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Littlepage, Thomas Earl
Army Private 1st class

Thomas Earl Littlepage, age 22, from Princeton, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: William L. Littlepage

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, January 24, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam by American forces who mistook him for the enemy.

Cemetery: Grapevine in Madison Kentucky

Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970), grave marker

Lynn, William Thomas
Marines Private 1st class

William Thomas Lynn, age 18, from Princeton, Indiana.

Service era: Vietnam

Parent: Lawrence Lynn

School: Princeton HIgh (1968)

Date of death: Saturday, June 7, 1969

Death details: Killed during an attack of a night platoon base in Vietnam

Cemetery: Maple Hill in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1969)

Wolfe, Richard Edward
Army Private 1st class

Richard Edward Wolfe, age 23, from Princeton, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: August Wolfe (1912 – 1999) and Rosemary C. Wolfe (1917 – 2010)
Spouse: Susan Wolfe
Child: Brian Scott Wolfe, 10 months. Brian, 6, died in 1973 from leukemia.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Princeton High (1962)
Military history: Drafted in February 1968. Purple Heart

Date of death: Saturday, January 6, 1968
Death details: Killed by small arms fire in South Vietnam
Cemetery: St. Joseph, Princeton

Source: National Archives, Evansville Courier & Press, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1973)

Whitehead, Hugh
Marines Reserves Private

Hugh Whitehead, age 25, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: William Whitehead
Spouse: Mary
Children: Three

Service era: World War II
Schools: Princeton High graduate

Date of death: Thursday, March 15, 1945
Death details: Died of wounds suffered the day before on Iwo Jima
Cemetery: IOOF in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Evansville Press (1945)

Turpin, Raymond A.
Army 2nd lieutenant

Raymond A. Turpin, age 35, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: Helen Turpin

Service era: World War II
Schools: Princeton High, Indiana State Teacher’s College graduate

Date of death: Saturday, November 4, 1944
Death details: Died, non-battle; died in a plane crash in California.
Cemetery: Walnut Hill in Gibson County

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1944), Oakland Tribune (1944)

Boyer, Robert L.
Army Private

Robert L. Boyer, age 25, from Princeton, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: Albert Boyer

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, August 15, 1944
Death details: Killed in actio in France
Cemetery: Maple Hill, Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1948)

Boyer, Robert L.
Army Private

Robert L. Boyer, age 25, from Princeton, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: Albert Boyer

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, August 15, 1944
Death details: Killed in actio in France
Cemetery: Maple Hill, Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1948)

Fortner, John P.
Army 2nd lieutenant

John P. Fortner, age 23, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: Elliott Fortner

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, June 16, 1944
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed into Big Lake near Omaha, Nebraska. The plane was on a routine flight from the Lincoln, Nebraska, Army Air Base.
Cemetery: Maple Hill in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion, Hutchinson News Herald (1944), Associated Press (1944)

Read, James Edward
Army Sergeant

James Edward Read, age 19, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: Dan P. Read

Service era: World War II
Schools: Princeton High (1943)

Date of death: Monday, May 22, 1944
Death details: Died, non-battle; died on a training flight out of Avon Park Army Air Field in Florida.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Saint Joseph in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker

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