Private First Class Thomas Edward Aultman
World War II
According to this database: <span>Ancestry.com. </span><em>Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded, 1944-1946, </em>Pfc. Thomas E. Aultman died on August 2, 1944 while in the service of his country. <br /><br />A photo of Pfc. Aultman's grave can be seen here: <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167934152/thomas-edward-aultman">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167934152/thomas-edward-aultman</a>.
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August 2, 1944
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2462
Perry County (AL)
Private First Class Adam Wade Jr.
World War II
According to <em>U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, </em>Pfc. Adam Wade was killed on December 29, 1944, while serving with the 366th Infantry Regiment. Pfc. Wade was the son of Mrs. Julian Wade of Demopolis. <br /><br />A photo of Pfc. Wade's grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56367202&ref=acom">https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56367202&ref=acom</a>.
Alabama Citizen
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December 29, 1944
November 3, 1945
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Newspaper
2345
Demopolis (AL)
Sergeant Marshall A. Poore
World War II
Sgt. Marshall A. Poore was killed in 1942 while in the service of his country. <br /><br />A photo of Sgt. Poore's grave can be found at this site:<br /> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=111258469&PIpi=158803192">https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=111258469&PIpi=158803192</a>.
Find A Grave
1942
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2344
Walker County (AL)
Private First Class Doyle H. Spann
World War II
United States. Army
According to <a href="http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2590">U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962</a>, Pfc. Doyle H. Spann died on March 2, 1945, while serving with the United States Army in Europe. Pfc. Spann was the son of Harvey and Ida Spann.<br /><br /> A photo of Pfc. Spann's grave can be found at this site: <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3276321/doyle-h-spann">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3276321/doyle-h-spann</a>.
Find A Grave
March 2, 1945
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2339
Fayette County (AL)
Private First Class George Horton
World War II
United States. Army
According to <em>U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963</em>, Pfc. George Horton died on July 27, 1945, while serving with the 365th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, 98th Infantry. Pfc. Horton was the son of Mrs. Pearl Horton of Tuscaloosa.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
July 27, 1945
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2338
Tuscaloosa County (AL)
Private Simon E. Fredd
World War II
Coast Artillery Training Center (U.S.)
According to<em> U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963</em>, Pvt. Simon E. Fredd died on July 22, 1942 while serving with the 90th Coast Artillery. Pvt. Fredd was the son of Mr. Will Fredd of Hale County.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
July 22, 1942
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2337
Hale County (AL)
Staff Sergeant John W Pearson
World War II
United States. Army Air Forces
SSgt. John Pearson was killed on May 6, 1942, while serving with the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific.<br /><br />Sgt. Pearson's name can be found on this list of those remains were not recovered at the end of World War II: <a href="http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html">http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html</a>.<br /><br />According to the site below Sgt. Pearson's remains were recovered at the end of the war but it is unknown where he was eventually buried. <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777122/john-w-pearson">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777122/john-w-pearson</a>. <br /><br />Sgt. Pearson was the brother of Sgt. Ernest E. Pearson (#1407) who was killed in Italy August 11, 1943.
Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII from Alabama
May 6, 1942
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2291
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Master Sergeant Rupert W. Adams
World War II
United States. Army Air Forces
MSgt. Rupert Adams was killed when the B-24 he was on went down somewhere near New Guinea. Sgt. Adams was the brother of Miss Lucille Adams, TSGt. Charles Adams, James Harry Adams and Farrell Adams. <br /><br />More information on the crash that killed Sgt. Adams can be found at this site:<a href="http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/41-23716.html"> http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/41-23716.htm</a>l. <br /><br />Sgt. Adams' name can be found on this of those whose remains were not recovered at the end of World War II at this site: <a href="http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html">http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html</a>.
Tuscaloosa News
Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII from Alabama
August 30, 1943
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Newspaper
2290
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Lieutenant George H. Lewis
World War II
United States. Army Air Forces
According to Ancestry.com. <em>U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963</em>, Lt. George H. Lewis was killed on July 15, 1944 in a plane crash. <br /><br />Lt. Lewis was the husband of Mrs. George H. Lewis and the son of Mrs. George C. Lewis.<br /><br />A photo of Lt. Lewis' grave can be seen here:<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191198893/george-h.-lewis">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191198893/george-h.-lewis</a>.
Tuscaloosa News
July 15, 1944
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Newspaper
2233
Tuscaloosa County (AL)
Lieutenant Colonel William Eugene Boles
World War II
United States. Marine Corps
Lt. Col. William E. Boles died on August 1, 1943, while serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific. Col. Boles was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School and of the University of Alabama. Col. Boles was the husband of Mrs. William E Boles and the father of Lawrence Eugene and Mary Claire Boles. <br /><br />A second obituary for Lt. Col. Boles can be found in the August 28, 1943, <em>Birmingham News. </em>The obituary can be purchased from this site: <a href="http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?atnum=20759#a_189606">http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?atnum=20759#a_189606</a>. <br /><br />A photo of Col. Boles can be found in the book <em>All of Us Fought the War: The University of Alabama and Its Men and Women in World War II</em> by Delbert Reed.<br /><br />A photo Col. Boles' grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134286489/william-eugene-boles">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134286489/william-eugene-boles</a><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=134286489&amp;ref=acom"></a>.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Birmingham News
Find A Grave
August 1, 1943
Brenda Harris (Description)
Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Book
2232
Tuscaloosa (AL)