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	George Carson Sands	SIC
War	WW II
Branch	USNR
Company/Outfit	Special Augmented	Hospital #6
Military Occupation	Operated water distillation plant for hospital on Okinawa
Entered Service
Period Served	May 7, 1944-Dec.8, 1945
Where Served	Okinawa
Wounded
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Feb. 12, 1904
Date Deceased	Nov. 12, 1979
Medals

	Donald E. Schmeling	PFC
War	WW II
Branch	US Army
Company/Outfit	Co. F 355 ENGR
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Continental Foreign	5 mo. 20 days 1 yr. 6 mo.(Aug. 8, 1944-Feb. 7, 1946)
Where Served	Rhineland, Central Europe
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Jan. 10, 1924
Date Deceased
Medals	Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/2 Bronze Battle Stars, 3 Overseas Service Bars, Good Conduct Medal

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	Harold W. Schnell	Tec 5
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Armored Div.
Military Occupation	Reconnaissance Jeep Driver, Battalion Athletic Director, Chaplain Assistant
Entered Service
Period Served	Oct. 1944-Aug. 1946
Where Served	Europe
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Oct. 12, 1925
Date Deceased
Medals	Victory Medal, American Theatre Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/1Bronze Battle Star, Army of Occupation Medal, Good Conduct Medal

	Claude Charles Shaffer	St. Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army Air Force
Company/Outfit	2nd Gunnary Flight(Mechanic)	335 Ftr. Squadron 8th Air Force
Military Occupation	Crew Chief
Entered Service/Discharge	Apr.29,1942 at Ft. Des Moines, Ia.	Nov. 23, 1945,Camp Grant, Ill.
Period Served	April 1942
Where Served	England-38 months	Kings Cliff, Ibswitch, Goxhill, Shrewsberry, Norwich, Leiston, Duxfford, Burry St.Edmonds in England
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Feb. 12, 1920
Date Deceased	Jan. 3, 1990
Other Information Medals	Training at Casey Jones Aeronautical School at Newark, New Jersey.	1 Service Stripe, 6 Overseas bars, European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/1 Bronze Battle Star, Good Conduct Medal, WW II Victory Medal

Milton D.impson

	Milton Dean Simpson	PFC
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Inf. Co. G.	APO 15378
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	European Area/France
Where Served
Wounded
Killed In Action	Yes	Battle of Brest in France
POW
Date of Birth
Date Deceased	Sept. 15, 1944
Medals

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	Harry Raymond Taylor	CM3C
War	WW II
Branch	Navy
Company/Outfit	90th USN Construction Battalion
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Nov. 3, 1942-Nov. 1945
Where Served	IWO Jima, Aleutian Islands
Wounded	No
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth	1901
Date Deceased	1975
Medals

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	Kenneth E. Tuel	Corporal
War	WW II
Branch	US Army
Company/Outfit	285th Quartermaster Co.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	July 17, 1942-Nov. 4, 1945
Where Served	E.T.O.
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals

	Delmar Turpin
War	WW II
Branch	Navy
Company/Outfit	USS Mobile
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	1943-1945
Where Served	South Pacific
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals

	Dale L. Upward	Corporal
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Battery B. 985 Field Artillery
Military Occupation	Gun Crewman/Heavy Artillery-845 and Bar MM Rifle
Entered Service/Discharge	Oct. 2, 1941-Ft. Des Moines, Ia.	Nov.1, 1945-Ft. Sheridan, Ill.
Period Served	Oct. 2, 1941-Nov. 1, 1945
Where Served	Apennines, Po Valley
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No,
Date of Birth	Nov. 22, 1919	Greenville, Ia
Date Deceased	Mar. 7, 1992
Medals	American Defense Service Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/2 Bronze Battle Stars, Victory Ribbon, 1 Overseas Service Bar, 1 Service Stripe, Good Conduct Medal

	Ralph Wade	Capt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army Air Force
Company/Outfit		12 Fighter Squadron
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served
Where Served	South Pacific, Guadalcanal, New Caledonia
Wounded
Killed In Action	Yes
POW
Date of Birth	1917
Date Deceased	1944
Medals

	Claude Willemssen	Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Engineers	?
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	May 1942-Oct. 1945
Where Served	Germany, Italy, Belgium, etc.
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	1909
Date Deceased	1984
Medals	? what kind

	Ed Wollner	Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	"F"	303 Ordinance Battalion
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Sept. 1941-Jan. 1946
Where Served	European Theatre, England, France, Belgium, Germany
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW
Date of Birth	Dec. 30, 1919
Date Deceased
Medals

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	Emil A. Zehnder	T-3
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	517th ORD Co.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Oct. 13, 1942-Aug 2, 1945
Where Served	Luzon New Guinea, Philippines
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	1905
Date Deceased	1980
Medals

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	Samuel W. Zehnder	PFC
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit		565th A.A.F. B.U.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Nov. 21, 1942-Ocy. 12, 1945
Where Served	State Side West Coast
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth	Aug. 20, 1910
Date Deceased
Medals

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	Francis F. Zelinsky	PFC
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	T42A Co. E.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Sept. 4, 1942-May 21, 1943
Where Served	Camp Grant, Ill, Ft. Benning, GA.
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW
Date of Birth	1921
Date Deceased	1961
Medals

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	Everett William Zitterich	Technician/4th Grade
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Co. C. 40th Battalion	Camp Crowder, Missouri
Military Occupation	Signal Corps- Automotive Mechanic-Second Echelon-(014)
Entered Service
Period Served	Oct. 2, 1941-Oct. 14, 1945
Where Served	Aleutian Islands England	Feb. 11, 1942-Feb. 1945
Wounded
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	1920
Date Deceased	1978
Medals Military Qualifications	Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Ribbon Mechanics Badge,RifleM1, Mkm Rifle, Mi-SS, Sub MG Expert

	Leonard H. Zitterich	Cpl.
War	WW II
Branch	Air Force
Company/Outfit	Regular Air Force
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Jan 1944-May 1946
Where Served
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Nov. 19, 1925
Date Deceased
Medals

	Leonard H. Zitterich	Cpl.
War	WW II
Branch	Air Force
Company/Outfit
Military Occupation	Radio and Radar Maintenance & Instructor Air Force Bomber
Entered Service
Period Served	Jan 1944-May 1946
Where Served	Stateside
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals

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	Willard C. Zitterich	T/3
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit		237th Ord. Medium Maintenance Co.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Jan. 1943-Dec. 1945
Where Served	Pacific
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth	1922
Date Deceased	1984
Medals	Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, WW2 Victory Medal