First Special Service Force Fatal Casualties

Canadians indicated in red
Americans indicated in blue

Sergeant John Spence Gibbon is listed in the First Special Service Force history by Burhans as being killed on 16 February 1944 (and without his rank being listed), however, the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) has his rank and death listed as Sergeant, dying on 28 November 1943.  He is in fact the first Force casualty in Italy and is mentioned in the War Diary entry for 3 December 1943 :

Captain Biscoe and Mr Willison went to Naples to 1st Echelon to get a report on procedure re reports from Graves Registration, no report having been received as yet for Sgt. Gibbon and seemed necessary some policy be laid down for future case. No much to be done until a reply is received from Ottawa.

Died While POW
	Corporal Francis Paul Fitzgerald Cope	10 Jul 1944
	Staff Sergeant Nicholas Murdie	5 Feb 1944
	Sergeant Lionel R. Roziere	24 May 1944
Killed in Action
	Private John Hailan Laporte	3 February 1943
	Private R. P. Overton	16 February 1943
	Private H. J. Groves	29 February 1943
	Private V. D. Rhoads	24 May 1943
	Sergeant John Spence Gibbon	28 Nov 1943
	Sergeant Francis Bardgett	3 December 1943 (CVWM lists 8 Dec)
	Sergeant C. W. Beal	"
	Technician 4th Grade B. Z. Bernstein	"
	Private  J. Boich	"
	Sergeant  D. C. Byron	"
	Private  W. R. Caragher	"
	Private  B. A. Casey	"
	Private  R. E. Daigle	"
	Staff Sergeant   J. A. Danner	"
	Sergeant  M. C. L. DeMacdeo	"
	Technician 4th Grade G. S. Dewey	"
	Technician 4th Grade H. N. Deyette	"
	Sergeant  G.M. Edwards	"
	Lieutenant F. W. Eiwen	"
	Technician 4th Grade J. P. Feeney	"
	Private  Sydney Gath	"
	Private  G. P. Gilbert	"
	Private  R. R. Gilberts	"
	Private  John William Grieder	" (CVWM lists 8 Dec)
	Sergeant Austin Ole Gunderson	"
	Staff Sergeant  B. T. Hardman	"
	Sergeant  B. D. Harvey	"
	Private  J. R. Hoblitzell	"
	Private  C. M. Hughes	"
	Private  R. S. Irwin	"
	CSM (WO II)  John Willard Jamieson	"
	Sergeant  R. C. Jones	"
	Sergeant  William Kotenko	"
	Technician 4th Grade H. W. Landy	"
	Lieutenant Colonel T. C. MacWilliams	"
	Sergeant  W. T. Mann	"
	Lieutenant J. H. Richardson	"
	Captain W. T. Rothlin	"
	Private Sulo Raphael Suotaila	"
	Private  H. M. Wilson	"
	Private  P. T. Shook	"
	Private  Daniel Wade	"
	Private  A. Allain	4 December 1943
	Technician 5th Grade F. S. Alvarado	"
	Lieutenant A. James Ariott	"
	Private  A. M. Brindel, Jr.	"
	Corporal G. H. DeHay	"
	Private  R. J. Duncan	"
	Private  T. R. Murray	"
	Sergeant  M. P. Phillips	"
	Private  Harry Keith Richardson	"
	Staff Sergeant   Stanley Slatumas	"
	Sergeant  W. J. Wray	"
	Technician 4th Grade C. H. Atkinson	5 December 1943
	Lieutenant W. E. Boyce	"
	Private  Gordon Michael Brady	"
	Private  John Frederick Keyes	"
	Sergeant  J. R. Schneider	"
	Technician 4th Grade R. A. Stewart	"
	Technician 4th Grade A. Williams	"
	Sergeant  William M. Wocalewski	"
	Staff Sergeant William James Ardiell	6 December 1943
	Lieutenant A. W. Baughman	"
	Sergeant  Maurice Howard Bell	"
	Captain  E. C. Borders	"
	Private  A. E. Davis	"
	Sergeant  Decil L. Deen	"
	Sergeant John Dykun	"
	Private Earl Thomas Hawkins	"
	Private First Class G. H. Hignight	"
	Private  H. G. Rodeheaver	"
	Private  T. W. Sandifer	"
	Private  E. A. Damon	7 December 1943
	Private  G. J. Davis	"
	Private  L. J. Pardis	"
	Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Parrington	8 December 1943
	Sergeant  C. W. West	"
	Staff Sergeant Wilfred Alexander Albert Knight	9 December 1943
	Private First Class F. J. Brenny	24 December 1943
	Sergeant William L. Brewer	"
	Technician 4th Grade A. J. Faso	"
	Staff Sergeant   D. Green	"
	Staff Sergeant   W. T. McCarty, Jr.	"
	Private James Pike	"
	Technician 5th Grade W. F. Presnall	"
	Private Parker Leander Stockton	"
	Technician 4th Grade G. H. Smith	"
	Private  Roland Anbry	25 December 1943
	Private  L. J. Bader	"
	Sergeant  C. T. Bailey	"
	Private  E. E. Childers	"
	Private  F. J. Crook	"
	Sergeant  Bruce Cullen	"
	Sergeant Charles Horace Dawson	"
	Private  J. Ducharme	"
	Private  A. D. Gallegos	"
	Sergeant Jack Frederick Glenn	"
	First Sergeant  C. F. Johnson	"
	Staff Sergeant   W. A. Ledford	"
	Private  R. S. Nelson	"
	Sergeant  L. E. Phillips	"
	Lieutenant O.H. Smith	"
	Sergeant Roy Wilson	"
	Private C. E. Dean	3 January 1944
	Lieutenant D. J. Ekberg	4 January 1944
	Technician 4th Grade J. Zier	"
	Private  P. H. Michaels	5 January 1944
	Private Thomas Charles Hayden	6 January 1944
	Technician 4th Grade F. Mateja	"
	Staff Sergeant T. W. Davis	7 January 1944
	Technician 4th Grade C. J. Williams	"
	Sergeant J. R. Driscoll	8 January 1944
	Sergeant O. McNally	9 January 1944
	Major T. E. Pearce, Jr.	"
	Lieutenant R. E. Woolhiser	10 January 1944
	Private  V. Coja	11 January 1944
	Sergeant G. E. Froom	"
	Technician 4th Grade K. V. Hall	"
	Sergeant L.P. Jensen	"
	Technician 4th Grade E. Mills	"
	Captain Weldon Bray Perry	"
	Staff Sergeant W. M. Upchurch	"
	Sergeant James Herman Laughren	13 January 1944
	Private W. W. Brannon	14 January 1944
	Staff Sergeant William Elmer Brotherton	"
	Staff Sergeant J. M. East	"
	Sergeant Clinton Fyfe Joy	"
	Private  F. L. Kuhlman	"
	Sergeant  A. C. Palmer	"
	Staff Sergeant   B. S. Roderick	"
	Private  D. F. Yancey	"
	Private Donald Mervin Mackenzie Hill	15 January 1944
	Technician 4th Grade R. M. Larson	"
	Private  Francis B. Wright	"
	Sergeant George Albert. Campbell	17 January 1944
	Staff Sergeant   L. A. Wilson	27 January 1944
	Lieutenant C. R. Scoggin	2 February 1944
	Private  R. C. Bielen	4 February 1944
	Private  B. Dubin	8 February 1944
	Technician 4th Grade L. B. Sullenger	"
	Technician 4th Grade J. R. Bent	9 February 1944
	Sergeant Earl Nelson Butler	"
	Private  D. Carrywater	"
	Sergeant  A. K. Hendrickson	"
	Staff Sergeant Garnet Cecil Richardson	"
	Technician 4th Grade T. T. Schultz	"
	Private  R. Jamieson	11 February 1944
	Private Carl Philip Janze	"
	Technician 4th Grade Merle M. Lynch	12 February 1944
	Sergeant  W. G. Barnhill	13 February 1944
	Private  F. Friel	"
	Technician 4th Grade P. E. Rounds	15 February 1944
	Technician 4th Grade B. L. Burk	16 February 1944
	Private  P. A. Gibson	"
	Private  C. W. Lyons	"
	Staff Sergeant Bernard MacDonald	"
	Private  J. C. Ogle	16 February 1944
	Private  C. C. Waldrum	"
	Sergeant Lloyd James Farr	17 February 1944
	Technician 4th Grade D. R. Burgess	18 February 1944
	Private  F. K. Kleink	"
	Sergeant  F. F. Montgomery	"
	Private  J. P. Moser	"
	Sergeant George J.  Robinson	"
	Private  V. G. Schwartz	"
	Private  M. L. Nielson	20 February 1944
	Private  M. Sceremko	"
	Private  J. W. Springer	"
	Sergeant Clayton F. Veitenheimer	24 February 1944
	Private E. N. Farmer	27 February 1944
	Private Norman Edward Brown	29 February 1944
	Staff Sergeant Donald James McLachlan	"
	Private  N. M. Kramer	4 March 1944
	Sergeant  H. G. Sabean	7 March 1944
	Corporal J. P. Sabourin	"
	Private  J. J. Rice	21 March 1944
	Technician 4th Grade R. D. Johnston	27 March 1944
	Private  E. J. Hutnik	28 March 1944
	Technician 5th Grade R. F. Holbrook	30 March 1944
	Sergeant  Ernest Chipchase	31 March 1944
	Technician 5th Grade C. F. Page	1 April 1944
	Private  R. D. Calloway	2 April 1944
	Private  W. R. Dubuque	"
	Private First Class E. T. Mitchell	29 April 1944
	Technician 4th Grade W. W. Birge	1 May 1944
	Sergeant  R. E. Purvis	"
	Private  E. H. Carlisle	2 May 1944
	Technician 5th Grade L. V. Boschet	3 May 1944
	Technician 4th Grade A. J. Chontos	"
	Lieutenant G. R. K. Colmen	"
	Technician 4th Grade Wilbert Slaughter	"
	Private  R. J. Poe, Jr.	4 May 1944
	Private  R. F. Lay	"
	Technician 4th Grade R. Evansich	8 May 1944
	Private Raymond George Briddon	10 May 1944
	Private  Stephen B. Reddy	"
	Sergeant  P. F. Barnhizer	12 May 1944
	Corporal Guy Kerwin Davidson	19 May 1944
	Private First Class F. A. Carter	21 May 1944
	Sergeant  K. J. Folsom	"
	Sergeant  R. L. Gray	"
	Technician 4th Grade G. L. Jewett	"
	Technician 4th Grade G. J. McLeer	"
	Private  Edward J. Tighe	"
	Technician 4th Grade A. J. Wesolowski	"
	Sergeant  L. L. Hulbert	22 May 1944
	Private O. B. Sanders, Jr.	"
	Lieutenant William Alexander Airth	23 May 1944 (CVWM lists 22 May)
	Private First Class E. Albert	"
	Sergeant  R. V. Alexander	"
	Private First Class E. J. Aponik	"
	Lieutenant Frederick Blake Atto	"
	Private Frederick George Braybrook	"
	Private First Class P. W. Burdick	"
	Private  Samuel Walter Chenery	"
	Private  S. R. Coffman	"
	Private  M. E. Davis	"
	Private William Faulkner Douglas	"
	Sergeant Albert Charles Durrant	"
	Lieutenant Ernest Jean Fortune	"
	Sergeant  J. Furiga	"
	Private  T. G. Johnson	"
	Private First Class E. J. Lazarski	"
	Private Jack MacIver	"
	Private Donald MacDonald	"
	Private  W. Maki	"
	Sergeant David James Martin	"
	Private First Class E. M. McDonald	"
	Private  Daniel Cummings McMasters	"
	Private First Class J. H. Mitchell	"
	Private Harry Oliver Molesworth	"
	Private Wilbert Henry Orvis	"
	Private  C. J. Purcell	"
	Private Henry John Storey	"
	Corporal Alexander Wall	"
	Sergeant  R. B. Weide	"
	Private  G. Wilson	"
	Private  F. J. Wood	"
	Technician 4th Grade J. F. Zebley	"
	Private  P. H. Hahn	24 May 1944
	Private Peach Blanxby Harvey	"
	Private  A. L. Hudson	"
	Private John Donald Jones	"
	Private B. Mays	"
	Private Russell Sheppard	"
	Sergeant  Henry W. Wickstrom	"
	Staff Sergeant R. B. Wudarcki	"
	Private J. Zekkey	"
	Private  W. L. Arrington	25 May 1944
	Private First Class H. A. Bernier	"
	Private  J. C. Bogue	"
	Private First Class T. L. Cardwell	"
	Staff Sergeant   J. N. Newman	"
	Private  W. C. Bray	"
	Private First Class L. V. Leibli	27 May 1944
	Technician 4th Grade R. D. Ekins	28 May 1944
	Sergeant  E. S. Fines	"
	Staff Sergeant Irvine Philip Fox	"
	Private First Class V. P. Gregorie	"
	Private  Bernard Andrew Hoffard	"
	Private Donald Haken Moore	"
	Private Michael Joseph Ryan	"
	Major John Meyer Secter	"
	Private Wallace Arthur Tourangeau	"
	Private First Class J. Williams	"
	Private  C. S. Wisniewski	"
	Sergeant  E. S. Bivins	29 May 1944
	Staff Sergeant E. L. McDonald	"
	Private Ernest Vernon Mitchell	"
	Private  F. A. Murphy	"
	Staff Sergeant Daniel Serrick	"
	Sergeant  A. Tomory, Jr.	"
	Technician 4th Grade R. S. Wittbrodt	"
	Private  H. W. Borchers	30 May 1944
	Private  H. Gable Jr.	"
	Sergeant  R. P. Hartl	"
	Sergeant  E. H. Lawrence	"
	Staff Sergeant   T. E. Marks	"
	Sergeant  G. E. Nelson	"
	Sergeant  H. A. Sorber	"
	Private  N. B. Vinson	"
	Private Albert Roy Wilson	"
	Private  G. J. Wilcos	"
	Technician 4th Grade H. A. Amtsbeuer	31 May 1944
	Private  G. H. Gile	1 June 1944
	Private  J. A. Glassen	"
	Technician 4th Grade P. M. Piazza	"
	Private  A. S. Sanders	"
	Private First Class E. J. Jedlicka	2 June 1944
	Sergeant  L. S. Knapp	"
	Private Roger Romeo Lavallee	"
	Private David Robert Traxler	"
	Private  M. Baron	4 June 1944
	Private  R. J. Baron	"
	Technician 4th Grade E. H. Bork	"
	Private  J. J. Constantine	"
	Technician 4th Grade J. H. Fitzpatrick	"
	Private  M. J. Higgins	"
	Colonel A. C. Marshall Jr.	"
	Staff Sergeant W. E. Murray	"
	Sergeant L. M. Steffke	"
	Private First Class O. Counce	5 June 1944
	Lieutenant F. E. Cox	"
	Technician 5th Grade O. F. Gould	"
	Sergeant  Herman William McCarthy	6 June 1944
	Technician 5th Grade H. L. Grainger	5 July 1944
	Private First Class E. W. Johnson	3 August 1944
	Private  D. W. Capps	15 August 1944
	Sergeant Douglas G. Edgelow	"
	Sergeant Norman Andrew Hansen	"
	Technician 4th Grade Reynolds J. King	"
	Private H. G. Schmidt	"
	Private George Nixon	16 August 1944
	Private William Bruce Harry	17 August 1944
	Captain W. H. Merritt	"
	Private Foster V. Bowden	23 August 1944
	Private F.S. Brown, Jr.	"
	Private T. F.Durate	"
	Private First Class Clifford M. Bartow	25 August 1944
	Technician 4th Grade W. L. Ladd	27 August 1944
	Sergeant  F. S. Schmidt	"
	Private Paul Emile Maurice Pollender	30 August 1944
	Lieutenant J. D. Moore	6 September 1944
	Private Emmett U. Reed	"
	Private Stanley Ernest Dainard	7 September 1944
	Private First Class Bernard J. DeCamilla	8 September 1944
	Private First Class C. S. Farrell	"
	Staff Sergeant Solomon M. Biblowitz	12 September 1944
	Private W. H. Juve	"
	Technician 4th Grade S. L. Rader	"
	Private Robert Charles Anderson	13 September 1944
	Lieutenant Robert James Painton	"
	Private Stephen Jasper Wright	"
	Lieutenant K. D. McDougall	15 September 1944
	Staff Sergeant Edward Anthony Armatta	16 September 1944
	Private  M. E. Barbeau	"
	Sergeant Joseph Belanger	"
	Private William Charles Cutmore	"
	Corporal E. J. Gallant	"
	Corporal J. M. Gallardo	"
	Lieutenant A.R. Coyston	17 September 1944
	Staff Sergeant O. H. Crane	"
	Private Robert S. Buckley	18 September 1944
	Private Charles H. Camden	26 September 1944
	Private W. J. S. Hole	30 September 1944
	Private  Robert M. Houck	"
	Private Clarence Norman Guynup	3 October 1944
	Private Joseph Augustin Blais	6 October 1944
	Private  J. A. Driscoll, Jr.	"
	Corporal H. Kolapack	"
	Private O. F. Kuehl	"
	Technician 4th Grade E. F. Patenaude	"
	Private Glenn W. Swank	"
	Technician 4th Grade Charles E. Vickers	9 October 1944
	Technician 5th Grade Harley L. White	"
	Private E. E. Conaway	26 October 1944
	Private Harry J. Moore	"
	Private John A. Kenna	27 October 1944
	Captain Walter D. Ruark, Jr.	29 October 1944
	Private George Braden Gardner	30 October 1944
	Sergeant John G. Colflesh Jr.	1 November 1944
	Technician 4th Grade James M. Davis	6 November 1944
	Private John A. Pinciak	"
	Private F. W. Jenkins	7 December 1944
	Private Henry Kolapack	2 April 1945 (Perth Regiment)
	Private First Class J. G. Peet	10 May 1945
Died of Wounds
	Technician 4th Grade H. F. Zobel	6 December 1943
	Private  J. R. Ross	10 December 1943
	Corporal Jean-Marc Violette	12 December 1943
	Captain  M. A. Cotton	26 December 1943
	Private H. J. Hebert	6 January 1944
	Staff Sergeant Frank Albert Harvey	8 January 1944
	Private R. M. Kerr	"
	Private  H. F. Brendle	9 January 1944
	Lieutenant D. W. Cuddy	3 February 1944
	Sergeant  L. C. Cross	10 February 1944
	Private R. L. Mills., Jr.	18 Feb 1944
	Sergeant George Tait Darg	19 February 1944
	Sergeant George Oliver Godin	22 February 1944
	Technician 4th Grade J. E. Mustard	"
	Staff Sergeant J. C. Walden	26 February 1944
	Sergeant Beverly Gordon Carson	11 March 1944
	Private James Donald Schofield	13 March 1944
	Sergeant George F. Lindsay	24 March 1944
	Private E. D. Granger	29 March 1944
	Private H. Garza	3 April 1944
	Technician 5th Grade W. E. Saathoff	7 April 1944
	Sergeant Keith Garfield Garratt	16 April 1944
	Sergeant E. S. Parks	20 April 1944
	Sergeant Renaldo Harvey Granger	2 May 1944 (CVWM lists 22 Aug)
	Sergeant A. M. Brittingham	24 May 1944
	Private Howard Alvah Brown	"
	Private A. C. Leamons	24 May 1944
	Private H. G. Walsh	"
	Private Rodger Coolidge Ashley	26 May 1944
	Private First Class A. E. Ott	27 May 1944
	Technician 4th Grade J. C. Cokely	28 May 1944
	Private James Emmett Guerin	"
	Private First Class E. W. Ball	29 May 1944
	Technician 5th Grade A. F. Henning	"
	Private  L. E. Hicks	"
	Technician 4th Grade F. Kufta	"
	Sergeant  W. J. Johnson	30 May 1944
	Sergeant  E. Mattila	"
	Sergeant  K. W. Richer	"
	Private W. K. Ellis	31 May 1944
	Private G. B. Scholl, Jr.	"
	Private L. B. Edwards	2 June 1944
	Private Clarence Madson	"
	Sergeant  P. M. Cugeber	6 June 1944
	Private  E. T. Fogarty	"
	Private Charles Henry Prestwich (Listed at CVWM as 5 June 1944, belonging to 1st Can Para Bn, buiried at Anzio)	7 June 1944
	Sergeant  N. Griswald	8 June 1944
	Private Harold William Haller	"
	Lieutenant Robert Grant McLean	16 August 1944
	Sergeant  J. L. Walkmeister	"
	Private  G. W. Gew	17 August 1944
	Technician 4th Grade Frank J. Tomasoski	20 August 1944
	Technician 5th Grade H. R. Starr	24 August 1944
	Lieutenant Ross Leroy Samuel	27 August 1944
	Master Sergeant George E. Durham	3 September 1944
	Private Rexford Claude Mann	7 September 1944
	Lieutenant Paul Gatien LaPorte	9 September 1944
	Sergeant Arthur Andrew. Arsennek	13 September 1944
	Private First Class James T. Collins	10 October 1944
	Private Don A. Rigby	13 October 1944
	Technician 4th Grade Edward J. Wall, Jr.	25 October 1944
	Private James E. Lee	1 November 1944
	Sergeant Thomas Charles Potenza	2 November 1944
	Sergeant Aubrey Clyde Everett	26 April 1945
Missing in Action Presumed Dead
	Major S. V. Ojala	3 December 1944
	Sergeant Earl D. Phillips	"
	Staff Sergeant Percy Malcolm Biglow	5 December 1944
	Private Gordon Allan Smith	6 December 1944
	Private Louis J. Christensen	7 December 1944
	Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Wibben	"
	Sergeant Charles F. Reynolds	6 February 1944
	Private James J. McCabe	7 February 1944
	Sergeant E. O. O. Peterson	"
	Technician 4th Grade Gail D. Hubbard	8 February 1944
	Sergeant John Lanzi	9 February 1944
	Sergeant Reginald Colbridge	14 February 1944
	Sergeant Charles Edward Mills	18 February 1944
	Private Arthur James	20 February 1944
	First Sergeant Arthur L. Schumm	24 February 1944
	Sergeant Carl Alexander Byers	29 February 1944
	Lieutenant Joseph Kostelec	4 March 1944
	Private Edwin C. Martin	"
	Sergeant Jack W. Ranger	21 March 1944
	Technician 4th Grade Bert L. Cook	2 April 1944
	Private Lawrence H. Russell	9 April 1944
	Private George G. Frongillo	18 April 1944
	Staff Sergeant E. McDow	15 April 1944
	Private Luther Phillip Lucket Weldon	21 April 1944
	Private Theodore M. Macdonald	9 September 1944
	Private Charles McMeekin, Jr.	9 February 1945

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