DOB/DOD: March 28, 1923 (Winthrop, MA) – September 5, 1997 (Lake Worth, FL); 74 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Grace McGuire (1924-2009) on September 29, 1945, in Sherman, CTCHILDREN: Harvey D. III (1946-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Pine Point, Rowayton, NorwalkENLISTMENT: June 15, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 11072168DISCHARGE: November 10, 1945UNIT: 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group FAMILY: Born to HarveyContinue reading “TECHNICAL SERGEANT HARVEY DRAPER COOKE JR.; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
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PRIVATE PETER BUFITHIS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: August 22, 1920 (Providence, RI) – June 3, 2012 (unknown); 91 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Alice Vellios (1924-2005) on December 3, 1950, in Brockton, MACHILDREN: One son, Peter (1952-). LOCAL ADDRESS: 12 Academy Street and 7 Cranbury Woods Road, NorwalkENLISTMENT: April 3, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31331572UNIT: Company G, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division FAMILY:Continue reading “PRIVATE PETER BUFITHIS; U.S. ARMY”
SERGEANT SIDNEY CLIFFORD BROWN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: January 15, 1919 (New Haven, CT) – January 7, 2003 (Middletown, CT); 83 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Charlotte Cohn (1922-1994) on December 7, 1941 in Norwalk, CT. Married to Eileen Porter (1927-2004) on October 16, 1996 in Norwalk, CT.CHILDREN: One son, Ronald W. (1943-). Two daughters, Jo Ann Brown Stone (1946-) and FrancineContinue reading “SERGEANT SIDNEY CLIFFORD BROWN; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY BRITTO; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: March 11, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – July 20, 2004 (Bridgeport, CT); 84 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Esther F. Faust (1923-2005) on July 4, 1939, in Norwalk, CTCHILDREN: Four sons, George Jr. (1939-2011), James A. (1941-2001), Arthur F. (1943-2007), and Herman (1944-). One daughter, Karen J. Britto Michaelson (1946-2008).LOCAL ADDRESS: 19 Fort Point Street,Continue reading “PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY BRITTO; U.S. ARMY”
SERGEANT PHILIP ADALARD BONENFANT; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD; February 3, 1912 (Saint-Philippe, Quebec, Canada) – November 8, 1991 (Norwalk, CT); 79 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Mavis Reed (1917-2002) on March 2, 1935, in Groveton, NH; divorced in 1941. Married Bertha Eleck (1912-2000) on August 4, 1945 in Norwalk, CT.CHILDREN: Three sons, Philip R. (1936-2000), Michael H. (1936-2012), Philip J. (1939-). Two daughters,Continue reading “SERGEANT PHILIP ADALARD BONENFANT; U.S. ARMY”
CORPORAL ALEXANDER ANDREW BELLUS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: April 23, 1917 (Norwalk, CT) – April 11, 1964 (Norwalk, CT); 46 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Sophia Premru (1916-2010) on May 31, 1947, in Norwalk, CT. Later remarried to Helmut Lohmann.CHILDREN: Two sons, Gary (1953-) and Peter (1954-).LOCAL ADDRESS: 333 Flax Hill Road, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: January 19, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 31040632UNIT: 707th Headquarters Company,Continue reading “CORPORAL ALEXANDER ANDREW BELLUS; U.S. ARMY”
FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 25, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – June 28, 1993 (Brookfield, CT); 72 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Swedish-born Britta Ingegerd Weber (1920-2008) on April 18, 1942, in Elizabeth, NJCHILDREN: One son, James L. Beers Jr. (1949-2011). One daughter, Jacqueline Beers Stratos (1946-).LOCAL ADDRESS: 21 Chestnut Street, South NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 2, 1942DISCHARGE: October 9, 1945SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “FIRST SERGEANT JAMES LEWIS BEERS; U.S. ARMY”
FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HENRY “BUS” BARNUM III; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: December 8, 1917 (Lime Rock, CT) – December 18, 2009 (Laconia, NH); 92 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mary Ann Ainsworth (1924-2001) on April 28, 1945, in DarienCHILDREN: Two twin daughters, Susan N. Barnum Koprowski (1946-) and Sally Barnum Oak (1946-). Two sons, Peter (1950-) and Seth (1952-). ENLISTMENT: December 29, 1941SERVICE NUMBERS: 11040832Continue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HENRY “BUS” BARNUM III; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
STAFF SERGEANT RICHARD SPENCER ADAMS; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: November 14, 1919 (New York, NY) – January 6, 1977 (Riverside, CA); 57 years oldMARITAL STATUS 1: Married Betty Henderson of Topeka, Kansas.MARITAL STATUS 2: Married Virgie Smith Adams Crowley Goff (1931-1998).CHILDREN: Two daughters, Patricia G. Adams Montgomery (1953-), and Linda S. Adams Hernandez (1956-). One son, Richard (1949-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Scribner Avenue, NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “STAFF SERGEANT RICHARD SPENCER ADAMS; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
NORWALK’S 45 RESIDENTS RELEASED FROM NAZI POW CAMPS
AUTHOR NOTE: Mrs. Douglas E. Nash, referred to in the article below, was a YMCA employee during World War I and had assignments in France and Germany in 1918. She is Enid Capwell Allen Nash, and her bio can be read HERE. From The Norwalk Hour November 24, 1945 RED CROSS WAR PRISONER HEAD REPORTSContinue reading “NORWALK’S 45 RESIDENTS RELEASED FROM NAZI POW CAMPS”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 