Boone County WW II Veterans (partial)
The following database is a partial listing of World War II
Veterans whose hometown of record was Boone County, Indiana.
The original data came from researcher submissions and various
other sources, some of which
were publications in Indiana newspapers. Compete source
citation information is below.
|
Name |
Service No |
Branch |
Service Dates |
Areas of Service |
Rank |
Status |
Home |
Awards |
Remarks |
| MARION L ADAMS |
35581331 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
ELIZAVILLE |
|
|
| ORIS D ADAMS |
6274250 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
ELIZAVILLE |
|
|
| FORREST V ALLEN |
35160985 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| KELLY ALLEN |
35820394 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| JOHN E ALLEN |
35170604 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
WHITESTOWN |
|
|
| SAMUEL T ARTMAN |
|
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| ROY ARTMAN |
35567678 |
ARMY |
11/9/1942 - 11/4/1945 |
|
S/SGT |
|
|
BRONZE STAR |
BOB 10-18-17[DOB?] |
| BYRON L ATKINS |
35146697 |
ARMY |
|
|
SSG |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| BEN F AUBREY |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED 4/19/98 |
| BERTON B BALES |
|
NAVY |
|
|
LT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CLYDE F BALEY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
|
JAMES A BASSET
|
35170606
|
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
|
|
| REX A BEAMAN |
|
MARINES |
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
DECEASED 5/7/98 IN ZIONSVILLE |
| JOHN H BECK |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
DECEASED 5/1/98 |
| CHESTER J BERKLEY |
35166465
|
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
KIA |
|
|
|
| JEROLD W BROWN |
15085748 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| JOHN T BROWN |
35253007 |
ARMY |
|
|
T5 CPL |
|
|
|
|
| RUSSELL E BYRKETT |
9553166 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
WHITESTOWN |
|
|
| CLETIS H CAMPBELL |
35350406 |
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| ERNEST E CAMPBELL |
|
MARINES |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
JOSEPH E CAMPBELL
|
|
NAVY |
|
|
ENSIGN |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CECIL L CAYCE |
35357753 |
ARMY |
6/17/1942 - 9/7/1945 |
|
T-5 |
|
|
BRONZE STARS |
|
| MAURICE N CHAVENS |
6263032 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| JOHN M CLIFTON |
35159411 |
ARMY |
|
|
TEC5 |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
|
Name |
Service No. |
Branch |
Service Dates |
Areas of Service |
Rank |
Status |
Home |
Awards |
Remarks |
| JOHN R CLINGER |
2058989 |
ARMY |
|
|
2LT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| KENNETH A CODEY |
35565002 |
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| RUSSELL V CONDON |
6279935 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
|
| ORA F CORNETT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| LLOYD G CRAGUN |
35157486 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED 11/25/97 |
| JAMES W CRAMER |
35579592 |
ARMY |
|
|
T-5 |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| KENNETH E DICKERSON |
35504896 |
AIR CORPS |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED DATE UNKNOWN |
| VAUGHN E ENGLEDOW |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
DECEASED 5/7/98 IN ZIONSVILLE, IN |
| WILLIAM G FORD |
35894785 |
ARMY |
|
|
SSG |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CARREL E FRANCIS |
379526 |
|
1/17/1940 - 8/2/1945 |
|
LT. COL M.C. |
|
LEBANON
|
PURPLE HEART, SILVER
STAR, BRONZE STAR |
|
| JOHN C FRENCH |
35159449 |
ARMY
|
|
|
PVT
|
KIA |
|
|
|
| FLOYD O GALVIN |
35830743 |
ARMY |
|
|
CPL |
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED |
| ELIZABETH J
GERHARDT |
7458554 |
NAVY |
1/6/1944 - 1/9/1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LESTER H GILLIAN |
1730452 |
ARMY |
|
|
1LT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| WILLIAM R. GOOD |
35092903 |
ARMY |
|
|
T/5 |
|
WHITESTOWN |
BRONZE STAR |
|
| JOSEPH W GREGORY |
35369403 |
AIR CORPS |
|
|
|
|
ZIONSVILLE |
|
|
| THOMAS L GRESH |
35096779 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
WHITESTOWN |
|
|
| R L HAPTONSTALL |
35161441 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
|
|
| MELVIN E HARDESTY |
35255820 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
|
|
| MARVIN A HARLOS |
35094395 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CHARLES R HARLOS |
|
NAVY |
|
|
BAKER1C |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| IUAN R HARMON |
35357745 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DANIEL S HARVEY |
35562782 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
|
|
| JOHN H HATHAWAY |
|
NAVY |
|
|
AMM1C |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| HOLLIS E HERRIN |
|
NAVY |
|
|
S1C |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| DELMAR ARTHUR HICKS |
|
|
12/31/1941 -
Enlisted Ft. Benjamin Harrison |
|
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b. 6/21/1920
d. 10/13/1999
Son of Elva and Eva (Catt) Hicks
Submitted by:
Joyce Hicks Howell - 9/17/2007 |
| GROVER "PAUL" HICKS |
|
|
4/1/1943 - Enlisted
Indianapolis, IN. |
D Day Invasion of
Normandy at Omaha Beach Head, and Germany in The
Battle of The Bulge with the 247th Combat Engineers
Battalion. |
CPL |
|
|
|
b. 5/22/1924
Indianapolis, IN.
d. 12/23/2005
Son of Elva and Eva (Catt) Hicks.
Submitted by:
Joyce Hicks Howell - 9/17/2007 |
| ROBERT HICKS |
356301 |
MARINES |
|
|
CPL |
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| ROLAND L HICKS |
227128 |
NAVY |
|
|
LT |
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| JESSE P HICKS |
35243549 |
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| JOHN W HICKS |
35993276 |
AIR CORPS |
|
|
S/SGT |
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| PARIS ELVA HICKS |
15058914 |
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
KIA, Bologna, Italy
4/21/1945 |
|
PURPLE HEART |
Son of Elva and Eva (Catt)
Hicks
Submitted by:
Joyce Hicks Howell - 9/17/2007 |
| MILBURN W. HILLOR |
|
NAVY |
11/1/1939 - 12/1/1945 |
|
BM 2 |
|
JAMESTOWN |
|
|
| LOWELL C HOUGEN |
|
ARMY |
|
|
2LT |
KIA |
|
|
|
| GLENN C HOWELL |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED 5/2/98 |
| CHARLES W JOHNS |
8634804 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
JAMESTOWN |
|
|
| WILLIAM E KEENEY |
|
AIR CORPS |
|
|
|
|
WHITESTOWN |
|
|
| RAYMOND R KELLEY |
35565005 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| LLOYD K
KOUNS |
35090851 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CARL H LAFLIN |
|
ARMY |
|
|
1LT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| MITCHELL LAY |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
DECEASED 5/2/98 |
| DONALD N LECKRONE |
15346644 |
AIR CORPS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GILBERT C LEWALLEN |
|
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
|
|
|
|
| WILLIAM F LEWIS |
|
ARMY |
|
|
1LT |
KIA |
|
|
|
| FLOYD R LISTER |
926916 |
MARINES |
|
|
PFC |
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| LESTER L MCCOY |
35565010 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
PFC[?] |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| ROY H MCINTIRE |
01552747 |
|
1/17/1941 - 12/25/1945 |
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| ALVA F.
MITCHELL |
35364288 |
ARMY |
8/7/1942 - 9/23/1945 |
|
T4 |
|
|
BRONZE STAR MEDAL |
|
| FORREST F MORR |
35160991 |
ARMY |
|
|
TEC5 |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
Donald E.
PIPES |
|
ARMY
Combat Organization: 431st Bomber Squadron 11th
Bomber |
|
|
S/SGT |
MISSING
DOD
28 Jul 1944 |
Whitestown |
Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Additional Army Awards |
Monument: Fort William McKinley,
Manila, The Philippines
Submitted by:
Connie Taylor
- 6/2007 |
| WILBUR R RAMSEY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| RICHARD S RAMSEY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| HAROLD G RED |
|
NAVY |
|
|
MM3C |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| KEITH E RICE |
15381961 |
ARMY |
11/1/1942 - 1/1/1946 |
|
TECHNICIAN 3C |
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| MAURICE F. ROBERTS |
|
ARMY |
4/1/1941 - 8/1/1945 |
|
|
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| WOODROW P RODGERS |
35243543 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| DONALD L RUNION |
35579042 |
MARINES |
|
|
CPL |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| ELMER J SANDERS |
35098574 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| HAROLD E SANDERS |
35905558 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| MELVIN L SCHENCK |
35138355 |
ARMY |
|
|
1SGT |
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| RUSSELL B. SERING |
6263688 |
NAVY |
11/29/1942 - 10/6/1945 |
|
ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 1/C |
|
|
|
|
| MAURICE A SHEETS |
35243550 |
ARMY |
8/31/2025[?] -[?] |
|
PFC |
KIA |
LEBANON |
PURPLE HEART |
KIA BELGIUM 12/27/44 |
| JOHN W SHUE,
JR. |
35567799 |
ARMY |
|
|
SSG |
KIA |
|
|
|
| WINSON SLOAN |
|
NAVY |
|
|
S2C |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| JOHN M SMALL |
35972645 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| RICHARD E SMILEY |
35894864 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| WILLIAM D SMITH |
35711353 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
|
|
| JOHN R SMITH |
|
|
8/5/1942 - 11/2/1945 |
|
|
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| ELBERT L STEPHENS |
35164951 |
ARMY |
|
|
TEC5 |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| WILLIAM C STOUT |
|
NAVY |
|
|
SK2C |
KIA |
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| RUSSELL SWISHER |
35243547 |
ARMY |
|
|
T/SGT |
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
| MELVILLE L THOMPSON |
35369395
|
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CARL A TRUMP |
868965 |
MARINES |
9/1/1943 - 2/1/1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| HAZEN E WARD |
926693 |
MARINES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GLENN H WARREN |
35096778 |
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LLOYD E WEST |
6269846 |
NAVY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CURTIS J WETHINGTON |
35892701 |
|
|
|
|
|
NEW BRUNSWICK |
|
|
| FRED W WILKINS |
35894782 |
ARMY |
|
|
PVT |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| MELVIN L WILLIAMS |
35153436 |
ARMY |
2/26/1941 - 11/22/1945 |
|
S/SGT |
|
LEBANON |
AMERICAN DEFENSE
RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EAME THEATER
RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL |
|
| RAYBURN W WILLIAMS,
JR. |
|
ARMY |
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
|
|
| ROBERT K WOLFF |
15313094 |
ARMY |
|
|
PFC |
KIA |
|
PURPLE HEART |
|
| CLEMENT L WOOD |
8642984 |
NAVY |
8/20/1943 - 12/14/1945 |
|
SF1C |
|
|
EAME THEATER |
|
| PAUL E WOODARD |
15197229 |
ARMY |
|
|
SGT |
KIA |
|
|
|
| BERNARD F WRIGHT |
35357777 |
ARMY |
|
|
TSG |
KIA |
|
|
|
| ROBERT W WYANT |
|
ARMY |
8/1/1942 - 5/1/1947 |
|
SSGT |
|
THORNTOWN |
|
|
Source Citation:
Stover, T., comp., Boone County Indiana WWII Veterans,
[database online] Boone County Genealogy, INGenWeb.
2006. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data:
"World War II Veterans Database." Indiana War Memorials
Commission.
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