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    • The Rooster
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    • LukeStevens
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    • usmedalman
      I found this roster on Bonita Gilbert's Wake Island blog page. She is the author of an outstanding book on Wake Island. Although it focuses on the contractors, there is a lot of backstory and details about the Marines/USN forces on the island. Bonnie's father and grandfather were civilian contractors with Morrison-Knutsen and were POWs. Both survived. I highly recommend her book, "Building for War". (Sorry the formatting didn't transfer over very well.)   Rank        LAST                     FIRST                   UNIT           DOB                   DOD                    Killed            POW Camp Sgt          Ackley                   Edwin M.              MAG21     4/27/1919          7/5/1967                                  Rokorushi Pvt          Adams                    E.O. Stephen        1DB           8/13/1922          1/22/1990                             Rokorushi Pvt          Adams                    Richard P.              1DB           3/23/1923          6/25/2011                            Hak 2 1stSgt     Agar                       Paul R.                   1DB           3/19/1899          11/29/1944       Kiangwan TSgt       Allen                      Jack V.                   MAG21     4/20/1918          12/8/1941          Wake             PFC        Andrews                Arthur D.               1DB           9/27/1920          8/10/1973                              OmoriTo1 Cpl         Andrews                Thomas J.                                 9/15/1919          8/21/1983                              Fuk 3 SSgt        Arthur                    Robert O.               MAG21     1/18/1919          1/18/2003                             Tok3Omi PhM2c   Atwood                  Lawrence M.        Medical    9/11/1909          6/15/1968                                Hak 3 Pvt          Austin                    Rufus B.                1DB           9/14/1924          6/3/2001                                  Hak 3 TSgt       Bailey                    Vincent W.            MAG21     10/16/1917       1/22/1942           at sea PFC        Baker                     S. L.                        1DB           8/7/1921            3/11/1991                                Osaka Pvt          Bamford                Roger D.                1DB           11/6/1922          9/5/1996                                   Hak 2 PFC        Barger                    Lester L.                1DB           10/2/1921          7/31/1998                                Hak 2 Cpl         Barnes                    Earl H.                   1DB           2/13/1919          12/31/2003                              Fuk 3 1stLt       Barninger              Clarence A. Jr.      1DB           8/20/1913          6/19/1999                                Hak 4 PFC        Bartelme                Herbert E.              1DB           3/4/1917            3/6/1996                                  Hak 2 Pvt          Bastien                  James S.                 1DB           3/17/1923          5/13/1988                                Hak 2 Maj         Bayler                    Walter L. J.                               4/8/1905            12/8/1984         Evacuated 12/21/1941 Pvt          Beaver                   Darell L.                1DB           7/18/1922          9/9/1945                                   Hak 2  PlSgt      Beck                       William D.            1DB           8/5/1924            4/25/1980                                Hak 2 PSgt        Bedell                    Henry A.                1DB           3/19/1900          12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Beese                     Frederich A.          1DB           6/22/1922          8/31/1994                                Hak 2 PFC        Bendenski             Joseph B.               1DB           4/25/1914          7/10/1998                                Osaka Pvt          Benedetto             Michael A.            1DB           11/13/1920        12/27/2007                              Fuk 3 PFC        Benjamin              Armand E.             1DB           9/11/1919          9/18/2009                                Fuk 3 PFC        Bennett                  Arthur K.               1DB           5/10/1915          10/3/1986                                Hak 2 Cpl         Bentley                  Joseph M.              1DB           9/6/1910            1/29/1973                                Hak 3 PFC        Berkery                  James M. Jr.          1DB           2/26/1919          7/26/1979                                Hak 3 Sgt          Bertels                   Alton J.                  1DB           8/1/1914            3/23/1945                                 Kiangwan SSgt        Blandy                   John F.                   MAG21     8/3/1916            5/6/1990                                  Sen7B PFC        Bogdonovich       Edward M.            1DB           6/9/1921            2/6/2007                                  Tok4BNao PFC        Boley                     Kenneth C.            1DB           5/5/1919            5/26/1984                                 unknown PFC        Borchers                Orville N.              1DB           2/8/1919            4/17/1964                                Tok 3 PFC        Borne                     Joseph E.               1DB           11/14/1921        2/11/2011                                 Tok 5 WO         Borth                      Harold C.               1DB           11/16/1905        8/23/1987                                Zentsuji PlSgt      Boscarino              James F.                 1DB           3/4/1903            12/17/1947                              Rokorushi Cpl         Bosher                   Raymond R.          1DB           10/1/1919          3/7/2001                                  Hak 3 PFC        Bostick                  William F.             1DB           11/2/1921          9/6/2010                                   unknown Sgt          Bourquin               Robert E.               MAG21     9/20/1920          12/30/2015                              Hak 3 Sgt          Bowsher                Walter A. Jr.          1DB           9/13/1915          8/9/2012                                   Hak 3 Sgt          Box                        Robert S. Jr.          1DB           12/14/1920       2/15/1998                                Hak 3 PFC        Boyd                      Berdyne                 1DB           2/19/1919          10/29/1994                              Zentsuji Cpl         Boyle                     Hugh L.                 MAG21     9/11/1915          12/23/1941       Wake             Pvt          Bragg                     Lorel J.                   1DB           12/18/1918        10/29/1978                              Hak 3 PFC        Breckenridge        Albert H.                1DB           4/24/1924          9/21/1993                                Hak 3 PhM2c   Brewer                   Artis T.                   Medical     1/13/1915          6/19/1984                                ShangJail PFC        Brown                    Buell S.                  1DB           12/30/1915       8/14/1994                                Hak 3 Cpl         Brown                    Gene E.                  1DB           5/8/1920            6/21/2004                                Hak 3 Cpl         Brown                    James R.                1DB           4/18/1919          3/7/1992                                   Hak 3 PFC        Brown                    Kenneth L.            1DB           9/5/1920            10/23/1954                              Hak 3 Cpl         Brown                    Robert L.               1DB           2/12/1914          10/9/1976                                unknown Cpl         Brown                    Robert M.              1DB           2/1/1918            9/21/2002                                Hak 3 PFC        Browning              James S.                 1DB           4/24/1920          3/12/1988                                Hak 3   Rank      LAST                     FIRST                   UNIT         DOB                   DOD                     Killed            POW Camp Pvt          Broyles                  Earl M. Jr.             1DB           12/8/1922          3/18/2002                                unknown PFC        Bryan                     Pershing B.           1DB           6/29/1918          3/14/1982                                Hak 3 PFC        Buchanan              Gerald E.               1DB           9/2/1919            10/21/1950                              unknown Pvt          Buckie                   William B. Jr.       1DB           9/17/1919          8/3/2011                                   unknown PFC        Buehler                  William F.             1DB           3/20/1922          2/18/2016                                Hak 3 PlSgt      Bumgarner            Alvin A.                 1DB           3/3/1901            10/16/1962                              Zentsuji PFC        Burford                  Philip L.                 1DB           2/19/1920          2/14/1985                                Hak 3 PFC        Busse                     Wilbur J.                1DB           4/28/1919          12/23/1998                              Hak 3 PFC        Byard                     Lester C.                1DB           6/30/1921          8/1/1970                                  Osaka PFC        Byer                       Lawrence M.        1DB           6/25/1921          10/25/2006                              Hak 3 PFC        Byrd                       Harry J. Jr.             1DB           2/12/1921          10/14/1988                              Hak 3 PFC        Byrne                     Herbert R.             1DB           3/17/1919          8/10/1981                                Osaka Sgt          Cain                       Orville J.                1DB           2/9/1909            10/8/1987                                Hak 2 PFC        Calanchini            Arthur J.                1DB           4/3/1920            2/22/1986                                OmoriTo1 PFC        Caldwell                Richard R.             1DB           2/1/1920            12/14/2005                              Osaka Cpl         Camp                     Charles H.             1DB           2/25/1922          6/15/1994                                Hak 2 SSgt        Carr                        Gerald J.                1DB           10/15/1910       1963                                          Hak 2 TSgt       Cemeris                 John R.                  1DB           12/21/1905       5/3/1985                                   unknown PFC        Cessna                   Harry J.                  1DB           10/7/1922          1/22/1968                                Hak 2 PhM1c   Chambliss             Jesse R.                  Medical     11/28/1912        6/23/1968                                Hak 3 PFC        Chapman               Henry H. W.          1DB           1/28/1920          7/8/1995                                   Hak 3 PFC        Chew                      Hoyle E.                1DB           2/28/1918          3/20/2005                                Hak 3 PFC        Christensen           Alfred B.               1DB           4/15/1919          1/14/1994                                Fuk 3 Pvt          Chudzik                Joseph T.                1DB           5/17/1922          2/20/2004                                Hak 3 Pvt          Clark                      Emery T.                1DB           11/8/1922          3/1/1967                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Colby                     Harold G.               1DB           4/20/1919          12/24/2008                              Fuk 3 PFC        Comfort                 Floyd H.                 1DB           10/3/1921          3/5/1991                                  Hak 3 Sgt          Comin                    Howard D.             MAG21     12/14/1915        12/23/1941       Wake                          Cpl         Cominus                Gus J.                     1DB           12/9/1919          3/2/1981                                   Osaka PFC        Commers               Joseph F.                1DB           7/3/1922            8/20/1942         Shanghai Hospital 2ndLt     Conderman           Robert J.                MAG21     8/13/1918          12/8/1941         Wake             Ch-Ck    Condra                   Charley H.             1DB           3/23/1918          5/12/1969                                 Hak 3 PFC        Conner                   Warren D.              1DB           10/24/1921       10/1/1982                                Zentsuji PFC        Connor                  Dennis C.              1DB           10/7/1919          12/13/2008                               Fuk 3 Cpl         Cook                      Hal Jr.                    MAG21     8/29/1919          12/8/1941                                  Wake   Sgt          Cook                      Jack B.                   1DB           6/18/1918          11/20/1999                               Hak 3 PFC        Cooley                   Delmar E.              1DB           7/26/1924          6/7/1970                                  Hak 3 Cpl         Cooper                   Clarence G. Jr. 1DB               2/26/1921          6/2/1988                                  Osaka PFC        Cooper                   Paul C.                   1DB           10/30/1918       9/18/1994                                Osaka Cpl         Cooper                   Robert E.               1DB           6/20/1920          9/20/2012                                Hak 3 PFC        Cornett                  John                       1DB           3/2/1918            May 1990                                 unknown PFC        Couch                    Claude C.              1DB           12/2/1919          6/21/2007                                Hak 3 TSgt       Couch                    Winslow                MAG21     1907                   12/8/1941                                 Wake   Sgt          Coulson                 Raymond L.          1DB           6/18/1914          2/6/1949                                   Shanghai  Pvt          Covert                    Phillip G.               1DB           5/6/1921            3/27/1991                                Hak 3 PFC        Cox                        Roy T.                    1DB           12/1/1919          5/13/1990                                Omori Pvt          Crouch                   James A.                1DB           7/10/1921          7/30/1966                                Hak 3 PFC        Culp                       Joseph C.               1DB           3/30/1922          5/5/1945                                   Os13BTsu N Pvt          Cunningham        Kenneth E.            1DB           10/19/1923       5/11/1998                                OmoriTo1 PFC        Curlee                    Albert C.               1DB           3/1/1922            5/18/1997                                Osaka PFC        Curry                      Robert E.               1DB           8/29/1919          11/22/1996                              Hak 3 Cpl         Dale                        John R.                  1DB           2/2/1920            1/31/2014                                Hak 2 PFC        Dana                       Max J.                    1DB           6/25/1920          10/24/2012                              Hak 2 2ndLt     Davidson               Carl R.                   MAG21     1/19/1917          12/22/1941       at sea             Cpl         Davis                      Eschol E.               1DB           4/17/1920          12/11/1994                              Fuk 3 Rank      LAST                       FIRST                    UNIT            DOB                      DOD                  Killed         POW Camp Cpl         Davis                      Floyd H.                 1DB           7/3/1918            7/28/1995                                Hak 2 PFC        Davis                      Jack E.                   1DB           12/23/1920       6/8/2006                                   Hak 3 PFC        Dawson                  Harvey L.              1DB           10/29/1921        12/23/1977                              Hak 3 Cpl         Deeds                     Robert L.               1DB           11/24/1919        8/25/1987                                Fuk 3 TSgt       DeHaan                  Harmen                  MAG21     3/15/1905          4/11/1944                                 OS13BTsuN Pvt          DeLoach                Emett D.                1DB           8/6/1918            6/20/1995                                Hak 3 PFC        Descamps              Clarence C.           1DB           12/31/1921        12/22/2003                              Osaka Cpl         DeSparr                  Marshall E.           MAG21     1/9/1919            12/8/1941         Wake             Maj         Devereux               James P. S.            1DB           2/20/2003          8/5/1988                                   Hak 3 Pvt          Dimento                Frank                     1DB           3/3/1921            2/17/1998                                Hak 3 PFC        Dodge                    Bernard A.             1DB           1/31/1922          4/26/1968                                Fuk 3 Cpl         Domingue             Alton J.                  1DB           5/25/1915          1/1/1996                                   Hak 3 Pvt          Dorman                  Roger                     1DB           12/24/1919       5/13/1975                                Hak 3 Cpl         Double                   John F.                   MAG21     1922                    12/14/1941       Wake             Cpl         Drake                     Elmer S. Jr.           1DB           6/21/1919          3/17/2001                                Hak 3 PFC        Dunham                 Estille F.                1DB           9/1/1914            10/24/1980                              Hak 3 Cpl         Durrwachter          Henry L.                1DB           6/26/1921          10/18/1984                              Tok5DKw PFC        Eaton                     Edward F.              1DB           5/16/1921          9/3/1983                                   Hak 3 Cpl         Economou            Michael N.            1DB           10/14/1917       5/27/1988                                unknown Sgt          Edwards                 Robert P.                MAG21     2/12/1918          12/8/1941         Wake             Pvt          Elliott                    Norman D.            1DB           11/30/1921        2/4/2010                                  Hak 3 Capt       Elrod                      Henry T.                 MAG21     9/27/1905          12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Emerick                 Billie E.                 1DB           8/12/1918          11/11/1999                              Fuk 3 Pvt          Enyart                    Clinton H.             1DB           9/2/1919            5/6/1981                                   unknown TSgt       Everist                   Joseph L.               MAG21     1/25/1915          3/25/1970                                Tok5BNii SSgt        Farrar                      Herbert D.             MAG21     12/22/1919       12/8/1941         Wake             PFC        Fields                     Marshall E.           1DB           4/3/1919            8/4/1978                                  Hak 2 PFC        Finley                    Lloyd B.                1DB           10/7/1921          5/20/1980                                Hak 2 Cpl         Fish                        Cyrus D.                1DB           9/15/1921          9/26/1992                                Hak 2 PFC        Fitzpatrick            James A.                1DB           8/11/1921          4/20/1968                                Fuk 3 PFC        Fleener                   Gene A.                  1DB           9/29/1922          6/18/2006                                Hak 3 Pvt          Fleming                 Manton L.             1DB           2/26/1921          2/26/1944                                 Os13BTsu N MSgt      Fortuna                  Stephen                 1DB           8/3/1912            1/6/1995                                  Hak 3 PFC        Frandsen                Andrew J.              1DB           8/31/1917          3/13/1968                                Hak 3 Capt       Freuler                   Herbert C.             MAG21     7/29/1907          3/5/1983                                  Hak 4 PFC        Frey                        Robert L.               1DB           6/1/1921            3/20/2018                                Hak 3 PFC        Frost                       Lynn W.                 1DB           2/25/1918          8/17/1977                                Hak 3 PFC        Gardner                  Douglas D.            1DB           8/25/1916          7/13/1990                                Hak 2 Sgt          Gardner                  Glen G.                  MAG21     4/20/1917          5/21/1973                                Zentsuji Sgt          Garr                        Robert F. Jr           MAG21     1921                    12/14/1941       Wake             PFC        Garrison                 Everett                   1DB           4/16/1914          2/21/2001                                unknown PFC        Gatewood              Martin A.               1DB           3/28/1921          3/4/2006                                  Fuk 3 PFC        George                   John F.                   1DB           2/18/1916          5/16/1980                                Hak 2 Cpl         George                   Joseph E. Jr.          1DB           9/27/1917          3/1/1976                                  Hak 2 Pvt          Giddens                 George G.              1DB           9/13/1912          3/12/1996 PFC        Gilbert                   Richard C.             1DB           2/25/1923          1/27/2007                                Hak 2 PFC        Gilley                     Ernest N. Jr.          1DB           8/17/1921          12/23/1941        Wake             PSgt        Gleichauf              William A.             1DB           12/13/1909        12/23/1941       Wake             Capt       Godbold                Bryghte D.             1DB           7/8/1914            10/8/2013                                Hak 4 SSgt        Godwin                  William F.             1DB           11/30/1907        4/1/1985 Sgt          Gordon                  William                 1DB           12/1/1905          6/19/1961                                Hak 3 Sgt          Gragg                     Raymon D.            1DB           10/19/1913       12/2/1987                                Hak 3 PFC        Grant                      Everard M.            1DB           9/22/1921          1/11/1973                                Hak 3 1stLt       Graves                    George A.              MAG21     2/4/1915            12/8/1941         Wake            Cpl         Graves                    Leon A.                  1DB           9/9/1919            7/20/2002                                Tok5DKw Rank      LAST                       FIRST                    UNIT           DOB                     DOD                   Killed         POW Camp PFC        Gray                       Robert L. J.           1DB           7/4/1922            3/20/1984                                unknown 2ndLt     Greeley                  Robert W.              1DB           2/24/1918          4/1/2003                                  Hak 4 PFC        Gregouire              Sylvester               1DB           8/8/1921            9/19/1986                                Hak 3 Cpl         Greska                    Martin A.               1DB           11/10/1915        12/17/2005                              Hak 3 Cpl         Gross                      Franklin D.            1DB           12/29/1920       1/18/2006                                Rokorushi PFC        Grubb                     Glenn E.                1DB           6/15/1919          10/9/1997                                Hak 3 Cpl         Gruber                    Walter J.                MAG21     8/4/1913            4/28/1986                                Os5BTsu PFC        Guilbeaux             Stanley P.               1DB           1/23/1919          3/1/2013                                  Hak 3 Cpl         Guthrie                  Frank A.                 1DB           5/3/1919            8/10/1944         Kiangwan Sgt          Hagerty                  Oliver P. Jr.           1DB           9/27/1902          9/4/1996                                  Hak 2 PFC        Haggard                 Fred D.                   1DB           1/28/1918          11/3/1975                                Hak 2 Cpl         Haidinger              Robert F.               1DB           11/24/1918        3/7/2014                                  Tok5DKw Pvt          Hair (Yellowhair)Stephen Y.             1DB           6/10/1918          2/6/1991                                  Hak 2 SSgt        Haley                     Gifford L.              MAG21     10/15/1914       12/8/1941         Wake             Sgt          Hall                        James W.               1DB           2/23/1918          5/30/1977                                Hak 2 Cpl         Halstead                William C.            1DB           10/3/1920          12/23/1941       Wake             WO         Hamas                    John                       1DB           7/4/1896            3/5/1951                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Hamel                    Fred M.                  1DB           10/25/1918        12/24/1997                              Hak 2 TSgt       Hamilton               William J.              MAG21     6/3/1912            1/23/1995                                Tok3BOmi 2ndLt     Hanna                    Robert M.              1DB           4/29/1914          2/27/2005                                Hak 4 Sgt          Hannah                  Clyde W.                1DB           11/22/1913        12/21/2000                              Hak 2 TSgt       Hannum                 Earl R.                   MAG21     2/4/1908            1/22/1942         at sea Pvt          Harper                    Joel E.                    1DB           1/17/1920          8/3/1985                                   unknown PFC        Harringer               Ewald O.                1DB           7/23/1904          9/1/1969                                   unknown PFC        Harrison                 Charles L.              1DB           3/21/1921          1/17/2015                                Hak 3 PFC        Hartung                 Arvel N.                 1DB           10/4/1920          9/28/2004                                Rokorushi TSgt       Hassig                    Edwin F.                1DB           10/22/1910       10/6/2007                                Hak 3 Sgt          Haugen                  Henry                     1DB           3/10/1906          6/9/1968                                  Hak 3 PFC        Hearn                     Jack D.                   1DB           1/19/1922          1/26/2017                                Hak 3 SSgt        Hemmelgarn Paul F.                            MAG21     9/1/1916            6/5/1945          Kobe Hospital PFC        Hendrickson         Russell W.             1DB           8/11/1921          3/21/2006                                Hak 3 Pvt          Herron                    Merle L.                 1DB           8/18/1917          11/27/1996                              Hak 3 PFC        Hicks                      Albert Jr.                1DB           9/9/1921            7/6/2008                                  Hak 3 PFC        Hill                         Charles C.             1DB           11/14/1915        10/6/1998                                Hak 3 PFC        Himelrick              John R.                  1DB           11/20/1920        4/26/1944                                Fuk 3  2ndLt     Holden                   Frank J.                  MAG21     Jan-1918            12/8/1941         Wake             Cpl         Holewinski           Ralph J.                  1DB           4/2/1921            8/21/2010                                Zentsuji SSgt        Holmes                  Charles A.              1DB           9/17/1915          9/5/1990                                  Hak 3 PFC        Holt                        Johnson P.             1DB           5/10/1921          7/4/1976                                   unknown PFC        Hoskison               Lawrence O.         1DB           10/14/1920       8/11/1996                                Hak 3 PFC        Houde                    Woodrow A.          1DB           11/11/1918        12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Houschildt            Frank H.                 1DB           12/16/1920       3/24/1988                                Hak 3 PhM1c   Howard                  John R.                  Med           11/8/1916          1/12/2000                                Hak 4 Cpl         Hubley                   George G.              1DB           7/1/1914            2/7/2008                                  Tok3Omi SSgt        Huffman                Forest                     1DB           4/4/1906            6/21/1964                                Hak 3 SSgt        Hughes                  Alvah R. Jr.           1DB           11/30/1914        2/25/1989                                Hak 3 PFC        Hundley                Robert G.               1DB           7/23/1921          11/25/2001                              Tok5BNii Sgt          Hunt                       Quince A.              MAG21     6/16/1920          12/9/1941         Wake             SSgt        Hyder                     Luther E.               1DB           4/7/1915            6/18/1991                                Hak 3 PFC        Hyzer                     Morris F.                1DB           8/9/1919            2/12/2006                                Hak 3 PFC        Jackson                  Sammy C.             1DB           1/30/1922          4/10/1995                                OmoriTo1 Sgt          Jamerson               Joseph P.                MAG21     9/4/1914            7/16/1987                                Fuk 3 Pvt          Jenkins                  Haley B.                1DB           4/20/1922          8/23/1998                                Hak 2 TSgt       Johnson                 Ellis J.                    MAG21     3/27/1902          7/10/1965                                Nag10B PFC        Johnson                 George L.              1DB           7/19/1912          10/30/1970                              Hak 3 Rank      LAST                       FIRST                   UNIT            DOB                     DOD                   Killed          POW Camp PFC        Johnson                 Harland R.             1DB           12/15/1918       4/6/1994                                  Osaka Cpl         Johnson                 John S. Jr.              1DB           12/23/1921       1/15/2014                                Hak 3 PFC        Johnson                 Phillip W.              1DB           10/30/1918        12/28/1949                              unknown SSgt        Johnson                 Ralph E.                 1DB           2/18/1906          3/23/1980                                Hak 3 PFC        Johnson                 Solon L.                 1DB           4/25/1921          9/13/1955                                Hak 3 Cpl         Johnson                 Thomas W.            1DB           5/21/1921          9/20/2004                                Hak 3 Cpl         Johnston                Lillard L. Jr.          1DB           11/23/1916        12/3/1989                                Tok12BMi PFC        Jones                      Otis T.                    1DB           7/23/1919          6/5/2000                                  Hak 3 PFC        Joyner                    Paul C.                   1DB           8/21/1917          6/1/1955                                  Osaka TSgt       June                        Randolph M.        1DB           11/28/1912        6/20/1991                                Fuk 3 LTJG      Kahn                      Gustav M.             Medical    5/30/1906          11/24/1982                              Hak 3 Pvt          Katchak                 John                       1DB           9/9/1922            12/9/1941         Wake             PFC        Kaz (Fritzhall)      Norman N.            1DB           1/27/1920          8/7/2003                                  Hak 2 Cpl         Kelnhofer              Guy J. Jr.               1DB           6/9/1921            11/2/2007                                Hak 3 SSgt        Kennedy                Walter T.                MAG21     5/20/1916          4/12/2007                                Os7BTak 1stLt       Kessler                   Woodrow M.        1DB           11/26/1913        1/21/1999                                Hak 4 SSgt        Ketner                    Bernard O.             1DB           5/18/1908          11/14/1972                              Hak 3 PFC        Kidd                       Walter                    1DB           5/7/1918            7/10/1980                                unknown MTSgt   King                       Curtis P.                 MAG21     1904                   12/8/1941         Wake             PFC        King                       James O.                1DB           7/22/1921          4/18/2007                                Fuk 3 Cpl         King                       Kirby K.                 1DB           11/16/1911        5/4/1979                                  Hak 3 2ndLt     Kinney                   John F.                   MAG21     11/1/1914          7/6/2006           escaped 5/42 PFC        Kirk                        John T.                   1DB           10/28/1920       9/13/1995                                Hak 3 PFC        Klein                      Arthur A.               1DB           10/17/1921       4/16/2013                                Tok4BNao MSgt      Kleponis                Vincent T.              1DB           11/15/1905        9/21/1983                                Hak 3 2ndLt     Kliewer                  David D.                MAG21     3/14/1917          3/21/2007                                Rokorushi Cpl         Kohlin                   Alfred T.                1DB           9/16/1916          9/19/1969                                Tok3Omi Cpl         Koontz                   Benjamin D.          MAG21     10/19/1914       12/8/1941         Wake             MSgt      Krawie                   John W.                  1DB           6/15/1901          10/9/1986                                Hak 3 PFC        Krenistki               William                 1DB           4/27/1921          8/10/1979                                Shanghai PFC        Kroptavich            James S.                 1DB           3/25/1919          3/5/2011                                   Tok4BNao Cpl         Kruczek                 Walter J.                1DB           3/22/1914          8/23/1984                                unknown PFC        Lane                       Lloyd G.                1DB           1/7/1921            1/11/1944          ChikOs1       PFC        Langley                 Edgar N.                1DB           6/2/1921            9/4/1994                                  Osaka PhM1c   Lanning                 John R.                  MAG21?   7/30/1912          7/2/1988                                  Hak 3 Pvt          LaPorte                  Ewing E.                1DB           8/25/1923          1/23/2008                                Hak 2 PFC        Larson                    William C.            1DB           7/31/1920          10/10/1971                              unknown PFC        Latham                  Joe T.                      1DB           12/2/1914          7/10/2000                                Osaka Cpl         Laursen                  Norman J.              1DB           9/10/1918          4/24/2001                                unknown Cpl         Lee                         Robert E.               1DB           5/1/1917            12/29/1993                              Shanghai Pvt          Lepore                   Anthony                1DB           10/17/1919       3/5/1996                                  Fuk 3 PFC        Lewis                     Clifton H.              1DB           1/28/1917          9/11/1973                                Hak 3 1stLt       Lewis                     William W.            1DB           10/8/1915          3/23/1997                                Hak 4 Pvt          Lillard                    George E.              1DB           10/1/1917          7/12/1964                                Hak 3 PFC        Lindsay                 Wilford J.              1DB           11/26/1919        6/16/1997                                Hak 3 TSgt       Locklin                  Eugene D.              MAG21     2/10/1908          12/8/1941         Wake             PFC        Lorenz                   Henry D.                1DB           8/21/1918          3/14/1986                                Hak 3 PFC        Lutz                        Eugene J.               1DB           9/25/1920          6/11/1996                                Fuk 3 Pvt          Madere                  Joseph A.               1DB           6/13/1918          5/28/2008                                Hak 2 Sgt          Malleck                 Donald R.              1DB           2/5/1918            2/11/1996                                Osaka PFC        Malone                  Thomas J. Jr.         1DB           11/5/1919          11/6/1996                                Hak 2 Sgt          Manning               Bernard H.             1DB           9/13/1920          1/26/1981                                Hak 2 PFC        Marlow                  Clovis R.               1DB           2/21/1918          12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Marshall                Gordon L.              1DB           9/8/1920 1         2/23/1941         Wake             PFC        Martin                    Gerald J.                1DB           6/9/1920            2/6/1973                                  Hak 2 Rank      LAST                       FIRST                   UNIT           DOB                   DOD                   Killed            POW Camp PFC        Martin                    Virgil E.                 1DB           11/5/1915          8/25/1983                                Hak 2 Cpl         Marvin                   Kenneth L.            1DB           6/21/1921          9/15/2006                                Tok4BNao PFC        Mathis                   Charles L.              1DB           9/5/1920            2/23/1977                                Hak 2 2ndLt     McAlister              John A.                   1DB           11/17/1917        5/16/1972         escaped 5/45 Cpl         McAmis                 Terrence T.            1DB           12/2/1913          4/25/1993                                Hak 2 Cpl         McAnally              Winford J.             1DB           2/20/1917          9/11/1985                                Hak 3 PFC        McBride                James E.                MAG21     10/20/1915       12/8/1941         Wake             PFC        McCage                 Harvey E.              1DB           3/9/1916            May 1970                                Osaka PFC        McCalla                Marvin P.               1DB           7/31/1918          6/25/1984                                Hak 3 Pvt          McCaulley            Wade B. Jr.            1DB           11/19/1915        2/25/1980                                Hak 3 PFC        McClanahan         Wilbur C.              1DB           3/31/1919          1/8/1973                                  Osaka PFC        McDaniel              George W.             1DB           12/23/1915       7/14/1993                                Hak 3 PFC        McFall                   William E.             1DB           8/12/1922          5/17/2003                                Hak 3 PFC        McGee                   Robert H.               1DB           2/15/1919          12/18/1980                              Hak 3 WO         McKinstry             Clarence B.           1DB           3/25/1906          7/7/1978                                  Hak 3 Cpl         McQuilling           Robert E.               1DB           9/22/1907          7/15/1967                                Hak 3 Cpl         McWiggins           James C.                1DB           10/28/1915       10/7/1992                                Hak 3 PFC        Melton                   Kenneth L.            1DB           6/6/1922            2/20/2003                                Hak 3 PFC        Mercer                   Harris L.                1DB           9/5/1916            9/19/1974                                Shanghai PFC        Mergenthaler John J.                           1DB           3/18/1919          12/14/1996                              Osaka PFC        Mettscher              Leonard G.            1DB           2/27/1921          2/7/1981                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Milbourn               Ival D.                    1DB           7/23/1922          12/18/2001                              Hak 3 Cpl         Miller                     Hershal L.             1DB           10/23/1918       2/8/1988                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Mitchell                James P.                 1DB           12/10/1921       8/7/2021                                  Hak 3 Sgt          Mitwalski              Robert W.              MAG21     1921                   12/9/1941         Wake             PFC        Moore                    John P.                   1DB           7/3/1921            4/24/2004                                Hak 3 PFC        Morgan                  Roman C.              1DB           3/18/1921          11/25/1999                              Hak 3 PFC        Moritz                    Lloyd G.                1DB           10/14/1919       12/1/1978                                Shanghai PFC        Mosley                  Harvey L.              1DB           5/13/1909          1/26/1991                                Hak 3 PFC        Oubre                     Tony T.                   1DB           8/17/1919          2/7/2005                                  Hak 3 PFC        Owen                      Lester C.                1DB           3/31/1920          4/5/1998                                  Hak 3 Cpl         Page                       Robert E. L.          MAG21     1/24/1915          10/6/2001                                Hak 2 Cpl         Painter                   John S.                   MAG21     10/8/1918          12/12/1993                              Fuk 3 PFC        Parks                      Laurence A.           1DB           8/8/1918            9/27/1991                                Tok3Omi MSgt      Paskiewicz            Andrew J.              MAG21     11/14/1899        11/11/1977                              Os5BTsu Sgt          Patterson               Billy L.                  1DB           4/3/1920            9/21/1984                                Hak 2 PFC        Paul                        Archie T.                1DB           8/11/1919          8/22/2001                                Hak 2 Cpl         Pearce                    Herbert N.             1DB           3/31/1916          2/27/2003                                Hak 3 PFC        Pearsall                  John E.                   1DB           4/20/1920          7/27/1998                                Hak 3 Cpl         Pechacek               Thomas J.              1DB           2/28/1921          7/22/2019                                Hak 3 PFC        Pellegrini              Alfred F.                1DB           7/17/1912          March 1987                             Hak 3 PFC        Percy                      R. C.                       1DB           1/5/1920            11/11/1998                              Osaka Cpl         Petrick                   Edward N.             1DB           10/3/1920          2/2/1985                                  Hak 3 PFC        Phipps                    Ralph E.                 1DB           5/8/1922            6/1/1944            Kiangwan PFC        Pickett                   Ralph H.                1DB           12/23/1917        12/23/1941                              Wake   PFC        Pippi                      Louis                      1DB           10/17/1916       5/7/1999                                  Hak 3 PFC        Pistole                    Erwin D.                1DB           11/12/1919        1/23/1985                                Tok3Omi Capt       Platt                        Wesley M.             1DB           5/26/1914          9/27/1951                                Hak 4 2ndLt     Poindexter            Arthur A.               1DB           2/25/1917          1/5/2000                                  Hak 4 TSgt       Polousky               Onicet                    1DB           4/17/1903          9/3/1985                                  Os5DKaw Maj         Potter                     George H. Jr.        1DB           5/20/1906          9/17/1983                                Rokorushi PFC        Pratt                        Robert M.              1DB           9/7/1918            4/17/1945         Os13BTsu PFC        Prochaska              Albert J.                 1DB           10/2/1919          6/11/1997                                Osaka SSgt        Puckett                  Ray V.                    MAG21     6/16/1919          12/8/1941         Wake             Sgt          Purvis                     Gordon W.             MAG21     10/20/1916       12/8/1941         Wake             Rank      LAST                       FIRST                   UNIT            DOB                    DOD                   Killed            POW Camp Maj         Putnam                  Paul A.                   MAG21     6/16/1903          5/21/1982                                Rokorushi PFC        Quinn                     Fenton R.               1DB           6/11/1922          4/14/2010                                Osaka PFC        Rasor                      Herman L.             1DB           3/10/1921          10/7/1992                                Hak 2 Pvt          Ray                         Sanford K.             1DB           1/29/1921 1       1/16/1961                                Hak 2 Cpl         Raymond              Samuel W.             1DB           3/24/1918          8/5/1996                                  Hak 2 Cpl         Reed                       Alvey A.                1DB           9/7/1917            12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Reed                       Clifford M.            1DB           9/1/1919            2/22/2002                                Hak 3 PFC        Reed                       Dick L.                   1DB           2/15/1921          12/20/1991                              Osaka PFC        Reeg                       Norman M.           1DB           10/3/1919          4/7/1994                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Reeves                   Joe M.                    1DB           11/16/1922        3/18/1994                                Hak 3 Sgt          Renner                   Francis J.               MAG21     3/8/1917            12/8/1941         Wake             Cpl         Richardson           Bernard E.             1DB           11/20/1919        1/14/1998                                Hak 3 Sgt          Richey                   Lewis H.                1DB           1/24/1920          3/1/2006                                  Fuk 3 PFC        Richter                   Eugene V.              1DB           11/10/1920        6/10/2000                                Hak 3 Cpl         Rickert                   Albert P.                 1DB           11/23/1910        1/14/1982                                OmoriTo1 Pvt          Rietzler                  Hugo J. Jr.             1DB           8/16/1921          1/16/1947                                Hak 3 PFC        Robinson              George L.              1DB           2/13/1919          10/13/1992                              Hak 3 PFC        Rogers                   Charles G.             1DB           10/3/1918          6/4/1994                                  Hak 3 PFC        Roman                   Oldrich B.             1DB           11/21/1915        3/20/1971                                Hak 3 Sgt          Rook                      Edward B.             1DB           1/13/1917          12/5/1983                                Fuk 3 Cpl         Rozycki                 Stanley J.               1DB           5/11/1920          10/30/2013                              Osaka Pvt          Sapp                       Charles W.             1DB           7/18/1923          7/5/1995                                  Hak 2 PFC        Schneider              Leroy N.                1DB           2/5/1921            8/18/2007                                Tok4BNao TSgt       Schulz                    Glenn R.                1DB           4/9/1918            4/30/1956                                Osaka Sgt          Schulze                  Carl H.                   1DB           4/29/1919          2/7/1994                                  Hak 2 PFC        Schumacher          William T.             1DB           10/30/1920       8/31/1987                                Hak 2 Sgt          Shellhorn              Melvin W.             1DB           8/4/1916            12/9/2005                                Hak 2 PFC        Shelton                  Clifford E.             1DB           8/16/1922          12/9/2000                                Hak 3 PFC        Shores                    Robert                    1DB           1/11/1920          10/16/1987                              Hak 3 SSgt        Short                      Earnest E.              1DB           4/6/1911            9/18/1986                                Hak 3 PSgt      Shugart                  Eugene W.             1DB           6/24/1908          12/30/1992                              Hak 3 PFC        Shumard                Gene D.                  1DB           6/25/1918          3/20/1986                                Hak 3 PFC        Sickels                   Percy H.                 1DB           12/16/1918       12/4/1995                                Hak 3 Cpl         Sieger                     Norman P.             1DB           10/25/1915       1/23/1997                                Hak 3 PFC        Silverlieb              Irving B.                1DB           5/31/1922          12/27/2007                              Hak 3 PFC        Simon                    Adoph                    1DB           3/17/1922          10/1/2006                                Osaka PFC        Skaggs                   Jack R.                   1DB           11/15/1922        8/3/2011                                   Tok4BNao Pvt          Slezak                    Rudolph M.          1DB           8/23/1920          8/1/1998                                  Hak 3 PFC        Sloman                  Wiley W.                1DB           11/26/1921        10/23/2002                              Zentsuji SSgt        Smith                     Elwood M.            1DB           6/19/1913          9/26/2007                                Tok5BNii Pvt          Smith                     Gordon L.              1DB           4/8/1919            12/30/1975                              Hak 3 Pvt          Smith                     Jack D.                   1DB           9/19/1920          9/3/1961                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Smith                     John C.                  1DB           3/11/1918          1/19/1994                                Hak 3 PFC        Smith                     Robert N.               1DB           12/24/1919       7/24/1983                                Hak 3 Cpl         Sorrell                    Jesse D.                  1DB           12/27/1910       12/3/1981                                Hak 3 PFC        Stafford                  Virgil D.                 1DB           7/9/1920            2/25/1971                                Hak 3 PFC        Stahl                       Rudolph W. Jr.     1DB           7/12/1918          5/6/1967                                  Hak 3 PFC        Stegmaier              Carl E. Jr.              1DB           1/18/1921          3/25/1996                                Hak 3 PFC        Stevens                  Robert L.               1DB           10/19/1921        12/23/1941       Wake             TSgt       Stewart                   Jessie L.                 MAG21     8/12/1915          1/10/1979                                unknown PFC        Stocks                    Artie J.                   1DB           9/13/1923          6/24/2005                                Hak 3 Sgt          Stockton                Maurice E.            MAG21     1922                   12/8/1941         Wake             PSgt      Stowe                     Joe M.                    1DB           6/3/1911            1/27/1991                                Hak 3 PFC        Stringfield             George W.             1DB           2/19/1921          3/6/1990                                  Hak 3 Pvt          Sturgeon                Edward V.             1DB           10/9/1923          9/6/1997                                  unknown Rank      LAST                      FIRST                     UNIT           DOB                    DOD                   Killed            POW Camp PFC        Sutton                    Mack P.                  MAG21     1/2/1916            12/8/1941         Wake             PFC        Swartz                    Merle E.                 1DB           1/14/1922          3/3/2003                                  Hak 3 PFC        Switzer                   Raymond C.          1DB           10/29/1917        12/17/1995                              Fuk 3 Sgt          Tallentire               Gilson A.               1DB           3/5/1917            6/17/2003                                Hak 2 PFC        Tate                        Willis                     1DB           9/17/1921          7/1/2005                                  Hak 2 PFC        Taylor                    Dale K.                  MAG21     1/25/1921          12/23/1941       Wake             PFC        Taylor (Tyczko)   Rudolph J.             1DB           9/15/1915          11/3/1963                                Hak 2 PFC        Terfansky              Joseph E.               1DB           5/21/1917          2002                                          Hak 2 Cpl         Terry                      Arthur F.                1DB           5/4/1919            5/17/1978                                Hak 2 Sgt          Terry                      Mabry A.               1DB           9/15/1915          11/4/1982                                Osaka PFC        Thaire                    Grover E.               1DB           4/15/1914          11/10/2004                              Hak 2 Pvt          Tuck                       Erville R.               1DB           5/13/1918          7/12/1966                                Hak 3 Cpl         Tucker                    William M.           MAG21     4/12/1919          12/9/1941         Wake             N Cpl         Tusa                        Joe N.                     1DB           10/5/1921          12/30/2007                              Tok5B PhM3c   Unger                     John I.                    Medical    6/23/1920          5/19/2019                                Hak 4 PhM3c   Vaale                      Ernest C.                Medical    10/1/1919          6/1/1999                                  Hak 4 PFC        Vardell                   Virgil P.                  1DB           12/2/1920          12/26/1985                              Hak 3 PFC        Vaughn                  Rufus J.                  1DB           9/28/1918          5/6/1985                                  Hak 3 PFC        Venable                 Alexander B. Jr.   1DB           8/13/1919          1/7/1942            Wake             N Cpl         Venable                 James C.                1DB           6/25/1921          1/23/2010                                Hak 3 PFC        Verga                      Vincent H.             1DB           5/21/1919          5/15/1991                                Hak 3 Sgt          Wade                      Q. T.                       1DB           2/25/1912          1/2/1985                                  Hak 2 PFC        Wallace                  Verne L.                 1DB           9/8/1919            11/3/1994                                Hak 2 PFC        Waronker               Alvin J.                  1DB           9/1/1921            8/16/1980                                Osaka PSgt      Warren                   Howard E.             1DB           1/21/1909          4/28/2003                                Hak 2 Sgt          Warsing                 John W. Jr.             1DB           3/22/1920          11/18/1996                              unknown 2ndLt     Webb                      Henry G.                MAG21     4/19/1918          1/8/2002                                  Rokorushi PFC        Webster                  Guy P.                    1DB           3/2/1920            6/21/1960                                Hak 2 PFC        Weimer                  Jacob G.                 1DB           5/19/1921          8/3/1996                                  Hak 2 PFC        Wheeler                 Mackie L.              1DB           3/25/1918          3/25/2011                                Os5DKaw Pvt          Williams                Henry W. Jr.          1DB           8/17/1919          6/4/1971                                  Hak 2 PFC        Williams                Luther H.               1DB           7/26/1920          7/28/1982                                Hak 2 PFC        Williamson           Jack R.                   1DB           7/26/1919          7/12/1996                                Tok4BNao Sgt          Wilsford                Clyde D.                MAG21     12/26/1919       12/8/1941         Wake             Pvt          Winslow                Robert E.               1DB           8/31/1921          11/10/2008                              Osaka PFC        Wiskochil             Robert I.                1DB           3/26/1921          12/16/1942       Kiangwan Cpl         Woodruff               David E.                MAG21     unknown            12/9/1941         Wake             Cpl         Woods                    Chester J.               1DB           9/20/1919          10/21/1999                              Hak 3 PFC        Woodward             Theodore H.          1DB           5/6/1921            6/15/1996                                Hak 3 PSgt        Wright                   Johnalson E.         1DB           1908                    12/21/1941       Wake             PFC        Wynne                   Marion L.              1DB           1/30/1923          7/27/2003                                Hak 3 PFC        Zarlenga                Joseph D.               1DB           4/4/1918            10/10/1979                              Hak 3 PFC        Zellay                    George P.               1DB           6/16/1916          10/27/1988                              Hak 3 PFC        Zivko                     Stephen M.            1DB           3/5/1917            8/8/2014                                  Hak 3 Sgt         Zurchauer              Robert Jr.               MAG21     1/22/1920          12/9/1941         Wake          
    • Gear Fanatic
      I know some people who have had positive experiences, but maybe it’s because I’m bias, today the military seems to be shown in a negative light which may be why I am here asking questions, I have no doubt there are great opportunities in the armed forces, but maybe it is not my path, like I said I still have plenty of time to think it through. Again at the end of the day It’s whatever I end up choosing. Thank you for your input that cleared up a lot for me. P.S. I would love to here the Rudolph Hess story!
    • eagle mtn
      Incredible!  Fortune favored you that day. I would love to have anything from someone who was at Bataan. My grandmother had two cousins who were killed there
    • Rakkasan187
      The only way you will really know is to find out for yourself and not take the word of someone else who may or may not have had a bad experience. If you were to listen to someone who had a bad experience and that sways your decision not to serve, you may end up regretting it for the rest of your life not serving, traveling the world for free and possibly experiencing life and history changing events. The experiences I shared with my brothers and Sisters in arms were unique, and my experiences differed quite differently from the men and women who stood right next to me. We saw the same things but reacted differently to each situation and event even though we were standing right next to each other...   You have the ability and opportunity to shape your own life and career, and with some positive guidance and mentorship your decisions can be very rewarding.   I carved my place in history in places like Panama, West Point, Alaska, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Belize, France, all before I turned 30 years old. I witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall, guarded Rudolf Hess, skied the Italian Alps, climbed the Zugspitze in Germany, trudged through the swamps and jungles of Panama and Central America and a day does not go by when I am thankful for all the great times I had. Hard times, sure, had enough of them, but also very memorable ones too. Thankfully I did not listen to those who said I couldn't do it. If I had listened to them and believed what they told me, I would have never known the joys and sorrows of my career and I would have never met my wife of 33 years had I not joined the military.    Leigh 
    • Fence
      I see. Thanks for the information. Would the size of the ring tell you anything about the rifle it fit?  
    • doyler
      WW2 markings and WW2 scabbard. 
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