WWII Killed in Action List "B"
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CM3c John Henry Baertschi was killed in action by enemy fire at Iwo Jima on 15 April 1945 while serving with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Baertschi was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Maplewood Cemetery in Toledo, Ohio. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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EM1c Edward William Barenkamp was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 27 March 1945 from wounds sustained from enemy gunshot. He served with the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion. Barenkamp was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. He is memorialized at the World War II memorial in Honolulu. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c George Bartlett was killed in action at Peleliu on 10 October 1944 while serving with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion. He was shot in the chest by Japanese forces. Bartlett was buried at USAF cemetery, Peleliu, and reinterred at Forrest Cemetery in Gladsden, Alabama. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Edgar Barton, was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Barton was buried at Cemetery #1, Rendova, and reinterred at Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c William Augustus Beales was killed in action from shrapnel wounds in the chest during an enemy bombing at Iwo Jima on 1 June 1945. He served with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Beales was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. He is honored at the Roll of Honor Plaque at the Gettysburg Fire Department. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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EM2c Patrick Joseph Begley was killed in action on 14 September 1943 on Vella LaVella after a bomb explosion. He was 27 years old at the time of his death and serving with the 82nd Naval Construction Battalion. Begley was buried at Cemetery on Vella LaVella and later reburied at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in New York. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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StM2c Willis Bell was killed in action at Peleliu on 9 October 1944 while serving with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion. StM2c Bell was buried in the American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines. He was awarded the gold star and the purple heart because of his valiant sacrifice to his country. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM2c Joseph Marvin Benson was killed in action during the initial Invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion and was killed by enemy action in the line of duty. Benson was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred in the National Cemetery in Oahu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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PHM3c Lawrence Edward Betz was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 20 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion Betz was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at the Long Island National Cemetery in New York. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c Richard Herbert Black died of multiple extreme injuries incurred in an explosion of enemy pitland mine at Iwo Jima on 16 April 1945 while serving with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Black was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery, North Carolina. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM2c Boaz Blosser was killed in action at Okanawa after being shot in the right femoral artery by an enmy bullet on 19 May 1945. He served with the 14th NCB. He was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Okinawa and reinterred at the Baltimore National Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. He is honored and memorialized at the World War II memorial. |
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ChCarp Ralph Blowers was killed in action at Saipan on 11 July 1944 while serving with Naval Combat Demolition Unit 35. He died at the age of 31. Blowers is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memeorial, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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Chief Carpenter Edwin "Bo" Eugene Blythe was killed in action on 19 February 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. Blythe was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Saint Marks Episcopal Church, Huntersville, North Carolina. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM3c Mitchell Boley was killed in action at Guam on 23 August 1944. He enlisted in the US Navy Seabees on July 16, 1942 and served abroad for approximately 18 months. He was 23 years old. Boley was buried at and reinterred at Faubion Cemetery, Baltimore, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM3c Norman Lee Bondurant was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 20 February 1945, while serving with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion He was evacuated to the USS MIFFLIN to receive medical treatment for wounds received in action when he succumbed to his injuries. Bondurant was buried at sea and is memorialized at Buffalo Gap Cemetery, Fall River County, South Dakota and at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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EM2c Thomas Bowen was killed in action by a bomb blast on Roi Island, Kwajalein, 12 February 1944. .He was deployed with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. At 0230 on 12 February 1944, six Japanese four-engine planes from Saipan, which were flying to Ponape, bombed Roi Island, striking the US supply dump and igniting an enormous explosion that ruined about 80 percent of the ammunition, food, construction equipment, and supplies. The attack killed 25 and injured 130 men. None of the Japanese planes were shot down. However, no other Japanese forces were in a position to capitalize on this victory. Bowen was buried on Roi Island and reinterred at Restland Cemetery in Roxton, Texas. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Elmer Bowlin was killed in action working on an airfield at Vella LaVella when a bomb that was being loaded onto a plane exploded on 4 November 1943. He served with the 82nd Naval Construction Battalion. Bowlin was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Vella LaVella and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM2c John Joseph Brady Jr was killed in action when a truck he was operating struck a land mine at Iwo Jima on 16 April 1945, while serving with the 106th Naval Construction Battalion. Brady was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Mount Benedict Cemetery West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM3c Eric Arvid Breiby was killed in action by an enemy bombing raid at Vella LaVella on 4 November 1943, while serving with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. Breiby was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Vella LaVella and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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SF1c James Brennan was killed in action at Morotai on 2 October 1944, while serving with the 84th Naval Construction Battalion. Brennan was hit by gunshots and shrapnel that penetrated his right lung, liver, and kidney. Brennan was buried at USAF Cemetery, Boroebanr and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM3 Jack Brinker was killed in action at Guadalcanal while working on a gasoline barge which sustained a direct hit from enemy bombs on 16 October 1942. Brinker was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Forest Home Cemetery, Hicksville, Ohio. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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SF2c George Brose, a member of the 19th Naval Construction Battalion deployed to New Britain Island, was killed in action on 17 January 1944, after he was hit by shrapnel during an enemy bombing. The 19th Naval Construction Battalion landed with the First Marine Division whose mission was to take two Japanese airfields at Cape Gloucester that were being guarded by units of the Japanese 17th Division. He was buried at US Armed Forces Cemetery, Cape Gloucester, No. 1, New Britain and later reburied at Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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ENS William Carl Brown was killed in action from wounds received as a result of enemy bombing at Iwo Jima on 1 June 1945. He served with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Brown was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and reinterred at Chamberlain Cemetery in Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas. He is memorialized at the World War II memorial for his valiant sacrifice to his country. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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SF3c Clifford Wilson Bruce was killed in action on 7 April 1945 at Iwo Jima while serving with the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion. Bruce was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CSF Charles Burchell was killed in action during Allied invasion of Italy near Salerno on 10 September 1943. Burchell was on temporary duty with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006 from Adnave Amphibious Base, Bizerte, Tuniasia. He died aboard the USS Samuel Chase of wounds received in action. CSF Burchell was buried at Yellow Beach, Salerno Bay and reinterred at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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CSF(PA) Boyd Burdette died of wounds received in enemy action on 25 October 1944 while taking part in the invasion of Leyte, Philippines. He served with the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion and was buried at sea. Burdette is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
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S1c Edward Burns was killed in action on 12 January 1944 during an enemy air attack on Stirling Island, Treasury Islands. He received severe injuries from shrapnel from aerial bomb that penetrated the base of his skull, back, left and right arms from the blast. S1c Burns was 23 years old at the time of his death. Burns was interned in the cemetery at Filami Village, Mono Island and later reburied at Long Island National Cemetery in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM2c Walter J Burroughs was killed in action aboard LST-333 off the coast of Algeria on 22 June 1943 while serving with the 70th Naval Construction Battalion. Burroughs was buried at American Cemetery, Constantine, Algeria, and reinterred at North Pembroke Cemetery in New York. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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GM3c Walter Busby was killed in action during an enemy air raid on Vella LaVella, 15 September 1943 while serving with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. Busby was buried at the Army, Navy, and Marine Cemetery on Vella LaVella, and later reburied at Southview Cemetery North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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ENS John Bussell, CEC, was killed in action at Omaha Beach, Normandy on 6 June 1944 while serving with Naval Combat Demolition Unit 46. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve on November 20, 1942, and went on active duty to attend the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School in New York on March 16, 1943. Bussell was commissioned an Ensign on June 16, 1943, and then attended Civil Engineer training at the Naval Construction Training Center at Camp Peary, Virginia, from June to October 1943. He next attended Navy Combat Demolition training at Naval Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, Florida, from October 1943 to January 1944, followed by service with Navy Combat Demolition Unit 46 from January 1944 until he was killed in action while serving with Navy Combat Demolition Unit of Force "O" at Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Ensign Bussell was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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SF3c John Charles Butts Jr was killed in action on 19 February 1945 on Iwo Jima. Butts enlisted in the US Navy Seabees and was assigned to the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. SF3c Butts was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM2c William Byrd was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Byrd was buried at Cemetery #2, Rendova, and reinterred at Lookeba Cemetery, Lookeba,Oklahoma. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
Published: Mon Jul 01 11:18:20 EDT 2024
