MIAMI COUNTY (OHIO) WWII CASUALTY LIST
Upon inquiry of several local military and archives about the names of the men from Miami county who were killed while in active military duty between 1941 and 1946, I came up with only partial lists. I have dredged around a bit to come up with a more complete list. This list is the best I have as of 6/21/08. There may be a few more additions. A few names in Bradford are from Darke County since the town is split in two by the Miami-Darke County Line. A few others that have somehow become Miami County names have been cited at the bottom of this page. They appear to not have been residents of Miami County. Other family members moved to Miami County after their sons left from former towns of residence for military duty. Upon notice of death it was sent to family in Miami County and somehow those men became adopted. Names of men who may have been born and schooled in Miami County, but moved away prior to enlistment in the military and did not enlist in either Miami County Draft Board are not included.
There were two draft boards in Miami County for WW II, Piqua, which covered Piqua and northern townships; Troy for Troy and the rest of Miami Country.
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Average age of soldiers killed from Miami County . . . . . 24
Age of youngest killed from Miami County . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Age of oldest killed from Miami County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
As of 6/21/08
NUMBER KILLED BY CITY (When identified)
Bradford 13 Brandt 1 Casstown 8
Circle Hill 1 Conover 1 Covington 16
Fletcher 2 Laura 2 Lena 1
Ludlow Falls 4 New Carlisle (RR) 1 Pleasant Hill 2
Piqua 67 Tipp City 8 Troy 61
West Milton 8
Not identified 13
Known number who died during WW II 209
WHERE DID THEY DIE?
A summary of locations is provided but it is not complete because available records do not always disclose specific locations.
Pacific - 16 Saipan -1 Luzon - 5
North Africa - 5 Holland - 3 Corregidor - 1
Europe - 2 Leyte - 4 Manila - 2
Germany - 37 Belgium - 8 Japan - 1
France - 32 Greece - 2 Philippines - 4
Italy - 14 Luxembourg - 2 Corsica - 2
Tarawa - 1 Burma - 2 North Atlantic - 2
Okinawa - 5 Iwo Jima - 6
Others died in accidents, during training and a few from illness.
| ARMY & AIR CORP | AGE | RANK | HOME | FINDING | DATE | LOCATION |
| ALBRIGHT, Franklin J. | 26 | S/Sgt | Bradford | DNB | 7/5/44 | Chattnooga, TN |
| ALEXANDER, Marion C. | 28 | Pfc | Pleasant Hill | KIA | 11/27/44 | France |
| ALLEN, Henry M. | -- | Lt | Troy | DNB | 3/17/44 | South Carolina |
| ALTIC, Leonard P. | 24 | T/Sgt | Laura | DNB | 8/2/45 | Germany |
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ASHER, James N. |
23 | Pfc | Troy | KIA | 3/7/45 | Germany |
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BALL, Melvin J. |
25 | Pfc | Troy | DOW | 2/26/45 | Germany |
| BARTON, Marion K | 22 | Pvt | Bradford | KIA | 11/10/42 | ---- |
| BAUMANN, James S. | 20 | Cpl | Piqua | KIA | 4/6/45 | Germany |
| BAYER, Charles E. | 22 | S/Sgt | Covington | FOD | 9/8/1942 | Rendova Is. Pacific |
| BEASECKER, Robert E. | Bradford (DC) | |||||
| BENZ, Robert C. | 24 | Pvt | Ludlow Falls | KIA | 9/20/44 | Germany |
| BISER, Delmer L. | 26 | Capt | Troy | DNB | 12/9/42 | Ada, Oklahoma |
| BLACK, Charles H. | 19 | Sgt | Troy | KIA | 6/23/44 | France |
| BLACKE, Clifford F. | 32 | 1 Lt | Piqua | KIA | 12/23/44 | Germany |
| BRANT, Robert L. | 37 | Capt | Piqua | DNB | 4/29/42 | Ft. Sill, Oklahoma |
| BRAUN, Thomas N. | -- | Cpl | RR Troy | KIA | 12/3/43 | Pacific |
| BREWER, John H. | 23 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 6/7/44 | France |
| BROWER, Robert F | 24 | 2 Lt | Troy | DNB | 8/27/42 | Europe |
| BROWN, Patrick L | No other info. | |||||
| BROWN, Walter F. Jr. | 24 | T/Cpl | Tipp City | KIA | 3/17/45 | Germany |
| BRYAN, Norman R. | -- | Av C | Piqua | DNB | ||
| BUCKINGHAM, John E. | 23 | Pfc | Circle Hill | KIA | 1945 | Germany |
| BUELL, Paul | -- | Pvt | Piqua | DNB | ||
| BURKETT Willard E. | -- | Pvt | RR Troy | DOW | 3/14/44 | Italy |
| BURTON, Johnnie E. | 23 | Pfc | Troy | KIA | 7/13/44 | France |
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| CAVANAUGH, Lloyd R | 26 | Pfc | RR Troy | KIA | 8/12/44 | France |
| CLAWSON, Frank R. | -- | Pfc | Covington | KIA | 12/31/44 | |
| COLE, William E. | 20 | Cpl | Bradford | DOW | 4/14/45 | France |
| COOL, Albert B | 28 | 1 Lt | Covington | KIA | 6/13/44 | France |
| COOPER, Alfred E | 33 | Cpl | Piqua | KIA | 2/2/45 | Germany |
| COUCHOT, Martin | 25 | Sgt | Piqua | KIA | 5/23/45 | Luzon |
| COPPOCK John M | -- | Cpl | Tipp City | KIA | 8/9/44 | France |
| COVAULT, Joseph H | 31 | Pvt | Troy | KIA | 1/21/44 | Italy |
| COWGILL, Paul E. | 25 | Lt | Troy | DNB | 2/16/43 | Atlantic Ocean |
| CROMER, Robert J | 25 | S/Sgt | Piqua | FOD | 3/20/44 | China coast |
| CUMMINS, Jack C | 28 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 12/25/44 | French Coast |
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| DANFORD, Thomas J. | 18 | Pfc | Piqua | KIA | 2/21/45 | Italy |
| DAVIES, Peter J | 22 | Cpl | Troy | KIA | 4/15/45 | Germany |
| DAWSON, Donald M. | 26 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 3/1/45 | Germany |
| DEAKYNE, Duane D | -- | Tec 5 | KIA | |||
| DEETER, Harold W | 26 | Sgt | RR Troy | KIA | 2/1/44 | Italy |
| DETRICK, Kenneth | -- | Sgt | Covington | DOW | 4/13/45 | Germany |
| DREES, George E | 33 | Pvt | Covington | KIA | 12/26/44 | Luxembourg |
| DYE, Edward C. | 22 | Pfc | Troy | KIA | 10/4/44 | France |
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| ELLERMAN, A. 3rd | -- | 1 Lt | Troy | FOD | 3/6/44 | Germany |
| ELLIOTT, George L | -- | Pfc | RR Piqua | KIA | 11/19/44 | Leyte |
| ELLIOTT, Walter M | 25 | S/Sgt | West Milton | KIA | 11/16/44 | France |
| EWING, George (AA) | No other info | |||||
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| FELVER, Donald M | 25 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 2/24/45 | Germany |
| FILBURN, Robert C | 19 | Pfc | Covington | KIA | 1/13/44 | Atlantic |
| FISHER, Byron W. | -- | Tec 5 | Covington | DNB | 1945 | Japan POW Camp |
| FITZSIMMONS, R J | 30 | Pfc | Piqua | DNB | 7/25/44 | San Pedro, California |
| FLAGG, Alvin R | 20 | Pfc | Ludlow Falls | KIA | 7/28/44 | France |
| FLESH, Alfred L Jr. | 22 | Tec 5 | Piqua | KIA | 1/8/45 | Leyte |
| FORSYTHE, William Jr. | 20 | S/Sgt | RR Troy | KIA | 10/14/43 | Germany |
| FRANClS, Marion J. | 22 | Pfc | RR Casstown | FOD | 11/13/44 | France |
| FREEMAN, Ray S | 26 | 1 Lt | Troy | DNB | 3/19/44 | New Guinea |
| FRY, Raymond C Jr | 26 | 2 Lt | Piqua | KIA | 1/7/45 | Burma |
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| GEARHART, William F | 20 | Pfc | RR Troy | DNB | 5/30/45 | Okinawa |
| GEARHEART, Robt W. | 19 | Pvt | RR Piqua | KIA | 12/18/44 | Germany |
| GOOD, Robert | -- | S/Sgt | Covington | KIA | 1/29/45 | England |
| GORDON, James T. | 27 | Pfc | Covington | KIA | 9/ /44 | France |
| GRAEF, Robert S. | 28 | 2 Lt | Piqua | KIA | 10/11/44 | Holland |
| GRODY, Raymond L. | -- | Pvt | RR Casstown | KIA | 12/11/44 | Germany |
| GROVES, Floyd L. | -- | Tec 5 | DNB | |||
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| HALL, Byrum C | -- | Tec 5 | DNB | |||
| HARRIS, William M (AA) | 23 | M/Sgt | Piqua | DNB | 6/ /44 | Italy |
| HART, Wayne R. | 23 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 2/17/43 | North Africa |
| HEATON, Emery H. | 27 | Pvt | Piqua | KIA | 1/12/45 | France |
| HEIKES, John C. | 20 | Pvt | Troy | KIA | 2/27/45 | Germany |
| HEERY, Robert | 20 | T/Sgt | Bradford (DC) | DOW | 4/18/45 | Germany |
| HERSHEY, John H. | 27 | Sgt | RR West Milton | KIA | 2/ /45 | South Pacific |
| HEWATT, Clifford L. | 24 | S/Sgt | Piqua | DNB | 2/28/44 | Centerville, Miss. |
| HILL, Billie T. | 26 | Pfc | Covington | KIA | 9/11/44 | France |
| HILL, Jerry | 19 | Pfc | Bradford | KIA | 11/23/44 | France |
| HILLIARD, Charles R. | -- | Tec 5 | Piqua | KIA | ||
| HOSLEY Frederick E. | 22 | Pfc | Troy | DOW | 12/21/44 | Belgium |
| HOUDESHELL, Robt E. | 30 | Pvt | Piqua | DNB | 4/30/45 | Mindora P.I. |
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| JACOBS, Marvin E | -- | 1 Lt | RR West Milton | DNB | 8/7/43 | North Africa |
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| KAHL, Vernon B. | 21 | 1 Lt | Troy | KIA | 2/24/45 | Czechoslovakia |
| KENDALL, Glen | 26 | Pvt | RR Union | KIA | 12/26/44 | Luxembourg |
| KEYES, John | 27 | Sgt | Piqua | KIA | 9/18/44 | Holland |
| KIESWETTER, Wm M | 28 | Pvt | Piqua | DNB | 6/11/42 | Newark. NJ |
| KREIDER, Charles D | 26 | Pfc | Tipp City | KIA | 12/19/44 | Belgium |
| KROPP, William F. | 22 | Pfc | RR Troy | KIA | 3/20/45 | Germany |
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| LANE, Raymond E. | 28 | Pfc | RR West Milton | KIA | 2/21/45 | Italy |
| LATHROP, Donald H. | -- | Pfc | KIA | |||
| LEMMON, John B. | 23 | Pvt | Piqua | DOW | 2/28/45 | Manila |
| LEONARD, Joseph E. | 24 | 1 Lt | Tipp City | KIA | 5/13/44 | Corsica |
| LIBBEE, Dick L | 23 | 2 Lt | Piqua | KIA | 12/20/43 | Europe |
| LONG, Charles M. | 19 | Pfc | RR Troy | DOW | 1945 | Luzon |
| LONG, Maurice M | 19 | Pfc | RR Casstown | KIA | 10/13/43 | North Africa |
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| MAIER, Jack H | 28 | Sgt | Covington | DNB | 12/25/44 | Quartzite, Arizona |
| Mc CLAY, Newell W | -- | Pvt | Troy | KIA | 4/20/45 | French Indo-China |
| McDANIEL, Carl E | 25 | Pfc | Troy | DNB | 2/9/45 | Dento, Oregon |
| MEIRING, Richard F | 23 | Pfc | Piqua | KIA | 1/9/45 | France |
| MEYER, Robert C | 22 | Pfc | Troy | KIA | 2/28/45 | Germany |
| MICK, Everett C | 20 | Pfc | Troy | DNB | 3/23/44 | Hulen, Texas |
| MILLER, Merlin L. | 28 | 2 Lt | West Milton | DOW | 1/3/45 | Germany |
| MITCHELL, Richard G. | -- | Pfc | Fletcher | KIA | 1945 | Luzon |
| MONIACI, James V | 26 | Pfc | Piqua | DNB | 7/7/45 | France |
| MOORE, David | 33 | Sgt | RR Fletcher | KIA | 1944 | Germany |
| MOREY, Jean S | -- | M/Sgt | DNB | |||
| MORLOCK, Edw G Jr. | 25 | Sgt | Piqua | DNB | 2/25/45 | Belgium |
| MULLEN, Andrew J | 21 | Pvt | RR Covington | KIA | 1944 | |
| MULLIN, Vernon C | 25 | T/Sgt | Piqua | KIA | 8/15/43 | France |
| MUMFORD, Lester D | 23 | Pvt | RR Casstown | KIA | 3/9/45 | Manila |
| MOTE, Dale O | -- | Pfc | RR West Milton | DOW | 4/19/45 | England |
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| NEGLEY, Paul L | 28 | 2 LT | Piqua | DNB | 4/8/43 | South Pacific |
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| OCHS, Harold F. | 27 | T/Sgt | Troy | KIA | 12/22/44 | Greece |
| ORPUT, James L | 23 | Tec 5 | Piqua | KIA | 2/23/45 | Luzon |
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| PENNINGTON, Harold W | 22 | Pvt | RR Troy | KIA | 7/16/44 | France |
| PETERS, William L Jr | 25 |