Portfolio Category: Korean

Vernon, Harold Mark, Jr.

Vernon, Harold Mark, Jr.
b.3/30/33 d.12/8/52 ‘Mark’ came to Thornburg in 1937, at age 4 into a new home built by his parents at 515 Hamilton Road.  He had the privilege of attending the two-room Thornburg School in grades one through eight, from 1938 through 1946. While most Thornburg School graduates went on to attend Crafton High School, Mark chose…
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Nelson, Robert “Ozzie”

Nelson, Robert “Ozzie”
d.9/8/52  122 Crotzer.  CHS ’43.  Ozzie played guard on the football team.  He enlisted in the Navy right out of high school.  When the war was over, he attended Pitt, then reenlisted in the Navy and was killed in a mid-air collision at McChord Field. He was married only 3 months.  Buried in Arlington National…
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Benson, Joseph

Benson, Joseph
d.2/9/51 Korea Fountain St., Killed in an accident Clarksville, TN Air Base.  Joseph was 18 years old.
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