1LT EUGENE ZIESELARMYEugene L. “Gene” Ziesel was born on February 22, 1919 in Omaha, NE. He was the second of three children born to William and Claire (Becker) Ziesel – …
Alfred Winkelmann
SGT ALFRED WINKELMANNARMYThe son of William and Martha Winkelmann, Alfred F. Winkelmann was born on June 10, 1920, on the family farm near Staplehurst, NE. Alfred and his twin brother …
Elmer Wachtler
SSG ELMER WACHTLERARMYThe son of George and Mary Wachtler, Elmer J. Wachtler was born on July 16, 1918, in Omaha, NE. Elmer – known as “El” – was the fifth …
Alvin Sunderman
PFC ALVIN SUNDERMANARMYAlvin Gerald Sunderman was born south of Pender on April 1, 1919. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church west of Pender. He resided on …
Raymond Stanton
PVT RAYMOND STANTONARMYPrivate Raymond Stanton was born on January 26, 1919, to Harvey and Ida Stanton in Phillips County, Kansas. Raymond’s father died about a month before he was born. …
Frank Roubicek
WT3C FRANK ROUBICEKNAVYFrank E. Roubicek was born March 2, 1925 in Omaha, NE. He was the youngest of three sons of Adolph and Amalie Roubicek. Frank and his brothers, Charles …
William Pflug
2LT WILLIAM PFLUGARMYWilliam (Bill) Pflug was born on August 17, 1918, in Lincoln, NE, the oldest of five children of Louis and Susanna (Limbeck) Pflug, He attended school in Lincoln, …
Thomas McCaslin
SSG THOMAS MCCASLINARMYBorn on August 26, 1918, in Havre, Montana, Tom McCaslin was the third of 13 children born to George and Elizabeth “Bess” McCaslin. In the early 1920s, George …
Anthony Mancuso
PFC ANTHONY MANCUSOARMYAnthony J. Mancuso was born on September 15, 1921 in Omaha, NE. He was the youngest of six children born to Sicilian immigrants, James and Sanda Mancuso. The …
John “Jack” Langan
PFC JOHN “JACK” LANGANMARINESJohn Paul “Jack” Langan was born January 30, 1925, the sixth of eight children to Edward and Mary Langan in Platte Center, NE. Jack’s mother died in …