DELTA BETA XI

OMICRON of ALPHA KAPPA PI & UPSILON of ALPHA SIGMA PHI
WAR MEMORIAL

At the conclusion of the Korean War, members of the newly combined Alpha Kappa Pi and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity contributed funds towards the purchase of a bronze plaque that would memorialize those members of both chapters that had given the ultimate sacrifice in either World War II or the Korean War.

Robert Wolfe Zercher

Bro. Zercher was from York County, Pennsylvania. He was initiated into Upsilon of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1926 and graduated with the class of 1929. He was serving his country during World War II when he gave his all in the line of duty on October 4, 1944. He had enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. Zercher had the rank of Sergeant and was attached to 729th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group, Heavy.

James Tranter Weir

Bro. Weir was initiated into Upsilon of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1930 and graduated with the class of 1933. He was killed in the line of duty on July 13, 1945 in France.

William Ralph McCollum

Bro. McCollum was initiated into Upsilon of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1935. He transferred from Penn State to Lock Haven University. He joined the Army Air Corps and held the rank of Captain when he was killed in Montgardon, France on July 3, 1944.

Alvin E. Fletcher

Bro. Fletcher was initiated into the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1937. He was from Lorain County, Ohio. Bro. Fletcher joined the Army Air Forces and held the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was on the crew of the B-24J Liberator #42-109794 “Nuff Said” during a mission to Berlin, Germany when they were attacked by enemy fighters and crashed near Teltow, Germany. Their group lost four planes during the attack with Bro. Fletcher giving the ultimate sacrifice on June 21, 1944. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Frederick Lewis Brandt

Bro. Brandt was initiated into the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1941 and graduated with the class of 1942. He was born in York, Pennsylvania and joined the Army with the rank of First Lieutenant. He served with Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed during the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach, France on June 6, 1944. He is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania.

John Ginniff Schneider

Bro. Schneider was initiated into Omicron of Alpha Kappa Pi in 1943. He joined the Navy where he was serving as an Ensign. He died in a pilot training accident at Vero Beach, Florida on June 24, 1944.

Owen Joseph Giblin

Bro. Giblin was initiated into Upsilon of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1947 and graduated with the class of 1948. He joined the Army with the rank of Second Lieutenant. His specialty was Field Communications Chief and was serving with the 24th Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company K in Taejon, South Korea when he as killed in action while fighting the enemy on July 20, 1950.

John William Kephart Ranck

Bro. Ranck was initiated into Omicron of Alpha Kappa Pi in 1941 and graduated with the class of 1943. He was from Cambria County, Pennsylvania and joined the Army with the rank of First Lieutenant. He died on April 29, 1945 in Italy.

William D. Forsyth

Bro. Forsyth was initiated into the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1942. He was from Erie County, Pennsylvania. He joined the Army as a Private First Class. He was serving with the 1st Armored Division, 6th Infantry Battalion when he was killed in action on May 27, 1944. He is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy in Plot I, Row 12, Grave 17.

Rodman Harry Bean

Bro. Bean was initiated into Omicron of Alpha Kappa Pi in 1943 and graduated with the class of 1943. He was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He joined the Army and was serving as a First Lieutenant when he was killed in action in Germany on April 7, 1945.

Arthur H. Cooper

Bro. Cooper was initiated into Upsilon of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1943. He was born in York County, Pennsylvania. Bro. Cooper joined the Army and was serving as a Private when he was killed in action.