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Honor Roll of those who died serving their nation

Below is a very incomplete list of people who gave their lives during military action.  

(If somebody wants to take responsibility for this page to make the list more complete, please contact: dreisbachfamilyassociation@gmail.com)

 
Wall of Honor - Dreisbachs who Died Serving our Nation
Name Born Died Lineage Age Notes
CIVIL WAR
Simon Dreisbach 1821 1865 Simon <Simon  44 Co. A 4th PA Cav, 64th PA Vols
Died of illness
Daniel Dreisbach 1827 1863 Daniel <Simon  35 Co G, 46th Regt, IL Inf
Died in Memphis TN hospital
Charles Dreisbach 1829 1861 Charles <Martin  32 Died Vicksburg
Buried Union Co, PA
William H. Dresbach 1837 1863 William <Martin  26 Co. E 107 Regt IL Vols
Died of measles in military hospital
George Peter Dreisbach
1840 1864 George Peter <Simon  24 Co H, 67th PA Inf, captured 6/20/1864
Buried Andersonville, GA
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WORLD WAR I
Samuel Bruce Dresbach 1895 1918 Samuel <Martin  22 U.S. Navy, apprentice seaman
Edwin A. Dreisbach 1896 1918 Edwin <Simon of Schuylkill  21 Camp Lee, Va, Pneumonia
Ed Herbert Dresbach 1900 1918 Ed < lineage Dresbach, R.>  18 Navy, seaman, second class, died on Cyclops

WORLD WAR II
John Richard Dresback 1906 1944 John <Martin  38 Died Brittany, France
Purple Heart
Herbert Alan Dreesbach 1911 1941 Herbert <>  30
Died Pearl Harbor
US Marine Corps, PFC
Willard G. Dreisbach   ? 1944 unknown lineage   ? Died Lorraine, France
317th Infantry 80th Div, PFC
Frank T. Dreisbach

Richard T. Dreisbach
  ?

  ?
1942

1944
unknown lineage

Carl V. Dreisbach
  ?

  ?
401st Bomber Squadron 91st Bomber
Purple Heart, Air Metal
USS Leopoldville, sunk by German torpedo, off the coast of France


KOREAN WAR
William Bruce Driesbaugh 1921 1950 William <Jost <Simon  29 Killed in Action
Serial #15412274

VIETNAM WAR
Kevin Dreisbach 1951 1972 unknown lineage  19 Served 15 months in Vietnam

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