U. S. Army
2LT WALTER F. ALBERTY Killed in Action
PVT EDWIN R. AMES Died of Wounds
PFC HAROLD L. ANDERSON Died Non-Battle Wounds
T5 CLIFFORD E. AUDINET Killed in Action
PVT ROBERT O. AXFORD Died of Wounds
TSGT GERALD Z. BEARG Died Non-Battle Wounds
T5 ELMER L. BEEBE Died Non-Battle Wounds
PVT JAMES W. BENSCOTTER Killed in Action
PVT ALBERT E. BERG Died Non-Battle Wounds
SSGT ORA E. BOND Finding of Death Unknown
PVT JOSEPH M. BOWMAN Finding of Death Unknown
PVT CHARLES D. BUOY Killed in Action
T5 ROBERT W. BURKE Killed In Action
PFC CARL W. CARLSON Killed in Action
PFC JACK J. CHAMBERS Killed in Action
FLIGHT OFFICER WALTER P. CHAMBERS Killed in Action
PVT MARVIN A. CHARNELL Killed in Action
PFC JOHN N. CHATTERTON Ostrander; killed in action in Germany, April 27, 1945
PVT HAROLD R. CHILCOAT Woodland; missing in action in Philippines, 1942
LTCOL WILLARD E. CHINN Kelso; Executive Officer at Presidio; died after illness in San Francisco, June 9, 1943
PVT REDMON F. CLARK Kelso; killed in action in Italy, June 1944
SGT ROY K. COLE Kelso; killed in action in the Mediterranean area, November 1943
PFC HAROLD A. COLLINS Kelso; died of wounds received on Luzon, May 23, 1945
PVT JACK GORDON CONE Longview; died of food poisoning at Lubbock Field, Texas, July 19, 1944
SGT PATRICK H. COOK Longview; killed in action over England, May 8, 1944
PVT GLENN E. COX Killed in action
PFC JAMES ORVILLE DAVIDSON Longview; killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 19, 1945
1 LT CHARLES L. DECRAENE Longview; armored unit; killed in action in France, Sept. 12, 1944
PVT RICHARD C. DE MARIS Non-combat death
FLIGHT OFFICER LEO S. DEAL Longview, flight officer; killed in P-38 crash off Santa Rosa, Calif., June 8, 1944
PVT GLENN EATON DILLIE Kelso; MP at Fort Lewis; killed by an auto while on duty at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Oct. 4, 1942
SSGT PAUL M. DREIER Longview; killed in Germany, Dec. 9, 1944
CPL DAVID H. DUNCAN Longview; killed in action in Germany, March 11, 1945
PFC ALVIN G. EGGIMAN Silver Lake; died of wounds received in landing on Camote, Philippines, Jan. 24, 1945
PVT ROBERT E. ELLIS (aka Bob Oudeans) Kelso; medical battalion; died in Battle of Attu, May 29, 1943
CPL HAROLD W. EMERSON Longview; killed in action in Ieshima, April 21, 1945
PFC GLENN V. W. ERICKSON Longview; paratrooper; killed in action, Holland, Sept. 22, 1944
1 LT LYLE C. ETHEL Kelso; cargo plane pilot; killed in action in the India-China theater, February 1945
TSGT LLOYD DAWSON FOWLER Longview; engineer gunner; Aug. 1, 1943
CAPT KEITH FRAMPTON Longview; B-24 bomber pilot; killed after parachuting from plane in Battle of Bougainville, November 1943
PFC RICHARD W. GAZE Castle Rock; POW liberated April 2, 1945, but died of malnutrition and pneumonia, April 5, 1945
SGT RICHARD GOLDSMITH Kelso; aerial gunner; killed in action, Italy, March 19, 1944
CAPT ROBERT J. GOTTHARDT Longview; B-17 pilot; killed in action, Germany, March 22, 1945
Additional information: Capt. Gotthardt is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, in Plot K, Row 12, Grave 4. His World War II enlistment record is available on FamilySearch.org.
PFC ALVIN P. GRAY Kelso; infantry; killed in action in Germany, Dec. 1, 1944
LT FLORERNCE GREWER Longview; nurse; killed in bombing of hospital ship USS Comfort, south of Okinawa, April 28, 1945
PVT HAROLD N. GRIFFIN Cowlitz County
PVT CLAUDE P. GUIER Castle Rock; killed in Philippines, May 1942
2LT ROBERT D. HAND Jr. Longview; bomber pilot; MIA, believe over Solomon Islands, Sept. 5, 1942
PVT CLAUDE HAROLD HANSEN Kelso; combat engineers battalion; died at Camp Van Dorn, Miss., Sept. 8, 1944
T5 ROBERT J. "Bob" HANSON Kelso; killed in action in Germany, April 9, 1945
PFC LEE HARKCOM Kelso; killed in action in Corregidor, Philippines, 1942
PFC ALVIN RALPH HATTON Kelso; coast artillery; POW May 1942, lost in sinking of Japanese prisoner ship, Dec. 15, 1944
T5 BOB E. HIGGINS Longview; infantry; killed in action in Luxembourg, Dec. 7, 1944
CAPT ROBERT D. HOBERT Woodland; fighter pilot; killed in accident over England, April 6, 1944
SSGT RUPERT RAY "Ray" HOLCOMB Jr. Ostrander; infantry; killed in action in Italy, July 10, 1944
2LT ROBERT E. HOLDEN Longview; P-38 pilot; MIA over France, Aug. 1, 1944; declared dead 1945, buried 1949
SSGT GRANT M. HOWE Longview; killed in action in France, June 24, 1944
MSGT PETER W. JENSEN Longview; amphibious engineers; killed in action on Leyte, Oct. 26, 1944
PVT ARVID LEONARD JOHNSON Longview; died (non-combat) at Fort Ord Army Hospital, May 29, 1945
CPL PETER C. JOHNSON Longview; killed in action in Italy, Oct. 8, 1943
PFC BILLY E. JOHNSON Longview; killed in the Mediterranean area, Jan. 1945
PVT JESSE BRENNON KELLER Longview; killed in action in Dutch New Guinea May 9, 1945
T5 CLIFFORD N. KOSKI Kelso; POW May 7, 1942, died of Malaria in Japanese prison camp, May 8, 1944
1LT AL W. KREUTZ Longview, bombardier-navigator B-25; killed in action over Italy, April 17, 1944
2LT EDWARD J. LaBERGE Kelso; killed in Florida accident, Oct. 23, 1943
PVT JERE H. LANGE Longview; photo maintenance squadron; lost in sinking of transport in Mediterranean, May 1, 1944
SSGT CECIL M. LANNIGAN Longview; photographer; killed in action in Italy, Jan. 22, 1944
PFC GEORGE A. LAYMAN Died non-battle
T5 HERSCHEL W. "Kelly" LEABO Longview; tank battalion; killed in action in German, Jan. 31, 1945
2LT HARRY A. LILLARD Woodland; killed in action in Philippines
PVT CARL BERT LUNDSTROM Longview; radio technician; killed in auto accident at Camp Phillips, Salina, Kan., May 3, 1943
CPL HAROLD L. LUTZ Woodland; photo topography, mapmaker; lost in sinking of transport in Mediterranean, April 20, 1944
PFC RICHARD L. LYONS Kelso; killed in action in Italy July 1944
CAPT ALLAN M. MACDONALD Longview; killed in action over New Guinea, July 9, 1943
PVT RAYMOND A. MADISON Longview; infantry; killed in action in Germany, Dec. 12, 1944
LT CHESTER D. MAKINSTER Kelso; bomber pilot; killed in action over France, March 29, 1944.
CPL HOLLIS A. MARTIN Longview; killed in prisoner transport sinking in Philippines, Oct. 24, 1944
SGT ELMER MATTILA Woodland; paratrooper; died from wounds in hospital in Italy, May 29, 1944
SGT GEORGE M. MAYEDA Longview/Kelso; killed in action in France, Oct. 15, 1944
SSGT DONALD A. McALLISTER Longview; died of malaria, Jan. 26, 1946
SGT ROBERT HENRY McDONALD Rose Valley; gunner on bomber; lost over Germany, Aug. 17, 1943, buried 1949
PFC RUBEN A. MELTON Castle Rock; infantry; killed in action in Northeastern France, Feb. 5, 1945
DELMAR MIKKOLA Woodland; non-combat death
PFC WALTER E. MODIN Woodland; killed in action in Marshall Islands Invasion, Feb. 13, 1944
PVT ALVA H. "Sonny" MOE Jr. Woodland; killed in action on Luzon, June 4, 1945
SSGT WAYNE E. MORRIS Killed in action
PVT KENNETH ROSS MUNYON Castle Rock; died of wounds received on Okinawa, May 31, 1945
PFC FRED MYERS Longview; killed in action on Luzon, March 14, 1945
SSGT CARL E. "Eddie" NORLAND Longview; gunner; killed in action over Europe, Aug. 23, 1944
2LT ERIK OLLESON (aka Mel Olson) Longview; pilot; killed in California accident, Jan. 7, 1943
1LT MARVIN PALMER Longview; bombardier; killed in action in India, April 1943
SGT E. E. PETTY Longview; died of heart attack at airbase in Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 6, 1944
PVT RAPHAEL J. PFLIEGER Died non-battle
PFC WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILBROOK Longview; killed on Guam, July 3, 1945
PFC FLOYD PHILLIPS Castle Rock; killed in action on Luzon, April 21, 1945
PFC LLOYD PHILLIPS Castle Rock; Cavalry Division; killed in action near Manila, Feb. 25, 1945
TSGT ROBERT F. PIKE Longview; Killed in North Africa, June 1943
PVT EDEWARD H. PITTMAN Castle Rock; killed in action by sniper in France, Oct. 1, 1944
CLARENCE W. POTTER Castle Rock; killed in action in Italy, Sept. 22, 1943
1LT THOMAS RALPH (aka Richard Fiske) POTTS Longview; killed in action in France, Aug. 10, 1944
LT MERLE POWER Longview; armored infantry; killed in action in Germany, Dec. 11, 1944
PFC EDWARD E. PRYOR Longview; infantry; killed in action in France, July 13, 1944
PFC GEORGE H. QUIGLEY Kalama; killed in action on Bougainville Island, March 20, 1944
SGT OSMO H. REIJONEN Woodland; died in Army hospital in Amarillo, Texas, July 6, 1943
T4 GEORGE EDWARD REILLY Longview; engineer; died of wounds while based in England, December 1943
2LT DONALD D. ROBBINS Woodland; POW spring 1942, lost in sinking of Japanese prisoner ship, October 24, 1944
PVT RALPH R. ROSEBAUM Killed in action on Luzon, July 26, 1945
PFC DORICK J. SAUVAGEAU Killed in action
PFC DWIGHT C. SCHIFFHAUER Woodland, aviation mechanic; killed in accident at Gardner Field in Taft, Calif., July 5, 1944
1LT GEORGE W. SECORD Kelso; died in an airplane accident in Alaska, March 25, 1944
1LT ALFRED A. "Skip" SKINNER Longview; bombardier-navigator; killed in action over the Bonin Islands, Saipan, Oct. 1, 1944
1LT JACK H. SOFFE Kelso; died in in plane crash in Louisiana, May 26, 1945
PFC EARL C. SPACKMAN Kelso; infantry; died of wounds received on Polillo Island, Nov. 23, 1944
PVT OSCAR M. STEVENS killed in action
ALEXANDER W. STEWART Longview; co-pilot of flying fortress; killed in action Oct. 9, 1943
FLIGHT OFFICER JACK M. STILTS Woodland; died in plane crash over Hawaiian Islands, Nov. 2, 1944
SSGT W. EARL "Speed" STRAUSER Kelso; radioman and gunner; killed in action in South Pacific, July 1942
PVT WARNER "Hop" STREICH Kelso; infantry; killed in action in Philippines, Dec. 10, 1944
PFC. LLOYD C. SWANSON Longview; died non-battle in Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colo., Jan. 18, 1945
SGT. HOWARD D. THORNSBURY Longview; infantry; killed in action in Cherbourg, France; July 16, 1944
PFC CHARLES C. TULLY Kelso; infantry; killed in action in Italy, Feb. 15, 1944
LT DONALD F. TURNER Woodland; tank corps; killed in action, presumably during the invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944
PFC WILBUR A. WARNOCK, Jr. Castle Rock; killed in action in Germany, Dec. 1, 1944
PVT JOHN WEISZHAAR, Jr. killed in action
2LT ARTHUR N. WESTRUM Kelso; bomber pilot; killed in action over Attleborough, England, Feb. 9, 1944
TSGT ROBERT KENNETH WHITING Longview; tank corps; killed in action in Germany, April 16, 1945
SSGT ARCHIE B. WILHEIM Kalama; airplane mechanic; killed in invasion of France, June 1944
PFC DONALD EDWARD WILKINS, Jr. Castle Rock; infantry; killed in action in New Guinea, Aug. 3, 1944
TSGT JAMES W. YENNE Woodland; radioman; killed in action in Sicily, July 14, 1943
Marines - Marine Air Corps
PVT LEONARD J. ALLNUTT Jr. Kelso; killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 10, 1945
2LT MARION COTTRELL Kalama; drowned following air accident off California Coast, Oct. 30, 1943
PFC JOHN E. ERET Longview; killed in action in Battle of Saipan, June 17, 1944
LT P. F. "Fred" GILLES Kelso; died of wounds received in Battle of the Solomons, December 1943
PFC GLENDALE HEFLEY Buried 1947
PFC DONALD FLOYD HOSKIN Silver Lake; Killed in action at Tarawa, Nov. 20, 1943
SGT FLOYD A. KLEMME Kelso; killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 3, 1945
PFC HOWARD KLEMME Kelso; killed in action on Iwo Jima, Feb. 22, 1945
SGT MJR EDGAR C. KRIEGER Kelso
PVT FRANCIS W. MAUL Kelso
SGT KENNETH GREEN McDONALD Longview; killed in the Pacific, April 17, 1945
PFC FRANCIS E. "Frank" ROBERTS Kelso; killed in action in Guam, July 27, 1944
1LT RICHARD SLOAT Kelso; tank corps; killed on Saipan, July 1944
PVT CLARENCE J. STROWBRIDGE Longview; killed in action on Okinawa, June 18, 1945
Navy - Navy Air Corps - Coast Guard
QUARTERMASTER 2C DARYLE EDWARD ARTLEY Woodland; died on USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
PHARMACIST MATE 2C JOHN DALE BAILEY Kelso; killed in action on Iwo Jima, February 1945
SEAMAN 2C WILLIAM EARL BELL Castle Rock
AVIATION METALSMITH 3C Kenneth B. Bergly Longview
ENSIGN CHARLES R. BRATCRES Castle Rock; pilot killed in action over Leyte, Oct. 27, 1944
LT CYRUS GEORGE CARY Kelso; pilot; lost in action near Guadacanal, July 9, 1943
CHIEF TORPEDOMAN MATE Robert Fulton Case Castle Rock
LLOYD NELSON COCHRAN Cowlitz County
MACHINIST MATE 3C WAITE HOYT DAGGY Longview; MIA aboard submarine in South Pacific, September 1944
MACHINIST MATE 2C JOHN ARTHUR DENNING Longview; killed in sinking of destroyer Meredith during Normandy Invasion, June 8, 1944
FIREMAN 1C CALVIN DIAMOND Longview; killed in action in Philippines, April 1945
MUSICIAN 2C FRANCIS EDWARD DICK Woodland; killed on USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
COXWAIN ELMORE EARL DUFF Longview; killed in action in West Indies
GUNNERS MATE MARVIN "Buster" GARY Longview, killed in plane crash off of San Diego, May 16, 1945
SEAMAN 1C WILLIAM FRANK "Bill" GAUDETTE Longview; killed on USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
SEAMAN 1C JOHN LAWRENCE "Jack" GILLES Kelso; lost in sinking of USS Hoel in Battle of Leyte Gulf, Oct. 25, 1944
RADIOMAN RALPH A. GUTHRIE Skamokawa; lost in anti-submarine patrol flight, Aug. 3, 1943; declared dead Aug. 4, 1944
AVIATION ORDNANCE 1C HOWARD STANLEY HASBROOK Kelso; killed in plane crash, 1944
SEAMAN 2C ROBERT L. HOWE Longview; lost in sinking of USS Wasp in South Pacific, Sept. 14, 1942
ENSIGN GLENN ALLAN HOYER Castle Rock; pilot; plane went down over South Pacific, April 8, 1942
AVIATION MACHINIST MATE 2C MARSHALL E. ISENBERG Kelso; killed in airplane crash in San Diego, Feb. 17, 1944
ENISIGN CARMAN James Jacobson Kelso; pilot; killed in plane crash in South Pacific, December 1944
Chief Boatswain Mate Floyd Johnson Castle Rock; died in Portland (heart attack) Dec. 25, 1944
Seaman 2C Peter Frank "Pete" Jordan Longview; killed in Battle of Cape Esperence aboard USS Boise, Oct. 11, 1942
Robert Paul Kronberg Jr. Died in a Tennessee hospital from spinal meningitis, April 1, 1945
Fireman 2C Joseph Lewis Londo Kelso; MIA in South Pacific, May 1942
Seaman 1C Leroy Martin "Sonny" Major Kelso; Amphibious Corps; killed in action in Okinawa, April 19, 1945
Boatswain 2C George Makelbust Longview; lost in Gilbert Islands landing aboard USS Liscombe Bay, Nov. 24, 1943
Fire Controlman 3C Robert T. Markshausen Kelso; killed in action in South Pacific, October 1944
Pharmacist Mate 3c Harvey James McClung Kelso. tribute (contributed by James E. Hunter)
Lt. Francis Bernard McIntyre Longview; missing in South Pacific, November 1943
Watertender 2c Frank Leon Miller Cathlamet; died of wounds received in action on destroyer on Okinawa, July 30, 1945
Seaman 2C Leslie Vernett Nelson Longview
Clifford Oscar Nielsen Cathlamet; stationed aboard USS Gwenn, July 1943 [Editor's note: Kari Kandoll contributed the following update: "Clifford Oscar Nielsen received a Purple Heart January 25th 1946. The family recently donated the certificate and purple heart to the Wahkiakum County Historical Society."]
Seaman 1C Clifford Wallace O'Brien Longview; killed in South Pacific, January 1944
Aviation Machinist Mate 1C William G. O'Brien Skamokawa; killed in plane crash in Long Island Sound, August 1943
Ensign Frank R. Parrish Kelso; died following operation in Utah hospital; Jan. 19, 1944
Lt. Samuel Christian Peterson Rose Valley; pilot and navigator; killed in action in South Pacific, April 19, 1944
Seaman 2C James Norman Phipps Longview; killed aboard USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
Seaman 1C Clinton Lavine Poe Kelso; MIA in South Pacific aboard a destroyer, December 1944
Walter L. Pringle Kelso; Coast Geotetic Survey; killed in Auichice, Alaska, Sept. 3, 1945
Pete Fineo provided additional information on Walter L. Pringle: "Actually, he died on Amchitka Island (not Auichice) in the Aleutian Islands Alaska on that date. I am researching the Amchitka Military Post Cemetery and came across his name. There were several things that caught my attention. Walter was only one of two civilians who died on the island. Most were army and a few navy with 51 total interments. Walter was only 17 years old at the time of his death. Also his death came the day after VJ day. All of these circumstances seem odd. I am trying to find out how he died but have not had success to date. You can see a photo of the cemetery here. The photo was taken earlier in 1945 before Walter's death. He would be placed next to the other civilian burial which is center left in the photo at the base of the flag pole by itself. That grave has a single white cross just to the left of the large dark cross which marks. Hope this info helps to correct his posting."
Aviation Radioman 3C Glen Edward Ray Kelso; plane failed to return from patrol flight over Aleutian Islands, June 3, 1942
Machinist 1C Leanord Cleaver Richter Longview; killed aboard the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
Seaman 1C Woodrow Arthur Riiff Longview; missing, presumed lost in ammunition ship explosion at Port Chicago, Calif., July 17, 1944
Aviation Ordnanceman 2C Arthur Edward Robinson Longview
Seaman 1C Woodrow Arthur Robinson Kelso; lost on plane mission over Bay of Biscay, March 20, 1944
Seaman 2C Harvey George Rushford Woodland; received burns aboard USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor, died Dec. 9, 1941
Fireman 1C Roy Hendrick Sauvola Kalama; killed in action off Philippines, October 1944
Pharmacist Mate 3C Norman Richard Schlecht Longview; drowned off Okinawa, September 1945
Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Sheridan Longview; died at Camp Parkes, Calif., from a tropical disease contracted while in the South Pacific, Nov. 11, 1944
Ships Cook 2C Norman Miles Sims Longview; lost in the South Pacific on the destroyer USS Pillsbury, March 1, 1942
Electricians Mate 3C Merle Andrew Smith Woodland; killed aboard USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
Pharmacist Mate 1C Robert A. Tyas Longview
Marc Gilchirst provided additional information on Robert Tyas: "His name was actualy Robert Howard Tyas and he died October 9, 1945 while serving aboard the USS Southern Seas (PY 32). The ship went down during Typhoon Louise near Okinawa. He was swept overboard and died while trying to save the ship's Executive Officer."
Seaman 1C Wayland LeMoyne Wait Longview; killed aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
Aviation Radioman 1C Charles T. Williams Jr. Kelso; MIA following combat duty
Richard Yeager
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sgt. Robert Gourde Longview; bombardier; lost over Germany, gunner in bomber that didn't return from raid, April 2, 1943
Clarence Stratton Woodland; lost in North Atlantic
James Harold Woodill Longview; leading aircraftsman; died in accident in Canada, July 14, 1943
Merchant Marines
Robert Garlock Castle Rock; radio operator; died in sinking of transport ship Massmar off NW coast of Iceland, July 5, 1942
Marvin D. Smith Able-bodied seaman; died after West Ivis torpedoed by U boat off eastern U.S. coast, Jan. 26, 1942
[Editor's note: the National Archives has also published a list of World War II casualties from the Army and Army Air Forces and Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.]