World War II

 

Ellis, David H

Family Line: Ellis, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Dates of Service: April 14, 1945 – May 3, 1946

 

Ellis, Frank Eugene

Family Line: Ellis, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: PFC

Dates of Service: September 18, 1942 – January 28, 1946

Awards: Purple Heart

 

 

 

 

 

Ellis, Morris (Bernie)

Family Line: Ellis, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: March 15, 1944 – January 2, 1946

 

Ship, Station or Activity: Pondera

Ship Number or Designation: APA-191

Known Dates: September 30, 1955 – April 30, 1945

 

Ellis, Ona George

Unit: U.S. Army, 101st Airborne

Rank: Sergeant

Dates of Service: August 24, 1944 – January 2, 1946

 

Ellis, Ora Ray

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: June 22, 1942 – April 22, 1945, 1947January 3, 1947 – July 1947

 

Unit: U.S. Air Force

Rank: Captain

Dates of Service: July 1, 1947 – October 31, 1963

Locations: Spain(1960)

 

Fisher, Weldon Edward

Family Line: McCracken, Spouse of Aunt

Unit: U.S. Army Air Force

Rank: Sergeant

Dates of Service: May 19, 1942 – October 11, 1945

Locations: Pacific Theater including Australia, New Guinea, Phillipines, New Zealand, and Okinawa

Description: Repairman & engine maintenance for B-29 Superfortress, B-25 Mitchell, and B-24 Liberator.

 

Fye, Donald W.

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

 

Fye, George W.

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Rank: Motor Machinist Mate I (MoMM I) First Class Petty Officer

 

Fye, James

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: Sergeant

 

Fye, Lawrence D.

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: Private

Unit: 111th Engineer Combat Battalion

Dates of Service: October 16, 1942 – January 31, 1945

Description: KIA France

 

Fye, Samuel F.

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Description: U.S.S. Ringold (March 31, 1943)

 

Hansen, Roland

Family Line: Ashby, Spouse of Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy Air Corps

Service Date: 1943 – 1945, served 26 months

Description: Trained on the Stearman biplane at Glenview Naval Air Station

Trained on the SNU-6 at Pensacola Naval Air Station

 

Hare, Paul R

Family Line: Helm, Spouse of Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy Air Corps

Position: ADJ1 – Aviation Machinist’s Mate (Jet Engine Mechanic)

Service Date: 20 September 1943 to 4 March 1963

Description: World War II and Korea

 

Heathman, James Easter

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army, Kansas National Guard

Rank: S Sergeant

Locations:  Philippines, Korea

Description: Received 4 medals

 

Heathman, William Edward

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army Air Force

Rank: Sergeant

 

Helm, Alvin

Family Line: Helm, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army Air Force

Rank: Master Sergeant

Dates of Service: October, 1940

 

 

 

 

 

Helm, Edward

Family Line: Helm, Half-Uncle

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: March 20, 1942 – March 29, 1943

 

 

 

 

 

Helm, Richard

Family Line: Helm, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army Air Force

Rank: Technical Sergeant

 

 

 

 

Houdashelt, Charles A.

Family Line: Ellis, Cousins

Unit: U.S. Navy

Rank: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Chief Petty Officer

Dates of Service: April 4, 1944 – April 10, 1957

Description: Also served in Korea.

 

Houdashelt, Earl

Family Line: Ellis, Cousins

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: Nov 13, 1935 –  Dec 5, 1946

 

Jamison, Ernest Roy

Family Line: Conner, cousin

Unit: Army

Dates of Service: Dec 6, 1943 – Dec 3, 1945

 

Johnston, Ellsworth

Unit: U.S. Army, Medical Corps

Rank: Technical Sgt.

Dates of Service: Spring 1943-1946

 

Johnston, Kenneth Leon

Family Line: Pellett, Cousin

Unit: USMC; U.S. Army

Rank: Captain, USMC; Captain U.S. Army

Description: Also served in Korea

 

Kutzner, Ernest L, Jr.

Family Line: Helm, Cousin

Unit: U. S. Army

Dates of Service: May 29, 1945 – October 28, 1946.

 

Kutzner, Wayne C.

Family Line: Helm, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: Private First Class

Dates of Service: January 21, 1943 – November 16, 1945

 

McCracken, Carl Andrew

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: October 12, 1943 – May 10, 1946

Description: MM3 (Machinist Mate). Responsible for maintaining machinery.

 

Ship, Station or Activity: Hercules

Ship Number or Designation: AK-41

Known Dates:31 Mar 1945

 

McCracken, Dewey Cortis “Doc”

Family Line: McCracken, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Army, 983rd Artillery Battalion

Rank: Private

Dates of Service: August 4, 1942 – April 3, 1943

Locations: California

Description: Radio Operator

 

 

 

 

McCracken, Dewey Stanton

Family Line: McCracken, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Army Airforce

Dates of Service: October 21, 1942 – 1946

Locations: Did basic training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas.  Spent a short amount of time in California and Florida.  Spent the majority of his service at Greenville, South Carolina where he worked with crews maintaining planes used in training.

 

 

 

 

 

McCracken, Glen Rosewell

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Dates of Service: September 1, 1942 – October 24, 1945

Locations: North Africa, Italy

Description: Also served in the Korean War

 

 

 

 

McCracken, Paul Lee

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Service Dates: Mar 13, 1942 –

 

Ship, Station or Activity: Naval Reserve

Known Dates: 30 Jun 1942

 

Ship, Station or Activity: Bogue

Ship Number or Designation: CVE-9

Known Dates: December 1944 – February 1945

 

Ship, Station or Activity: Mission Bay

Ship Number or Designation: CVE-59

Known Dates: March 1945 – June 1945

 

McCracken, Ray Eugene

Family Line: McCracken, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: May 16, 1944 – March 30, 1945

 

McCracken, Rex H.

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U. S. Coast Guard

Dates of Service: October 28, 1940 – June 17, 1946

Locations: New Jersey, Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

McCracken, William (Howard)

Family Line: McCracken, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Army, 88th Division, 350th Regiment, Company C

Dates of Service: October 16, 1943 – April 17, 1945

Locations: Primarily Italy

Description:  He was stateside only for basic training and pre-deployment.  He then went to North Africa, but only to wait until he was needed as a replacement.  He joined the 88th shortly after they freed Rome and stayed with him until he went MIA after being injured near Monterumici Hill, Italy.  Read more . . .

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star

 

 

Moody, DL “Craig”

Family Line: Jury, Step son of an Uncle

Unit: U.S Army, member of 803rd Engineers

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Service Number: 6856703

Service Dates: Enlisted 1937, Re-enlisted 1940 – November 21, 1942

Locations: Ft Riley (1937-1940); Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, MA (July 1, 1941); Sailed for the Philippine Islands on October 4, 1941 where he was stationed at Ft Stotsenburg, Clark Field, Luzon

Description: Fought on Battaan and was a prisoner (POW) of the Japanese in Camp Cabanatuan where he died on November 21, 1942 at the age of 27.

 

Niemeir, Glen Wayne

Family Line: McCracken, Spouse of Aunt

Unit: U.S. Army, 534th Medical Detachment

Service Dates: August 31, 1942 – 1945

Locations: North Africa, Italy, France, Germany

Description: He was a medic. He did basic training and medical training at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas.

Awards: 5 Bronze Stars

 

Peck, Loren G

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Rank: Seaman 1 C

Service Dates: August 2, 1944 – May 22, 1946

 

Peelle, Gene L. “Bud”

Family Line: Peelle, Cousin

Unit: Army Air Corp

Rank: Technical Sgt.

Dates of Service: July 1942 – October 1945

Description: Served Ft. Harrison Atlantic City
786th Technical School Squadron (Lincoln, NE)
40th Academic Squadron (Lincoln, NE)
18th Replacement Group Sq. B- Salt Lake City
52 Bomber Sqdrn – Gowen Field, Boise, ID
464 Bambardment Grp, 778 Bomb Sq. Army Air Base, Pocatello, Italy, North Africa,
503 Base Unit, Sqdn. C, AAB Charleston, SC Army Transport Command
combat crew (gunner) on B-24 bomber technical inspector

Awards: Presidential Unit Citation

Distinguished Flying Medal

Air Medal

 

Pellett, Harlan

Family Line: Pellett, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Rank: Y2 (Yeoman 2nd Class Petty Officer)

Dates of Service: September 21, 1942 – November 6, 1945

 

Pellett, Walter (Earl)

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: PFC

Dates of Service: 1943 –

 

Peterson, Harold

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U. S. Coast Guard

Locations: All over the seas

Description: Gunner’s mate.  He was injured after the war when assigned to a lighthouse.  They were reroofing the lighthouse when the scaffolding broke and he fell breaking his back.  He was also hit on the head by falling objects.  He was in a body cast for seven months and had headaches for years to come.

 

 

Plummer, Paul Eugene

Family Line: Ellis, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Dates of Service: February 14, 1942 –

 

Plummer, Robert Glen

Family Line: Ellis, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army

Dates of Service: September 23, 1941 –

 

Rhodes, Hubert A.

Family Line: Pellett, Special Friend of Pellett Family

Unit: U.S. Army

 

Ross, Everett Raymond

Family Line: McCracken, Spouse of Aunt

Unit: U.S. Army 81st Wildcat Division

Dates of Service: 1942 – 1945

Locations: Pacific

 

Salyer, Edison

Family Line: McCracken, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: April 20, 1945 – March 1, 1946

 

Stipe, Arthur “Bud” C

Family Line: Ronald, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army Airforce, Airforce Reserve (after war)

Unit: Eighth Air Force 100th Bombardment Group

Rank: Lt Colonel in 1961 (Airforce Reserve)

Dates of Service: 1941 –

Description: B-17 pilot stationed in England, flying bombing missions over Germany and occupied countries in Europe. Received numerous awards for his service, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the nation’s highest aerial combat award.

 

Thomas, Francis Carlysle

Family Line: Thomas, Cousin

Unit: 245th Engineer Combat Battalion

Rank: 2nd Lt.

Dates of Service: November 12, 1943 – March 7, 1945

Description: Died in Germany during the war.

 

Thomas, Leonard W. (Leland William)

Family Line: Thomas, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Navy

Dates of Service: May 22, 1942 – October 21, 1945

Description: Metalsmith

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas, Robert Roy

Family Line: Thomas, Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army 11 Infantry, 5th Infantry Division

Rank: Private

Dates of Service: Jan 25, 1942 – Sep 22, 1945

 

Thomson, Reid James

Family Line: Thomson, Uncle

Unit: U.S. Navy

Rank: RM (Radioman) 3

Description: Served three years

 

 

 

Vanderpool, Robert N

Family Line: Pellett, Spouse of Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army Air Force, 317 Base Unit

Rank: Private First Class (PFC)

 

Whittenberg, Wesley Harvey

Family Line: Pellett, Spouse of Cousin

Unit: U.S. Navy

 

Wilkie, Edward H.

Family Line: Peelle

Unitl: U.S. Army

Rank: Captain

 

Wilkie, John

Family Line: Peelle

Unit: U.S. Army

Rank: Captain

 

Zielsdorf, Richard

Family Line: McCracken, Spouse of Cousin

Unit: U.S. Army