Collection
Civilians
Civilian personnel and organizations.
Additional Information
The civilian persons associated with the various U.S. war efforts and the Defense Department and its predecessor organizations include a wide variety of people. At the top are the Secretaries of the various departments and going from there are people who manned the Merchant Marine, the WASPs (see below), and many others, singly or as members of groups.
The database table behind this page lists some of the civilians who have been involved with the military in some way, including some who have had ships named for them. Quite a few of the Merchant Marines are included.
Significant groups, and sources for them, are as follows.
Merchant Marine
The largest single group of such civilians is probably the Merchant Marine in World War II, about 215,000 men. Of these, over 9,000 lost their lives because of the great danger they faced, primarily from German submarines, and especially in the early months of the war. Another 11,000 were wounded. Of 718 who were taken prisoner of war, only 620 returned. Records of all who served apparently have not survived. At least I haven’t found any sources of them. However, information about those who died in Merchant Marine service may be found at the Merchant Marine site.
Women’s Airforce Service Pilots
Another important but often forgotten group in World War II was the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), 1,074 females who served as ferry pilots to free male pilots for combat duty. 38 of those women pilots died in that service. The names of those women may be found listed at the WASP list.
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| Lastname | Firstname | Midname | Organization | Majoroffice | Borndate | Dieddate | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Ryan | Quartermaster Dept | 1864-05-07 00:00:00.000 | Civil War ? Quartermaster Dept | |||
| Gonzalez | Andres | Merchant Marine | 1900-08-09 00:00:00.000 | 2000-05-28 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine Buried in NY | ||
| Guillermo | |||||||
| Homer | Bigart | N.Y. Harold Tribune | WW II War Correspondent | ||||
| I | Buric | Merchant Marine | WW II Merchant Marine SS Fort Lee as Ch, Steward. Survive…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Fort Lee as Ch, Steward. Survived its sinking | ||||
| Jose | Llano | Merchant Marine | 1943-01-01 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Arthur Middleton as Fireman/Water…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Arthur Middleton as Fireman/Water Tender
Killed when his ship was sunk
May be Lliano, qv | |||
| Joseph | Ference | Merchant Marine | 1942-03-23 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Naeco as Ordinary Seaman TX-Harr…WW II Merchant Marine SS Naeco as Ordinary Seaman TX-Harris | |||
| Lawrence | |||||||
| Marantz | Kenneth | Merchant Marine | 2015-01-03 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as purser pharmacist NY | |||
| Martinez | Amalio | Merchant Marine | 1908-12-05 00:00:00.000 | 1993-02-01 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine Buried in NY | ||
| Michael | Sherry | Merchant Marine | WW II Merchant Marine USS Fort Lee as Messman. Survived i…WW II
Merchant Marine
USS Fort Lee as Messman. Survived its sinking
NJ | ||||
| Jr. | Bernard | A | Merchant Marine | 1920-09-16 00:00:00.000 | 2008-04-16 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as ENS Buried in NY | |
| A | Salabarria | M | Merchant Marine | WW II Merchant Marine Cuba | |||
| Aarons | Henry | A | Merchant Marine | 1943-10-31 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine Died in service MA | ||
| Aasted | Christian | Severin | Merchant Marine | 1942-06-02 00:00:00.000 | WW II SS Illinois as 2nd Mate Killed Jun 2 1942 WA | ||
| Abad | Antonio | Francisco | Merchant Marine | 1942-10-19 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine aboard SS Steel Navigator as Cook NY-…WW II Merchant Marine aboard SS Steel Navigator as Cook NY-New York | ||
| Abbott | Cyrus | W., Jr. | 1943-10-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II Died while in service as a civilian CA | |||
| Abel | William | H | Red Cross | WW II With 106th Infantry Division | |||
| Abele | Francis | Joseph | Merchant Marine | 1942-07-09 00:00:00.000 | WW II Mrchant Marine SS Benjamin Brewster as Radio Officer…WW II
Mrchant Marine
SS Benjamin Brewster as Radio Officer
Killed Jul 9 1942
FL | ||
| Abell | Helen | T | WASP | WW II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) | |||
| Abraham | John | Merchant Marine | 1942-10-17 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Angelina as Able Bodied Seaman K…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Angelina as Able Bodied Seaman
Killed when his ship was sunk | |||
| Abrams | Fred | P | Portsmouth NSY | 1963-04-10 00:00:00.000 | Civilian employee of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard On board USS…Civilian employee of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
On board USS Thresher (SSN-593) when it was lost | ||
| Ackermann | Curt | Merchant Marine | 1942-02-21 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Azalea City as Oiler Killed when…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Azalea City as Oiler
Killed when his ship was sunk | |||
| Ackermann | Ira | Emil | Merchant Marine | 1943-02-03 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as Chief Cook on Dorchester NY-New Y…WW II Merchant Marine as Chief Cook on Dorchester NY-New York | ||
| Ackley | James | W | Vietnam War Prisoner of War March 7 1973 | ||||
| Adamovicz | Stanley | Merchant Marine | 1943-12-10 00:00:00.000 | WW II Died in service MA | |||
| Adams | Adaline | B | WASP | WW II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) | |||
| Adams | Carey | Merchant Marine | 1946-05-20 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine AL | |||
| Adams | Charles | Francis | Secretary of the Navy | 1866-08-02 00:00:00.000 | Secretary of the Navy 1929 to 1933 Died 1954 See DDG-2 (Ch…Secretary of the Navy 1929 to 1933
Died 1954
See DDG-2 (Charles F. Adams) | ||
| Adams | Charles | K | 1944-01-14 00:00:00.000 | WW II Died while in service as a civilian WV | |||
| Adams | Charles | Wigton | Merchant Marine | WW II Merchant Marine as Seaman on SS Admiral Y.S. Williams…WW II Merchant Marine as Seaman on SS Admiral Y.S. Williams when trapped in Hong Kong in Dec 1941 POW but exchanged | |||
| Adams | Earl | Read | Merchant Marine | 1942-02-21 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as Ordinary Seaman on J.N. Pew RI | ||
| Adams | Eugene | Merchant Marine | 1942-04-04 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as Ordinary Seam n on Byron Benson M…WW II Merchant Marine as Ordinary Seam n on Byron Benson MI-Wayne | |||
| Adams | Howard | Merchant Marine | 1942-09-13 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Mary Luckenbach as 2nd Mate Kill…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Mary Luckenbach as 2nd Mate
Killed September 13 1942
PA-Philadelphia | |||
| Adams | John | 1941-12-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on …WW II
One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | ||||
| Adams | John | President of the United States | 1735-10-19 00:00:00.000 | 1826-07-04 00:00:00.000 | Massachusetts House of Representatives First Continental Co…Massachusetts House of Representatives
First Continental Congress
Committee to draft Declaration of Independence
1777, Commissioner to France
1789, 1797, Vice President
1797-1801, President of the United States
Championed extablishing and strengthening the American Navy
See Frigate John Adams, SSBN-625 (named for both him and John Quincy Adams), Frigate Adams, and ScStr Adams | ||
| Adams | John | Quincy | President of the United States | 1767-07-01 00:00:00.000 | 1848-02-21 00:00:00.000 | Eldest son of President John Adams, qv 1794, Minister to Ne…Eldest son of President John Adams, qv
1794, Minister to Netherlands
1797-1801, Minister to Prussia
1803-1908, U. S. Senate
1809, Minister to Russia
1814, helped negotiate treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812
1817-1825, Secretary of State
1825-1829, President of the United States1827-1848, U. S. House of Representatives
See SSBN-625 (Named for him and for his father, President John Adams | |
| Adams | Joseph | 1941-12-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on …WW II
One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | ||||
| Adams | Ruth | WASP | WW II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) | ||||
| Adamson | John | Henry | Merchant Marine | 1944-01-02 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine CA | ||
| Adamson | Louis | A | 1941-12-08 00:00:00.000 | WW II Died while in service as a civilian CA | |||
| Adaza | Julian | Manlangit | Merchant Marine | 1943-03-09 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine SS Puerto Rican as Steward Killed M…WW II
Merchant Marine
SS Puerto Rican as Steward
Killed Mar 9 1943
NY | ||
| Adkins | Cloden | Vietnam War Prisoner of War February 1 1968. Released Marc…Vietnam War
Prisoner of War February 1 1968. Released March 1973
Died September 1997 | |||||
| Agor | Victor | Vietnam War Prisoner of War. Released January 23 1968 in P…Vietnam War
Prisoner of War. Released January 23 1968 in Prisoner of War Exchange | |||||
| Aiau | Samuel | Fook | Merchant Marine | 1942-07-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as Wiper on Olopana PA-Philadelphia | ||
| Aiken | Russell | Newton | Merchant Marine | 1942-03-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II Merchant Marine as Radio Officer on Steel Age MI | ||
| Ailes | Stephen | Secretary of the Army | Secretary of the Army Jan 28, 1964 to Jul 1, 1965 | ||||
| Akana | James | Lum | 1941-12-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on …WW II
One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | |||
| Akina | August | 1941-12-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on …WW II
One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | ||||
| Akitama | George | Jay | 1941-12-07 00:00:00.000 | WW II One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on …WW II
One of 59 civilians killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |