Casualties from Area
World War II casualties reported as of 1946
Montgomery County Indiana
"Home of Record"
From a list maintained in the National Archives
SEE ADDITIONS BELOW
CODES:
KIA= Killed in Action
DNB= Died- Non-Battle Related
FOD= Finding of Death (Body not recovered)
KIA= Killed in Action
DNB= Died- Non-Battle Related
FOD= Finding of Death (Body not recovered)
PH = Purple Heart
Note:
IF highlighted in blue, you can click to read obituaries
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Akester, Arnold R. - Montgomery? | 6919393 | PFC | DNB |
Navy | Ens | KIA - PH | |
Army | PVT | KIA | |
35039949 | PVT | DNB | |
35168200 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
Bowers, William R. | 35563956 | SGT | DNB - KIA? |
35259739 | PFC | DNB - KIA? | |
Coxswain | KIA - Navy - PH | ||
35147111 | SGT | DNB | |
Cain, Robert L. | 35098504 | TEC5 | KIA - PH |
35139833 | PVT | KIA - | |
Cline, Okle O. | 35351251 | PFC | KIA - PH |
15336023 | Sgt | DNB - KIA? | |
Sgt | KIA - PH | ||
35356498 in one source | 36356498 | SGT | DNB - KIA? |
35111500 | PFC | KIA - PH | |
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Cotten, Irvin L. | 35892904 | PVT | KIA - |
DOWDEN, Frank | PVT | KIA - Obituary | |
0006388 | MAJ | DNB - KIA? | |
3536456 | SGT | DNB - KIA - PH | |
Farnsworth, Robert - Army | |||
Feather, Carrol H. | 0075835 | 1 Lt | KIA - PH |
2LT | KIA | ||
0699999 | 2LT | KIA - PH | |
1LT | KIA - PH | ||
PVT | KIA | ||
20530579 | SSG | DNB - KIA ? | |
35246900 | PFC | DNB - KIA? | |
35710918 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
Gott, Donald H. | 15043197 | SGT | DNB - KIA? |
0016602 | LTC | DNB | |
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Grzesk, Leo H. | 02077284 | 2LT | KIA - PH |
USMCR | LT | KIA | |
0811073 | CAPT | DNB - KIA? | |
Hannah, Russell Carl - Navy | AO1C | KIA - PH | |
35144646 | TEC5 | KIA - PH | |
35149063 | TEC5 | KIA - PH | |
Hilliard, Daniel F. | 35506574 | PVT | KIA |
6915847 | SSG | DNB- KIA? | |
35901443 | PFC | DNB- KIA | |
0- 703260 | 2LT | KIA - PH | |
35259285 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
Jessup, Fred | 1944 - KIA | ||
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Johnston, Robert - NAVY | 1944 | ||
35169898 | TEC4 | KIA | |
35246915 | PFC | KIA | |
Lt | KIA | ||
35098597 | LT | Died of wounds | |
Sgt | KIA - PH | ||
35561598 | SSG | DIED OF WOUNDS - PH | |
35933557 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
0- 864408 | 1LT | KIA - PH | |
0- 016678 | COL | DNB | |
35965055 | PVT | DNB | |
35576522 | PFC | KIA | |
35906520 | PVT | KIA | |
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Lt. | Army | ||
35039945 | PFC | KIA | |
McKenzie, Norman L - Navy SIC | KIA - PH | ||
Sgt | |||
35578530 | SSG | KIA - PH | |
80537240 | TEC5 | KIA - PH | |
3598598 | SSG | DNB - PH | |
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
35091684 | PFC | KIA - PH | |
Raynes, Billy - Marines - Okinawa | Sgt | "Casualty"-KIA | |
35246905 | PVT | KIA | |
35164966 | SGT | KIA | |
35357974 | PFC | KIA - PH | |
Tech 5 | KIA | ||
35095901 | TEC5 | KIA - PH | |
20537228 | PFC | DNB | |
Turner, Robert H. | 35164779 | SGT | KIA - PH |
Utterback, Robert C. - Navy | S1C | KIA - PH | |
15099198 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
KIA | |||
35259717 | TSG | KIA | |
35712274 | CPL | DNB | |
35144640 | PFC | KIA | |
Name | Serial No. | Rank | Code |
Wright Robert E. | 01306675 | 2LT | KIA |
35563943 | PVT | KIA - PH | |
35896219 | PVT | DNB | |
The following is a more detailed listing of the ones found on the above chart ...........
Also==Note: The list below is not NEAR COMPLETE -- here are additions - the additions come from ***Voices of Victory 1945-1995 p 47 -- "list taken from the Soldiers & Sailor Monument at the courthouse" - actually I began with the S&S monument list but it is VERY incomplete and finally just nixed it from this page -- there may still be mistakes but this list is indeed MUCH BETTER :) Please let me know if anything is amiss :) Thanks - kbz
***AKESTER, Arnold R. - note I do not think he is from Montgomery County but from the town of Montgomery in Daviess County Indiana
***ALWARD, Kenneth (are there two as this one is buried in Waynetown but not really from MC)
***BABB, Forrest (listed but I see NO connection to Montgomery County - see what I know on Fountain County GenWeb)
***BALES, James V.
***BARNARD, James F. - (see also news articles)
BECK, Charles O. - reported as "casualty - US Army" - Indianapolis Star 19 Oct 1943 p 17 c 8 - hometown Crawfordsville - but the only Charles Beck I find dying that might fit is this one and he's buried in Louisiana? HELP on this one
BEEBE, Floyd C. - Capt. Served in Air Corps 9-1-1941-4-1-1947. Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf CLusters, DIstinguished Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters - Indiana war memorial www.in.gov
BEHRENT, Benjamin - # 9923368 - Navy - Indiana war memorial www.in.gov
***BISHOP, John W.
***BISHOP, Lawrence M.
BONNER, Marshall (Col - 15th US AF) - although it seems he is only from Texas he is listed in the Indianapolis Star 21 Jan 1944 with a hometown of Crawfordsville, Ind - p 1 c 4 - Army casualty - KIA
BOOHER, Eugene (listed as Booker) - listed as Army Casulaty 8 March 1945 addition of Indianapolis Star p 16 c2
BOWER, Richard - Indianapolis Star 5 Dec 1942 p 4 c 1 lists him as from Crawfordsville Indiana - casualty of the Royal Canandian Air Force
BOWERS, William - Darlington hometown listed in the Indianapolis Star 20 Aug 1943 p 15 c 1 as a casualty
BRANSTETTER, George L. -- possibly BRANSTETTER, Lyle (Montgomery Countians-- in WWII) - Air Corps
BRANSTETTER, Richard L. #35973993 - Army Served 4-21-1945 to 11-23-1946 -- from Darlington - Tech 5 - Indiana war memorial www.in.gov
BRATTON, Robert J. - listed as a casulty in the Indianapolis Star 28 Oct 1943 p 20 c 3 - with Crawfordsville as his home town
BROWN, Jack F. - Linden - Air Corps LTC
BRUNNER, Billy (Sgt) - declared KIA
BUNNELL, Robert F. Army - Waynetown
- listed in the Indianapolis Star as a Navy casualty 12 Aug 1945 p 40 c 3 - this is at the Ladoga Normal School as a tribute to him
***BUSHER, Robert
CAIN, James P. -KIA
***CAMPBELL, Ernest E.
***CARRIGAN, Bill
CAULDWELL, Oscar - "decorated" - listed in Indianapolis Star, 23 March 1944 p 2 c3 - although he was born in Parke County, he is listed as his hometown being Crawfordsville - he went on to
***CHADWICK, Vernon -- - KIA Germany
***CLINE, Okle O.
CLODFELTER, Elton A. 35149039 - Air Corps - S Sgt. Indiana war memorial www.in.gov
***CLODFELTER, John B. - listed as a casulaty (home town: Crawfordsville) Indianapolis News 5 Oct 1943 pt 1 p 11 c7 - US Army - do not find a findagrave listing for him
***CLOUGH, Jack C. - listed as a casualty of the US Army 21 Jan 1944 Indianapolis News pt 1, p 12 c 8 - listing "Crawfordsville" as his hometown.
***COLEMAN, James H. - MIA - Army Indianapolis Star 28 March 1944 - p3c3 - US Army - Crawfordsville as Hometown
***COLWELL, John - Indianapolis Star 6 May 1945 p 7 c 4 - lists him as being from Crawforsdville and an Army Prisoner
CONRAD, Eugene L. - Marines Sgt KIA - Purple Heart - Indianapolis Times 4 Aug 1945 p 3 c3 lists him as Marine Casualty - probably also him but under Leonus 5 Aug 1945 Indy Star p 40 c8 - Navy Casualty - or, oops, probably TWO
***COOK, Herbert L.
COOPER, Harold G. - hometown of Crawfordsville listed when he was tallied as a POW in the Indianapolis Star p 4 c 3 of 4 August 1944 - US Armh POW
CORD, Robert L. -- #2 (Obit) - a Robert D. CORD listed as casualty of the US Army 31 Aug 1944 in the Indianapolis News part 2, p11 c3 - US Army but Robert L. Cord listed earlier 18 Aug 1944 Indianapolis Star as a casualty - imagine same person- Robert L. Waynetown as hometown in Indianapolis Star 24 Sept 1944
CORDES, Carroll --MIA - Army in the Indianapolis Times p 19 c 5 on 27 April 1945 - Crawfordsville, home town
***COREY, John
COTTEN, Irvin - KIA - Germany
***COX, Kenneth
CURRAN, Luther - in list of decorated soldiers from Crawfordsville in the Indianapolis News 19 March 1943 page 15 c 4 0 YS Arnry
DAVIS, Robert - KIA - France June 14, 1944
***DAVIS, Robert C.
DOOLEY, Donald - Purple Heart
DOOLEY, Robert W. - listed as from Crawfordsville US Army MIA - in the Indianapolis Star 2 Nov 1944
DICKS, Earl - MIA - US Army hometown of Crawfordsville, 22 March 1944 Indianapolis Star p 2 c 6
DOVE, Arnold W. - listed as hometown Waynetown "decorated" US Army in Indianapolis Times 2 December 1944 - imagine this is him but would need obit for sure
DUKE, Basil L., Jr. - listed in Indianapolis Star 16 Dec 1944 p 18 c 5 - Army POW, hometown Crawfordsville - from tombstone -S Sgt US Army Air Forces WWII 4-23-1924 to 2-21-2004 *on back of stone)
***DUNBAR, Martin V.
***EHRIE, John W.
ELLIOTT, Cyrus E. - Died from wounds received in France
- listed as casualty - Indianapolis Star 12 March 1943 US Army - from Crawfordsville - son of Guy & Iola Warbritton born 25 March 1918 died 2 Jan 1943 - buried Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California
***FARREN, Mark
FAUST, Robert W. -- hometown Linden "decorated" US Army - Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb 1945 p 15 c1
***FEATHER, Carrol W.
FOSTER, Robert G. - MIA US Army - Crawfordsville hometown - in Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb 1944 p 5 c2 - Decorated Indianapolis Star 3 May 1944 p 6 c7-- CASUALTY - Indianapolis Star 29 Jan 1944 p 11 c 6
FOUTS, Oliver E. - casualty - from Wingate - listed in Indianapolis News 23 Aug 1945 - US Army
FOY, Donald - MIA - US Army - from "crawfordsville" listed in Indiana News 14 Dec 1944 pt 2 p 11 c 3 - POW "Army" Indianapolis Times 9 June 1945 p 3 c5
FREEMAN, John N. KIA - Saipan in Marianes June 15, 1944 - listed as Casualty - US Army Indiana News 29 July 1944
FREEMAN, Rush B. - "Casualty" US Army listed in 4 April 1944 Indiana Star - 179th Inf - 45th Division - Killed in Italy 21 Feb 1944
FULTON, Delbert - Indiana Star 10 June 1944 MIA - Army p 24 c1- home town listed as Crawfordsville, Indiana but wonder if Crawford County?
GEIGER, Everett Eugene - POW - announced Indianapolis Star 7 April 1944 p 2 c 5 US Army - hometown of: Crawfordsville, hometown - not sure if the link is to his grave or not - no mention to Crawfordsville but such an odd name can't imagine it's not
***GEIGER, Orville M.
***GEPHART, Marion
GILL, Edward W. - hometown: Crawfordsville - "decorated - US Armyu - Indianapolis News 18 Sept 1945 part 2, p 16 c 3
GILLOCK, Sanford E. from Linden, Indiana - Casualty of Army - Indianapolis Star 4 Aug 1944 p 4 c3
GILMORE, Charles E. -- MIA US Army - from Crawfordsville - Indianapolis Star 5 May 1944 p 1 c7
GOTT, Donald H. - US Army - MIA - from Crawfordsville - Indianapolis Star 15 March 1944 p 2 c6 - "decorated" - 26 March 1944 Star, pt 1 p 17 c 1
GRAYSON, John G. - hometown Crawfordsville POW - Indianapolis News - MIA 20 Jan 1945 Indianapolis Times -- 26 April 1945 p 15 c3 - US Army
***GREGG, Kirtley J.
***HARMON, Charles A.
***HARRIS, Harry F.
***HARSHBARGER, John R.
***HARTMAN, Victor
***HEACOCK, Harry
***HENRY, Lloyd
***HIATT, Donald
HILLIARD, Daniel F. - Casualty - hometown Crawfordsville - US Army - p 5 c2 Indianapolis Star 29 April 1943 - "decorated" (assume Purple Heart) - 14 May 1943 Indianaplis News p18 c 2
***HODSON, Earl W.
***HUDSON, Jack D.
***HUGHES, Dwight D. - thanks findagrave.com
3 May 1912 - 13 March 1945 buried Ardeines American Cem, deLeize, Belgium -- thanks also to Josh Sorrels for this: POW in Stalag 4B located about 5 miles NE of the town of Muhlberg in Brandenburg just east of the Elbe River and about 30 miles north of Dresden -died as POW from typhus
JONES, Carl W - KIA France Dec 1, 1944 - think this is the one I have connected on findagrave anyway - let me know if it's not - need to read the following obituary: 27 Dec 1944 p 1 C'ville Journal Review
KANE, William P.
KEMP, Lt. Robert Norton - KIA Germany
KIDD, James R. - #35098597 - Sgt US Army - KIA - PH
KROUT, Gerald - KIA - Germany -- (brother to Kenneth) - 9th Army
KROUT, Kenneth - KIA - Belgium - tombstone (Pvt. Indiana 358th Infantry WWII - buried Waynetown Masonic Cemetery)
KROUT, Zenith L - US Army Pvt PH - KIA - he may have served from Fountain County vs. Montgomery
LANE, Franklin R. - 353669632 Air Corps - Sgt - from Crawfordsville - Indiana War Memorial Veterans Database
LEAMING, Mary Vi Kitts - US Navy Nurse - 1942-47 - born 4 Nov 1916 Crawfordsville died 4 June 2005 Romney, Tippecanoe County
LEAVENWORTH, Wm. - KIA - Eastern France Oct 29, 1944 - 1st Lt. - PH
MARTIN, Charles W.
MARTIN, Harold - Sgt. US Army
McCANDLESS, Henry J.
McKEE, Gwendolyn (KIA) - see also Gold Stars from Waynetown
McKINLEY, Robert A., Jr.
McNeil, Boyd Orpheus - served 1-12-1943 to 12-28-1945 Army Serial # 35578542
MILLER, John N - Tec 5 - KIA US Army Service # 20537240 - Purple Heart
MILLER, Theodore W. - 319th nfantry - 80th Inf - buried Saint Avold, France
MILLER, Ted - KIA - France Nov 14, 1944
MILLIS, Robert Jordan - 26 Sept 1922 - 14 July 1991 - Oak Hill Cemetery - Army
MISNER, Huber - Sgt - Bomber Squadron - Huber grew up in Smartsburg, graduated from Lafayette HS - buried in Lafayette
MURRELL, Oscar H. Master Sgt - KIA - Purple Heart - - Hometown Ladoga - Indianapolis Star p 4 c 4 "casualty - Army " 21 May 1944
MYERS, Clyde A. - ??
NICHOLS, John B.
NODLEY, Orville - Air Corps buried Brick Chapel, Putnam County
NORMAN, Harold F. -- KIA - PH
O'NEALL, William - KIA France Dec 31, 1943
OSWALT, Ralph Oswalt photo from findsagrave.com
-- 120th Inf. Corporal -- KIA 24 March 1945 buried -- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands Plot: Plot F, Row 13, Grave 17.
OTTERMAN, Marvin
OTTERMAN, William M. - KIA 9-23-1945 Molucco Island USAAF Chief Bombadier 372nd Bomb SqMB 307th Bomb Group 135h AF - buried Stoner Cemetery (well at least a memorial there) Ladgoa, Indiana
OWEN, Earl
PARKER, Carl R. - 778th Tank Batallion - KIA - PH
PAXTON, Max - buried Belgium - KIA
PEFFLEY, E.B.
PHEBUS, James D. -- although he is "buried" in Thorntown, he is more than likely (or at least at some point, few were brought back home) actually buried in Lorraine, France - PFC Army - PH
POWERS, James
PUGH, Robert L. 15342952 (Army) - Cpl -- reported as Prisoner - Indianapolis Times 13 June 1945 US Army p 15 c 8
PYLE, Vance -- Ssgt - 32nd Inf 35th Div 8-30-1919 died 7-28-1944 stone at Oak Hill, Crawfordsville-- MIA - Army Indianapolis Star 27 Aug 1944 part 2 p 36 c 5
QUIGLE, Charles William - son of Mabel & Carl -"buried" at Newtown, IN - Lt KIA (lost at sea off west coast of Ireland - - Navy - PH
RADY, James E. - 529981 - coast guard - 1st class petty officer - from Ladoga, Indiana
RAFFERTY, Kenneth R. -- 3529277 - US Army Air Corps - hometown of Wingate - buried Wesley Cemetery near Waynetown Indiana. Son of Ora & Mary (Hauk) Rafferty - married to one wonderful gal, Esther - 15 Sept 2016 - 24 Oct 1990 -- WWII database www.in.gov
RATCLIFF, Frank T. - 35250754 - memorial in Mt. Moriah, Parke County - buried Manila National Cemetery - Army Tech 5 - KIA - PH
RAYNES, William A. WWII database www.in.gov - "Billy" Raynes - casualty - Linden Ind - Indianapolis Star 22 June 1945 p 5 c1 US Army --
REATH, Charles Ernest son of Elam and Lennie Rush Reath buried Waynetown - US Army #3585679
RICE, Alvin O. - possibly him (but b 1882) however seems rather old to have been in WWII - - thought WWI perhaps but an Alvin Otis Rice's death record says he's Spanish-American ? NEEDS WORK WWII database www.in.gov
RUCKEL, Roy Glenn - Photo from Find~a~Grave
born in Kentucky 7 June 1923 - went down with 62 men (none survived)
SANDERS, Harold -- was killed in action in Belgium on March 15, 1945. He served in Company D, 1st Platoon, 395th Infantry DIvision, not having been in the service yet a year
SCHWEITZER, Thomas L. - Oak Hill Cemetery 26 Feb 1826 (sic 1926) died 3 April 1945 Sqdn Q BV AAF.
SEARING, Oscar L. - Army 45018555 -- WWII database www.in.gov
SHARPE, Floyd B. (Sgt)
SHEPHERD, Paul W. --WWII database www.in.gov
SMITH, Eugene M. US Army from Linden Indiana served 7-1-1941 to 1-1-1946. - WWII Veterans Database www.in.gov
SMITH, Kenneth E. 35369639 - ARMY Tec 4 - 2 bronze stars; meritorious unit badge; 984th Signal Co Service from 9-3-1942 - to 12-1-1945
SNIDER, Roy E. - anyone help with this one? - Indianapolis Star p 1 c3 "hometown Crawfordsville" - Roy E. Snider - casualty US Marine - anyone know a thing about this boy :( Sad all there is here
STAFFORD, Frank S. - 35903648 - Army (www.in.gov WWII Veterans Database - assume the link is the correct man - probably need to read an obituary for sure)
STARK, Richard O. -- from New Market buried Darlington IOOF
STEVENS, John J. -- amyone help with this one? - Indianapolis Star - hometown C'ville 23 July 1944 pt 2 p 35 c1 "Casualty - Army" -- HELP !!
STONEBRAKER, Gordon - KIA
STUART, Charles W. - POW - Army Tec 5 #35350031 from Waynetown - common name hope the same
STUMP, Raymond E. -- 4501855 - US Army - casualty - Indianapolis News 14 June 1945 p 8 c 7 - READ C'ville J-R 12 June 1945 p 1 (France)
SUVERKRUP, Jack M. - Indianapolis Star pt 1 p 7 c 4 - "Casualty Army" 9 July 1944 - READ - C'ville J-R S Sgt in Austria 8 July 1944 p1
SWITZER, William M 8645683 - Navy from Linden - anyone know anything else on him?
TAYLOR, Maurice - anyone help with him? - NOTES
TILNEY, Gerald K. - KIA France Aug 25, 1944 (thanks Nicki Stillings)
TODD, Charles W. - not positive he belongs to Montgomery but the in.gove WWII Veterans Database says so - Pfc KIA from Montgomery County - Purple Heart KIA 35357974
TODD, Donald K. -- 3509590 - Born New Richmond 7-31-1924 died 8-12-1944 Mortain, France - Tech 5 - 112th Inf with the 28th Division - His father, Frank H. Todd was elected the first commander of the Todd post - PH
TODD, Robert - 20537226 Army Pfc - KIA
TURNER, Robert H. - 35164779 Army - Sgt - KIA - PH
UTTERBACK, Robert Clayton "Bobby" - born 20 August 1923 Crawfordsville died at Honololu - missing 19 March 1945 - KIA - Navy Sailor 1st Class - PH
VanGILDER, Deane Wallace - 15099198 US Army Pvt - KIA - born 1917 in Illinois died Sicilia, Italy 10 July 1943 memorial Greenlawn Cemetery, Darlington Indiana -PH
VICE, Robert R. - 2nd of 10 children - Ladoga Cemetery - AF Maintanence & Supply born 7 Nov 1916 d. 28 March 1953
WARNER, Oliver Leslie 0549147 - US Army - born Montgomery County day after Christmas 1921; died Zionsville Boone County 7 Nov 1921. Graduated from LHS. 2nd Lt. 313 FA Bn. Btry A 80th Inf 3rd Div. Buried Zionsville
WEIR, Leon - KIA Holland, Sept 27, 1944
WHICKER, Richard E.
WILKINSON, Richard L. - 35259717 US Army - TSgt KIA - PH
WILSON, Lawrence E. - help needed
WOOD, Henry Wilbur Jr. - 35712274 US Army - Cpl - KIA
WOOD, Henry J. -- sic - believe this is Wilbur J. Wood son of Henry Wood. NOTE: this is the same as above listed as Henry Wilbur Jr.
WRIGHT, Robert E. - KIA Belgium Jan 7, 1945 -- in two places there are TWO Robert E. Wrights - one a Cpl and one a Pvt. not sure if same or not nor can I find either on findagrave
Wright, Robert E. PFC - born 2-22-1925 in Crawfordsville to John Thomas and Decema Wilson Wright - enlisted 5-27-1943 died in battle 3-8-1945 in northern Italy. He was a machine gunner and prior to war, worked as a house mover. Buried Oak Hill, Crawfordsville, Indiana - PH - NOTE
ZERFACE, Harold - Listed as "Casualty" - US Marines 6 Dec 1942 Indianapolis Star pt 1 p 38 c6 home: Crawfordsville IN