The Second World War was started on 01 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany. The United States of America entered the War on 07 December 1941 when Japan bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
According to The Inquirer published at Bedford, there were over eight hundred names of men and women who served in the armed forces, forty of whom lost their lives during their deployment overseas. The names were recorded on an Honor Roll erected by the Bedford Rotary Club in the Public Square.
Those residents of Bedford County who served during World War II included Donald Abborr, James Abbott, Lloyd Abbott, Robert Abbott, Samuel Abbott, James Abbott, Evaline Acker, Merle Adams, George Adamson, John Albright Jr., Thomas C. Alburtis, C. H. Allen Jr., Joe S. Allen, Thomas Allen, Walter C. Allen Jr., Eva S. Aller, Daryl Allison, Donald Allison, Earl Allison, Ernest Allison, Fred Allison, John Allison, Roy G. Allison, Wilbert Allison, Wallace Alloway, Glen Alstadt, R. L. Alstadt, Herman C. Alt, Arthur Sherman Amick, Calvin E. Amick, Dale M. Amick, Charles Anderson, Elwood R. Anderson, Fred G. Angle, Aaron Angelo, Joe Angelo, Roland Angelo, William Angelo, C. A. Arnold, Fancis H. Arnold, Frederick L. Arnold Jr., G. D. Arnold, James E. Arnold, Joe E. Arnold, Paul V. Arnold, W. D. Arnold, W. R. Arnold, Franklin L. Ash, S. L. Ash, Charles Attesperger, William L. Aurandt, James V. Aveni, John P. Averill, Michael Babula, Stephen Babula, R. A. Bachman, Richard Baddorf, Charles B. Bagley, Elmer Bagley, George W. Bagley, Clarence Bailey, Raymond S. Bailey, Robert Bailey, Thomas E. Bailey, Vaughn Bailey, Charles J. Bair, Cletus C. Bair, Gerald Bair, Palmer Bair, Ralph J. Bair, William R. Bair, Thomas Baird, Dean Baker, James D. Baker, William P. Ball, Elwood B. Bane, William P. Bane, Joseph E. Banks, Paul H. Banks, William H. Banner, Walter T. Banner, John M. Banner, D. F. Bardell, Richard E. Bardell, Bernard Barefoot, Clair Barefoot, Harold Barefoot, Thomas Barefoot, William Barley, R. E. Barnes, Philip Barnet, Charles Barnett, Ralph Barnett, James A. Barrack, Charles C. Barton, Glen Lloyd Barton, Carl E. Basore, Harry Basore, Thomas S. Basore, Michael Bathavic, Thomas Bathavic, C. W. Batzel, Donald W. Baughman, Ross A. Baughman, Samuel Baughman, George Baumgardner, John Bax, Paul Beach, Allen Beaver, Luther M. Beck, C. C. Beegle, D. H. Beegle, K. T. Beegle, P. D. Beegle Jr., Paul M. Beegle, Ralph P. Beegle, Robert R. Beegle, Russell Beegle, T. L. Beegle, James B. Beemiller, David G. Behrers, Philip J. Bellante, Robert Belles, William Belles, Carson Beltz, Courtland Beltz, Donald Beltz, Edgar Beltz, F. C. Bence, Gene Bence, B. F. Bender, Harry Bender, Oscar S. Bender, Gerald T. Benna, Charles V. Benner, Thomas Benner, James Berardi, Andrew Bergansky, Daryl Berkey, Foster Berkey, Theodore Berkey, Charles E. Berkheimer, Jack Bert, Francis Besseck, Robert Besseck, Dwight Beutman, Norman Beutman, James Bickley, B. M. Billman, Richard Bingman, Doyle Bivens, Claude DeH. Black, Donald W. Black, Galen Black, Kenneth J. Black, Kermit J. Black, Edward Blackburn, Harold I. Blackburn, Harvey Blackburn, J. R. Blackburn Jr., R. I. Blackburn, Richard MaC. Blackburn, Meveral C. Blondell, Frederick N. Bloom, Thomas Blubaugh, Homer Bluebaugh, Jerrie Weisel Blymyer, Harold Bohn, Jerry Bohn, Owen Bohn, Grover S. Bolinger, David Bollman, Virginia L. Bollman, Samuel Bonelli, Albert S. Booher, Carl W. Bookheimer, Ray E. Bookheimer, W. I. Bookheimer, Paul O. Bookmyer, Alvin Boor, Floyd Z. Boor, Harry F. Boor, Milton P. Boor, Paul Boor, William C. Boor, Harold E. Boore, Charles Boore, L. Z. Boore, Milton P. Boore, Isaac Boose, Crawford A. Boozer, George R. Bortz, Gilbert Bowen, C. R. Bowers, Harry Bowles, Archie Bowser, C. B. Bowser, David R. Bowser, Martin Bowser, Ralph Bowser, James Bowzer, Joseph J. Boyer Jr., John F. Brandick, William Brandick, Henry E. Brant, James Leroy Brennan, Doyle Brindle, Gerald Brindle, Randall B. Brindle, John Williard Britten, L. W. Brotemarkle, Chester Brown, Earl Brown Jr., Ellis M. Brown, Harry Brown, J. Brown, Jack Brown, Kie E. Brown Jr., Robert B. Brown, Ronald T. Brown, V. Base Brown, Blair B. Brumbaugh, Ellis Brumbaugh, Ira D. Brumbaugh, Jack Brumbaugh, Levi Brumbaugh, Richard Brumbaugh, William Brumbaugh, Joseph F. Bruner, C. W. Bryant, Fay Bryant, Gerald Bucklew, Gerald E. Bucklew, Max O. Bucklew, Mason K. Bullington, John Burch, Michael Burch, Steve Burch, Clifford W. Burkett, Evelyn G. Burkett, F. S. Burkett, Leo M. Burkett, Paul Burkett, Vance Burkett, Vincent Burkett, Harry Burnham, A. C. Burtnett, George D. Buseck, Charles E. Bush Jr., H. J. Bush, Ross C. Bush, William Bussick, Harold B. Cain, Loring M. Cain, Jayruff Caldwell, John R. Caldwell, Ralph D. Calhoun, Charles Calhoun, Albert Callihan, Harry Callihan, Robert C. Campbell, Bud Cameron, Homer Carbaugh, James L. Carberry, Edward Carlson, Lillian Carlson, W. T. Carney, Alene Carl, Dick Carson, Sewell Carson, Wade H. Carter Jr., C. S. Casteel, Frank Casteel, J. E. Casteel, John K. Casteel, R. J. Casteel, Calvin Reuben Cathers, Russell Eugene Cathers, Benny C. Cessna, C. F. Cessna, D. F. Cessna, D. Claude Cessna, J. A. Cessna, John H. Cessna, Norman A. Cessna, Robert A. Cessna, William T. Cessna, John K. Chamberlain, Raymond E. Chaney, Robert N. Chaney, Chester Childers, Richard Harry Chirdon, Robert Chisholm, Donald E. Claar, Junior Claar, Perry Claar, Philip D. Claar, Robert Claar, Daniel B. Clapper, Joseph B. Clapper, Lloyd Clapper, Milford H. Clapper, Ray D. Clapper, R. G. Clapper, Rollo A. Clapper, T. R. Clapper, W. W. Clapper, Edmund Clark, E. E. Clark, Frank B. Clark, Fred Clark, H. K. Clark, J. B. Clark, J. D. Clark, James Clark, Joseph M. Clark, P. A. Clark, Robert A. Clark, Thomas Clark, Chester B. Claycomb, Elvador H. Claycomb, Landon D. Claycomb, Stanley Claycomb, William Cleaves, Clarence E. Clites, Earl Clites, Harry Clites, Roy Clites, William E. Clites, Paul A. Cloud, Jack Cobaugh, James E. Coffman, Paul Coffman, D. E. Cogan, Myron L. Cohn, E. J. College, Paul F. College, W. J. College, Victor G. Colvin, Addison C. Combs, Harris J. Combs, Donald Max Comp, E. M. Conner, E. D. Conner, Emory W. Conner, Blair Conrad, Clifford F. Cook, Robert Clay Cook, Arthur Corle, Shelton Corle, Forest Corley, Willard F. Cornelius, Albert Cornell, Elwood E. Cornell, E. W. Cornell, Lloyd C. Cornell, Williama Cornely, George Costello, Alexander Courtner, W. D. Covalt, J. George Cover, Jerome Cowgill, Ottice J. Cowgill, Ralph E. Cowgill, Edward Coy, George M. Coy, Howard Coy, James M. Coy, Martin Coy, Ardin D. Crawford, Maynard E. Crawford, Paul H. Crawford, John F. Crawley, H. D. Creighton, Albert Crissey, Blair Crissey, Earl Crissey, George A. Crissey, Robert Crissey, H. Cromwell Jr., Merle W. Crooks, William W. Cross, Earl Crownover, A. D. Crouse, Harry R. Crouse, Melvin Cruthers, William Charles Cunningham, Lester R. Cussins, John William Custer, Kenneth W. Custer, Orville W. Custer, Loraine Cutshall, Vaughn C. Cutshall, Edgar W. Cypher, Thomas Cypher, Willard Cypher, Edgar D. Darr, Harvey D. Daugherty, Clarence Davenport, Dan Davenport, William Davenport, Donald G. Davidson, T. C. Davidson, Arnold Davis, Edgar D. Davis, G. R. Davis, Harry I. Davis, Howard E. Davis, John W. Davis, Joseph J. Davis Jr., Louis B. Davis, Norman Davis, Wayne Davis, Joseph Dayton, Talford R. Deaner, Charles B. Dearing, Alphonse DeBonis, C. H. Defibaugh, David G. Defibaugh, Fred M. Defibaugh, Willard G. Defibaugh, William A. Defibaugh, Donald H. Deibert, John F. DeMoss, Paul DeMoss, Alvin L. Deremer, Clayton Deremer, Earnest Deremer, John H. Deremer, Milton R. Deremer, R. C. Deremer, R. E. Deremer, Walter C. Deremer, William A. Deremer, William M. Deremer, John Detwiler, D. H. Dibert, Fred Dibert, Herbert C. Dibert, Harry K. Dibert, Harold T. Dibert, J. E. Dibert, Raymond E. Dibert, Wilmot C. Dibert, Elmer Dick, Kenneth Dick, N. Dick, Willard Dick, Walter Dickinson, A. E. Diehl, Alfred Diehl, Billy C. Diehl, Charles Diehl, Charles O. Diehl, D. I. Diehl, Earl C. Diehl, Edgar D. Diehl, Grace Elizabeth Diehl, Harold C. Diehl, J. A. Diehl, John Robert Diehl, John S. Diehl, Kenneth C. Diehl, Lester E. Diehl, Louis Diehl, M. E. Diehl, Paul Diehl, Raymond E. Diehl, Robert Diehl, Victor Diehl, W. W. Diehl, Clarence Dietz, Hugh R. Diggins, Daniel F. Diveglia, Charles E. Dively, Clarence Dixon, Donald Dixon, John Dixon, Robert Dixon, Vernon Dixon, William T. Dixon, Leo M. Dobbs, Ira J. Dodson, Gene Dolt, Charles R. Donahoe, Glenn Donahoe, Francis N. Donaldson, James Donaldson, Fred J. Donelson, Kenneth Donelson, Clyde Drenning, John E. Drenning, G. W. Drenning, Anthony Dubetz, Peter Dubetz, Ross W. Dull, John W. Dunlap, Harold Duncan, John W. Duncan, Fern P. Duvall, William Duvall, A. D. Earnest, Harry I. Earnest, R. M. Easter, T. F. Easter, Joseph Edmonson, Allen R. Edwards, James Egolf, Paul J. Egolf, Chester K. Eichelberger, Eli Eichelberger, George Eichelberger, Glenn J. Eichelberger, Edward Eicher, Richard W. Eichler, Neal Elliot, Sam Elliot, W. S. Elliot, Cletis M. Elliott, Clyde Dennis Elliott, Floyd S. Elliott, Irvin L. Elliott, John E. Elliott, Lloyd H. Elliott, Thomas W. Elliott, Wendell Elliott, William Donald Elliot, Woodrow Elliott, William H. England, Harry F. Engle, Harry E. Englis, Don English, Frederick English, Jack English, Ernest Ensley,J. F. Eshelman, Ray D. Eshelman, Oren L. Estep, Robert Estep, Wayne Estep, Mack Everetts, Nelson Everetts, Ralph Everetts, Willis Everetts, J. F. Ewig Jr., Thomas Paul Ewig, Blair S. Fair, Harold Fair, Joseph A. Eyler, R. A. Farber, Frank Farkas, Jack McS. Faupel, James Faupel, W. A. Faupel, Harry A. Feather, Clair Feathers, Donald Feight, John A. Feight Jr., Melvin O. Feight, Richard R. Feight, Virgil Feight, Donald H. Felton, Fred Felton, Roy H. Felton Jr., Donald C. Ferguson, Harold K. Ferguson, Harry J. Ferguson, Lloyd Charles Ferguson, Elmer A. Fessler, Carl G. Fetter, Dale Robert Fetter, Paul W. Fetter, Glenn Fickes, Samuel S. Fickes, Ralph Figard, Thomas Figard, Walter Figard, Warren E. Figard, William Louis Figard, Chester E. Findley, C. W. Fisher, D. H. Fisher, David Fisher, Edward B. Fisher, Edwin B. Fisher, Frank J. Fisher, Fred Fisher, George M. Fisher, Lawrence L. Fisher, J. E. Fisher, John F. Fisher, James T. Fisher, James Joseph Fitzpatrick Sr., Bill L. Fix, Elmer H. Fix, Max Fix, Sherman H. Fix, Ralph J. Fleegle, Victor C. Fleegle, Joseph R. Flinn, James Fluke, Stoler Fluke, Vernon Fluke, Leo P. Fochler, John F. Foelker, Daryle Eva Foister, John S. Folk, E. J. Foor, E. Jasper Foor, Marl D. Foor, Roy Henry Foor, Emit Foore, W. M. Ford, Donald E. Foreman, Ernest Foreman, Edward K. Fox, Reginald J. Fox, Victoria E. Fox, V. C. Fleegle, W. A. Fletcher, W. B. Flick, J. R. Flinn, Darrell Foster, H. Fred Foster, George Lynn Foster, Joseph Wilmer Foster, Robert Foster, Thomas Foster, William Edmund Foster, William M. Foster, Edward Kenneth Fox, Howard L. Frantz, J. Frazier, Merle Frazier, H. K. Frear, Adolph Forest Funkhouser, Chauncey P. Fyan, Elizabeth Gallaher, Emory G. Gardner, E. P. Gardner, Frederick A. Gardner, Harry Gardner, James R. Gardner, Robert Gardner, Winona Garbrick, Lester Garlick, M. J. Gates, Jack Geisel, Donald E. Geisler, John George, John Gettic Jr., William H. Gettleman, John W. Gibbony, Hugh E. Gibson, Earl K. Giles, T. L. Gilson, Malvin Gindelsberger, Sam Giornesto, Robert S. Girven, C. George G. Glunt, Cloyd F. Goad Jr., J. T. Goad, Clarence A. Gohn, Frank Gohn, Homer Gordon, Irvin H. Gordon, Melvin Levi Gordon, Robert Gordon, Wilford D. Gordon, Robert Gosnell, John K. Grace, Duane Graffious, Homer Graffious, Kenneth Graffious, Oscar Graffious, Homer B. Greenawalt, Rowland S. Greene, George Greenland, William Gribble, Thomas Griffie, James Griffith, Viola Griffith, Philip M. Grove, Elwood W. Growden, Francis R. Growden, Homer Growden, Kenneth R. Growden, Merry E. Growden, Richard Growden, Walter Growden, V. G. Growden, Cloyd Grubb, Gerald Grubb, Jack Guillard, William A. Gump Jr., Joe G. Gundlach, Andrew Guthridge, Robert M. Guthridge, Charles F. Hafer, H. A. Hafer, Harold Hafer, Jess Hafer, Robert W. Hafer, Richard Hains, Lester Hainsey, Merle Hainsey, Ned Hale, Jack C. Hallman, Henry D. Hamilton, Kenneth J. Hamm, Willis Hamm, Joseph Hammer, M. E. Hann, William E. Hann, George Harbaugh, R. W. Harbaugh, S. E. Harbaugh, Sheldon S. Harbaugh, Howard C. Harclerode, H. R. Harclerode, J. R. Harclerode, John Harclerode, L. W. Harclerode, Robert Harclerode, Wallace Harclerode, Wilmot Harclerode, Robert Hardinger Charles Harr, Harry Harr, Ralph Harr, A. A. Harris, Kenneth C. Harris, Jack S. Harris, John P. Harrison, Charles A. Hart, Clarence D. Hartman, Arthur Hartle, John Hartle, Owen Hartle, A. B. Hartman, Almeta Hartman, Clarence D. Hartman, Sheldon Hartman, T. R. Hartman, Charles Hastings, Earl Hastings, William Hastings, John Hawley, Willis T. Hawley, Robert R. Hayes, Roy Hayes, C. M. Hazelette, D. F. Hazelette, Kermit Heath, Pauline H. Heckman, Calton Heckerman Jr., William S. Heckerman, Glen Heidorn, Robert Heidorn, Walter Heidorn, George C. Heit Jr., William Thomas Heit, Albert E. Helsel, Harry F. Helsel, Jimmy G. Helsel Charles D. Henderson, G. W. Henderson, John Richard Henderson, James P. Henderson, Robert R. Hengst, Clement Hennessey, Harry Herline, Frank E. Hersh, Bernard L. Hershberger, Clifford E. Hershberger, Donald H. Hershberger, Fred C. Hershberger, Humphrey Donald Hershberger, John R. Hershberger, Ross Hershberger, Ross E. Hershberger, Robert R. Hershberger, Robert G. Hershberger, Wilber D. Hershberger, George L. Hess Jr., Isaac Hess, Loren P. Higgs, Warren G. Hilburn, LeRoy Hill, Douglass Hillegass, Lee D. Hillegass, Samuel Himes, Thomas Himes, Willard Himes, John W. Hinson, William K. Hinish, Vance Hinson, Paul R. Hiquet, Alvin P. Hite, Daniel L. Hite, Frank Hite, Grant Hite, Kenneth Dale Hite, Milton B. Hite, Randolph Hite, Wesley Elsworth Hite, W, F. Hite, Thomas E. Hite, Edwin M. Hixon, Russell T. Hixson, Don Hoagland, Samuel R. Hoagland, John M. Hockenbury, R. B. Hockenbury, Barry A. Hoenstine, Charles Hoffman, Homer P. Hoffman, Marvin E. Hoffman, Victor O. Hoffman, Albert Hollingshead, Robert Hollis, Andrew Holobinko, Charles Holobinki, Frank Holobinko, Stephen Holobinko, A. L. Holsopple, R. H. Hoopengardner, Paul Hooper, Max Hooper, Chester Hoover, Fred W. Hoover, John Hoover, W. H. Hoover Jr., Willis Hoover, Harry Horn, John Horn, Paul Horn, Francis R. Horne, Jack R. Horne, Wilmer J. Horne, C. S. Horner, Harold J. Horner, Harry Horner Jr., Frank Hornick, Chester Horton, Tennyson L. Horton, James Houck, John S. Houp, Kenneth A. Houp, Woodrow Houp, Samuel L. Householder, H. C. Housel, H. R. Housel, John C. Housel, Paul R. Housel, Walter Houseworth, William L. Houseworth, Paul R. Howsare, Robert Howsare, R. V. Howsare, Harry Hrenda, Robert Huff, F. P. Hughes, Shirley C. Hulse Jr., Forrest W. Hunsicker, Max Lee Hunt, Clair Huntsman, Kenneth A. Huntsman, Fred C. Hyde, George Hyde, Homer Hyde, Robert Hyde, Ross Hyde, Charles F. Ickes, E. C. Ickes, H. B. Ickes, Harry Ickes, Homer Ickes, R. D. Ickes, R. R. Ickes, Robert S. Ickes, S. D. Ickes, Thomas L. Ickes Jr., J. E. Imgrund, R. J. Imgrund, E. C. Imler, Glen F. Imler, Harry R. Imler, J. S. Imler, Lester E. Imler, L. H. Imler, Robert Imler, William G. Imler, George L. Inglis, H. E. Inglis, Frederick L. James, H. O. James, Robert Allen James, David T. Jess Jr., Boyd O. Jewell, Darl Jewell, Juanita F. Jewell, Kenneth C. Jewell, Roy E. Jewell, William W. Jewell, Charles Johnson, Dennis S. Johnson, E. E. Johnson, Harold E. Johnson, Lloyd D. Johnson, Melvin L. Johnson, William Johnson, Frank T. Jones, Glen B. Jones, James T. Jones, R. A. Jones, Robert Jones, Frank W. Jordan III, F. L. Judy, A. N. Kaltenbaugh, Bernard W. Kaltenbaugh, J. W. Kaltenbaugh, Charley R. Karns, J. W. Karns, R. E. Karns, S. I. Karns, Simon O. Karns, Teddy A. Karns, Frank J. Karosic, C. J. Kauffman, Robert Kay, N. J. Keel, Guy F. Kegg, L. A. Kegg, Raymond E. Kegg, Arnold Keim, Fred Keith, George A. Keller, H. A. Keller, H. J. Keller, R. E. Keller, W. R. Keller, John Kelley, Nial F. Keys, W. E. Keys, Cecil E. Kidd, Earl E. Kifer, James E. Kilcoin Jr., Glen E. Kimberlin, Denver Kimble, Vernon Kimble, William King, James G. King, John King, Warren King Jr., Raymond H. King, Charles L. Kinsely, Roy Kinser, Ernest N. Kinzey, Robert M. Kinzey, Wade M. Kipp, Carl Kiser, Harvey Kiser, Peter Kiser, Ray Kiser, Walter Kiser, Joseph Kochera, J. F. Koelker, Joe Koncic, C. G. Koontz, C. M. Koontz, Donald E. Koontz, D. R. Koontz, George Clair Koontz, H. W. H. Koontz, M. F. Koontz, P. E. Koontz Jr., William E. Koontz, Joseph Korlick, Frank Kormanski, John Kormanski, Louis Kormanski, Joseph Koucic, Frank Kowalshik, David C. Kuhns, Robert W. Kund, Frank Kurucz, Frank Kutsmeda, Aaron R. Lamborn, C. I. Lamborn, G. F. Lamborn, Charles D. Landis, Warren E. Landis, Elvin Langham Jr., R. N. Langham, Albert M. Lantz, Wasco Lashinsky Jr., James Law, George J. Layton, L. F. Leach, J. N. Leader, Harold Leader, Clyde T. Leasure, J. A. Leasure Jr., Nathan Leasure, Stanley Leasure, Thomas H. Leasure, Wendell E. Leberknight, Calvin I. Lehman, James Lehman, Ray Lehman, Millard Lemin, Gerald V. Leonard, James Leonard, Joseph Leonard, Paul Leonard, Ralph Leonard, Richard Leonard, Robert Leonard, Frank Leonardi, Charles LePors, Herbert LePors, Lewis LePors, Kenneth Lesh, W. E. Leverknight, Chester Lewis, Roy E. Libengood, George Lindsy, Charles Lingenfelter, Clair Lingenfelter, Guy I. Lingenfelter, Leo Lingenfelter, Harvey Lingenfelter, R. E. Livengood, Robert Livingston, Eldon J. Lockard, Harry Logan, John Logan, Walter Logan, B. E. Logsdon, Victor E. Logsdon, George F. Logue, John D. Logue, John T. Lohman, James Vincent Lohman, William Lohr, Clair Long, David Long, Donald Long, Harry M. Long, Kenneth E. Long, Samuel Long, Warren V. Long, Louise Love, William Abernathy Love Jr., Warren Lundquest, Fred Lundquist, Donald Lundquist, Jack Lundquist, Robert Lundquist, John A. Lute, Edwain Luther, Giles Luther, John L. Luttrell, Paul Luttrell, Harold E. Lowery, Frances Lybarger, George Lybarger, Joe Lybarger, Ted Lynn, Wilbert A. Lynn, Wilbur A. Lynn, William Lynn, Willis Lynn, Kenneth James Mack, Melvin C. Manley Jr., Henry H. Mann, George Mansfield, Howard Marks, Allen Marshall, Ivan Marshall, Vance I. Marshall, F. L. Martin, Harry Martin, Joseph L. Martin, Albert N. Masood, James Masood, Curtis A. Maugle, Joseph Maugle, Thomas Maugle, Charles May, James May, M. W. May, Stanley May, Robert McCahan, Harry E. McCallion, N. B. McCallion, Bernard F. McCavitt, George McCavitt, Jesse L. McCavitt, Harry C. McClain, Donald McCreary, George McDonald, Victor McDonald, Owen J. McElfish, Donald E. McGahey, William E. McGahey, Dallas McGee, Albert Clinton McGhee, Delmont McGhee, Alan McIntyre, Douglas McIntyre, Gilbert McIntyre, Jack McIntyre, Ralph McIntyre, Charles McIwaine, Bernard Elsworth McKenzie, John Harmon McKenzie, Ellis McKnight, Wilfred McKnight, Tom McLaughling, Pat McLaughlin, Frank McKetta, Walter McMasters, F. V. McVicker, H. B. McVicker, Ken McVicker, Chapin H. Mears, Doyle Meck, Floyd H. Mellott, M. L. Mellott, Richard Mellott, Roy Mellott, William Mellott, John Merringer, George M. Mervine, G. H. Messersmith, Howard A. Messersmith, M. G. Messersmith, Oliver Messersmith, W. A. Messersmith, Lester Metzgar, Vernon Metzgar, Aloysious Metzler, Dan Metzler, Edward Metzler, Gregory Metzler, Paul Metzler, Vernon H. Meyers, Edward Michaux, M. W. Mickel, Ray Mickel, G. Donald Mickey, John Mickey, Melvin Mickey, Harold Walter Mickle, William Middleton, C. C. Milburn, C. R. Milburn, E. W. Milburn, Fred L. Milburn, Fred Paul Milburn, Hugh F. Milburn, J. W. Milburn, M. F. Milburn, A. E. Miller, A. V. Miller, Bartley C. Miller, Carl Miller, Charles F. Miller Sr., Charles R. Miller, Cleveland Miller, Delbert Miller, E. P. Miller, Earnest Miller, Elmer T. Miller, Emory Miller, Estil Miller, F. E. Miller, F. G. Miller, Floyd Miller, Ford M. Miller, Freeman J. Miller, F. L. Miller, Harold A. Miller, Harold B. Miller, Harold L. Miller, Harry Miller Jr., John C. Miller, John I. Miller Jr., J. M. Miller, Kenneth Calvin Miller, Leo A. Miller, Luther V. Miller, M. L. Miller, Melvin J. Miller, Melvin L. Miller, Paul H. Miller, Ralph Miller, Richard Freeman Miller, R. M. Miller, Robert H. Miller, Sewell Miller, Shelby Miller, Vernon O. Miller, Warren A. Miller, William Miller, William H. Miller, W. M. J. Miller, Donald Mills, Lester Mitchell, Russell Mitchell, Abraham Mittelmark, B. M. Mock, Cloyd Mock, Donald E. Mock, D. Melvin Mock, Dale Mock, Elmer E. Mock, Elmer Mock, Ford Mock, Fred Mock, Glen Mock, Harry C. Mock, Jay Mock, M. T. Mock, Paul Mock, Ray J. Mock, Samuel F. Mock, Verl Mock, Vernon Mock, William Paul Mock, Thomas Moffat, Martin M. Mollish, Pal A. Moore, Vernon Moore, William Moore, Shirley M. Moorehead, Fred Morgan, William Morgan, William T. Morgan, Clair Walter Morgart, J. Ben Morgart, James P. Morgart, Paul J. Morgart, Raymond J. Morgart, Robert P. Morgart, William Morgart, Samuel R. Moreland, Alan Morningstar, Dale Morningstar, Charles Morris, E. J. Morris, Irene Morris, Melvin H. Morris, Merle H. Morris, James H. Mort, John Mort, Robert E. Mort, Bruce Mortimore, Bruce E. Mortimore, G. Mortimore, R. H. Mortimore, Clarence I. Mosbey, Homer C. Mower, John N. Mower, Marvalene Mowery, J. E. Mowery, E. Glenn Mowry, Maurice Mowry, Sherman M. Mowry, George Moyle, Ralph Moyle, Harold Mullin, Meryl W. Mundweiler Jr., Robert G. Mundweiler, Thomas C. Mundweiler, K. C. Murray, John H. Murphy, Harvey Musser, Ward Musser, Vernon Myers, Robert Nankeville, Steve Navarra, Alvin E. Nave, Ellis Nave, Elva L. Nave, Howard Nave, John T. Nave, Lloyd R. Nave, Melvin W. Nave, Robert L. Nave, R. M. Nave, Thomas B. Nave, T. D. Nave, William Nazelrod, Robert Necodemus, Floyd T. Nee, George E. Nee, Melvin E. Nee, Randolph Nee, Robert New, Cletus E. Noon, William Norris, Keith M. Nunamaker, William B. Nunamaker, Fern Nunemaker, Fred W. Oaks, James Oaks, Seth Oaks, Carl Oldham, George Oldham, Harold Oldham, Imagail Oldham, Lyle Oldham, Wayne Oldham, Clyde C. Oliver, Donald W. Oliver, Cecil O’Neal, Albert H. Onstead, Lawrence Onstead, Merle W. Onstead, Earl Orndorff, Walter Orndorff, Donald W. Osler Sr., William F. Osman, Jay I. Oster, Luther E. Oster, Max Oster, Milton R. Oster, Richard C. Oster, Edward A. Otto, Harry Otto, Lee I. Otto, Willard H. Otto, Donald T. Oyler, J. B. Oyler, Edna K. Parks, Mary Pate, George R. Peabody, G. W. Pennell, C. W. Pensyl, George D. Pensyl, John J. Pensyl, Milton L. Pensyl, Russell L. Pensyl, Jack Pepple, Harold Perdew, J. J. Perdew, James K. Perdew, J. W. Perdew, M. L. Perdew, Elvin J. Perrin, Owen H. Perrin, John L. Philips, J. W. Phillips, William Phipps Jr., Dale M. Pierson, M. E. Pittman, R. Plummer, John Popelish, Louis Postlethwait, George J. Powell, Bruce Price, Charles Price, Frederick E. Price, G. B. Price, Homer E. Price, J. E. Price, James N. Price, M. E. Price, W. Earl Price, William A. Price, Roy Pritts, John Pucala, Edward S. Pakula, Harry Putt, Harold J. Ralston, Martin Ramper. Michael Ramper, Norman Ramper, Harry E. Ramsey, Raymond C. Ranker, Edgar Rankin Jr., Neal J. Rankin, Buddy Rawlings, James E. Rawlings, Jack Ream, Gerals Reed, Lawrence Reed, L. K. Reed, Melvin J. Reed, Milton T. Reed, Paul Reed, Robert Reed, William S. Reed, B. L. Reeder, Raymond L. Reeder, James Rees, Richard Rees, H. M. Reese, J. W. Reese, E. R. Redinger, Waylon G. Reid, Thomas F. Reiley, Bill Reininger, Glenn W. Reininger, Anthony Reklis, George R. Renshaw, John Replogle, James D. Ressler, Edward W. Reynolds Jr., William J. Rhoat, Richard Rhodes, Lester Rice, Charles Richards, Lester Richards, Robert Richards, Clifford Rickabaugh, Eugene Rickabaugh, James G. Rickabaugh, Robert Rickabaugh, William E. Riggs, John Riley, Floyd Rinard, Frank Rinard, Howard Rinard, James Rinard, John H. Rinard, Robert Rinard, William Rinehart, Charles Ripple, Leonard Rising, Bill Ritchey, Boyd Ritchey, C. W. Ritchey, Harry Ritchey, John S. Ritchey, Lester I. Ritchey, Norman Ritchey, Robert Ritchey, Roy Ritchey, William L. Ritchey, Gordon A. Roberts, Herman Roberts, P. V. Robinette, Roy E. Robinette, Helen Robinson, Woods A. Robinson, Herman Joseph Roberts, Charles Rodgers, Clyde Rogers, Harold Rogers, Joseph Rogers, Ted Rohr, Dan Rose Jr., Dempsey L. Rose, Donald Rose, Dwight Rose, H. D. Rose, Homer E. Rose, Hosea Rose, J. R. Rose, John D. Rose, Norman E. Rose, Robert F. Rose, Carl Ross Jr., Joseph Ross, Lawrence Ross, George Rouser, Harry Rouser, Charles Rowzee, Samuel Ruby, H. A. Rue, Russell Runion, Glen Runk, John Rusic, Dale Russell, John F. Russell, John H. Russell, James K. Russell, John K. Russell, Daniel Ryan, Donald W. Ryan, Clair Q. Sacratini, Lee D. Sallada Jr., Donald Sams, Fred Sams, Walter Sams, Warren Sams, James Satterfield, R. C. Satterfield, Charles A. Sauter Jr., Ellen B. Sauter, Darvis Savadow, Anthony Scarcia, Earl Scarcia, Edward Scarcia, Glenn Scarcia, William Scarcia, Earl Scarcic, C. E. Schaub, David Theodore Schleuter, Samuel W. Schnabel, Philip Schrom, John Sciranko, Michael Sciranko, Harry Scitticatt, Joseph Scitticatt, David V. Scritchfield, Luther Scritchfield, Elwood E. Seager, D. G. Seifert, I. T. Seifert, J. E. Seifert, J. M. Seifert, Leroy F. Seifert, Merle E. Seifert, C. R. Sellers, John Sellers, Clarence C. Shaffer, Clarence R. Shaffer, Ellsworth S. Shaffer, John N. Shaffer, John S. Shaffer, John W. Shaffer, Leland G. Shaffer, Earl Shark, Jack Shatzer, J. C. Shatzer, Bernard Shea, Richard Shea, John W. Shealer, Edward Sheats, William Sheats, Kenneth Sheeder, Ralph L. Sheeder, Robert Shehan, Clark F. Sheirer, Stanford P. Sheirer, Gerald Sherlock, Harold Sherlock, Warren Sherlock, Thomas P. Sherwood, E. A. Shields, Ralph Shilling, H. L. H. Shipe, William C. Shipe Jr., John L. Shipe, William Shipe, Carl Shippey, Robert Shoemaker, Landis Shriver, Max Shugarts, Joseph A. Shuck Jr., Frank Shuke, John Shuke, Ralph Shuke, Alfred J. Shull, Robert Sibble, Dale E. Sigler, John W. Sigler, K. D. Sigler, Charles J. Sill, Darrell Simpson, Kenneth M. Simpson, Quentin B. Simpson, Roy M. Simpson, Wood W. Simpson, Clifton Singer, Walter Singer, Charles A. Sipe Jr., L. H. Simon, John Sirko, Michael Sirko, George Sitch, Nora Regina Sivits, Benson E. Slack, George A. Slack, Robert P. Slack, Russell H. Sleaster, William B. Slick, Allen R. Smith, Bruce C. Smith, Cecil Smith, Charles E. Smith, Clarence F. Smith, Clarence O. Smith, Donald W. Smith, Frank Smith, Franklin Smith, Frederick S. Smith, Fred W. Smith, George Smith, George E. Smith, Glenn Smith, Harold E. Smith, Harold M. Smith, Harry Smith, James Emory Smith, James R. Smith, Jesse D. Smith, Kenneth L. Smith, Lawrence Hershell Smith, Merle E. Smith, Norman R. Smith, Patrick Smith, Ralph N. Smith, Roy W. Smith, Thomas Smith, Warren Smith, Willard E. Smith, William H. Smith, David Snavely, Stanley Snavely, Forest C. Snowden, Lloyd C. Snyder, Martin Snyder, Oscar E. Snyder, O. W. Snyder, Richard H. Snyder, William W. Snyder, Jacob Sone, Earnest G. Sotirokos, G. G. Sotirokos, Peter G. Sotirokos, Donald Souser, Donald Spearing, William Spearing, Marl Speck, C. Russell Speicher, Ernest E. Speicher, Chester Spencer, J. Kenneth Spencer, Charles D. Sproul, Harold Stake, Mitchell Stapleton, Ernest E. Stayer, Roy Steel, Charles N. Stern, Floyd Stevens, Orren Stevens, Donald Stevenson, Glenn Stevenson, Gerald Stewart, Ralph C. Stickler, Ralph E. Stickler, Robert L. Stiffler, L. D. Stiffler, Melvin H. Stinson, Charles F. Stiver, Grover Leroy Stockenus, Clyde T. Stoner, Emery K. Stoner, James Strait, Thomas V. Straub, Arnold L. Street, Chalmers C. Stroup Jr., Robert A. Stroup, Allen E. Stuby, Anson Stufft, Bernard Stufft, Clair Stufft, Fred Stufft, Myron Stufft, Orvil Stufft, Robert Stuller, Harry L. Sturtz, R. R. Stuver, Jay H. Suter, Stanley Suter, Edith Pearl Swartzwelder, Jean Helen Swartzwelder, Howard C. Swartzwelder, S. E. Swartzwelder, Donald Swope, Willis L. Swope, C. Taughenbaugh, Emory Taylor, Frank Taylor, E. Ray Taylor, Russell Taylor, Thomas S. Taylor, Whitney Taylor, Elden Tedrow, T. A. Tew, Alfred W. Thames Jr., A. S. Thomas, C. G. Thomas, Charles J. Thomas, Lee O. Thomas, Robert L. Thomas, Samuel J. Thomas, Willard Thomas, William Thomas Jr., J. E. Thompson, Joseph G. Thompson, Marvin Thompson, Paul Thompson, Ralph Thompson, Richard Thompson, Robert Thompson, Robert R. Thompson, Samuel Thompson, Warren R. Thompson, William Thompson, William H. Tiday, Guy E. Timmons, Rae Timmins, Angelo J. Timpano, Hampton R. Todd, J. M. Trail, Robert C. Trail, J. R. Tritt, Allen Troutman, Roy W. Troutman, John Trohanowsky, Theodore Trohanowsky, Walter G. Troy, Elmer Turner, George Turner, Paul Turner, Ralph E. Turner, Robert Turner, W. J. Turner, Charles V. Twigg, James W. Twigg, Raymond C. Twigg, Roger M. Twigg, Victor M. Twigg, Garfield H. M. Valentine, Ross C. Valentine, Henry P. Van Ormer, William A. Van Ormer, George Villa, James Villa, Joe Villa, Nick Villa, W. F. J. Vogel, Belmont Wagner, Frederick Wagner, Joseph E. Wagner, P. Wagner, P. B, Wagoner, John M. Wakefield, Clyde S. Walters, M. V. Walters, William H. Wambaugh Jr., Howard J. Ward, J. J. Ward, Paul E. Warren, William Washburn, A. E. Washington, Willard D. Watkins, John Waugerman, Charles O. Weaver, John A. Weaver, Preston Weaver, Robert Weaver, Robert M. Weaver, D. Weaverling, Vernon S. Weaverling, William C. Weaverling, Forest Webb, Robert F. Webb, Earl T. Weicht, Harry E. Weicht, Ellis R. Weicht, Ernest Weimert, William Weimert, G. W. Welch, Harold O. Welch, Henry J. Welch, George W. Welsh, Gene Wentz, Blain Wertz, Cletus B. Wertz, Donald B. Wertz, Dorsey Wertz, John A. Wertz, John H. Wertz, Joseph L. Wertz, Jacob P. Wertz, L. A. Wertz, R. E. Wertz, Robert J. Wertz, R. S. Wertz, Vernon Wertz, Vincent T. Wertz, W. B. Wertz, W. G. Wertz, W. N. Wertz, Ward O. Wertz, Warren Westover, J. Clayton Weyant, Ralph W. Weyant, Richard M. Weyant, Roy E. Weyant, William George Weyant, Wilson H. Weyant, D. H. Whetstone, Lawrence C. Whetstone, Lewis Whetstone, Roger Whetstone, Carl D. Whitcomb, Homer C. Whitehead, R. E. Whitehead, Alonza B. Whitfield, Paul Whitfield, T. A. Whitfield, Roy Whitman, Ruth V. Whitmore, Tompson Whitney, H. D. Whysong, F. B. Wilfong, Carl Wilhelm, Thomas S. Wilhelm, Delmar M. Wilkins, Philip A. Will, Caradoag Williams, Cloyd A. Williams, D. S. Williams, George C. Williams, George W. Williams, Howard W. Williams, James Williams, John C. Williams, Paul R. Williams, Robert L. Williams, William M. Williams Jr., Junior E. Williford, Charles H. Wilson, Donald Wilson, Francis H. Wilson, Harry Wilson Jr., Harry O. Wilson, John E. Wilson, Kenneth R. Wilson, Leone Wilson, P. C. Wilson, R. E. Wilson, Robert Wilson, Thomas Wilson, W. J. Wilson, Samuel Winebrenner, James Edward Winesickle, John W. Winesickle, H. W. Wineland, Kenneth Winfield, Ned C. Winter, Frank G. Wise, Clarence E. Wolfe, Thomas E. Wolfe, Cyril E. Wolfhope, Mike Womer, Quentin R. Wonders, Eric F. Wood Jr., Eric F. Wood Sr., Peter deR. Wood, Alvin Worthing, Irvin V. Worthing Jr., Frank William Woy, G. M. Woy, P. W. Woy, Charles A. Wright Jr., Donald Wright, Howard W. Wright, J. W. Wright, Lewis P. Wright, W. M. Wright, Robert E. Wrightsman, Paul Wvenglik, Warren Wyles, Henry R. Yaider, Edgar M. Yama, John C. Yama, Kenneth Yeager, Richard A. Yeager, D. W. Young, George Young, Myron Yantz, Charles C. Yarnell. Frank Yarnell, Harry J. Yingling, Agnes Yoho, Alvin G. Zembower, Charles A. Zembower, Denton L. Zembower, Delphin R. Zembower, Denver P. Zembower, Herman C. Zembower, J. W. Zembower, Kenneth W. Zembower, Merle Zembower, Orris N. Zembower, Richard Lease Zembower, Walter H. Zembower, Melvin D. Zimmers and Earnest Bruce Zinn.
There were a total of 405,399 combat deaths of both men and women during World War II. There were also 670,846 men and women wounded.
The Bedford County men who are known to have been killed in action included the following. Joe S. Allen, Mike Allen, Robert Allen, William Bair, Martin D. Barndollar, John W. Baughman, Robert R. Beegle, Dayton Black, Harold E. Boor, Milton P. Boore, Kie Brown, Arthur G. Burkett, George Burkett, Paul E. Burkett, Robert I. Burkett, Samuel Paul Burkett, Harold T. Cain, Loring Cain, James L. Carberry, Homer Carson, Douglas Clyde Cessna, Dale Clingerman, Hillery Clingerman, James D. Clingerman, Earl L. Clites, Paul A. Cloud, Clarence G. Colledge, Chester Corle, Gerald T. Corle, Lester R. Cussins, Arnold S. Davis, Luther Davis, William A. Defibaugh, William L. Deremer, Francis E. Derringer, Harry K. Dibert, George Dick, Hugh Diggins, James L. Dyar, Joseph C. Edmondson, Glenn J. Eichelberger, Russ Eichelberger, Lloyd Elliott, Burle A. Ellis, John England, Clifford Evans, Robert Evans, Howard L. Feather, George Feathers, Delmas Feaster, Roy Foor, Emory G. Gardner, Donald E. Geisler, William Gettleman, Hugh E. Gibson, Oscar Gordon, Vernon G. Growden, Arthur P. Hartle, Sheldon Hartman, Kermitt Heath, William Heckerman, Andrew Hucovsky, James Hughey, Max L. Hunt, William G. Imler, Oscar R, Jordan, Walter S. Jordan, John W. Karns, Leo Keefer, Carl E. Kennell, Donald Kight, Warren A. King Jr., Palmer Klahre, Lee Lafferty, James Lane, Jesse Larue, Roy Leach, Harold M. Leader, Ray Logsdon, Don Long, Charles R. Lowery, Harold E. Lowry, Ted Lynn, Clinton Mallow, Richard Martin, Lester E. May, Eugene McNight, Floyd H. Mellott, John Metz, Joseph R. Mickel, William H. Miller, Bruce E. Mortimore, Jack R. Mortimore, John R. Moses, Clarence I. Mosby, John Moses, Homer Mower, Harry G. Mowry, Robert L. Nave, Homer F. Nead, Clyde O’Neal, John H. Oster, W. Max Oster, William M. Oster, Charles Pennell, Carl Ramsey, Ralph Reininger, Gerald B. Replogle, James D. Ressler, Harvey Ringler, Alden Rininger, George L. Rodkey, George E. Rohm, Claude R. Rush, Warren E. Sams, Merrill M. Sargent, Earl E. Sarver, Darrell Sattiaux, Samuel Schnable, Raymond E. Schoonover, Jay J. Schrock, Marcy F. Shaffer, Charles E. Smith, Charles S. Smith, Melvin R. Smyers, John Sparks, James L. Steen, Elmer Stewart, John Stigers, Robert Stoe, Arnold L. Streett, Virgil F. Summers, Frederick R. Tewell, Kenneth Tewell, Robert Tharpe, Charles J. Thomas, Sam Thompson, William H. Tiday, Robert D. Turner, Garfield H. Valentine, Howard J. Ward, Roy E. Waugerman, Earl T. Weicht, Ellis R. Weicht, Blaine Wertz, Elaine W. Wertz, Harold E. Weyant, William G. Weyant, Joseph Wheeler, Frederick Wilson, Mark Wolfhope, Eric F. Wood Jr., and Orvis D. Woomer.
The Bedford County men who died of wounds, injuries and other causes included the following. John Paul Averill, Thomas Baird, Charles F. Benton, Kenneth W. Black, Isaac J. Boose, Theodore J. Brown, David M. Burket, Virgil C. Carson, Paul H. Clabaugh, Stanley P. Claycomb, Thomas C. Davidson, John H. Deremer, Raymond E. Dibert, Elmer L. Eyles, Myron Feather, Richard R. Feight, Lester T. Fennell, Clarence M. Fetter, Robert E. Feura, George W. Fickes, George V. Greenland, William T. Gribble, Ned E. Hammer, Harry S. Hancock, Paul Hester, Andrew A. Imler, James H. Jones, John T. Lohman, Richard D. McKinney, Stephen E. Navarra, James Oaks, Louis R. Redman, Ray T. Ritchey, Earl W. Rush, Raymond E. Shaffer, William C. Shipe, John E. Sherlock, Oliver M. Slifer, Thomas V. Straub, Marvin E. Thompson, Richard M. Wagner, Cloyd E. Way, Joe E. Werner, Harold O. Wigfield and Donald T. Wilson.
World War II ended on 08 May 1945 with the surrender of German forces in Italy and the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.
