Patrick Lee Wade, age 38, from Manawa, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Eodmu Eleven, Oak Harbor, Wa
Date of death: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Samarra, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Wade, Patrick Lee
Hansen, Warren Scott
Army Staff Sergeant
Warren Scott Hansen, age 36, from Clintonville, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 9Th Battalion 101St Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kanaman, Kenneth Harvey
Navy Hospitalman 3rd class
Kenneth Harvey Kanaman, age 22, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Kenneth Kanaman
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Emanual Lutheran, New London High (1966)
Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Died from shrapnel wounds after a bulldozer he was riding hit a land mine in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Appleton Post Crescent (1970)
Gorges, Richard John
Army Private 1st class
Richard John Gorges, age 20, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 13, 1970
Source: National Archives, Wisconsin State Journal (1970)
Miller, Robert F.
Army Corporal
Robert F. Miller, age 20, from Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Ruth (1913-93) and Anton J. (1906 – 1980)
Service era: Korea
Date of death: June 13, 1951
Death details: Died while captured
Cemetery: Concordia in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Engebretsen, Edward Mitchell
Navy Chief quartermaster
Edward Mitchell Engebretsen, age 19, from Waupaca County Waupaca, Wisconsin .
Parents: Lee Edward Engebretsen
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Source: National Archives, On Eternal Patrol
Barber, Leroy Kenneth
Navy Fireman 1st class
Leroy Kenneth Barber, age 21, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Gertrude (1898 – 1990) and Peter (1893 – 1948)
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Barber brothers.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Most Precious Blood in New London
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, grave markers
Barber, Malcolm
Navy Fireman 1st class
Malcolm Barber, age 22, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Thomas Barber
Service era: World War II
Parents: Gertrude (1898 – 1990) and Peter (1893 – 1948)
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Barber brothers.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, grave markers
Barber, Randolph Harold
Navy Fireman 2nd class
Randolph Harold Barber, age 19, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Gertrude (1898 – 1990) and Peter (1893 – 1948)
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Barber brothers.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Most Precious Blood in New London
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, grave markers
Barber, Leroy Kenneth
Navy Fireman 1st class
Leroy Kenneth Barber, age 21, from Waupaca County New London, Wisconsin .
Parents: Peter Thomas Barber
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Barber brothers. From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries. In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers. Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honlulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, grave markers