1940-1949: IN THE SHADOW OF WAR

ALLEN COUNTY CITIZENS WHO DIED DURING WORLD WAR II

James B. Abbott, John Robert Ackerman, Wilbur Eugene Ake, Harry A. Allen, Joseph G. Alles, Daniel J. Allgeier, Donald W. Allison, Donald R. Alvarado, Walter Ammons, Harr O. Anderson Jr., Richard E. Anderson, James R. Ankenbruck, Paul E. Anson, Robert L. Arnold Jr., Gaylord W. Auman, Donald R. Ayres, Eugene F. Bahr, Harold R. Bailey, Paul Denver Bailey, Eugene F. Baillie, Ancil Chalmers Baker, Arthur H. Baker, James A. Baker, Max E. Baker, Wilbur P. Baker, Harold C. Bandt, Harold X. Barbour, Emerson Barker, Beulah I. Barkley, Glen E. Barnes, Jim Barnes, Harold F. Bauer, Kenneth H. Bauermeister, William G. Bauermeister, Homer Eugene Baumgartner, Paul J. Baumgartner, Clyde E. Bebout, Elmer W. Becker, Norbert F. Becker, G. Ward Beers, William Beery, Robert M. Bentz, Harold L. Bergman, Arthur L. Berning, Michael Edward Bethner, Albert R. Bidelot, Willard Joseph Bird, Earl H. Birnell, William Blackledge, Robert E. Blakemore, John M. Blundell, Robert William Blundell, Francis R. Bobay, Andrew Bobbish, Charles C. Bowen Jr., John E. Bowers, Bruce O. Boxberger, Donald Leroy Brager, Bernard R. Brames, Clarence A. Brenizer, George E. Brink, Jack Leroy Brinker, Harry L. Brooks, Charles Keith Brown, Fred L. Brown, Gene R. Brown, Richard P. Bruick, Robert A. Bruick, Gerald A. Bryant, Gene R. Buckel, Dominic Buonomo, Jack Burlage, Richard E. Burres, Dannie W. Bush, Richard E. Cadorett, David C. Campbell, John Hughes Campbell, Robert J. Carder, Eugene W. Carney, Joseph E. Carpenter, E. Lewis Carroll, William E. Carroll, Frank O. Caw, David R. Caywood, Robert D. Chambers, Edward R. Chrisman, Edward E. Christle, Charles W. Clark, Leslie H. Clore, Robert E. Coddington, Marshall H. Coffman, John W. Corley, William M. Cottrell, Jean E. Counseller, Richard Cox, DeVon Crabb, Jack F. Cranfill, Clarence E. Cremer Jr., Norwood G. Dalman, Kenneth B. Davies, John J. Decoster, Edward P. DeBrular, Richard D. DeForest, Frank C. DeHaven Jr., Vernon E. DeLong, Wilbur DeWeese, Boyce S. DeWitt, Karl E. Dettling, Merle C. Dick, Harold A. Didrick, Paul Robert Didrick, John Winston Disser, Walter E. Dodane, Edward W. Dom, Phil M. Domer, Alfred C. Dornick Jr., Richard D. Dosch, John K. Doubt, Robert H. Douglass, Frank H. Draggoo, Willet F. Draker, Martin S. Draths, Walter R. Duhn Jr., Raymond O. Dull, Russell L. Earl, John R. Eber, Merle C. Eby, Bud Eckart, Chris A. Eicher, Richard Eiting, John W. Elinks, Elmer E. Ellis, George A. Emberlin, George Clay Engle, Vernon H. Engelbrecht, Leonard Erhardt Jr., Leo Ernst, Donald B. Evard, Robert C. Faught, Shelby M. Faulkner, Herschel H. Feichter, Ernest F. Feltz, Robert Earl Ferguson, Raymond T. Fiddler, Philip H. Fisher, Ray Wayne Flickinger, Paul L. Folk, Richard E. Fox, Virgil L. French, Clyde R. Fuller, Oliver Gaby, Maurice Walter Gard, Darold Garman, Weldon R. Garman, Henry M. Garrett, Willis Ray Garrison, Frank Gaunt, James C. Gaunt, Harold J. Geoffray, Howard J. Gfell, George L. Gibson, Patrick M. Gibson, Lester M. Gick, Walter W. Gilbert, Arthur Glenn, Roy E. Godfrey, Harold J. Gorham, Robert Graft, Richard J. Graue, John M. Greeley, Francis E. Griffith, Doyle D. Grimm, Helen Grindel, Carl (Bud) Grossman, Leo R. Grout, Robert W. Hageman, Calvin G. Hahnert, Raymond Otto Haines, Daniel Dewitt Harper, Richard Lee Harris, Keith G. Harter, James H. Hartman, Eugene O. Hathaway, Louis J. Houser, Walter F. Hayes Jr., Richard O. Heine, William E. Heller, Lawrence D. Helmke, Paul B. Helms, Robert J. Heminger, Arthur H. Hemsoth, Richard J. Herber, Warren Hershberger, Clifford Hess, Max James Hess, Harry J. Hewitt, Homer W. Hibler, Houston G. Hicks, Elwin F. Hirons Jr., Wallace F. Hoagburg, Richard T. Hoban, Lester R. Hoch, Elmer I. Hoerner, John H. (Jack) Hogan, Frank E. Hollopeter, Harold A. Horman, Robert D. Horne, Robert T. Hoyt, Marvin Huddle, Charles L. Hughes, Richard E. Hughes, August J. Huhn, Samuel Hurwitz, Carl F. Jackson, Donald D. Jackson, Randolph Jacobs, Clifford A. Jaebker, William D. Jaeger, Keith James, Robert D. Jamieson, Robert Jardine, Merrill W. Jenkins, Fred A. Jensen, Delmar J. Johnson, Gilbert Leroy Johnson, Raymond S. Johnson, Ted Johnson, Duane D. Jones, Herman C. Jones, Paul I. Jordan, Troy W. Jordan, Virgil H. Jordan, Richard N. Julian, Donald J. Kabisch, Gary M. Kagen, Albert H. Kahler, Walter Kanczuzewski, James Karanutsos Jr., Gerard A. Kelker, Charles H. Keller, Cleo B. Keller, George F. Keller, Robert F. Keller, John P. Kelliher, Selmar Kendrick, Harry R. Kennedy, Claude M. Kennel, Elmer Neil Kensler, William George Kesterson, Donald F. Kiester, Francis C. Kintz, Richard P. Klopfenstein, Herman L. Koehnke, Edward H. Koester, Bob H. Koontz, Julius Korn, Karl H. Kreimer, James W. Krueck, Arthur W. Kuhl, E. N. Kveton, Paul S. LaFontaine, Richard H. Laird, Theron E. Lambert, Charles E. LeCount, Robert W. Lee, Frank L. Leeper, Ralph W. Leighty, Milton Leininger, James D. Lenox, Kent A. Lentz, Orrin M. Leonard, Glen Wilson Lewton, Dale Albert Lieberenz, Arthur Roger Lindsey, Fred F. Link, Al Litfiy, Lewis C. Loechner, Paul A. Lothamer, Emmett C. Love Jr., Franklin E. Lynch, John Lynch, Thomas McBride, Joseph E. McCartney, Robert Lee McCluney, Kenneth H. McComb, Donald James McCurdy, Howard B. McCurdy, Robert A. McDowell, James C. McGee, Arthur Robert McKinley, Earl McKinley Jr., Herman O. Makey, Thomas I. Malloy, William S. Marker, Arthur Markley, Dean E. Marks, William L. Mason, Charles Mason, Charles E. Matlock, Arthur Maxham, Robert J. Maxwell, Milton Mendelblat, Leverne M. Mertz, William D. Messman, William R. Meyer, Arthur Miesen, John P. Mileff, Clarence F. Miller, Donald L. Miller, Kenneth J. Miller, Max L. Miller, Morrison R. Miller, Orren J. Miller Jr., Richard E. Miller, Charles L. Mills, Gilbert Lee Millhouse, Ernest O. Minch, Bryce W. Minier, Melvin O. Minnick, Richard F. Minton, Robert L. Mitchell, John P. Morrison, Joseph R.Morrison, Carl J. Mosher, Louis G. Mossburg, Gerald E. Motter, Glenn E. Mueller, William E. Mulhaupt, William J. Mulhaupt, Ralph W. Mowry, Leonard Murray, Fred Musser, Arthur R. Myers, Richard E. Mygrant, Chris Naumcheff, Robert J. Neher Jr., Max E. Neidhardt, Richard Philip Nelson, Daniel Neukam, Merl F. Newby Jr., Cecil R. Oakes, Melvin R. O'Brien, Robert E. O'Brien, Stephan F. O'Rourke, Harold Omo, Harold W. Opliger, Byron J. Oswald, Robert B. Oswald, Lyle Ott, Thomas M. Parker, David T. Parrish, Thomas Parrot, Ralph Allen Pender, Stanley Penkul, William Perl, Kenneth Paul Penrod, William E. Penrod Jr., Julian Perriguey, Allen Peterson, Keith Phend, Starley B. Phoenix, Anthony B. Picker, Edwood Pinkham, Marvin J. Poeppel, Ervin C. Price, Stanley E. Prince, Ernest G. Radcliff, David J. Ramsey, Walter R. Rawleigh, Donald W. Reaser, Robert C. Redmon, Franklin P. Reed Jr., William O. Reek, Earle Edward Reeves Jr., Joseph Reichert Jr., Paul J. Reid, Robert P. Reinkensmeier, Donald G. Renno Jr., Lawrence Ress, Arthur W. Rhodes, Charles L. Richards, Arno C. Reidel, Raymond W. Ritter, Robert E. Robbins, Adelbert M. Robinson, Edgar H. Rodenbeck, Wesby Neal Roebuck, Willard C. Roemke, Thomas Edw. Romine, Gaylord E. Rothgeb, Richard W. Rucker, Jack Ruger, Daniel C. Runyon, Clifton L. Ruppert, Joseph John Ryan, William F. Ryan, William J. Ryan, Bernard Sabourin, James B. Saint, Anthony L. Schall, Frederick W. Scheumann, Richard E. Scherer, James L. Schrader, Walter Schroeder, Clifford R. Schrom, Philip Schwartz, Will J. Scott Jr., Norman J. Seffernick, Harold C. Seitz, Gordon Charles Selking, John R. Seltenright, Clois Shady, Frederick R. Shaw, Charles C. Shaw, William A. Shaw, Melvin A. Sheets, Richard G. Sherman, Carl D. Shidler, Raymond Leon Shireman, Rudolf L. Siegel, Charles Herbert Simon, Paul B. Simonis, George Simpson, Robert I. Sims, Henry C. Sinnigen, William Arthur Skevington, Bruce E. Smith, Edmund D. Smith, Edward J. Smith, Melvin H. Smith, William L. Smith, Alfred E. Snyder, Paul R. Snyder, Robert F. Sorg, John W. Sowers Jr., Ralph J. Spade, Thane M. Spahr, Maurice V. Spangler, John B. Sparling, Ray E. Speaker, Walter Clemens Speiser, Nelson Spice, Norgan (Bud) Spielman, Edward F. Stapleton, Richard D. Stapleton, Howard Steffler, Edwin Stellhorn, Robert G. Sternberger, Clarence James Stitt, Bernard Stoeckley, Norwin T. Stoppenhagen, Edward William Stoll, Harvey Stute, Eli Suci, Thomas La Suedhoff, John L. Sullivan Jr., Ovar Svensson, Harold H. Taylor, Donald L. Thacker, Melvin Tha, James R. Thompson, Max K. Thompson, Harold A. Todd Jr., John Frederick Tone Jr., Harold T. Treace, Herman L. Tredway, Robert B. Trenner, Loy E. Underwood, Charles Vance Jr., Mark L. Varner, Donald Lavon Vendrely, Wade J. Verweire Jr., Wayne H. Viadell, Claude E. Waggoner, George A. Wargo, Donald K. Warner, Norbert K. Warner, Samuel Warren, Ralph A. Weaver, Martha R. Webb, Donald J. Weber, Robert C. Wehrenberg, Charles Joseph Welch, Howard C. Welker, August E. Welling, Paul E. Westrick, Jack K. White, Thuron White, Robert Whybrew, Lawrence T. Widman, Kenneth W. Wilkins, William F. Wilkins, Morris H. Williams, Carl R. Wison, Marvin L. Wilson, Melvin M. Wilson, Howard T. Windell, Burdette M. Wisel, Joseph Waldo Wojciechowski, John Maynard Woodard, Paul Francis Woods, Pearston Woodward, Earl O. Wright, Roy Wynn, Donald H. Yant, Roy K. Yoquelet, Harold W. Young, E. Richard Zartman