Waldo E. Robinson, Jr. Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces. 13 December 1924 - 13 January 1945. Flying toward a new assignment in Europe, as ballgunner and armorer on a B-24 he died in an accidental crash at Goose Bay, Labrador. Trained at Lowry, Harlingen, Mitchel, and Westover Fields, and at Greensboro, N.C., and Charleston, S.C. Served for seventeen months. Graduated, Bangor High, 1943. Radio singer. Out-of-doorsman. 31352113

Ralph Louis Clapp. Seaman Cook Second Class, U.S. Navy - U.S.S. LST 912. 12 May 1924 - 8 January 1945. Killed at his post while defending his ship from enemy attack. Buried at sea. A native of Bangor. Following graduation from John Bapst High School, 1941, he went into the newspaper business. Served in the Navy two and a half years, including a year at sea in the Pacific area. 2089897

Vaughan Reginald Olson. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 871st Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force. 14 April 1923 - 4 January 1945. Radio Operator Olson trained at Scott Field, Illinois; Salina, Kansas; and other stations from January 1942 until going overseas November 1944. His B29 did not return to Saipan from her mission over Nagoya, Japan. Harmony High School, 1941. Athlete. Amateur musician. Welder with New England Shipbuilding Corporation. Citation of Honor. 31219924

Wallace Henry McGlauflin. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army. 25 July 1920 - 4 January 1945. Killed in action in the Ardennes, Belgium, after having served in the Canal Zone, Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, England, and Germany in the paratroops and other arms. Enlisted from John Bapst High School in 1939. Enthusiastic player of baseball and football. Father of a daughter, Bonnie Lee. Purple Heart. 6146754

John Francis Corey. Private, U.S. Army Engineer Corps, Company B, 81st Engineer Battalion. 21 August 1924 - 4 January 1945. A loyal son. A life-long resident of Bangor. He served in England and Belgium. Wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. Died, a prisoner of the enemy, at Neuwied, Prussia. Left John Bapst High School in Senior year Engaged in shoe manufacturing. Enthusiastic stamp collector. Good Conduct Medal. Purple Heart. 31317734

Raymond Horace Noye. Corporal, U.S. Army. 28 May 1918 - 31 December 1944. Professional soldier. Enlisted at the age of eighteen. Served at many posts. Killed in action in the battle of the Bulge. A native of Bathhurst, New Brunswick. Resident of Olamon, Howland, and Bangor. Studied at Howland High School. Employed in various civil jobs. Active in athletics and interested in horsemanship. 6142191

John Allen Richard. Technician Grade 5 (Corporal), U.S. Army Field Artillery, Battery C, 965th Field Artillery Battalion. 15 June 1922 - 22 December 1944. While radio operator in an exposed forward post at Gouvy, Belgium, he was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire, dying two days later in France. Graduated, John Bapst High School, 1940. Entered garage business. Enlisted, 4 January 1943. Four battle stars. Purple Heart. Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement. 31282618

Edward G. Smith. Private, U.S. Army. 1 February 1919 - 18 December 1944. Native of Wilton. Graduate of Hampden Academy. In civil life a truck driver. Entered the service, April 1944. Went overseas, September. The place of his death in action in Germany is unknown. His wife, his daughters, Donna Lee and Judith Ann, and his son, who bears his name, survive him. 31461828

Charles W. Morrill. Private U.S. Army Infantry - 79th Infantry Division. 18 March 1916 - 13 December 1944. The Cross of Lorraine was the symbol of his division. Trained at Fort McLellan, Alabama. Overseas eight months. Killed in action in France. Combat Infantryman's Badge. Good Conduct Medal. Purple Heart. Native of Old Orchard. Three years a resident of Bangor. In civil life engaged in truck driving and shipbuilding. 31399022

Charles Albert Fessenden. Private, U.S. Army Infantry.15 March 1919 - 27 November 1944. Entered the service 29 April 1944. Trained at Camp Blanding, Florida. Went overseas in October. Killed in action in the advance on Torcheville, Lorraine, France. Born in Stetson Maine. Graduated from Bangor High School, 1939, and entered the shoe manufacturing business. Married, and was the father of a son David. 31566008

Kenneth P. Reynolds. Sergeant, U.S Army Air Forces. 708th Bombardment Squadron 447th Bombardment Group. 30 June 1917 - 25 November 1944. Radio operator. Aerial gunner. Air Medal for action over Europe. Distinguished Flying Cross for action at Rabaul, New Britain. Fought also at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal; Bougainville with 11th Bombardment Group. Killed in action, Merseburg, Saxany, Germany. Purple Heart. Bangor grade schools. Machias High School. Washington State Normal School. Farmer. 11014128

Charles Augustin Flanagan. Private First Class, Company I, 334th U.S. Infantry. 84th Division, 9th Army.10 May 1923 - 25 November 1944. Following life-long Bangor residence, graduation from Bangor High School, 1941, and two years engineering study at the University of Maine, he enlisted June 1943, and trained for war at Camp Clairborne, Louisiana. His home recreation was carpentry. He was killed in action in Germany and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. 11129399

John R. Follett. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. 11 February 1923 - 21 November 1944. Silver Star. Air Medal with three clusters. Purple Heart. Completed forty-seven combat missions from Italy. Died, a fighter pilot, leading his squadron of p-38 dive bombers, victoriously against the enemy at Rogatica, Yugoslavia. Bangor High School, 1940. Student, Maine School of Commerce. Ship fitter. Entered the Army 1 March 1943. 0762304

Max W. Walls. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry - 6 Armored Division. 6 July 1924 - 13 November 1944. His life opened at Forest City, Maine. It ended somewhere in Lorraine, France, where, after eighteen months of service, he fell in action as the "Super 6th" attacked. Studied at Bangor High, 1940-1942. Worked as a clerk and driver. Enjoyed stamp collecting, fly-tying and fishing. Combat Infantryman Badge. Purple Heart. 31317952

Harry Lester MacDonald. Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces. 15 February 1920 - 12 November 1944. Entered the service April, 1942. Trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Columbia, South Carolina. Went to the Pacific Theatre April 1943. Fought at New Guinea and the Philippines. Fell in action at Leyte. Studied at Bangor High School and was in the grocery business in Bangor. 31099255

Renfrew A. Yerxa. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Infantry - 3rd Infantry Division. 18 June 1921 - 4 November 1944. Zest for life characterized him. He met death as he led his platoon in attack in Southern France; an enemy sniper shot him. He fought previously in Italy. Bangor High School, 1938. He was both a playwright and actor. Before entering the Army he was a shipfitter at Portland. 01319240

Harrison William Frye. Private, U.S. Army. 8 July 1924 - 14 October 1944. Born in Eastport "Happy" Frye attended grammar school in Bangor. Entered service 11 January 1942. Fought in North Africa and Italy with 34th and 85th Infantry divisions. Killed in action in Italy. A lover of the out-of-doors, of baseball and of things mechanical. A soldier with many friends. Purple Heart. 31282985

Fields Seeley Pendleton III. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 314th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. 19 June 1924 - 12 October 1944. Air Medal. Pilot of a Thunderbolt Fighter. Killed in action near Colmar, Alsace, France, supporting the 7th Army in the Belfort Gap area. Bangor High School, 1939. Eagle Scout. Football and lacrosse varsity letterman at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he graduated, 1942. Cornell University class of 1946. Beta Theta Pi. 0821768

Merle Lawrence Condon. Corporal, U.S. Army Infantry. 446th Replacement Company, 5th Replacement Battalion. 20 June 1909 - 26 September 1944. In August 1942 re-entered the Army for the war, having earlier served six years at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Trained at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Went to England, December 1943. Fought in the campaigns of Normandy and Northern France. Died from accidental discharge of a firearm by a French civilian. Presidential Accolade. 31151438

James Alton Faulkingham. Corporal U.S. Marine Corps. C Company, 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 1st Marine Division. 11 November 1920 - 17 September 1944. Born on Armistice Day, he gave the enemy no armistice, fighting at the Solomon Islands and Peleliu Island, Palau Group, Caroline Islands, where he received wounds from which he died later at sea. Native of Bangor. Graduated from Bangor High School, 1939. Went into construction work. Presidential Citation. Purple Heart. Navy Cross. 333113

Alonzo Dyer. Private First Class, U.S. Army Armored Force. 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. 13 July 1922 - 8 September 1944. Enlisted, Cavalry, February 1942. Trained in the Southwest. Transferred to Armored Infantry, becoming tank radioman. Landed, Normandy, August 10. Fought through Reims, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, to Metz where he died of wounds received September 7. Educated at Freedom. Resident of Bangor while engaged in bottling business. Native of Thorndike. Purple Heart. 11042876

Donald Llewellyn Barker. Private U.S. Army, Air Forces. 16th Squadron, 27th Bombardment Group. 22 September 1922 - 7 September 1944. Fought at Manila and Bataan, Philippine Islands, 8 December 1941 until captured, 5 April 1942. Died in the torpedoing of a Japanese prison ship off Mindanao. Student Bangor High School, 1936-1940. Graduated, Higgins Classical Institute, 1940. Enlisted 20 November 1940. Graduated from Wright Aeronautical University. Presidential Citation. Purple Heart. 11014335

Miles B.McDougal, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 340th Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group. 18 June 1922 - 6 September 1944. Trained at Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona. Killed in action piloting a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter on combat mission over the Halmahera Islands, the Moluccas. Native of Caribou. Graduate of Ellsworth High School, 1941. Employed, before entering the Army, at the U.S. Government Printing Office. An enthusiastic horseman. Presidential Citation. Purple Heart. 0766586

Arthur Duncan Gallupe. Captain, U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service. Headquarters Staff, 36th Infantry Division. 10 April 1920 - 1 September 1944. Bangor High School, 1938. Rifle team president. Enlisted 1939. Commissioned 1942. Combat service included Pearl Harbor; African Campaign; Salerno, Anzio, Naples, Cassino, Volturno River, and Rome, Italy; and Lyons, France, where he was killed in action. His division athletic Field at Laupheim, Germany, is named in his honor. Purple Heart. 01035467