LYON COUNTY, KANSAS

WW II HONOR LIST
OF DEAD & MISSING PERSONNEL

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WAR DEPARTMENT – JUNE 1946

The state of Kansas contained 1.34 per cent of the population of the United States and possessions (excluding the Philippine Islands) in 1940 and contributed 1.29 per cent of the total number who entered the Army.  Of these men and women of Kansas who went to war, 3.56 per cent failed to return.  This figure represents 1.48 per cent of the Army’s total dead and missing.

Most of the persons listed herein as missing disappeared less than a year prior to January 31, 1946, the cut-off date mentioned above.  As time passes the fate of some of these missing will become known and others will be declared dead in the absence of hope that they are living.  A few—too small a number to be considered as a percentage of the missing—fall into a third category:  persons who intentionally deserted the service and are bending every effort to avoid repatriation.  Cases of this type have been discovered in the past but the number of these cases is exceedingly small.

LAST NAME                 FIRST NAME        SERIAL NO.                RANK*           CASUALTY**

ANDREWS                  SHERMAN E        37536792                   PVT                   KIA

ARNOLD                     BERNARD C        37740435                   TEC 4                DNB

AUSTENFELD               EUGENE J           0-693728                   2 LT                  DNB

AUSTIN                      GLENN R            20724502                   T SG                  KIA

BAYSINGER                WILLIAM R         37210379                   SGT                   KIA

BOWEN                      GEORGE E          6932852                    PFC                   KIA

BREWER                    ROBERT R          T-127566                   FL O                  DNB

BRINKMAN                 F A  JR               37722127                   PVT                   DOW

BUCHTEL                    TOM G              37491868                   PFC                   KIA

BUZZARD                   ROBERT E          37015727                   M SG                 KIA

CLASS                        DEAN W             0-685540                   2 LT                  DNB

CLAYTON                   ROBERT L           0-746300                   2 LT                  KIA

COLLINCE                  DARRELL A         37821599                   PVT                   DNB

COLVIN                      VANCE R            0-679370                   2 LT                  KIA

CONRADE                   RAYMOND H       37229552                   SGT                   KIA

COOPER                     JOHN E              20724551                   PFC                   KIA

CRAWFORD                GEORGE A          0-727320                   2 LT                  FOD

CUFF                         MARTIN J           20724554                   T SG                  KIA

DAVIS                        BERNARD F         20724555                   T SG                  KIA

DAVIS                        MORRIS P           0-686825                   2 LT                  DNB

DE DONDER                JAMES V             37755394                   PVT                   DOW

DEPUTY                     ORLAND E          01291438                   1 LT                  KIA

DIENST                      RALPH H            0-726201                   2 LT                  DNB

DOILE                        DONALD W         37729339                   PVT                   KIA

EICHER                      LAWRENCE L      37536932                   S SG                  FOD

EYERLY                      JACK B               01300008                   1 LT                  KIA

FAGER                       EVERETT E         0-661731                   1 LT                  DOW

FAUST                       CARL W             0-395145                   LT C                  FOD

FAUST                       GEORGE W         37724273                   AV C                  DNB

FIELD                        FLOYD J             0-433367                   1 LT                  KIA

FILLMORE                   DALE E              37006605                   PVT                   DNB

FLADUNG                   NORBERT J         01298525                   2 LT                  DNB

FRENCH                     PHILLIP L           0-779287                   1 LT                  M

GARCIA                      JESSE S              37219802                   SGT                   KIA

GIBSON                     GEORGE W  JR    0-733872                   1 LT                  KIA

GILSON                      GARETH F           0-437332                   2 LT                  DNB

GILSON                      LEONARD H        0-432273                   1 LT                  FOD

GREEN                       WILLARD A         37491798                   S SG                  KIA

GROUNDWATER          JUSTIN J            37729380                   PVT                   KIA

HANCOCK                   CARL F               20724506                   S SG                  KIA

HARRINGTON              PRICE R             37002714                   PVT                   DNB

HAZLETT                    NORMAN R         37206220                   CPL                   DNB

HEREFORD                 C B  JR              01553466                   1 LT                  DNB

HERRICK                    JOHN O              37507832                   SGT                   KIA

JACOB                       CLINTON M         0-696778                   2 LT                  DNB

JOHNSON                   CLAIR O             37232695                   TEC5                 KIA

KIMPLE                      EUGENE F           0-535232                   2 LT                  KIA

KNOUSE                     RALPH H            37741301                   S SG                  KIA

LANGLEY                    WELDON A         6865352                    TEC5                 KIA

LAWSON                    WILLIAM C         37214203                   PFC                   KIA

LEONARD                   WILLIAM F         6576569                    TEC5                 KIA

LOOMIS                     WILLIAM I          0-669892                   2 LT                  DNB

MALLORY                   CLINTON L         37208896                   S SG                  KIA

MARTIN                     EDGAR               37502861                   SGT                   KIA

MC CANTS                  HAROLD E          0-727357                   1 LT                  FOD

MC CRAY                    HOWARD A         37530172                   TEC5                 KIA

MC DOWELL               LESTER N           37208888                   PFC                   KIA

MC ILVAIN                  ROBERT C          37746900                   PVT                   DNB

MEIER                        SYLVESTER E      20725201                   S SG                  KIA

METCALF                    GEORGE A          37212662                   S SG                  KIA

MEYER                       RAYMOND L        37504274                   PFC                   KIA

MONROE                    GEORGE  JR        20724578                   S SG                  FOD

MOORE                      WAYNE H           0-660511                   1 LT                  FOD

MORELAND                 JAY B                37507838                   SGT                   KIA

MORELAND                 WILLIAM W        37507875                   S SG                  KIA

MORTON                    THEODORE F      20724580                   PVT                   DNB

NEIMAN                     MURRY I            37011161                   PFC                   KIA

NIGHTINGALE             FRANK N            0-336656                   LT C                  DNB 

POSTLEWAIT              JAMES W            20724587                   SGT                   DNB

PRICE                        ARTHUR D          37504269                   S SG                  KIA

RAMIREZ                    ROBERTO H        37014378                   CPL                   KIA

RANKIN                     JOHN K              0-691652                   2 LT                  FOD

RICHARD                    RALPH E             37237309                   PFC                   KIA

RICHARDSON              LYLE M              0-751448                   2 LT                  DNB

RIDDLE                      ALFRED A           20724589                   S SG                  KIA

ROACH                      JOE E                37151957                   SGT                   DNB

SCHENKEL                  EMIL H               37729349                   PFC                   KIA

SHAWGO                    GLEN W             37515636                   PFC                   KIA

SHEEN                       JOSEPH R  JR      0-730635                   2 LT                  FOD

SMITH                       IRA L                 37213150                   SGT                   KIA

SMITH                       LAVELLE E          20724498                   S SG                  DOW

SMITH                       ROBERT C          37509971                   S S                    M

SNOW                       JACK T               0-733362                   2 LT                  DOW

SPRAGUE                   ARTHUR L          17002302                   CPL                   KIA

STANLEY                    OATIS L             20724598                   PVT                   KIA

STEVENSON                CHIRON  JR        37753370                   PFC                   KIA

THORP                       CHARLES R         6936623                    SGT                   FOD

VAHSHOLTZ                MELVIN C           37740541                   PVT                   KIA

WAGNER                    JAMES E             0-420563                   1 LT                  FOD

WATTS                      ERNEST E           37619983                   PFC                   KIA

WIGGANS                   BRUCE S            37515631                   PFC                   DNB

YOUNG                      GERALD F           37218912                   S SG                  KIA

ZEINER                      LOWEN E           37500922                   S SG                  KIA          

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* GRADE (Rank):  GEN, General (four star);  LT G, Lieutenant General (three star);  M G, Major General (two star);  B G, Brigadier General (one star);  COL, Colonel;  LT C, Lieutenant Colonel;  MAJ, Major;  CAPT, Captain;  1 LT, First Lieutenant;  2 LT, Second Lieutenant;  C WO, Chief Warrant Officer;  WOJG, Warrant Office, Junior Grace;  FL O, Flight Officer;  AV C, Aviation Cadet;  M SG, Master Sergeant;  1 SG, First Sergeant; T SG, Technical Sergeant;  S SG, Staff Sergeant;  TEC3, Technician Third Grade;  SGT, Sergeant;  TEC4, Technician Fourth Grade;  CPL, Corporal;  TEC 5, Technician Fifth Grade;  PFC, Private First Class, and PVT, Private

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**  TYPE OF CASUALTY:  This is indicated by the symbol at the far right of each column.  An individual who was killed in action, whether at the front or by enemy action in the rear areas, or if a prisoner of war, whether by air bombardment of his prison camp or be being shot while escaping, is designated “KIA.”  Persons who were wounded and later died are marked “DOW”—died of wounds.  Those who suffered fatal battle INJURIES as opposed to WOUNDS, in combat or in combat areas, and died in a line-of-duty status, are designated, “DOI”—died of injuries.  Other line-of-duty deaths, such as from sickness, homicide, suicide or accidents outside combat areas (including training and maneuver deaths) are listed “DNB”—died, non-battle.  Individuals who were determined to be dead under Public Law 490 are designated “FOD”—finding of death.  Missing persons are marked with the single letter “M”.

Only those persons who died in a line-of-duty status are listed herein.  Individuals who were not in line of duty at the time of their deaths are not so listed.  Though personnel not in line of duty are not listed, failure to find in these lists the name of a person known to be dead should not be taken as prima-facie evidence that such person died not in line of duty.