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PAGES
In Memoriam 4
Memorial Plaque 5
Foreword 20
Key to Abbreviations 21
grow old:
condemn;
-Laurence Binyon
DIXON P. CONNOLLY
JAMES T. COOK
CUTNN O.COTTRELL
DUANE T.CROSTHWAJTE
EDWARD H. DUNHAM
RALPH P. DURHAM
CHARLES F. FENTV
DONALD D.HACGRECORi
CLINTON F. NYCREN
CM.SLAUGHTER JR
WILLIAM J.TURNER
anonymous.
Technical Sergeant
Dixon P. Connolly
9 Kenberton Drive
****
James F. Cook
Army (Rangers)
Glynn O. Cottrell
21 Kensington Blvd.
Duane T. Crosthwaite
13 Sylvan Ave.
Air Forces
Idaho.
10
Edward H. Dunham
48 Oxford Blvd.
Marine Corps
Clusters.
11
Ralph P. Durham
42 Wkllesley Drive
12
4 Sylvan Ave.
1946.
13
Second Lieutenant,
14
Donald D. Macgregor
emergency appendectomy.
15
**
22 Hanover Road
April 23,1945.
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17
10 Wf.llesley Drive
Purple Heart.
18
William J. Turner
14 Kennsington Blvd.
Purple Heart.
19
Foreword
your forebearance.
For those still on active duty the rank or rating may have
changed since the time the data for the record was compiled.
"ii
Key to Abbreviations
Due to the wide variety of enlisted men's ratings used by the Armed Forces, par-
ticularly the Navy, and the great number of military establishments existing during
World War II, the following key to abbreviations is provided. Many of the ratings
have since been changed and many of the station designations were changed several
times during the war. The designations were correct, however, as of the dates of
AC Aviation Cadet
MP Military Police
RdM Radarman
SP Shore Patrol
AB Air Base
CB Construction Battalion
DS Defense Station
FA Field Artillery
OB Operating Base
RB Repair Base
RU Repair Unit
SB Submarine Base
21
MILITARY ROSTER
ARMY
Rhineland.
Conduct Medal.
Overseas Stripes.
Medal.
John H. Armstrong
70 Kensington Blvd.
1 Battle Star,
American
I'vt.
Infantry
22
ARMY
Japan.
Rhineland.
1944, Normandy.
24 Fairwood Blvd.
Cluster.
23
ARMY
Thomas R. Bates
73 Wellesley Drive
Redford, Mich.
24
ARMY
June 15, 1941 to Sept. 15, 1945 Co-pilot & Radar Operator
Pinckney, Mich.
Berkley, Mich.
Seattle 4, Washington
25
ARMY
fensive.
Western Pacific.
Milford, Mich.
26
; ARMY
Pontiac, Mich.
many.
Evanston, Illinois
Wounds Received in Action: Leyte, Dec. 19, 1944; Leyte, Dec. 20,
27
ARMY .
Detroit, Mich.
Detroit, Mich.
Caro, Mich.
Victory Medal.
69 Wellesley Drive
28
ARMY
Robert G. Cook
7609 Mackenzie
Detroit 4, Mich.
Victory Medal.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/3 Battle Stars, Air Medal
29
ARMY.
13 Sylvan Ave.
2nd Lieut.
17 Kensington Blvd.
Pfc
Military Police
Victory Medal.
Stripe.
Harry O. Davidson
Lt. Colonel
Medical Corps
Dryden, Mich.
A. VV. Davis
Houston, Texas
:o
ARMY
Hamilton, Ohio
574 Gardendale
Medal.
Paris 2, France
31
ARMY
42 Wellesley Drive
32
ARMY
tory Medal.
Clawson, Mich.
ARM Y
Central Europe.
Citation.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/5 Battle Stars ,Good Con-
Europe.
34
ARMY
Iceland).
Victory Medal.
3 Amherst Road
Victory Medal.
Battles and Campaigns: Air Combat and bombing raids over Europe
Victory Medal.
Detroit, Mich.
John F. Glass
3517 Swanson
Wayne, Michigan
35
ARMY
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/2 Battle Stars, Good Con-
Cluster.
67 Kensington Blvd.
Decorations and Citations: Air Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Clusters, EAME
Wayne, Mich.
Feb. 20, 1941 to Oct. 14, 1941 and March 9, 1942 to Dec. 8, 1945.
36
ARMY
June 18, 1941 to Jan. 28, 1943 and June 16, 1944 to Dec. 22, 1945.
Victory Medal.
58 Maywood Ave.
Riverside, Calif.
Medal.
Conduct Medal.
37
ARMY
Conduct Medal.
Russell R. Higgins
6457 N. Washtenaw
Chicago, Illinois
EAME Medal
Medal.
1 Maywood Ave.
Stripe.
38
ARMY
Europe.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/2 Battle Stars, Good Con-
Conduct Medal.
Detroit, Michigan
39
ARMY
Roy W. Johnson
many.
Major
Field Artillery
1946
Stripe.
Central Europe.
Joseph A. Joseph
7 Amherst Road
S/Sgt.
Air Corps
Detroit, Mich.
ice Stripe.
in
ARM^
Medal.
Detroit, Mich.
Medal.
Detroit, Mich.
Southern France.
Eugene Kostrzanowski
36 Ridge Rd.
41
ARMY
42
ARMY
Sacramento, Calif.
Medal.
13
ARMY
March 1, 1942 to August 1, 1942 and July 19, 1944 to June 1, 1946
70 Sylvan Ave.
Fowlerville, Mich.
38 Devonshire Road
Victory Medal.
Medal.
44
ARMY
Infantryman Badge.
Medal.
Charles C. McCain
John J. McCain
45 r
ARMY
Birmingham, Mich.
Victory Medal.
Michael G. Melmoth
36 Ridge Road
Medal.
16
ARMY
2 Overseas Stripes.
tle Stars.
Victory Medal.
Detroit, Mich.
17
ARMY
tory Medal.
Detroit, Mich.
Unit Citation.
Detroit 3, Mich.
Thomas E. Nurnberger
1219 Mohawk
48
ARMY
Detroit, Mich.
Bernard M. O'Halloran
12710 Appoline
Detroit, Mich.
19175 Ferguson
La Mesa, Calif.
Ryukyus.
Stars.
1 Amherst Road
Victory Medal.
4(1
ARMY
1 Amherst Road
Dan Pardikes
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/1 Silver Battle Star and
I Amherst Road
Chicago, 111.
42 Sylvan Ave.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/5 Battle Stars, Good Con-
Nutley 10, N. J.
50
ARMY
France, Rhineland.
Medal.
Aleutian Islands.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal, Air Medal w/2 Oak Leaf
ice Medal.
Greenhills, Ohio
51
ARMY
Occupation of Japan.
Detroit 3, Mich.
Detroit, Mich.
Pistol).
52
ARMY
Medal.
Birmingham, Mich.
Robert G. Raske
Detroit, Mich.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/3 Battle Stars, Good Con-
duct Medal.
53
ARMY.
Robert L. Rhein
14000 W. Lincoln
Sgt.
Air Corps
(Weather Service)
1st Lieut.
Transportation Corps
1224 Wyandotte
Archipelago.
tle Stars.
Charles E. Robinson
Indianapolis, Ind.
Pfc
Air Corps
Charlton A. Rocheleau
825 Jerome
Ypsilanti, Mich.
James E. Rooers
Sgt.
Anti-Aircraft
1946
S/Sgt.
Air Corps
Waist Gunner
31 Hanover Road
Decorations and Citations: Air Medal w/3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Dis-
Conduct Medal.
54
ARMY
ice Stripe.
John D. Sanderson
3261 Minerva
Detroit, Mich.
tle Stars.
55
ARMY
Decorations and Citations: Purple Heart, Air Medal w/3 Oak Leaf
Detroit 2, Mich.
Victory Medal.
Victory Medal.
Dallas 6, lexas
Martin R. Sherwood
56
ARMY
EAME Medal.
57
ARMY
ern Mandates.
Decorations and Citations: Purple Heart, Air Medal w/2 Oak Leaf
Victory Medal.
Birmingham, Mich.
58
ARMY
Stripes.
Offensive, India-Burma.
II Victory Medal.
Medal.
59
ARMY
Medal.
seas Stripes.
Detroit, Mich.
1882 Cummings
Berkley, Mich.
Okinawa.
60
ARMY
Oakhurst, N. J.
61
ARMY
Victory Medal.
Detroit 6, Mich.
19 Oakdale Blvd.
1250 W. Saratoga
Victory Medal.
Decorations and Citations: EAME Medal w/2 Battle Stars, Good Con-
.2
ARMY
Birmingham, Mich.
1945
John H. Walker
12 Kemberton Drive
Donald A. Wallace
1st Lieut.
Air Corps
(Pilot Instructor)
Major
Captain
Coast Artillery
sgt.
Infantry (Rilleman)
Mac H. Wallace
Cpl.
Harry J. Walter
Medal.
63
ARMY
Luzon.
Occupation of Iceland.
EAME Medal.
David M. Weston
64
ARMY
Grinnell, Iowa
John Wieneke
Pontiac, Mich.
Victory Medal.
Stripe.
65
ARMY
Victory Medal.
1 Service Stripe.
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MILITARY
ROSTER
NAVY
Harry J. Altick
54 Fairwood Blvd.
Lieut. USNR
Recognition Officer
David P. Babcock
51 Oakdale Blvd.
A.C.
Air Corps
1945
41 Ridge Road
Lieut. USNR
1946
William R. Beasley
340 W. Woodland
Ensign USNR
Amphibious
Charles A. Beraud
WT 3/C
ASHton J. BERSt
Lieut. USNR
07
NAVY
19 Sylvan Ave.
Vessels Served On: USS Ancon (AGC 4), USS LST 483, USS LST 940.
II Victory Medal.
13 Hanover Road
68
NAVY
Vessels Served On: USS R 10, USS Tirante (SS 420), USS Sperry,
Huntington.
Battle Stars.
Vessels Served On: Subchaser No. 633, Destroyer Escort No. 682
(USS Underhill)
Liberation Ribbon.
69
NAVY
30 Devonshire Road
Vessels and Stations Served On: MCAS Ewa Oahu, 3rd Battalion of
Staff, Saipan.
Delaware, Ohio
Medal.
78 Oakdale Blvd.
.NAVY
[ames F. Driver
8 Kenberton Drive
A.S. (Navy)
Pvt. (Army)
HA 1/C
Medical Corps
10 Norwich Road
Ensign USN
(Communications)
Vessels Served On: USS Traw (DE 350), USS Bivin (DE 536).
William E. Fairbrother
11 Fairwood Blvd.
Harold D. Faucher
74 Wellesley Drive
MS 3/C
4 Sylvan Ave.
Ensign USNR
Air Corps
Daniel J. Fleming
7 Maywood Ave.
F 2/C
71
NAVY
8 Ridge Road
tory Medal.
Perry A. Glenn
II Victory Medal.
47 Maywood Ave.
Campaign Medal.
72
.NAVY
10 Kensington Blvd.
tle Stars.
16 Fairwood Blvd.
ETM 3/C
S 1/C
Y 2/C
Supply Corps
(WAVES)
MM 2/C
NCB
13 Amherst Road
Louise C. Harris
87 Oakdale Blvd.
Frederick W. Hayi.ftt
10 Oakdale Blvd.
73
NAVY
Medal.
Victory Medal.
(Admiralties, Okinawa).
Stars.
7!
.NAVY
Vessels Served On: USS Hooper Island (ARG 17), USS LC (FF) 699.
Houghton, Mich.
Vessels Served On: Composite Squadron 20, Kada-Shan Bay No. 76.
Mark S. Johnson
27 Hanover Road
S 2/C
Vessels Served On: USS Mattaponi (A041), USS Lejeune (AG 74),
1 Devonshire Road
Donn R.Juhl
12 Sylvan Ave.
S 2/C
75
NAVY
Foreign Duty: USS Boxer (CV-21); CASU 26; NACTU, Lain., CASU
Foreign Service: LION 8,4,5,6,7 & 8 Eehlons, Attached to 1st, 3rd, 6th
and 22nd Marines, USS Robin Wenely, USS California, USS Co-
Shima, Okinawa.
Medal.
Lake Chemung
Howell, Mich.
20 Wellesley Drive
WAVES
7i.
NAVY
16 Hanover Road
10 Fairwood Blvd.
Vessels Served On: USS Hobby (DD 610), USS Melvin R. Nawman
42 Oakdale Blvd.
49 Maywood Ave.
77
NAVY
Berkley, Mich.
Still in Service
USS Holt (DE 706), USS Craven (DD 382), USS Ard Ten.
Medal.
Vessels Served On: USS Gunstonhall (LSD 5), USS Osage (LSU 3).
NAVY
Chester T. Martoglio
65 Amherst Road
25 Sylvan Ave.
18 Fairwood Blvd.
Vessels Served On: USS SC 724, USS Joseph E. Campbell (APD 49).
Vessels Served On: USS Hudson (DD 475), Staff Commander Destroy-
Battle of Philippines.
Berkley, Mich.
Medal.
70
NAVY
79
ing Device.
47 Sylvan Ave.
17 Maywood Ave.
Redlands, Calif.
Detroit, Mich.
36 Oakdale Blvd.
36 Sylvan Ave.
80
NAVY
78 Wellesley Drive
5 Kenberton Drive
Foreign Duty: US Fleet Hosp. 104, 106 and 116, U.S. Navy R/S Kuba
USS Tussig
Vessels Served On: USS Appling (APA 58), USS Midway (CVB 41).
81
NAVY
31 Hanover Road
29 Kensington Blvd.
Vessels Served On: USS Elden, USS Laramie, USS LST 859.
tle Stars.
48 Maywood Ave.
Foreign Duty: North Atlantic duty on supply ship, supply ship for
ranean duty.
8^
NAVY
4 Oakdale Blvd.
39 Devonshire
1386 Albany
Vessels Served On: USS Perkins (DD 377), USS Howarth (DD 592).
tory Medal.
83
NAVY
Vessels Served On: USS Pastoria 13, USS LST 648; Mobile Hosp.
No. 1.
istocles.
Byron M. Shipps
58 Amherst Road
9 Sylvan Ave.
Vessels Served On: APA 205 (USS Sherburne), LST 1072, LST 784,
LSM 168.
>4
NAVY
Vessels Served On: LST 326, LST Squadron 15, LST Flotilla 34.
Birmingham, Mich.
Pearl Harbor.
Cleveland, Ohio
Foreign Service: CASU 33, VC 2, USS Marcus Island (CVE 77), Base
Pacific Force, Naval Air Facility 145, NAB 939, VPB 116, Hedron
Peleliu, Leyte.
Aircrewman Insignia.
Harry L. Stanton
Moline, Illinois
85
NAVY
Detroit, Mich.
Eugene Thespot
59 Wellesley Drive
29 Cambridge Blvd.
14 Kensington Blvd.
86
NAVY
77 Amherst Road
Vessels and Stations Served On: USS New Jersey, Pearl Harbor.
Detroit, Michigan
Vessels Served On: USS Competent (AM 316), Staff Transport Divi-
sion 54.
Victory Medal.
27 Kensington Blvd.
87
NAVY
Birmingham, Mich.
Wadke, Formosa.
Vessels Served On: USS Warren Rander, PBY and PBM Flying Boats
Sub. patrol.
voy Duty.
16 Kensington Blvd.
Vessels and Stations Served On: USS Livermore, Naval Air Station
Kodiak, Alaska
88
-NAVY
Frank H. Williams
Lieut. USNR
1946
24 Cambridge Blvd.
S 1/C
Radar
8 Cambridge Blvd.
Vessels Served On: USS LST 1091, USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729).
89
MILITARY
ROSTER
MARINE CORPS
Melvin E. Antilla
Elizabeth J. Brent
Box 134
Walter D. Byrd
Washington, D. C.
T/Sgt.
SPARS
Cpl.
Air Corps
2nd Lieut.
Cpl.
(Raider)
Fenwick J. Crane
48 Oakdale Blvd.
48 Oxford Blvd.
Navy Cross.
Birmingham, Mich.
90
.MARINE CORPS
13 Fairwood Blvd.
Medal.
Matthew J. Gill
895 Chalmers
Pontiac 9, Mich.
Foreign Service: 3rd Marine Air Wing, Hawaii, 1st Marine Div.
Unit Citation.
Perrysburg, Ohio
17315 Hartwell
Detroit, Mich.
91
MARINE CORPS.
5 Devonshire Road
Pearl Harbor.
Fowlerville, Mich.
92
.MARINE CORPS
34 Norwich Road
E. Cleveland, Ohio
Okinawa.
1612 Maxwell
Foreign Duty: Mobile Hosp. Samoa, Upolu and Wallis Islands, USS
93
MILITARY ROSTER
COAST GUARD
25 Wellesley Drive
Berkley, Mich.
241 E. Oakridge
Hector M. O'Halloran
Detroit, Mich.
94
.COAST GUARD
Papan, Monotai.
tory Medal.
Medal.
Vessels Served On: LCI (L) 349, LCI (L) Flot. 35 Staff, USS LCI (L)
87.
95
w.
WORLD WAR II
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
James Connolly
Robert O. Crosthwaite
Walter Gehrke
Marvin J. Williams