Portfolio Category: WWII

Nelson, Ernie

Nelson, Ernie
b.1/25/21 d.6/23/45 WWII, Pilot. Ernie enlisted in the Air Corps in July of 1942.  He signed up at the same time as Chuck O’Mahony at the old Post Office.  He would have gone on active duty in January of 1943. Ernie became an instructor and was killed in an accident.
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McNutt, Maurice

McNutt, Maurice
d.11/4/44, Marion St. CHS’43.  The yearbook describes him as the ‘heart throb of the senior class … tall, blond, handsome and shy.’ ‘Mo’ died flying his 20th mission.
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McKenna, Roy

McKenna, Roy
b.9/8/19 d.10/13/43, Graduate CHS ’37 Pitt ’41.  1st Methodist member.  85 Belvidere St.  Roy enlisted in August 1942, but was not called into service until March.  He died a cadet in P40N crash at Marianna, Fl.  He would have earned his wings in 2 weeks.   Besides his mother, he left his widow, Mrs. Bethel Boyer…
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McCoy, Jim

McCoy, Jim
WWII Idlewood, St. Philip ‘39 Army Air Force accidentally after returning from Aleutians.  Jim’s sister, Bernie, still resides on Fountain Avenue in Crafton.
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McConaghy, John Regis

McConaghy, John Regis
b.1/29/25 d.4/20/44 CHS ‘42 John lived at 54 Hawthorne Avenue.  He entered the Army Air Corps in April, 1943, at the age of eighteen and was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland for basic training. He later served at Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City prior to going overseas. On April 20, 1944, he was listed…
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Loos, Walter

Loos, Walter
b.12/13/16 d.1/16/44 CHS ’35 WWII. Josephine St., Lt. US Army. Killed in South America when his B-24 crashed while enroute to Africa.  It was his first mission over the Atlantic following 50 missions in the Pacific.
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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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Lauritzen, Richard

Lauritzen, Richard
b.3/15/11 d.11/25/43 WWII. Richard was a Staff Sergeant with the 9th Army Air Force bomb squadron in Burma, and was killed in a plane explosion. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He attended St. Philip grade school and lived on Greenwood Avenue.
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