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Vernon G. Growden, age 25, from Bedford County Bedford, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Margaret Zembower Growden
Service era: World War II
Schools: Bedford High
Date of death: Friday, February 2, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 7, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Bedford Gazette (1945)
George William Fickes, age 22, from Imler, Pennsylvania, Bedford county. Their last known residence was in Imler.
Parents: Harry Fickes and Sara (Hammers) Fickes of Imler, Pa.
Service era: World War II
Schools: Fishertown High, 1939.
Military history: 375th Fighter Squad. Enlisted in Army service December 1941.
Date of death: Thursday, September 2, 1943
Death details: Killed in airplane crash at Langley Field, Virginia.
Cemetery: St. Marks, King
Source: Altoona Mirror, National Archives, grave marker
George B. May, age 23, from Bedford County Pennsylvania.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, November 3, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Raymond G. Fleegle, age 25, from Six Mile Run, Pennsylvania, Bedford county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Meuse Argonne American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com