DOB/DOD: August 11, 1924 (Norwalk, CT) – June 6, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS; 21 ½ Merwin Street, NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: O-2065855UNIT: 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group (Heavy)STATUS: Missing In Action (MIA) FAMILY: Born to Michael J. (1892-1969) and Marie M. Basta Tierney (1898-1973). Three brothers, James W. (1922-1980), twin brother John L.Continue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT JOSEPH EDWARD TIERNEY; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
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FIRST LIEUTENANT RICHARD HAROLD SPERRY; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: December 31, 1914 (Westport, CT) – January 11, 1944; 29 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 30 Cove Avenue; the house is no longer thereENLISTMENT: December 18, 1941 (11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor)SERVICE NUMBER: O-791153UNIT: 326th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group (Heavy) FAMILY: Born to Harold S. (1886-1950) and Margaret A. HatchmanContinue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT RICHARD HAROLD SPERRY; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
SECOND LIEUTENANT NORMAN SOLOMON; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: February 21, 1924 (New York, NY) – July 12, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 3 Lakeview DriveENLISTMENT: December 2, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: O-708948UNIT: 770th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group (Very Heavy) FAMILY: Born to Max (1892-1948) and Goldie E. Klein Solomon (1906-1986). One sister, Claire H. Solomon MacKenzie (1926-1997). One brother, Abraham (1932-1989).Continue reading “SECOND LIEUTENANT NORMAN SOLOMON; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
FIRST LIEUTENANT WARREN EVERETT SEMPLE; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: July 11, 1916 (Norwalk, CT) – June 15, 1944; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS 1: Married to Avon S. Lamb Semple (1916-2002) on January 1, 1937, in Pound Ridge, NY. Married to Billie J. Goode Semple Owens (1923-2002) on May 20, 1943, in Yuma, AZ.LOCAL ADDRESS: 12 France StreetENLISTMENT: March 21, 1941SERVICE NUMBER: 31042382UNIT: 49thContinue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT WARREN EVERETT SEMPLE; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
TECHNICAL SERGEANT WARD MEEKER SACKAL; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: October 13, 1923 (Norwalk, CT) – December 31, 1943; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 11 Westport Avenue, Norwalk (house no longer there)ENLISTMENT: January 7, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 11041277UNIT: 578th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group FAMILY: Born to George J. (1897-1986) and Alice S. Meeker Sackal (1894-1963). One brother, George Jr. (1925-2007). DECORATIONS: Awarded theContinue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT WARD MEEKER SACKAL; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
SECOND LIEUTENANT NORMAN PHILIP ROSENFIELD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: November 30, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – November 11, 1944; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 9 Bayview AvenueENLISTMENT: February 25, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: O-2060895UNIT: 414th Bomber Squadron, 97th Bomber Group (Heavy)STATUS: Missing In Action (MIA); somewhere in Italy FAMILY: Born to Joseph (1890-1935) and Cecilia Rosenfield Rifkin (1896-1966). Both parents were born in Russia. OneContinue reading “SECOND LIEUTENANT NORMAN PHILIP ROSENFIELD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
STAFF SERGEANT EVERETT JOSEPH PLUMMER; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: September 28, 1907 (Portage, ME) – August 24, 1943; 33 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 8 Baxter Drive, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: June 3, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31123763UNIT: 425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group (Heavy)STATUS: Missing In Action (MIA) FAMILY: Born to Rex E. (1883-1947) and Flossie Gagnon Plummer (1883-1962). Four brothers, Herman F. (1906-1987), Lawrence C.Continue reading “STAFF SERGEANT EVERETT JOSEPH PLUMMER; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
SERGEANT JESSE NATHANIEL OLMSTEAD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: January 14, 1919 (Greenwich, CT) – February 1, 1943; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Chestnut Hill RoadENLISTMENT: August 26, 1941SERVICE NUMBER: 11033041UNIT: 42nd Bombardment Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy)STATUS: Missing In Action (MIA); at sea, not recoverable. FAMILY: Born to James H. (1870-1928) and Mary E. Travis Olmstead (1878-1973). Six sisters, Frances L.Continue reading “SERGEANT JESSE NATHANIEL OLMSTEAD; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
PRIVATE WILLIAM ALBERT O’BRIEN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: January 3, 1913 (Berlin, NH) – May 30, 1944; 31 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Helen M. Micknak (1917-2005) in Waterbury, Connecticut, on January 21, 1937. Helen remarried to Frank J. Labbance in 1945.LOCAL ADDRESS: 100 East Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 28, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31406511UNIT: 3rd Battalion, 259th Infantry FAMILY: Born to Charles E. (1871-?) andContinue reading “PRIVATE WILLIAM ALBERT O’BRIEN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM JOSEPH LOUGHREY; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: May 23, 1917 (New York, NY) – April 6, 1945; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 6 Old Saugatuck Road, East NorwalkENLISTMENT: August 5, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31167326UNIT: 50th Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing FAMILY: Born to William E. (1883-1933) and Elizabeth Teresa O’Donnell Loughery (1890-1956). Sisters Susan E. Loughrey DoughertyContinue reading “STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM JOSEPH LOUGHREY; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 