Hanover Pennsylvania

McKinsey, Daniel C.
Navy Fireman’s apprentice

Daniel C. McKinsey, age 21, from Hanover, Pennsylvania, York county.

Parents: Margaret Knoke McKinsey and the late Herman W. McKinsey

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: William Penn Senior High (1986)

Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Died with nine other sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima when the ship’s 850-degree steam pipe erupted.
Cemetery: Mount Rose, York County

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, findagrave.com, York Sunday News (1990)

Miller, Jeffrey Harold
Army Corporal

Jeffrey Harold Miller, age 20, from Hanover, Pennsylvania, York county.

Parents: Calvin H. and Edna Mummert Miller

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: South Western High (1967)

Date of death: Tuesday, June 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, York Gazette and Daily (1970)

Lecrone, Paul Albert
Marines Lance-Corporal

Paul Albert Lecrone, age 21, from Hanover, Pennsylvania, York county.

Parents: Harvey L. Lecrone Sr. and preceded in death by Alice Diller Lecrone

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Spring Grove Area High (1966)

Date of death: Thursday, April 9, 1970
Death details: Killed by mortar round in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, York Gazette and Daily

Varchol, Brinley
Navy Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class

Brinley Varchol, age 25, from York County Hanover, Pennsylvania .

Parents: John Varchol

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, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Scranton Times Tribune (1941)

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