Gordon M. Bettles ’10
Bettles died in an internment camp in the Philippines.
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Killed in Action
Gordon Bettles (World War II)
Zadoc Aydolette (Civil War)
Class of 1861
F Company, 81st Pennsylvania Regiment
On the morning of December 13, the Union attacked Fredericksburg. Aydelott was leading Company F and encounrered a terrific storm of fire, when a ball shattered his right arm. With sword in his left hand he continued to advance until struck by a shell, which broke his leg in three places and fractured a number of ribs. He fell bleeding from nine wounds, and died January 5, 1863, in Washington, D. C., aged nineteen years.
Robert Aldrich (Vietnam)
Robert Aldrich
Class of 1969
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165, 7th Fleet
William J. Ahlum (Vietnam)
William J. Ahlum
Class of 1966
184th Ordnance Battalion, 1st Logistic Command, USARV
Ahlum was killed while leading his men to safety during enemy rocket and mortar attack.
Herbert Amey (World War II)
Class of 1935
Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion,
2d Marines, 2d Marine Division FMF Pacific
During the landing on Tawawa, Amey was mortally wounded by hostile machine gun fire before reaching the shore.
