1946 War Dept. Report

SW Iowa Counties

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WWII Army and Army Air Force Dead with Service Credited to a Southwest Iowa County

Below are lists for 19 counties excerpted from https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/army-casualties/iowa.html, the 1946 War Department report entitled WWII Honor List of Dead & Missing for Iowa.

The 31-page report is organized by county lists and is not searchable.
The report has the following counts: KIA (Killed in Action) 3282, DOW (died of wounds) 481, DOI (died of injuries) 19, DNB (died non-battle) 1427, FOD 399 (finding of death), M (missing) 25, total 5633.
My Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster includes almost all names in the Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills and Montgomery county lists. Audubon County names are currently in WWII Roster > Roster Additions.

The Fifth Tier of Southwest Iowa Counties

Monona County

Crawford County

Carroll County

Greene County

The Fourth Tier of Southwest Iowa Counties

Harrison County

Shelby County

Audubon County

(1) ADNERSON, MYRON B. 37663577 PFC FOD
√ BAGLEY, CHARLES P. 0-765218 1 LT KIA
√ Benton, Raymond J. (Guthrie Co.)
√ BOYE, HAROLD C. 37346863 PVT KIA
√ BURKE, VERNON C. JR. 17068043 SGT KIA
√ CHRISTENSEN, DALE E. 02036049 2 LT KIA
√ CHRISTENSEN, ARNOLD C. 37752523 PFC KIA
√ COZINE, THOMAS V. 37421270 PFC DOW
√ CURTIS, ALTON B. 37692006 PVT KIA
√ ERICKSON, GORDON D. 37698140 PFC KIA
√√ HECKMAN, JOHN P. 37118341 CPL DOW
√ JENSEN, WAYNE E. 0-770293 2 LT DNB
√√ KITSON, DONALD E. 37750237 PFC KIA
√ LANE, KIT C. 0-463136 CAPT DNB
√ LAYLAND, GERALD I. 37442645 PFC KIA
√√ LEWIS, HAROLD J. 37698156 PFC KIA
√ MADSEN, EARL H. 17197232 PFC DNB
√ MADSEN, ELMER H. 37691778 PVT KIA
√ MARDESEN, RAY W. 37037474 CPL KIA
√ MORROW, MARJORIE G. N-733475 2 LT KIA
√ NELSON, HERMAN L. 37047625 PFC DNB
√ NELSON, LEONARD M. 17043992 S SG DOW
(3) √ Nelson, Leonard Peter34-208-331 PVT KIA
√ OVERGAARD, ANDREW B. 37045092 S SG KIA
√ PEDERSEN, SILAS C. 01019087 2 LT KIA
√ PETERSEN, MARVIN L. 37752434 PVT DOW
(2) PHILLIPS, RAYMOND G. 0-736337 1 LT FOD
√ SANTILLAN, PAUL J. 37436475 S SG FOD
√ SCULLY, JOHN E. 37684887 SGT KIA
√ WAHLERT, ROBERT J. 37425956 PVT DNB
√ WELCH, HAROLD A. 37673375 PFC KIA
√ WELLS, ROBERT H. 37659382 PFC KIA
√ YOUNG, ROBERT E. 37676788 PVT KIA
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√√ - already in roster
√ - in Roster Additions
(1) - Anderson, Myron B., Clayton Co.
(2) - Phillips, Raymond G., Newton, Jasper Co.
(3) - Nelson, Leonard P., b. Audubon Co. s/o John Nelson & Elvera Johnson, served from Dade Co., FL
(transcription by Cathy Schultz at http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/audubon/wwii_army_air_force_deaths.htm)

Guthrie County