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==> 31 January 2024 - 16 additions to WWII Dead > Roster Records webpages:
  • Most names were obtained from the 7 Dec 1945 Council Bluffs Nonpareil list of WWII Pott. Co. dead.
  • List begun 10 Oct 2023.
† Anderson, Myron Bernell, SN 37-663-577, US Army, Clayton Co. (WWII-AndersonMyronB)
  • b. 26 Apr 1914 near Gunder, Clayton Co.; s/o Chris J. Anderson & Rosina S. Mork; m. Aldora B. Loftsgard of Clayton Co. 1941, one child; entered service 2 Mar 1943 from Postville, Clayton Co.; bur. Marion Lutheran Cem., Gunder.
  • Antitank Co., 424th Inf. Regt., 106th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; FOD/KIA 16 Dec 1944 near Winterspelt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins.
  • Notes: service credited to Audubon Co. No other known Pottawattamie area connection.
† ​Brislin, James E., SN 35-919-752, US Army, Cuyahoga Co., OH (WWII-BrislinJamesE)
  • b. 22 Aug 1909 or 9 Sep 1910 Co. Bluffs s/o Patrick Brislin & Bridget Kilday; family moved to Toledo, OH in late 1910s; entered service at Cleveland, OH 26 Oct 1943; service credited to Cuyahoga Co.; bur. Epinal American Cem., Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • 143rd Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 23 Nov 1944 near Vencheres, south of St. Die, Lorraine, France; The ETO > War of Attrition, 1944 > Alsace/Seventh Army.
  • Notes: James E. Brislin's older brother, John Brislin, killed Robert Limerick in 1915 in the Wickham brickyard blacksmith shop in Co. Bluffs. This was the first of four shooting deaths within the Limerick family, including Tom Limerick's failed escape from Alcatraz Prison in 1938 and ending with the shooting of Robert Limerick's daughter-in-law, Louise (Bertelsen) Limerick, a Boomer Township native, in 1972.
† Christensen, Jack Newton, SN O-516-204, US Army, Lancaster Co., NE & Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 2 Apr 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o G. Fred Christensen & Vera Newton; family moved to Omaha in mid-1930s; m. Pauline Boyd of Lincoln, NE 1941, one child; commissioned in ROTC at U of Nebraska Jun 1943; service credited to Lancaster Co., NE; bur. Epinal American Cem., Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • 397th Inf. Regt., 100th Inf. Div.; KIA 12 Nov 1944 near Raon l'Etape, Lorraine; The ETO > War of Attrition, 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army.
  • Notes: Awarded posthumous Silver Star.
† Collins, Robert W., SN 37-665-559, US Army, Boone Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 Dec 1914 Eldora, Hardin Co.; s/o Earle L. Collins & Mary Eiserman; family moved to Boone, Boone Co. 1918; m. Gwenith Emma McCloud 1941; entered service 23 Mar 1943 from Boone; bur. Arlington Natl. Cem., Arlington, VA.
  • Co. I, 310th Inf. Regt., 78th Inf. Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 5 Feb 1945 Steckenborn, SW of Schmidt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; direct hit from 88mm artillery shell; The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.
† Coy, Leroy A., SN 0-741-481, US Army Air Force, Fremont Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Oct 1919 Wood Lake, Cherry Co., NE; s/o Roy D. Coy & Philomena C. Adcock; family moved to Randolph area of Fremont Co. in 1920s; m. Helen R. Matthews of Mills Co.; entered service 7 Jun 1942 from Randolph; service credited to Fremont Co; bur. Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, Belgium.
  • 385th Bomb. Gp, Eighth Air Force, based at Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-3548 Little Willie navigator; aircraft belonged to the 563rd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp., based at Knettishall, Suffolk; KIA 23 Mar 1944 over Germany; aircraft hit by flak while returning from mission  over Brunswick, Germany; crashed at Hullern five miles east of Haltern, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany; two died, eight survived; The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
† Dunbar, Milo, SN 20-703-345, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-DunbarMilo)
  • b. 22 Feb 1917 Edgemont, Fall River Co., SD; s/o Francis E. Dunbar (d. 1935) & Grace M. Phillips; family moved to Onawa, Monona Co. in the 1920s; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Onawa; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. L, 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 15 Feb 1944 Italy; First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > Cassino/The Gustav Line.
† Felthager, Joseph William, SN 20-743-408, US Army, Des Moines & Pott. Cos. (WWII-FelthagerJosephW)
  • b. 23 Nov 1901 Leavenworth, KS; m. Alice E. Brask 1934, one child; Co. Bluffs resident in the 1930s; entered service 13 Jan 1941 from Burlington, Des Moines Co.; bur. Ft. Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth, KS.
  • Hq. & Service Troop, 125th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 113rd Cavalry Recon. Gp.; KIA 21 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Normandy, France; The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944.
† Fintel, Hubert Alvin, SN 36-829-180, US Army, Milwaukee Co., WI (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Jun 1915 Crescent, Pott. Co.; s/o Homer A. Fintel & Harriet F. Howard (d. 1934); m. Ione A. Schwartz; service credited to Milwaukee Co., WI; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 56th Armored Inf. Bn., 12th Armored Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 15 Apr 1945 west of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.​​
† Grage, Glen Edward, SN 37-116-924, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 20 Aug 1909 Kirkman, Shelby Co.; s/o Williiam Grage & Caroline M. Grimm; m. Bernice A. Vehrs 1941, one child; entered service 8 Mar 1942 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
  • Co. B, 311th Inf., 78th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 25 Jan 1945 near Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.
  • Notes: The 78th Inf. Div. was ordinarily part of First Army but because of the Battle of the Bulge was assigned to XIX Corps, Ninth Army from 22 Dec 1944 to 2 Feb 1945.
​† Halterman, Claude Allen Jr., SN 0-767-204, US Army Air Force, Ventura Co., CA (WWII-HaltermanClaudeAllenJr)
  • b. 17 May 1922 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Claud A. Halterman Sr. & Bertha M. Berry; family moved to Ventura Co., CA in 1920s; entered service 15 Oct 1942 from Ventura Co.; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.​
  • 390th Fighter Sqdn., 366th Fighter Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Asch, Zutendaal, Belgium; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt #42-28098 pilot; KIA 28 Feb 1945 near Grevenbroich, SW of Düsseldorf, Germany; aircraft hit by flak & crashed; The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force; BNR.
† Harlan, Martin Edward, SN 193156, US Navy, Guthrie & Monona Cos. (WWII-HarlanMartinE)
  • b. 14 Apr 1911 Stuart, Guthrie Co.; s/o Wilbur G. Harlan (d. 1941) & Lillian Russell (d. 1914); m. Lillian E. McCone of rural Polk Co. 1938, three children; physician in Onawa, Monona Co.; entered service 24 Sep 1942 from Onawa; bur. White Oak Cem., Elkhart Twp., Polk Co.
  • attached as a medical officer to Marine Corps in the Southwest Pacific Area; d. 20 Feb 1943 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas.
† Hoy, John Walter, SN 37-710-383, US Army, Pawnee Co., OK & Fremont Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 28 Dec 1914 Cleveland, Pawnee Co., OK; s/o Walter D. Hoy & Sarah E. Inman; m. Sarah L. Boatwright of Fremont Co., two children; entered service 20 Jul 1944 from Randolph, Fremont Co.; b. Epinal American Cem., Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • Co. I, 255th Inf. Regt., 63rd Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Feb 1945 near Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France; The ETO > Alsace-Lorraine, 1945 > Seventh Army in Stasis.
† Lathrop, Harold Verne, SN 37-737-163, US Army, Sedgwick Co., KS (WWII-LathropHowardV)
  • b. Co. Bluffs 25 Sep 1913; s/o Ethal C. Lathrop & Golda S. Scott; m. Anna L. Liming 1939, two children; entered service 17 Mar 1944 at Ft. Leavenworth, KS; bur. Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, Belgium.​
  • 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; FOD/KIA 29 Dec 1944 near Bütgenbach, NE of St. Vith, Belgium; The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained.
† Martin, Stanley Wayne, SN 37-289-074, US Army, Haakon Co., SD (St. Paul's)
  • b. 8 Mar 1911 rural Ottumwa, Iowa Twp., Stanley Co., SD; s/o William S. Martin & Lyle S. Putnam; service credited to McLean Co., ND; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 91st Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., attached to 9th Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 15 Aug 1943, Sicily; The MTO > Italy > Sicily.
† Martin, Vernon A., SN 6-857-070, US Army, Haakon Co., SD (St. Paul's)
  • ​b. 4 Aug 1908 rural Ottumwa, Iowa Twp., Stanley Co., SD; s/o William S. Martin & Lyle S. Putnam; service credited to Haakon Co., SD; bur. Manila American Cem., Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
  • 808th Military Police Co.; d. 3 Jun 1942 Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > Philippines Lost.
† Mortenson, John Stuart, SN 0-748-217, US Army Air Force, Kearney Co., NE & Maricopa Co., AZ (WWII-MortensonJohnS)
  • b. 22 Jun 1916 Co. Bluffs; s/o Alfred Mortenson & Kitty Belle Wills; family moved to Minden, Kearney Co., NE in late 1910s & to Phoenix, AZ in late 1930s; entered service 13 Jun 1942 from Oswego Co., NY; service credited to Maricopa Co., AZ; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 739th Bomb. Sqdn., 454th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; based at San Giovanni Airfield, Foggia, Lazio, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator Winged Victory #42-52300; FOD/KIA 25 Feb 1944; aircraft shot down by Luftwaffe fighter; went into a spin & crashed NW of Bruck, north of Graz, Austria; five died, six POWs; The MTO > MTO Air War.
​​Update Log for above 16 Roster Records: (Remember to concurrently update counts & dates.)
  • ​1-25-24: Added 3 air-related names to WWII Dead > Land, Air, Sea Dead > The Air Dead adding prefix of new.
  • ​9-30-23: Added 0 ship-related names to WWII Dead > Roster Addenda > The Sea Dead adding prefix of new. No new ships.
  • 1-25-24: Copied all 16 records to the WWII Dead > Roster Records lists, removing file names. Done
  • 1-27-24: Added all 16 records to Death Locations & appropriate WWII Germany & WWII Japan webpages; updated WWII Hub counts. Done.
  • 1-25-24: Added 16 names to WWII Dead > Residences. Done.
  • 1-29-24: Added 8 names to WWII Dead > Roster Addenda > Members not in St. Paul's.
  • 1-29-24: Moved above records to WWII Dead > Roster Additions > 2024 Additions Log.

==> 31 January 2024 - 2 additions to WWII Dead > Ancillary Records webpages:
† ​(vet) Franklin, Raleigh Kenmore, SN 151-26-86, US Navy, Polk Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 18 Sep 1894 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o George W. Franklin (d. 1912) & Nancy E. Bishop (d. 1923); family moved to Des Moines in 1897; m. Nellie C. Winberg 1921, three children; entered service 27 Jun 1942 from Des Moines; sep. 13 Nov 1942; bur. Glendale Cem., Des Moines.
  • served in Naval Reserve in Washington, DC; d. 12 Jan 1947 Des Moines; coronary heart disease.
  • Notes: Also served in WWI 7 May 1917-5 Feb 1919.
​† (vet.) ​Gibson, Glenn Harvey, SN 962-08-15, US Navy, Howard Co., NE (WWII-GibsonGlennH)
  • b. 12 Sep 1914 Farwell, Howard Co., NE; s/o John Gibson & Jennie I. Harvey; m. Betty A. Koborg of Howard Co. 1935, three children; entered service 17 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 18 Feb 1946; bur. Elmwood Cem., St. Paul, Howard Co.
  • served with Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, CA; d. 16 Nov 1949 in hospital, Omaha, NE; poliomyelitis.
Update Log for above Ancillary Records: (Remember to concurrently update counts & dates.) ​Adding 2 records.
  • 1-25-2024: Added above records, removing (file names), to WWII Dead > Ancillary Records subpages.
  • 1-25-2024: Added record heading lines, less (file names), to WWII Dead > Residences.
  • 1-25-2024: For file names not St. Paul's, added record heading lines w/ (file names) to WWII Dead > Roster Addenda > Members Not in St. Paul's.
  • 1-25-2024: Moved text consisting of above ancillary records and this log to beginning of WWII Dead > Roster Additions > 2024 Additions Log.