WWII Killed in Action List "S"
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S1c Leonard Franklin Sale Jr. was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 133th Naval Construction Battalion. Sale was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. 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 Frank Salsa, Jr. was killed in action by shrapnel from an enemy aerial bombing on Anzio Beachhead during the invasion of Anzio, Italy on 22 January 1999.. Salsa was buried at Army Corps Anzio Beach and later repatriated and reburied at Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman, California. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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CSF(AA) Robert Schafer was killed in action after he was hit by shrapnel during an enemy bombing raid on Roi Island, Kwajalein, 12 February 1944. He served with the 109th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried on Roi Island and later reinterred at Willwood Burial Park, Rockford, IL. 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 Charles Schroeder was killed in action in a cave on West Shore, Tinian of multiple gunshot wounds on 18 March 1945 while serving with the 135th Naval Construction Battalion. Schroeder and 4 other men started to enter a cave and were hit by enemy rifle fire. Schroeder was buried in American Cemetery, Tinian. 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 Larry Benedict Schueler was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 8 April 1945. He died from wounds received when an unexploded "dud" detonated. He served with the 31st Naval Construction Battalion. Schueler was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at New Albany National Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana. 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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MM3c Joe Davis Sells Jr. was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 23 April 1945. He served with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion. Sells was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Dublin Cemetery, Dublin, 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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MM1c Billie Shackelford was killed in action at Tacloban, Philippines on 25 December 1944. Shackelford suffered from severe injuries after the transport he was on was hit by enemy bombardment, He served with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 623. Buried at USAF Cemetery No. 2, Tacloban, Leyte and reinterred at Ebenezer Cemetery, West Point, Cullman County, Alabama. 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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CPHM Ellis Shields was killed in action during combat on 4 March 1944 as he was administering wounded soldiers on Manus and Los Negros while serving with the 40th Naval Construction Battalion. Ellis Shields was buried at Los Negros Cemetery and reinterred at Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine, Iowa. For his actions on the Admiralty Islands and for treating wounded soldiers, he was posthumously awarded a Navy Cross, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CSF Charlie Shuttlesworth was killed during an enemy bombing attack at Salerno on 10 September 1943 while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006. He is buried 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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SF1c Jess Edward Simpson was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945. He served with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion Simpson's body was never recovered. He was last seen lying on the beach near the water's edge and the disposition was unknown thereafter. Simpson is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, 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 Raymond Skinner was killed in action at Okinawa on 25 May 1945 while serving with the 145th NCB. On May 25, 1945, the Japanese military conducted a massive land and air operation that intended to ground the aircraft at Yontan and also to attack the nearby American vessels. Anti-air fire repelled many Japanese planes intended to land on the airfield but some aircraft were able to break through the fire. It was during this battle when Skinner was killed. He was 18 years old. Skinner was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Okinawa, and reinterred at Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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EM1c Friend Smith was killed in action at the Treasury Islands on 17 December 1943 while serving with the 87th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at 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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S2c Houston Smith was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 16 April 1945 when a truck he was being transported in struck a land mine He served with the 106th Naval Construction Battalion. Smith was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington. 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 Earl Edwards Smull Jr. was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 133th Naval Construction Battalion. Smull was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Dale Memorial Park in Chesterfield, 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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LCDR Charles B. Snead died on 23 January 1943 at Ofuna Prison, Kyushu while a Japanese prisoner of war (POW). For fifteen Civil Engineer Corps officers World War II meant the grueling ordeal as a prisoner of war, an ordeal that six of them did not survive. LCDR Snead was sworn into the Civil Engineer Corps on 2 May 1942 on Corregidor. He had previously been the Assistant Cavite Project Manager for Pacific Naval Air Bases, the civilian contract consortium building bases throughout the Pacific area. Following the collapse of U.S. resistance in the Philippines, Snead was taken prisoner. He died at Ofuna Prison on Kyushu of paralysis caused by diphtheria, having already been ill of malaria and beriberi since October 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, Purple Heart, and entitled to the World War II Victory Medal, American Defense Medal, Philippine Defense Medal, and CM3c Walter Sniegocki was killed in action at Green Beach, Anzio, Italy on 6 March 1944, while working on a pontoon causeway that was hit by an enemy shell. He was struck by several shrapnel fragments in the skull. He served with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 579. His remains were buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy and reinterred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, New Jersey. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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CM3c Walter Sniegocki was killed in action at Green Beach, Anzio, Italy on 6 March 1944, while working on a pontoon causeway that was hit by an enemy shell. He was struck by several shrapnel fragments in the skull. He served with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 579. His remains were buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy and reinterred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, New Jersey. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and 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 Victor Snyder was killed in action at Guadalcanal on 11 November 1942. During Victor Snyder's stay in the 6th Naval Construction Battalion he earned the rank Shipfitter Third Class by November of 1942. Victor Snyder was confirmed K.I.A on November 11, 1942, while the circumstances around his death are unknown, what is known is that the Japanese military was conducting artillery strikes in preparation for their attempt in retaking Henderson Field once again and for the upcoming naval battle that would take place that would resupply their efforts in retaking the airfield. He was survived by his wife Lina Pearson and was laid to rest in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota. |
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SF2c James Sparks was killed in action as the result of shrapnel to the head during an enemy air raid on 28 September 1943 on New Georgia while serving with the 73rd Naval Construction Battalion. Sparks was buried at Munda Cemetery and later reburied at Edgemont Cemetery in Anniston, 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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CM1c Albert Steen was killed in action on New Britain Island after an aerial enemy bombing on 17 January 1944. He was deployed with the 19th Naval Construction Battalion and was buried at US Armed Forces Cemetery, Cape Gloucester, No. 1, New Britain and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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LT(jg) George Stephenson was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid on Rendova while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Stephenson was buried at Cemetery #1, Rendova, 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 James Stiverson was killed in action at Guadalcanal while deployed with the 6 Naval Construction Battalion on 23 October 1942. Stiverson was hit by shrapnel from an enemy shell which landed near him. Stiverson was buried at 1st Marine Division Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Greenwood Cemetery in Blue Rapids, Kansas. 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 Orris Strand was killed in action from a gunshot wound to the head from an enemy sniper at Peleliu on 2 October 1944. He served with the 73rd Naval Construction Battalion and was engaged in working on airfield at Peleliu when struck. Strand was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu, and reinterred at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, 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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MM1c Alfred Strausser was killed in action during an enemy assault at Peleliu on 22 September 1944. He served with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion. Strausser was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu, and reinterred at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cortland, 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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S2c Seymour Sullenson was killed in action at Banika Island on 4 August 1944 while serving with the 145th Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried in Banika Cemetery #1. Sullenson 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 17:23:32 EDT 2024
