Honor Roll
In grateful remembrance of these Islanders
who gave their lives in defense of their country:

PFC. CHARLES N. DeGLOPPER,
Charles entered service on November 16, 1942 and went overseas to North Africa in April 1942. After seeing service in Sicily and Italy, he went to England in the fall of 1943 to land in France on D-Day where he was killed at LaFierre while supporting his comrades by fire from his automatic rifle as they attempted to withdraw to safety. On December 3, 1947 a United States Army transport was christened the Pvt. Charles N. DeGlopper in memory of Grand Island's hero who saved the lives of members of his platoon. Charles was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously, in March 1946.

Civil War
George Bartum           John Bedell           Philip Diermeyer
Philip Buringer           John Warren Kent           Duncan McInnes
Clemence Neumeyer           Lucius Scott           Paul Seibert
Jacob Shoemaker           George Zeem           George Ziehm

World War I
Edward Pierce

World War II
Charles N. DeGlopper           Eugene F. Dinsmore           William D. Gillen
Francis King Goodchild           William L. Rohde           Howard W. Salton
Charles A. Smith           George E. Smith

The Korean War
George Kenny           Albert Keppler

The Vietnam War
Joseph L. Huillier           Robert B. Luther           Joseph Muench
Philip C. Taylor           Richard B. Trotter