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John Edward Burns, age 25, from Luzerne County Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania .
Parents: John Francis Burns
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, Times Leader (2018, 1941)
Keith Jeffries, age 23, from Luzerne County Nanticoke, Pennsylvania .
Parents: James Glidden Jefferies
Service era: World War II
Schools: Newport High graduate
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, findagrave.com, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1941)
Albert Joseph Konnick, age 24, from Luzerne County Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania .
Parents: George Konnick
Service era: World War II
Schools: Couglin High graduate
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, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1941)
John Peter Rutkowski from Luzerne County Nanticoke, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Anna Rutkowski
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, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1941)
Edward Frank Slapikas, age 26, from Luzerne County Wanamie, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Frank Slapikas
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 5, 2017
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1941)
Patrick L. Ferry, age 22, from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, November 11, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Saint Gabriel Roman Catholic, Hazleton
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com
Louis F. Krezanosky, age 22, from Luzerne County Duryea, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, November 7, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
James J. Farrell from Parsons, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Saturday, November 2, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Suresnes American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com
Fred Funk, age 23, from White Haven, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, October 10, 1918
Death details: Died of accident
Cemetery: Suresnes American
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Michael F. Farrell, age 27, from Ashley, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Meuse Argonne American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com