Died in a motorcycle accident on Route
5 in the Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County, when his motorcycle struck a car which
was stopped in traffic waiting to make a left turn.
Died while serving in the military during
W.W.II near Houlton, Maine, when the government airplane in which he was a passenger,
crashed into a swamp.
Died on Route 17 in the Town of Chemung,
Chemung County, in a motorcycle accident. While he pursued a speeding vehicle
a truck that he was passing turned sharply in front of him, striking his motorcycle,
and knocking him to the highway.
Died in a military auto accident at Hempstead,
NY. Trooper Formose was assigned to the US Army, 826th Guard Squadron, Mitchell
Field, Long Island, NY.
Died during W.W.II over Sicily as a crew
member of a bomber of the US Air Corps attached to the North African theatre.
He received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Died in a motorcycle accident on Bedell
Street in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, when he
was thrown from his motorcycle which landed on top of him while he was pursuing
a fleeing vehicle.
Died during W.W.II action on Saipan Island.
He was a member of the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 2nd Marine
Division of the USMC. As a liaison Sergeant between two units, he was killed
by enemy gunfire while trying to reach one unit from the other.
Died while serving the US Navy in the South
Pacific. He was killed by a Kamikaze plane while fighting as a Gunner's Mate,
2nd class.
Died while serving the US Army. While making
an aerial tour of northern Italy his plane crashed.
Died of a shotgun wound to the head at
the Town of Colchester, Delaware County, after responding to a domestic complaint.
Trooper Knapp accompanied an estranged wife to her residence to pick up some
belongings when her husband objected. The wife left to get a court order and
returned to retrieve items from the home of her sister-in-law next door. The
sister-in-law went to her brothers residence and thought he had committed suicide
when she seen him lying on the floor next to a shotgun. Trooper Knapp assisted
her in forcing entrance to the residence and was immediately shot in the face
with a 16 gauge shotgun.
Died in a motorcycle accident after being
forced from the road by a car traveling in the same direction. While trying
to pass a vehicle to overtake a speeder on Route 9W in the Town of Highland,
Ulster County, Trooper Conklin was forced into the center mall and thrown from
his motorcycle. He landed on the concrete highway and was struck and dragged
by his still moving motorcycle.
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