The Lost Takodians of The Second World War

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SSgt. Lawrence Alfred Robinson, U.S. Army Air Forces

Born 1916; CT 1 1928; KIA 1942

PM2c. Gale Phillip Newell, U.S. Navy

Born 1918; CT 3 1933; KIA 1942

Lt. (jg) Raymond Miley Krepps, Jr., U.S. Navy

Born 1919; CT 1 1931; KIA 1942

QM3c. Phillip Douglas Parady, U.S. Navy

Born 1922; CT 4 1937; KIA 1943

Lt. Leonard Abbot Merrill, U.S. Army

Born 1917; CT 2 1930; KIA 1944

PFC. Robert Douglas Lancey, U.S. Army

Born 1920; CT 7 1941; DNB* 1944

PFC. Chester Lyman Kingsbury, Jr., U.S. Army

Born: 1923; CT 2 1933; KIA 1944

2Lt. William Thomas Burrows, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces

Born: 1925; CT 1 1936; KIA 1944

SSgt. Robert Henry Slade, U.S. Army

Born: 1916; CT 5 1932; KIA 1945

RM3c. George Frederick Toomey, U.S. Navy

Born: 1925; CT 3 1937; KIA 1945

Cpl. Frederick Allen Stearns, U.S. Army Air Forces

Born: 1925; CT 1 1936; KIA 1945

PM2c. Thomas Aaron Eaton, U.S. Navy

Born: 1925; CT 3 1942; DNB* 1946

Return to the Lost Takodians of WWII main page. Author's Letter - J. Graeme Noseworthy, 30th President & Historian, Takodah YMCA Author's Letter - Senior Chief Petty Officer Timothy L. Francis, United States Navy Looking for our Vietnam War research project? Read the story of SP4 Darwin J. "Tim" Delano, United States Army If you are interested in learning more about a veteran of the United States Military, you can start by submitting an SF-180 “Request Military Personnel Records” to NARA. If you have any corrections, updates, or requests for edits to these biographies, please contact the author.

*DNB - "Died Non Battle." Individual died while in service but not in combat.