1st Battalion Killed in Action

 

C 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 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
MIA = Missing In Action

 

 

 

 

Indian Wars

 

1870

Anson Windover.....02/08/70 - Private - DOD

John Thompson.....02/11/70 - Private - DOD

 

1872

August F. Neithardt.....12/30/72 - Private - DOD

 

1879

Thomas H. Fisher.....07/04/79 - Captain - DOD

 

1888

Patrick Heagerty.....09/15/88 - Private - DOD

Thomas Horton.....10/01/88 - Private - DOD

 

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War With Spain

 

1898

 

James W. Bampton.....07/01/98 - Private - KIA

George W. Strother.....07/10/98 - Private - DOD

William Ekstrand.....07/24/98 - Private - DOD

William H. Corwin.....08/04/98 - Private - DOD

James P. Kereven.....08/31/98 - Corporal - DOD

Walter Sawyer.....09/13/98 - Private - DOD

 

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Philippine Insurrection & Moro Wars

 

1899

 

Bert Pope.....09/30/99 - Private- DOD

Samuel H. Alexander.....10/03/99 - Private - DOD

Charles O. Rainwater.....11/27/99 - Private - DOD

Shelby H. Taylor.....12/07/99 - Private - DOD

George Lehfeld.....12/27/99 - Private - DOD

 

1900

 

Samuel D. Long.....01/15/00 - Private - DOD

Peter Marshall.....02/07/00 - Private - MIA

William E. Penland.....02/07/00 - Private - MIA

Willie Chestnut.....02/26/00 - Private - DOD

William Parsons.....03/06/00 - Private - DOD

Daniel Lynch.....06/18/00 - Private - DOD

James F. Kelly.....06/24/00 - Private - DOD

William H. Fullmer.....08/02/00 - Private - DOD

* Irwin S. Lowe.....08/15/00 - Private - DOD

Walter O. Cunningham.....09/29/00 - Private - DOD

Forest Mitchel.....12/04/00 - Private - DOD

 

1901

 

* Andrew E. Larson.....07/31/01 - Corporal - DOD

Thomas J. Russell.....10/08/01 - Private - DOD

 

1903

 

Eugene F. P. Brewster.....02/09/03 - Private - DOD

 

1905

 

Howard Glasgow.....05/03/05 - Private - DOW

John Anderson.....10/31/05 - Private - DOD

 

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Mexican Border Service

 

1913

 

Henri Duhamel.....04/24/13 - Artificer - DOD

 

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World War II

 

1944

 

* Fort A. Fields.....06/07/44 - Private First Class - Coushatta, Louisiana - KIA

* Preston T. Niland.....06/07/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Tonawanda, New York - KIA

John E. Carmichael Jr......06/08/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Many, Louisiana - KIA

Joseph J. Garcarz.....06/13/44 - Private - Chicago, Illinois - KIA

Frank E. McAndrews.....06/13/44 - Private First Class - Cincinatti, Ohio - KIA

* Stephen Pacholek.....06/13/44 - Private - Brooklyn, New York - KIA

* James J. Puglia.....06/13/44 - Private - New Rochelle, New York - KIA

* William R. Deal.....06/14/44 - Staff Sergeant - Franklin, North Carolina - KIA

* Frank B. Robinson.....06/15/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Omaha, Nebraska - KIA

Bruce A. Duffield.....06/15/44 - Private - Inkster, Michigan - KIA

Frank G. Huth.....06/15/44 - Private - Hennipin, Minnesota - KIA

* Ray H. Larson.....06/15/44 - Private First Class - Luck, Wisconsin - KIA

George A. Perdue.....06/15/44 - Sergeant - Wrens, Georgia - KIA

* Gerald A. Campetella.....06/18/44 - Private - Norwalk, Connecticut - KIA

* Levie H. Davis Jr......06/19/44 - Private First Class - Jamesville, North Carolina - KIA

J.B. Blankenship.....06/21/44 - Technical Sergeant - Henry, Alabama- KIA

* Cornelius Elting Jr......06/21/44 - Private First Class - Kingston, New York - KIA

* Thomas C. McFerrin.....06/21/44 - Sergeant - Timmonsville, South Carolina - KIA

* Nicholas Kryivski.....06/23/44 - Private First Class - East Port, NewYork - KIA

* William H. McDonald.....06/23/44 - Private First Class - Elmira Hts, New York - KIA

Clarence W. Phillips.....06/23/44 - Private First Class - Checotah, Oklahoma - KIA

* Marion E. Winkles.....06/23/44 - Staff Sergeant - Falkville, Alabama - KIA

* Reginald R. Calvin.....06/24/44 - Corporal - Charlotte, North Carolina - KIA

Grant M. Howe.....06/24/44 - Staff Sergeant - Longview, Washington - KIA

William E. Lehman.....06/24/44 - Private First Class - Creston, Iowa - KIA

Richard C. Penny.....06/24/44 - Private - Cave Spring, Georgia - KIA

William D. Huott.....06/25/44 - Private First Class - Haverstraw, New York - KIA

Anthony M. Maslowski.....06/25/44 - Private - Detroit, Michigan - KIA

Arthur F. McCarron.....06/25/44 - Private - Lynn, Massachusetts - KIA

* Donald E. Nevius.....06/25/44 - Private - Sharpsburg, Iowa - KIA

* James R. Schmidt.....06/25/44 - Private First Class - Allegheny, Pennsylvania - KIA

Roy J. Newman.....06/27/44 - Private - Jefferson City, Tennessee - KIA

* Paul A. Rozenek.....06/27/44 - Private First Class - Chicago, Illinois - KIA

Jack C. Hunter Jr......06/28/44 - Private - Ottawa, Oklahoma - DOI

Alexander J. Saulin.....06/29/44 - Private First Class - Cumberland, New Jersey - KIA

David Lader.....07/02/44 - Corporal - Utica, New York - DOW

Edward J. Borgna.....07/08/44 - Private - Alameda, California - KIA

Kenneth A. Chapman.....07/08/44 - Private - LaGrange, Indiana - KIA

Robert J. Emmett.....07/08/44 - Private First Class - Florida - KIA

John B. Loftis Jr......07/08/44 - Private First Class - Central, South Carolina - KIA

* Homer I. Nichols Jr......07/08/44 - Private First Class - New Orleans, Louisiana - KIA

Johnnie M. Walker.....07/08/44 - Private First Class - Dotham, Alabama - KIA

Virgil E. Anderson.....07/09/44 - Private First Class - Hennepin, Minnesota - KIA

* Lawrence Chastain.....07/09/44 - Staff Sergeant - Lebanon, Missouri - KIA

* Herman Cohen.....07/09/44 - Sergeant - Wilmington, Delaware - KIA

* Hugh A. Hiner.....07/09/44 - Sergeant - Omaha, Nebraska - KIA

Roland Pearce.....07/09/44 - Private First Class - North Carolina - DOW

Mathew Short.....07/09/44 - Private First Class - Hueyville, Kentucky - KIA

Karol E. Wozniak.....07/09/44 - Private - New York, New York - KIA

* Paul E. Burket.....07/10/44 - Private - Pennsylvania - KIA

* Ralph G. Licence.....07/10/44 - Private First Class - Long Island, New York - KIA

* Max E. Neidhardt.....07/10/44 - Private - New Haven, Indiana - DOW

* Henry A. Van Dornick.....07/10/44 - Staff Sergeant - Manitowoc, Wisconsin - KIA

Joe S. Wiles Jr......07/10/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Fulton, Georgia - KIA

Thomas Soldier.....07/11/44 - Technician Grade 5 - Wittenburg, Wisconsin - KIA

Archie E. Evenson.....07/14/44 - Private First Class - Minneapolis, Minnesota - KIA

* Keith Kershaw.....07/25/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Multnomah, Oregon - KIA

Hyman Esses.....07/29/44 - Private First Class - Baltimore, Maryland - KIA

* Ugo A. Franchi.....07/29/44 - Private - San Francisco, California - KIA

* Vincente M. Guerrero.....07/29/44 - Private - Coleman, Texas - KIA

Leland A. Hart.....07/29/44 - Private First Class - Pine Plains, New York - KIA

Joseph Sharkey.....07/29/44 - Private First Class - Perth Amboy, New Jersey - DOW

* Earl Towell.....07/29/44 - Private - Hillsboro, Illinois - KIA

Marvin Allen.....07/31/44 - Sergeant - Grant, Arkansas - KIA

* Haskel J. Bryant.....08/07/44 - Private First Class - West Virginia - KIA

* Frank B. Reid.....09/14/44 - Captain - Kentucky - DOW

Pete Gallegos.....09/15/44 - Private First Class - San Pedro, California - KIA

* Harry L. Johnston.....09/16/44 - Sergeant - Athens, Pennsylvania - KIA

Roy F. Kreimer.....09/16/44 - Staff Sergeant - Hamilton, Ohio - KIA

* Merl H. Miller.....09/16/44 - Private First Class - Williamsport, Pennsylvania - KIA

* Eugene F. Nolan.....09/17/44 - Sergeant - Nashville, Tennessee - DOW

Alfred Wille.....09/19/44 - Private First Class - Kane, Illinois - KIA

Frank Echevarria.....09/21/44 - Private - New York, New York - KIA

Emil J. Emrisek.....11/11/44 - Private First Class - Tarentum, Pennsylvania - KIA

* Glen L. Robbins.....11/18/44 - Private First Class - Olney, Texas - KIA

Harold R. Gettman.....11/19/44 - Private First Class - Portland, Oregon - KIA

Perry Runnels Jr......11/19/44 - Private First Class - New Carlisle, Indiana - DOW

* Thomas W. Kersey.....11/20/44 - 2nd Lieutenant - Glynn, Georgia - KIA

* Robert V. Resek.....11/20/44 - Sergeant - Beacon, New York - KIA

Ray Traylor.....11/24/44 - Sergeant - Cinncinatti, Ohio - KIA

Elbert H. Worland.....11/25/44 - Private First Class - Chicago, Illinois - DOW

* Rudolph J. Fischer.....11/27/44 - Sergeant - Nebraska - KIA

* Donald E. Humbert.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Manchester, Pennsylvania - KIA

Fieldon Napier.....11/27/44 - Staff Sergeant - Laurel Creek, Kentucky - KIA

Nicholas J. Rousselle.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Columbus, Ohio - KIA

* John W. Smith.....11/27/44 - Private First Class - Bear Lake, Michigan - KIA

* Paul R. Hester.....11/28/44 - Private First Class - Grafton, New York - KIA

Albert K. Ault.....11/30/44 - Private First Class - Toconto, Ohio - DOW

Arlo J. Goebel.....11/30/44 - Private - Moundridge, Kansas - KIA

Bert L. Black Jr......12/02/44 - Private First Class - Yavapai, Arizona - KIA

Wathan E. Cornett.....12/02/44 - Private - Cuyahoga, Ohio - KIA

* John D. Donaway.....12/02/44 - Private - Chillicothe, Ohio - KIA

* Howard W. Elrick.....12/02/44 - Private - Somerville, Massachusetts - KIA

* James J. Gonda.....12/02/44 - Private - Cleveland, Ohio - KIA

* Ralph R. Greer.....12/02/44 - Private - Greer, South Carolina - KIA

* Robert J. Harrington.....12/02/44 - Private - Monroe, New York - KIA

* Dewey C. Kimberlin.....12/02/44 - Private - Hugh Springs, Texas - KIA

* Thomas J. Laqua.....12/02/44 - Private - St Paul, Minnesota - KIA

* Julius J. Siko....12/02/44 - Private - Cleveland, Ohio - KIA

Leroy S. Upton.....12/02/44 - Private - Fargo, North Dakota - KIA

Stanley J. Wegrzyn.....12/02/44 - Sergeant - Perth Amboy, New Jersey - KIA

Bernard H. La Pointe.....12/03/44 - Private - Baltic, Michigan - KIA

John J. Lawlor.....12/03/44 - Private - Meadowmere, New York - KIA

Joseph H.F. Stanley.....12/03/44 - Private - Roanoke, Virginia - KIA

Robert C. Chesnut.....12/30/44 - Sergeant - Fariston, Kentucky - DOW

 

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1945

 

 

* Robert A. Gingell.....02/06/45 - Private - Kingston, Pennsylvania - KIA

* Albert M. Chamberlain.....02/07/45 - Jefferson County, Kansas - KIA

* Ernie Hanks.....02/07/45 - Private First Class - Crowley, Louisiana - KIA

* Edward A. Taylor.....02/07/45 - 1st Lieutenant - Bergen, New Jersey - KIA

* Lawrence J. Webb.....02/07/45 - Private - Niagara Falls, New York - DOW

Andy Baldridge.....02/09/45 - Private First Class - Payne, Oklahoma - KIA

Delvin A. Bilyeu.....02/09/45 - Private - Fletcher, Oklahoma - KIA

James W. Bradley.....02/09/45 - Private - Madison, Indiana - KIA

Alfred Sakoff.....02/09/45 - Private - Brooklyn, New York - KIA

* Wilbert L. Harrison.....02/12/45 - Private First Class - Greensboro, North Carolina - KIA

Leon Strauss.....02/12/45 - Private - Brooklyn, New York - KIA

* Frank A. Suski.....02/12/45 - Private - Rochester, New York - DOW

Emeral H. Posey.....02/26/45 - Staff Sergeant - Desha, Arkansas - DOW

* Maurice E. Blackmore.....03/01/45 - Staff Sergeant - Lucas, Ohio - KIA

Dudley A. Norton.....03/03/45 - Technical Sergeant - Athens, Alabama - KIA

Alfonso De La Garza Jr......03/04/45 - Private - McAllen, Texas - KIA

Patrick J. Faherty.....03/04/45 - Private First Class - Chicago, Illinois - KIA

Newel A. Hurt.....03/04/45 - Private - Mt Grove, Missouri - KIA

Reubin J. Kasper.....03/04/45 - Staff Sergeant - Granger, Texas - KIA

Adren K. Marah.....03/04/45 - Private - Kansas City, Missouri - KIA

Milton F. Prell.....03/04/45 - Private - Tomah, Wisconsin - KIA

Richard W. Pierce.....03/15/45 - Staff Sergeant - Warwick, Rhode Island - DOW

Hayes Bessinger.....04/03/45 - Private First Class - Auburndale, Florida - KIA

* Bernard Bucrek.....04/03/45 - Private First Class - Jackson, Michigan - KIA

George N. Hooker.....04/03/45 - Corporal - Illmo, Missouri - KIA

* Joseph J. Istvanik.....04/03/45 - 1st Lieutenant - Allegheny, Pennsylvania - KIA

* Anthony A. Meno.....04/03/45 - Technician Grade 5 - Huron, Ohio - KIA

Walter E. Jones.....04/20/45 - 2nd Lieutenant - Sullivan, Tennessee - KIA

 

 

 

Republic of Vietnam

 

1966

 

* Richard V Ives.....08/08/66 - Panel 09E Line 113

* Albert Collins.....09/03/66 - Panel 10E Line 66

* William Richard Masters.....09/27/66 - Panel 11E Line 22

* Robert Edward Robinson.....09/27/66 - Panel 11E Line 23

* Vickey Earl Stanley.....09/27/66 - Panel 11E Line 24

* William Vincent Shorts.....12/04/66 - Panel 13E Line 12

 

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1967

 

* Colin David MacManus.....02/16/67 - Panel 15E Line 49

* Ronald Bruce Price.....03/16/67 - Panel 16E Line 97

* James Edward Ander Santos.....03/16/67 - Panel 16E Line 98

* Edward Michael Howell.....(WIA 03/11/67--died 04/17/67) - Panel 18E Line 41

* Daniel Lee Harmon.....06/02/67--(Also served in A 1/22--died in 2d Bde LRRPs) -
Panel 21E Line 34

* Francis Joseph Cormier.....11/17/67 - Panel 30E Line 7

* Michael Edward Flannery.....11/17/67 - Panel 30E Line 9

* James D Yeakley.....11/17/67 - Panel 30E Line 12

 

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1968

 

* Gary Lynn Campen.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 33

* Larry Vernal Claspill.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 33

* Rembert Crawford Jr.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 34

* Timothy John Dineen.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 35

* Lawrence Gary Grassi.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 35

* Harold Andrew Kram Jr.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 37

* Thomas Andrew Marchut.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 39

* James Edward Stover.....02/05/68 - Panel 37E Line 43

* Roy Allen Lamon.....04/26/68 - Panel 52E Line 20

* Hollis Winfield Buck.....04/27/68 - Panel 52E Line 28

* James Robert Campbell.....04/27/68 - Panel 52E Line 28

* Howard Hugh Hominick.....04/27/68 - Panel 52E Line 30

* Roger David Zeigler.....04/27/68 - Panel 52E Line 32

* Richard Anthony Cassano.....04/28/68 - Panel 52E Line 35

* Sidney A Howe.....04/28/68 - Panel 52E Line 38

* Roger Nester.....04/28/68 - Panel 52E Line 41

* Amel Douglas Royalty.....04/28/68 - Panel 52E Line 43

* William E Zimmerman.....04/28/68 - Panel 54E Line 1

* Reginald Baker.....05/02/68 - Panel 64W Line 3

* Laurence Curtis Caplan.....05/29/68 - Panel 64W Line 3

* Blair Logan Keown.....06/28/68 - Panel 54W Line 12

* Louis Cleveland Kimbrell.....06/28/68 - Panel 54W Line 12

* Michael Edward Davis.....(WIA 06/26/68--died 07/05/68) - Panel 53W Line 17

* Vincent Frank Giammarino-----MIA 06/27/68------10/06/78 - Panel 54W Line 7

* Luther Anderson Ghahate.....10/21/68--(died in Co E 58th Inf LRRPs) - Panel 40W Line 12

* George Arthur Foster III.....11/29/68 - Panel 37W Line 46

 

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1969

 

* Jack Lee Rightmyer.....02/16/69--(died in 2d Bde LRRPs) - Panel 32W Line 46

* Ronald Vinton Hacker.....04/03/69 - Panel 27W Line 15

* John Manual Chavez.....09/23/69 - Panel 18W Line 128

* Dennis Evans Milliard.....11/13/69 - Panel 16W Line 70

* Willie George Turner.....11/13/69 - Panel 16W Line 71

* Roger Steven Powers.....11/20/69 - Panel 16W Line 102

* Ed Charles Edward Moake Jr.....11/20/69-(attached from E 1/22 as 4.2 FO) - Panel 16W Line 101

* "Doc" Philip Lawrence Jewell.....11/21/69--(attached from HHC) - Panel 16W Line 106

* "JT " Johnny William Trainham.....11/21/69 - Panel 16W Line 107

 

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1970

 

* Alan Lee Bracken.....01/25/70

* Tony Anthony Santana Lugo.....04/18/70 - Panel 11W Line 22

* John Lewis Kotora.....05/03/70 - Panel 11W Line 92

* Thomas Lamar Porter.....08/11/70 - Panel 08W Line 103

* Joseph Earl Jackson.....09/10/70 - Panel 07W Line 53

* Charles Michael Reed.....09/10/70 - Panel 07W Line 53

 

 

 

Iraq

(Operation Iraqi Freedom)

 

2003

 

* Osbaldo Orozco....04/26/03

* Donald L. Wheeler....10/13/03

 

2006

 

* William S. Hayes....02/05/06

* Christopher E. Loudon .... 10/17/06

* Joseph C. Dumas, Jr. .... 10/17/06

* David M. Unger .... 10/17/06

* Russell G Culbertson III .... 10/17/06

 

 


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