FALLEN
World War II
![Wenzel A. Picha photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/wenzel%20picha.jpg?itok=gNYvWMU9&cb=a31b66b1&cb=a31b66b1)
Private Wenzel A. Picha
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 34
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Edwin E. Tuma photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/edwin%20e%20tuma.jpeg?itok=Qm1pXmwf&cb=2e449545&cb=2e449545)
Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwin E. Tuma
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 14, 1942 / Age: 25
Killed in action when the plane he was in was shot down by the Japanese.
![Leslie C. Huffstutler photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/leslie%20huffstutler.jpg?itok=iUPdw-NH&cb=ae614374&cb=ae614374)
Private First Class Leslie C. Huffstutler
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1942 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Alvin F. Callahan photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Alvin%20Callahan.jpg?itok=I0FS0ZNl&cb=0153d84b&cb=0153d84b)
Private Alvin F. Callahan
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 07, 1942 / Age: 31
Died in a plane crash at South Plains Army Flying School
![Wenceslaus J. Novotny photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/wenceslaus%20novotny.jpg?itok=nwTXyIgZ&cb=c04fdf68&cb=c04fdf68)
Private First Class Wenceslaus J. Novotny
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 21, 1942 / Age: 20
Killed in action in the South Pacific
![James P. Shockman photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/James%20Shockman.jpg?itok=ToZdCL7T&cb=f6cd2530&cb=f6cd2530)
Private First Class James P. Shockman
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: May 06, 1942 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Ft. Hughes, Philippine Islands
![Richard C. Myers photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Richard%20Myers.jpg?itok=sS-MN9sW&cb=34091c94&cb=34091c94)
Corporal Richard C. Myers
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Harold R. Van Hoof photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/harold%20van%20hoof.jpg?itok=4WkdcVl_&cb=b950e9ca&cb=b950e9ca)
Private Harold R. Van Hoof
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 27, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Hawaii
![Theodore Alleckson photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial.jpg?itok=Zvw-wfVr&cb=f9437978&cb=f9437978)
Pvt. Theodore Alleckson
World War II
Branch of Service: Air Force
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 36th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Loss: July 17, 1942 / Age:
Killed in action while flying aboard 41-9126. United States territory. Remains not recovered.
![Rolland C. Johnson photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/rolland%20johnson.jpg?itok=b4hrPYYq&cb=cd0bd826&cb=cd0bd826)
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Rolland C. Johnson
World War II
Branch of Service: Coast Guard
Date of Loss: September 09, 1942 / Age: 22
Officers and crew of USS Muskeget (WAG 48) were lost At 15.16 hours on 9 September 1942 when U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an auxiliary vessel and heard two hits, followed by sinking noises.
![Emil Schadler photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/emil%20schadler.jpg?itok=KbgSLmQE&cb=5b8ced9d&cb=5b8ced9d)
Chief Commissaryman Emil Schadler
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Meredith
Date of Loss: October 15, 1942 / Age: 30
One of 186 crew members Killed In Action in the sinking of the destroyer U.S.S. Meredith (DD-434) by Japanese aircraft from the carrier Zuikaku while the ship was enroute from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal with supplies
![Elton L. Pederson photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/elton%20pederson.jpg?itok=jyNbuKlr&cb=e385493e&cb=e385493e)
Private Elton L. Pederson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Frank G. Welch photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial_424.jpg?itok=o4y4ayR9&cb=e452846c&cb=e452846c)
1st Lieutenant Frank G. Welch
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 20, 1942 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Raymond E. Moore photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/raymond%20e.%20moore.jpg?itok=nF315I06&cb=05a3d473&cb=05a3d473)
Private First Class Raymond E. Moore
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: November 22, 1942 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
![Lester Crows Heart photo](/sites/www/files/styles/image_original/public/documents/person/Hoboken-WWII-Memorial_93.jpg?itok=O8m-8Yfn&cb=901013df&cb=901013df)
Private Lester Crows Heart
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Date of Loss: November 08, 1942 / Age: 33
Killed in action in Africa