The following information was copied from images on the National Archives and Records Administration webpage. The images are copies of the book that contains information about "World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Utah." There are images on the webpage for each state and county.
The following statistics for Carbon County are given.
31 | KIA | Killed in Action |
5 | DOW | Wounded and later died |
0 | DOI | Died in the line of duty |
12 | DNB | Died, non-battle |
6 | FOD | Individuals determined dead |
1 | M | Missing |
The following is a list of the men whose names appear in the book. The information in the Organization, Death date and Awards columns was received from the World War II and Korean conflict Soldiers Interred abroad database on the Ancestry.com webpage.
Name | Rank | Stats | Organization | Death Date | Monument at |
Amador, Salvador | PFC | KIA | 5310 Infantry 5th Division | 13 Sep 1944 | Lorraine, France |
Angotti, Antone | S SG | DOW | |||
Avalos, Jesus | PFC | M | 102nd Eng. combat Battalion 27th | 4 Jul 1945 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Averrett, Jack B. | PVT | DOW | |||
Bromley, Dewane J. | PVT | KIA | |||
Bruno, Ernest F. | PVT | KIA | Company 1, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Information donated by family member.) | 27 Dec 1944 | |
Bruno, James L. | S SG | KIA | |||
Bruno, Orlando S. | PFC | KIA | 853rd eng. Battalion Aviation | 27 Nov 1943 | North Africa |
Capozo, John | PFC | KIA | |||
Cave, Orvil M. | PVT | KIA | 59th Cavalry Regiment | 5 May 1942 | Manila, Philippines |
Cory, Thomas H. | 2 LT | DNB | 744th Bomber Squad, 456th Bomber | 6 Feb 1944 | Sicily & Rome, Italy |
Cowan, Norman K. | PFC | DOW | |||
Cravens, Gilbert | SGT | KIA | |||
Dixon, Leonard | T SG | FOD | 525th bomber Squad, 379th Bomber | 29 Nov 1943 | Ardennes, France |
Engle, Robert E. | 1 LT | DNB | |||
Fox, William K. | S SC | KIA | |||
Gallegos, John J. | PFC | KIA | 853rd Eng. Battalion Aviation | 27 Nov 1943 | North Africa |
Gardner, John D. | PFC | KIA | |||
Gerber, Keith M. | FL O | FOD | Air corp | 4 Aug 1943 | Cambridge, England |
Gill, Harold E. | PFC | DOW | 308th Tank Battalion | 7 Oct 1944 | Lorraine, France |
Giraud, Pete | PFC | FOD | 351st Infantry 88th Div. | 1 Jun 1945 | Sicily & Rome, Italy |
Helsten, John W. | TEC4 | KIA | Member of the 11th Armored Division, 42nd Tank Batallion, A company | Mar. 9, 1945 | Buried in Foy Belgium then body was returned to Scofield, Utah. |
Hiibner, Okey L. | S SG | KIA | |||
Jernigan, Alton | SCT | KIA | Information from www.familysearch.org says: birth: 20 Jul 1920 in Brewton, Escb, AL Death: 15 Oct 1943 Napoli, Italy Buried: Abt 1949 in Dixonville, Escambia, Alabama |
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Johnson, Frank | PFC | KIA | |||
Juergens, James F. | TEC5 | KIA | |||
Kochevar, Rudy | 2 LT | KIA | |||
Kolovich, Joseph | PFC | KIA | |||
Leonard, Harold E. | SGT | KIA | |||
Littlejohn, Alexander | PVT | DNB | |||
Malonas, Harry | PVT | KIA | |||
Mancine, John | T SG | FOD | |||
Menary, Jack R. | PVT | FOD | 30th bomber squad, 19th bomber group | 1 Feb 1946 | Manila, Philippines |
Nicolaides, Thomas | PVT | KIA | |||
Nielsen, Thorald D. | PVT | DNB | |||
Nogulich, George Jr. | PFC | KIA | |||
Pappas, Anthony L. | SGT | KIA | |||
Pilling, Ervin M. | PVT | DNB | |||
Polve, Lamar V. | PFC | KIA | |||
Powell, Joseph P. | SGT | DOW | |||
Powell, William J. | T SG | KIA | 8th Infantry 2nd Division | 3 Jul 1944 | Normandy, France |
Purdy, Earl R. | S SG | DNB | 330th bomber squad, 93rd bomber | 29 Oct 1942 | Cambridge, England |
Rich, Dorrell E. | SGT | DNB | |||
Richards, Albert R. | SGT | KIA | 731st bomber squad, 452nd bomber | 9 Nov 1944 | Cambridge, England |
Rowley, George A. Jr. | 2 LT | DNB | |||
Sillitoe, Frank B. | S SG | FOD | 3rd photo Recon Squadron | 9 Dec 1944 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Simmons, Doyle L. | CPL | DNB | |||
Smodey, Frank | PVT | KIA | |||
Starich, Walter A. | PVT | KIA | |||
Topolovec, David A. | PVT | DNB | |||
Treat, Wallace N. Jr. | PVT | DNB | |||
Tucker, Earl | PVT | KIA | |||
Vail, Vern L. | PFC | DNB | |||
Weight, Kenneth D. | CPL | KIA | 853rd Eng. Battalion Aviation | 27 Nov 1943 | North Africa |
Williams, Orson J. | SGT | KIA |
In addition to the soldiers listed above, the following soldiers names were found in the book, "Centennial Echos from Carbon County", compiled by Thursey Jessen Reynolds, published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Carbon County 1948, pages 145 and 146. The names in the list were submitted by Dow Young. These soldiers are also listed as having served in World War II and did not return.
Alexander, Eugene | Averill, Charles Albert | Barker, Stephen A. |
Bikakis, Luther Charles | Bragdon, Warren J. | Busch, David Lester, Jr. |
Christensen, Bernard A. | Davis, Leroy Conrad | Denny, John R. |
Denny, Thomas Patrick | Donohue, Ned Burton | Francisco, Joseph |
Frandsen, Richard F. | Freeman, Glen William | Gunderson, Frank Keith |
Gunderson, Jack L. | Hixon, Rufus P. | Hyatt, Herman Leroy, Jr. |
Keen, Weston Kay | Keller, Ray E. | Lermiaux, Buster |
Livingston, Acel Earl | Martinez, Fily | Pike, Leonard B. |
Pilling, William Dorius | Protopappas, Charles D. | Rasmussen, Lawrence V. |
Stifos, Pete | Trueba, Frank | Watkins, Kenneth Wayne |
Hartman, Roy John | Jackson, George B., Jr. | Laursen, Kenneth Abner |
Naylor, Robert Russell | Rahor, William G. |