Major Havelock David Nelson was born on March 27, 1898, to Horatio H. Nelson and Nora B. Brewer-Nelson in Canton, Ohio. With his two sisters and two brothers, he grew up in Canton and Springfield, Ohio. He attended Wittenberg College
Pvt. George Lavarez Abapo
Born: 9 May 1911 – Bay Bey, Leyte, Philippine Islands
Parents: Unknown
Siblings: Unknown
Home: 753 Minna Street – San Francisco, California
Employment: American Can Company
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
– Next of Kin:
Pvt. Rudolph Oliver Bolstad
Born: 3 September 1905 – Mary Township, Norman County, Minnesota
Parents: Ole E. Bolstad and Ida Aasen-Bolstad
Siblings: 3 sisters, 3 brothers
Home: Perley, Minnesota
Occupation: farmer
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
– Contact: Ingman
PFC James Patrick Boyd
Born: 21 October 1917 – Sweetwater, Texas
Parents: S. P. Boyd and Ethel D. Parks-Boyd
Siblings: 3 sisters, 1 brother
Home: Star Route – Sweetwater, Texas
Nickname: Pat
Graduated: Sweetwater High School – 1935
Occupation: Self-Employed
Pvt. Gerald Dean Foley
Born: 31 October 1914 – Minnesota
Parents: Dohliner S. Foley & Marie Halverson-Foley
Siblings: 3 sisters, 1 brother, 1 half-sister
Home: 5036 East Sixth Street – Los Angles, California
Enlisted:
– U. S. Army
– not
T/4 Arthur George Gattie
Born: 14 February 1921 – Minnesota
Parents: Arthur U. Gattie & Gladys Hess-Gattie
Siblings: 2 brothers
Home: 1002 8th Street – Brainerd, Minnesota
Education: Washington High School
– left high school during his junior year
Occupation:
Pvt. Frank W. Gyovai was born on February 15, 1920, in Sovereign, West Virginia, to Stephen Gyovai and Ethel Pappi-Gyovai who were Hungarian immigrants. With his four brothers and one sister, he resided in Boone County, West Virginia, where his
2nd Lt. James Howard Hart
Born: 21 August 1918 – May, Oklahoma
Father: Carmel H. Hart and Abbie Garman-Hart
– mother died in childbirth in 1919
– stepmother: Arlie May Vickroy-Hart – 1923
Siblings: 1 brother, 3 half-brothers
– another
Major Richard Coordes Kadel was born on August 13, 1904, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Phillip H. Kadel and Metta Coodes-Kadel. With his sister, he grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He married Kathryn Allison Curd in Cave City, Kentucky.
Pvt. Hayden Reed Lawrence
Born: 7 March 1919 – Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Parents: John S. Lawrence and Henrietta Addie Curtis-Lawrence
Siblings: 2 sisters
Nickname: Reed
Home: Rapides Parish, Louisiana
– lived on the family’s farm
Graduated: Buckeye High School –
Pvt. Harvey Emmet Logue was born on October 26, 1915, to Michael T. Logue and Rosie May Little-Logue in Kellyville, Oklahoma, and was one of the couple’s six children. Sometime during the 1920s, both of Harvey’s parents died, and he
Cpl George Morton McCarhty Jr. was born on April 24, 1923, to George M. McCarthy Sr. and Gertrude Elizabeth McCarthy in Janesville, Wisconsin. As a child, he grew up at 600 St. Mary’s Avenue and 801 Thomas Street. He attended