DOB/DOD: May 3, 1920 (Norwalk, CT) – April 21, 1942; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Silvermine Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: April 4, 1942 (died 29 days later)SERVICE NUMBER: 31104368UNIT: Troop C, 2nd Training Squadron FAMILY: Born to Herbert P. (1879-1961) and Mabel G. Dickens Ireland (1891-1980). Two sisters, Beatrice E. Ireland Smith (1914-2000) and Dorothy M.Continue reading “PRIVATE RICHARD HERBERT IRELAND; U.S. ARMY”
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN HOLICK JR.; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 20, 1917 (Danbury, CT) – January 27, 1945; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mary Soyak Holick (1917-2008) on May 10, 1941, in NorwalkCHILDREN: One daughter, Nancy M. Holick Vagnone (1943-)LOCAL ADDRESS: 58 Osborne Avenue, East NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 30, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 31406638UNIT: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division FAMILY: Born to John (1894-1959) andContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN HOLICK JR.; U.S. ARMY”
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER EDWARD WILLIAM HILL; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: October 6, 1906 (Norwalk, CT) – November 29, 1944; 38 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 1 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Norwalk (parents)ENLISTMENT: October 8, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: UnknownSHIP ASSIGNED TO: USS Pochard (AM-375) FAMILY: Born to Arthur S. (1876-1976) and Luella E. Manley Hill (1879-1923). Brother Harold E. (1905-1987) and Merian Hill Rosenthal (1912-?). CIRCUMSTANCES: ElectrocutedContinue reading “CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER EDWARD WILLIAM HILL; U.S. NAVY”
CAPTAIN LEWIS GEORGE HENRY; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 13, 1917 (Brooklyn, NY) – June 27, 1944; 26 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Janice Marie Sanderson (1919-2004) on June 21, 1941, in NorwalkCHILDREN: One daughter, Jane Marie Henry (1943-)LOCAL ADRESS: 6 Fremont Place, NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 8, 1941SERVICE NUMBER: O-1013072UNIT: 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division FAMILY: Born to Charles E. (1866-1938) and HarrietContinue reading “CAPTAIN LEWIS GEORGE HENRY; U.S. ARMY”
FIREMAN FIRST CLASS LOUIS HANSEN; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: July 4, 1879 (Elizabeth, NJ) – October 10, 1944; 65 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Doris Alvine Ebeling (1891-1981) on December 7, 1922, in New York CityCHILDREN: Two daughters, Grace T. Hansen Burgess (1918-2013) and Ruth E. Hansen (1924-2020).LOCAL ADDRESS: 7 Devon Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: 1901-1931 and went back in the Navy in 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 1748722Continue reading “FIREMAN FIRST CLASS LOUIS HANSEN; U.S. NAVY”
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE TED LEON HALL; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: October 19, 1919 (Lenoir, NC) – February 11, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mary Helen Carter Hall (1915-2009) on March 20, 1943, in VirginiaCHILDREN: Ted Carter Hall (1945-2023)LOCAL ADDRESS: 16 Van Zant StreetENLISTMENT: January 8, 1942, in Chicago, IllinoisSERVICE NUMBER: 4117998 FAMILY: Born to Clyde W. (1904-1982) and Beulah Mae Austin HallContinue reading “LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE TED LEON HALL; U.S. NAVY”
CAPTAIN RODERICK STEPHEN GOODSPEED “STEVE” HALL; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: August 12, 1915 (Peking [now Beijing], China) – February 20, 1945; 29 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 185 East Avenue, Norwalk (1930 census; 14 years old)ENLISTMENT: September 8, 1941 from NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: O-1114150UNIT: 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services (OSS = precursor to the CIA) FAMILY: Born to Ray O. Hall (1891-1951) and GertrudeContinue reading “CAPTAIN RODERICK STEPHEN GOODSPEED “STEVE” HALL; U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANTHONY BERNARD GREGORY (GREGORIO by birth); U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 12, 1917 (New York, NY) – April 8, 1945; 27 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mary Rosalyn Fetty (1918-1994), a Private First Class in the Women’s Army Corps. Mary later remarried Donald H. Gillmer on February 14, 1947.LOCAL ADDRESS: 377 Main Street and 130 East Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: January 6, 1944SERVICE NUMBER: 31409427UNIT: CompanyContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANTHONY BERNARD GREGORY (GREGORIO by birth); U.S. ARMY”
PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS ALLEN BURKEY GREGORY JR.; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: May 31, 1922 (Norwalk, CT) – March 7, 1944; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Newtown Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: December 15, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 6426012SHIP ASSIGNED TO: PT-337STATUS: Missing In Action (MIA); at sea, not recoverable FAMILY: Born to Allen B. Sr. (1900-1952) and Florence Estelle Oswald Gregory (1900-1985). Four brothers, James T. (1924-2007), Edward O.Continue reading “PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS ALLEN BURKEY GREGORY JR.; U.S. NAVY”
CHIEF PAY CLERK JOHN KENNETH GORAL; U.S. COAST GUARD
DOB/DOD: March 3, 1914 (Meriden, CT) – January 29, 1945; 30 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Dorothy Elsie Hurd Jackson Goral on August 16, 1941, in Norwalk. Dorothy remarried to George N. Bell of New York City in 1947.LOCAL ADDRESS: New Canaan Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: UnknownSHIP ASSIGNED TO: USS Serpens (AK-97) FAMILY: Born to John C.Continue reading “CHIEF PAY CLERK JOHN KENNETH GORAL; U.S. COAST GUARD”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 