Class of 1944 Veterans

Pfc Frank A. Bartow

U.S. Marine Corps: 1942-1944

KIA: Jun. 22 1944

PFC Melvin C. Mace Jr.

U.S. Army: 1944-1945

KIA: Feb. 15, 1945

SGT John E. Schilling

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1945

KIA: Mar. 3, 1945 

PFC Frank M. Schumacher

U.S. Army: 1944-1945

KIA: May 8, 1945

PVT. John A. Shorey

U.S. Marine Corps: 1944-1945

KIA: March 1945

FN Carl E. Anderson 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

U.S. Navy: 1950-1952

Neil R. Anderson 

U.S. Navy: 1943-1944

T/4 Kenneth D. Baar

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

BKR2 Dale F. Bartow

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MoMM3 Bernard H. Bathke 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Robert J. Bauernfeind

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

Roger V. Beck 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/5 Eugene D. Becker

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

Edward W. Belsky Jr. 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

U.S. Army: 1950-1951

TSgt Richard L. Bickford

U.S. Marine Corps: 1944-1946

CPL Calvin H. Bidwell

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1946

PFC Wenzel R. Binder

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1945

SGT James M. Bingen 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1946

GM3 Norman E. Borski

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PhM3 Neil B. Brahe 

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

RM3 Ronald S. Brush 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PVT Gordon S. Buehring

U.S. Army Reserve: 1944

SM3 Melvin R. Buetow

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PO2 Robert C. Bunke

U.S. Navy: 1944-1953

S1 George F. Cihowiak 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

AOM3 Josiah Clark Jr.

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/4 Frank M. Combs (POW)

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

T/4 Robert H. Crofoot

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

MOMM2 Hugh J. Cunningham

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

GM3 Henry E. Daubert

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

MSG Charles C. Davis

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1947

U.S. Air Force: 1947-1971

SSG Robert E. Davis 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

F1 Ralph W. Day

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

SGT Kenneth A. DeNure 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Gilbert W. “Gib” Dickey

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

T/5 Arnold B. Dickson

U.S. Army: 1945-1946

T/4 Norman A. Diel 

U.S. Army: 1945-1946

S1 Elmer A.  Erban

U.S. Navy: 1943-1945

MM3 Harry F. Erdmann Jr. 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MM1 Victor E. Fenn 

U.S. Navy: 1941-1946

SK3 Donald J. Fenzl

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Lawrence H. Fink 

U.S. Army: 1943-1945

RM2 Clinton R. Fischer

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

SP2 Harry D. Fleischer

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

PO3 Arnold “Arno” L. Fox

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/5 Elmer A. Frank 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

T/4 Herbert C. Friess Jr. 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

Maynard A. Fritz

U.S. Navy: 1946-1954

ETSC Erwin C. Froehlich 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1967

GM3 Donald F. Fugleberg

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

1LT Robert E. Fugleberg

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1945

PFC Arnold G. “Arnie” Gafner 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

CPL Michael V. Galica

U.S. Army: 1945-1947

T/4 Morton L. Gazerowitz

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S/1 Frederick C. Gehrke

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

T/4 George J. Gelhar Jr. 

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

SGT Ralph R. Gerth

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

T/5 Joseph P. Gibson 

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

RM3 John G. Glaeser Jr.

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MMM3 Erich S. Glassman 

U.S. Navy: 1943-1945

PFC Kenneth J. Grabner

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

Earl M. Granberg

U.S Navy: 1943-1945

PhM3 John F. Greenough 

U.S. Navy: 1945-1946

GM3 Charles M. Gregor (Wissink)

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

BKR2 Garth M. Grimm (Ellis)

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

Wayne W. Grunewald

U.S. Marine Corps

BKR3 Donald J. Guldan

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SGT Norman C. Haase

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

S2 Carlton E. Hafemann 

U.S. Navy: 1945-1946

S1 Richard L. Hanisch

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PO2 Milton C. “Dusty” Hannis

U.S. Navy: 1945-1946

U.S. Navy Reserve: 1950-1952

S1 Robert G. Hatch 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SSG Neil C. Harrand

U.S. Army: 1945-1947

RM3 Walter K. Hartman 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

RM3 Donald H.H. Hedtke 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SGT Richard P. Hinz 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

HA1 William G. Holm

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/3 Melvin M. Hurlbutt

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Bruce N. Husman

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/5 John Leon Hutchinson 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Edward C. Jeske

U.S. Navy: 1943-1945

RM3 Charles H. Johnson 

U.S. Navy: 1949-1953

Pfc Knute C. Johnson 

U.S. Marine Corps: 1942-1945

Sgt William C. Jones 

U.S. Marine Corps: 1943-1946

S1 Donald E. Jungwirth

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC William G. Jungwirth

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

S1 Isadore Kaplan 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

S2 Peter W. Kersztyn Jr. 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

WT2 Donald E. Kieckhafer

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

U.S. Navy: 1950-1952

Cox John I. Kimball

U.S. Navy: 1943-1945

1LT Gerald T. Kimber

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

U.S. Army Reserve: Korea

RDM3 Stephen R. Kircher 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

Cadet Peter J. Kirsch

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1945-1947

Carl R. Knobloch

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/5 Roy Koch 

U.S. Army: 1943-1945

CPL Gerald T. Koeck

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

SGT Thomas J. Kontos

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1945

PVT Lyle E. Krause

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1945

PhM3 Thomas B. Krippene 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Glenn W. Krueger

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1946

SM3 Clayton O. Kuehn

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

1LT Arthur H. Kuhnz

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1945

U.S. Army Reserves: 1945-1959

PVT Wayne B. Kundiger 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

PVT Charles R. Kutchin

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Howard T. Last

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SM3 Milton A. Lautenschlager

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Dale A. LeBeck 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

CS3 Gerald F. Leiby 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

U.S. Navy: 1950-1952

S1 Clifford F. Leinweber

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

S2 Joseph F. Leitl

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

S1 John J. Lemberger

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

Maj Vance T. Leuthold

(Distinguished Flying Cross)

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1945

U.S. Air Force: 1950-1968

Pfc Robert C. Lincoln Sr.

U.S. Marine Corps: 1943-1945

PVT Jack W. Lowell 

Class of 1944

U.S. Army: 1943

RM3 Robert E. Luedtke

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

S1 Darwin C. Lund

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

S1 Donald G. MacDonald 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

QM2 Donald A. Malchow

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

U.S. Navy: Korea

S2 Douglas E. Maloney

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PVT Donald W. Mand

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1945

Cox Norman L. Marden

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

SGT Marvin E. Marheine 

U.S. Army: 1945-1947

TM3 Raymond Marsh

U.S. Navy

SK2 Eugene E. Matsche

U.S. Navy: 1942-1946

PFC Russell P. Meisinger 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Merlin E. Merten

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SM2 Leroy H. Meyer

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

CPL Richard E. “Rock” Meyer 

U.S. Army: 1945-1946

Arthur Miller Jr.

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SC2 Clyde V. "Pete" Miller

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

RM3 James M. Miller

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

T/3 Harry E. Molinski

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

S1 Richard W. Monroe

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

S2 Thomas N. Moore

U.S. Navy: 1945

Pfc Thomas M. Moran 

U.S. Marine Corps: 1944-1946

PFC Vernon W. Morasch

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

SGT James R. Morgan

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Harland K. Mueckler

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

Eugene W. Mueller

U.S. Navy

AOM3 Marvin C. Mueller

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PhM3 Frederick G. Mundinger

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PVT Edgar R. Newell

U.S. Army: 1946

AS John P. Nowicki

U.S. Navy 1944-1945

S1 Lavern A. Ottman 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

AEM2 Leslie W. Partridge 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

GM3 Carlton L. (Cully) Paulus

U.S. Navy: 1944-1947

MM3 Walter A. Payne 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1948

S1 Robert E. Pechman 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

CMSgt Robert C. Perkins

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1947

U.S. Air Force: 1947-1974

S/1 William (Billy) R. Petersen

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/3 Emil J. Philipp 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

T/5 Arden M. Piper 

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

PVT Wilber E. Pischke 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1945

SGT Charles M. Plummer 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1945-1946

SSgt Rudolph J. Poeschl Jr. 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1945

SSG Arthur W. Ponto 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

SSgt Lester E. Prellwitz

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1945

Tech-5 Kenneth R. Quant

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

CPL Arthur J. Reinke 

U.S. Army: 1943-1946

PhM2 George A. Reynolds

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

CPL Minot N. Richardson 

U.S. Army: 1943-1945

SC2 Robert E. Robien

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MSgt Eugene L. Robinson

U.S. Air Force: 1947-1967

CWO2 Eugene J. Robl 

U.S. Coast Guard: 1943-1969

Margaret M. Rozman (Robinson)

Women’s Army Corps: 1945

LCDR Franklin R. Ruelke

U.S. Navy: 1944-1974

CPL Marvin H. Schaffer

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

BM2 Wilbert J. "Will" Schaick

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

U.S. Naval Reserves: 1950-1954

SK3 Joseph A. Schani 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Nolan J. Schani 

U.S. Army: 1943-1945

RM3 Carleton C. Schmidt

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MM2 Robert L. Schmidt

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

Y1 Donald N. Schneider

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

U.S. Navy: Korea

SGT John E. Schneider 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Norman N. Schomisch Jr. 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

BKR2 Robert J. Schraa

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

U.S. Navy: Korea

PFC John W. Schreiber 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

Alvin R. Schwanke 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

SGT Eugene F. Shew 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1946

SGT Robert L. Shilobrit

U.S. Army: 1944-1948

S1 Leland D. Simons

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

Vernon E. Simons

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

PFC Charles R. Smith 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

T/5 Donald B. Smith 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

MSgt Victor H. Smith Jr.

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

U.S. Air Force: 1947-1967

PFC Clarence Stephany

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

RM2 James H. Stout

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SSG John D. “Jack” Strey

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1945

T/4 Jack L. Stridde

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1946

GM2 Clayton L. Studley

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

SM3 John L. Tarala 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SSG Donald T. Tomasko 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1942-1945

U.S. Army National Guard: 1948-1966

Cpl Robert H. Tomlitz

U.S. Marine Corps: 1944-1946

MOMM Kenneth O. Traugott

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

PFC Robert H. Troxell 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1944-1946

T/5 George E. Unmuth Jr.

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

U.S. Army: 1950-1951

Cox Harold C. Voelkel

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

QM2 RIchard F. Voelzke

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

MOMM3 Douglas C. Von Hoff 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

RM3 Raymond C. Wachholz 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SGT William O. Wagner

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1946

LTC Stanley N. Walters

U.S. Army: 1945-1946

U.S. Army: 1948-1969

SC3 Floyd W. Wambold 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

Walter O. Warning

U.S. Coast Guard: 1943-1946

S1 William G. Washkoska

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

U.S. Navy Reserves: 1946-1952

PFC Robert “Pat” Waters

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Frank G. Weber 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

S1 Byron G. Weess

U.S. Navy: 1944-1945

S1 Edmund J. Wislinsky

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

FO LeRoy R. Witzke

U.S. Army Air Corps

AS Gordon K. Wolfgram 

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SSG Martin J. (Jack) Worthen

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

S1 Gilbert A. Wuethrich

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

SGT Paul G. Yaeger 

U.S. Army Air Corps: 1943-1946

T/5 Malvern J. Youngbauer

U.S. Army: 1943-1945

RDM3 Frank I. Yule

U.S. Navy: 1944-1946

T/5 Carlton L. Zager 

U.S. Army: 1944-1946

COX Philip J. Zellmer Jr.

U.S. Navy: 1943-1946

PhM3 Peter C. Zimmer 

U.S. Navy: 1945-1946

Laverne R. “Vern” Zwicky 

U.S. Army: 1944