Collection

Civilians

Civilian personnel and organizations.

Showing 3,251–3,300

Lastname	Firstname	Midname	Organization	Majoroffice	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark
Powers	Billy	Gene	Merchant Marine		1927-07-18 00:00:00.000	1998-09-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in CA
Powers	Bruce	Ralph	Merchant Marine		1924-01-25 00:00:00.000	2007-02-27 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Cadet Buried in CA
Powers	Dale	E	Merchant Marine		1924-05-10 00:00:00.000	2018-04-20 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in MI
Prats	Charles		Merchant Marine			1944-01-25 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Penelope Barker as Messman Kille… WW II Merchant Marine SS Penelope Barker as Messman Killed January 25 1944 Spain
Pratt	Archie	H				1943-10-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian CA
Pratt	Ralph	Stanley	Merchant Marine			1942-07-05 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Fairfield City as Chief Mate Kil… WW II Merchant Marine SS Fairfield City as Chief Mate Killed May 7 1942 NY
Preble	Vernon	W				1943-12-01 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian MA
Prescott	Robert	D	Posrtmouth 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
Prescott	Roger	Wolcot	Merchant Marine			1942-09-13 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS May Luckenbach as A.B. Killed Se… WW II Merchant Marine SS May Luckenbach as A.B. Killed September 13 1942 MA
Prescott	Samuel						Doctor Revolutionary War Apr 18-19 1775, along with Paul R… Doctor Revolutionary War Apr 18-19 1775, along with Paul Revere and William Dawes, rode to warn patriots in Lexington and Concord of the British advance
Preston	Donald	W				1943-10-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian ID
Preston	John	Clifton	Merchant Marine			1944-03-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Maiden Creek II as Deck Maint. K… WW II Merchant Marine SS Maiden Creek II as Deck Maint. Killed Mar 17 1944 KS
Preston	William	Ballard		Secretary of the Navy	1805-11-25 00:00:00.000	1862-11-16 00:00:00.000	Graduated Hampden-Sydney College 1824 Secretary of the Navy… Graduated Hampden-Sydney College 1824 Secretary of the Navy 1849-50 1861, in delegation that met with President Lincoln to try to resolve secession crisis Apr 1861, submitted Virginia's ordinance of secession to the legislature Senator from Virginia in Confedeerate States legislature See DD-344/AVP-20/AVD-7 (William B. Preston)
Price	Abraham		Merchant Marine			1944-03-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS John A. Poor as Ordinary Seaman … WW II Merchant Marine SS John A. Poor as Ordinary Seaman Killed Mar 19 1944 NJ
Primrose	Frederick	S	Merchant Marine			1945-05-13 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service OH
Pritchard	Claude	P	Merchant Marine			1944-03-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service SC
Pritchard	Don	S				1943-11-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while n service as a civilian CA
Pritchard	Johnnie		Merchant Marine				Korean War Dec 1950, SS Meredith Victory (qv) as Messman
Privitt	Lon	O				1942-12-01 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian MO
Prochaska	Henry	D				1945-08-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MN
Proctor	Redfield			Secretary of War			Secretary of War Mar 5 1889-Nov 5 1891
Pruneau	Thomas	R	Merchant Marine			1945-08-03 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service MI
Pruner	William	R					Vietnam War Prisoner of War January 14 1966. Remains identi… Vietnam War Prisoner of War January 14 1966. Remains identified January 17 1966
Prusak	Stanley	J				1945-09-27 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian MI
Purdy	Morris	A				1918-10-06 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died while in service a a civilian NY
Pyle	Ernest	Taylor	Scripps Howard News	journalist	1900-08-03 00:00:00.000	1945-04-18 00:00:00.000	"Ernie" WW II War correspondent for Scripps Howard Newspap… "Ernie" WW II War correspondent for Scripps Howard Newspaper chaim Killed during Okinawa campaign by Japanese bullet on the island of Ie Shima IN
Pyle	Ernie		Journalist		1900-08-03 00:00:00.000	1945-04-18 00:00:00.000	Earnest Taylor Pyle WW II Pulitzer Prize winning war corre… Earnest Taylor Pyle WW II Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent of Scripps-Howard newspaper chain Killed by enemy action on Iejima Island during the Battle of Okinawa
Quarles	Donald	A		Secretary of the Air Force			Secretary of the Air Force, Aug 15, 1955 to Apr 30, 1957
Quezumbra	Amancio		Merchant Marine			1942-03-15 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Ario as Deck Engineer Killed whe… WW II Merchant Marine SS Ario as Deck Engineer Killed when his ship was sunk
Rafferty	John	Vincent	Merchant Marine		1910-01-20 00:00:00.000	1991-01-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in OR
Ragsdale	Thomas						Vietnam War Prisoner of War February 2 1968. Remains recov… Vietnam War Prisoner of War February 2 1968. Remains recovered July 1969. Died enroute to a new camp
Rahe	Clifford	W	Merchant Marine			1944-12-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service OH
Raining	R	F	Merchant Marine			1945-01-13 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Fort Lee as Abel bodied Seaman. … WW II Merchant Marine SS Fort Lee as Abel bodied Seaman. Survived its sinking but died in Japanese prison camp May be Navy S1c Robert F. Lanning, qv
Rainwaters	Walter	E	Merchant Marine			1945-02-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Died in service KY
Ralston	Thomas	Harry	Merchant Marine		1923-06-02 00:00:00.000	2012-12-23 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine OH
Ramey	James	M	Merchant Marine		1923-08-18 00:00:00.000	2008-09-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in TX
Ramos	Alejandro	H	Merchant Marine		1912-07-10 00:00:00.000	1999-10-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in PR
Ramos	Antone	Jr.	Merchant Marine		1926-05-06 00:00:00.000	2001-04-16 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in MA
Ramos	Benito					1942-04-08 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian PR
Ramos	Gilberto		Merchant Marine		1921-11-11 00:00:00.000	2000-06-25 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in PA
Ramsey	Alexander			Secretary of War			Secretary of War Dec 10 1879-Mar 5 1881
Ramsey	Donald	E	Merchant Marine		1921-06-05 00:00:00.000	1999-12-22 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Chief Mate Buried in VA
Ramsey	Douglas	R					Vietnam War Prisoner of War January 17 196. Relesed by PRG… Vietnam War Prisoner of War January 17 196. Relesed by PRG February 12 1973
Ramsey	Ed		Merchant Marine		1918-04-14 00:00:00.000	2012-12-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine as Able Bodied Seaman Buried in NC
Ramsey	Nadine		WASP				WW II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Rance	Mary	Ruth	WASP				WW II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)
Randall	Alexander	Jr.				1944-02-08 00:00:00.000	WW II Died while in service as a civilian MD
Randall	Archie	G	Merchant Marine		1925-09-17 00:00:00.000	2010-10-04 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine Buried in MS
Randall	Robert	P	Merchant Marine			1941-12-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Merchant Marine SS Astral as Able Bodied Seaman Kil… WW II Merchant Marine SS Astral as Able Bodied Seaman Killed when his ship was sunk
Randolph	Clifford						Vietnam War Prisoner of War Aprile 29 1975. Left Saigon Ma… Vietnam War Prisoner of War Aprile 29 1975. Left Saigon May 1975

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

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.