Galvin, John J.
Private

John J. Galvin, age 26, from New Haven, Connecticut.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1918
Death details: Killed in action

Source: The State Historical Society of Iowa, Library & Archives Des Moines, findagrave.com

Garver, Roy O.
Private

Roy O. Garver, age 26, from Illinois.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1918
Death details: Died of accident

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

Fetrow, Charles Gilbert
Private

Charles Gilbert Fetrow, age 26, from Dover, Pennsylvania, York county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, November 6, 1916
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Parkville, Dover

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com

George, Dustin L.
Volunteer infantry Sergeant

Dustin L. George, age 26,.

Service era: Post Civil War
Military history: Company H, 43rd regiment

Date of death: Wednesday, April 18, 1900
Death details: Killed in the siege of Catubig, Philippines
Cemetery: Houston Hill in Walden, Vermont

Source: Sandusky Star Journal (1900), Omaha Daily Bee (1900), findagrave.com

Brammer, Prentice K.
Army Private

Prentice K. Brammer, age 26, from Indiana, Warrick county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died, non-battle

Cemetery: Cross Road in Warrick County

Source: National Archives, grave marker

Dresp, Robert P.
Army 2nd lieutenant

Robert P. Dresp, age 26, from Beatrice, Nebraska. Last known residence was Los Angles County California.

Service era: World War II

Parents: Paul Dresp

School: Beatrice High graduate (1934)

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in 1943 in England as the result of the German bombing of a hospital. He was reported to suffered a broken back months earlier and was sent to the hospital.

Source: National Archives, Wymore Nebraska Arbor State (1943), Lincoln Nebraska Journal Star (1943), Beatrice Daily Sun, North Hollywood Valley Times (1943)

Carl, Lawrence
Navy Lieutenant (junior grade)

Lawrence Carl, age 26, from Douglas County Omaha, Nebraska .

Service era: World War II
Schools: Creighton College (1939)

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in an airplane crash at Key West, Florida in June 1943

Source: Omaha World Herald (1943)

Stiles, Earl Carlyle
Army Corporal

Earl Carlyle Stiles, age 26, from Pottawattamie County Council Bluffs, Iowa .

Parents: Orval Stiles

Service era: Korea
Schools: Thomas Jefferson High
Military history: Servved almost three years in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II and renelisted shortly after the war ended.

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Earl Carlyle Stiles, who joined the U.S. Army from Iowa, served with C Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. Sergeant Stiles was captured on December 1, 1950, as his unit pushed through a roadblock near Sonchu. He was marched with other prisoners of war to Camp 5 at Pyokyong, North Korea, where he died of malnutrition and dysentery on an unspecified date in May 1951. He was buried at Camp 5; however, his remains have not been among those returned to U.S. custody. Sergeant Stiles is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Daily Nonpareil (1954)

Davis, Willie
Army Private

Willie Davis, age 26, from Jefferson County Louisiana.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Private First Class Willie Davis, who joined the U.S. Army from Louisiana, was a member of the Service Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was wounded and captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit fought through enemy roadblocks en route from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. He was marched north to Camp 5, Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died of his wounds, malnutrition, and pneumonia on an unknown date. His companions buried him just north of a camp and on a mountainside; however, his remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Private First Class Davis is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Town Talk (1953)