They paid the ultimate sacrifice: Kitsap County residents who died in uniform during World War II

The Bremerton High School Associated Student Body of 1946-47 raised $39,562 to build Memorial Stadium, to honor those who fought in World War II. In 2007, the Semancik Foundation expanded the project by creating a personalized veterans’ memorial and flag plaza in the stadium, called “The Path of Freedom.” The center stone is inscribed with the logos of the seven branches of our military and the words, “For those who have given life, limb and soul, so we might enjoy our freedom.” Contributed / Semancik Foundation

The Path of Freedom memorial at Bremerton High School’s Memorial Stadium honors all Kitsap County residents killed in action in all wars. The individual names are etched in huge granite slabs, as are the names of 13 Medal of Honor recipients from Kitsap County.

The following names of those who died in World War II were provided by Lane and Deanna Dowell of the Semancik Foundation.

Alfred Adamson

Hubert Richard Agin

Francis G. Ahearn

Richard L. Alderman

Paul E. Almon

Robert S. Anderson

Trig Anderson

Carl H. Arvidson

LeRoy Ashby

Earl G. Atkinson

Neil T. Baker

Samuel R. Bakshas

Walter C. Baldwin

Henry E. Ballard

Charles D. Bartling

Raymond L. Bates

Sherwin E. Baumgarner

Lewis G. Beck

William J. Beck Jr

A. Bennet

Harold Bennett

Arthur O. Bentson

David D. Berg

Kenneth Bergstrom

Jack S. Berkheimer

George E. Biggs Jr

Curtis E. Bjorklund

Hugh D. Black

Richmond F. Blieffert

John T. Blodgett

Joseph Boltan

Creed C. Boothe

Karl F. Border

Joseph H. Bourland

Robert E. Bowers

James B. Brandon

James D. Breitenstein

Ernest M. Brenden

Robert N. Brooks

Otto L. Brose

Roy W. Brower

Ralph E. Bryner

Howard M. Bullard

Sherwin E. Bumgarner

Edward A. Burmaster

James E. Buskirk

Norman U. Byers

Elmer D. Calkings

Elmo D. Calkins

Arthur C. Campbell

Clinta Campbell

Jack R. Campbell

James E. Campbell

Wesley M. Canfield

Carl R. Capes

Alfred M. Carlson

John A. Carlson

Jerry Carroll

William Charles

Chris Y. Chen

Leslie R. Chilton

Kent S. Chollar

Floyd E. Christensen

Alexander A. Christie

Robert L. Christopher

Charles Cleaver

Marvin S. Clinton

Lewis E. Clough

Roger F. Coffin

Maurice H. Cohen

Willett S. Colegrove Jr

Frank E. Coleman Jr

Sidney P. Comley

Donald W. Connelly

Glenn H. Connery

Ervin E. Cooper

Patrick F. Corcoran

David W. Crosswhite

Maurice A. Crowther

Eugene L. Cummings Jr

Marlene Cummings

Allan Cunningham

Paul F. Curdy

Nuel S. Curtis

Walter J. Czarzasty

Murl Dain Jr

Frank Daman Jr

Ace H. Dibble

Elton Dickens

William C. Dodge

Delmore Dudacek

Henry O. Ehlers

Kenneth M. Eide

Robert K. Einar

Howard L. Ellis

Bruce H. Ellison

Arthur W. Erickson

Richard T. Erickson

Benjamin R. Evans Jr

Frank Fenton

Ralph B. Fisher

Robert M. Fiske

Wesley E. Finch

Henry C. Florea Jr

Louis C. Fogg

Robert E. Forsman

Gordon W. Fox

Marcel J. France

Martin Franciscovitch

William A. Freeman

Henry Froyen

James A. Fuller

Victor M. Gadrow

Nelson N. Gates Jr

Raymond H. Geist

Cecil S. Gerdon

Hugh Gillette

Donald R. Gingery

Clarence Gjersvold

Halbert E. Gorman

Hugh E. Gorman

William J. Gould

Edward T. Grace

William E. Graves

Everette A. Greene

Elmer W. Gustafson

John R. Hale

Wesley C. Hall

Robert E. Hamer

Clarence J. Hamilton

Grover S. Hamm

Paul V. Hanson

Albert D. Harlow

Harley E. Harlow

Marlet Harlow

Franklin R. Harris

James A. Harris

Donald W. Hart

James L. Hartsoc

William K. Haslam

Charles Heath Jr

Norman R. Hedrick

Irvin A. Heglund

Jerome K. Herrigstad

Walter J. Hess

Arthur L. Hickman

Ernest J. Hill

Roger M. Hill

William F. Hill

Keith Hitchcock

Theodore R. Hokenstad

George V. Holmquist

Donald M. Horner

Robert W. Howard

Joe T. Howell

Jack C. Hubbard

Frank Hubbs

Grant L. Hubbs

Freeman B. Huffsmith

Wilma L. Huneke

William I. Imamoto

James R. Jacobs

Leland L. Johns

Leo O. Johnson

Chester G. Jones

Elmer Jones

Claude W. Jonon Jr

Herbert Katzenberger

Ralph H. Keil

Ivan C. Kelly

William F. Kiehn

Frederick W. Kinney

Edward E. Kjelness

E.E. Knechtel

William J. Koch

George A. Komedal

James O. Komedal

Elwin G. Knudson

Chester W. Kreiling

Frederick L. Kuhlman

Guy R. Laber

William J. LaCaff

Wilfred T. Lambert Jr

Donald A. Larson

Vernon L. Larson

Doyle R. Lawrence

Howard C. Lebeck

Eugene Leggett

Gordon W. Lester

Charles F. Letson

Frank Levar

Alger C. Libby

Albert J. Limpp Jr

Charles F. Linder

Albert L. Lloyd

Allen F. Lohman

Clyde D. Lowry Jr

Murray Lund

Robert E. Lund

Robert E. Lundgren

Estus L. Lynn

Norman M. Mackie

John P. Madsen Jr

William A. Marmont Jr

Hollis Martin

Terry J. Martin

Glen E. Mason

Merrell M. Mastick

Stanley A. Mathiason

Donald J. Mathison

Elvin J. Matt

Clair E. Mattoon

Gordon McBride

Lee McClure Jr

Douglas McDonald

Lee McDonald

Michel McGuire

Robert M. McLain

James H. McPherson

R.H. McPherson Jr

Robert M. McPherson

Roger D. McWilliams

Robert L. Meusch

Edwin A. Miles

Harold E. Mitts

Dale C. Moore

Edward L. Moore

Frank R. Moran

Donald G. Musselman

Edwin J. Myers Jr

Clyde E. Nelson

John Nelson

Alfred Ness

Rudolph N. Ness

Walter W. Niemi

Lincoln G. Nordby

Roy R. Norton

Raymond J. O’Connell

Chester D. O’Dell

Sigvard Elmer Odden

Adrian V. Olness

Arthur H. Olson

Leif Olson

Warren R. Olson

Robert E. Omoth

Keith V. Otis

Donald C. O’Tyson

Robert E. Pachaud

Roger B. Paddock

Thomas A. Parsons

Gene Peck

Paul J. Pecolar

William Perkins

Carl V. Person

Chester Peterman

Charles D. Peterman

George H. Peterson

James C. Peterson

Ellis B. Phillips

Gerald H. Poeppel

Marley O. Polk

Robert R. Porter

Frederick S. Ravin

John C. Ravin

Otto V. Rich

Alvin E. Rider

Andrew W. Riker

George E. Riker

Darwin A. Roberts

Richard D. Ronne

Samuel J. Roper

Joseph J. Ruskey

Perry O. Russell

William W. Sands

Ralph E. Satt

Albert E. Scheib

Berl O. Schmidt

Reuben O. Schnase

Paul R. Schroeder

Edward C. Schultz

Dorman L. “Bud” Scott

Drexel T. Scott

Walton T. Seed

Clarence J. Setko

James E. Sherwood

William H. Shurts

Phillip G. Silva

Clarence F. Sitko

Elmer A. Slaton

Herman R. Slobey

Hamilton A. Smith

Thomas L. Smith

Oliver Spencer Jr

Jack W. Spriestersbach

Stuart Stanley

Robert Starevich

Jamas Eldon Starkel

Orval L. Stewart

Russell Stewart

William G. Stillwell

John Stoddard

Louis Stornelli Jr

Fred L. Sunday

Jack D. Sutherland

Theodore N. Sutherland

Cato H. Swalling

Charles F. Swanson

Glenn Thompson

Lester O. Thompson

Loren Thorsen

Harold W. Tiedemann

Donald K. Tivey

James Torpey

Lloyd R. Turk

Laverne E. Twohy

Samuel J. Tyree

Donato Umali

John D. Van Arsdale

Robert Van Klinken

Garrette M. Van Ripar

Gordon V. Vestal

Oliver P. Wadley

Herman E. Wagner

Edwin J. Wallen

Warren M. Watson

Arthur M. Weiss

William Welch

Eugene B. Wescom

Marion A. Westbrook

William T. Whitman Jr

Earl Whiting

Harry E. Wilcox

Jack O. Williams

William B. Williams Jr

Henry E. Wilson

Lewis W. Wright

Clarence F. Wolfe