World War II – John M. Thompson Jr. – Killed in Action
John M. Thompson Jr. CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1942: LYKENS YOUTH ARRIVES SAFELY IN AFRICA LYKENS — Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson have received word […]
World War II – Robert C. Bingaman – Killed in Action
Robert C. Bingaman CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 29 October 1942: RECEIVE[S] BASIC TRAAINING Private Robert C. Bingaman, Lykens… [is] stationed at Camp Croft, South Carolina, where [he is] […]
World War II – James A. Brauer
James A. Brauer From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 2 April 1945: Area soldiers who have lost their lived in the European Theatre of operations are: Pvt. James A. Brauer, whose wife […]
World War II – Francis G. Faust – Killed in Action
Francis G. Faust Not much is known about this individual, Francis G. Faust, except that he was reported “Killed in Action” and his name and photograph appeared in the Lykens […]
World War II – Lawrence C. Engle – Killed in Action
Lawrence C. Engle From a local newspaper (probably Elizabethville Echo) at the time of his death, about 8 March 1945: PVT. L. ENGLE REPORTED KILLED IN GERMANY Mrs. Estella […]
World War II – Lykens and Wiconisco Homeoming Celebration, 1946
A commemorative program in celebration of the homecoming of World War II soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to Lykens and Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 31 August to 2 September […]
Jacob Swab (1822-1905)
Jacob Swab, retired farmer, was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 7 April 1822. He is a son of Jacob Swab and Catherine [Metz] Swab. Jacob Swab was […]
Alfred G. Stanley (1845-1917)
Alfred G. Stanley, druggist, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Salisbury, England, 24 January 1845. His father, Robert Stanley, was born in Nottingham, England, in 1805. In his younger […]