Mark Schuster
(Canevin, ’75) wished to honor those Crafton area residents / Alumni that had given their lives in service
to our country.He wondered how best to do this and sought the advice of those
he now refers to as the “Elders:”
After consulting with the Church of the Nativity, the United Methodist Church, St. Phlilip's Church and the Crafton American Legion, the Elders have assembled the below list. While the list is much larger than they foresaw, there
is incomplete information and perhaps not all have been noted.
The Elders thank
you for your assistance in completing this list so that a suitable monument reflects the names of all those Veterans that
have given the ultimate.
If there are any updates that you can
contribute, please let us know by clicking this link and sharing your memories.
Original photo by Chuck O'Mahoney , CHS 1941
Name
Era
Neighborhood
Known Information
Bowden, Fred
WWI
Unknown
Unknown
Fitzharris, Joseph
WWI
Unknown
Army Infantry 315th Reg.
79th Division KIA Argonne Forest
Kirk, Frank R.
WWI
Ingram
KIA Toul, France d.11/4/18
Mathews, W. Allen
WWI
Crafton
Unknown
Messina, George
WWI
Unknown
Unknown
Neuman, Robert
WWI
Unknown
Unknown
Patterson, J.L.
WWI
Crafton
Unknown
Prescott, George W.
WWI
Crafton
Unknown
Rothrock, L.B.
WWI
Crafton
First known Crafton KIA of
WWI
Turnblacer, Frank
WWI
Crafton
d.1917 or 1918
Weaver, Frederick
WWI
Unknown
Unknown
Young, Lillie
WWI
Unknown
Nurse, KIA overseas
Adams, Joseph
WWII
Crafton Ave.
Army Air Force P-38 pilot
KIA France / Germany
Alamovich, Frank
WWII
Crafton Blvd
101st Airborne Bastogne KIA
Battle of the Bulge
Baine, James
WWII
Clairhaven
B-17 Turret Gunner KIA over
Germany d.1/24/44
Berg, William
WWII
Clairhaven
Infantry KIA France
d.7/30/44
Bilque, Jack
WWII
Duncan
101st Airborne Division D-2
Day KIA Normandy d.6/7/44
Boyle, James
WWII
Station Street
Bomber crash in Florida
d.3/9/43
Brand, Francis Frederick
WWII
Crafton Blvd
KIA in Sicilian Campaign
Brownlee, James
WWII
Clairhaven
Army Field Artillery KIA
Southern France
Cerar, Charles
WWII
Baldwick
Corporal DOD accident Ft.
Bliss, Texas d.2/2/44
Clark, James
WWII
Norma
Unknown
\
Cox, Edward
WWII
Crafton
KIA Okinawa US Army
d.5/4/45
Davis, Arthur
WWII
Underhill
Died in Pacific theater
Dittman, Philip A.
WWII
Grasmere
KIA Air crash d.1/6/46
DeLoche, Louis E.
WWII
69 McMunn
POW captured Bataan,
Philippines - died@Camp Honshu, Japan
Dzurichko, Andrew
WWII
Harrison
Unknown
Earhart, Charles
WWII
Richmond
KIA Battle of the Bulge
Forrest, Frank
WWII
Ingram
Army Rangers - KIA landed
Normandy d.6/20/44
Fox, Edward
WWII
Emerson St
Died during training
accident 1946
Fitch, William
WWII
Emerson St
Air Cadet - KIA in a P-51
in England d.4/15/45
Harbaugh, Lloyd
WWII
Noble Ave
KIA at Metz. He was 28.
d.11/11/44
Henk, Robert
WWII
Barr
Army KIA Italian Campaign
d.7/20/44
Hilliard, James
WWII
Ingram
Marines KIA Okinawa
d.6/27/45
Irvine, Howard
WWII
Schley Ave
KIA - buried @ American
Cemetary in Luxembourg d.12/20/44
Johnson, Edward
WWII
Ingram
KIA in Europe - radio
operator on a B-17
Kernoll, Russell T.
WWII
Bradford
Unknown
Lamb, Hamilton
WWII
Oregon St
MIA m.4/6/1944
Lauritzen, John
WWII
Fairywood
Army
Infantry 81st Division KIA Battle of the Bulge d.2/16/45
Lauritzen, Richard
WWII
Fairywood
Air Force Side Gunner KIA
India d.11/25/43
Longo, Frank
WWII
Crafton
1st Bombing Squadron, died
result of wounds @ Pearl Harbor
Loos, Walter
WWII
Josephine
Died in B-24 in South
America en route to Africa
McConaghy, John Regis
WWII
Hawthorne
USS Paul Hamilton sunk KIA
off North Africa d.4/20/44
McCoy, Jim
WWII
Idlewood
Army Air Force accident
after returning from Aleutians
McKee, William
WWII
Ingram
Army Air Force Bomber Pilot
KIA Italy
McKenna, Roy
WWII
Belvidere
Training accident in
Marianna, Florida d.10/13/43
McNutt, Maurice
WWII
Marion St
KIA flying his 20th mission
d.11/4/44
Michael, Robert A.
WWII
Warren St
KIA European theater
Nelson, Ernie
WWII
Joel
KIA 6/23/45 in a P-38
Philipines
Nelson, William
WWII
Crafton
Unknown
Nock, Edward P.
WWII
Unknown
Died from injuries after
V-E Day
Oliverio, Joe
WWII
Ingram
Marines KIA July/August
1944 South Pacific
Opaska, Walter
WWII
Crafton
Unknown
Patterson, Edward
WWII
Crafton
Accident in North Africa
Perry, John
WWII
Clairhaven
USN Submarine KIA in
Pacific, perhaps Tokyo Bay
Picard, Jim
WWII
Steuben
Army Air Force Flight
Engineer KIA Germany d.9/21/44
Picard, Ray
WWII
Steuben
KIA USS Growler sunk off
Australia d.11/8/44
Rea, Benedict
WWII
Woodlawn
Army Engineers KIA Battle
of the Bulge
Robinson, Nelson
WWII
Unknown
Attended CHS in 1941
Scafoglio, Vince
WWII
White St
USS Johnston sunk KIA
d11/26/44 Battle of Samar
Schrey,
Richard
WWII
Oakwood
USN accidentally in Hawaii
Shannon, Stuart
WWII
Oakwood
Marines died after
receiving severe wounds at Iwo Jima
Shema, Josef
WWII
Noble Ave
KIA Army glider crash in
Belgium in 1944.
Smith, George F.
WWII
McMunn
KIA 3rd Armoured Division
d.3/31/45
Smith, George R.
WWII
Union Ave
KIA over Germany flying
with 8th Air Force Bomber Group