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Queens College Student Heroes of World War II

Do you recognize any of the names of Queens College's 59 hero veterans? Or are you a graduate or relative of a Queens College student from the classes of 1941-1945? If so, the college wants to hear from you as soon as possible. Please call 718-997-3600 or send email to alumni@qc.cuny.edu

1. Harry Achison, Private, Army, Date of death - November 20, 1944 - on the German Front.
2. Chase Andrews, Aviation Cadet, Army Air Forces, Date of death - February 28, 1942 - Ontario, CA.
3. John Michael Appleby, 2nd Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - October 31, 1943 - Fort Myers, FL.
4. John Isaac Beatty, Private, Army, Date of death - August 10, 1944 - Brittany, France.
5. John F. Bradley, 2nd Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - February 12, 1945 - near Hunter Field, Savannah, GA.
6. Harry Emil Breng, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - December 30, 1944 - Kurile Islands.
7. Gordon J. Brooks, further details unknown.
8. John Charles Burt, 1st Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - December 14, 1945 - over Kieta,
Bougainville Island in the Solomon Group.
9. Joseph Gerard Colgen, Sergeant, Army, Date of death - January 3, 1945 - European Theater of Operations.
10. Walter Stanley Crow, further details unknown.
11. Francis Joseph Daly, further details unknown.
12. Frank James Donnelly, 2nd Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - December 23, 1943.
13. Arthur John Dugan, further details unknown.
14. Charles DeLage Fiechter, Staff Sergeant, Army, Date of death - March 14, 1944 - near Mt. Damaino, Italy.
15. William Fisher, Date of death - May 1944 - Okinawa.
16. Arthur Joseph Foley, Jr., 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - February 11, 1946 -
Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations.
17. Christian John Gabriel, Sergeant, Army, Date of death - April 15, 1945 - Germany.
18. Meyer Bernard Gelman, Sergeant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - April 18, 1944, over Germany.
19. George William Genner, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Location of death - March 8, 1945 - Florence, Italy.
20. David William Gottlieb, Lieutenant (junior grade), Naval Reserve, Date of death - June 24, 1943 -
New London, CT.
21. Irving Greenberg, Army, further details unknown.
22. Charles Greene, Private 1st Class, further details unknown.
23. John David Hammerstrom, Quartermaster 2nd Class, Navy, Date of death - August 4, 1944 -
USS PC-1175, Eniwetok Naval Base, Marshall Islands.
24. Jerome Lionel Haft, Private 1st Class, Army, Date of death - December 19, 1944 - Luxembourg.
25. Edward Nerso Haig, Lieutenant (junior grade), Navy, Location of death - Italy.
26. David Peter Henry, Jr., Aviation Cadet, Army Air Forces, Date of death - February 22, 1944 -
Freeman Field, IN.
27. Wesley Maxwell Herborn, Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - March 16, 1945 - Italy.
28. Garson Henri Hertzel, Jr., 1st Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - April 7, 1945.
29. Irving Katz, further details unknown.
30. Austin Lawrence Kennedy, further details unknown.
31. Jerome Lawrence Klein, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - November 11, 1944 -
over Germany.
32. Arno Frank Kuhn, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Location of death - India-Burma Theater of Operations.
33. Edward Clarence Laurita, Aviation Cadet, Army Air Forces, Date of death - October 17, 1943 - Montgomery, AL.
34. Leo William Levine, Staff Sergeant, Army, Date of death - October 14, 1944 - over China.
35. Morris K. Levy, Private 1st Class, Army, further details unknown.
36. Arthur Thomas Liblit, Corporal, Army, Date of death - January 31, 1943 - Kasserine Pass, Sidi Bou Sid, Tunisia.
37. Peter Joseph McGirr, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - April 15, 1945 - Italy.
38. George Joseph Melanson, details unknown, Date of death - February 17, 1945 - France.
39. Robert Francis Minnick, Jr., Pilot Officer, Royal Canadian Air Force, Date of death - August 1, 1941 - England.
40. James Sylvester Montague, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - October 8, 1943 -
European Theater of Operations.
41. John Francis Morrell, Private, Army, Date of death - July 28, 1944 - France.
42. John Louis Muzii, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Date of death - September 19, 1944 - European
Theater of Operations.
43. William Joseph O’Keefe, Sergeant, Army, Date of death - June 25, 1944 - Eglin Field, FL.
44. Henry Carl Paulsen, Private 1st Class, Army, Date of death - November 14, 1944 - European Theater of
Operations.
45. John Anthony Regan, 2nd Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - April 21, 1945.
46. Peter Philip Renzo, 2nd Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - March 14, 1945 - over Hungary.
47. Richard Hamer Richards, Flight Officer, Army Air Forces, Date of death - June 19, 1944 - over
Merignac, Bordeaux, France.
48. Warren Marion Robinson, Lieutenant (junior grade), Naval Reserves, Date of death - January 7, 1944 -
off Cape May, New Jersey.
49. Reynold Joseph Rodriguez, Lieutenant (junior grade), Navy, Date of death - September 16, 1944.
50. Seymour Posner Rosenblum, Sergeant, Army, further details unknown.
51. Charles Rubin, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - June 13, 1943 - over Kiel, Germany.
52. Charles George Schaefer, Sergeant, Army, further details unknown.
53. Gunther Joachim Schaumberg, Staff Sergeant, Army, Date of death - December 28, 1944.
54. Gabriel Schlitt, Private, Army, Date of death - April 29, 1945 - European Theater of Operations.
55. Norman Jay Siegal, Private, Army, Date of death - November 25, 1944 - Strasbourg, France.
56. Harry George Star, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Date of death - March 12, 1945 - over Okinawa.
57. Saul Stein, 1st Lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve, Date of death - January 7, 1944 - Namur Island,
Kwasjeein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
58. Martin Joseph Walden, Technician 5th Grade, Army, Location of death - Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
59. William Everett Young, Jr., Private 1st Class, Army, Date of death - October 19, 1944 - France.