Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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PFC. ROBERT H. KERKEMEYER Central, '41, With the United States Army, 504th Parachute Infantry, in the European Area. Killed in action by machine-gun fire in Belgium, January 7, 1945. Purple Heart. ENS, ROBERT A. KINKER Central, '39. With the United States Navy at the Naval Air Station, Wildwood, N. J. Killed in an airplane crash, Wildwood, N. J., Thursday morn- ing, October 26, 1944. CHARLES L. KIZER Central, '38. With the United States Army Air Force in England. Killed in action over Bruns- wick, Germany, January 11, 1944. Flying Medal, Purple Heart. A R. M. 27C HUGO LOUIS KLUGE Central, '38, With the United States Navy in the South Pacific Area fBonin Islandsj . Gave his life 'in the Bonin Islands. August 5, 1944. Cause of death unknown. Air Medal, Presidential Citation, Purple Heart. SXSGT. WALTER J. KNOPF Central, 437. With the United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area, Lost his life July 29, 1944, when his plane sank near Ellice Island, in the Pacific Ocean. Citation of Honor, Purple Heart. PFC. SIDNEY S. KOLTUN Central, '35. With the United States Army Air Forces in Newfoundland, Iceland, and England. Killed in a plane crash over the Eastern seaboard, July 18, 1942. ' SXSGT. CARL M. KRAIL Central, '39. With the United States 23rd In- fantry in Belgium and Germany. Killed during a battle of the German invasion in Belgium, De- cember 17, 1944. Two Purple Hearts. TECH. 5 WILLARD C. KREITLER Central, '40, With the United States Army in France. Killed in action in France, October 8. 1944. Purple Heart. CAPT. JOSEPH CARL KUICH Central, '36, With the United States Army. Killed in army vehicle accident at Camp Polk, Shreveport, La., in August, 1943. PFC CHARLES H. LUTZ V Central. '41, With the United States Army in Germany. Killed by enemy shell lire in Germany, April 9, 1945, PFC CLARENCE FRED MAISAK Central, '42. With the United States Army in the European Area. Killed in action in Germany, November 19, 1944. Purple Heart. CPL. CLIFFORD A. MARIK szf Central, '30. With the United States Marines in the South Pacific Area. Killed in action in the Marshall Islands, February 22. 1944. Purple Heart. C EDWARD L, MILLER Central, '42, With the Seabees of the United States Navy, in the China-Burma-India Theatre of the Pacific Area. Died February 6, 1946, of acute pulmonary edema, while returning to the United States on the U.S.S. Grafton. ENS. WILLIAM ARTHUR R. MORSE h sif Central, '33. With the United States Naval Re- serve Air Corps. Killed in plane crash over Mel- bourne, Fla., November 18, 1943. C THOMAS A. NARROW, JR. Central, 4437. With the U.S.S. Submarine Argo- naut in the South Pacific Area. Met death on January 10, 1943, when his submarine was sunk in Pacific waters. Presidential Citation, Purple Heart. LT. WALTER LINN NUCKLES Central, '34. Pilot with the United States Army Air Forces. Killed in a plane crash over the Blue Mountains near Pendleton, Oregon, December 20. 1 943 . PFC. WALTER H. PANNIER Central, 436, With the United States Army in Italy. Killed in action in Italy, February 1, 1944. CPL. WALTER PAUL PETRING Central, 4:38. With the United States Merchant Marine. Made one successful trip abroad. Lost when his ship. en route to Port Arthur, Texas, was torpedoed and sunk, June 10, 1943. CPL. ROBERT J. PREISSLER Central, '39, With the United States Marines in Bougainville, Guam. and Iwo Jima. Killed in action on Iwo Jima. The time and manner of his death are as yet unknown. PFC. HARRY PHILIP RAHN Central, 4141. With the United States Army, 149th Infantry, in the Philippines, Killed in action in Manila, March 19, 1945. Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart. CPL. CHESTER RYON six Central, '38, With the United States Army. Killed in an automobile accident at Farmington, Missouri, October ll, 1941, H C JOSEPH A, SCHMIDERER, JR. Central, '38. With the United States Navy, i-n the Western Pacinc Area. Lost his life when his ship, the U.S.S. Hull, went down in a typhoon in the South China Sea, December 18, 1944. They died for liberty.

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EMORIAM CPL. ABE H. ALEXSEVITZ PFC. Central. 433. With the United States Army in the South Pacific Area. Died of wounds received in action May 31, 1944, at Aitape, New Guinea. Purple Heart. CONRAD H. BORGMANN, JR. Central, 4:34. With the United States Army, Cavalry Division. in Germany. Killed in action in Germany, March 18, 1945. Purple Heart. SXSGT. HOWARD W. BRANHAM Central, FK39. With the 15th Air Force of the United States Army in Italy. Killed in a bomber crash in North Italy, May 23, 1944. Air Medal, Three Oak Leaf Clusters. Purple Heart. SXSGT. ARTHUR BROSIUS Central, '33, Vkfith the United States Army in Germany. Died March 25, 1945, as the result of injuries received in action, March 24. 1945, in Germany. The Soldier's Medal ffor saving a comrade's lifej, Purple Heart. PFC. ELMER P. BUEHRIG, JR. Central, '37. With the United States Army in the Philippines. Killed in action at Bataan, Janu- ary 17, 1942. Distinguished Service Cross, Pur- ple Heart. PFC. CLYDE K. COOLEY ' Central, '43, With the United States Army in France. Killed in France, February 28, 1945. Cause unknown. Combat Infantryman's Badge. Purple Heart. PFC. JOHN CRIMI Central, '40, With the United States Army in France. Killed in action in France, September 14, 1943. Purple Heart. PILOT OFFICER WILLIAM LEE DAVIS LT. Central. IK35. With the American Eagle Squad- ron of the Royal Air Force, operating in Eng- land. Killed in a plane crash over the English Channel, March 18, 1941. six weeks after leaving the United States for England. The first of Cen- tra1's heroic dead to make the supreme sacrifice. ALEXANDER B. DOWL Central, '35, With the United States Army in the European Theatre of Operations. Killed in action near Henslisheim, France, January 18, 1945. Purple Heart. SXSGT. CHARLES J. DOVE ENS. Central, '39. With the Eighth Army Air' Force operating from England. Missing. October 20, 1943, in action over France. Officially declared dead. Air Medal, Purple Heart. CLAUDE J. DUVALL, JR. Central, '40, Editor-in-chief of the 1940 RED AND BLACK. Pilot with the United States Naval Air Corps at Quonset Point, R. I. Killed in an airplane collision, April 18, 1944, thirty-eight miles at sea off Nantucket Island. PFC. PFC. LT. LT. PFC. LT. THOMAS JEFFERSON BROWN Central, 142. With the United States Marines in the Pacilic Theatre. Killed in a truck accident at Kagashima, Japan, January 29, 1946. ROBERT M. ELLIA I Central, 'l'44. With the United States Army in the South Pacific Area. Killed in action at the battle of the Leyte Island Landing, October' 22, 1944. JAMES A. FITZSIMMONS Central. F40. With the Army Air Corps operat- ing in Italy. Killed in a plane crash in Italy, February 6, 1944. WILLIAM MORTIMER GORDON Central, '33, With the 17th Regiment of the United States Navy, as Head of the Malariology Unit 63, serving the invading Seahees. Killed March 4, 1944, by shrapnel, in a foxhole, at Los Negros, on the Admiralty Islands. Purple Heart. HARRY R. HAFNER Central, '33. With the United States Army in France. Killed in action in France, November 12, 1944. Two Purple Hearts. LOUWANDA HARRIS Central. '37. Vvlith the United States 69th Gen- eral Hospital in the India-Burma-China Theatre. Killed in a plane crash at Ledo Assam, India, March 4, 1945. PFC. FRANK W. HARROW Central, '35. With the United States Army of Invasion. Co. A, 134th Infantry, in Belgium. Died in Luxembourg, on January 8, 1945, of wounds received in battle. Purple Heart. CAPT. ARTHUR E., HUFF Central, '26. With the United States Army in the Philippine Islands Area. Listed Missing in action , May 6, 1942: listed Prisoner of War , May 7, 1943: reported Killed in action , in Subic Bay, while being transported aboard a Jap- anese vessel, December 15, 1944. Silver Star, Purple Heart, posthumously awarded. TECH. SGT. KENNETH H. HUNDELT' Central, '40. The Washington University schol- astic Winner of his class. With the United States Rangers in Sicily and Italy. Died of wounds re- ceived somewhere in Italy, November 13, 1943. Purple Heart. PFC. WILLIAM A. JOHNSON LT. Central, 4-1. With thef4th Marine Division in the Central Pacific. Killed in action in the Mar- shall Islandsp exact date unknown. Purple Heart. GEORGE A. GUSTIN, JR. Central, '38. President of his class. With the United States Navy, Air Group One, VT-1, in the Pacilic Area. Pilot of a carrier-based torpedo bomber on the carrier U.S.S. Bennington. Killed in a plane crash off Japan, July 24, 1945. Air Medal, Presidential Citation. Note: Centra! grarluales are indicated as follows: Tom Brown, '45: Central withdrawals, as follows, Tom Brown, '45, Keep faith with tbemg

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MEMORIAM SXSGT. LOUIS W. SCHULTE Central, 4'38. With the United States Army Air Corps in England. Killed June 19, 1944. Cause and place of death unknown. Distinguished Fly- ing Cross, Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal. Purple Heart. PFC. MARVIN EUGENE SHINALL Central, '44. With the United States Army in France. Killed in action by machine-gun tire, in Eastern France, March 15, 1945. SGT. PAUL A. SHRIVER Central, 27. With the 746th Tank Battalion of the United States Army in the European Theatre of Operations. Died of wounds received at Lintz, Germany, in the Rhine Region, March 12, 1945. Purple Heart. SGT. EDWARD ADOLPH SIMAC Central, '43, With the United States Army Air Corps in the European Area. Killed over Ham- burg, Germany. when his plane was shot down, March ll, 1945. Citation of Honor, Purple Heart. SGT. SAMUEL BOYD STARR LT. Central. '34. Gunner on bombing missions with the United States Army in North Africa. Was with the 12th Air Force, the first to land in Egypt. and operated with the British 8th Army. Saw action throughout the Egyptian Campaign. Was killed in North Africa by the explosion of a land mine, January 13, 1943. Died in a field hospital and is buried in Tripoli, Libya. Air Medal, Citation of Honor. Presidential Citation signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Purple Heart. F. NORMAN STOCKHO Central, 531. Pilot with the United States Army Air Force. Killed in a bomber crash over Mac- Dill Field, at Tampla, Florida, July 21, 1943. CPL. 'WILLARD C. STRAUB CPL. Central, 139. In service thirty-two months with the United States Marines, twenty-tive months in the South Pacific Area. Was in three major bat- tles: Bougainville, Guam. Iwo Jima. Killed in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, February 26. 1945. Presidential Citation, Purple Heart. WILLIAM D. TEMM Central. '4O. With the Uniteds5States Army of the 316th Fighter Control Squadron, in the European Theatre of Operations. Shot down over Germany, April 19. 1945. S lfC NATALE TORTI LT. Central, '4l. Mechanic with the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor. Killed in the Japanese attack there, December 7, 1941. VIRGIL A. TRAMELLI Central, '33, Navigator with the United States Army Air Corps in the Pacilic Area, based on Tarawa. The Liberator he was navigating went down near Majuro Island, of the Marshall Group. The exact cause, place, and date of death, however, are as yet unknown. Death was recorded Febru- ary 4, 1946. Air Medal, two Oak Leaf Clusters, They died in LT. PFC. LT. LT. PFC. PFC. PFC. LT. PFC ELMER H. VISHION Central, '38, Navigator with the United States Army Air Corps, stationed in England. Missing in action, and declared dead, after his group, the 100th Bombing Group, of the 349th Squadron, referred to as The Purple Heart Squadron , went down in combat over Abbeville, France, June 5. 1944. Purple Heart. ROBERT VOCKER Central, 4139. With the United States Army in the European Theatre. Killed in action Septem- ber 10, 1944, in Belgium. Purple Heart. OSCAR E. VROMAN Central, '33. With the United States Army in domestic and foreign service. Leader of a machine- gun platoon. Killed in action, in Cherbourgh, France, June 17, 1944. Purple Heart. STANLEY WALISZEWSKI Central, '34. With the United States Army Air Corps, 364th Bombing Squadron, in England. Killed in a raid over Germany, February 26, 1943. Purple Heart. JOSEPH STANLEY WARZYCKI Central, '41. With the United States Marines in the Pacihc theatre of action. A flame thrower, during the last Eve months of his service. Shot through the head by an enemy sniper on Guam, of the Mariana Islands, August 5, 1944. Purple Heart posthumously awarded. LAWRENCE R. WEIR Central, '34. With the United States Army in England. Killed instantly when his ship, en route to the European Area, was torpedoed while cross- ing the English Channel, April 28, 1944. ROBERT J. WINDISH Central, '38. Sharpshooter with the United States Marines. Killed aboard the Battleship Arizona 'in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Purple Heart. FRANK 1. YAWITZ Central, '34. With the United States Army some- where in England. Killed in line of duty in Black- more. England, September 24, 1944. Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal, Purple Heart. . EDWARD D. ZERFACE Central, 4:37. With the United States Army En- gineers in Italy. Died of wounds received in battle, January 29, 1944, Purple Heart. B. M. lfC CHESTER ZWILLING Central, 4:37. With the Coast Guard Division of the United States Navy. Killed in an accident off Norfolk, Virginia, .August 27, 1944. World War II.