William T. George, age 22, from Grundy County Morris, Illinois .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, September 23, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
George, William T.
Hails, Joseph N.
Corporal
Joseph N. Hails, age 31, from Jefferson County Illinois.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Saturday, September 14, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Geiger, Louis W.
Sergeant
Louis W. Geiger, age 28, from Jo Daviess County Gelena, Illinois .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, September 12, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
George, Mike
Private
Mike George from Illinois.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, August 12, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gerke, Walter G.
Private
Walter G. Gerke, age 22, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, August 8, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Georgen, George Adam
Private
George Adam Georgen, age 24, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, March 4, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Hartwell, George Eugene
Army Sergeant 1st Class
George Eugene Hartwell, age 38, from Marion County Carlyle, Illinois .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Master Sergeant George Eugene Hartwell, who joined the U.S. Army from Illinois, served with B Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit was withdrawing from Kunu-ri to Sunchon, and was marched with a large group of prisoners to Camp 5, Pyoktong, North Korea. He died there of malnutrition and dysentery at an unspecified date several weeks after he arrived. Records indicate that he was buried at Camp 5; however his remains have not been recovered. Master Sergeant Hartwell is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Streator Times Press (1951)
Gaumiant, Henry J.
Sergeant
Henry J. Gaumiant from Illinois.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of accident
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gierat, Mitchell
Private
Mitchell Gierat from Illinois.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Bey, Floyd T.
Army Corporal
Floyd T. Bey, age 28, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: Korea
Schools: Waller High graduate
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Floyd Traylor Bey joined the U.S. Army from Illinois and was a member of Battery A, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. On December 1, 1950, he was captured by enemy forces near Somin-dong, North Korea, as his unit made its fighting withdrawal from the Kunu-ri area. SGT Bey was marched to Camp 5, a prisoner of war camp in Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died in June 1951. He was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Bey is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chicago Tribune (1953)