World War II

DURING WORLD WAR II, IT

IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER

52,000,000 PEOPLE WERE

KILLED AS A RESULT OF

HOSTILITIES AND BOMBING.

OF THIS TOTAL,

APPROXIMATELY 20,000,000

WERE MILITARY CASUALTIES

AND 32,000,000 WERE

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.

World War I

WORLD WAR I WAS FOUGHT IN

1917 TO 1918. VETERANS

FROM 16 COUNTRIES WERE

INVOLVED IN MILITARY

ACTION. MORE THAN

65,418,000 MEN WERE

MOBILIZED, MORE THAN

8,525,000 MEN WERE KILLED

AND MORE THAN 21,189,000

VETERANS WERE WOUNDED.

MORE THAN 7,746,000 MEN

WERE PRISONERS / MISSING.

GEORGE WILLIAM LEE

GEORGE WILLIAM LEE

2LT, U S ARMY

112TH CAVALRY REGIMENT

LEWISVILLE, JEFFERSON CO.

KILLED IN AIR ACTION OVER

ARAWE, NEW BRITAIN, ON

DECEMBER 15, 1943.

BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART

BODY NOT RECOVERED.

MEMORIALS AT GRANT CEM.,

ARLINGTON & MANILA CEM.

BERNARD ARTHUR BROOKS

BERNARD ARTHUR BROOKS

BUGLER, U S ARMY

CO B, 1ST CALVARY

KILLED IN ACTION DURING

A BATTLE WITH NEZ PERCE

WARRIORS NEAR CAMAS

CREEK, IDAHO ON

AUGUST 20, 1877.

BURIED IN A PRIVATE GRAVE

3 MILES SE OF KILGORE, ID

 

 

ELDON CHARLES HART, JR.

ELDON CHARLES HART, JR.

2ND LT, U S AIR FORCE

184TH TACTICAL FIGHTER GP

OF REXBURG, MADISON CO.

KILLED IN A F100C JET

FIGHTER CRASH NEAR MILNER

PASS, COLO., WHILE ON A

ROUTINE FLIGHT TRAINING

MISSION FROM HILL AFB TO

DENVER ON JAN. 30, 1967.

BODY NOT RECOVERED

BENNIE H. BROWER

BENNIE H. BROWER

U S ARMY INFANTRY

OF ASHTON, FREMONT CO.

KILLED BY A SNIPER’S

BULLET WHILE STATIONED

ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA,

IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON

JUNE 20, 1945.

BURIED IN THE

ASHTON CEMETERY.

BRADY KAY HOWELL

BRADY KAY HOWELL

CIVILIAN PENTAGON EMPL.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

SUGAR CITY, MADISON CO.

KILLED IN THE PLANE

ATTACK ON THE PENTAGON

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

SUPERIOR CIVILIAN

SERVICE MEDAL.

BURIED AT SUGAR CITY CEM.

JOHN MOSES THOMSON

JOHN MOSES THOMSON

PRIVATE, U S ARMY

2ND ENGINEER REGIMENT,

2ND ARMY DIVISION,

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY

FORCES, FRANCE.

KILLED IN ACTION IN THE

MARNE VALLEY REGION ON

JUNE 14, 1918 (WWI).

BURIED AT AISNE-MARNE

CEMETERY, BELLEAU, FRANCE

JAMES J. HOLTOM

JAMES J. HOLTOM

SGT, U S ARMY RESERVES

321ST COMBAT ENGINEER BTN

OF PLANO, MADISON COUNTY.

KILLED IN ACTION BY A

ROADSIDE BOMB WHILE ON A

RESCUE MISSION AT KARMAH,

IRAQ, WEST OF BAGHDAD,

ON FEBRUARY 8, 2007.

BURIED AT IDAHO STATE

VETERANS CEM., EAGLE, ID

ADRIAN A. WALTERS

1ST LT, US ARMY AIR FORCE

OF REXBURG, MADISON CO.

SERVED AS A B-29 PILOT ON

AIR RAIDS OVER JAPAN.

HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN

NEAR MUKDEN, MANCHURIA,

CHINA, AND HE WAS KILLED

ON DECEMBER 7, 1944.

BURIED AT A CEMETERY

IN ILLINOIS