Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
James R. Stout, age 19, from Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Company C, 1st Infantry, 23rd Infantry Division; Purple Heart (2), Bronze Star Medal
Date of death: Sunday, May 2, 1971
Death details: Died, non-battle
Cemetery: Zachery Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Jack E. Lamison, age 26, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Washington DC.
Parents: Augustus E. Lamison and Wilma V. Lamison
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: World War II
Schools: Oxon Hill High (1943)
Military history: Enlisted May 1, 1943 and re-enlisted twice.
Date of death: Saturday, April 26, 1952
Death details: Lost in collison at sea on the USS Hobson
Cemetery: Memorialized at Presbyterian, Hollidaysburg
Source: Grave marker, family
Thomas John Miles from West Chester, Pennsylvania, Chester county.
Parents: Thomas C. Miles and Odette Boyer Miles
Spouse: Vera Columbia (Bostelle) Miles
Service era: World War II
Schools: West Chester High (1939). Pierce Business School, Philadelphia.
Military history: Enlisted 1941.
Date of death: Monday, October 15, 1951
Death details: He was radio operator on a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter on a flight from Eurupe to Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts. His place went down near the Portuguese Azores.
Cemetery: Body not recovered.
Source: Chester County Hall of Heroes
Joseph Stanley Biddle, age 20, from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Altoona.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Corporal, headquarters company, 39th infantry. Enlisted in Army Jan. 4, 1946.
Date of death: Friday, December 31, 1948
Death details: Died in Augusta, Georgia.
Cemetery: Rose Hill, Altoona.
Source: Blair County military records. Not National Archives, grave marker.
John D. Griswold, age 23, from North Carolina, Rutherford county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: August 1, 1943
Death details: Killed in action in North Africa
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Spartanburg Herald Journal (1948)
James F. McCormick from West Chester, Pennsylvania, Chester county.
Parents: Percy H. McCormick and Helen M. McCormick
Service era: World War II
Schools: St. Agnes High (1946)
Military history: Enlisted July 1, 1946.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 22, 1948
Death details: Died from injuries he suffered aboard a ship when he slipped and fell two decks through an open hatchway.
Cemetery: St. Agnes
Source: Chester County Hall of Heroes
Harold T. Campbell, age 19, from Evansville, Indiana, Vanderburgh county.
Parents: A.C. Campbell
Service era: World War II
Schools: Central High
Date of death: Sunday, May 9, 1948
Death details: Died in plane crash off Key West, Florida
Cemetery: Park Lawn, Evansville
Source: Browning Genealogy, grave marker
James Moxley, age 20, from Evansville, Indiana, Vanderburgh county.
Service era: World War II
Schools: Bosse HIgh
Date of death: Friday, April 9, 1948
Death details: Killed in jeep accident in Austria
Source: National Veterans Memorial
Joseph Francis Sheehan from Landenberg, Pennsylvania, Chester county.
Parents: T. Joseph Sheehan and Helen Sheehan
Service era: World War II
Schools: Kennett Consolidated High (1940), Naval Academy (1944)
Military history: USS Astoria
Date of death: Sunday, January 18, 1948
Death details: His plane crashed into the water immediately after takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Body not recovered.
Source: Chester County Hall of Heroes
Pedro Agustin from Philippines.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 743rd Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion; Bronze Star
Date of death: Saturday, June 21, 1947
Death details: Missing in action or buried at sea
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission