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Mercer County PAGenWeb Project
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Mercer County
Ancestral Heroes
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| Name |
Rank/info
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Born
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Birthplace
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Died
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Death |
Buried |
| WALKER, John D.
"Jack" |
82nd
Airborne Division in Europe |
21 Jun 1925 |
Shenango
Twp |
7 Feb 2001 |
at home, Shenango Twp,
Mercer Co. |
Haywood Cemetery, Shenango
Township |
| WALTERS, John
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from Grove City |
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| WALTERS, Kenneth E. |
2nd
Lt., Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Died while serving - non
battle
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| WAMSLEY,
Orest Joseph "Ben" |
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17 Oct 1916 |
Barbour
Co., WV |
14 Oct 1992 |
Hickory
Township, Mercer County |
Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Hermitage |
| WASKO,
Albert J. |
Master
Sergeant, Army, retired after 20 years; served in Europe |
1 Aug 1917 |
Wheatland |
16 Aug 2000 |
Hermitage
|
St.
Ann's Cemetery, Hermitage |
| WASSELL, C. C. |
Captain,
Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Died while serving - non
battle
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| WATTERS, Edward P. |
Private First Class, Army
339th
Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division
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Mercer
County |
25 Sept 1944 |
Killed in Action
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Florence American Cemetery
Florence, Italy
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| WAYRYNEN,
Elmer A. |
U.S.
Army |
1910 |
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1993 |
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Westside
Cemetery, S. Pymatuning
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| WEAVER, Clifford R. |
2nd
Lt., Air Corps, 112th Infantry 26th Division |
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Mercer
County |
4 Aug 1945 |
Finding of Death
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Memorial at
Florence American Cemetery
Florence, Italy
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| WEAVER, Howard J. |
Private
First Class, Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Killed in Action
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| WEAVER, John D. |
Corporal,
Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Died while serving - non
battle
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| WELLER, Joseph B.
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1st
Lt., Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Died while serving - non
battle
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| WELTONS, Hugo
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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
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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
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Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Hermitage, PA |
| 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
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| WILLIAMS, Morgan D. |
Corporal,
Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Killed
in Action |
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| 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 |
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Mercer
County |
13 Dec 1944 |
Killed
in Action |
Lorraine American Cemetery
St. Avold, France
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| WINGROVE, Allen E. |
2nd
Lt., Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Killed
in Action |
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| WISHART, John R. |
1st
Lt., Army |
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Mercer
County |
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Died
while serving - non battle |
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| WOERZ,
Edward C. Sr. |
Army
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23 Dec 1913 |
Manhattan,
NY |
14 Aug 2000 |
Greenville
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| WOHLMUTH, Carl J. |
Army
Air Force |
19 Nov 1922 |
Pittsburg,
PA |
30 May 2000 |
Latrobe, PA
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private
burial |
| WOLFE, William C. |
Second Lieutenant, US Air
Force, Army Air Corps
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Mercer County |
6 May 1943 |
Missing
in Action or Buried at Sea
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Tablets of the Missing at West Coast
Memorial
Presidio, California
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