Gene A. Shultzaberger, age 22, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county.
Parents: March C. Shultzaberger
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, May 28, 1952
Death details: Killed when the B-36 bomber he was aboard crashed on a runway at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (1952), UP (1952)
James H. Rhodes, age 23, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Duncansville.
Parents: Albert E. Rhodes and Mazie W. (McGarvey) Rhodes.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Technician 4. Entered the service Dec. 15, 1942.
Date of death: Thursday, May 17, 1945
Death details: Died at Hamelin, Germany when his motor boat caught fire and he tried to swim ashore in the Weser River.
Cemetery: Alto Reste, Altoona.
Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror.
James Albert Hainzey from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county.
Parents: Mable Gates.
Spouse: Lena P. Hainzey
Children: Patricia Marie Hainzey.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Enlisted August 1943. Company G, 6th Marines
Date of death: Tuesday, May 15, 1945
Death details: Killed in action at Okinawa.
Cemetery: Leamersville Riverview, Claysburg
Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror, grave marker
Alfred Beard, age 21, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county.
Parents: Charles Beard and Sarah E. Beard
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High.
Military history: Private 1st class, U.S. Marine Corp. Reserve, company I, 3rd battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd division. Enlisted March 1, 1944.
Date of death: Sunday, February 25, 1945
Death details: Killed in action in Iwo Jima.
Cemetery: Carson Valley, Duncansville
Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror grave marker
Ellis L. Baird, age 20, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Duncansville.
Parents: Minnie Baird of Huntingdon.
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High, 1942.
Military history: Private 1st class. Member of the 101st airborne division. Entered the Army March 10, 1943. Went overseas in May 1944. Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Date of death: Wednesday, January 3, 1945
Death details: Killed in action in Bastogne, Belgium.
Cemetery: Carson Valley, Duncansville.
Source: Altoona Mirror, Blair County military records, National Archives grave marker
John D. Steele, age 23, from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Duncansville.
Parents: John M. Steele and Margaret (Spearing) Steele.
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High, 1937. Altoona School of the Bible, 1940.
Military history: Private, medical detachment of the 16th Infantry Regiment of 1st division of General Hodge’s 1st Army. Entered armed forces May 8, 1943.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Death details: Killed in action on D-Day in France.
Cemetery: Presbyterian, Hollidaysburg
Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror, grave marker