Anne Arundel County Maryland

Rosenberger, Joseph Eugene
Army Recruit

Joseph Eugene Rosenberger, age 17, from Arnold, Maryland, Anne Arundel county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Cedar Hill in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com

Reynolds, Dornie Byrd
Marines Platoon Sergeant

Dornie Byrd Reynolds, age 25, from Gambrills, Maryland, Anne Arundel county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, November 22, 1943
Death details: From November 20 through 23, 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy conducted a large-scale amphibious assault on the Japanese-held atoll of Tarawa as part of Operation Galvanic, the Allied capture of the Gilbert Islands. Located 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, Tarawa was a crucial stepping stone in the planned U.S. offensive across the central Pacific toward Japan. The Japanese garrison on Tarawa’s main island of Betio was well-entrenched with hundreds of bunkers and gun positions behind formidable beach obstacles. The first wave of Marines approaching the shore encountered lower-than-expected tides, forcing them to leave their landing craft on the reef and wade the hundreds of yards to the beach under intense enemy fire. The heaviest number of U.S. casualties were suffered during this phase of the landing. Eventually, rising tides allowed U.S. warships to maneuver closer to shore and support the troops with effective naval gunfire. More Marines landed on the second day, launching attacks inland from the beaches and seizing the Japanese airfield on the island. However, the enemy launched vicious counterattacks and two more days of intense fighting were needed to secure Betio. The last enemy strongpoints were taken on the morning of November 23. The fighting on Betio cost the Marines nearly 3,000 casualties but enabled U.S. forces to press further across the Pacific and yielded valuable tactical lessons that reduced U.S. losses in future amphibious landings. Platoon Sergeant Dornie Byrd Reynolds entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Maryland and served in Company B, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. He was killed in action on November 22 during the Battle of Tarawa. Platoon Sergeant Reynolds was buried on Betio, but after the war his remains were not identified among those disinterred from the island. Sergeant Reynolds is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Kidd, Isaac Campbell
Navy Rear Admiral

Isaac Campbell Kidd, age 57, from Annapolis, Maryland, Anne Arundel county.

Spouse: Inez G. Kidd

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Baltimore Sun (1942)

Gast, Oscar L.
Private

Oscar L. Gast, age 22, from Anne Arundel County Brooklyn, Maryland .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Sunday, September 29, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds

Source: Soldiers of the Great War

Sloan, Harold
Army Corporal

Harold Sloan from Anne Arundel County Crownsville, Maryland .

Parents: Elizabeth M. Graefe

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. Sergeant Harold Sloan, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with Headquarters, Headquarters, and Service Company of the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, as his unit was withdrawing from Kunu-ri to Sunchon. He was marched northward with other prisoners to Camp 5 at Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died of dysentery and malnutrition. He was buried by his fellow prisoners at Camp 5; however, his remains have not been among those returned to U.S. custody. Sergeant Sloan is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Evening Sun (1953)

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