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Rank
 		Surname
 		Given Name
 		Town
 		County
 		Status
 		Serial #
 		Next of Kin
 		Photo Info

Fireman 2c, USN

ALBIN,

Blumer Thomas

Baizetown

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Thomas Avery Albin

 

 

Seaman 1c, USN.

BAIZE,

Talbert Wade

McHenry

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odis Baize

 

 
Pfc., USMCR.
BURDEN, Maurice McHenry Ohio Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
 Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis F. Burden  
  
Pvt., USMCR.
BYERS, Raymond M. Horse Branch Ohio Wounded in Action or During Operational War Missions  
 Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Byers, Rt. 2  
  
 
 CHINN, Lewis Edward Beaver Dam Ohio Came home  
  
  
 Was in the Air Force from 1941 until 1961, when he retired.  During World War II he was a waist gunner on B-17's, stationed in England.  In 1944 his plane was shot down over Germany, and the crew bailed out.  Lewis had injured his knees upon hitting the ground.  They were captured and forced to walk several miles.  They spent the rest of the war in a German prisoner-of-war camp, until they were liberated by the Russians in 1945.
Lewis was awarded the Purple Heart and later had to have surgery on his knees to correct the damage done.  He is an active member of the Ex-POW organization.
Randie Myers (his daughter)
Motor machinist's mate 1c, USN. EMBRY, Jewell Creston Rosine Ohio Released from Prison Camp  
 		Wife, Mrs. Julia Martine Embry  
 		 

Seaman 2c, USN.

HAWKINS,

John Burks

Beaver Dam

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. William Asberry Hawkins, Rt. 3

 

 
Seaman 1c, USN. KNIGHT, Chester Brown McHenry Ohio Released from Prison Camp  
 		Mother, Mrs. Maurine Knight, Rt. 2  
 		 

Pvt., USMCR.

MYERS,

James

Fordsville

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. Edward Myers, Rt. 1

 

 

Torpedoman's Mate 3c, USCG.

OGLESBY,

Buel Bennett

Beaver Dam

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Rethel Ogelsby, Rt. 1

 

 

Seaman 2c, USNR.

PARKER,

Robert Boyce

Beaver Dam

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. John L. Parker, Rt. 2

 

 

Seaman 1c, USN.

PAYTON,

Walter Collis

Olaton

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Father, Mr. Gortus Payton

 

 

Seaman 1c, USNR.

PHARRIS,

Sheridan

Horse Branch

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Mother, Mrs. Mary Rausline Pharris, Star Rt.

 

 

Pfc., USMCR.

PHELPS,

Wesley

Rosine

Ohio

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

 

Parents, Mr. And Mrs. Athel Phelps, Gen. Del.