Killed in Action
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Contents
Articles
- It Shall Be Well: A Song for the Sorrowing in Days of War
- Belfast, Sept 1914 by A.I.B., The Witness
World War One
- Andrew Bennett Thomson Vancouver, BC d. April 9, 1917 Vimy Ridge
World War Two
Army
- Edgar S. Ainslie West Lafayette, IN / Buffalo, NY (d. April 11, 1944) Philippines
- Curtis William Behnke Jr. Ferndale, MI (d. Nov. 23, 1944) Germany
- George Dowell Jr. Leask Oakland, CA (d. Nov. 11, 1944) France
- Harold Samuel Jenkins Nethers, VA (d. March 22, 1945) Germany
- Major General Orde Charles Wingate British Army (b. 1903 Nainital, Kumaon, India - d. 1944 Manipur, India)
- William Donaldson Smith Navy, Battle of the Philippines
Marines
Korean
- Major William James Herbert Chambers, Jr. (b. 1916 Rutherford, NJ - d. 1952 Newfoundland) died on active duty. See Military. He enlisted with the National Guard in 1935, honorably discharged in 1939, enlisted with the USAF in 1941, and was stationed at McAndrews AF Base in Newfoundland at the time of his death. Wife: Lola Joe McComb Chambers (b. 1921 Kent or Taylor Co., TX - d. 2010 Fort Worth, TX), daughter of Carl Winfield McComb (b. 1898 Riverdale, Kent, TX - d. 1991 Abilene, TX) & Elsie Ada Morton McComb (b. 1899 Eastland, TX - d. 1975 Abilene, TX). Major Chambers was a son of Chaplain William James Herbert Chambers +1922+ (b. 1890 Dublin, IE - d. 1969 San Francisco, CA) who was a correspondent in 1922 at the Waterville Gospel Hall, now Terryville Gospel Hall in Connecticut. Children:
- Lola Carolyn Spearing-Chambers Frye-Hart (b. 1942 Taylor, TX)
- Paula Deborah Chambers Shachtman (b. 1948 Waco, TX).
Vietnam
- Robert Alexander White - Sp/4 (d. Feb. 7, 1966)
Misc
- Donald William Kuester - Senior Engineer and Chief of the Acoustics & Electronics Division, U.S. Navy (1921-1963)
- New Hampshire Avenue Gospel Chapel, MD 1943-1963 including SS Supt.
- Atlantic Gospel Chapel, IA 1921?-1943