Eugene Vincent Williams. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Field Artillery. 4th Armored Division. 27 March 1916 - 1 August 1944. Entered service with the 152nd Field Artillery as a private, March 1941. Commissioned July 1942. Overseas December 1943. Killed in action with Patton's "Breakthrough" Division at Rennes, Ille et Vilaine, France. Native of Houlton. Graduated, Houlton High and Coburn Classical Institute. Expert basketball player. In business in Bangor. Purple Heart. 01167283

Lauren L. CoWallis. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 558th Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. 1 September 1921 - 6 December 1944. Air Medal with four clusters. Purple Heart. After serving from July 1942 Bombardier CoWallis was killed in action over Duren, Prussia. Previous to joining 9th Air Force he was aerial gunnery instructor with 8th Air Force in Africa. Bangor resident fifteen years. Milo High School 1939. Salesman and sheet-metal worker. 31150223

Walter L. Crawford, Sr. Chief Cook, Merchant Marine - S.S. Peter V. Daniels. 25 February 1890 - 4 December 1944. As a youth served three years in the Navy. Returned to the sea 28 October 1944 as chief cook aboard S.S. Peter V. Daniels. Died of illness. Buried at St. James Military Cemetery, Morlaix, Finistere, France. Graduated U.S. Naval Cooks School, Newport, R.I. In civil life chef at various Bangor institutions. 01565784

Theodore J. Chase. Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. U.S.S. Suwanee. 3 November 1901 - 24 October 1944. On his eighteenth birthday enlisted to begin four years in the Navy following World War I. Reenlisted August 1942 for World War II. Killed in action in the Pacific theatre after eighteen months of overseas duty. For thirty-five years a resident of Bangor where he was in business between wars. 2086097

Bernard Striar. Private First Class, U.S. Army. 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Division. 23 December 1921 - 29 September 1944. A 1939 graduate of Bangor High School, he was killed in action in heavy fighting. Monte Battaglia, Italy (27 Sept - 30 Oct.). His Unit outnumbered 4 to 1 and surrounded on three sides, held its ground against more than twenty attacks. The 350th suffered 1420 casualties. PFC Striar was one who made this sacrifice. Purple Heart. 31282053

Edward R. Hopkins. Private, U.S. Army Infantry. Killed in action 16 August 1944. After receiving combat training in North Carolina he proceeded to the European theatre of the war and was killed in action in France. In civil life he was a truck driver in the beverage business in Bangor. Member of the Norman N. Dow Post No. 1761, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Purple Heart. 31098899

Carl Owen Hackett. Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy - U.S.S. LST. 15 June 1926 - 15 August 1944. Entered the Navy, March 1944; trained at Sampson, New York and Norfolk, Virginia; and went overseas in April 1944. Landed in Normandy on D-Day. Killed in action in the invasion of Southern France. Buried at Draguignan, Var, France. Student, Derby Grammar School. Chef's helper and baker. Amateur boxer. Purple Heart. XC3708856

Howard William Getchell. Sergeant, U.S. Army Infantry 9th Infantry Regiment. 28 March 1924 - 6 August 1944. Landed in Normandy on "D-"Day. Wounded but returned to duty. Killed near St. Lo two months after the landing. Lies at Marigny, Manche, France. Fought also in Tunisia and Sicily. A native of Glenburn, he later became a Bangor resident. His civil occupation was transporting the U.S. mail. Purple Heart. 31283834

Joseph Henry Ferguson. Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy - Construction Battalion, Seabees. 23 May 1898 - 3 August 1944. In World War I with 103rd Infantry, 26th Division, in Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Champagne-Marne engagements. Cited by General Pershing 23 July 1918. In World War II his civil occupation of iron worker became his naval occupation. Died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, of illness following injury on duty in England. 7617436

Charles John Taylor. 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps - 21st Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. 31 July 1921 - 27 July 1944. Graduated, University of Maine, 1942, BA in business administration, and entered the Marine Corps. Trained at Quantico, Virginia. Commissioned, 1942. Fought at Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Fell in action at Guam, Marianas Islands. Mathematics honors at John Bapst High School. Graduated, 1938. At college was a varsity baseball player. Purple Heart.

Kenneth R. Burns. Petty Officer Second Class (Carpenter's Mate), U.S. Navy, 146th Construction Battalion Seabees. 21 January 1912 - 22 July 1944. Trained, Camp Peary, Virginia, and Camp Thomas, Rhode Island. Landed in France on D-Day. Returned to England, 20 July. Died, Plymouth, Devon, England, of injuries received there on duty. Buried, U.S. Military Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. At home he was in the construction business. His recreation was hunting and fishing. 8234006

Lawrence Jordon Wentworth. Corporal, U.S. Army Infantry - 83rd Infantry Division. 3 May 1914 - 21 July 1944. Seven years in the National Guard preceded his Federal induction and training at Fort McClellan and his going overseas with the Thunderbolt Division. Killed in action in Northern France. Studied at Hampden Academy. Employed in the electric power industry and in shipbuilding. Father of a daughter, Lois Ann. Purple Heart. 31352252

Donald Murray Kilpatrick, Jr. 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force. 492nd Bombardment Group, 859th Bombardment Squadron 8th Air Force. 27 December 1921 - 8 July 1944. Air Medal with oak-leaf cluster. Purple Heart. Piloting a B-24 Liberator, he flew fourteen missions, until he fell near Magdeburg and Bernberg, Germany. Presque Isle High School, 1938. University of Maine, 1942. Junior class president. Senior class treasurer. Phi Kappa Phi. His wife and daughter, Nancy, are natives of Bangor. 0449356

Willis Ellwood Hendrickson. Chief Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. U.S.S. Perseverance. 8 March 1900 - 1 July 1944. Born in Kankakee, Illinois. Resided, Bangor, 1923 to 1942. Engineer First Class, U.S.S. Mayflower, 1919 to 1923. In peace an auto mechanic whose recreations were hunting and fishing. In war he put his skill at his country's service, entering the Navy, 1942. Served until his death from illness at Recife, Brazil. 3158165

Guy Marsh, Jr. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 760th Squadron, 460th Bombardment Group. 25 February 1920 - 30 June 1944. On his thirty-first bombing mission from Italy, as radio gunner of a B-24, he fell in action at Tapoloza, near Lake Balaton, Hungary. Enlisted 1 January 1943. Trained at nine airfields. Graduated, Bangor High, 1937. Engaged in many sports. Employed in aircraft construction. Air Medal with two oak-leaf clusters. Purple Heart. 31282507

Edgar Vincent Blake. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry. 6 June 1919 - 26 June 1944. Entered the Army, 29 June 1942. Trained at Camp Gordon, Fort McClellan, and Fort Dix. Went overseas, January 1944. Died in base hospital in England of wounds received in action in Normandy, D-Day plus five. Bangor High School, 1937. Junior varsity basketball manager. In the automobile service business. Purple Heart. 31100203

George H. Rogers. Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps. 7 February 1926 - 22 June 1944. Recipient of Purple Heart, American Theater Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. Fought at Marshall Islands and at Saipan, Marianas Islands, where he was killed in action. Born in Bangor. Student at St. Mary's School. Participated in many sports and enjoyed work with tools. Enlisted on his birthday, 7 February 1942. 350482

Shelley Doyle Montgomery. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces - 8th Air Force. 26 October 1917 - 20 June 1944. In the Army three years before the war. Then engaged in copper mining. Re-enlisted for action. Trained in part at Dow Field. Tail gunner of a B-24 on many bombardment and bomber combat missions. Killed in action over France. Purple Heart. Distinguished Flying Cross. Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters. 6281320

Arnold R. Kelley. Corporal, U.S. Army Field Artillery. Headquarters Battery, 37th Field Artillery Battalion. 4 January 1922 - 21 June 1944. Beginning December 1942 he served at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and in Northern Ireland and England, before going to France. Twice wounded in action, he died of wounds in Normandy. Life-long resident of Bangor. Played basketball and football at Bangor High School, where he graduated, 1939. Tree expert. Railroadman. Purple Heart. 31282270

Charles Edward Small. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry. 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. 31 December 1921 - 29 May 1944. With the Thunderbird Division he fought in Tunisia, Sicily, through the Apennines, and at Anzio, dying of accident at Nettuno, near Anzio, as the engagement ended. Entered service, February 1943. Trained at Fort McLellan, Alabama. Landed in Africa, 6 June 1943. For three years a student at Bangor High School. 3283822

Rodney J. Gerrish. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces - 15th Air Force. 13 August 1920 - 23 May 1944. Winner of Air Medal with cluster, Silver Star, Purple Heart. Served with both 8th and 15th Air Forces. Killed in action in Italy. Born in Milo. Lived in Holden and Bangor. Attended Hannibal Hamlin School and Bangor High School. HIs civil occupation was machinist's helper, his recreations hunting and fishing.

James Edward Flood, Jr. Seaman First Class, U.S Navy. U.S.S. Huse, Destroyer Escort 145. 20 November 1924 - 13 May 1944. Exhausting months at sea in American and European waters, where he led a gun crew on anti-submarine and convoy duty, brought on his death ashore. Studied at Cambridge, Massachusetts, High and Latin School and Cambridge Conservatory of Music. Radio singer in Bangor and Boston. Composed songs. Music was his life. 2088781

Richard Brooks Jones. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. 7 September 1921 - 20 April 1944. Killed in action aboard the transport Paul Hamilton off Algiers. Trained with 480th and 847th School Squadrons and 389th Naval Training Squadron. Purple Heart. Eagle Scout. Amateur photographer. Bangor High School, 1939. Studied; University of Maine, Park's Air School, Curtis Wright Technical Institute. Aircraft inspector. A man of many friends. 13069128

J. Edgar Au Coin. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 10 March 1914 - 16 April 1944. United States Marine Corps, 1936 - 1940. Royal Canadian Air Force, 1941. Commissioned U.S. Army, 1942. Observer, gunner, bombardier on B-25's. Flew twenty-one combat missions in Italy and sixteen in India. Missing over Imphal, Manipur, India. Born, Bangor. St. John's School. Bangor High School, 1930. Mechanic with Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit. 0562434