Nagara Maru
12 August 1942 – 14 August 1942
Pvt. Eugene Leroy Davidson
Born: 17 February 1919 – Stella, Washington
Parents: Leroy and Minnie Davidson
Siblings: 4 sisters, 1 brother
Home: Route #1 – Benton, Oregon
Occupation: farmer
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact person: Minnie Davidson –
PFC Paul Edward Furr
Born: 13 February 1919 – West Virginia
Parents: Clyde Furr and Cora L Hawkins-Furr
Siblings: 3 sisters, 2 brothers
Hometown: Smithville, West Virginia
Nickname: “Jack”
Occupation: Hope Natural Gas Company – roughneck -oil and gas fields
PFC James Jacob Halterman
Born: 20 December 1920 – Buckhannon, West Virginia
Parents: Arthur R. Halterman and Ana E. Crites-Halterman
Siblings: 3 sisters, 4 brothers
Hometown:
– Akron, Ohio – 1930
– 161 Wood Street – Buckhannon, West Virginia
Enlisted:
Pvt. Richard Leroy Longmire
Born: 13 October 1921 – Santa Barbara County, California
Parents: Frederick Longmire and Audrey R. Mecham-Longmire
– mother married Arnold Reiland
Nickname: Dick
Siblings: 1 brother
– in 1930, Richard and his brother, Robert, were wards
Cpl. Daniel Harden Nugent was born on July 16, 1920, in Meade County, Kentucky, to Daniel Nugent and Annie Jane Gray-Nugent. With his three sisters and brother, he lived at 122 Main Cross Street in Hawesville, Kentucky. He worked as
Cpl. Noel Marven Ravneberg
Born: 19 November 1916 – Devils Lake, North Dakota
Parents: Ed and Martha Ravneberg
Siblings: 1 brother
Home: No. 29 Baird Block – Devils Lake, North Dakota
Married: Martha Ravneberg – 26 May 1936 – Cass
Cpl. Warren Bernard Smith Jr.
Born: 1919 – New York
Parents: Warren B Smith Sr. and Ann F. Pschierer-Smith
– mother married Joseph Adcock – 19 June 1936
Home: 316 Soledad (rear) Street – Salinas, California
– student
Enlisted:
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Pvt. Albert K. Walker was born in Joseph, Oregon, on September 18, 1919, to Jesse D. Walker and Ruby Hazel Millhollen-Walker. He was the third of four sons born to the couple and was known as “Keith” to his family.
PFC Roy Vernon Wehrkamp
Born: 12 August 1918 – Williston, North Dakota
Parents: Henry and Mazie Wehrkamp
– parents divorced
– mother remarried – Mazie Wayne
Siblings: 1 half-sister
Home: 503 Tenth Avenue South – Fargo, North Dakota
Employment: WDAY
Pvt. Lucian F. Yankey was born on January 3, 1914, in Boyle County, Kentucky, to John Yankey and Martha Lula Roney-Yankey. His mother died the day after she gave birth to him. It is known that he had three sisters