*last update 7/22/2020

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Marvin Albert Edward Lehnertz was born Oct. 25, 1919 to Anthony and Anna Katherine Graesch Lehnertz. He died Jan. 6, 1945 and is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He was buried at sea.

Petty Officer Lehnertz served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


Robert Moffat Losey was born May 17, 1908 to Leon A. and Nellie Moore Losey. He died Apr. 21, 1940 and is buried in the U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, NY. His ashes were brought to Boston by ship and to West Point by plane.

Capt. Losey was the first American killed in World War II, dying in a Nazi air raid on Dombas, Norway. A monument to Captain Losey was erected in Dombas in 1987 by the Norwegian government.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Jul 2020

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