482nd WWII VETERAN'S List

For enlisted, and some officers who joined as enlisted, the Army serial numbers were retained with the prefix "AF" and "AO." [Some officers had as many as three serial numbers.] The Army used the convention of putting a "0" before a seven digit number, whereas the Air Force removed it. I have put it back as its computer friendly. This list is taken from the database held by the National Archives. That database, and therefore this list, is not complete. There is not presently a database for WWII Officers. The birth years and states of origin allowed me to find members that I could not have located otherwise...and likewise allowed me to correct mistakes I had made.

So far, one Marine, Capt Edmund Bellinger, and three Navy men, SM/Sgt John W. Kinlaw, T/Sgt John C. Shirley, & T/Sgt Ramon Wirzfeld, are listed below.

And here's an interesting statistic: 75+ WWII airman serving in the 482nd, who became career men had been DRAFTED.

CAVEAT: V-E DAY was May 8, 1945, and V-J DAY was August 15, 1945. Because the NARA database includes names of men who joined in late 1945 and 1946, it is unclear who actually "served" in WWII. Several reasons why, but at the end of the war, some soldiers were re-enlisted based on time served ... so that they re-enlisted for 1, 2, or 3 years. Those SECOND enlistments are sometimes included in the database while the original enlistment is missing. So it becomes a bit of a guessing game ... BUT with the birth dates at 1927+, even that is unlikely. These names (b 1927 or later) have been excluded to the bottom of the page in the gray column. Since a soldier born in 1928 would be only 18 in 1946. True, some lied about their age ... but I can't guess at who or how many.

Still ... V-J Day did not mark the standing down of the WWII military ... and Congress extended the recognized end of the war forward for varying legal reasons which allowed service ribbons for WWII to be issued to men who did not serve in the war. Many, if not most, of these men would not wear those ribbons saying that they had not earned them. Two types of entries will occur in the 'In Memorium' pages: 'WWII' and 'WWII era.' The latter designation is given to men who, according to available records, first enlisted after V-J day, but served in the military in late 1945 and 1946.

Note also that all service numbers in the gray column are regular enlisted (prefix 1) ... all usage of drafted personnel (prefix 3), ended when the war did, and none appear thereafter. GCW

OFFICERS

Name	Serial #	Born	State	County	Joined
Bellinger, Edmund F.	(AO1908877)	1927	S. Carolina	-	(U.S. Marines)
Blanton, Auty O.	14100949	1921	N. Carolina	Mecklenburg	Hondo Field, TX
Carrieres, Joseph E.	17024661	1923	S. Dakota	Pennington	Ft. Francis E. Warren, SD
Champion, William H.	O-839351, 2LT	-	-	-	trained Millville Army Air Field (N.J.)
Conklin, Lawrence W.	32511135	1921	New York	Rockland	Ft. Jay, NYC
Crown, John L.	20433816	1922	Florida	Duval	Galveston, TX
Engstrom, Carl M.	13110852	1925	Pennsylvania	McKean	Miami Beach, FL
Ferguson, Charles M.	14124663	1923	S. Carolina	Greenville	Shaw Field, Sumter, SC
Fletcher, Douglas Chas	12133000 & O-864780	1918	Minnesota	-	Camden, NJ
Halgrim, Robert H.	16046828 & O-580790	1915	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Milwaukee, WI
Ingalls, Henry A.	O-701761	1920	Kansas	-	-
Martin, James F.	18015998 & 14447A	1922	Texas (b New Mexico)	El Paso	Ft. Bliss, TX
Myers, Dafford W.	19095659	1919	Montana	Beaverhead	Santa Ana, CA
Ragsdale, Jack W. Jr.	18095326	1925	Texas	McCulloch	Curtis Fld, Brady, TX
Robinson, John William	20821513 & 8451A	1918	Texas	Dallas	Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX
Sherrill, Herbert L	34651575	1924	S. Carolina	Marlboro	Ft. Jackson, SC
Smith, Edward F.	39288706	1924	California (b Tennessee)	Riverside	Los Angeles, CA
Stacy, Vincent E.	16117014	1921	Michigan	Iron	Milwaukee, WI
Stockman, Hervey S.	12136864 & 0-691195	1922	New Jersey	Sussex	Newark, NJ
Thomas, James M.	-	1922	Pennsylvania	-	-
Unangst, John F.	13194420	1926	Pennsylvania	Northhampton	New Cumberland, PA
Weatherwax, Dwaine L.	39554050	1922	California (b S. Dakota)	Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
Wegman, George W.	17072226	1923	Kansas	McPherson	San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, TX
Weaver, Carl T. Jr.	14077513	1919	Tennessee	Madison	Decatur, AL
Winkler, James T.	17125542 & 0-773932	1924	Kansas	Neosho	Kansas City

WARRANT OFFICERS

Name	Serial #	Born	State	County	Joined
Barber, Edward A.	06913563	1919	Ohio	Crawford	-
Carter, Eugene R.	15040618	1919	W. Virginia	Braxton	Lowry Field, CO
Ferrell, William S.	06389793	1917	N. Carolina	Guilford	Ft. Bragg, NC
Macon, Howard B.	14049027	1916	N. Carolina	Mecklemburg	Charlotte NC
Wilbur, Julian Lamont	11014288 & 955070E	1920	Maine	Somerset	Bangor, ME

ENLISTED

      

Name	Serial #	Born	State	County	Joined
Adcock, Ovid B.	14103997	1924	N Carolina	Durham	Ft. Bragg, NC
Anderson, Eugene D.	16117689	1924	Wisconsin	Monroe	Chicago, IL
Anderson, Salias A. Jr.	33776463	1915	(b Louisiana)	-	-
Andrews, Terry B.	34600401	1911	N. Carolina	Guilford	Camp Croft, S. Carolina
Archer, Fred	20267144	1921	New York	Queens	Ft. Knox, KY
Atherly, Walter J.	06913724	1918	Colorado	Larimer	Ft. Logan, CO
Baker, Frederick J.	36482456	1925	Illinois	DeWitt	Peoria, IL
Balla, Alex	32358307	1921	New York	Richmond	Ft. Jay, Govenor's Island, NY
Ballesteros, Frank Jr.	39758977	1926	California	San Bernardino	Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS
Bamrick, Francis L.	33348725	1920	Pennsylvania	-	Wilkes Barre, PA
Barrickman, Charles O.	15014540	1922	West Virginia	Randolph	Camp Springs, MD
Barringer, Clyde E.	34608385	1924	N Carolina	Rowan	Camp Croft, SC
Belk, Walter A.	16054536	1922	Illinois	Peoria	Chicago, IL
Bess, Lawrence Joseph	38479330	1925	Texas	-	-
Bird, Vernon L. "Jimmie"	17002488	1923	Kansas	Russell	Ft. Riley, KS
Blass, Charlie P.	44143380	1927	Mississippi	Newton	Little Rock, AR
Bobin, Walter V.	16036025	1923	Illinois	Cook	Chicago, IL
Brown, Lawrence W.	06704589	1909	-	-	Capt - riffed to M/Sgt
Callen, John D.	13140374	1926	(b Penn. ?)	-	-
Camper, Ernest J.	18079256	1913	Texas	Dallas	Morrison Field, FL
Carrico, Herschel	35164624	1913	Indiana	Green	Ft. Banks, MA (2nd+ enl)
Champlin, Laures Edwin	38654619	1924	Louisiana	Concordia	Ft. Beauregard
Chasse, Homer L.	11015482	1919	Massachusetts	Bristol	Ft. Devens, MA
Cherry, Russell Adrian	14018438	-	[record missing, but enl. Oct 4/5, 1940]	-	Ft. Bragg, NC
Childers, Edward E.	07084856	-	(b. Illinois)	-	[enl. May 22, 1940]
Chilton, Earl Jr.	33862112	1926	Virginia	-	Shelbyville, IN (2nd enl)
Chinnis, Robert L.	14228499	1925	N. Carolina	New Hanover	Ft. Bragg, NC
Chmielewski, John A.	12263149	1923	New York	--	New York City
Citero, Albert L.	06731209	1917	California (b Illinois)	Los Angeles	Ft. MacArthur, CA
Cole, Raymond L.	14164403	1922	N. Carolina	Mecklemburg	Tarrant Field, TX
Coleman, Lloyd E.	38051830	1918	Texas	Newton	Houston, TX
Coleman, William M.	14011757	1921	Georgia	Tattnall	Augusta, GA
Conerly, Clarence A.	06970929	-	-	-	enl 9/20/39
Cox, Lemuel Green	13035507	1920	Virginia	Pulaski	Roanoke, VA
Cox, Robert S.	12143247	1923	-	-	New York, NY
Crawford, Johnie M.	44032164	1926	Alabama	-	Ft. McClellan, AL
Cross, Gene Lester	37108417	1919	Arkansas	-	Ft. Smith
Dalton, Charles F.	16051672	1921	Illinois	Alexander	E. St. Louis, IL
Davenport, Wilbur S.	36441723	1923	Illinois	Jersey	Peoria, IL
Dillard, Leslie	34199815	1912	Alabama	Macon	Ft. McPherson, GA
Dixon, Cecil	34002031	1922	Florida (b Alabama)	Escambia	Camp Shelby, MS
Drapeau, Eugene J.	20312403	1918	Pennsylvania	Erie	Indiantown Gap, PA
Ellis, William G.	35444528	1921	Massachusetts (b WV)	Hampden	Merced, CA
Emch, Jack Hollie	15040434	1918	W. Virginia	Wetzel	Patterson Field, OH
Feldman, Roland	12327036	1924/5	NY or Mass	-	-
Ferrante, Alfonzo P. Jr.	32952692	1925	Delaware	-	Camden, NJ
Fox, William Robert	35754017	1923	W. Virginia	Lewis	Clarksburg, WV
Furlough, Burnie E.	34664603	1923	Indiana	Washington	Ft. Bragg, NC
Gaidis, Richard A.	06151661	19--	Massachusetts	Middlesex	-
Gates, Joseph R.	33363709	1915	Pennsylvania	-	Pittsburgh, PA
Gibbs, Julian B.	39009618	1916	California	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Golike, Lewis Dewey "L. D." Jr.	37722377	1924	Kansas	Kingman	Ft. Levenworth, KS
Goodman, Raymond W.	31495089	1924	Massachusetts	Hampden	Edgewood Arsenal, MD
Gotthardt, John C.	06909357	1920	New Jersey	Atlantic	Atlantic City, NJ
Gove, Richard T.	31293133	1923	Rhode Island (b Colorado)	Providence	March Field, CA
Griffin, Dale F.	38021716	1916	Arkansas (b Oklahoma)	Sebastian	Randolph Fld, TX
Guinn, Raymond M.	34175609	1916	S. Carolina	-	Ft. Bragg, NC
Gungl, John W.	38017839	1919	Oklahoma (b Georgia)	Tulsa	Ft. Sill, OK
Hager, C C Howard	34090398	1918	N. Carolina	Guilford	Greensboro, NC
Hain, Robert	19203235	1921	California (b S. Dakota)	Los Angeles	Los Angeles
Hall, Ralph J.	17154835	1923	Minnesota	Washington	Ft. Snelling, MN
Hallowell, Carl H.	16055854	1918	Illinois	Tazewell	Peoria, IL
Hamilton, Clarence F.	14649452	1922	N. Carolina (b S. Carolina)	Columbus	Myrtle Beach, SC
Harper, Virgil D.	34104840	1917	Alabama	Jefferson	Ft. McClellan, AL
Harris, George D.	37462107	?	Missouri-Iowa area -	-	(card file missing)
Harris, William H.	31235517	1921	Massachusetts (b Brit. Isles)	Suffolk	Boston, MA
Hasselbach, Walter C.	32531167	1921	New York (b Germany)	Bronx	-
Hiers, Thomas M.	44021361	1925	Georgia	Brooks	Ft. McPherson, GA
Holcombe, William E.	34652680	1923	S. Carolina	Greenville	Ft. Jackson, SC
Holmes, Hoyt H.	34849139	1919	S. Carolina	Horry	Ft. Bragg, NC
Holt, Cordell	07007912	19--	N. Carolina	Burke	-
Holt, Glenn M.	06393841	1916	Alabama	Montgomery	Ft. McClellan, AL
Howland, Lawrence B.	06980306	1921	New York (b Pennsylvania)	Steuben	-
Humphrey, Lorenzo W.	15337775	1924	Ohio	Hamilton	Indiantown Gap, PA
Jeffryes, James B.	37062288	1917	-	-	-
Jehnsen, Clarence H.	16064628	1922	Michigan	Wayne	Detroit, MI
Johnson, Harvey D.	13065941	1922	Virginia	-	Richmond, VA
Jones, Clarence W.	34608460	1924	N. Carolina	Lincoln	Ft Bragg, NC
Jones, Robert C.	10600139	1919	California	Los Angeles	-
Kemack, Daniel Leon	12220218	1925	NY (Brooklyn)	-	-
Kinlaw, John Wm.	(AF14381402)	1927	N. Carolina	-	(US Navy)
Kirkman, Donald H.	43031348	1924	N. Carolina	Alexander	Ft. Meade, MD
Knudson, Trueman V.	37557841	1923	Minnesota	-	Ft. Snelling, MN
Koogler, Fred L.	17181665	1925	Iowa	Mahaska	Gowan Field, ID
Kushner, John	06976970	1918	New York	Tioga	Binghampton, NY
Lambert, Benjamin F.	34086119	1920	N. Carolina	Cabarrus	Eglin Field, FL
Lamkin, Clifton O'Dell	34133143	1919	Mississippi	Pike	Keesler Field, MS
Langill, Willard K.	06131691	1910	Massachusetts	Suffolk	Boston, MA
Leigh, Marvin J.	35693799	1922	Kentucky	Boyle	Louisville, KY
Letchworth, Roy M.	34313960	1921	N. Carolina	Greene	Ft. Bragg, NC
Long, Harry Twyman	14082815	1923	Florida	Polk	Camp Blanding, FL
Love, Robert H.	06966350	1920	Mississippi	Copiah	Clovis Field, NM
Lyons, James P.	33821015	1922	Virginia	Norfolk	Camp Lee, VA
Mantooth, Leonard H.	13018379	1918	Tennessee	Bradley	(1939-1946) Pacific
Markley, Joseph E.	13102615	1922	(b Maryland)	-	Hagerstown, MD
Martin, Jackson D.	44143540	1927	Mississippi (b Alabama)	Lowndes	Camp Shelby, MS
Martin, Samuel M. Jr.	33535726	1924	Virginia	Wythe	Roanoke, VA
McCollister, Nelson E.	15073436	1917	Ohio	Franklin	-
McCutcheon, Jack M.	44096046	1927	S. Carolina	Florence	Ft. Sill, OK
McGee, Jim M.	34140050	1916	Tennessee	Cannon	Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
McHale, Charles P.	33791243	1925	Pennsylvania	-	Philadelphia, PA
McIntire, Olis O.	06826162	1908	Illinois	Union	-
Michael, Sylvester G.	33093374	1913	Virginia	Albemarle	Charlottesville, VA
Moretti, Emerson D.	06256251	1915	New Jersey	Hudson	-
Myers, Raymond Lester	11117656	1920	Maine	-	Boston, MA
Nelson, John R.	14069742	1922	Alabama	Jefferson	Montgomery, AL
Nichols, Arnold Garfield	07001747	1915	N. Carolina	Wilkes	-
Oringderff, Ernest B.	18006360	1921	Texas	Fannin	Randolph Field, TX
Palmer, Charles A.	18047743	1921	Texas	Uvalde	Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Parker, W. L.	34507038	1923	Tennessee	Williamson	New Castle AAB, DE
Parmer, Hugh K. Jr.	34808669	1924	Alabama	Jefferson	Ft. McClellan, AL
Pasker, Herman J.	33837011	1925	Pennsylvania	-	Allentown, PA
Patterson, Clarence D.	06924893	1913	Mississippi	Yazoo	Camp Shelby, MS
Patton, Perry	33648671	1922	(b W. Virginia)	-	Roanoke, VA
Patton, Thomas D.	14016360	-	(b Alabama?)	-	Montgomery, AL
Perkins, John G.	15399765	1926	Ohio	Henry	Camp Atterbury, IN
Pine, Willis A.	35608503	1924	(b Ohio)	-	Ft. Hayes, OH
Pope, Allie L.	34455221	1915	N. Carolina	Harnett	-
Radford, James R.	07000117	1923	N. Carolina	Wake	-
Reddington, Francis J.	06898079	1914	Pennsylvania	Schuylkill	Bolling Field, DC
Reid, Floyd Newton	06259977	1914	(enl pre-war, c1938) (b Texas)	Oklahoma 9/13/41 T/Sgt for 3 years	Ft. Lewis Washington, OK
Rhew, James I.	34665723	1925	N. Carolina	Almance	Ft. Bragg, NC
Rhodes, Eugene C.	18052491	1920	California (b Oklahoma)	Kern	Amarillo AAF, TX
Rice, Billie E.	06956547	19--	Oklahoma	Stephens	-
Richards, Boyd Henry	37139383	1918	Wyoming	Big Horn	-
Robbins, Marion J.	06261409	1908	Colorado	El Paso	Denver, CO
Roe, Everett E.	16023189	1920	Wisconsin	Eau Claire	Chicago, IL
Rogers, Willie B.	34232509	1919	-	-	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Rose, James G.	15064796	1922	W. Virginia	Cabell	Ft. Hayes, OH
Ross, John A.	06982459	1920	New Jersey	Essex	unk (enl 1940)
Ruggless, Gale Vinton	unk branch	1913	Iowa	-	(Apr 6, 1943)
Russell, Carl H.	06394765	1911	Mississippi	Jones	Camp Shelby, MS
Rutjes, Aloysius C.	37557928	1923	Minnesota	Blue Earth	Ft. Snelling MN by mid 1943
Schenck, Floyd E.	19015313	1919	Washington	Cowlitz	Vancouver Barracks, WA
Schmidhamer, James C.	13048168	1923	Pennsylvania	Blair	Harrisburg, PA
Scott, George H.	44116972	1927	Florida	Duval	Ft. McClellan, AL
Sears, Edward C.	33000620	1919	Maryland	Anne Arundel	Baltimore, MD
Serafin, George	36183464	1921	Michigan (b Ohio)	Luce	Traverse City, MI
Shannon, Clair N.	15017818	1919	W. Virginia	Randolph	Ft. Hayes, OH
Sherwood, Robert L.	32187804	1918	Delaware	Kent	Ft. Dix, NJ
Shirley, John Charles	(AF15257012)	1925	Ohio	Hamilton	Brooklyn, NY (U.S. Navy)
Skulley, Reed R.	14151578	1922	Mississippi	Madison	Camp Shelby, MS
Smith, Clem	18042553	1917	Texas (b Oklahoma)	Brazoria	Waco, TX
Smith, Harry L.	35269305	1920	W. Virginia	Taylor	Ft. Thomas, KY
Smith, Noble S.	34137280	1918	Mississippi (b Texas)	Smith	Camp Shelby, MS
Smith, William	34564238	1921	Georgia	Muscogee	Columbus, GA
Snodderly, Robert R.	33511074	1925	Pennsylvania	-	Harrisburg, PA
Sparks, Cleaston	34267450	1919	Georgia	Fannin	Ft. McPherson, GA
Stayler, Sidney A.	36182345	1923	Michigan	Clare	Traverse City/ Fort Custer, MI
Stepanis, Peter	31092577	1918	Massachusetts	Suffolk	Boston, MA
Stillwell, William R.	34085801	1922	N. Carolina	Haywood	Goldsboro, NC
Storer, John J.	16045064	1921	Michigan	Lenawee	Detroit, MI
Summerlin, Jesse J.	34258986	1912	Georgia (b N. Carolina)	Chatham	Savannah, GA
Sumner, Jennings J.	33090357	1920	Virginia	Bedford	Columbus, OH
Svoboda, John J. Jr.	19138313	1919	California (b Nebraska)	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Thomas, Luther H.	14008156	1919	S. Carolina	Abbeville	Greenville Field, SC
Tier, John D.	16042322	1920 (sic)	Michigan	Wayne	Detroit, MI
Turner, Thomas R.	14176515	1924	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	Craig Field, AL
Tyroff, Henry	44038600	1926	Georgia	DeKalb	Ft. McPherson, GA
Vileo, Leon R.	36107795	1918	(b Ohio)	-	Detroit, MI
Voelker, Peter A.	12025091	1920	New York	Erie	George Field, IL
Vogel, Raymond D.	17070589	1925	Iowa	Clinton	Ft. Crook, NB
Voges, Clyde	06293588	1921	Texas	Kendall	San Antonio, TX
Walsh, John M.	11011926	1907(?)	Massachusetts	-	reupped 1946, New Orleans, LA
Walters, George W.	15334936	1922	Kentucky	Jefferson	Ft Benj. Harrison, IN
Ward, William A.	38411004	-	Texas	-	Houston, TX
Watts, Franklyn W.	06914237	1921	Illinois	Tazewell	Chanute Field, IL
Weber, Earl E.	36196622	1919	Michigan (b Wisconsin)	Menominee	Ft. Sheridan, IL
Webster, Sam T.	34637570	1923	Nebraska (b Mississippi)	Douglas	-
Wescott, Herman L. Jr.	31318387	1925	Maine	Hancock	-
Williams, Robert D.	34317299	1918	N. Carolina	Pender	Luke Field, AZ
Willie, Ernest L.	33753759	1926	(b Maryland)	-	Merced Field, CA
Wilson, Albert G.	38023344	1917	Wyoming	Beaver	Oklahoma City, OK
Wilson, John E.	35656990	1918	W. Virginia	Kanawha	Huntington, WV
Wilson, William H.	33639632	1923	(b Maryland)	-	Baltimore, MD
Wirzfeld, Ramon Edward	U.S. Navy 1945	1927	(b Chicago, IL)	-	USS Brinkley Bass
Wray, David H.	14115105	-	(record missing: enl. 1942? Tenn)	-	-

 

BORN 1927...OR LATER

Name	Serial #	Born	State	County	Joined
Baden, Theodore J.	17185178	1928	Minnesota	Hennepin	Ft. Snelling, MN
Byrd, Lewis G.	14213033	1927	N Carolina	Durham	Ft. Bragg, NC
Caraway, Adrian	18164898	1928	Texas	Lavaca	San Antomio, TX
Dennison, Cecil H.	45032478	1927	W. Virginia	Lewis	Camp Atterbury, IN
Duncan, Lewis C.	44145977	1928	Mississippi	Pike	Ft. Benning, GA
Fox, Brian O.	17192339	1928	Wyoming	Sheridan	Cheyenne, WY
Hegwer, Henry R.	14229802	1928	N. Carolina	Scotland	Ft. Bragg, NC
Kerr, Robert Lee	12280511	1928	New York	-	-
Llanes, Jose A.	18265675	1928	Texas	Webb	Kelly Field, TX
Mahan, Mack	45042016	1927	Kentucky	Harlan	Camp Atterbury, IN
Paris, Basil T.	14228886	1928	N. Carolina	Nash	Ft. Bragg, NC
Sanford, Edward J.	14155423	1927	Tennessee	Claiborne	Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
Smith, Herman A.	14231146	1928	Mississippi	Jackson	Camp Shelby, MS
Sutton, Thomas D.	14221791	1928	Alabama	Limestone	Ft. McClellan, AL
Vaughn, Carl T.	16234027	1928	Missouri	Scott	Scott Field, IL

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