Clark County Kansas

Wilson, Harold G.
Army Flight officer

Harold G. Wilson, age 24, from Clark County Ashland, Kansas .

Parents: Ethel Gardiner Wilson

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, August 7, 1943
Death details: Killed in an airplane crash in New Guinea. He was aboard C-47-DL “Eagle Beaver” when it crashed into Cleveland Bay about 20 minutes after takeoff.

Source: National Archives, Wichita Eagle (1943)

Aldridge, Willard Henry
Navy Seaman 1st class

Willard Henry Aldridge, age 20, from Sitka, Kansas, Clark county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains recovered
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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