Winthrop World War II Gold Stars

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 1/21/1945 - Town Memorial

275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division - Grave: Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France

- U.S. Coast Guard - Lt. Com. - Died: 3/15/1945

Lt. Comdr. R. H. Allen Killed in Plane Crash, The Sun, Mar. 24, 1945 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Lt. Comdr. R. H. Allen Funeral Services, The Sun, Mar. 29, 1945 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Vet Hub Skipper of N.Y. Boats Dies in Plane Crash, Mar. 16, 1945 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Lt. Comm Robert H. Allen, Mar. 24, 1945 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Merchant Marine - First Engineer - Died: 3/14/1942

Karl Anderson among missing, The Sun, Oct. 3, 1942 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Merchant Ship Lemuel Burrows - Lost at sea - uboat.net

- U.S. Army - COL - Died: 10/10/1944

Col. Frank E. Barber Lost Life in Italy, The Sun, Oct. 28, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

92nd Infantry Division, Col. Frank E. Barber - Chief of Staff, KIA on 3 Oct 1944, his 3rd day in Italy - Custerman

- U.S. Navy - Radioman 2nd Class - Died: 10/15/1942 - Town Memorial

USS Meredith (DD-434)

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 9/17/1944 - Town Memorial

135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 6/6/1944

Report Pvt. A. T. Bliss Missing In Action, The Sun, Aug. 12, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Grave: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 5/17/1943 - Town Memorial

5th Division, 337th Infantry Regiment

- U.S. Army - WAC - Died: 11/28/1945

389 Cocoanut Grove Identified Dead, Nov. 30, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Services Held for Virginia Brooks, Dec.2, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Marine Corp. - LT - Died: 1/7/1945 - Town Memorial

Marine Fighting Squadron 313 (VMF-313) - Grave: Winthrop Cemetery

- U.S. Navy - Electricians Mate 1/c - Died: 8/18/1944

Edward N. Browne, Sep. 9, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 10/23/1944

B Company, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion - Grave: Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 9/15/1944

Pro-Burial Mass for Winthrop Private, Oct. 16, 1944 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

They Died While Serving Country, The Sun, Oct. 21, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

36th Armored Infantry Regiment - Grave: Arlington National Cemetery

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 4/19/1945 - Town Memorial

85th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division - Grave: Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT - Died: 3/24/1944 - Town Memorial

66th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group - Grave: Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 6/6/1944 - Town Memorial

307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division - Grave: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

- U.S. Army Air Force - Technician 5th Class - Died: 9/30/1944

They Died While Serving Country, The Sun, Oct. 21, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Aviation, 1906th Engineer Battalion - Grave: Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

- U.S. Army Air Force - S SGT - Died: 5/4/1943

Sergt. J.T. Dervan, Winthrop, Killed in Georgia Air Crash, Apr. 7, 1943 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Merchant Marine - Chief Mate - Died: 12/2/1942

Merchant Ship SS Coamo - Lost at sea - uboat.net

- U.S. Army - LT 2nd - Died: 2/24/1942

64th Pursuit Squadron

Army Flyer, Wed 10 Days, Killed; Body Still in Sea", Apr. 25, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army Air Force - CAPT - Died: 8/10/1941

Grave: Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland

"'Danny' Duggan Among 22 Flyers Killed in England, Aug. 13, 1941 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army - SGT - Died: 7/15/1944 - Town Memorial

320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division - Gravce: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

- U.S. Navy - Radioman 3rd Class - Died: 1/26/1944 - Town Memorial

Grave: Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy

- LT - Died: 11/10/1944

Winthrop Officer Killed in Dieppe Attack, Aug. 22, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT 2nd - Died: 11/10/1944

338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy Lorraine - Grave: American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

B-17 Flying Fortress, 42-102531, Tangerine II - American Air Museum in Britain

- U.S. Marine Corp. - CAPT - Died: 5/27/1945

4th Marines, 6 Marine Division - Grave: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Cpt. Roger C. Foley, USMCR, '41, Winthrop, Mass., died on Okinawa on May 27 (PDF), Aug. 1945, pg. 16 - The Notre Dame Alumnus

- U.S. Navy - Radioman - Died: 2/18/1942 - Town Memorial

USS Truxton

- U.S. Army Air Force - SGT - Died: 11/18/1943

67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England

Joseph W. Gallagher, Shot down in B-24. Plane crashed into North Sea - American Air Museum in Britain

- U.S. Army - PVT

320th Infantry Regiment, ID 31356802

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT 1st - Died: 1/4/1944

577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium

Herbert M Godfrey, Shot down in B-24. Plane crashed into North Sea - Honor States

- U.S. Marine Corp. - CAPT

W.L. Guptill, Sep. 11, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Ens. William L. Guptil, The Colby Alumnus, Oct. 1942, pg. 28 - Colby Digital Commons

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT 2nd - Died: 1/21/1945

56th Fighter Group, 63rd Fighter Squadron - Grave: American Cemetery, Cambridge, England

Lt Hall, Winthrop, Killed in Action, Feb. 13, 1945 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Robert S. Hall, Killed in P-47 in a take-off accident at Boxted - American Air Museum in Britain

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT 2nd - Died: 1942

577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Winthrop Cemetery

Winthrop Flyer Killed in Crash Near Savannah, Sep. 4, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Air Salute to Lieut. Haley at Winthrop Today, Sep. 8, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 7/25/1943

PFC John M. Hanna, Aug. 25, 1943 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

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- U.S. Navy - Ensign - Died: 9/15/1944

Ens John E. Ivers, Jr. Buried in Winthrop, Oct. 5, 1944 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Navy - LT Com - Died: Oct. 11, 1944

They Died While Serving Country, The Sun, Oct. 21, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Lt. Com Jos. Johnston. Maritime Service Man Dies at Gallups Island, Oct. 12, 1944 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Marines - SGT - Died: Nov. 7, 1944

Three Local Boys Lost in Service, The Sun, Nov. 20, 1943- NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

Axel N. B. Larsen, VMF222, MAG11, 1stMAW, FMF, Solomon Islands, accidental death - Naval History Homepage

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 12/21/1944 - Town Memorial

1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

- U.S. Army - S SGT - Died: 1/13/1945 - Town Memorial

101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Grave: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg

- U.S. Army - PVT - 2/24/1944

Memorial Mass for Winthrop Soldier, Apr. 1, 1944 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army Air Force - SGT - Died: 1/11/1944

401st Bomber Group, 615th Bomber Squadron

Sgt. Alfred P. Marshall, Left Waist Gunner onboard Carolina Queen - Remember Our Heroes

- U.S. Army Air Force - PVT - Died: 1/3/1943

Grave: North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia

- U.S. Army Air Force - S SGT - Died: 12/5/1943

561st Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Arthur E. Mathieu, Waist gunner, Shot down in B-17, Ole Basser - American Air Museum in Britain

- U.S. Army Air Foce - LT 1st - Died: 5/29/1944

452nd Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium - Grave: Cambridge American Cemetery, England

Robert F. McDonald, On a low altitude navigation training mission, rudder broke off B-26, plane went out of control and crashed - American Air Museum in Britain

- U.S. Army - PVT

 

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 12/25/1944

80th Infantry Division, 318th Infantry Regiment, killed in action in the Battle of the Bulge - Grave: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Robert F. McEwan, The Signet, March 1945, pg. 138 - Internet Archive

 

- U.S. Merchant Marine - Messman - Died: 3/23/1942

Merchant Ship Naeco - Grave: Lost at sea

- U.S. Army - SGT - Died: 12/17/1944 - Town Memorial

99th Infantry Division, 393rd Company, killed in action in the Battle of the Bulge

- U.S. Army Air Force - S SGT - Died: 2/24/1943 - Town Memorial

137th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group

- U.S. Navy - Petty Officer 1st Class - Died: 6/8/1944

Grave: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. Served: USS Meredith

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 9/26/1944

Pvt. Edw. H. Newman Lost Life in France, The Sun, Oct. 28, 1944 - NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

- U.S. Navy - Radioman 1st - Died: 3/19/1945 - (Tentative)

U.S.S. Franklin - Grave: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii

- U.S. Army - Master SGT - Died: 8/20/1942

Grave: Fort Devens Cemetery, Harvard, Massachusetts

- U.S. Army - CAPT - Died: 9/7/1944

Grave: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Capt W.F. O'Connor, Feb. 25, 1945 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Roster of Allied Prisoners of War believed aboard Shinyo Maru when torpedoed and sunk 7 September 1944, West-Point.org

- U.S. Army - PFC

Winthrop Man One of 6 Killed in Bomber Crash, June 27, 1943 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Marine Corp. - PVT - Town Memorial

1st Marines, 1st Marine Division

- USNR - Com

Com L. Edward Paro, May 5, 1944 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Merchant Marine - Able Seaman - Died: 3/29/1943 - Town Memorial

Merchant Ship William Pierce Frye - Grave: Lost at sea

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 5/7/1945

47th Field Hospital - Grave: Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

WW II 47th Field Hospital Photo Album - U.S. Military Forum

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 5/7/1945

Winthrop Private Killed in Action, Apr. 4, 1945 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army Air Force - S SGT - Died: 10/25/1943

372nd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines

Three Local Boys Lost in Service, The Sun, Nov. 20, 1943- NewspaperArchive / Winthrop Public Library

B-24D-105-CO Liberator Serial Number 42-40864 - Pacific Wrecks

- U.S. Army - PFC - Died: 1945 - Town Memorial

110th Infrantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

- U.S. Army Air Force - SGT - Died: 4/20/1944

613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomber Group, Heavy - Grave: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

613th Squadron History - 401st Bomb Group (PDF), pg.22 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

- U.S. Army - PVT - Died: 3/18/1945

39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division - Grave: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium

- U.S. Army Air Force - LT 2nd - Died: 5/7/1942

Lieut. Willock Services Held, May 14, 1942 - Boston Globe (Subscription)

Charles T. Willock - Boston College Veterans Memorial

- U.S. Navy - LT JG - Died: 3/25/1945 - Town Memorial

Grave: Honolulu Memorial National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Hawaii

- U.S. Army - Technician 4th Class - Died: 11/19/1944

101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division - Grave: Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France

- U.S. Merchant Marines - Able Seaman - Died: 3/17/1943 - Town Memorial

SS Luckenbach - Grave: Lost at Sea

- U.S. Merchant Marines - Able Seaman - Died: - Town Memorial