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/