DOB/DOD: September 23, 1926 (Helena, MT) – October 26, 1966; 40 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Attended Carroll College in Helena, graduating in 1949, and St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Ordained on April 4, 1954.ENLISTMENT: Served June 26, 1944, through September 29, 1950, in the Navy Reserves; service number 5548943. Entered active dutyContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY, JR.; U.S. NAVY”
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTER; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: May 14, 1938 (Portland, ME) – October 26, 1966; 28 years oldRELIGION: ProtestantMARITAL STATUS: Married Judith Chase [later, Miller] (1943-) on August 2, 1964, in Middletown, Connecticut. Judith was an Army nurse and graduated from UConn.COLLEGE: Harvard University, Class of 1960. Harvard Divinity School, Class of 1964. Studied Greek and Hebrew at Harvard.SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTER; U.S. ARMY”
LIEUTENANT COLONEL MEIR ENGEL; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 12, 1914 (Tel Aviv, Israel) – December 16, 1964; 50 years oldRELIGION: JewishMARITAL STATUS: Married Myra S. Wachtel Engel (1919-2002) on September 19, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.CHILDREN: Two sons, David S. (1944-2016) and Rafael “Ray” J. (1956-).COLLEGE: Master of Arts from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary ofContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL MEIR ENGEL; U.S. ARMY “
CAPTAIN MERLE DEWAYNE BROWN; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 1, 1938 (Butler, PA) – April 11, 1971; 32 years oldRELIGION: LutheranMARITAL STATUS: Married Betty J. Parsons [now Betty Rose] (1938-).CHILDREN: One son, Timothy (1963-). Two daughters, Melissa (1967-) and Kristel E. Brown Quarti (1968-).COLLEGE: Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, graduating in 1961. Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, graduating in 1965.ENLISTMENT: November 10, 1969SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “CAPTAIN MERLE DEWAYNE BROWN; U.S. ARMY”
MAJOR WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGY; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 13, 1923 (Kansas City, MO) – May 4, 1966; 42 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained on May 22, 1948, at Loras. He was the second priest from the Archdiocese of Dubuque to die during wartime. A generation earlier,Continue reading “MAJOR WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGY; U.S. ARMY”