Lee Blanton from Ellison Park, Arkansas.
Service era: World War I
Military history: 245th Quartermaster Depot Company;
Date of death: Saturday, May 18, 1946
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission
Clemens W. Schuster from Dubuque County Dubuque, Iowa .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, May 27, 1945
Death details: Died from a poison gas attack at Village Negre near the Lorraine Front, France.
Cemetery: Center Grove
Source: The State Historial Society of Iowa, Library & Archives Des Moines, Telegraph Herald (2014, 1921)
Paul J. Lauer from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen county.
Service era: World War I
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Death details: Missing in action in the Tyrrhenian Sea
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, Elkhart Truth
Richard E. Swanson, age 25, from Delaware County Manchester, Iowa .
Parents: Axel W. Swanson
Service era: World War I
Military history: 117th Infantry, 30th Division
Date of death: Sunday, July 16, 1944
Cemetery: Pine View
Source: Grave marker, Waterloo Courier (1944)
William F. Perchich.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, January 2, 1941
Death details: PBY-5 aircraft, while enroute from San Diego to Pensacola, encountered severe weather over Texas and 5-members of crew forced to bail out. One parachute failed and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2 class William F. Percich fell to his death. 2 January 1941.
Source: U.S. Navy
William Heotis.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, August 23, 1937
Death details: Killed when his plane became tangled on target tow sleeve of another plane and crashed into the sea
Source: U.S. Navy
Wayne Alvin Rasey.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, August 11, 1937
Death details: Killed while cleaning a rifle at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island
Source: U.S. Navy
Ludwell R. Pickett.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, April 6, 1937
Death details: Died when two SBU-1 planes collided and crashed into the Pacific during flight operations
Source: U.S. Navy
Joseph J. Loughlin.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, April 6, 1937
Death details: Died when two SBU-1 planes collided and crashed into the Pacific during flight operations
Source: U.S. Navy
John J. Camey.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, April 6, 1937
Death details: Died when two SBU-1 planes collided and crashed into the Pacific during flight operations
Source: U.S. Navy