The National Archives lists 224 Army and Army Air Forces members from the Yakima Valley men who died in World War II.
(The Army included the Army Air Forces until 1947, when the U.S. Air Force became a separate service.)
These entries do not include hometowns but do include rank at the time of death and the manner of death. The key to the code at the end of each line is:
KIA -- Killed in Action
DOW -- Died of Wounds
DOI -- Died of Injuries
DNB -- Died in other line of duty -- training, maneuvers
FOD -- Finding of death
The Yakima Valley soldiers are:
Ahrens, Victor E., Tec 5, DNB
Aichele, Gideon, Sgt., KIA
Albro, Earl E.. Pfc., DNB
Andy, Edward, Tec 5, DNB
Bailey, Garfield A., Pvt., KIA
Baldwin, Myrl F., Pfc., KIA
Barnett, Dolph Jr., 1st Lt., KIA
Bartley, Martin E., 2nd Lt., KIA
Bateman, Mark L., Sgt., KIA
Baty, James D., S. Sgt., FOD
Bauch, David J., Pvt., KIA
Baze, Hiram W., Pvt., KIA
Bedard, Valmore V., Staff Sgt., KIA
Behl, Amos H., T. Sgt., DNB
Bender, George C., Pfc.,KIA
Bessesen, Peter F. Jr., Pvt., DOW
Bishop, Vernon E., Tec 5, KIA
Black, Leroy P., Tech. Sgt., DNB
Boger, Henry E., Staff. Sgt.,DOW
Borden, Elmer R., 1st Lt. , KIA
Borton, Don A., 1st Lt., FOD
Bowers, Reuben M., Cpl., KIA
Boyd, Martin, Pvt., DNB
Braden, Lewis H., 1st Lt. , FOD
Breitcham, Leroy A., Pfc., DOW
Brewer, Doyle E., Pvt., DNB
Brown, Arthur L., Cpl., FOD
Calder, Robert J., Capt., KIA
Cameron, David R., Pvt., KIA
Carlson, Carl W., Pfc., KIA
Carlson, Carl W., Pfc., KIA
Carlton, Leroy M., Staff Sgt., KIA
Castle, Charles H., Pvt., KIA
Clark, Clifford W., Staff Sgt., KIA
Clark, Freeland G., Pfc., DNB
Clarke, William M., Sgt., DNB
Cockrill, Marshall K., 1st Lt., KIA
Cochlan, Edward K., Tec 4, DNB
Cole, Kermit U., Pfc., KIA
Collins, Victor E., Staff Sgt., KIA
Coyle, Benson F., Capt., DNB
Craine, Harry A., Sgt., DNB
Cramer, Harold, 2nd Lt., KIA
Creamer, Harley D., Pvt., KIA
Crum, Lawrence L., Pvt., DOW
Danielson, Russell H., Staff Sgt., KIA
Dawson, Wayne E., Pfc., KIA
Day, Robert M., 1st Lt., DNB
De Blasio, Victor E., Sgt. , DNB
Deatherage, Joseph O., Pfc., DNB
Desmarais, Paul E., Pvt., DOW
Drumhiller, Robert H., Staff Sgt., FOD
Dunne, Thomas L., Pvt., KIA
Eccles, Alfred E., Pfc., DNB
Ellis, James C., 2nd Lt., KIA
Evertts, Orval N., Pvt., KIA
Fisk, Jack Y., 2nd Lt., DNB
Freece, Charles A., Pvt., KIA
Froemke, Donald H., Capt., KIA
Galland, Victor M., Pfc., KIA
Garrison, Roy, Pvt., DNB
Gierke, Roy A., Pvt., DNB
Gilbert, Orville K., Pfc., KIA
Gillis, Earl F., Jr., Sgt., KIA
Gorham, Howard W., Cpl., KIA
Goulet, Frank R., Staff Sgt., KIA
Greene, Philo J., Pvt., KIA
Gregorich, Mathew, J., Pfc., DNB
Gunnyon, Adam H., Pvt., DNB
Haba, John C., 2nd Lt., KIA
Hake, Ennis, 2nd Lt., DNB
Hallman, Johnie, Pfc., DOW
Hamilton, Monte R., 2nd Lt., DNB
Harris, John M., 1st Lt., DNB
Harsh, Roy L., Pfc..,KIA
Hawley, Dallas E., Staff Sgt., DNB
Hayes, James F., Pfc., DNB
Hayes, Richard, Pfc., FOD
Heneghen, Laurence M., Sgt., KIA
Herman, John, Tec 4, KIA
Herrell, Damon N., Staff Sgt., DNB
Hill, Marion C. Jr., Pfc., KIA
Holm, James D., Sgt., DNB
Horn, Robert A., Staff Sgt., DNB
Horner, Donald M., Tec 4, KIA
Hosek, John, Tec 5, KIA
Hughes, Richard E., Tech. Sgt., FOD
Hurley, William C., Sgt., DNB
Hutchings, Albert A., Cpl., DOW
Hyink, Harold L., Cpl., DNB
Jaques, Carl E., Pvt., KIA
Joe, Louie, Cpl., DNB
Johnson, Eugene D., Sgt., DNB
Johnson, Willis R., Pvt., DOW
Johnston, Garnett M., Pfc., DOW
Jones, Douglas M., Pfc., KIA
Jones, Ellis E., Cpl., DNB
Jones, Foy A., Sgt., DNB
Jones, Pete, Sgt., DNB
Jundt, Carl, Pvt., DOW
Keep, Cecil M., Warrant Officer j.g., DNB
Kennison, George R., Staff Sgt., KIA
Gilgore, James M., 1st Lt., DOW
Kiltau, Alfred C., Pvt., KIA
Kinyon, James B., Pfc., KIA
Kittles, John H., Pfc., DOW
Klippert, John O., Pvt., KIA
Lane, Donald C., 2nd Lt., FOD
Lane, Herbert E., 1st Lt., DOW
Lemley, John W., Staff Sgt., FOD
Levasseur, George P., Sgt., FOD
Lewis, Jacob J., Pfc., DOW
Lewis, Raymond R., Jr., Pfc., KIA
Loe, Edward C., Pfc., DOW
Logan, Paul E. , Capt., DNB
Louther, Kenneth G., Pfc., KIA
Lowery, Grover M., Sgt., KIA
Lundberg, Darwin H., Pvt., KIA
Madden, Elmer L., 1st Lt., KIA
Maissen, Joe F., Pfc., FOD
Manning, Henry A., 2nd Lt., KIA
Marshall, Robert H., Cpl., DNB
Massee, Edmon E., 1st Lt., KIA
Matteson, Joe K., Pfc., KIA
Mayer, Jay R., Pfc., KIA
McKanna, John W., 2nd Lt., DNB
McLaughlin, John L., Av C., DNB
McMurray, Walter J., Staff Sgt., FOD
Millerd, Stanley E., Sgt., DNB
Mills, Delmar S., Pvt., DNB
Moore, Claude T., Pfc., KIA
Morrow, Clarence R., Pfc., DOW
Muckey, Loren R., Pvt., DNB
Mueller, Donald K., Staff Sgt., FOD
Mullins, Thomas L., Pvt., KIA
Murdock, Davis D., 2nd Lt., FOD
Montagro, Alfred C., Pfc., KIA
Neal, Charles J., Tec 5, KIA
Noe, Edward D., Staff Sgt., KIA
Nugent, Harvey L., Pfc., KIA
Paradis, Raymond F., Sgt., DNB
Parish, Glenn L., 1st Lt., KIA
Pendleton, Jack J., Staff Sgt., KIA
Perkins, William H., Pvt., KIA
Peters, Levi P., Pvt., KIA
Plette, Richard D., Cpl., DNB
Plopper, Clayton E., Pfc., DNB
Pointer, Woodrow W., Pfc., DOW
Poole, Gerald W., 2nd Lt., DNB
Post, Simon, Pfc., KIA
Pottratz, Helen M., 1st Lt., DNB
Purdon, Charles R., Staff Sgt., KIA
Ramsey, Morris G., Av C, DNB
Reese, Richard M., Tec 5, DNB
Reid, Alan G., Sgt., KIA
Rennie, Charlie C., Pvt., KIA
Reynolds, Leonard C., Staff Sgt., KIA
Rial, Harold W., Sgt., KIA
Rice, Leo W., 1st Lt., FOD
Richey, James A., 1st Lt., KIA
Rinehart, Howard D., 2nd Lt., KIA
Rissler, William M., Pvt., KIA
Ritchie, Harold E., Staff Sgt., MIA
Rooney, Philip M., 2nd Lt., DNB
Rosenfelder, Henry, Pfc., KIA
Rovig, Reidar D. Jr., Capt., DNB
Russell, James W., 1st Lt., KIA
Ryan, James M., 2nd Lt., FOD
Samson, David H., 2nd Lt, KIA
Sartin, Homer R., Pfc., KIA
Saunders, Frank J., Staff Sgt., FOD
Sauve, Rolland J., Pvt., DNB
Schairer, Earl F., Pvt., DNB
Schmella, Marvin J., 2nd Lt., KIA
Schoolcraft, Norman J., Staff Sgt., FOD
Schuknecht, Paul H., Staff Sgt., KIA
Schultz, Gussie, Pfc., KIA
Settergren, Robert A., Cpl., DNB
Shearer, George W., Tec 4, DNB
Shelly, Harry A., Cpl., DNB
Shimizu, Jimmy T., Tech. Sgt., DOW
Shroyer, Alfred F., Pvt., KIA
Sires, Harold R., Pvt., DOW
Sloan, William J., Pvt., DOW
Smelser, Clarence F., Pfc., FOD
Smith, Floyd J., Tech. Sgt., KIA
Smith, Preston J., Pfc., KIA
Snyder, Harold W., Sgt., KIA
Spencer, Walter E., Staff Sgt., DNB
Staffanson, James B., Pvt., KIA
Stanley, Winston G., Pfc., DNB
Starr, Robert M., Pfc., KIA
Sudmeier, Herbert F., 2nd Lt., DNB
Sumner, Guy W., Cpl., KIA
Swofford, Barney, Master Sgt., DNB
Sylling, Lyle B., Pfc., KIA
Taylor, Jack W., Pfc., DNB
Thomas, Henry O., Pfc., KIA
Thompson, Lloyd E., Pvt., KIA
Tillman, Milton B., Capt., DNB
Todd, Merl H., T.Sgt., KIA
Treat, Gaylord E., Lt. Col., DNB
Trenkenschuh, Peter M., Pfc., DNB
Van Niman, Wendell P., Sgt., DNB
Wahlbrink, Karl R., Pvt., KIA
Walks, Charles E. Jr., Tech. Sgt., KIA
Wangberg, Ronald T., Pfc., KIA
Warren, Carl S., Pvt., KIA
Watkins, Thomas H., Tech. Sgt., KIA
Wayenberg, William D., 2nd Lt., KIA
Weber, George, Cpl., KIA
Weddle, Howard F., Pvt., KIA
Wieland, Vernon O., Pvt., KIA
Willard, Eugene F., Staff Sgt., KIA
Williams, Emil, Sgt., DNB
Wilson, William G., Capt., FOD
Winge, Martin W., Sgt., KIA
Wingerten, Bernard, Cpl., KIA
Witte, Robert W., Tech. Sgt., FOD
Wood, Donald H., Pvt., KIA
Wubbens, Vernon L., Pvt., KIA
Wurzel, Victor, Pvt., KIA
Yeats, Allen M.W., Sgt., DNB
Young, Chester I., Pvt., KIA
* Our thanks to Bob Hearin of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post for compiling this list. More information is available at http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ww2/
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