World War II – Robert E. Swab – Died in Service
Robert E. Swab CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 3 February 1943: [Son of Col. Robert E. Swab] Lykens Youth Appointed to West Point Academy ROBERT KNILEY SWAB The appointment […]
World War II – Frank Peterson – Missing in Action
Frank Peterson Not much is known about this individual, Frank Peterson, except that he was reported “Missing in Action” and his name and photograph appeared in the Lykens and Wiconisco […]
World War II – Ralph Dieter – Killed in Service
Ralph V. Dieter CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 26 March 1942: Divorce Approved by Dauphin County Court [A] divorce decree [was] approved today in Dauphin County Court…. The court […]
World War II – John M. Thompson Jr. – Killed in Action
John M. Thompson Jr. CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1942: LYKENS YOUTH ARRIVES SAFELY IN AFRICA LYKENS — Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson have received word […]
World War II – Robert C. Bingaman – Killed in Action
Robert C. Bingaman CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 29 October 1942: RECEIVE[S] BASIC TRAAINING Private Robert C. Bingaman, Lykens… [is] stationed at Camp Croft, South Carolina, where [he is] […]
World War II – James A. Brauer
James A. Brauer From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 2 April 1945: Area soldiers who have lost their lived in the European Theatre of operations are: Pvt. James A. Brauer, whose wife […]
World War II – Francis G. Faust – Killed in Action
Francis G. Faust Not much is known about this individual, Francis G. Faust, except that he was reported “Killed in Action” and his name and photograph appeared in the Lykens […]
World War II – Lawrence C. Engle – Killed in Action
Lawrence C. Engle From a local newspaper (probably Elizabethville Echo) at the time of his death, about 8 March 1945: PVT. L. ENGLE REPORTED KILLED IN GERMANY Mrs. Estella […]