United States Army Finance Corps
Honor Roll
Staff Sergeant Robert James Ashdown
30 July 1915 to 7 September 1944
Hometown: Geneva, New York
Captain Luis Antonio Avillan
2 March 1958 to 12 December 1985
101st Finance Company
Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee
Private First Class Herbert K. Ballew
circa 1918 to 24 October 1944
Hometown: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Technical Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Beason
16 January 1928 to 14 December 1944
Hometown: Canyon, Texas
circa 1826 to 27 October 1864
Headquarters, 34th Illinois Infantry
Hometown: Mount Carroll, Illinois
1 September 1860 to 12 November 1901
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Technical Grade Four Edward Richard Benedict
10 April 1921 to 1 February 1946
Hometown: Ontario County, New York
Captain John David Benien
1 June 1942 to 13 February 1969
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
17 February 1901 to 19 February 1945
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Specialist Fifth Class Anthony Martin M. Blas
25 May 1948 to 13 March 1970
Administration Company, 101st Airborne Division
Hometown: Yona, Guam
Lieutenant Colonel John Edward Bohnsack
28 November 1929 to 15 February 1969
Hometown: Evansville, Indiana
3 February 1800 to 9 February 1866
Hometown: New Lisbon, Ohio
Private Theodore Brodsky
25 November 1915 to 22 May 1945
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master Sergeant James Bernard Cavanagh
31 October 1915 to 10 February 1943
Hometown: Neola, Iowa
First Lieutenant Simon Buckner Chipley, Junior
Died 28 November 1943
101st Finance Disbursing Section
Hometown: Dade County, Florida
Staff Sergeant Alfred Patrick Clayton
21 August 1942 to 8 December 1968
199th Light Infantry Brigade
Hometown: Farmingdale, New York
Technician Grade Four Robert Lee Cohen
circa 1919 to 24 October 1944
Hometown: Arlington County, Virginia
Technical Sergeant Leonard E. Cyr
29 January 1918 to 5 September 1942
Home State: Michigan
Staff Sergeant Mike Ashman Dennie
25 November 1972 to 29 September 2004
106th Finance Battalion; Kitzingen, Germany
Operation Iraqi Freedom; Balad, Iraq
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Technician Grade Fourth Class Raymundo Devera
Died 23 May 1942
Home of Record: Philippines
Specialist Fourth Class Robert John Di Pietro
18 January 1947 to 29 July 1971
23rd Administration Company
Hometown: Trenton, Michigan
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Roger Sherman Dix
7 July 1810 to 7 January 1849
Hometown: Boscawen, New Hampshire
9 August 1832 to 30 July 1865
Hometown: Newport, Rhode Island
Private George E. Eliopoulos
circa 1918 to 3 February 1943
Hometown: Lowell, Massachusetts
Technician Grade Fourth Class Amado Felipe
Died 29 August 1942
Home of Record: Philippines
Specialist Fourth Class Lonnie Allen Floyd
29 July 1947 to 14 January 1967
C Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry,173rd Airborne Brigade
Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Lieutenant Colonel John Fowle, Junior
3 November 1789 to 25 April 1838
Hometown: Watertown, Massachusetts
Captain Stephen R. Franks
Died 23 January 1945
Hometown: Republic, Pennsylvania
Sergeant Major Thomas Henry Green
21 January 1926 to 9 July 1969
64th Finance Section
Hometown: Columbus, Georgia
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Lee Hawkins
8 August 1930 to 2 June 1973
Hometown: Plymouth, Indiana
Specialist Fourth Class Hiawatha Hicks
25 January 1945 to 21 April 1968
7th Battalion, 15th Field Artilery
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Specialist Fourth Class Daniel Robert Hoffman
19 December 1947 to 9 October 1971
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois
Staff Sergeant Meridith L. Hough
Died 24 October 1944
Home State: Minnesota
Captain James Kabakow
circa 1902 to 30 January 1945
Hometown: New York, New York
Corporal Theodore C. Kappmeyer
2 October 1946 to 7 August 1970
4th Administration Company
Hometown: San Jose, California
Specialist Fourth Class Edward Kasnow
8 July 1946 to 25 February 1968
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 307th Aviation Battalion
Hometown: Elwell, Michigan
Private First Class Homer K. Kuhns
11 June 1929 to 24 September 1950
C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, Regimental Combat Team
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Corporal Lamar Merrell Langston
15 October 1929 to 30 March 1951
106th Finance Disbursing Section
Hometown: Banks, Alabama
Staff Sergeant Paul Leroy Long
25 August 1916 to 9 January 1945
Hometown: Lincoln County, Kansas
Specialist Fifth Class Daniel Arnold May
18 June 1942 to 17 June 1969
9th Administration Company
Hometown: Spring Grove, Illinois
20 June 1798 to 21 July 1863
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Colonel Roy Edgar McElfish
11 November 1901 to 4 February 1946
Home State: Minnesota
Lieutenant Colonel Welborn Goulding McMurray
28 November 1886 to January 1943
Home State: California
Private Paul Henry Miller
3 December 1920 to 24 October 1944
Hometown: Bridgewater, Virginia
circa 1916 to 24 October 1944
Hometown: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
23 September 1954 to 12 December 1985
101st Finance Company
Hometown: Washington, Indiana
Major Henry 'Hank' San Nicolas Ofeciar
5 July 1970 to 27 August 2007
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division; Fort Riley Kansas
Operation Enduring Freedom; Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan
Hometown: Agana, Guam
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Sharp 'Swede' Olson
6 October 1898 to 24 January 1945
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
18 September 1979 to 10 October 2007
310th Financial Management Company; Whitehall, Ohio
Operation Iraqi Freedom; Baghdad, Iraq
Hometown: Piqua, Ohio
Major George Edward Pickett, Junior
17 July 1864 to 18 April 1911
Hometown: Washington, D. C.
Sergeant William Terry Pratt
28 April 1948 to 17 September 1968
4th Administration Company
Hometown: Carlinville, Illinois
Private First Class Aaron A. Pressman
circa 1917 to 14 February 1943
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Specialist Fifth Class Thomas J. Price
29 July 1948 to 12 April 1970
7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry, 1st Aviation Brigade
Hometown: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Specialist Fifth Class William Paul Rogers, Junior
12 August 1943 to 12 May 1967
Hometown: Valley Fork, West Virginia
circa 1818 to 10 February 1865
Major Paul Gerald Schlude
3 November 1941 to 20 January 1978
TUSLOG Detachment 4
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private Harry Jenkins Sherbondy, Junior
circa 1913 to 3 February 1943
3rd Finance Disbursing Section
Hometown: Dawson, Pennsylvania
20 August 1825 to 27 October 1864
First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Hometown: Osseo, Minnesota
circa 1929 to 28 February 1951
G Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
Hometown: Newport, Vermont
First Lieutenant William David Stirrup
Died 15 May 1968
25th Infantry Division
Hometown: New York, New York
Sergeant First Class Theodore M. Terkos
circa 1926 to 5 February 1951
7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Home State: Michigan
Sergeant Ross H. Thompson
circa 1891 to 10 December 1942
Hometown: Blount County, Tennessee
Lieutenant Colonel Melvin B. Underwood
Died 25 January 1945
Home State: Tennessee
Master Sergeant George F. Vonderheide
Died 20 September 1942
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
10 February 1836 to 27 January 1873
Hometown: Fryeburg, Maine
Staff Sergeant Walter A. Wernher
Died 23 July 1942
Home State: Pennsylvania
Specialist Fourth Class Ralph Eric White
9 January 1947 to 30 January 1968
13th Finance Company
Hometown: Compton, California
Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Wilkes
3 April 1920 to 20 January 1945
Hometown: Mesa, Arizona
Staff Sergeant Harold M. Williams
circa 1912 to 24 October 1944
Hometown: Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Specialist Fourth Class James Murl Wilson
17 June 1946 to 7 September 1967
Hometown: Utica, Kentucky
Private Elliot Matsuch Yoshida
21 November 1943 to 25 October 1971
C Company, 79th Maintenance Battalion
Hometown: Wahiawa, Hawaii
Names provided by Henry Howe; Curator, U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum; Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Web Site Links
Soldiers Listed as Missing In Action
External Links
Center for Research Allied POWs Under the Japanese
The Society of Retired U.S. Army Finance Noncommissioned Officers
The Society of Retired U.S. Army Finance Officers
United States Army Finance Corps Association
United States Army Financial Management School
Remembrance Book
This Remembrance Book allows families, friends, and veterans to post a remembrance in honor of Paymaster or Finance Corps soldier who lost their life or remain missing in action.
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This web site was created on 20 October 2007 and is maintained by Richard Worthy.
28 February 1973 to 30 June 1994
This web site was last updated on Saturday, December 22, 2007 09:59 PM