Defiance County, Ohio Genealogy

A blog maintained by the Defiance County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, with posts relevant to Defiance County history and genealogy.

Friday, September 5, 2025

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL - S/Sgt. Jennings C. Greuter

Staff Sergeant Jennings Closson Greuter His name is the last one on the monument, out of order alphabetically. Thanks to the work of Wimm ...

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL - Private Robert E. Worden

Private Robert Elton Worden Robert Worden's life was spent back and forth across state lines, between Scipio Township, Allen County, I...

Thursday, August 28, 2025

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL - 2nd Lt. Richard V. Breininger

Second Lieutenant Richard Virgil Breininger Richard was a Mark Township boy born on December 31 1912, to John Freidrich Wilhelm and Pearl...

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL - PFC Robert L. Mansfield

Private First Class Robert Leroy Mansfield Robert L. Mansfield Robert Mansfield was tall and thin (5'11" and 130 pounds) when he...

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

WORLD WAR II - WAACS/WACS - WAVES - SPARS - JOIN THE WAR EFFORT

WAC Uniform WACS, WAVES AND SPARS The United States government came to realize in 1942 that a whole part of our population could he...

Friday, August 22, 2025

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL - PFC Guy H. Slusser

PFC Guy Herman Slusser This photo of PFC Slusser appeared in the Crescent - News on August 26, 1943, along with Sgt Eugene Kern and Sgt. ...

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