unless included on a linked to separate page ), and brief description of the circumstances in which the service member was killed. Naturally, in many cases some of this information will not be known. It should be noted that this record should not be taken as definitive evidence. The material presented here is gathered from web sites, books, submissions to me by family members or friends and in some cases from official military reports. The reliability of this material is therefore not certain in all cases. Errors as to names, spelling, places or causes of death are to be expected, and if a submission to me is entirely spurious then the entry itself may be false.
If you have any such memorial information to submit please email me. If you would like to honor a veteran who survived the war, or you are a veteran, I would be happy to post a page from my biographies website. Feel free to email me about that as well. Thank you.
Virgil Oliver Anderson, QM1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
William Aunspaugh, Navigator, B17 "My Day", 560th Bmb Sqdn, 388th Bmb Grp, 8th AF, USAAF, World War II, Killed in Action during a mission to Ludwigshafen, on December 30, 1943 along with 5 others on the crew when they ditched into the channel
Earl Kendall Baker, S1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Howard L. Baugh, BAR Gunner, Co I, 114th Inf Regt, 44th Infantry Division, World War Two. Griffin, Ga. Bronze Star, Posthumous. Killed in Action just outside of the town of Dossenheim, Germany, while advancing on the town of Heidelberg, March 29, 1945
John B. Brettell, Lt. Col., Cavalry, Quartermaster Corps, Ft. Holabird, Md, Manila PI, POW, Bataan Death March, World War One, World War Two. Japanese abuses led to his death in captivity while being transported from Formosa to Japan on January 28, 1945
Robert J. Brink, Maj, 305 Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, USA, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 upon the USS Henrico APA-45 near Okinawa
Pink Boydell Brooks, Jr., Ck2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Robert Lester Brooks, Lt(jg), USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Walter Scott Brown, AMM 2/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Marcus R. Byous, S/Sgt, Gunship, Company B, Avn Bn, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam War. Killed in action May 10, 1969
John Harvey Carson, 1st Lt., Company E, Second Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division, USMC, Vietnam War. San Antonio, Texas. Bronze Star. Killed in Action Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, June 5, 1968
James Mark Christ, Cox, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
John D. Cordell, S1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Robert L. Cullum, HA2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Nello D'Annunnzio, USS Chevalier, DD-451, USN. Killed in Action October, 7, 1943 in the Battle of Vella La Vella when a torpedo from the Japanese Destroyer Yagumo blew the bow of the ship off, in which he was stationed in the turret
Joseph Oscar De Cota, SK3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Lloyd F. Dennis, Jr., RdM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Arthur Fred Dickinson, S1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Frank E. Di Vincenzo, PhM2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Joseph Edward Doll, RdM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Heinz John H. Duvenhorst, SM2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
David Edmonds, Lt, B24 Bombadier, 44th Bomb Group, 8th AF, USAAF, World War Two. Philadelphia, Pa. Killed in Action returning from a mission to Friedrichsafen, Germany, March 1944
Grady H. Flook, Cpl, 24th Division, POW, Korean War. Los Angeles, Ca. Captured on July 5, 1950. Died due to Chinese abuses while a POW in October, 1950 in a camp near the Manchurian Border
Lee Fox, Jr., Ensign, A-V(N), VP-12, USNR, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
William Cook France, Captain, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa when a Kamikaze struck the USS Henrico which he was Commanding Officer
Sylvester D. Freeman, Y2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Kenneth Harland Gassert, Pvt, 141st Inf Regt, 36th Inf Div, USA, World War Two. Killed in action on January 21, 1944 on the Rapido River before Monte Cassino in Italy
John R. Giallorenzo, S1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Elormen L. Gordon, MachE1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Daniel Thornburg Griffin, AMM 1/c (NAP), VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Russell Norman Hagen, S2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
George Hatem, USA, World War Two. Birmingham, AL. Died of wounds.
George Washington Ingram, Seaman 2/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Martin Johnson, STM2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
John Joseph, StM1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Elmer Kiehl, Capt, Commander Transport Division 50, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 upon the USS Henrico APA-45 near Okinawa
Paul N. Kupchinkas, Sgt, Gunship, Company B, Avn Bn, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam War. Killed in action May 10, 1969
Charles Lawrence, AMM 2/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
David Loring, Ens., USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Marvin Love, StM1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Vincent Jerry Matejcek, QM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Cabble L. McBride, RM2/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Edward T. Mc Donnell, Lt, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Marvin L. Miller, Pfc., 11B, 1st Division, USA, Vietnam War. Madison, IN. Killed in action February 20, 1968 in Gia Dinh, Vietnam
Marion R. Myers, QM1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Lawrence W. Nannery, RM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Gordon Edward Ockey, Lt, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Carl William Otterstetter, Seaman 2/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Robert Kirk Porterfield, AMM 3/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Samuel F. Posey, Lt. (jg), USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
E. H. Rennick, Capt, 305 Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, USA, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 upon the USS Henrico APA-45 near Okinawa
John William Ryan, CM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
James Lewis Shaw, CQM (AA) (t), USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Calvin B. Smith, QM3/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Raymond E. Smitzen, Cox, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Missing after a Kamikaze strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Abe Sofferman, T/Sgt, B24 Radio Operator Gunner, 44th Bomb Group, 8th AF, USAAF, World War Two. Shot by German SS Troops after parachuting into Nazi occupied Belgium, January 29, 1944
Allen E. Stahlstrom, WO, Gunship, Company B, Avn Bn, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam War. Killed in action May 10, 1969
V. J. Tanzola, Col., Commander 305 Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, USA, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 upon the USS Henrico APA-45 near Okinawa
Roy S. Thomas, WO, Gunship, Company B, Avn Bn, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam War. Killed in action May 10, 1969
Robert W. Uhlman, Ensign, A-D(G), VP-12, USNR, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
James Edward Wall, Comm (EM), QM1/c, USS Henrico, APA-45, USN, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 near Okinawa
Raphael August Watson, AMM 1/c, VP-12, USN, Pearl Harbor, World War Two, Killed in Action, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Territory during Japanese Sneak Attack Air Raid on December 7, 1941
Lyman O. Williams, Lt.Col., Executive Officer 305 Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, USA, Okinawa, World War Two. Killed in Action by a Kamikaze Strike on 2 April 1945 upon the USS Henrico APA-45 near Okinawa
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Australians Killed in Action in World War Two
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USS Henrico APA-45 Memorial Roll
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