World War II

Pictured above: Marines on their way to Tokyo ran in a wartime issue of Bostonia magazine. Lt. Stanley W. Kronick (Questrom’42, LAW’43) and Lt. William P. McNamara (Questrom’40) (front row, from left); Lt. Willis A. Downs (Questrom’41) (seated at the wheel). Photo courtesy of Michael Tozeski.

Terriers in WWII

During World War II, Boston University’s students, faculty, and alumni answered the call to defend freedom, serving with distinction across the globe. From the beaches of Normandy to the islands of the Pacific, they fought with unwavering courage, embodying the values of duty and sacrifice. Many gave their lives in the pursuit of victory, leaving behind a legacy of honor that continues to inspire future generations. Their commitment to service reflects the enduring spirit of Terriers—leaders dedicated to a just and free world.

221 members of the Boston University community gave their lives fighting in WWII—these are their names:

Navy

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Alston Jr., John	Coast Guard	RM3	Lawrence	MA	LIB’41
Amesbury, Stanton M.	Navy	LTJG	West Medford / Hyde Park	MA	LIB’41
Bray, Robert S.	Coast Guard	ENS	Gloucester	MA	LIB’39
Cooper, J. Edward	Navy	SK2	Nottingham	NH	BUS’27
Crawford, John F.	Navy	CPO	Winchendon	MA	BUS’37
Cummings, Donald J.	Navy	S1C	Dorchester	MA	EDU’46
Davis Jr., James F.	Coast Guard	YNC	Boston	MA	LIB’46
Davis Jr., Richard W.	Navy	LTJG	Ipswich	MA	EDU’43
Doherty, John J.	Navy	ENS	Charlestown	MA	BUS’39
Drabinowicz, Francis P.	Navy	LTJG	Salem	MA	EDU’41
Eaton, Maxwell A.	Navy	LTJG	Wakefield	MA	BUS’38
Elliott Jr., Frederick J.	Navy	ENS	Newton	MA	BUS’40
Farmer Jr., David	Navy	LTJG	Rockville	ME	BUS’39
Feeley, Howard T.	Navy	LTJG	Franklin	MA	LIB’46
Gaulin, Victor S.	Navy	LT	Lowell	MA	BUS’29
Halloran, Paul M.	Navy	ENS	Dorchester	MA	ex.BUS’40
Hartford, Leon W.	Navy	YN3	Berwick	ME	ex.BUS’37
Jungermann, Paul H.	Navy	PhM1	Alameda	CA	MED’42
Keane, Walter P.	Navy	Aviation Cadet	East Boston	MA	ex.LIB’44
Kelleher, John D.	Navy	LTJG	Manchester	NH	EDU’42
Knoring, Lawrence M.	Navy	ENS	Dorchester	MA	BUS’41 / ’42
Landers Jr., Edward E.	Navy	ENS	Newton	MA	BUS’41
Martello, Olindo P.	Navy	ENS	Franklin	MA	LIB’43
Masters, John T.	Navy	Aviation Cadet	Magnolia Springs	AL	BUS’42
McLean, Lawrence G.	Navy	Aviation Cadet	Beverly	MA	ex.BUS’45
Morelli, Henry P.	Navy	LT	West Roxbury	MA	LIB’37
Pantano, George E.	Navy	LT	Chelsea	MA	EDU’41
Preston, Donald A.	Navy	ENS	Lynn	MA	BUS’44
Reid, Charles W.	Coast Guard	LTJG			BUS’37
Sholes, Woodrow E.	Navy	LT	Norwichtown	CT	BUS’39
Sturtevant, Donald S.	Navy	Aviation Cadet	Waltham	MA	ex.LIB’47
Sullivan Jr., John P.	Navy	SK1	Portland	ME	BUS’31
Thomson Jr., George	Navy	LTJG	Mattapan	MA	EDU’43
VanNamee, Charles H.	Merchant Marine	Able Seaman	Malden	MA	BUS’26
Watson, Lester D.	Coast Guard	PA, Surgeon	Milton	MA	MED’28, Former Faculty
Yirrell Jr., Frederick W.	Navy	ENS	Winthrop	MA	ex.LIB’46

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Marine Corps

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Benner, Stanley G.	Marine Corps	2ndLt	Arlington	MA	BUS’39
Betz, William O.	Marine Corps	PFC	Syracuse	NY	EDU’45
Boland, Paul H.	Marine Corps	Lt	Philadelphia	PA	BUS’43
Brook Jr., Herbert E.	Marine Corps	Lt	Newbury	NH	BUS’42
Cole, Donald E.	Marine Corps	Cpl	Taunton	MA	ex.LIB’46
Conlan, Charles F.	Marine Corps	Lt	Cambridge	MA	LAW’37
Doucett, Justin T.	Marine Corps	Cpl	Revere	MA	BUS’45
Foody, James M.	Marine Corps	2ndLt	Swampscott	MA	LAW’45
Germain Jr., Albert E.	Marine Corps	2ndLt	Boston	MA	BUS’43
Healy, Robert B.	Marine Corps	Capt	Fall River	MA	LAW’25
Hjelm, Roy E.	Marine Corps	Capt	Abington	MA	BUS’43
Lane, Francis B.	Marine Corps	Lt	Lenox	MA	BUS’43
LaRose Jr., Alfred F.	Marine Corps	Capt	South Hadley Falls	MA	BUS’42
Rogers, Vincent P.	Marine Corps	PVT	Wellesley	MA	ex.BUS’38
Shoemaker, William J.	Marine Corps	Capt	Lynn	MA	BUS’42

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Army

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Adamian, Vahey A.	Army	PFC	Arlington	MA	ex.BUS’46
Adams, Graydon L.	Army	PFC	Windham	VT	BUS’44
Amirault, Edwin F.	Army	PFC	Wakefield	MA	BUS’41
Amoruso, Louis P.	Army	LT	Middlesex County	MA	ex.LIB’43
Attridge, Thomas J.	Army	PFC	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’43
Beckwith Jr., Leslie W.	Army	CPL	West Newton	MA	BUS’38
Briggs, George P.	Army	LT	Lawrence	MA	BUS’36
Burke, Thomas J.	Army	LT	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’38
Chisholm Jr., John A.	Army	CPT	Melrose	MA	BUS’38
Ciamma, Renato A.	Army	CPL	Suffolk County	MA	LIB’46
Connell, Richard H.	Army	CPL	Boston	MA	BUS’38
Conner, William R.	Army	T/5	New Canaan	CT	MUS
Crane, Robert S.	Army	LT	Manchester	MA	BUS’41
Crozier, Lawrence W.	Army	LT	Marblehead	MA	BUS’28
Dafnoulelis, Christos	Army	PFC	Somerville	MA	BUS’43
Davis Jr., Ervin	Army	PVT	Braintree	MA	BUS’45
Dwan Jr., Thomas S.	Army	LT	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’36
Edwards, Dana Wilson	Army	PFC	Portland	ME	ex.MED’42
Enman, Warren A.	Army	LT	Newton	MA	BUS’44
Emerson, Dudley R.	Army	SSG	Brookline	MA	EDU’42
Feldman, Samuel	Army	PFC	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’32
Fishman, Harry	Army	T/5	Lawrence	MA	ex.BUS’44
Fleischer, Leonard	Army	PVT	Chelsea	MA	BUS’38
Flynn, William R.	Army	LT	Attleboro	MA	BUS’42
Fox, George L.	Army	LT	Lewistown	PA	THE’34
Francis, Russell H.	Army	LT	Reading	MA	BUS’43
Gadomski, Joseph A.	Army	LT	Clinton	MA	MED’43
Gambrell, Allen W.	Army	PVT	Essex County	NY	LIB’46
Given, William H.	Army	PFC	Plymouth County	MA	LIB’35
Goldberg, Bernard P.	Army	PVT	Suffolk County	MA	LIB’41
Goodwin Jr., Dana D.	Army	PFC	Worcester County	MA	ex.BUS’45
Grady, Paul G.	Army	2LT	East Derry	NH	LAW’41
Gregg, James W.	Army	CPT	Northborough	MA	BUS’41
Guise, George W.	Army	SGT	Newton	MA	LIB’40
Haines, Edgar F.	Army	COL	Norfolk County	MA	MED’06
Herrick, Roger	Army	SSG	Andover	MA	LIB’40
Hollis, Theodore P.	Army	CPT	Middlesex County	MA	LAW’24
Holmes, Joseph F.	Army	PFC	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’45
Hubbard, Neal	Army	2LT			BUS’44
Kane, Walter J.	Army	PVT	Lynn	MA	LIB’46
Kaplan, Irving C.	Army	PFC	New Bedford	MA	BUS’37 / LAW’39
Kiley, Frederic	Army	LT	Brighton	MA	ex.LIB’44
Kimball, Clyde E.	Army	CPT	Concord	NH	REL’30 / THE’33
Kinsman, Alfred W.	Army	SGT	Haverhill	MA	EDU’40
Klass, Barnet	Army	PVT	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’35
Klein, Ronald	Army	PFC	Roxbury	MA	ex.BUS’35
Klubock, Abraham H.	Army	LTCOL	Nassau County	NY	LAW’12
Kornetz, Milton C.	Army	PFC	Roxbury	MA	EDU’40
Koshivos, Nicholas J.	Army	2LT	Suffolk County	MA	LIB’44
Landess, Robert H.	Army	CPT	East Milton	MA	BUS’37
Lanigan, Edward G.	Army	SGT	Pawtucket	RI	BUS’42
Lavers, Robert N.	Army	CPT	Boston	MA	LAW’39
Lipphardt, Harry B.	Army	CPT	Marblehead	MA	BUS’20
Magin, Louis H.	Army	LT	Portland	OR	LIB’36
McEachern, Donald F.	Army	LT	Dukes County	MA	BUS’34
MacMillan, John E.	Army	PFC	Beverly	MA	BUS’43
Mara, John F.	Army	CPT	Lexington	MA	BUS’39
Merrill, William F.	Army	CPT	Malden	MA	BUS’37
Michaels, Arthur	Army	PFC	Middlesex County	MA	BUS’45
Monchick, Edward C.	Army	T/3	Roxbury	MA	BUS’42
Murphy, Thomas J.	Army	PFC	Watertown	MA	BUS’37
Murphy Jr., William F.	Army	CPT	North Quincy	MA	LIB’41
Muther, Donald	Army	PVT	Middlesex County	MA	BUS’39
Neilson, George M.	Army	LT	Suffolk County	MA	LIB’45
Norton Jr., Thomas R.	Army	PFC	North Attleborough	MA	BUS’46
Nowak, Theodore, J. F.	Army	CPT	Amesbury	MA	EDU’40
Ohrenberger, Kenneth H.	Army	PFC	Boston	MA	BUS’45
Otis III, George	Army	2LT	New York County	NY	EDU’42
Page Jr., Guy L.	Army	CPL	Norfolk County	MA	MED’43
Parkinson, Clifford L.	Army	PVT			BUS’38
Paton, Walter J.	Army	LTCOL	Shrewsbury	MA	EDU’29
Pearlman, Morton J.	Army	PVT	Brookline	MA	BUS’40
Pierce, Ellsworth K.	Army	PFC	Middlesex County	MA	BUS’40
Randazzo, Donald	Army	PVT	Chelsea	MA	BUS’34
Reines, Herbert S.	Army	CPT	Boston	MA	BUS’40
Rich, Otto A.	Army	SSG	Webster	MA	BUS’44
Richards, Robert C.	Army	PFC	Somerville	MA	ex.BUS’45
Rosen, Jack	Army	SSG	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’44
Rosenbaum, Harold	Army	PFC	Boston	MA	BUS’38
Sheehan, Jeremiah A.	Army	CPT	Manchester	NH	MED’38
Silton, George B.	Army	CPT	Mattapan	MA	BUS’24 / LAW’31
Silverstein, Maurice	Army	CPT	Suffolk County	MA	Faculty, MED
Spector, Jean S.	Army	CPT	Boston	MA	BUS’33
Stedman, George W.	Army	PFC		MA	BUS’46
Stratton, William L.	Army	SSG	Middlesex County	MA	ex.LIB’47
Strong, Orvis J.	Army	SGT	Malden	MA	LIB’43
Stuetzel, Carl C.	Army	CPT	Roxbury	MA	BUS’38
Sullivan, Charles F.	Army	SGT	Worcester County	MA	BUS’45
Sullivan, Daniels J.	Army	LT	Quincy	MA	BUS’42
Sutherland, Caleb E.	Canadian Army	LT	Boston	MA	LIB’41
Thelen, Harry T.	Army	LTC	Essex County	MA	Former Faculty
Thomson, George	Army	PFC	Milton	MA	ex.BUS’44 / EDU’44
Urmston Jr., William H.	Army	SGT	Walpole	MA	MED’42
Walker, Perley G.	Army	T/5	Dorchester	MA	BUS’33
Weden, Robert A.	Army	LT	North Quincy	MA	BUS’42
Williams, Robert C.	Army	SSG	Jamaica Plain	MA	ex.LIB’27
Winslow, Edwin W.	Army	LT	Middlesex County	MA	BUS’35

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Army Air Corps / Army Air Forces

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Adler, Irving	AAC/AAF	LT	Brookline	MA	LIB’42
Archer, Lawrence C.	AAC/AAF	CPT	Brockton	MA	ex.BUS’35
Asselin, Henry O.	AAC/AAF	MAJ	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’44
Benati, Idore	AAC/AAF	Flight Officer	Plymouth County	MA	ex.LIB’45
Berrie, Albert L.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Middlesex County	MA	BUS’45
Cameron, Grahame B.	AAC/AAF	PVT	Norfolk County	MA	EDU’41
Carter, Kenneth B.	AAC/AAF	LT			LIB’44
Cashen Jr., William J.	AAC/AAF	LT	West Roxbury	MA	BUS’45
Chiappini, Walter R.	AAC/AAF	LT	Medford	MA	BUS’39
Cicora, Anthony F.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Brockton	MA	BUS’42
Cohen, Charles	AAC/AAF	2LT	Boston	MA	EDU’45
Cohen, Melvin L.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’43 / ’44
Dervan, Joseph T.	AAC/AAF	SSG	Winthrop	MA	BUS’35
Dodge, John G.	AAC/AAF	Flight Officer	Portland	ME	ex.BUS’44
Donabed, Alfred	AAC/AAF	CPL	Suffolk County	MA	EDU’45 / BUS’45
Dustin, Harry H.	AAC/AAF	LT	Middlesex County	MA	LIB’44
Duval, Albert F.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Leominster	MA	EDU’45
Eldridge, Samuel	AAC/AAF				BUS’34
Fletcher, Ray F.	AAC/AAF	LT	Westboro	MA	BUS’41
Graf, William R.	AAC/AAF	LT	Erie County	NY	BUS’40
Grimes, Dale V.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Cedar	IA	BUS’40
Gross, Paul A.	AAC/AAF	2LT			BUS’44
Gutman, Hirschel	AAC/AAF	LT	Brookline	MA	BUS’37
Hale, Clayton	AAC/AAF	2LT	Wolfeboro	NH	BUS’41
Hayward, Harris S.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Norfolk County	MA	BUS’44
Hird, Winfield A.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Lowell	MA	BUS’38
Hunter, Thomas M.	AAC/AAF	SSG	Norfolk County	MA	EDU’46
Kadehjian, Aram	AAC/AAF	Flight Officer	Watertown	MA	LIB’43
King, Leon S.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Medford	MA	ex.LIB’46
Kirsis, Robert J.	AAC/AAF	Aviation Cadet	Santa Barbara County	CA	LIB’45
Lane, Richard	AAC/AAF	LT	Ridgewood	NJ	BUS’42
Lawton, Edward A.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Boston	MA	Night School
Lawrence, Arthur D.	AAC/AAF	LT			BUS’44
Levitan, William A.	AAC/AAF	LT	Roxbury	MA	BUS’42
Lipsky, Bernard	AAC/AAF	LT	Swampscott	MA	BUS’41
McGonagle Jr., Edward F.	AAC/AAF	LT	Medford	MA	LIB’44
MacNulty, Charles M.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Malden	MA	LIB’40
Melkonian, Harold H	AAC/AAF	CPT	Watertown	MA	Unknown
Meyers, Herbert F.	AAC/AAF	LT	Portland	ME	BUS’41
Milillo, Antonio J.	AAC/AAF	SSG	Suffolk County	MA	LIB’44
Monahan, William J.	AAC/AAF	LT	Bay County	FL	EDU’44 / LIB’44
Murray, Gordon P.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Madison	ME	LAW’43
Nicholson, George H.	AAC/AAF	MAJ	Medford	MA	EDU’40
Nickerson, Robert I.	AAC/AAF	LT	Norfolk County	MA	BUS’38
Palmer, Charles H.	AAC/AAF	PFC	Providence	RI	BUS’40
Perroni, Anthony P.	AAC/AAF	SSG	East Boston	MA	ex.LAW’44
Roberts, Sumner L.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Norfolk County	MA	LIB’41
Schiraga, Jack B.	AAC/AAF	SSG	Suffolk County	MA	BUS’41
Schultz, Herbert F.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Boston	MA	LIB’42
Searle Jr., Harold K.	AAC/AAF	LT	Chelsea	MA	BUS’40
Silverman, Stephen	AAC/AAF	CPT	Suffolk County	MA	EDU’40
Simenson, Alvin	AAC/AAF	LT	Barre	MA	BUS’41
Ulrich, Eduard H.	AAC/AAF	LT	West Newton	MA	MED’42
Vincent, Donald H.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Dorchester	MA	LIB’38 / GRA’40
Vollono, Vincent E.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Boston	MA	ex.BUS’45
Watts, George S.	AAC/AAF	LT	Wakefield	MA	MED’41
Williamson, Robert S.	AAC/AAF	LT	Middlesex County	MA	ex.LIB’44
Winslow, Leon M.	AAC/AAF	SSG	Lynn	MA	BUS’35
Winsten, Saul	AAC/AAF	2LT	Pawtucket	RI	LAW’41

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Unknown / Other Affiliation

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Alemian, Zaruen		PVT	Lawrence	MA	ex.LIB’46
Carrol, John Paul					EDU’41
Flynn Jr., Florence M.					BUS’42
Germaine, Richard H.		2LT	Newton	MA	BUS’42
Gillum, Margaret East	American Red Cross	LT	Weymouth	MA	LIB’29
Hobbs, John W. F.	Department of Contracts	MAJ	North Hampton	NH	LAW’13
Johnson, Joseph P.					LAW’38
Kelly, Martin J.		PFC			ex.BUS’32
Lanpher, Robert J.					EDU’41
Lynch, Joseph E.		CPL			BUS’44
Procopio, Antonio					BUS’34
Rand, Robert R.					BUS’40
York, Irving W.		PVT			BUS’36

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Some of Boston University’s students, faculty, and alumni were also held as Prisoners of War (POW) or listed as Missing in Action (MIA) during WWII. Each of them conducted themselves with the highest ideals of duty, honor, and integrity during their service, and their sacrifice to a grateful nation is never forgotten.

At least 6 members of the Boston University community were listed as POW/MIA in WWII—these are their names:

POW / MIA

BUS = College of Business Administration
EDU = School of Education
LIB = College of Liberal Arts
LAW = School of Law
MED = College of Medicine

MUS = Music
THE = School of Theology
REL = Religion
GRA = Graduate School
Ex. = Expected Graduation

Name	Service	Rank	Hometown	State	Class Year
Brooks, Richard W.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Roxbury	MA	LIB’43
Crowley, William C	AAC/AAF	2LT	Boston	MA	ex.LIB’46
Glickman, Louis H.	AAC/AAF	2LT	Springfield	MA	ex.BUS’41 / ex.LAW’42
Hall, Raymond L.	Army	Chaplain	Lynn	MA	THE’32
Rosoff, Stanley	Army	LT	Brookline	MA	BUS’38
Winkeller, Henry	AAC/AAF	SSG	Roxbury	MA	ex.BUS’37

World War II

"From the beaches of Normandy to the islands of the Pacific..."

Terriers in WWII

Navy

Marine Corps

Army

Army Air Corps / Army Air Forces

Unknown / Other Affiliation

POW / MIA