1st Battalion Killed in Action
B Company
The names are arranged chronologically.
Click on an underlined name to go to that soldier's personal page.
A star ( * ) in front of a name indicates there is a photo of that Soldier.
Pre-WWII listings include rank
WWII listings include rank and hometown (or home county)
Panel numbers on the
right indicate that Soldier's location
on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Abbreviations:
KIA = Killed in Action
DOD = Died of Disease ( a phrase used to describe any non-battle
death,
used in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century)
DOI = Died of Injuries
DOW = Died of Wounds
FOD = Finding of Death ( missing, declared dead)
MIA = Missing In Action
Indian Wars
1867
Chrispin D. Giles.....09/11/67 - Private - KIA
David H. Conger.....11/28/67 - Private - DOD
1869
James M. Coffman.....10/04/69 - Private - DOD
1871
Francis Frazer.....08/11/71 - Private - DOD
Charles Berlinn.....08/25/71 - Private - DOD
1872
Peter Kinney.....10/19/72 - Sergeant - DOD
1874
William Keogh.....02/25/74 - Private - DOD
1877
Edward Kennedy.....09/19/77 - Private - DOD
1882
Rudolph Weber.....05/27/82 - Private - DOD
1892
Calvin R. Darnall.....05/06/92 - Private - DOD
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War With Spain
1898
Michael Gibney.....07/01/98 - Private - KIA
* Michael Werner.....07/02/98 - Private - DOW
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Philippine Insurrection & Moro Wars
1899
John Snider.....01/27/99 - Private- DOD
George E. Stewart.....03/13/99 - Private - KIA
John M. McCall.....09/06/99 - Private - DOD
John H. Kelly.....12/20/99 - Private - KIA
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1900
Mathew McNulty.....01/05/00 - Private - DOD
Frank Stastney.....01/06/00 - Private - DOD
Robert Gray.....02/03/00 - Private
Alvin G. Baker.....04/23/00 - Private - DOD
James McNerney.....05/15/00 - Private - DOD
Charles Miller.....06/02/00 - Private - DOD
Charles G. Peters.....06/10/00 - Private - DOD
* Edwin C. Dady.....07/13/00 - Private - DOD
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1901
Michael J. Hurley.....02/17/01 - Private - DOD
Dennis F. Leary.....08/27/01 - Private - DOD
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1904
Harry Parshall.....04/08/04 - 2nd Lieutenant - DOD
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1905
Elick Howell.....05/03/05 - Private - DOW
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Mexican Border Service
1911
George Shaab.....08/28/11 - First Sergeant - DOD
1912
Walter H. Frady.....05/18/12 - Private - DOD
Charles W. Abel.....10/02/12 - Private - DOD
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World War II
1944
* Lee Gay.....06/08/44 - Private First Class - Acadia, Louisiana - KIA
* Lee H. Lovvorn.....06/08/44 - Private First Class - Alabama - KIA
* Thomas P. LaBelle.....06/10/44 - Private First Class - Worchester, Massachusetts - KIA
Elmer Calloway.....06/11/44 - Private - Mobile, Alabama - KIA
Thomas E. Taylor.....06/11/44 - Private First Class - Warren, Tennessee - KIA
Wilbert D. Murphy Jr......06/12/44 - Private - Pennsylvania - KIA
Buford W. Edenfield.....06/14/44 - Private First Class - Calhoun, Florida - KIA
* Arthur S. Thomson.....06/14/44 - Technician Grade 5 - New York - KIA
James M. Murphy.....06/15/44 - Private First Class - Kenton, Kentucky - KIA
Benjamin F. Sauter Jr......06/18/44 - Private First Class - Jefferson, Kentucky - DOW
Floyd R. West.....06/20/44 - Private - Marion, Indiana - KIA
* David S. Dickerson.....06/21/44 - Sergeant - Sumner, Tennessee - KIA
* John J. Halloran Jr......06/21/44 - Private First Class - Middlesex, Massachusetts - KIA
Pasco Melvin.....06/21/44 - Private - Okaloosa, Florida - KIA
Earnest W. Gordon.....06/24/44 - Private First Class - Jones, Georgia - DOW
* John W. Lewis.....06/24/44 - Technical Sergeant - New York - DOW
* Frank P. Marchica.....06/24/44 - Private First Class - Kings, New York - DOW
Frank P. Koontz.....06/25/44 - Private First Class - Huntington, Indiana -KIA
* Herman B. Busick.....06/26/44 - Private - Rockingham, North Carolina - KIA
* Stanley Ferenc.....06/26/44 - Private First Class - Mercer, New Jersey - DOW
* Ohmer S. Strawser.....06/26/44 - Private First Class - Montgomery, Ohio - KIA
* Edward G. Morris.....06/27/44 - Private - Albany, New York - KIA
* Joseph E. Corder.....06/29/44 - Private First Class - Muskingum, Ohio - DOW
* Steven Husovich.....06/29/44 - Sergeant - Luzerne, Pennsylvania - KIA
George A. Demos.....07/08/44 - Private - Illinois - KIA
Edward J. Leahy.....07/08/44 - Technical Sergeant - Middlesex, Massachusetts - KIA
Glenis Davis.....07/09/44 - Private - Lincoln, West Virginia - KIA
Robert T. Diaz.....07/09/44 - Technical Sergeant - Queens, New York - KIA
Harold B. McCormick.....07/09/44 - Sergeant - McLean, Illinois - KIA
Clifford D. Mummert.....07/09/44 - Private - Cherokee, Kansas - KIA
* Willard V. Ofsthun.....07/09/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Richland, North Dakota - KIA
Clifford W. Griffing.....07/10/44 - Private First Class - Oswego, New York - KIA
* James L. Brown.....07/11/44 - Private - Nash, North Carolina - KIA
* Relmond C. Amsbaugh.....07/12/44 - Private - Walsh, North Dakota - KIA
Vernon D. Martin.....07/12/44 - Private First Class - Missouri - KIA
* Thomas E. McDonald.....07/12/44 - Staff Sergeant - Washington, D.C. - KIA
* Theodore Bulat.....07/26/44 - Private First Class - Oneida, New York - KIA
Ralph M. Mattio.....07/29/44 - Sergeant - Pennsylvania - DOW
* Raymond R. Rice.....07/29/44 - Sergeant - Edwards, Illinois - KIA
* Joe C. Smith.....07/29/44 - Sergeant - Fulton, Georgia - KIA
* Samuel J. Von Cannon.....07/29/44 - Private First Class - Guilford, North Carolina - KIA
Thomas M. Woodward.....07/29/44 - Private - Pike, Missouri - KIA
* Raymond L. Kinder.....07/31/44 - Private - Shawnee, Kansas - DOW
Clyde Willis.....07/31/44 - Private First Class - Mitchell, North Carolina KIA
* John W. McDougal.....08/01/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Georgia - DOW
Michael J. Frye.....08/02/44 - Private First Class - Wisconsin - KIA
Joe C. Mitchell.....08/08/44 - Private First Class - San Juan, New Mexico - DOW
* Eugene A. Raymond.....09/14/44 - 1st Lieutenant - New York, New York - KIA
* Mark Seymour.....09/14/44 - Private - Jackson, Mississippi - KIA
* Bobby J. Cozort.....09/15/44 - Private - Red River, Texas - DOW
* Will V. Dodds.....09/16/44 - Staff Sergeant - Prentiss, Mississippi - DOW
* Carl J. Gajewski.....09/16/44 - Private - Montgomery, Pennsylvania - DOW
* Paul R. Johnson.....09/16/44 - Sergeant - Franklin, Tennessee - MIA
* Kenneth P. Caldwell.....09/17/44 - Private - Marion, Illinois - DOW
Paul F. Grimsley.....09/17/44 - Private - Siskiyou, California - KIA
Gilbert I. Martinez.....09/17/44 - Private First Class - Rio Grande, Colorado - DOW
James M. Karnes.....10/02/44 - Private - Harris, Texas - KIA
Fred D. Coleman.....10/07/44 - Technical Sergeant - Polk, Tennessee - KIA
Robert A. Pennington.....10/07/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Smyth, Virginia - KIA
George Sovich.....11/16/44 - Private - Marshall, West Virginia - KIA
* Dan L. McClellan.....11/17/44 - Private First Class - Ware, Georgia - KIA
* John W. Vanasse.....11/17/44 - Private First Class - New York, New York - KIA
William C. Kemp.....11/18/44 - Private First Class - Madison, Ohio - KIA
Clarence J. Bond.....11/20/44 - Private - Wayne, Michigan - KIA
* John M. Fontenot.....11/20/44 - Private First Class - St Landry, Louisiana - KIA
* John Buzila.....11/24/44 - Technical Sergeant - Allegheny, Pennsylvania - KIA
* Leonard S. Winiatowski.....11/24/44 - Staff Sergeant - Niagara, New York - KIA
Charles E. Edwards.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Tupelo, Mississippi - KIA
* William E. Edmonds.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Perry, Illinois - KIA
James J. Fleming.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Montgomery, Ohio - KIA
Vernon Ivey.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Campbell, Tennessee - KIA
* Clydie B. Porter.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Todd, Kentucky - KIA
* Joseph P. Skrepenak.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Luzerne, Pennsylvania - KIA
* Kenneth D. Farris.....11/28/44 - Private - Collingsworth, Texas - MIA/FOD
Edward J. Gaines.....11/28/44 - Private - Middlesex, Massachusetts - KIA
* Melvin A. Geiger.....11/28/44 - Private - Berks, Pennsylvania - KIA
* Arthur L. Kruse.....11/28/44 - Private - McCook, South Dakota - KIA
Orby L. Long.....11/28/44 - Private - Columbus, North Carolina - KIA
* Andrew T. Loya.....11/28/44 - Private - Schenectady, New York - KIA
John J. Lynch Jr......11/28/44 - Private - New Haven, Connecticut - KIA
Vincent J. Moran.....11/28/44 - Private - San Francisco,California - KIA
Harry C. Love.....12/01/44 - Private First Class - Allegheny, Pennsylvania - DOW
Harry E. Guthrie Jr......12/02/44 - Private First Class - Cook, Illinois - KIA
William G. Hall.....12/02/44 - Private - Pike, Pennsylvania - KIA
* Frank W. Anderson.....12/03/44 - Private - Prince William, Virginia - KIA
* Francis Archambeault.....12/03/44 - Private - New Hampshire - MIA/FOD
John E. Bailey.....12/03/44 - Private - Norfolk, Virginia - KIA
Andrew L. Bianco.....12/03/44 - Private - Kings, New York - KIA
* Joseph J. Czempkawski.....12/03/44 - Staff Sergeant - Camden, New Jersey - DOW
* Francis H. Ellingwood.....12/03/44 - Private - Franklin, Maine - KIA
Burgess H. Hadley.....12/03/44 - Staff Sergeant - Tulare, California - KIA
* John Hartung Jr......12/03/44 - Staff Sergeant - Cook, Illinois - KIA
* Richard C. Kofoed.....12/03/44 - Private First Class - Cook, Illinois - KIA
* Samuel J. Leyman.....12/03/44 - Private - Camden, New Jersey - KIA
Melvin C. Brunson.....12/05/44 - Private - Grant Parish, Louisiana - DOW
John H. Dunlap.....12/06/44 - Private - Floyd, Indiana - DOW
* Paul E. Riley.....12/26/44 - Staff Sergeant - Marion, Ohio - KIA
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1945
* Clarence J. Baker.....01/05/45 - Private - Logan, North Dakota - DOW
* James M. Mueller.....02/04/45 - Sergeant - Martin, Minnesota - KIA
Oliver M. Anthony.....02/06/45 - Private First Class - Columbus, Georgia - KIA
John F. Cougnet.....02/06/45 - Private First Class - Baltimore, Maryland - KIA
* Thomas F. Dyess Jr......02/06/45 - Staff Sergeant - Pike, Mississippi - KIA
* Herman W. Galick.....02/06/45 - Private First Class - Franklin, Texas - DOW
Anthony J. Saile.....02/06/45 - Private First Class - Westchester, New York - KIA
* David T. Wood.....02/06/45 - Private First Class - Wetumpka, Alabama - KIA
Ralph W. Rivers.....02/07/45 - Private - Fairfield, Connecticut - KIA
Oscar Messinger.....02/08/45 - Private First Class - Lincoln, West Virginia - KIA
* Derice O. Jones.....02/09/45 - Private First Class - Greene, Tennessee - KIA
* George Leshnak.....02/09/45 - Sergeant - Fayette, Pennsylvania - KIA
Willie D. Creech.....02/10/45 - Private First Class - Geneva, Alabama - KIA
Roscoe Mobley.....02/11/45 - Private First Class - Coffee, Georgia - DOW
* George H. Barkley.....02/12/45 - Staff Sergeant - Geneseo, New York - KIA
Daniel J. Roma.....02/12/45 - Private - Fairfield, Connecticut - KIA
* Robert J. Ryan.....02/12/45 - Private - Brooklyn, New York - KIA
* Donn W. Overton.....02/13/45 - 2nd Lieutenant - Baltimore City, Maryland - KIA
* Joseph Plegge Jr......02/13/45 - Sergeant - Columbiana, Ohio - KIA
* Stanley J. Porambo.....02/13/45 - Private First Class - Carbon, Pennsylvania - KIA
* Howard W. Thompson.....02/21/45 - Private - Austin, Pennsylvania - KIA
Emil L. Adler.....03/02/45 - Private First Class - Omaha, Nebraska - KIA
* Loval E. Ayers.....03/02/45 - Staff Sergeant - Overton, Tennessee - KIA
* Emmett W. Burgess.....03/02/45 - Private First Class - Wayne, Michigan - DOW
* Ward S. Hewitt.....03/02/45 - Private First Class - Erie, New York - KIA
Virgil S. Throne.....03/02/45 - Private First Class - Erskine, Minnesota - DOW
* Robert H. Wessmann Jr......03/02/45 - 2nd Lieutenant - Washington, New York - KIA
* Harry T. Freeman.....03/17/45 - Private - Harrison, West Virginia - DOW
Arthur F. Figueroa.....04/03/45 - Private First Class - San Diego, California - DOW
John L. Haller.....04/03/45 - Private - Crittenden, Indiana - KIA
Floyd M. Haye.....04/11/45 - Staff Sergeant - Osceola, Florida - KIA
Tony Ullo.....04/15/45 - Private First Class - Las Animas, Colorado - DOW
Henry P. Pelszynski.....04/19/45 - Private First Class - Richmond, New York - KIA
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Republic of Vietnam
1966
* David Mendez.....11/20/66 - Panel 12E Line 96
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1967
* James Ray Hubbard.....02/27/67 - Panel 15E Line 105
* Francisco Sandoval Marin.....06/22/67 - Panel 22E Line 44
* Percy Julian.....09/02/67 - Panel 25E Line 89
* Johnnie Ray McMurray.....10/07/67 - Panel 27E Line 66
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1968
* Virgil Ray Rice.....01/17/68 - Panel 39E Line 64
* Donald Gene Hicks.....02/23/68 - Panel 40E Line 74
* Seeber J Kelly.....04/30/68 - Panel 53E Line 16
* Robert L Williams.....04/30/68
* Martin Rowland Maness.....06/01/68 - Panel 61W Line 4
* Lamar Hubbard.....09/14/68 - Panel 44W Line 57
* Donnie Edward Watson.....09/23/68 - Panel 42W Line 2
* Timothy Patrick Weaver.....10/10/68 - Panel 41W Line 44
* Gary Maurice O'Keefe.....12/05/68 - Panel 37W Line 47
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1969
* Albert Allen Beauchamp.....03/16/69 - Panel 29W Line 51
* Steven Duane Paxson.....05/22/69 - Panel 24W Line 78
* Snuffy Kenneth Lavelle Smith.....05/22/69 - Panel 24W Line 79
* Gary Lee Clark.....06/24/69 - Panel 21W Line 6
* Lavon Neil Prather.....06/24/69 - Panel 21W Line 9
* Richard Daniel Roberts.....06/24/69 - Panel 21W Line 9
* Woodrow N Trissell.....06/24/69 - Panel 21W Line 10
* Dean Charles Wilson.....06/24/69 - Panel 21W Line 11
* George John Pascale.....07/14/69 - Panel 21W Line 119
* Leslie Reynolds Jr.....07/17/69 - Panel 20W Line 12
* Roger Dale Lawson.....07/18/69 - Panel 20W Line 15
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1970
* Robert Dean Frost.....02/22/70 - Panel 13W Line 44
* Richard Dennis "Buck" Ator.....03/05/70--(died as MACV Advisor) - Panel 13W Line 84
* David Gray Prentice.....06/14/70 - Panel 09W Line 54
* Melvin Neal Rutherford.....06/20/70 - Panel 09W Line 74
* John Anthony Martinez.....06/25/70 - Panel 09W Line 91
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1971
* Paul Richard Withrow.....07/06/71 - Panel 03W Line 103
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Iraq
(Operation Iraqi Freedom)
2003
2004
* Elvis Bourdon....09/06/04--(Died with 1-9 Cav)
2006
* Johnny K. Craver .... 10/13/2006
* Kevin J. Ellenburg .... 11/01/06
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