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WWII Honor Roll

Those Who Gave the Supreme Sacrifice

Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way,
Help me to remember
Somewhere "out there"
A man died for me today.
As long as there must be war,
I then must
Ask and answer,
"Am I worth dying for?"

Compiled for period Dec. 7, 1941, to Nov. 1, 1944, by Clarence V. Burns

Allegany Grove

Ours, Coxswain John Jacob

Barton

Bell, Pvt. Kenneth Calvin
Inskeep, Pfc. Nelson E.
McVicker, Staff Sgt. Lester
Metz, Pfc. Charles H.

Borden Mines

Gomer, Pvt. Edward L.

Bowling Green

Kisamore, Flight Officer Leo R.

Carlos

Middleton, Pvt. John Ray

Clarysville

McKenzie, Pvt. Leonard Leroy

Corrigansville

Johnson, Pfc. Thomas Irvin
Twigg, Tech. Sgt. Charles R.

Cresaptown

Cuff, Pfc. James P.
Logsdon, Pvt. Ray Leroy
Millar, Staff Sgt. James C.
Shirey, Pfc Roland B.
Walsh, Pfc. Charles R.

Cumberland

Ambrose, Sgt Peter, J 306 N. Mechanic St.
Armbruster, Lt. Glenn L., 52 Marion St.
Athey, Air Cadet Milton. W., 838 Gephart Dr.
Baltz, Tech. Sgt. Charles O., 213 Avirett Ave.
Barnet, Staff Sgt. Frank H., 334 Avirett Ave.
Bennett, Pfc Floyd W., 534 Fort Ave.
Bohrer, Lt. Kenneth C., 200 Spring St.
Boor, Sgt. Harold, Bedford Rd.
Boor, Lt. Lloyd, 719 Bedford St.
Bradshaw, Pvt. Charles R., Baltimore Pike
Brinkman, Pvt. Dorn B., Valley Rd.
Broadwater, Pvt. Asa W., 631 Leiper St.
Brown. Lt. James W., 555 Rose Hill Ave.
Burton. Pfc. Glenn, 619 Shriver Ave.
Chase, Pfc. Leroy W., 130 Oak St.
Cline, Pfc. Charles W., Bedford St
Crabtree, Lt. Maurice Edwin, 126 Elder St.
Cromwell, Lt. Eldred A., 840 Camden Ave.
Crowe, Pfc. Milton J., 705 Princeton St.
Cubbage, Pfc, Maurice A., Oldtown Rd.
Dauphin, Sgt Carl A., 148 Bedford St.
Dickinson, Pvt. William H., 303 Decatur St.
Driscoll, Pvt. Arlington L., 651 Baker St.
Eckhard, Pvt Ernest, 221 Springdale St.
Estes, Roland Ashby, 1319 Virginia Ave.
Fansler, Pvt. George E. Christie Rd.
Finan. Lt. Francis K., 518 Washington St.
Fletcher, Marshall Alexander, 70 Cresap St. ( no rank given)
Fogle, Lt. Jefferson B., 131 Polk St.
Forebeck, Sgt. James A., 24 Waverly Ter.
Golden, Pvt. Clyde E., 529 Pine Ave.

Clyde E. Golden was my mother's first cousin. When he was killed in France, his father, Robert R. Golden, a WWI Vet was a PFC stationed at Foster field Texas. Clyde was killed near Cherbourg, the same place his father had landed 26 years earlier. Mark McKnight

Gordon, Pvt. Paul C. 962 Glenwood St.
Graham, Lt. Fred E., 319 Williams St.
Hamburg, Leo T., 215 willowbrook Rd. (no rank given)
Hamilton, Cpl. Melvin A., 712 Leiper St.,
Harden, Staff Sgt. Dixie R., 15 Offutt St.
Hartman, Pfc. George E., 316 Davidson St..
Hensel, Sgt. Charles H., 171 Thomas St.
Himmelwright, S/Sgt. Orville E., 317 Avirett Ave.
Hosey, Staff Sgt. William Fred, 14 market St.
Huffman, Sgt Ralph, 914 glenwood St.
Jankey, Tech. Sgt. John M. 864 Sperry Ter.
Kelley, Pfc. Garrett Eugene, 440 Baltimore Ave.
Kenney, Sgt. James Donald, 50 Bedford St.
Kesecker, Pvt. Ronald F., 512 Sheridan Pl.
Kirby, Pvt Harry E., 29 Browning St.,
Kirby, Staff Sgt. William C., 217 Frederick St.
Kolb, Pfc. Douglas F., 402 Columbia St.
Kunes, MMM. Floyd Jr. 882 Gephart Dr.
Laffey, Pfc. James R., Jr 868 Maryland Ave.
Lehman, Pvt Franklin P., 115 Maple St.
Lehamn, Pfc. William J., 215 Reynolds St.
Lewis, Lt. Joshua, 117 West Oldtown Rd.
Lindner, Pfc. Charles E., 602 Maryland Ave.
Lloyd, Pvt. Joseph B. Virginia Ave.
Long, Capt. Andrew G. 69 Greene St.
McMullen, Pvt. Hugh A. III, 400 Washington St.
MacDonald, David Edgar, 309 East Laing Ave.
Mortzfeldt, Pfc. Edgar D., 814 N. Mechanic St.
Mosser, Pfc. Charles W. 511 Shriver Ave.
Newbraugh, Pfc. Clifford Carroll, 108 Paca Ave.
Nierman, S/Sgt. Richard L., 811 Columbia Ave.
O'Neal, Pfc. Coyle, Joseph, 934 Gay St.
Oster, Pvt. W. Max, Oldtown Rd.
Poole, Cpl. Benjamin A., Jr., 501 Decatur St.
Porter, Pvt. George R., 935 Gay St.
Redhead, Cpl. Melvin D., 301 Massachusetts Ave.
Rinehart, Cpl. Robert L., 124 Humbird St.
Rhodes, Staff Sgt. Richard M. 504 fourth St.
Sarver, Sgt. Homer, 292 Laing Ave.
Shaffer, Lt. Charles Robert, 515 Fayette St.
Shank, Sgt. Aaron D., 720 Brookfield Ave.
Smith, Flight Officer Edwin W., The Dingle
Snider, Pvt. Paul S., Williams Rd.
Spicer, Pvt. Edward Orville, 211 Holland St.
Stevey, Charles W., Jr. 819 Patterson Ave. (no rank listed)
Stitcher, Pvt Carl, 417 Valley St.
Street, Cpt. Arnold L., 1614 Bedford St.
Sturz, Pvt. Melvin S., 321 Avirett Ave.
Tambolleo, Petty Officer, Victor, 1 Auburn Ave.
Thorpe, Pfc. William S., 311 Laing Ave.

This brave young man was my relative. He was born 11 August 11, 1922 and lost his life in the service of his country on D-Day June 07, 1944. He is buried in France at the St. Laurent Cem. Family knows him as Billie(y) Shultz Thorpe an American hero. Karen Nelson Hangsleben

Trenton, Lt. Gerald G. 623 Baltimore Ave.
Turner, Pvt., William E., williams R.
Valentine, Cpl. Wolford C., Bond St.
Wallizer, Staff Sgt. Theodore R. 18 Boone St.
Wartzack, SFC Arthur W., 216 S. Smallwood Ave.
Weaver, Staff Sgt. Claude K., 536 Eastern Ave.
Weimer, Pfc. Claude E., 401 Cedar St.
Will, TM, Thomas Alphonsus, 318 Prince George St.
Wilson, Pfc, Earl Kenneth 539 Central Ave.
Wolfornd, Capt. John Louis, 705 shriver Ave.
Zorman, Staff Sgt, Victor Paul, The Dingle

Eckhart

Andres, Pfc. William Joseph
Arnone, Arthur Michael (no rank listed)
Weisenborne, Pvt. Henry E.

Ellerslie

Cook, Platoon Sgt. Emmett B.
DeVore, Pvt. Russell Woodrow
LaRue, Staff Sgt. Jesse R.
Shroyer, Pvt. John F.

Fairgo

Jordan, Pfc. Willaim A.

Franklin

Smiley, SFC Joseph R.

Frostburg

Beck, Ensign David
Boyer, Sgt. Evan
Brady, Pvt. Darby J.
DeVault, Pvt. Kenneth W.
Grimes, Pvt. Joseph J.
Grimes, Pvt. John M.
Harvey, Pvt. Francis E.
Mayer, Lt. Daniel H.
Mire, Pfc. Mack Mood
Neal, Cpl. Arthur Donald
Simon. Lt. Walter R.
Thomas, Lt. Jack F.
Thomas, Sgt. Ralph W.

Hoffman

Raley, Pfc. John E.

Knapp's Meadow

Leake, Sgt Robert L.

LaVale

Fishell, Cpl. Elmer Harry
Happe, Pvt. Leonard F.
Wheeler, Capt. Joseph E.

Little Orleans

Fletcher, Pvt James Calmer
Norris, Pvt. David T.
Smith, Pfc. Condra Merle
Swain, Pvt. Elmer T.

Lonaconing

Allen, Pvt. James G., Jr
Clupp, Seaman Anthony C., Jr.
Crichton, SFC George
Holmes, Lt. Thomas M.
Langley, SFC Jack
McMannis, PFC. Frank
Miller, Pvt. Andrew
Neat, Pvt. Alvin C., Jr.
Stevenson, Pfc. James A.
Woods, Pfc. John William

Long

Kifer, Staff Sgt. Virgil C.

Luke

Dawson, Tech. Sgt.Francis H.

Midland

Allen, Joseph B. (no rank listed)
Campbell, Sgt. Thomas M.
Taylor, Pfc. Thomas A.

Mt. Savage

Brailer, Pvt. William J.
Dickle, Pvt. Eugene
Dunn, First Sgt. Joseph B.
Lynch, George (no rank listed)
Murphy, Staff Sgt. James R.
Petenbrink, Pvt. John Alvin

Oldtown

Diffinbaugh, Pvt. Eugene E
Sisler, Sgt. Clifford B.

Westernport

Carpenter, Pfc. Kenneth L.
Clark, Pfc. Thomas V. Jr.
Dayton, Lt. Charles R.
Fields, Pvt. Thomas D.
Hickerson, First Lt. C. E. Jr.
Moores, Robert Lee (no rank listed)
Moores, Master Sgt. Joseph B.
Moran, CPO Arthur P.
O'Haver, Pfc. John W.
Taylor, Pfc. Robert T.
Wills, Sgt. Albert W.

Wright's Crossing

Broadbeck, Pfc. John B.


Transcribed and contributed by Patricia Thomas


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