Gold Star Men
Ft Thomas, Kentucky
The phrase “Gold Star Family,” dates back to World War I, when military families displayed service flags featuring a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the Armed Forces. The star’s color would be changed to gold if the family lost a loved one in the war. The Gold Star Pin, which features a star on a purple circular background, can only be worn by the immediate family of service members killed in combat.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 22 June 1946, page 1
Ft Thomas residents have been asked to submit suitable
inscriptions, one of which will be placed on the memorial plaque honoring the 29
Ft Thomas members of the armed forces who lost their lives in World War II.
Distribution of the pamphlets was made by Highlands High School students and
Girl Scouts, according to Miss Gloria Diesel, City Clerk. The plaque will be
placed temporarily in the City Building until completion of the Memorial
Building, a combination library and city building.
The pamphlet lists the following Gold Star men as follows:
Eugene, Adler, Eugene Fred Arbogast
Robert E Baron
Joseph De Jarnette, Herman Joseph De Wald, Robert W Drew
Thoms L Hehman, Lawrence D Hetsch, Rodney William Hicks, Paul C Hineman
Robert F Knecht
William Lawrence Meader, George Moore
Earl O Parrish, William A Pommering, William Arthur Potter
Charles E Randall, John Robinson
Robert M Simpson, Robert Skaggs, Harold K Steinhauser, Donald Strull
Robert E Wallace, Kenneth Walsh, Francis X Wentworth, Jacob Clifford Wingate
Edwin Alan Yelton