8/10/1944 1LT Bertram Ostro was killed on 10 August 1944. 1LT Ostro was assigned to the 32nd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate), based at Bonneville, France. 1LT Ostro was returning to his unit near Normandy Beach when his jeep passed over a German Teller mine, which exploded killing him instantly. CPT
7/30/1944 Technical Sergeant Louis Brovetto was born on 07 November 1920 in Queens, New York and enlisted in the United States Army on 11 March 1943. After entering the Army Technical Sergeant Brovetto was assigned to the 41st Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) (OBDS) and would serve as the Senior Non-Commissioned
7/16/1944 Gunners Mate Robert Paul Burr graduated from Navy Bomb Disposal Class #1-B. GMSN Burr was assigned to the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). On 15 July 1944, the USS Guadalcanal had departed Norfolk, Virginia, for Bermuda on its fourth anti-submarine warfare (ASW) cruise, as part of Task Group 22.2.
7/9/1944 T/SGT William C. Tait was killed on 9 July 1944. T/SGT Tait was assigned to 6th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate), Ninth Air Force. T/SGT Tait was killed when a stockpile of ammunition, mines, and grenades exploded for unknown reasons in Cretteville, France. T/SGT had been taking inventory of the
6/6/1944 T/5 CPL William James “Jim or Pat” Brodish (Born: James Patrick Urban) was killed on 6 June 1944. T/5 CPL Brodish was assigned to the 27thOrdnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate), which was attached to the 6th Engineer Special Brigade. A small party of two officers and sixteen men drawn from
6/6/1944 Lieutenant junior grade(LTjg) Alvin Edward Vetter was born 27 August 1921 in Fredericksburg, Texas. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 23 January 1942. On 24 December 1942, he received his commission in the United States Naval Reserve through the Naval Reserve Midshipmen School, Northwestern University. He
6/1/1944 Gunner’s Mate First Class Thomas Bradley Keene, United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese while serving in Guam, after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity. Thomas’ capture was first
4/18/1944 T/SGT John Blasko and SGT Carmine C. Nicastro were killed, and T/5 CPL Dominick L. Albanese was presumed killed on 18 April 1944. They were assigned to 57th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) at the time of their deaths. T/SGT Blasko, SGT Nicastro, and T/5 CPL Albanese were killed when
4/18/1944 SGT Carmine C. Nicastro and T/SGT John Blasko were killed, and T/5 CPL Dominick L. Albanese was presumed dead on 18 April 1944. They were assigned to 57th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) at the time of their deaths. SGT Nicastro, T/SGT Blasko, and T/5 CPL Albanese were killed when
4/18/1944 T/5 CPL Dominick L. Albanese was presumed killed, and T/SGT John Blasko and SGT Carmine C. Nicastro were killed on 18 April 1944. They were assigned to 57th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) at the time of their deaths. T/5 CPL Albanese, T/SGT Blasko, and SGT Nicastro were killed when
4/12/1944 ENS George E. Arthur, USNR Acorn 21, Advanced airfield construction and aircraft operation unit, Born: 1921 Date of Death: April 12, 1944, killed in combat Mother: Mrs. Lillian Mildred Arthur Father: Duane W. Arthur Home of Record: South Creek Falls, Montana
1/24/1944 On 24 January 1944, while assigned to LION 4, Hunter’s Point Navy Yard, SanFrancisco, CA at 4:30 PM, AOM2C Devenny died from multiple injuries causedby an explosion of an improvised block of TNT. During an infiltration training course, AOM2C Devenny constructed animprovised grenade that consisted of a 1/2-pound block
12/22/1943 SGT Alfred F. Sanders was killed on 22 December 1943. SGT Sanders was assigned to 105th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) at the time of his death. The 105th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) was assigned to the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. SGT Sanders was carrying out
11/25/1943 Ensign Harris Ryland Hester was born on 31 January 1918 in Collins, MS. He joined the USNR on 31 July 1942. ENS Hester was missing in action aboard USS Liscome Bay when it was torpedoed and sunk by enemy actions in the Pacific Ocean on 24 November 1943.
11/22/1943 First Lieutenant Mack Thomas Jarrett was born in Melrose, Kansas on April 13, 1920. He was the son of Harry and Martha Jarrett. First Lieutenant Jarrett’s given name was Thomas Mack Jarrett. He was brother to Naoma, Martha Jean, Nedra Jo, and Harry Robert. He graduated from Chetopa High School,
10/17/1943 1LT Frank Edgar Smith, Jr., SGT Carl E. Christensen, and PFC John Gatti were killed on 17 October 1943. They were assigned to 236th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Company (Provisional) at the time of their deaths. 1LT Smith, SGT Christensen, and PFC Gatti were killed while rendering safe a British bomb,believed
10/17/1943 SGT Carl E. Christensen, 1LT Frank E. Smith, Jr., and PFC John Gatti were killed on 17 October 1943. They were assigned to 236th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Company (Provisional) at the time of their deaths. SGT Christensen, 1LT Smith, and PFC Gatti were killed while rendering safe a British bomb,
10/17/1943 PFC John Gatti, 1LT Frank E. Smith, Jr., and SGT Carl E. Christensen were killed on 17 October 1943. They were assigned to 236th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Company (Provisional) at the time of their deaths. PFC Gatti, 1LT Smith, and SGT Christensen were killed while rendering safe a British bomb
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