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Mercer County
Ancestral Heroes |
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World
War II W |
| Name |
Rank/info
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Born
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Birthplace
|
Died
|
Death |
Buried |
Info |
| WALKER,
John D. "Jack" |
82nd
Airborne Division in Europe |
21
Jun 1925 |
Shenango
Twp |
7
Feb 2001 |
at
home, Shenango Twp, Mercer Co. obituary
|
Haywood
Cemetery, Shenango Township |
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| WALTERS,
John
 photo
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|
from
Grove City |
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| WALTERS,
Kenneth E. |
2nd
Lt., Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Died
while serving - non battle
|
|
info
|
| WAMSLEY,
Orest Joseph "Ben" |
|
17
Oct 1916 |
Barbour
Co., WV |
14
Oct 1992 |
Hickory
Township, Mercer County |
Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Hermitage |
Nelda
J. Riley |
| WASKO,
Albert J. |
Master
Sergeant, Army, retired after 20 years; served in Europe |
1
Aug 1917 |
Wheatland |
16
Aug 2000 |
Hermitage
 obituary
|
St. Ann's Cemetery, Hermitage
|
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| WASSELL, C. C. |
Captain,
Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Died
while serving - non battle
|
|
info
|
WATTERS,
Edward P. |
Private
First Class, Army 339th Infantry
Regiment, 85th Infantry Division
|
|
Mercer
County |
25
Sept 1944 |
Killed
in Action
|
Florence
American Cemetery
Florence, Italy
|
more
info
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| WAYRYNEN,
Elmer A. |
U.S.
Army |
1910 |
|
1993 |
|
Westside
Cemetery, S. Pymatuning
view
headstone
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| WEAVER,
Clifford R. |
2nd
Lt., Air Corps, 112th
Infantry 26th Division |
|
Mercer
County |
4
Aug 1945 |
Finding
of Death
|
Memorial
at
Florence
American Cemetery
Florence,
Italy
|
more
info
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| WEAVER,
Howard J. |
Private
First Class, Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Killed
in Action
|
|
info
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| WEAVER,
John D. |
Corporal,
Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Died
while serving - non battle
|
|
info
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| WELLER,
Joseph B. |
1st
Lt., Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Died
while serving - non battle
|
|
info
|
| WELTONS,
Hugo
photo |
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from
Grove City |
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| WHALEN,
Joseph Patrick |
Navy,
1941-45, served in battles at Philippines, Guam, Okinawa |
20
Feb 1923 |
Sharon,
son of Joseph and Hazel King Whalen |
20
Feb 2001 |
Mayfield
Village, OH
obituary |
Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio |
|
| WIESEN,
William C. |
Navy |
4
Sept 1914 |
Sharon,
Mercer Co., worked at General American Trans Corp as a welder for 35 yrs |
28
Aug 1986 |
Farrell,
Mercer Co., PA
|
Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Hermitage, PA |
Jan
Bailey Hart
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| WILLIAMS,
James R. |
2nd
Lt., Army, 12th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Infantry Division |
|
Mercer
County |
3
Aug 1944 |
Killed
in Action |
Normandy American Cemetery
St. Laurent- sur-Mer, France
|
more
info
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| WILLIAMS,
Morgan D. |
Corporal,
Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Killed
in Action |
|
info
|
| WILLIARD,
Paul |
U.S.
Navy |
11
May 1929 |
Punxsutawney,
PA |
16
Nov 1998 |
Greenville,
PA |
Shenango
Valley Cemetery, Greenville |
|
| WILSON,
Gerald R. |
Private
First Class, Army, 317th Infantry
Regiment, 80th Infantry Division |
|
Mercer
County |
13
Dec 1944 |
Killed
in Action |
Lorraine American Cemetery
St. Avold, France
|
more
info
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| WINGROVE,
Allen E. |
2nd
Lt., Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Killed
in Action |
|
info
|
| WISHART,
John R. |
1st
Lt., Army |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Died
while serving - non battle |
|
info
|
| WOERZ,
Edward C. Sr. |
Army
|
23
Dec 1913 |
Manhattan,
NY |
14
Aug 2000 |
Greenville
obituary
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| WOHLMUTH,
Carl J. |
Army
Air Force
|
19
Nov 1922 |
Pittsburg,
PA
|
30
May 2000 |
Latrobe,
PA
obituary
|
private burial
|
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| WOLFE,
William C. |
Second
Lieutenant, US Air Force, Army Air Corps
|
|
Mercer
County |
6
May 1943 |
Finding
of Death
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
|
Tablets of the Missing at West Coast Memorial
Presidio, California
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more
info
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