PVT Howard E. Peterson

courtesy of Skip Farrow

PVT Howard E. Peterson appears to have been born 30 Jul 1913 in Butte, Montana. He was the youngest of the four sons of John A. and Mary (Reinwand) Peterson. John was a miner in Mary died in 1929 and John remarried soon after. Howard and one brother were residents in the Montana Industrial School in Miles City.

Howard was living in Butte when he enlisted in the Army, probably in 1935. Howard was stationed in Hawaii and at Fort McDowell, California on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. We also know that he was serving in the medical corps and was likely trained as a medic. Prior to D-Day, perhaps months prior, PVT Peterson was assigned to the 104th Medical Battalion in England. He was with that unit on 6 Jun 1944. PVT Peterson was assigned to Medical Detachment 116th Infantry on 18 Jul 1944 and then was immediately attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 116th Infantry and served as a medical aidman in the Aid Station. Wounded by artillery fire on 15 Jul 1944 near Saint-Lo, he was relieved from attachment while in the hospital and then returned to duty with the Medical Detachment 116th Infantry on 16 Aug 1944.  PVT Peterson was wounded again on 27 Aug 1944, this time in the torso. He was first evacuated to a field hospital and underwent a splenectomy and then eventually evacuated to a military hospital at Cambridge, England where he died of his wounds on 28 Oct 1944.

 PVT Peterson rests forever in the Cambridge American Cemetery.

We know that his brother, MSG James J. Peterson was serving at what is now Edwards Air Force Base but was then known as Muroc Army Air Base in 1946.

CPL Nick Mitchell

CPL Nick Mitchell, b. 22 Feb 1894 (as Nickodemas Mitchum) - d. 28 Oct 1958. Son of James Wesley "Nick" and Sarah Elizabeth (Childress) Mitchum in Rockingham County, NC we know that he had several siblings. A member of C Company 116th Infantry in WWI, he was wounded. He worked as an electrician in Raleigh, NC after the war and died at the VA hospital in Kecoughton, VA. He is buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.

A quick note/addendum... Nick's dad may have been born Nicholas Mitchell as his grandfather was J W (likely James Wesley Mitchell) but for some reason his father went by Mitchum for most of his life, as borne out by his children often using that surname. In fact, to this point, Nick is the only child that we've found who used the surname Mitchell. In any case, Nick's mom was born in Pittsylvania County which likely was a reason he enlisted in the Danville unit and thence to C Company 116th Infantry.

PFC Earl Thomas Jr

courtesy of James Burke

PFC Earl Thomas Jr was the first born of 3 children of William Earl and Julia (McElhannon) Thomas. He was born 5 Jun 1923 in Cisco, Texas. His mother died in 1930 and Earl was apparently sent to an orphanage in Corsicana, Texas and was still living there when he registered for the draft in 1942. Earl had only completed 3 years of high school.

Earl was drafted in June 1943. Sent to the European theater after completing his basic military training, PVT Thomas was assigned to M Company 116th Infantry in early 1944. He was with the unit on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944, in the amphibious landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. He was wounded on 8 Jun 1944 by artillery fragments in a wrist and foot and sent to hospital. He returned to the unit via the replacement depot on 9 Aug 1944. Earl was promoted to PFC on 10 Aug 1944. PFC Thomas then fought with the unit through the campaign to liberate Brest and through the Netherlands into northern Germany. PFC Thomas was wounded by artillery fragments in the back into a lung, evacuated to hospital and died of his wound(s) there on 25 Oct 1944. 

PFC Thomas was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon.

PVT Joseph J. Leon

courtesy of Glenn

PVT Joseph J. Leon was born 18 Jul 1922 in New York, New York to Arturo and Julia Leon. His parents and older siblings were natives of Puerto Rico. His father owned a cigar store and the family traveled several times to and from Puerto Rico.

We think that Joseph "fudged" his birth date to enlist in the New York National Guard in 1939 (M Company 71st Infantry).  His unit was federalized on 16 Sep 1940.  However, PVT Leon was not transferred to B Company 116th Infantry until 11 Aug 1944 and came to the unit from the replacement depot.  He was wounded on 3 Sep 1944 and evacuated to the hospital.  Again, we do not know when he returned to the unit but he is shown as being promoted to PFC on 20 Sep 1944.  Despite this entry in the morning report he is still shown as a PVT in the entry recording his being killed in action on 25 Oct 1944. 

PVT Leon was repatriated and is buried in Long Island National Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.

PVT Glenn David Llewellyn

courtesy of  Kathy Merris Mills

PVT Glenn David Llewellyn was born 21 Oct 1924 in Dobson, North Carolina to Henry and Nina Ardella (Love) Llewellyn.  The family farmed.

After entering the service Glenn was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Llewellyn was killed in action on 23 Oct 1944.

PVT Llewellyn was repatriated in 1947 and now rests forever in the Central View Missionary Baptist Cemetery in Dobson, North Carolina.

Uncle, John Graves Llewellyn served as a SGT in the Army during WWII. Older brother Thomas Franklin Llewellyn served as a CPL in the Army during the war.

SGT George Evert Jones Jr

SGT George Evert Jones Jr was born 3 Jan 1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana to George Evert and Icie (Evans) Jones. His father was a salesman. 

George was drafted in November 1941. After his basic training he was assigned to Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 116th Infantry, perhaps before the unit departed for England in September 1942.  If so, he would have trained for and taken part in the amphibious assault  place on 6 Jun 1944. SGT Jones was killed in action on 22 Oct 1944.

SGT Jones is buried in the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona.

PFC Joseph Kovaleski

courtesy of Des Philippet

PFC Joseph Kovaleski was the son of John Kovaleski.  Although his father lived in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1948, Joseph entered the service from Ohio.

He was sent overseas after his initial training.  Sent to England he was assigned to H Company 116th Infantry.  We believe that he participated in the D-Day landings.  PFC Kovaleski fought with the unit until 16 Jul 1944 when he was wounded and evacuated to the hospital. Joseph returned to the unit from the replacement depot on 28 Aug 1944.  He fought with the unit through the battle for Brest.  PFC Kovaleski was killed in action on 22 Oct 1944.

PFC Kovaleski was buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

PFC Duling Montgomery Angel

PFC Duling Montgomery Angel was born 6 Jun 1922 in Whitley County, Kentucky to Henry Bird and Laura (Harp) Angel.  His father was a railroad repairman.  In 1940, Duling was driving a truck and had reportedly earned $360 in 1939. 

Duling was drafted in November 1942 and was recorded as being married.  The regimental headquarters lost everyone on one of the boats in which it landed on D-Day and on 14 Jun 1944, Duling was one of the necessary replacements reporting for duty with Headquarters 116th Infantry.  On 22 Oct 1944, PFC Angel was wounded by artillery fire and evacuated to hospital where he died that same day. 

Repatriated in 1948, PFC Angel is buried in Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. 

SGT Paul Willard Smith

courtesy of David Sifford

SGT Paul Willard Smith was born on 23 Nov 1919 in Frisco, Oklahoma (now a ghost town) in Canadian County. He was the 5th of 9 children born to Benjamin Franklin and Nellie V. (Butler) Smith. His father was a laborer and during the depression the family moved quite a bit living mostly in Belton and Lubbock, Texas. His father was known to most as "Frank" and in 1940 he was paying $10 a month rent and reporting a 1939 income of $624. Paul married Obeda Alyene Johnston originally from Mena, Arkansas. The couple had their first child, a boy, in September 1942.

Paul was drafted in late 1943. After his basic military training he was sent to the European theater. We do not know if he was home on furlough when he and his wife had their 2nd child, a daughter this time, in June 1944. PVT Smith was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 17 Jul 1944. PVT Smith was injured in action on 3 Aug 1944. He returned to the unit direct from the hospital on 10 Sep 1944 and was promoted to PFC on 12 Sep 1944. He must have demonstrated some leadership skills because he was promoted to SGT on 18 Oct 1944 as the unit moved into Germany and against German forces in Aachen. SGT Smith was killed in action on 22 Oct 1944.

SGT Smith was repatriated and re-interred in May of 1948. He now rests forever in the City of Lubbock Cemetery in Lubbock, Texas.

Paul and Obeda's daughter died when she was accidentally suffocated in November 1944.

PVT William Richard Simpson

PVT William Richard Simpson was born 10 Apr 1925 in Oneida, New York. He was the 2nd of 4 children born to George Edwin and Gladys Eva (McClellan) Simpson. His father worked in a furniture factory in Vernon, New York for many years. The family was living on Foster Street in 1940 which they rented for $14 a month. His father reported a 1939 income of $1200 or about $25000 in today's money. By 1943, William was working for Ledley Drug Company.

William was drafted in July 1943. he trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina before heading to Fort Meade, Maryland and shipping out for England. As you can see from the shoulder insignia he is wearing in the photograph, PVT Simpson was at one time assigned to the 17th Airborne Division. PVT Simpson was sent to England and on 13 or 20 Jun 1944 was transferred from the replacement depot to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 116th Infantry. He was transferred to B Company 116th Infantry on 2 Oct 1944. He was wounded in action on 21 Oct 1944 and evacuated to hospital where he died of his wound(s) on 22 Oct 1944.

PVT Simpson was repatriated in 1947 and re-interred in Glenwood Cemetery in Oneida, New York.

William's brother, Donald Edwin Simpson, served as a a CPL in the Dutch East Indies.

PFC Carmen Vasquez Ramos

courtesy of Des Philippet

PFC Carmen Vasquez Ramos was born Juan Carmen Vasquez Ramos on 16 Jul 1910 in Santa-ana Pacueco, Guanajuato, Mexico. He entered the country at El Paso, Texas on 28 Sep 1926 and moved to Chicago, Illinois where he eventually became a section foreman at an iron foundry. He married Lucille Morales, also a native of Mexico, in Chicago on 28 Mar 1931. The couple lived at 1456 Washburne Avenue in Chicago.

Carmen was drafted in November 1943 and was trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia in C Company 3rd Infantry Training Battalion. On 13 Apr 1944 he was sworn in as a naturalized citizen of the United States. PVT Ramos was then sent to England, probably after a 14-day furlough to visit his wife in Chicago, and he was then moved on to the replacement depot. PVT Ramos was transferred from the replacement depot to H Company 116th Infantry on 21 Jul 1944. He was promoted to PFC on 11 Aug 1944. PFC Ramos continued to fight with H Company until killed in action in Germany on 22 Oct 1944.

PFC Ramos was interred in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

T5 James Edward Frazier

T5 James Edward Frazier was born 12 Dec 1907 in Aquia, Virginia to George Washington and Annie Runia (Dickerson) Frazier.  His father farmed. 

Drafted in May 1941 he was assigned to the 116th Regimental Headquarters.  He was with that element when wounded in October 1944.  He died of those wounds on 21 Oct 1944.

T5 Frazier was returned to the U.S. and is buried in the Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery in Aquia, Virginia. 

PFC Clifford Leroy Ulam

courtesy of Scout

PFC Clifford Leroy Ulam was born 30 Apr 1924 in Edwardsburg, Michigan. He was the youngest of the 9 children born to John David and Sarah Loretta (Hodges) Ulam. His father supported the family on a rented farm near Volina, Michigan. Clifford did not progress beyond grammar school and went to work as a farm hand. He was working for Ernest Benjamin in Lawton, Michigan in 1942. 

Clifford was drafted in April 1943. After his basic military training he was probably sent to England but we do not yet know where. PFC Ulam was transferred from the replacement depot to H Company 116th Infantry on 22 Jul 1944 as the regiment approached Vire, France. He served as an ammunition handler in support of unit operations in the battle of Vire and was wounded a shoulder and foot by artillery fire on 6 Aug 1944 but remained on duty. He continued to serve through the Brest campaign and as the regiment moved into Germany near Aachen. Details are lacking but PFC Ulam was killed in action on 21 Oct 1944. 

PFC Ulam was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Almena Cemetery in Paw Paw, Michigan where he will rest forever with family members. 

Clifford's older brother, John David Ulam Jr, served in the U.S. Army during WW2. Grandfather, George Hodges, served as a PVT in K Company 13th Michigan Infantry (USA) was wounded at Chickamauga and had his right foot amputated. Grandfather, John Burton Ulam, served during the Civil War as a PVT in H Company 30th Michigan Infantry (USA).

PVT John J. Popovich

PVT John J. Popovich was born 23 Feb 1916 in South Fork, Pennsylvania. He was the 3rd of 8 children born to Michael and Elizabeth (Ferencik) Popovich. His father worked as a coal miner and in a steel mill where he reported a 1939 income of $1200. The family owned their home valued at $2000 at 254 Marigold Street in Munhall, Pennsylvania. In 1940, John was working as a driver for a bakery and he reported a 1939 income of $800. He was still living with his family. Establishing an independent life, he married Susan Evans on 21 Jul 1941. The couple had a daughter in November 1942.

John was still driving in January 1944 when he was drafted. After his basic military training he was sent to the European theater in July 1944. PVT Popovich was transferred from the replacement depot to C Company 116th Infantry on 11 Aug 1944. He fought with the unit until killed in action on 21 Oct 1944.

PVT Popovich was repatriated in 1950 and re-interred in Saint Nicholas Cemetery in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

PFC John Joseph Bishop

PFC John Joseph Bishop was born 2 Jun 1912 in Gilmanton, Minnesota to Frank Joseph and Mary Victoria (Wagner) Bishop.  Father Frank was an engineer on the railroad.  In 1930 John was working odd jobs to contribute to the large family of 13. 

We don't know when John began his service but he was assigned to Medical Detachment 116th Infantry in time to participate in the D-Day landings.  He went back and forth between the Medical Detachment and Headquarters 2nd Battalion (at their aide station) and was thought to be missing in action a couple of times.  He was killed in action on 20 Oct 1944. 

PFC Bishop is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. 

Several of his brothers also served in WWII: Ralph Frank Bishop (PFC, Army), George Lawrence Bishop (PFC, Army), Joseph Anthony Bishop (PFC, Army).  Brother Bernard Donald Bishop served in the Army in Korea.

PFC Samuel Aaron Rothenberg

PFC Samuel Aaron Rothenberg was probably born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924. We believe he was the son of Samuel A. and Esther (Wosnitzer) Rothenberg. His father was a hatter who owned his own factory.

Samuel probably enlisted after June 1941. His basic military training may have been at one of the regional military training centers established earlier that year, perhaps at Fort Meade, Maryland where it is possible that he was assigned to A Company 116th Infantry. If so, he would have trained there, during the Carolina maneuvers and at Camp Blanding, Florida before going to England with the 116th. He trained there for the amphibious landing planned as part of the invasion and liberation of occupied France. He took part in that attack on 6 Jun 1944 when the company landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach. He was wounded in action on that day and evacuated to hospital. PFC Rothenberg returned to the unit via the replacement depot on 10 Aug 1944. He was wounded again in the fight for Brest and again sent to hospital on 14 Sep 1944. He returned to the unit from the replacement depot on 30 Sep 1944. PFC Rothenberg was killed in action on 19 Oct 1944 near Wurselen, Germany.
 

PFC Rothenberg was repatriated and re-interred in the Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun Cemetery in Elizabehth, New Jersey.

PVT Chester Kalman Kleinman

PVT Chester Kalman Kleinman was born on 20 May 1913, in the New York, New York. He was the youngest of five sons of Hyman and Sarah Kleinman. Both parents had immigrated from Russia. His father ran a laundry and his parents had retired by 1940.

Chester was apparently working as a foreman in a manufacturing firm when he was drafted in October 1943.  After training he was sent to Europe and transferred from the replacement depot to Headquarters 2nd Battalion 116th Infantry on 4 Sep 1944 where he was to work as a message center clerk.  There must have been some problem as he was reassigned on 2 Oct 1944 to A Company 116th Infantry as a rifleman.  A Company was in 1st Battalion 116th Infantry.  PVT Kleinman was killed in action on 19 Oct 1944.

We believe that PVT Kleinman was repatriated and is buried in a Jewish cemetery somewhere in the New York City area, possibly in New Jersey.  He is not buried overseas. 

PFC John Henry Lauer

PFC John Henry Lauer was born 6 Jan 1917 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania the second of five children of Charles Koerper and Arah C. (Ross) Lauer. His father worked as a carpenter and in a steel factory.

John was drafted in March 1942.  As shown in the photo he at one time held the rank of CPL in another unit but we don't have the details of all his service.  As reflected in the unit morning reports it seems that he was assigned to I Company 116th Infantry in England prior to 6 Jun 1944 and participated in the landing at Omaha beach serving as a rifleman.  PVT Lauer was promoted to PFC on 1 Oct 1944. He was thought to me missing in action and then found to be wounded and evacuated to hospital on 10 Oct 1944.  PFC Lauer died of his wound(s) on 18 Oct 1944.

PFC Lauer was repatriated and re-interred in Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

His brothers also served. James Wagner Lauer served in Service Battery 905th Field Artillery Battalion (1942-1945). Charles Edward Lauer served in C Battery 840th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (1942-1945).

PFC Raymond Fews Hess

PFC Raymond Fews Hess was born 4 Aug 1916 in Williamstown, Pennsylvania to John Clarence and Cora Ann (Haskins) Hess.  His father was a coal miner.  In 1940 Raymond was working at the mine as well and still living with his parents.  The family had a combined reported 1939 income of $1650.

Raymond was drafted in May 1943.  He had been working as a bookkeeper/clerk. Raymond was sent to Europe.  On 22 Jul 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry.  Interestingly, his military occupational specialty (MOS) is given as 803-Bugler.  PFC Hess was killed in action on 18 Oct 1944.

PFC Hess was repatriated and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Williamstown, Pennsylvania.

PVT James B. Pawlik

PVT James B. Pawlik was born 12 Feb 1907 in East Saint Louis, Illinois. All we know of his parents is that they were both natives of Poland. We think that James enlisted in the Army and had been serving in the Canal Zone in 1930, returning aboard the USS Chateau Thierry in 1932. On 16 Jul 1934 he sailed aboard USAT Republic for Hawaii. He was not there, he shipped out for San Francisco aboard the USAT Republic on 7 Aug 1934. He served with the 35th Infantry at Fort McDowell, California. James was discharged in 1935 and went to work for a railroad.

James married Lucia Stiso, a native of Chicago, on 30 Jun 1937. He may have left the railroad for a bit. In 1940 he was working as a packer and Lucy was working as a milliner. Although they were working all through 1939, together they made about $1300 and paid $15 a month rent on their flat at 3232 South Wells Street in Chicago. James and Lucy had a daughter born 7 Dec 1942.

We aren't certain when James re-entered the Army but it appears that he was serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 116th Infantry prior to D-Day, 6 Jun 1944. He worked as an ammunition handler and as an anti-tank gun crewman.  PVT Pawlik was killed in action on 18 Oct 1944 near Aachen, Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star.

PVT Pawlik is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

James wife, Lucy, never re-married.  The couple had 10 grand-children 8 great grand-children.

SSG Ernest Joshua Howard

SSG Ernest Joshua Howard was born 10 May 1923 in Leota, Missouri to Peter Nero and Myrtle Mae (Wicker) Howard. The family farmed and then Peter operated a grocery store. On 14 Jun 1941, in Fulton County, Arkansas, Ernest married Veda Ruth Cotter. The Howards moved to Kern County, California.  In December that same year they would have a son, Kenneth Dean Howard.  Kenneth died 4 Mar 1942. 

Ernest was working on a dairy farm when he was drafted in October 1943.  On 17 Jul 1944, he was transferred from the replacement depot to A Company 116th Infantry where he served as a rifleman.  PVT Howard was promoted to PFC on 11 Aug 1944. He is next noted in the morning report as being a SSG when he was killed in action on 18 Oct 1944.

SSG Howard was awarded the Silver Star for actions on 16 Sep 1944 when he fired 25 rifle grenades from an exposed position in indirect fire and managed to force Germans from a position allowing the platoon to advance. 

SSG Howard is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

PVT James Carl Yandell

courtesy of Danny Riley

PVT James Carl Yandell was born 8 Dec 1919 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of the 4 children of George Wilson and Nancy Adeline (Perryman) Yandell. His father was a miner working in the local fluorspar mines for the Fairview Fluorspar and Lead Mining Company. James' youngest brother, Thomas Nathan Yandell, was born in March 1926 and died of hemophilia just 9 days later. After some time George was able to purchase a home on the Sisco Chapel Road which was valued at $500 in 1940. James also went to work in the fluorpsar mines. 1939 was not a good year in the mines and the pair only worked a total of 36 weeks earning a reported $310 for the family. George died of tuberculosis at the age of 59 in 1941. James was working for Charles Reed of Marion, Kentucky as a driller in the mines.

Just a year later, in September 1942, James was drafted and entered the service and Evansville, Indiana. PVT Yandell was likely in England long before D-Day but was not transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry on 13 Jun 1944. It was during this time that the regiment was struggling to maintain unit strength and combat effectiveness after the losses on 6 Jun 1944 and PVT Yandell was again transferred, this time to F Company on 22 Jun 1944 where he served as a rifleman. Where PVT Yandell actually was is in question because he was recorded as being wounded by artillery fire on 20 Jun and evacuated to hospital from which he was not discharged until August 1944. PVT Yandell was transferred from the replacement depot to the Medical Detachment 116th Infantry on 15 Aug 1944 where he initially served as a duty soldier, likely doing whatever was required in operations. He is shown as serving as a medical aidman when he was again wounded by artillery fire on 16 Oct 1944. Evacuated to a higher level hospital PVT Yandell died of his wounds on 18 Oct 1944 despite treatment.

PVT Yandell was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Marion, Kentucky.

James other younger brother, Robert Charles Yandell, also served in the U.S. Army during WW2

SSG Ralph Leroy Oveson

Argus Leader, 14 Nov 1944

SSG Ralph Leroy Oveson was born 27 Mar 1924 in Minnehaha County, Minnesota. He was the 4th of the 9 children born to Albert Cornelius and Alma Maria (Froseth) Oveson. His father worked as a laborer on farms in the area of Brandon, Minnesota and later in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Ralph apparently moved out of the household prior to 1940. By 1943 he was working for a defense contractor in Los Angeles, California.

Ralph was drafted in December 1943. He trained at Camp Fannin, Texas before shipping overseas in June 1944. PVT Oveson was transferred from the replacement depot to A Company 116th Infantry on 17 Jul 1944. He must have demonstrated leadership and soldier skills to have been promoted from PVT to SSG by the time he was killed in action near Aachen, Germany on 18 Oct 1944.

SSG Oveson rests forever in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

Ralph's brother, Arnold Leland Oveson, also served in the infantry during the 2nd world war.

PFC Oscar James Johnson

PFC Oscar James Johnson was born 16 Jan 1919 in Simpson County, Kentucky to Aaron and Sarah J. (White) Johnson. The family farmed. Oscar probably married Lillian Carline Baugh in 1941. 

Oscar was working as a sales clerk when he was drafted in April 1942. He and Lillian were blessed with a daughter in early 1943. We don't know where he was until he was transferred from the replacement depot to F Company 116th Infantry on 5 Sep 1944. However, it is likely he had been serving with another unit. PVT Johnson was promoted to PFC on 21 Sep 1944.  On 17 Oct 1944, PFC Johnson was killed in action.

PFC Johnson was repatriated and is buried in Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Kentucky. It seems that Lillian never remarried. 

PVT Manuel R. Flores

PVT Manuel R. Flores was born in Pima County, Arizona in 1917 to Francisco and Carmen Flores. In 1940 Manuel worked at the city nursery to support his family.

Manuel was drafted in January 1944. On 5 Sep 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry.  On 17 Oct 1944 he was missing in action but that was later determined to be the day he was killed in action.

Manuel is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.