Sgt. Raymond Phillip Mason was born on April 17, 1917, in Maywood, Illinois, and lived at 112 South 11th Avenue in Maywood. He and his sister were the children of Katherine and Harold Mason. His mother would later marry, Carl
Cpl. James Robert Martin was the son of Harry. A. Martin and Mary O’Brien-Martin. He was born on January 2, 1918, in Chicago. As a child, he and his one sister and four brothers grew up first in Lombard, Illinois,
S/Sgt. Walter John Mahr was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on March 5, 1922, and was the son of Conrad Mahr and Anna Miller-Mahr. With his two brothers and two sisters, he lived at 408 South 13th Avenue in Maywood,
PFC Carl Anthony Maggio was born on November 17, 1921, in Melrose Park, Illinois. With his two brothers and two sisters, he was the son of Tony Maggio and Grace Clenbrognio-Maggio and was raised in Melrose Park, Illinois. He graduated
S/Sgt. Robert Edward Peterson was born on March 6, 1921, to John E. Peterson and Maribel I. Schwarz-Peterson in Chicago, Illinois. With his brother, Roy, and his sister, June, he was raised at 906 South Ninth Avenue in Maywood, Illinois,
2nd Lt. Matthew Sidney MacDowell was born in Addison, New York, on August 22, 1912. As a child, he and his sister grew up at 612 South 21st Avenue in Maywood, Illinois. He was the son of Matthew D. MacDowell
T/5 Fred William Lovering Jr. was born July 16, 1918, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Frederick W. Lovering Sr. and Francis M. Kruchow-Lovering and was one of the couple’s four children. As a child, he grew up at 330 South
Pvt. Harold Dale Lane was born on November 13, 1921, in Litchfield, Illinois. He was the son of Mary Evaline Beck-Lane and Homer Lane. His family lived at 622 South 24th Avenue in Bellwood and later 142 South Eleventh Avenue
T/4 Joseph Stanley Kwiatkowski was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 28, 1917. He was the son of Bruno and Mary Kwiatkowski and one of the couple’s five children. He was known as “Joey” to his three sisters and brother.
Sgt. Edward Lyle Kolb was the son of William J. Kolb and Lily Minnie Gertrude Whiting-Kolb and was born on February 5, 1920, in Maywood, Illinois. With his two brothers and two sisters, he lived at 510 South 7th Avenue
Pvt. Herbert C. Kirchhoff Jr. was born on June 7, 1919, to Lucille and Herbert C. Kirchhoff Sr. in Peoria, Illinois. He was known as “Bud” to his family and friends. Herb, with his sister and three brothers, lived at
Cpl. Harry Alfred King was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 10, 1921, to Charles R. King and Anna Allison-King. With his two brothers, he grew up at 507 Quincy Street in Maywood and graduated from Garfield School and Proviso