by Darren McMannis | Jul 12, 1943 | Killed In Action
Francis Holmes Paronto died July 12, 1943 in Papua, New Guinea during World War II. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines. Francis was born November 16, 1916 in Wakeeney, Kansas, Edmond Roy & Blanch Lusetta (Fosdick)...
by Darren McMannis | Jan 24, 1942 | Killed In Action
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wilson, south of Halstead, were notified by telegram from the Adjutant General in the War department Wednesday that their son, Corp. Marlin Wilson, had been killed in action in the Phillipine Islands on Saturday, January 24, 1942. Corporal Wilson...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 7, 1941 | Killed In Action
Ralph Elmer Fife died on December 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while serving in the Navy on the USS Arizona. He died directly as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Ralph was born January 23, 1920 in Harvey County, Kansas, son of Raymond & Elsie...
by Darren McMannis | Mar 9, 1919 | Influenza, Killed In Action
Private Eaarl Floyd Alfred Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Hood, of Newton, was born May 24, 1897, at El Dorado, Kansas, and came to Newton with his parents in 1908. He completed the common school work in the city schools and later was employed here, the last 2 years...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 17, 1918 | Influenza, Killed In Action
Melvin Savage died during WWI, in 1918. But one home in Harvey county was bereft of 2 sons during the war. Mrs. M.S. Savage, a widowed mother, gave up her second eldest son, Private Melvin Savage, and her youngest son, Seaman William Savage. But 15 days elapsed...
by Darren McMannis | Oct 21, 1918 | Killed In Action
William E. Dryer was born November 10, 1892. He died in World War II in France, on October 21, 1918, at the age of 25. William is buried in the Hesston City Cemetery in Hesston, Kansas. Buried on Sunday. The funeral services of William E. Dreyer, soldier, who passed...
