Leon Lindauer
Receive Type 2 Army Purple Heart 1942-43 Bronze gilt, plastic heart, slot brooch six digit number 599972 on rim, manufactured by The Robbins Company Large blacked machined engraved, 1944-1945.
William Erler
Receive Type 2 Navy Purple Heart 1944-45 sterling silver gilt, plastic heart, split brooch Civilian hand engraved with name, rank, and branch.
Wyman Daniel Martin
Receive Type 3 Army Purple Heart 1943-45 Bronze gilt, plastic heart, slot brooch, unnumbered, hand engraved 1944.
Autry Clint Deel
Private Autry Clint Deel was born on August 10, 1908 to Helen and Luther Deel in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
Thomas Foster Jenkins
Lt. Thomas Foster Jenkins was born December 6, 1918 in Middleton, Tennessee to John and Johnnie Jenkins.
Private Ralph Valente
Ralph Valente served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division in Europe. He was mortally wounded on November 11, 1944 in France and succumbed to his wounds on November 24th.
Technician 5th Grade Rowland Bush
Rowland Bush served as a medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division in Europe. He was killed in action while rendering aid to wounded soldiers on October 25th, 1944 in France and succumbed to his wounds on November 24th.
Staff Sergeant Philip L. Brinson
Philip L. Brinson served with the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) based in England as a Tail Gunner on a B-26 Martin Marauder. He was killed in action along with the entire crew when the B-26 on which he was flying received flak damage on a mission over Europe and subsequently crashed into the English Channel on September 9, 1843
Sergeant Melvin Herbert Rupert
Sergeant Melvin Herbert Rupert served with the 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division and was mortally wounded on July 26, 1944, near the Driniumor River in New Guinea. The following day, July 27, 1944, Melvin passed away at the age of 26. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
William D. Marshman
William D. Marshman served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and World War II. During World War II, he was assigned to the destroyer U.S.S. Barton in the Pacific Theater of Operations. During a naval battle off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, the Barton was sunk on November 13, 1942 with one hundred sixty-four men aboard and forty-two survivors. Marshman went down the the ship.
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