Tag: HOllidaysburg Pennsylvania

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Campion, Francis T.
Army Staff sergeant

Francis T. Campion, age 31, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Parents: Francis Campion and Elizabeth Campion
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hollidaysburg Area High (1998)
Military history: 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Airborne, 104th Infantry Detachment, Long Range Surveillance and 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Airborne.

Date of death: Sunday, July 10, 2011
Death details: Killed at Fort Harrison, Montana in a training accident when he landed on a building. His parachute caused him to then fall to the ground.
Cemetery: Arlington National; memorialized at Penn State Altoona campus

Source: Altoona Mirror, Independent Record

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Forshey, Curtis John
Army Sergeant

Curtis John Forshey, age 22, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair County.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 494th Transportation Company, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Death details: Died in Homburg, Germany of a non-combat related illness after being medevaced out of Kuwait on March 22, 2007.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com

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Lightner, Daniel Russell Jr
Army Sergeant 1st class

Daniel Russell Jr Lightner, age 28, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhc, 2d Brigade, 28th Id (2mef), Washington, Pa. Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart.

Date of death: Thursday, October 27, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Cemetery: Alto Reste, Altoona

Source: Department of Defense, family, grave marker, Military Times

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Adams, Brandon Edwin
Army Sergeant

Brandon Edwin Adams, age 22, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: B Co, 1st Bn, 32d Inf, 10th Mtn Div (L), Fort Drum, Ny

Date of death: Sunday, September 19, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Washington, United States
Cemetery: Calvary, Altoona.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Baum, Ronald Eric
Marines Gunnery Sergeant

Ronald Eric Baum, age 38, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 2d Intel Bn, Ii Mef, 2d Mar Div Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Date of death: Monday, May 3, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Downing, Raymond A. Jr.
Army Private

Raymond A. Jr. Downing, age 25, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Hollidaysburg.

Parents: Raymond A. Downing.

Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High, 1940.
Military history: Private, Company A, 141st infantry. Enlisted in Army May 18, 1942.

Date of death: Monday, August 13, 1945
Death details: Died in Belgium in a vehicle accident.
Cemetery: Presbyterian, Hollidaysburg.

Source: National Archives, Blair County military records, Altoona Mirror, grave marker

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Haller, Robert F.
Army 1st lieutenant

Robert F. Haller, age 28, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Hollidaysburg.

Parents: William Haller and Lucy D. Haller (Diffley).

Service era: World War II
Schools: Hollidaysburg High, 1938.
Military history: 1st lieutenant, Company E, 21st Infantry. Enlisted in Army June 15, 1941.

Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 1944
Death details: Killed in action during invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines.
Cemetery: Greenlawn.

Source: National Archives, Blair County military records, Altoona Mirror., grave marker

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Wolf, George A. Jr.
Navy Reserves Ensign

George A. Jr. Wolf, age 24, from Blair County Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania .

Parents: George Anderson Wolf Sr. and Dorothy Prendergast Wolf.

Service era: World War II
Schools: Altoona Catholic High, 1936. Georgetown University, 1940., Notre Dame University

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

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph (1941)

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Fink, Aden F.
Private

Aden F. Fink, age 21, from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Blair county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, February 5, 1919
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Presbyterian, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com