Wall of Honor

Frederick J. Wilson | Class of 1929

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Chief Motor Machinist’s Mate
Entered Service: 1935; trained men in submarine service; lost on submarine Robalo, September, 1944
Died: September 1944
Memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart, Commendation and Presidential Unit Citation

Robert William Apple | Class of 1934

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Fireman First Class
Enlisted in the United States Navy in 1937.
He was on the U. S. S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor. T. H., and Lost his life when that ship was sunk in the treacherous Japanese attack the morning of December 7, 1941
Casualty Cause: Hostile, Died
Casualty Date: 07 Dec 1941
Casualty Place: Hawaii
Casualty Reason: Other Explosive DeviceAwards: Purple Heart
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Louis E. Kalman | Class of 1938

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Gunner’s Mate, Second Class, Seabee
Entered Service: September, 1943, served with demolition unit in South Pacific
Buried: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
Death: 3 Mar 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

William “Shatz” Shatzer | Class of 1938

U.S Navy, Air Corps
WWII
Rank: Ensign
Reported missing in action and presumed dead: 16 May 1944
Bill Shatzer, a graduate of nearby Mooseheart, enrolled at North Central College in 1938. He was a four-sport student athlete garnering all-conference and “Little All-American” honors in football. After graduating in 1942, Bill enlisted in the Naval Air Corps and at the Training Station in Iowa City gained national gridiron fame for his brilliant play as a member of the pre-flight team, the Iowa Seahawks. Their wartime opponents included major powerhouses as Michigan, Northwestern and Notre Dame. Before leaving for duty in the Aleutian Islands, Bill married his college sweetheart, Sue Truesdell. He was reported missing in action on May 16, 1944.

Roy Lee Hopper | Class of 1941

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Aviation Metalsmith, First Class
Buried: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Death: 30 Jul 45
Awards: Purple Heart

Norman M. Sims | Former Student

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Ship’s Cook, Second Class
Entered Service: 1935, participated in naval battles in South Pacific, stationed on the USS Pillsbury which disappeared without  a trace on March 1, 1942 in Java Sea battle.
Buried: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing Manila American Cemetery, Manila
Death: 25 Nov 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

Dwight Yarnell | Class of 1972

U.S Navy
Vietnam
Rank: N/A

Lewis R. Wiltsey | Class of 1934

U.S Army, 45 Inf Div
WWII
Rank: 2nd Lt.
Died of Wounds
Death: 3 Nov 1944
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge for “exemplary conduct in action against the enemy

Jesse C. Fowler | Class of 1937

U.S Army
WWII
Rank: N/A
Death: N/A
Awards: N/A

Robert M. Teabo | Class of 1942

U.S Army
WWII
Rank: PFCEntered Service: January, 1943
Casualty Type: KIA
Death: Oct 11 1944
Died in Action: Serving His Country near Florence Italy. Served in ammunition platoon in North Africa, Sicily and Italy
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Norbert Schmitz | Class of 1943

U.S Army
WWII
Rank: SSG
Casualty Type: DOW
Death: N/A

Robert Dale Herreid | Class of 1965
1946 – 1974
US Army Special Forces
Vietnam
Rank: Staff Sergeant/E6
Missing In Action
Body Recovered: Not recovered
Casualty Date: 10 Oct 1968
Casualty Type: Hostile, Died While Missing
Memorial Wall Location: Line: 40; Panel: 41W

Clyde McAnelly | Former Student

U.S Army
WWII
Rank: Private/Military Police
Casualty Type: N/A
Death: N/A

Joseph Oliver Barnett | Former Student

US Army
WWII
Rank: Corporal
Entered service August, 1942. Participated in three invasions, North Africa, Sicily and Italy; died March 25, 1944 from wounds received on the Anzio beachhead.
Death: 25, Mar 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

Clifford N. Winkle | Former Student

U.S Army
WWII
Rank: N/A
Casualty Type: N/A
Death: N/A

Edward A. Silk | Class of 1935
8 June 1916 – 18 Nov 1955

US Army
WW II
Rank: First Lieutenant
Company E, 398th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division.
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient – 1945

Jim Wuchte | Class of 1952

U.S Army

Albert Wuchte | Class of 1954

U.S Army
Enlistment Date: 02 Jan 1957
Release Date: 19 Dec 1958

Ken Wuchte | Class of 1956

U.S Army

David Pierce | Class of 1961

U.S Army
Germany

Richard Pierce | Class of 1963

U.S Army
Vietnam

Richard Wuchte | Class of 1964

U.S Army
Vietnam

E. Patrick Pierce | Class of 1964

U.S Army
Vietnam

Dan Floyd | Class of 1965 

U.S Army
Served: 1966 to 1968

James White | Class of 1965

U.S Army
Vietnam
Rank: Spec 5 E5
Served: 1966 to 1969

Thomas Joseph Kickler | Class of 1967

U.S Army
Vietnam
Rank: E5
Served: 1968 to 1972

Tom Floyd | Class of 1967

U.S Army & Marines
Gulf War
Rank: N/A
Served: 1968 to 1970 (Army) | 1971 to 1994 (Marines)

Jack VanZanten | Class of 1970

U.S Army
Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Iraq
Rank: Chief Warrant Officer Five
Served: October 1971 – Present (Retiring 30 NOV 14)
Unites States Army Europe

Jeff A. Hall | Class of 1981

U.S Army
Rank: N/A
Served: 1983 to 1986

Thomas Ray Feuerborn | Class of 1996

U.S Army
Rank: Sergeant
Served:

Robert L. McGee | Class of 2005

U.S Army
Rank: Sergeant
Served: 6 years | 1/509th (ABN) INF
Medic

Jesse Claire Fowler | Class of 1937

U.S Marine Corps
WWII
Rank: N/A
Entered Service: April, 1944
Casualty Type: Killed in action in Okinawa, Japan
Died: 20 May 1945

Edwin D. St. Germain | Class of 1940

U.S Marine Corps
WWII
Rank: Private, First Class
Entered Service: September, 1942
Casualty Type: Radio gunner of a torpedo bombing plane lost over Rabaul, New Britain
Died: 14 Feb 1945
Awards: Air Medal and Citation

Timothy L. Gilson | Class of 1966
1948 – 1969

U.S Marine Corps
Vietnam
Rank: Lance Corporal
Cause: Gun, Small Arms Fire
Age at Death: 20
Body Recovered: Recovered
Casualty Date: 23 Feb 1969
Casualty Type: Hostile; Died
Memorial Wall location: Line: 1; Panel: 31W

Terrance S. Kirk | Class of 1935
1916-2006

U.S Marine Corps
WWII
Rank: Master Gunnery Sergeant
Served: 1937 – 1967

In 1937, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. As a young Marine he was stationed in northern China, attached to the U.S. Embassy, and was captured on Pearl Harbor Day by the Japanese. Sent through a series of prison camps, he and other Allied POWs were sent by hell ships to mainland Japan, where he was used as slave labor. In his last camp, he built a pinhole camera from scraps of cardboard, took a handful of pictures of sick and dying men, and hid them away until the end of the war. These are the only pictures taken inside a prison camp by a POW in mainland Japan. Their camp in Kokura was slated to be the primary target for the second atomic bomb, but divine intervention moved the bomb to Nagasaki. He remained in the Corps for 30 years, and retired from the FAA. He later recorded his POW memoirs in his book, “The Secret Camera,” originally published 38 years after leaving camp.
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Jack Floyd | Class of 1960

U.S Marine Corps
Rank: N/A
Served: 1962 – 1966

Tom Lukas | Class of 1964

U.S Marine Corps
Vietnam
Rank: Sergeant, E-5
Served: 1966 – 1977

Bill Herman | Class of 1966

U.S Marine Corps
Rank: Master Sergeant

Tom Floyd | Class of 1967

U.S Army & Marines
Vietnam
Rank: N/A
Served: 1968 to 1970 (Army) | 1971 to 1994 (Marines)

John L. Davis | Class of 1969/Former Student

U.S Marine Corps
Vietnam
Rank:  Sergeant, E-5
Served: 1969 to 1974

Rich James | Class of 1994

U.S Marine Corps
Rank: Sergeant
Served: 10 years

Donald J. Anderson |  Class of 1935

U.S Navy
WWII
Rank: Seaman First Class
Entered service December, 1941; member of crew of Coast Guard Cutter USS Muskeget (WAG 48) U-755 lost in Atlantic waters, September 9, 1942
Casualty Date: 09 Sep 1942

Bob Wuchte| Class of 1960

U.S Air Force
Rank: Airman 1st Class

Jim Floyd |Class of 1963

U.S Air Force
Vietnam
Rank: E-5, SSGT
Served: 1964-68

Bill Upton | Class of 1967

U.S Air Force

Rank:
Served:

Phillip Calvert | Class of 2001

U.S Air Force
Iraq, Korea, Osan
MacDill AFB
Rank: E-5, SSGT
Served: 2004-current

Warren Charles Dunaway | Class of 1932

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WW II
Rank: Army, Aviation Cadet
Serial Number: 19038448
Enlistment Date: 22 Nov 1940, killed in a plane crash during training course at Ontario, California
Died: 15 Mar 1941

James J. Mulligan | Class of 1933

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WW II
Rank: N/A
Serial Number: 06830524
Enlistment Date: 12 Apr 1946

William A. Flessert | Class of 1935

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WW II
Rank: Second Lieutenant, Crewman, B-24 Liberator
Killed in Action while serving with the 319th Squadron (Asterperious), 90th Bomb Group ‘Jolly Rogers’, 5th Air Force, in the Pacific Theaters of operation. Northern Territory, Australia.
Died: 2 Mar 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
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Leo J. Ferrara | Class of 1936

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WW II
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment: Immediately after Pearl Harbor, served as bombardier on raids over Europe, wounded in action and died at Chelveston, England
ID: 0-676239
Status: DNB (Died in Line of Duty, non-battle)
Died: 15 Nov 1943

Robert DeBow | Class of 1939

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WW II
Rank: Lietenant
Entered Service: January, 1942, pilot of Flying Fortress lost on a raid in North African theater of war in 1943.

John Charles Burch | Class of 1943

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WWII
Rank: Sergeant, Aerial Gunner
Entered Service: November, 1943
Died in Action: Killed on military mission over Germany
Death: 02 Nov 1944

Norbert J. Schmitz | Class of 1943

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WWII
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Entered Service: August, 1943
Died in Action: Wounded in air raid over Germany and died in German hospital
Death: 01 Apr 1945
Awards: Air Medal

Clifford Noel Winkle | Former Student

U.S. Army, Air Corps
WWII
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Entered Service: February 1943
Died in Action: Turret gunner on B-25 Mitchell bomber; killed in action over Italy returning from a mission over Arezzo, Italy
Death: 24 May 1944
Awards: Air Medal

Don Floyd | Class of 1959

Maryland Air National Guard
Rank: N/A
Served: 1960-66