A Jewish infantryman whose company responded when the rest of his battalion was encircled
Category: Theater
1st Lieutenant Louis J. Deputy (1918–1944)
An Eighth Air Force copilot who was most of the way through his combat tour when he took off for a night training flight with another crew
Staff Sergeant Louis Di Martino (1922–1944)
An Italian immigrant and shipyard worker who became a B-24 gunner flying missions based at a field in his old homeland
1st Lieutenant Harry M. First (1915–1944)
The son of a rabbi, this Fifteenth Air Force navigator was close to completing his 50-mission tour when he took off for Austria
Private Samuel G. Judge (1911–1944)
An Italian immigrant, shoe manager, and father turned infantryman who went into combat in the Vosges
Private Dick M. Appel (1912–1942)
A pursuit squadron ground crew member lost in the fall of the Philippines, his body still has not been recovered
Sergeant William A. Rittenhouse (1917–1943)
A father lost in the costliest transport sinking in American history
Private 1st Class William K. Baynard (1917–1943)
A prewar volunteer who became a member of one of the first U.S. Army radar units
Private 1st Class William C. Fox (1923–1944)
A member of a pioneering U.S. Army amphibian tank unit and veteran of two battles
Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Benjamin S. Steelman (1925–1944)
A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
