Portfolio Category: Crafton

Petramalo, Thomas

Petramalo, Thomas
b.5/6/36 d.8/21/67. Thomas was originally from Rochester, NY.  His length of service was eight years.  His tour of duty began on 6/10/67.  He was wounded on August 21st, in Quang Tin, South Vietnam, while serving with the Army 101st Airborne Division.  He was 31 years old.
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Wood, Leonard

Wood, Leonard
Graduated from Crafton High School with the class of 1941.  He was accepted at West Point, and completed his training there in three years.  He was married to Crafton-ite Mary Simpson in December of 1944.  The wedding ceremony took place in St. Philips church.  Wood then completed flight training in the Army Air Corps, graduating…
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Staples, Clesson

Staples, Clesson
d.1944  Crafton  USMC Saipan (Marians Islands) in the Southwest Pacific.  Died in June or July 1944.
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Speer, John O.

Speer, John O.
b.1918 d.9/11/43 1943 E. Crafton Ave. John graduated from the USNA as served on the USS Savannah.  While supporting the landing at Salerno, Italy in 1943, his ship was hit with a bomb. John was the brother of Les Speer CHS’34.  He was buried at sea.  He was 35 years old.  p.
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Nelson, William

Nelson, William
b.12/15/22 d.11/11/45 122 Crotzer. USAF died in Air Trainer, brother of Ernie, cousin of Robert.
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Longo, Frank

Longo, Frank
d.12/18/41 1st bombing squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii  Frank died of wounds suffered in the attack on that field by the Japanese, Sunday December 7th, 1941.  He was struck by a bomb splinter.  Pvt. Longo joined the Army in 1940. He was 22 years old.
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Cox, Edward

Cox, Edward
b.1926 or 1927 d.5/4/45  249 Noble Ave.  St. Matthew's Lutheran.  KIA Okinawa U.S. Army – he was 18 years old.
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Turnblacer, Frank

Turnblacer, Frank
b.2/17/1888  d.1917 or 1918.  St. Philip  Frank was the youngest brother of Frederick, Charles, Helen, Eva and Mary.  All of the children graduated from Holy Ghost University, now Duquesne.  Nina Turnblacer, Frank’s niece from Butler recalls an old postcard, the last known correspondence Frank sent home.  On the postcard, there was a picture of a…
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