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Charles Johnson - LODD - US Army SGT - KIA - Argonne, France - 10/13/1918 - FDNY E 58 FF Johnson was KIA as a Sergeant in the 306th Infantry while serving with the American Forces in France during WWI.

Harry Flynn - LODD - US Army - World War I - Died from illness - Camp Upton, NY - 9/13/17 - FDNY L 7 FF Flynn became sick with influenza while stationed at Camp Upton, Yaphank NY.

Francis Twomey - LODD - US Army - World War I - Died from illness - 3/16/1918 - Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY - FDNY - E 55 FF Twomey became sick with influenza while stationed at Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY.

Henry Helmken - LODD - US Army Private - Died from illness - Camp Mills, NY - 10/13/1918 - FDNY L 123 HENRY HELMKEN WAS A NEW YORK CITY FIREMAN ASSIGNED TO LADDER 123. HE RESIDED AT 1461 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE ENTERED SERVICE INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON MAY 28TH 1918. HIS...

FF John J Sheehy - LODD - US Navy Reserve - Plane crash Boston, MA - 11/1/1944 - FDNY Military Service Squad FF Sheehy was killed when he crash landed his F-6-F Hellcat fighter plane into a river. He reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff. Instead of bailing out and letting it crash...

George M Williams - LODD - US Army Corporal - Car accident - India - 1/11/1946 - FDNY L 49 FF Williams was killed in a car accident while serving with the US Army in India.

Frank J Molinari - LODD - US Army Air Corps - Captured, tried and beheaded by enemy - Samarinda, Borneo - 4/15/1945 - FDNY Military Service Squad POW FF Molinari was in an aircraft crash in Borneo January 12, 1945. He was captured by the Japanese along with 2 other fliers. They were beheaded...

Edwin Hovey - LODD US Army Air Corps - Plane shot down by enemy fighters - Tarawa - 1945 - FDNY E 37 FF Edwin J Hovey, E-37, US Army Air Corps. FF Hovey was a member of a B-24 bomber crew out of Tarawa. 12 Japanese Zero airplanes jumped the formation on their return trip home. They shot...

John Russell - LODD - US Army Air Corps Navigator - KIA - Bomber shot down Brandenburg, Germany - 1/15/1945 - FDNY Military Service Squad FF Russell was a navigator of a B-17G Flying Fortress enroute to Brandenburg, Germany on a bombing mission. A burst of flak hit the aircraft. The...

John Leary - LODD - US Army 1LT - KIA Luxembourg - 1945 - FDNY L 122 Silver Star FF Leary was killed in Germany while leading a patrol. As an Army Lieutenant, he was crossing the Our River from Luxembourg into Germany to knock out 2 German Bunkers. The 1st bunker destroyed, he was...

Robert Johnson - LODD - US Army - Died acute appendicitis - San Marco, Texas - 12/31/1943 - E 293 FF Johnston died on the operating table from acute appendicitis in San Marco Army Airfield, Texas.

Herman Staton - LODD - US Army - Killed Schmidt, Germany World War II - 2/8/1945 - FDNY Military Service Squad Herman Stanton was in the Army when he was called for the Fire Department and assigned to Military Service Squad. He was assigned to the 310 Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division...

Stephen Marangas - LODD - US Army Air Corps 1LT - KIA - Plane hit by enemy fire Norway - 4/20/1945 - FDNY E 62 FF Marangas was a Navigator on a B-24 bomber operating over Norway, delivering supplies to the Norwegian underground. THe plane was hit by enemy fire and losing altitude. The...

James Hickey - LODD - US Army Air Corps Engineer - KIA - Plane hit by flak - Schouwen Holland - FDNY Military Service Squad FF James R Hickey, MSS, US Army Air Corps. FF Hickey was an engineer/top turret gunner on a B-24 Bomber. His plane was hit by flak and crashed on the Isle of Schouwen off...

Charles Johnson - LODD - Killed World War II - FDNY Inspector of Combustibles

Harold Holsten - LODD - USMC 1st Marine Division - KIA Okinawa - 5/12/1945 - FDNY E 19 May 12, 1945. FF Holsten was machine-gunned across the chest while serving with the Marines in Okinawa. He was a member of the First Marine Division.

James Hughes - LODD - US Army - Killed World War II - 11/19/1944 - FDNY Military Service Squad James A. Hughes was a New York City Fireman assigned to MSD (Military Service Unit). He was inducted into the United States Army from New York. His Armed Service Number was 32707146. He was KIA on...

Robert Pettit - LODD - US Army Major - POW - Killed when ship sunk - 1/6/1945 - FDNY E 303 Bataan Death March FF Pettit died near Taiwan aboard a Japanese prisoner of war ship when Allied airplanes attacked it. He survived the Batan Death March and was imprisoned at the dreaded Cabanatuan...

George Weill - LODD - US Army 1LT - KIA - Iwo Jima - 2/22/1945 - FDNY L23 Purple Heart Silver Star FF Weill was a Lieutenant and assigned to the 473rd Amphibious Truck Company, listed as MIA in Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.