WWII Killed in Action List "H"
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S2c Donald Hacker was killed in action after being hit by enemy sniper at Saipan on 11 July 1944. He served with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. Hacker was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cmetery, Saipan and reinterred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano, Wisconsin. 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 Arthur Robert Haffling was killed in action from wounds received during an enemy bombing at Iwo Jima on 1 June 1945. He served with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Haffling was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and reinterred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California, he was later awarded a Purple Heart. 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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SC3c Emmit Dee Harber was killed in action from gunshot wounds received by Japanese snipers at Tinian on 13 August 1944. He was 25 years old. Harber was buried at and reinterred at Restland Cemetery in Olney, 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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CM2c Lorenzo Harris was killed in action on 4 March 1944 as a result of injuries sustained in battle at Los Negros, Admiralty Islands. He was 38 years old. CM2c Harris was buried at Los Negros Cemetery and reinterred at Linn Grove Cemetery in Greely, Colorado. 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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SF3c Grady Hart was killed in action from multiple injuries suffered from an explosion caused by a Japanese land mine on Guam, 25 May 1945. He was bured at Island Cemetery #2, Guam, and reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, 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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GM2c William Hawks died after Japanese forces blew up an ammunition dump at Saipan on 30 July 1944. Hawks was serving with the 301st Naval Construction Battalion. His remains were not recovered. Hawks is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and at West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor County, West Virginia. 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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SF3c Marvin Clarence Haynes Jr. was killed in action during the initial invasion at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. Haynes was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at 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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S1c Robert Hearn deployed to New Britain Island with the 19th NCB, was killed in action after being hit when he was wounded by shrapnel from an enemy air bombing. He was buried at US Armed Forces Cemetery, Cape Gloucester, No. 1, New Britain. Reburied at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey. |
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S1c Ellis John Hebert was killed in action at Saipan on 16 June 1944. He served with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan and reinterred at Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery in Scott, Louisiana. 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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CM3c Claude Hepp was killed in action during the invasion of Saipan on 16 June 1944 while serving with the 18th Naval Construction Battalion. Hepp is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, 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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CM3c Thomas Joseph Herman was killed in action during the invasion at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. Herman was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia. 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 Arthur Aaron Herron was killed in action during the initial invasion at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. Herron was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Montgomery Memorial Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama. 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 Guy Hetrick was killed in action at Vella LaVella on 27 November 1943 while serving with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion. Heterick was buried at and reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. 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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CM1c Lawrence Hoberg was killed in action on Funafuti Island, 17 November 1943, after being wounded during an enemy aerial bombardment at 0440. He died before reaching at field hospital. Hoberg served with the 2nd Naval Construction Battalion, He was buried at US Marine Corps Cemetery Funafuti Atoll and reinterred at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA. 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 James Sam Holt was killed in action while working on the airfield at Vella LaVella on 4 November 1943 while serving with the 82nd Naval Construction Battalion. He was 33 years old. Holt was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Vella LaVella and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, 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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LT(jg) Orvid Holtman, CEC, was killed in action at Omaha Beach, Normandy on 6 June 1944 while serving with Naval Combat Demolition Unit 27. He was reinterred at Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Missouri. 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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S2c Fred Hopkins died from wounds received in action from enemy bombing at Peleliu on 16 September 1944. He served with the 17th Special Naval Construction Battalion. Hopkins was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu and reinterred at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. 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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COX Amos Huff was killed in enemy action on Peleliu on 15 September 1944. He was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu 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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CM1c Herbert Hufford was killed in action on after being struck by flying shrapnel on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands on 4 March 1944. CM1c Hufford was buried at Los Negros Cemetery and reinterred at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. 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 Sam Eugene Hunter Jr. was killed in action during the invasion of Saipan on 15 June 1944 while serving with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. Hunter was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan and reinterred at Florence National Cemetery in Florence, South Carolina. 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 George Wave Hushman was killed in action after being hit by shrapnel from an enemy bomb that hit an ammunition storage area during the invasion of Bougainville on 20 November 1943. He served with the 71st Naval Construction Battalion. Hushman was buried at the Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery #1, Bougainville and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, 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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EM1c Robert Huss was killed in action during the Invasion of Salerno at Beach Safta on 10 September 1943, while serving with the 70th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at Vannulo Cemetery, Italy and reinterred at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. 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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COX Robert Hutchins was killed in action on Los Negros after being struck by shrapnel on 4 March 1944 while serving with the 40th Naval Construction Battalion. Hutchins was buried at Los Negros Cemetery and reinterred at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. 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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Ptr1c John Hutchman was killed in enemy action at Saipan on 26 June 1944, while serving with the 121st Naval Construction Battalion. Hutchman was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan and reinterred at Mars Cemetery in Mars, Pennsylvania. 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 Frank Hyla was killed in action at Guam on 23 July 1944 while serving with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 515. He is memorilizaed at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, 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. |
Published: Mon Jul 01 13:44:00 EDT 2024
