https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/339/Dibble_Text0221.pdf f7e6471b4eee7c7fa75452026a14cc1b PDF Text Text Hastings residents who died in World War II Name Richard A. Babcock Cleo E. Card Charles A. Casey Georqe H. Cashmore Lewis Castle William A. Christy Orville Cooley Bernard D. Davis William DeCou James P. Dibble Robert C. Gardner Martin Hawthorne Robert H. Henney Ernest M. Howell Merrill E. Isham Frank R. "Bob" Kelly Neil L. Kidder Estle V. King Hubert L. McCallum Michael "Mickey" G. H. McPharlin Harold W. Norwood Robert Reid Frank W. Rogers Howard A. Shellington Cleon L. Smith Donald L. Solomon DeForest Snyder Jr. Duane D. Stamm Merle G. Tasker Wesley R. VanDenberg Morton F. Young Rank Corp. Sgt. Fireman, 2nd C Pfc. medically disch Staff Sqt. 1 st Lt. Staff Sqt. 1 st Lt. Pfc. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. Pvt. Pfc. Staff Sgt. Pvt. Technician, 4tf Pvt. Major Pvt. Pfc. 2nd Lt. Lt 2nd Lt. Corp. Technician, 5th 2nd Lt. Sgt. 2nd Lt. Machinists Mate Date of Birth Sept. 8, 1923 Dec. 11, 1910 Apr. 22, 1927 Nov. 22, 1924 Feb. 23, 1921 Oct. 16, 1926 1923 abt. 1919 abt. 1924 Nov. 3, 1921 Dec. 30, 1923 Jan. 19, 1919 Dec. 20, 1917 no date 1916 Jan. 22, 1923 1917 1911 Dec. 14, 1909 Oct. 16, 1922 Aug. 4, 1919 Oct. 3, 1923 Jun. 15, 1919 Aug. 14, 1914 28-May-21 Jun. 13, 1913 Aug. 27, 1922 File Updated: 9/20/2022 This document was provided by Jim Dibble in a hardcopy form. Contents have not been verified and are reported as is Minor edits were done for readability. August 18, 2022. DME Parents Ray/Luella (Talmage) Babcock Joseph/Clarissa (Dudley) Card Winifred/Alice (Johncock) Casey orphan Frank/Flossie (Lectka) Castle Foster mother Nellie Clemence M/M Stephen J. Cooley M/M Henry Davis Clair/Hazel DeCou James E./Estelle M Dibble Roy/Margaretha Gardner M/M Ralph Hawthorne Fred/Lusena (Nichols) Henney M/M Daniel Howell Howard/Sarah (Hammond) Isham Frank/Gladys (Beck) Kelly M/M Clem Kidder Rev./Mrs Fred W. King Donald "DanVRosa M. McCallum Russell/Frances Germain Norwood William/Alta (Callihan) Reid M/M Frank Rogers Emmett/Mary Shellington Ernest/Sopha Smith M/M Charles Solomon DeForest/Hazel (Barnum) Snyder M/M L. D. Stamm M/M Oliver Tasker M/M Charles VanDenberq John and ? Young Rural School Burroughs, Johnstown Macomber Hinds Assyria Baltimore Twp. Carlton Center Barney Mills Graduated 1939 1944 1942 1937 1941 1939 1940 1937 1943 1935 1933 Dunham Brush Ridge Starr Dowling Ryan Assyria 1934 1928 1930 1927 Original Occupation Family farm Hastings Manufacturing High school student Kellogg Co. Battle Creek Ionia Kroger Schultz Bakery, Chicago Union Stamp and Pump Company Produce Manager, Hastings Kroger MSU Ag Econ Degree Family farm Ralston Purina, Weston Biscuit Co. Lineman Wilcox-Rich in Battle Creek College student Family farm, owned sawmill Eaton Manufacturing 1937 1941 1937 WMU BS Tool and die apprentice MSU engineeering degree 1942 1940 1943 1933 1940 1924 Woolworth Asst, Mgr., Sandusky State fish hatchery, Hastings Kellogg Co. Battle Creek Page 1 of 3 �Hastings residents who died in World War II Name Richard A. Babcock Cleo E. Card Charles A. Casey Georqe H. Cashmore Lewis Castle William A. Christy Orville Cooley Bernard D. Davis William DeCou James P. Dibble Robert C. Gardner Martin Hawthorne Robert H. Henney Ernest M. Howell Merrill E. Isham Frank R. "Bob" Kelly Neil L. Kidder Estle V. King Hubert L. McCallum Michael "Mickey" G. H. McPharlin Harold W. Norwood Robert Reid Frank W. Rogers Howard A. Shellington Cleon L. Smith Donald L. Solomon DeForest Snyder Jr. Duane D. Stamm Merle G. Tasker Wesley R. VanDenberg Morton F. Young Branch Army Army Navy Marines Air Corps Armv Army Air Corps Army Air Corps Army Air Corps Army Air Force Army Army Army Army Air Corps Army Army Army British Royal Air Force Army Army Marines Army Air Corps Army Air Force Army Army Army National Guard Unit Infantry Co. M, 411th Inf Duties Military policeman Machine gunner Fireman 4th Marine Division, 1st Amphibious Corps, Marine R 79th Division, 7th Army First Fighter Group Fighter pilot Age at Death Date of Death 22 Nov. 29, 1945 34 Feb. 27, 1945 17 Feb. 21, 1945 August 1944 18 abt. 21 abt. 23 20 21 21 Fighter pilot Ordinance Armorer-gunner 36th Armored Regiment, 3rd Division 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Co. B. 103rd Combat Battalion Third Infantry Division 131st Infantry Regiment of the 33rd 2nd Bombardment Pilot Fighter pilot Veteran, chemical warfare service 19 abt. 28 21 21 28 abt. 33 22 25 21 28 23 File Updated: 9/20/2022 This document was provided by Jim Dibble in a hardcopy form. Contents have not been verified and are reported as is Minor edits were done for readability. August 18, 2022. DME March 1944 March 24, 1945 Feb. 2, 1945 June 25, 1945 Dec. 1, 1943 June 1, 1942 Sept. 10, 1944 32nd "Red Arrow" Division 29 Army Navy Aug. 30, 1945 Jan. 8, 1945 May 5, 1942 March 3, 1944 Sept. 9, 1943 Feb. 22, 1945 Jan. 22, 1944 Jan. 29, 1944 April 25, 1945 May 14, 1945 Jan. 14, 1945 July 17, 1944 Jan. 25, 1949 Dec. 9, 1944 Co. E. 361st Infantry Platoon commander Jan. 1, 1943 Oct. 11, 1944 Page 2 of 3 �Hastings residents who died in World War II Name Richard A. Babcock Cleo E. Card Charles A. Casey Georqe H. Cashmore Lewis Castle William A. Christy Orville Cooley Bernard D. Davis William DeCou James P. Dibble Robert C. Gardner Martin Hawthorne Robert H. Henney Ernest M. Howell Merrill E. Isham Frank R. "Bob" Kelly Neil L. Kidder Estle V. King Hubert L. McCallum Michael "Mickey" G. H. McPharlin Harold W. Norwood Robert Reid Frank W. Rogers Howard A. Shellington Cleon L. Smith Donald L. Solomon DeForest Snyder Jr. Duane D. Stamm Merle G. Tasker Wesley R. VanDenberg Morton F. Young Where Died Battle Cause KIA Wounds received Drowned KIA Final Resting Place France Germany Waters near Iwo Jima Iwo Jima Iwo Jima Iwo Jima Dearborn France Panama San Bernadino, CA Italy Germany New Guinea Cassino, Italy Luzon, Philippines Camp Atterbury, Ind. Derben, Germany France Lipperscheid, Luxembourg France Anemia Battle of the Bulge KIA Plane crash Aircraft accident Plane shot down Explosion Plane shot down KIA KIA Malaria Plane shot down Wounds received KIA KIA Dowling Cemetery Riverside Cemetery, Hastings Cisterna, Italy Luzon, Philippines Mt. Whitney, CA Maros, Dutch East Indies Anzio North Cemetery, Hickory Corners Hastings Township Cemetery Riverside Cemetery, Hastings Freeport Cemetery Taralic, Japan Orleans, France "March of Death" New Guinea Italy File Updated: 9/20/2022 This document was provided by Jim Dibble in a hardcopy form. Contents have not been verified and are reported as is Minor edits were done for readability. August 18, 2022. DME KIA KIA Airplane accident Plane shot down Airplane accident cerebral malaria Wounds received Plane crash KIA Mortar fire France Henri-Chapelle; Liege, Belgium Sea Union/Joy Cemetery, Maple Grove Township Riverside Cemetery, Hastings Mt. Hope, Middleville Striker Cemetery, Maple Grove Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois Riverside Cemetery, Hastings. New Albany, Ind., National Cemetery Union/Joy Cemetery, Maple Grove Township Wilcox Cemetery, Maple Grove Luxembourg American Cemetery Riverside Cemetery, Hastings. Portland Hastings Township Cemetery Riverside Cemetery, Hastings Wilcox Cemetery, Maple Grove Page 3 of 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Killed in Action Description An account of the resource Typically pilots rotated home after their 50th mission. James took off for his 49th mission on Septemebr 9, 1943, and never returned. He was shot down on a straffing run near the town of Padula, Italy. Initially there was much confusion amongst the other P-38 pilots, and it was thought James survivied and may have been taken prisoner. Ultimately it was discovered that James had been shot down and then killed by German soldiers. James was ultiamtely brought home and buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Michigan. See information on his gravesite at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40312090/james-p-dibble" target="_blank" title="James P. Dibble's Gravesite" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. See reports, documents and letters around James' missing in action status and then the determination that he was killed in action. Included are letters from the Army to his wife Maxine and parents, newspaper clippings and local memorials. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Spreadsheet printout Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II Subject The topic of the resource Hastings, Michigan. War Memorials. Description An account of the resource List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource List Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022