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511. Pensacola's April Loss 4-5-1945 WWII
US Army Air Corps Tech Sergeant Daniel Bruce Lockstead was born in Malone, Jackson County, Florida on December 2, 1918, the son of Bryant...

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Apr 5, 20212 min read
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510. Milton's April Loss 4-5-1951 Korea
Army PFC Ralph Sasser was born in Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama on May 10, 1930, the son of Hosea S. Sasser (1902-1987) and Lilly...

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Apr 4, 20212 min read
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509. Pensacola's April Loss 4-4-1942 WWII
US Merchant Mariner 2nd Assistant Engieer Warren Ashbury Mix Sr. was born in Minneapolis, MN on June 25, 1897, the son of Canadian born...

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Apr 2, 20212 min read
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508. Pensacola's April Loss 4-3-1943 WWII
Army Private Jack D. Helton was born in Florida on June 22, 1922 however there is no information as to his parentage. We do know that his...

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Apr 1, 20212 min read
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507. Pensacola's March Loss 3-31-1945 WWII
Army Private Joseph Sherwood Hoover was born on April 9, 1911 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Roy J. Hoover (1883-1914) and Lillian Rose...

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Mar 31, 20212 min read
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506. Pensacola's March Loss 3-30-1945 WWII
Army PFC Autrey Graham was born in Pensacola, Florida on August 6, 1914, the son of Thomas (1884-) and Pearl "Pearlie" Graham (1884-)....

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Mar 31, 20212 min read
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505. Pensacola's March Loss 3-30-1945 WWII
my Corporal William Jefferson Fulghum was born in Macon, Georgia on February 24, 1917, the son of Clifford Arnold Fulghum (1880-1938) and...

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Mar 30, 20212 min read
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504. Pensacola's March Loss 3-29-1945 WWII
Army Sergeant Stephen Charles Roppolo was born on October 3, 1925 in New Orleans, LA, the son of Charles Anthony Roppolo (1905-1941) and...

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Mar 30, 20212 min read
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503. Milton's March Loss 3-27-1945 WWII
Army Private Britton "Britt" (nmn) Gainey was born in Mossy Head, Florida on April 9, 1926, the son of John Hudson Gainey (1891-1968) and...

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Mar 29, 20212 min read
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502. Pensacola's March Loss 3-26-1945 WWII
Navy LCDR Bryon Eberle "Cookie" Cooke was born in Marshall, Texas on April 21, 1915, the son of Eberle "Ebb" C. Cooke (1876-1932) and...

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Mar 27, 20212 min read
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501. Pensacola's March Loss 3-24-1945 WWII
Army PFC Robert Dalton Watts was born on October 23, 1914 in Bluff Springs, Florida, the son of Thomas Jefferson Watts (1885-1968) and...

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Mar 24, 20212 min read
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500. Milton's Duncan Johnson Jr. Sinks Enemy Battleship
Many people pass through this world having lived uneventful lives and leave barely a ripple behind them. But not so Milton's Duncan...

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Mar 24, 20213 min read
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499. Pensacola's March Loss 3-22-1944 WWII
Navy AMM3c Clyde Mathis was born in Atmore, Alabama on March 27, 1923, the son of Joseph Selman Mathis (1879-1954) and Arrie Irene...

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Mar 23, 20211 min read
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498. Pensacola's March Loss 3-21-1945 WWII
Army Private Ralph Lamar Gilmore was born in Brandenburg, Alabama on September 5, 1925, the son of Daniel Cleveland Gilmore (1885-1971)...

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Mar 23, 20212 min read
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497. Pensacola's March Loss 3-19-1945 WWII
Navy Captain Arnold "Buster" Jay Isbell was born in Oto, Woodbury County, Iowa on September 22, 1899, the son of Charles Leroy Isbell...

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Mar 22, 20212 min read
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496. Pensacola's March Loss 3-18-1945 WWII
Navy Commander Gordon "Bunny" Eugene Schecter was born in Deer Lodge, Montana on June 4, 1912, the son of James Eugene Schecter...

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Mar 20, 20212 min read
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495. Pensacola's March Loss 3-18-1918 WWI
US Navy Mess Attendent 3rd Class Ivery Coldman was born in February 1897, the son of William (July 1871) and Lizzie Coldmon (born January...

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Mar 20, 20211 min read
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494. Pensacola's March Loss 3-16-1945 WWII
US Army Adrian Thompson Enfinger was born in Milton, Florida on October 26, 1923 to the union of Lewis Thompson Enfinger (1896-1963) and...

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Mar 15, 20212 min read
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493. Pensacola's March Loss 3-14-1952 Korea
US Army Corporal W. J. "Buddy" Gainey was born in Alaqua, Walton County, Florida on November 1, 1932, the son of Willis Wilbern Gainey...

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Mar 13, 20212 min read
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492. Pensacola's March Loss 3-13-1944 WWII
SN Ensign Otto John Pace was born in Pensacola, Florida on September 25, 1923, the son of John Hiram Pace (1893-1973) and Paula Wicke...

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Mar 12, 20212 min read
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