4/18/1950 PVT Charles A. Jones was killed and PFC Harold L. Sloppy was mortally injured at approximately 1400 hours on 18 April 1950, at the Bomb Disposal Training Area. PFC Sloppy died from his injuries on 25 April 1950. The two students were assigned to the 4th Enlisted Training Company, Explosive
9/18/1947 MSG. John F. Faulkner was killed on 18 September 1947. MSG Faulkner was assigned as a bomb disposal technician to the 558th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company. MSG Faulkner was killed while carrying out bomb disposal operations in the area of Bad Aibling Germany.
7/26/1946 PVT Jack V. Austin was killed on 26 July 1946. PVT Austin was assigned to 72nd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad. The 72nd Bomb Disposal Squad was tasked with locating and collecting for disposal all German ordnance in Ammunition Storage Points and munitions caches in the area of Regensburg, Germany.
6/13/1946 2LT Benjamin G. Hussey was killed on 13 June 1946. 2LT Hussey was a student at the Eight Army Bomb Disposal School, Japan, during a final exam practical session. A team (Charlie 2) of a student officers and an enlisted man, under the supervision of an instructor, were rotating
12/30/1945 2LT Leonard K. Tunderman was killed on 30 December 1945. 2LT Tunderman was assigned to 93rd Ordnance Bomb Squad. 2LT Tunderman was killed while disposing of Japanese bombs in the area of Yonan, Korea.
8/3/1945 T/SGT Leonard Paul “Hap or Happy” Altic died on 3 August 1945. T/SGT Altic was assigned to the 54th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate), Third Army, which was located in Germany. T/SGT Altic died from burns he received on 2 August 1945, in a bomb disposal accident. He passed away
7/29/1945 T/5 CPL Clinton E. Geer died on 29 July 1945. T/5 CPL Geer was critically burned and T/5 CPL Walter E. Louthan, Jr., was killed on 23 July 1945. They were assigned to 33rd Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. They were using German prisoners of war to remove a large quantity
7/23/1945 T/5 CPL Walter E. Louthan, Jr., was killed and T/5 CPL Clinton E. Geer was critically burned on 23 July 1945. T/5 CPL Geer died from his injuries on 29 July 1945. They were assigned to 33rd Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. They were using German prisoners of war to remove
7/10/1945 CPT Samuel Ritchie Brough, Jr. and T/5 CPL John Becki were killed on 10 July 1945. They were assigned to 99th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 99th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was preparing for a sea dump off the island of Okinawa. The Squad was loading Japanese ordnance onto their truck
7/10/1945 T/5 CPL John Becki and CPT Samuel R. Brough, Jr. were killed on 10 July 1945. They were assigned to the 99th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 99th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was preparing for a sea dump off the island of Okinawa. The Squad was loading Japanese ordnance onto their
6/11/1945 First Lieutenant William F. Alter was born 21 April 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. His father was William Alter and his mother was Bernice McCheney. He enlisted in the U.S. Army out of Fort Custer, Michigan on 18 November 1941 and was subsequently assigned to the 213th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal)
6/8/1945 CPT Richard E. “Dick” Metress, T/SGT Howard A. Leith, T/5 CPL William J. Hackett, and T/5 CPL Anthony “Tony” Piergrossi were presumed killed on 8 June 1945. They were assigned to 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was assigned to the island of Mandog Hill, Mindanao,
6/8/1945 T/SGT Howard A. Leith, CPT Richard E. “Dick” Metress, T/5 CPL William J. Hackett, and T/5 CPL Anthony “Tony” Piergrossi were presumed killed on 8 June 1945. They were assigned to 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was assigned to the island of Mandog Hill, Mindanao,
6/8/1945 T/5 CPL William J. Hackett, CPT Richard E. “Dick” Metress, T/SGT Howard A. Leith, and T/5 CPL Anthony “Tony” Piergrossi were presumed killed on 8 June 1945. They were assigned to 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was assigned to the island of Mandog Hill, Mindanao,
6/8/1945 T/5 CPL Anthony “Tony” Piergrossi, CPT Richard E. “Dick” Metress, T/SGT Howard A. Leith, and T/5 CPL William J. Hackett were presumed killed on 8 June 1945. They were assigned to Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad. The 209th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad was assigned to the island of Mandog Hill, Mindanao,
5/18/1945 CPT Raymond Lawrence Battershell, T/5 CPL George H. Beggs, and T/5 CPL Harry Pollack were killed on 18 May 1945. They were assigned to 154th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad, Fifth Army. The team was investigating an abandoned truck in Italy that was loaded with German munitions when it exploded killing
5/18/1945 T/5 CPL George H. Beggs, CPT Raymond Lawrence Battershell, and T/5 CPL Harry Pollack were killed on 18 May 1945. They were assigned to 154th Ordnance (Bomb Disposal) Squad, Fifth Army. The team was investigating an abandoned truck in Italy that was loaded with German munitions when it exploded killing
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