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:::::::::: Aa–Dz Records (20)
​​† Amunson, Leo Victor, SN 37-037-849, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (St Paul's)
  • b. 15 May 1918 Soldier Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Oluf Amundson (b. Soldier Twp.) & Honora Clemon (b. Soldier Twp.).
  • entered service 7 May 1941 from rural Soldier, Monona Co.; buried Soldier Lutheran Church Cem.
  • Co. B, 46th Engineering Construction Bn.; battalion was enlarging airfields while ground combat continued on Biak Is., Netherlands Indies; WIA Jul 1944; stepped on an antipersonnel land mine; DOW in hospital 28 Jul 1944.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Western New Guinea @ Battle of Biak Island
† Anderson, Marvin William, SN 37-039-780, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 14 Sep 1913 rural Denison, Goodrich Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Samuel Anderson (b. Marshall Co., IL; d. 1919) & Tabitha Caroline Winey (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1938).
  • entered service 6 Feb 1941; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Oakland Cem., Denison, Crawford Co.
  • Co. A, 701st Military Police Bn.; seriously injured Nov 1944, perhaps in an accident at the Fort Wayne, IN Ordnance Depot; hospitalized at Percy Jones Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI; DNB 11 Jan 1945 at Percy Jones.
† Aspedon, James Taylor, SN 37-035-657, US Army, Fremont Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 2 Mar 1913 Farragut, Fremont Co.; s/o Ernest Marion Aspedon Sr. (b. Dunlap, Harrison Co.) & Grace Pease (b. Fremont Co.); family moved to Washington Twp. in SW Fremont Co. in 1920s.
  • entered service 3 Mar 1941 from Hamburg, Fremont Co.; buried Riverton Cem., Fremont Co.
  • Co. B, 691st Tank Destroyer Bn. stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso Co., TX; DNB 23 Mar 1942 at post hospital from motorcycle accident 18 Mar 1942 while on duty.
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† Aspedon, Lyman Leslie, SN 37-466-606, US Army, Fremont Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 16 Oct 1914 Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., MO; s/o Fredrick William "Fred" Aspedon (b. Dunlap, Harrison Co.) & Jane Gertrude Smith (b. Riverton, Fremont Co.); family lived in Washington Twp. near Riverton.
  • entered service 7 Dec 1942 from Riverton, Fremont Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. C, 325th Glider Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Inf. Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 4 Jan 1945 in Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Erased
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about the Aspedon family entries:
  • James Taylor Aspedon and Lyman Leslie Aspedon were cousins, both being grandchildren of James Aspedon and Margaret Connell.
† Babb, Samuel Asa, SN 37-037-549, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 20 Jun 1918 Grant Twp., Monona Co.; s/o George Elsworth Babb (b. rural Persia, Harrison Co.) & May Rose Harding (b. Oto, Woodbury Co.); family moved to rural Whiting, West Fork Twp., Monona Co. in early 1920s.
  • lived with sister and brother-in-law in Sioux City before entering service.
  • entered service 25 Apr 1941 from Rt. 1, Whiting; service credited to Monona Co.; buried Oto Cem., Woodbury Co.
  • Co. L, 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Apr 1943 south of Fondouk, Tunisia.
  • War with Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Fondouk Pass
† Bales, Virgil Etherian, SN 321-69-72, US Navy, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 28 Jan 1919 Mapleton, Monona Co; s/o Charles Alfred Bales Sr. (b. Butler Co., NE) & Bertha Ellen Doud (b. Woods Co., OK).
  • high speed transport USS McKean (APD-5); KIA 17 Nov 1943 near Empress Augusta Bay, Solomon Is.; McKean sunk by Japanese aerial torpedo while ferrying Marine Corps reinforcements from Guadalcanal to Bougainville; 64 crew members and 52 embarked troops died.
  • War with Japan > Solomon Islands > Bougainville Naval War​
† Blaylock, Roger Claire, SN 0-701709, US Army Air Force, Greene Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Apr 1921 Grand Junction, Greene Co.; s/o Roy Edward Blaylock (b. Grand Junction) & Zola Laverne Griffin (b. Boone Co.).
  • entered service 7 Aug 1942 from Grand Junction; Greene Co.; service credited to Greene Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Junction Twp. Cem., Grand Junction.
  • 40th Fighter Sqdn., 35th Fighter Gp., Fifth Air Force; based on Morotai Is., Netherlands Indies; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilot; FOD/KIA 6 Nov 1944 while returning to Morotai Is. from a mission over the Philippines.
  • ​WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force
† Bock, Donald Lester, SN 37-474,200, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 1 Aug 1923 Raeville, Boone Co., NE.
  • entered service 22 Feb 1943 from Rt. 3, Templeton, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Florence American Cem., Tuscany, Italy; cenotaph Sacred Heart Cem., Templeton.
  • 513rd Bomb. Sqdn., 376th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at San Pancrazio, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24J #42-64373 Liberator gunner with pilot George R. Cloer; KIA 10 Aug 1944 on Mission 307 to Ploiesti, Romania; aircraft got off course while returning from mission, was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Berat, Albania and crashed; six died, four survived.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
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† Bock, Vernon Lawrence, SN 37-112-420, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 17 Oct 1918 Templeton, Carroll Co.
  • entered service 1 Feb 1942 from Rt. 3, Glidden, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Sacred Heart Cem., Templeton, Carroll Co.
  • 32nd Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.; KIA 29 May 1943 Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
  • WWII Japan > North Pacific > Aleutian Islands @ Battle of Attu
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about Donald & Vernon Bock:
  • sons of Cornelius Fredrick Bock (b. Woodford Co., IL) & Mayme Katherine Heithoff (b. Nebraska).
† Branning, Adam Jr., SN 36-008-608, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Cook Co., IL (St. Paul's)
  • b. 21 Dec 1908 in Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Adam Branning Sr. (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia) & Katherine Wagner (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia).
  • married Fern Lillian Querry of Montgomery Co. in Red Oak Jan 1933, one deceased child, divorced 1934; moved to Chicago, IL in late 1930s.
  • entered service 10 Mar 1941 in Chicago, IL; service credited to Cook Co., IL; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • Battery F., 200th Coast Artillery Regt.; based at Fort Stotsenberg, near Clark Air Force Base, central Luzon, Philippines; POW, captured 9 Apr 1942 with the surrender of US forces on Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, Philippines; KIA 9 Jan 1945 on Japanese Hell Ship Enoura Maru, Takao Harbor, southern Formosa; Enoura Maru attacked by planes from the carrier USS Hornet (CV-12); about 400 POWs died.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
† Brodersen, Kenneth Herrick, SN 17-002-834, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 21 Oct 1922 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Hans Victor Brodersen Sr. (b. Denison) & Gertrude Milburn (b. Wall Lake, Sac Co.).
  • entered service 12 Feb 1941 from Rt. 3, Denison; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Oakland Cem., Denison.
  • Co. A, 773rd Tank Destroyer Bn., Third Army; DNB 26 Apr 1945 Cham, NE of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany
† Bruce, Russell William, SN 307-36-02, US Navy, Spink Co., SD (St. Paul's)
  • b. 2 Sep 1927 West Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward Frank Bruce (b. Montgomery Co.; d. 1942) & Stella Mae Turney (b. Montgomery Co.).
  • service entry date unknown; next of kin mother, Mrs. Stella May Bruce, Rt. 1, Redfield, South Dakota; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Salem Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • Note: age 17 at death.
  • cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35); KIA 30 Jul 1945 in the Philippine Sea en route from Guam to Leyte; Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine I-58; 879 died, 316 survived.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Sinking of USS Indianapolis
† Buss, Albert James, SN 01307365, US Army, Boone Co. (WWII-BussAlbertJ)
  • b. 13 Nov 1909 Pawnee, Harrison Co., MO; s/o Herman James Buss (b. Pocahontas Co.) & Maud Belle Blake (b. Harrison Co., MO); family lived in West Bend, Palo Alto Co. in 1910, moving to Boone, Boone Co. before 1920.
  • married Frances Elsie Reay of Des Moines Aug 1937 in Des Moines, she d. 1938; married Phyllis Enenbach of Manning, Carroll Co. Apr 1944 in Des Moines.
  • entered service 23 Dec 1941 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Boone Co.; buried Linwood Cem., Boone, Boone Co.
  • Co. E, 8th Inf. Regt., 2nd Bn., 4th Inf. Div. VII Corps, First Army; KIA 10 Aug 1944 NW of Mortain, Manche Dept., France; the 8th Infantry Regiment's 2nd Bn. was part of the northern wing of US forces resisting Operation Lüttich, the German counterattack centered near the town of Mortain about five files to the southeast.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy, Aug 1944 @ Mortain Counter-Attack
† Cooney, Manford Lyle, SN 620-81-02, US Navy, Adams & Montgomery Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 May 1921 Washington Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harry A. Cooney (b. Montgomery Co.) & Lulu Mabel McCoy (b. Page Co.).
  • entered service 7 Aug 1942 from Brooks, Adams Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Cooney, RFD 2, Nodaway, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Villisca Cem., Villisca, Montgomery Co.
  • Naval Air Sqdn. VT(N)-90, a night torpedo bomber squadron flying Grumman TBM-3D Avengers and assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), Task Group 38-5; aircraft radio operator with pilot Shannon Witherspoon McCrary; KIA 15 Jan 1945 between Luzon and Hong Kong; after launching, plane reached a height of 300 feet, then crashed and exploded a mile from the Enterprise; pilot was rescued, two crew members died.
  • WWII Japan > US Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ South China Sea Raid
† Crane, Clell Carl, SN 19-134-834, US Army, Marion Co., OR (St. Paul's)
  • b. 31 Jan 1924 Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Clement Clarence Crane (b. Kane Co., IL) & Barbara Schlies (b. Kewaunee Co., WI).
  • art student at University of Oregon prior to enlistment.
  • entered service 4 Dec 1942 at Eugene, Lane Co., OR; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • Co. B, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div. (406th Regt. was attached to 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army 6–25 Nov 1944); KIA 22 Nov 1944 near Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Military Note: Silver Star for actions on 19 Nov 1944.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Operation Queen
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† Crane, Laurence Victor, SN  39-477-434, US Army, Marion Co., OR (St. Paul's)
  • b. 11 Jun 1920 West Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Henry Martin Crane (b. Greene Co., IL) & Virginia Rebecca "Jennie" Fizer (b. Salem Co., MO).
  • married Phyllis Jean Meng of Marion Co., OR, Aug 1941, two children.
  • entered service 8 Jun 1944 at Fort Lewis, WA; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 132nd Inf. Regt., Americal Div., Eighth Army; KIA 30 Mar 1945 Cebu, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines
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about Clell and Lawrence Crane:
  • Laurence Victor Crane was the nephew of roster member Harold Meng of Montgomery Co.
  • Clell Carl Crane was the nephew of Laurence Victor Crane.
† Detlefsen, Heinz Wilhelm, SN 0-757-961, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (WWII-DetlefsenHeinzW)
  • b. 11 Jul 1920 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Hans Wilhelm Detlefsen (b. Schleswig-Holstein) & Gretchen Therese Thede (b. Schleswig-Holstein).
  • married Elnor Clare Vannote of Ames, Story Co. Feb 1944 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.
  • entered service 4 Jan 1943 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands; cenotaphs Manning Cem., Carroll Co. and East Lawn Palms Cem., Tucson, Pima Co., AZ.
  • 435rd Fighter Sqdn., 479th Fighter Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Wattisham, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; North American P-51D Mustang #44-14294 J2 pilot; KIA 8 Nov 1944 eight miles west of Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; collision with another Mustang.
  • Note: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross award.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
† DeVore, Ralph Wayne, SN 872-17-62, US Navy, Cass & Adams Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 14 Jun 1922 rural Massena, Victoria Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Guy Allen DeVore (b. Victoria Twp., Cass Co.) & Bessie Harriett Falconer (b. Adams Co.).
  • married Ruth L. Frick of Loveland, CO Feb 1942, two children.
  • entered service Nov 1943; next of kin wife, Mrs. Ruth Lavaina DeVore, 123 E. 4th St., Loveland, Colo.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); Bunker Hill struck by two kamikazes 11 May 1945 off Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; DOW 13 May 1945; 396 dead; ship survived.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Naval Battle of Okinawa
† Dicks, Russell Elwood, SN 912-591, US Marine Corps, Adams Co. (WWII-DicksRussellElwood)
  • b. 3 Nov 1925 Douglas Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Elwood Edward Dicks (b. Carbon, Adams Co.) & Eula Irene Hancock (b. Clinton Co., MO).
  • entered service 9 Jan 1944 from Carbon, Adams Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood E. Dicks, Rt. 1, Nodaway, Iowa; buried Oakland Cem., Corning, Adams Co.
  • 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; KIA 10 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Iwo Jima
† Dirrim, Lysle Lee, SN 32-379-490, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Erie Co., NY (WWII-DirrimLysleL)
  • b. 26 Mar 1899 Scott Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harry Miller Dirrim (b. Wayne Co., OH)  & Josephine Rue Cox (b. Henry Co., IL).
  • married Lelia Augusta Gilmore of Montgomery Co. Aug 1920 in Montgomery Co., four children; family lived in Clarinda, Page Co. in 1930; wife and children lived in Fremont, Dodge Co., NE in 1935, 1940, and 1950.
  • entered service 6 Jul 1942 in Buffalo, NY from Erie Co., NY; service credited to Erie Co., NY; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 103rd Quartermaster Bakery Co.; DNB 18 Oct 1943 Italy; cerebral hemorrhage.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm Zone

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​† Eigler, Maurice Eugene, SN 0-805796, US Army Air Force, Crawford & Greene Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 30 May 1920 Iowa Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Fredrick W. Eigler (b. Defiance, Shelby Co.) & Blanche L. Lewis (b. near Defiance, Shelby Co.); family moved from Crawford Co. to rural Bagley, Greene Co. in late 1930s.
  • entered service 4 May 1942 from Rt. 2, Bagley, Greenbrier Twp., Greene Co.; service credited to unknown county; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Willow Twp. Cem., Greene Co.
  • 793rd Bomb. Sqdn., 468th Bomb. Gp., 20th Bomber Cmd., based at Khargpur Airfield near Calcutta, India; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6370 Lethal Lady co-pilot with pilot Ted S. Faulkner; KIA 5 Nov 1944 on a bombing mission to King George VI docks at Singapore, aircraft exploded and crashed about 75 miles off the Andaman Is. in the Bay of Bengal; all 12 died.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > India
† ​Ewoldt, Gilbert John, SN 37-663-729, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 16 Jul 1919 Crawford Co.; s/o William Fredrich Ewoldt (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1934) & Amanda Asmus (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1937).
  • enlisted 3 Mar 1943 at Camp Dodge, IA; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 2 Jun 1944 near Rome, Italy after breakout from Anzio Beachhead.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Cassino/Anzio to Rome > The Drive on Rome
† Farley, Clarence Thomas, SN 37-692-077, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 22 Sep 1916 Whiting, Monona Co.; s/o Lloyd Edwin Farley (b. Whiting) & Ida Christina Schraiter (b. Crawford Co.).
  • married Florence Antje Reuwsaat of Crawford Co. Jun 1940 in Manilla, Crawford Co., two children.
  • entered service 15 Mar 1944 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
  • ​​Co. K, 318th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div; XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 24 Nov 1944 near Maginot Line west of St. Avold, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • War with Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1945 > Lorraine/Third Army
† Focht, Stanley Dean, SN 39-574-968, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 22 Dec 1923 Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Roscoe Jay Focht (b. rural Grant, Montgomery Co.; d. 1939) & Blanche Elizabeth Copelin (b. Wallace Co., Kansas); family moved to Glendale, CA in 1942.
  • married Shirley Dean Froyd of Villisca, Montgomery Co. 1943 in Villisca.
  • entered service 1 Jun 1943 at Los Angeles, CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.; cenotaph Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
  • 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA/FOD 27 Sep 1944 in the Hürgen Forest area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; preliminaries to the First Battle of Schmidt.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Hürtgen Forest
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† Focht, William James, SN 17-119-136, US Army Air Force, Polk Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 3 Oct 1922 Grinnell, Poweshiek Co.; s/o Charles Edward Focht (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.) & Laura Lucille Triplett (b. Grinnell); parents divorced 1927; William remained with father; father married Lola Rose Renaud of Pella, Marion Co. in 1929 at Davenport, Scott. Co.; family moved from Davenport to Minneapolis in late 1920s and then to Des Moines around 1940.
  • ​entered service 20 Feb 1943 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.​
  • 836th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38154 Heavenly Body waist gunner with pilot Harold E. Oesch; KIA 30 Sep 1944 on mission to bomb railroad marshalling yards at Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany; Heavenly Body collided with B-17G #43-38037 Liberty Belle when turning after bomb drop; eight died, one survived; on Liberty Belle seven died, two survived.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
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about Stanley and William Focht:
  • Stanley Dean Focht and William James Focht were second cousins, both being great-grandsons of William Focht and Rebecca Marie Williams.
† Ford, George Calvin, SN 321-45-77, US Navy, Carroll Co. (WWII-FordGeorgeCalvin)
  • b. 27 Apr 1916 Lidderdale, Carroll Co.; s/o John Calvin Ford (b. Greene Co.) & Sophia Margaret Harms (b. Sheridan Twp., Carroll Co.).
  • entered service 13 Aug 1940 from Rt. 3, Carroll, Carroll Co.; next of kin father, Mr. John Calvin Ford, Rt. 4, Carroll, Iowa; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of  the Pacific, Honolulu, HI; in 2018, body was identified and subsequently returned to Iowa for interment; buried Merle Hay Memorial Cem., Glidden, Carroll Co.
  • battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37); killed in action 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Oklahoma hit by aerial torpedoes and capsized, 429 died; Oklahoma later righted but sank while being towed to California.
  • War with Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor
† Hansen, Dale Woodrow, SN 17-120-248, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 4 Nov 1916 Turin, Monona Co.; s/o Sigurd Hansen (b. Denmark) & Agnes Louise Hansen (b. Moorhead, Monona Co.).
  • Married Irene Beatrice Norem of Wright Co. Jun 1941 in Omaha; one child.
  • entered service 22 Mar 1943 from Onawa, Monona Co.; service credited to Monona Co.; buried Onawa Cem.
  • aviation cadet at Coffeyville Army Air Field, near Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS; Vultee BT-13A Valiant #42-43174 pilot; d. 22 Nov 1943; collision with another trainee's aircraft.
† Hansen, Gilbert Walter, SN 37-073-077, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 9 Feb 1920 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Carl Henry Hansen (b. Denison; d. 1930) & Arnada Irene Hennings (b. Charter Oak, Crawford Co.); mother married Charles E. Schraeder May 1933 in Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 2 Aug 1941 from Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Iowa; burial location unknown.
  • Hq. Co., 2nd Bn., 508th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., XVIII Airborne Corps; DNB 1 May 1945 Chartres, France from injuries in a jeep accident.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone
† Hickman, Kenneth Lotten, SN 37-734-831, US Army, Adams Co. (WWII-HickmanKennethL)
  • b. 28 Feb 1924 rural Mount Etna, Washington Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Isom Loten "Lote" Hickman (b. Taylor Co.) & Hattie (Thompson) Fisher (b. Washington Twp., Adams Co.).
  • entered service 17 Jul 1944 from Rt. 1, Mount Etna, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co.; buried Forest Hill Cem., Mount Etna.
  • Co. K, 9th Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div.; V Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Apr 1945 near Seega, Thuringia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany
† Hoffmann, John M., SN 0-295836, US Army, Humboldt & Carroll Cos. (WWII-HoffmannJohnM)
  • b. 4 Dec 1908 Maxwell, Story Co.; s/o Henry Hoffmann (b. Manning, Carroll Co.) & Lena Jones (b. Iowa); family moved to Manning, Carroll Co. around 1915.
  • Lived in Humboldt Co. before entering service.
  • service entry date unknown; service credited to Humboldt Co.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • unit unknown; DNB 2 Jan 1944 in India-China plane crash.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > Crossing the Hump
† Houston, George Richard, SN 321-76-87, US Navy, Crawford County (WWII-HoustonGeorgeRichard)
  • b. 22 Feb 1925 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o George Houston (b. Dow City) & Laura Ellen Wilder (b. Campbell Co., WY); one of 20 children.
  • entered service 1 May 1942 from Dow City, Crawford Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Houston. Box 44. Dow City, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • SS Jacksonville armed guard; convoy CU-36; KIA 30 Aug 1944 North Atlantic 50 miles north of Londonderry, Ireland; Jacksonville sunk by two torpedoes from submarine U-482; 76 died, two survived.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic
† Irlbeck, Henry Joseph, SN 37-071-640, US Army, Carroll Co. (WWII-IrlbeckHenryJ)
  • b. 22 Dec 1908 Maple River Twp., Carroll Co.; s/o Charles Karl Irlbeck (b. Germany) & Mary Anna Schumacher (b. Germany).
  • moved from Maple River to the town of Carroll as a young man.
  • entered service 30 Jun 1941 from Carroll, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried St. Francis Cem., Maple River, Carroll Co.
  • 63rd Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 24 Feb 1945 Shimbu Line, central Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon > Shimbu Line​
† Isaac, William Bruce, SN 39-212-924, US Army, King Co., WA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 26 Mar 1925 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o Clarence B. Isaac (b. Aurora, Kane Co., IL; d. 1926) & Laurel Lee McKown (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.); mother moved family from Chicago area to Seattle, WA around 1930. 
  • entered service 10 Jul 1943; service credited to King Co., WA; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • 413th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 21 Nov 1944 near Eschweiler NE of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen
  • † Joens, Harold Martin, SN 39-575-838, US Army, Crawford Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 5 Feb 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co., IA; s/o John Henry Joens (b. Iowa Twp., Crawford Co.) & Adelia M. Nehls (b. Washington Twp., Crawford Co.).
  • moved to Orange Co., CA in late 1930s; married Emaline Rose Neff of Audubon Co. in California.
  • entered service 18 Jun 1943 from Los Angeles; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
  • Co. H, 414th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 17 Apr 1945 near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
  • Military Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany
† Johnson, Einar Sixton Jr., SN 6-583-528, US Army, Montgomery Co. (WWII-JohnsonEinarS)
  • b. 13 Aug 1915 Stanton, Montgomery Co.; s/o Karl Einar Johnson (b. Sweden) & Karin Matilda Kindberg (b. Sweden); family lived in Montgomery Co. in Stanton and Red Oak, moving to Medford, OR in 1940.
  • entered service 5 Mar 1940 from Montgomery Co.; service credited to Chickasaw Co., reason unknown; body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Mamre Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
  • Battery H, 59th Coast Artillery Regt.; POW, captured May 1942 with the surrender of Corregidor Is., Luzon, Philippines; KIA 24 Oct 1944 while being transported on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, south of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~1773 US POWs and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
† Johnson, Martin Raymond, SN 345935, US Marine Corps, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 10 Apr 1922 rural Moorhead, Spring Valley Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Martin Johnson (b. Moorhead) & Hannah Sorensen (b. Denmark, d. 1934).
  • entered service 12 Jan 1942 from Moorhead, Monona Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Moorhead, Iowa; buried Natl. Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
  • Co. I, 2nd Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 20 Nov 1943 Red Beach 1, Tarawa, Gilbert Is.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Gilbert Islands @ Battle of Tarawa
† Johnson, Robert Allen, SN 0-724-624, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. Dec 1920 Fairmont, Martin Co., MN; s/o Paul Allen Johnson (b. Cherokee, Cherokee Co.) & Minnie Belle Aug (b. Fillmore Co., MN); family moved to Denison, Crawford Co. in 1920s.
  • entered service 24 Sep 1941 at Fort Crook, NE from Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Fort Snelling Natl. Cem., Minneapolis, MN.
  • 330th Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Alconbury; on temporary duty with Twelfth Air Force in North Africa; Consolidated B-24D Liberator #41-23703 pilot; DNB 7 Dec 1942 when aircraft hit high ground approaching Tafraoui Airfield, near Oran, Algeria; all on board died.
  • Note: the 330th Bomb. Sqdn. Liberator Hot Stuff (#41-23728, from the same production run) crashed in Iceland on 3 May 1943, killing Lt. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, at the time commanding general of US forces in the ETO. His name is remembered with Joint Base Andrews, near Washington, DC.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
† Kasal, Robert Edward (served as Kasal Robert F), SN 17-040-532, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co. & Douglas Co., NE (WWII-KasalRobertE)
  • b. 4 Jul 1916 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Edward Vitas Kasal (b. Howard Co., NE) & Mary Louise Davis (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.); family moved to Omaha before 1920.
  • married Lucille Lundell of Omaha Nov 1940 in Omaha.
  • unknown service entry date; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
  • 54th Troop Carrier Sqdn., Eleventh Air Force, based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska Territory; Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota #41-38643 crew member with pilot Carl E. Moore; DNB 27 Jul 1943; hit ridge approaching Naknet Army Airfield, King Salmon, Alaska; all eleven died.
  • WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska
​† Koch, Donald Kenath, SN 17-170-459, US Army, Carroll Co. (WWII-KochDonaldK)
  • b. 24 Feb 1926 Chicago, IL; s/o Kenath Benjamin Koch & Bertha Sylvia Anderson (b. Alburnett, Linn Co.; d. 1937); family moved to Arcadia, Carroll Co. about 1929; widowed father married Annabelle E. Blake.
  • entered service 5 Mar 1944 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Alice Cem., Linn Co.
  • Co. B, 503rd Parachute Inf. Regt., 11th Airborne Div.; DNB 13 Dec 1945 Japan, accidental discharge of his firearm.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Vanquished
† Kolln, Ernest Gilbert, SN 6-932-468, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 30 Mar 1919 Westside, Crawford Co.; s/o John Kolln (b. De Witt, Clinton Co.) & Edith Moll (b. Gregory Co., SD).
  • entered service 24 Mar 1938 from Rt. 1, Dow City, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Dow City Cem.
  • 20th Bomb Sqdn., 2nd Bomb Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; based at Amendola Air Base, NE of Foggia, Apulia, Italy; on temporary duty with 885th Bomb. Sqdn.; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30500 Miss Charlotte radio operator with pilot John R. Myers; FOD/KIA 10 Sep 1944 near Sestriere, 70 miles west of Turin, Italy; crashed on mountain returning to Maison Blanche Air Base, near Algiers, Algeria from supply drop to Italian partisans; all nine died.
  • ​WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
† Lacox, Wayne Albert, SN 37-429-902, US Army Air Force, Adams Co. (WWII-LacoxWayneA)
  • b. 27 Sep 1921 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Albert Eugene Lacox (b. rural Nodaway; d. 1934) & Maple Forrest Mason (b. Nodaway).
  • entered service 10 Sep 1942 from Rt. 2, Nodaway, Adams Co.; service credited to Story Co.; buried Methodist Grove Cem., Nodaway.
  • 403rd Bomb Sqdn., 43rd Bomb Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Nadzab, New Guinea; Consolidated B-24 Liberator gunner with pilot Walter Cole;  KIA 3 Apr 1944 Nadzab; aircraft crashed on takeoff for bombing raid on Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea; four died.
  • WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force
† Lake, Robert Lee, SN 37-750-121, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 4 Apr 1926 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Eustace Lee Lake (b. New Market, Taylor Co.) & Pauline Anna Dorothea Ress (b. Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co.).
  • entered service 18 Aug 1944 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
  • Co. F, 2nd Inf. Regt, 5th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 19 Feb 1945 approaching Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg
† Lauridsen, Omar Hans, SN 0-2-064508, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. & Richland Co., IL (WWII-LauridsenOmarH)
  • b. 19 Dec 1916 Dedham, Carroll Co.; s/o Hans Lauridsen Negendahl (b. Denmark) & Christine Claussen (b. Denmark.)
  • moved to Olney, Richland Co., IL as a young man; married Claribelle "Clara" Bakken Jun 1942 in Minneapolis, MN.
  • entered service 24 Jun 1943 from Dedham, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Carroll City Cem., Carroll Co.
  • 329th Base Unit (combat crew training school), Alexandria Field, LA; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #42-30983 navigator with pilot Russell L. Cobbs; DNB 3 Mar 1945 six miles southwest of Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA; aircraft exploded and crashed while on a training flight from Alexandria Field; all eleven died.
​† Lutz, Clarence Conrad Henry, served as Lutz, Clarence C H, SN 37-195-312, US Army, Crawford Co. (WWII-LutzClarenceC)
  • b. 30 Mar 1920 Goodrich Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Paul Conrad Henry Lutz (b. Deloit, Crawford Co.) & Hulda Wilhelmina Hantelman (b. Sherill, Dubuque Co.).
  • entered service 18 May 1942 from Rt. 1, Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Zion Lutheran Cem., Denison.
  • 169th Inf. Regt., 43nd Inf. Div, XIV Corps; KIA 18 Jul 1943 New Georgia, Solomon Is. during Japanese counterattack.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > New Georgia @ Battle of Munda Point
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† Martens, Earl Herman, served as Marten, Earl H, SN 37-426-342, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 27 Jul 1912 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Emil Martens (b. Manning) & Malinda Caroline Mundt (b. Washington Twp., Carroll Co.; d. 1926); father married Anna (Jansen) Joens Oct 1933 in Manning.
  • entered service 25 Aug 1942 from Rt. 2, Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Brittany American Cem., St. James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France; cenotaph Hayes Twp. Cem., West Side, Crawford Co.
  • 115th Inf. Regt., 29th Inf. Div., VIII Corps; KIA 13 Sep 1944 Brittany, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Brittany, Aug-Sep 1944
† Mattes, Matthias R., SN 37-652-257, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b.​ 11 Mar 1922 Carroll, Carroll Co.; s/o John Mattes (b. Carroll) & Clara Ridderman (b. Missouri).
  • entered service 2 Jan 1943 from Rt. 1, Carroll, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Carroll.
  • Co C, 814th Tank Destroyer Bn., 7th Armored Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 29 Oct 1944 near Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Netherlands, 1944
† McCracken, Murro Alvin, SN 0-403-907, US Army Air Force Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 Jan 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Harry Forrest McCracken (b. Omaha) & Bess Mae Saunders (b. Manilla).
  • married Joan Olive Kruse of Carroll Co.
  • entered service 25 Jun 1940 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
  • Air Force Basic Flight School, Gunter Air Base, Huntsville, AL; Vultee BT-13 Valiant #40-1016; crew bailed out and aircraft crashed; DNB 30 Jun 1941.​
† Means, Robert Eugene, SN 37-656-190, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 23 Dec 1922 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Frank Berch Means (b. Jefferson Co., TX) & Hannah Mary Christensen (b. Union Twp., Shelby Co.).
  • entered service 25 Jan 1943 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, 12 miles SW of Liege, Belgium.
  • 337th Bomb. Sqdn., 96th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Snetterton Heath, SW of Norwich, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G-1-VE Flying Fortress #42-39814 tail gunner with pilot Alver Smith; KIA 21 Feb 1944 on mission to Brunswick, Germany; shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed west of Hanover about five miles south of Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany; five died, five survived.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
† Meng, Harold, SN 19-207-969, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 11 Nov 1907 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o John Meng Jr. (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia; d. 1940) & Katharina "Katie" Pabst (b. Russia; d. 1941).
  • moved to Chicago in 1929 and to Los Angeles in 1937.
  • entered service 14 Dec 1942 at San Bernardino, CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • unit unknown; DNB 20 Jan 1945 Naples, Campania, Italy; coronary artery disease.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm. Zone
​† Michaelsen, Byron Henry, SN 0-691-052, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (WWII-MichaelsenByronHenry)
  • b. 15 Nov 1915 Wheatland, Oklahoma Co., OK; s/o Hans Friedrich Michaelsen & Anna Mary Mundt; family moved to Soldier Twp., Crawford Co. before 1920.
  • moved from Crawford Co. to Huntington Beach, CA in late 1930s.
  • entered service 2 Jan 1942 at Fort MacArthur, CA from Los Angeles Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; body not recovered;
  • Note:  I can't find memorialization record.
  • 737th Bomb. Sqdn., 454th Bomb Gp.; based at Charleston Army Air Field, North Charleston, SC; Consolidated B-24D Liberator #42-41108 crew member; DNB 15 Nov 1943; while returning on a training flight to Nassau, Bahamas, aircraft fell out of formation and disappeared over water approximately 100 miles southeast of Charleston; all nine died.
† Mohr, Daryl E., SN 37-673-528, US Army, Carroll Co. (WWII-MohrDarylE)
  • b. 17 Nov 1923 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o John Henry Mohr (b. Iowa) & Regina Marie Kelley (b. Elma, Howard Co.).
  • entered service 3 Jul 1943 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Sacred Heart Cem., Manning.
  • 27th Inf. Regt., 25th Inf. Div., attached to I Corps, Sixth Army; DOW 13 May 1945 northern Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon @ Battle of Balete/Dalton Pass.
† Musfeldt, Arnold Edwin, SN 37-66 613, US Army, Audubon & Carroll Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 20 Nov 1921 Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Gustav Wilhelm Musfeldt (b. Crawford Co.) & Katherine "Katie" Paulsen (b. O'Brien Co.); family lived in Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co. near Manning, Carroll Co.
  • entered service 9 Mar 1943 from Rt. 1, Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
  • Co. K, 142nd Inf. Regt., 36th  Inf. Div., VII Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 26 Nov 1944 near Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut Rhin Dept., Alsace, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Alsace/Seventh Army
† Nagl, Linus John, SN 19-147-190, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 Oct 1921 Carroll, Carroll Co.; s/o Michael M. Nagl (b. Carroll, Carroll Co.) & Mary Marie Stangl (b. Roselle, Carroll Co.; d. 1940).
  • married Leola Marie Byrnes of Crawford Co. May 1944 in Carroll Co.
  • entered service 8 Feb 1943 from Carroll, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Carroll.
  • 759th Bomb. Sqdn., 459th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; based at Giulia Field near Cerignola, SE of Foggia, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24L Liberator #44-49638 waist gunner with pilot Hubert N. Yeadon; KIA 22 Feb 1945 over northern Italy; on mission to bomb rail yards in southern Germany, aircraft hit by flak and crashed near Bolzano, Italy; Linus Nagl was hit in stomach before leaving the aircraft; nine survived, one died.
  • War with Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
† Nissen, Ernest John Jr., SN 17-119-298, US Army Air Force, Carroll & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 30 Aug 1917 Iowa Twp, Crawford Co.; s/o Ernest Nissen (b. Crawford Co.) & Bertha Ohde (b. Crawford Co.); family moved to Manning, Carroll Co. before 1920.
  • married Ruth Eleanor Lage of rural Manning, Carroll Co. Nov 1943 in Manning.
  • entered service 25 Feb 1943 from Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Florence American Cem., Tuscany, Italy; cenotaph Manning Cem., Carroll Co.
  • 344th Bomb. Sqdn., 98th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Lecce, Puglia, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-94917 crew member with pilot Francis V. Walker; KIA 9 Jun 1944 over the Adriatic Sea while returning from bombing railroad yards in Munich, Germany; collision with another aircraft; all ten died.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
† Paulsen, LeRoy Peter, SN 37-446-618, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 8 Nov 1914 Hayes Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Peter P. Paulsen (b. O'Brien Co.; d. 1940) & Cora Alvina Wever (b. Gray, Audubon Co.).
  • married Viola Lucille Davidson of Greene Co. Feb 1943 at Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX.
  • entered service 4 Dec 1942 from Glidden, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem., Carroll Co.
  • Co. E, 12th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; regiment attached temporarily to 28th Inf. Div.; KIA 10 Nov 1944 along Weisser Weh, in Hürtgen-Germeter sector, Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1945 > Hürtgen Forest
† Phillips, Fred Brittman, SN 956-27-27, US Navy, Cedar Co., MO (St. Paul's)
  • b. 15 Apr 1911 El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO; s/o Sam Phillips (b. St. Clair Co., MO) & Iness Dooling (b. St. Clair Co., MO).
  • married Evangeline Florence McLain of Mills and Montgomery Cos.; three children; lived in Cedar Co., MO in 1940.
  • entered service at unknown date; next of kin wife, Mrs. Evangeline Florence Phillips, 511 S. Kirkpatrick, El Dorado Springs, Missouri; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • destroyer USS Hull (DD-350), Task Force 38; DNB 18 Dec 1944 200 miles NE of Samar, Philippines; Hull sank in Typhoon Cobra; 62 survived, 202 died; two other destroyers, USS Monaghan and USS Spence, were also lost in Cobra.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Typhoon Cobra, aka Halsey's Typhoon
† ​Phillips, Raymond Glenn, SN 0-736337, US Army Air Force, Jasper Co. (WWII-NotFromArea-PhillipsRaymondG)
  • b. 26 Jul 1917 Lowder, Sangamon Co., IL; s/o James Franklin Phillips (b. Montgomery Co., IL) & Abbie IvaLea Nevinger (b. Montgomery Co., IL); family moved to Newton, Jasper Co. 1938.
  • entered service 2 Jan 1941 from Newton, Jasper Co.; service credited to Audubon Co., reason unknown; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 328th Fighter Sqdn, 352th Fighter Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at RAF Bodney, Norfolk, England; North American P-51 Mustang #42-106756 pilot; KIA 10 Jun 1944; aircraft crashed in trees near Bayeax, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • Military Note: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross award.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
† ​Polzien, Donald LeRoy, SN 17-038-352, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 5 Nov 1920 Omaha; s/o Elmer Herman Polzien (b. Denison, Crawford Co.) and Cora Agnes Macumber (b. Manilla, Crawford Co.); family lived in Washington Twp., Crawford Co. moving to Jefferson, Greene Co. in 1940s.
  • married Leonora Clark of New Jersey in 1943.
  • entered service 27 Dec 1941 from rural Buck Grove, Crawford Co. at Fort Crook, NE; body not found, memorialized Walls of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 38th Bomb Sqdn., 30th Bomb Gp., Seventh Air Force; stationed at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Is. with Group headquarters at Abemama Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-72999 engineer with pilot Howard T. Lurcott; aircraft crashed a few miles after takeoff from Tarawa for a Marshall Is. raid; crew of ten all died; bodies were recovered and buried on Tarawa, site was evidently lost; four bodies were subsequently found and identified.
  • WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Seventh Air Force
† ​Rider, Albert Levi, SN 20-705-541, US Army, Adams Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 12 Mar 1917 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Leon Wakeman Rider (b. Herkimer Co., NY) & Louise M. Kernan (b. rural Nodaway, Adams Co.).
  • married Marie Hair of Bridgewater, Adair Co. Jun 1941 at St. Louis, MO.
  • entered service 19 Feb 1941 from rural Nodaway, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co.; buried Nodaway Cem., Adam Co.
  • Co. F (Villisca), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA  28 Apr 1943 Hill 609, Tunisia, North Africa
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Hill 609
† Ridnour, Oren Ellis/Ellsworth, SN 37-071-549, US Army, Taylor & Adams Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 31 Dec 1908 New Market, Dallas Twp., Taylor Co.; s/o John William Ridnour (b. rural Clarinda, Page Co.) & Elizabeth Blanche Leighton (b. Dallas Twp., Taylor Co.); family lived in NW Taylor Co., moving from Dallas Twp. to Washington Twp. in the early 1920s and to Holt Twp. in the 1930s.
  • entered service 28 Jun 1941 from Rt. 1, Corning, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France; cenotaph Dallas Center Cem., New Market, Taylor Co.
  • Co. G, 36th Armored Inf. Regt.; 3rd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Jun 1944 NE of St. Lo, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, Jun 1944 @ Villiers-Fossard Salie
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​​† Schmitz, Hilbert J., SN 37-111-917, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 18 Jul 1913 Pleasant Valley Twp., south of Carrroll, Carroll Co.; s/o Henry C. Schmitz (b. Halpur, Carroll Co., d. 1937) & Sophie Elizabeth Hansman (b. Carroll Co.).
  • before entering service, remained at family home and drove a Standard Oil truck for rural delivery of petroleum products.
  • entered service 21 Jan 1942 from Rt. 1, Carroll; buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Carroll.
  • First Army reconnaissance, unit unknown; KIA 15 Nov 1944 near Vicht, SE of Stolberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen
† Smith, Lyle Calvin, SN 37-038-662, US Army, Burt Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. near Decatur, Burt Co., NE: s/o Clyde Calvin Smith (b. Omaha) & Bessie M. Sheets (b. Hamburg, Fremont Co.; d. 1936).
  • entered service 16 Jun 1941; service credited to Burt Co., NE; buried Tekamah Cem., Burt Co.
  • perhaps Battery B, 143rd Field Artillery Bn., 40th Inf. Div., although I have found no record of this battalion having fought at Kwajalein; WIA Kwajalein, Marshall Is. 2 Feb 1944, DOW 3 Feb 1944.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Marshall Islands @ Battle of Kwajalein, Southern Attack Force
† Stepanek, Lyle William, SN 573-457, US Coast Guard, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 5 Jul 1922 Dow City, Union Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Howard Franklin Stepanek (b. Dow City, Crawford Co.) & Lillie Amanda Tech (b. Dow City).
  • entered service 9 Dec 1942 from Sanborn, O'Brien Co. at Sioux City; next of kin father, Mr. Howard Frank Stepanek, RFD 2, Dow City, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England; cenotaph Dow City Cem., Crawford Co.
  • destroyer escort USS Leopold (DE-319) escorting convoy CU-16 to the British Isles; KIA 9 Mar 1944 south of Iceland; Leopold sank after being struck by a torpedo from German submarine U-255; 171 died, 28 survived.
  • War with Germany > Battle of the Atlantic
† Stoltenberg, Kenneth James, SN 0-715847, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co. (WWII-StoltenbergKennethJ)
  • b. 31 Mar 1923 Schleswig, Crawford Co.; s/o Ennis James Stoltenberg (b. Ida Co.) & Elma L. Lorenzen (b. Schleswig, Crawford Co.).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, MO from Crawford Co., IA; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co.
  • 319th Bomb. Sqdn., 90th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; based on Mindoro, Philippines; Consolidated B-24L2 Liberator #44-49432 Jolly Rogers pilot; KIA  approaching target at Takao, Formosa 18 Feb 1945; aircraft hit by flak, lost left wing, spiraled out of control, crashed and exploded; of 13 on board, five parachuted; of these five, four were captured; of these four, three were later executed.
  • Military Note: Extra personnel were on board because the aircraft was radar-equipped and was carrying the squadron commander.
  • WWII Japan > US Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force
† Strain, Joseph Mason, SN 859-98-38, US Navy, Adams Co. (WWII-StrainJosephM)
  • b. 26 Dec 1915 Nodaway Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Robert Andrew Strain (b. Montgomery Co.) & Ludema Mason (b. Nodaway, Adams Co.).
  • married Virginia Iona Armstrong of Adams Co., two children.
  • entered service 29 Dec 1943 from Adams or Cass Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Virginia Iona Strain, 702 So. Vine, Creston, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35); KIA 30 Jul 1945 in the Philippine Sea en route from Guam to Leyte; Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine I-58; 879 died, 316 survived.​
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Sinking of USS Indianapolis
† Strathman, Lyle Gene,  SN 37-658-790, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 29 Mar 1923 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o LeRoy "Lee" Strathman (b. Crawford Co.) & Clara Helen Petersen (b. Walnut, Pott. Co.).
  • entered service 4 Feb 1943 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
  • 28th Composite Gp., 11th Air Force; Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator # 41-23973  radio operator with pilot Robert Gaetches; aircraft flying from Elmendorf Air Force Base to Adak suffered an explosion and fire in #2 engine and crashed;  DNB 3 Sep 1944 NE of Iliamna; Alaska; six died, six survived.
  • WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska
† Talcott, Edgar Barney, SN 37-656-280, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 18 Aug 1923 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o Edgar Julius Barney Talcott (b. Herkimer Co., NY; d. 1930) & Lillian Kathryn Grace Price (b. rural Dunlap, Crawford Co.); mother married Edward Ernest Johnson 1931.
  • entered service 18 Jan 1943 from Deloit, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Deloit Cemetery.
  • Headquarters & Service Co., 209th Engineering Combat Bn.; KIA 1 Jun 1944 near Myitkyina, northern Burma.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > Burma @ Siege of Myitkyina
† Thede, Ivan William, SN 37-498-432, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 16 Apr 1921 Carroll, Carroll Co.; s/o William Andrew Thede & Emma Wilhelmine Sporleder.
  • employed in defense industry in Seattle, WA before entering service.
  • entered service 28 Oct 1942 from Lake City, Calhoun Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 79th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 436th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Membury Air Field, five miles WNW of Hungerford, Berkshire, England; Douglas C47 Skytrain/Dakota #42-100522 crew member with pilot Robert Stoddart; KIA 17 Sep 1944 near Son, north of Eindhoven, Netherlands; aircraft was carrying members of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was hit near the drop zone; no survivors.
  • Military Note: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross award.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force
† Thuman, John Henry, SN 321-48-40, US Navy, Adams Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 16 Sep 1922 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Peter Charles Thuman (b. Carroll Co.) & Mary E. Kemp (b. Brown Co., IL).
  • entered service 16 Sep 1940 from rural Nodaway, Adams Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Pete Charles Thuman, RFD, Nodaway, Iowa; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • US Navy Mobile Hospital #2, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI; KIA 7 Dec 1941 at Pearl Harbor; hit by shrapnel while emerging from galley and died soon thereafter.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor
† Tripp, Glenn Art, SN 37-071-646, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 1 Jun 1914 Grove Twp., Shelby Co.; s/o George Samuel Tripp (b. Dow City, Crawford Co.; d. 1940) & Mary Lorena Galland (b. Dow City); family lived in Fall River Co., SD and Jackson Co., MO before moving to Crawford Co. in early 1930s.
  • service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 63rd Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 26 Feb 1945 Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon @ Shimbu Line, central Luzon
† Vought, Clair Elwyn, SN 39-526-670, US Army, Cass Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (WWII-VoughtClairElwyn)
  • b. 27 Mar 1912 Fort Dodge, Webster Co.; s/o Homer Cinclair Vought (b. Jefferson, Greene Co.) & Anna Maude Wright (b. Jefferson, Greene Co); family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co., in early 1920s.
  • married Evelyn Catherine Merts of Adair, Guthrie Co. 24 Apr 1933 in Atlantic, Cass Co.; moved to Los Angeles, CA in late 1930s.
  • service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Atlantic Catholic Cem., Atlantic, Cass Co.
  • medical detachment, Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, TN; d. 7 Mar 1943 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
† Watts, Gordon Lewis, SN 20-705-547, US Army, Adams Co. (WWII-WattsGordonLewis)
  • b. 20 Jul 1905 near Watson, Atchison Co., MO; s/o Archibald F. "Arch" Watts (b. Crawford Co., IL; d. 1938) & Mary Ellen "Ella" Loveland (b. Hamburg, Fremont Co.; d. 1931); family moved to Platte Twp., Taylor Co. before 1920 and to Nodaway Twp., Adams Co. in the early 1920s.
  • lived with his brother, Russell Dean Watts, after their parents died. 
  • entered service 10 Feb 1941 at Villisca, Montgomery Co. from Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co.; buried North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.  
  • Co. F (Villisca), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 27 Apr 1943 at Hill 609, Tunisia.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Hill 609
† Wenzel, Donald Ray, SN 37-680-471, US Army, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 27 Aug 1925 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Emil Robert Heinrich Wenzel (b. rural Manilla, Crawford Co.; d. 1930) & Laura Lucinda Rave (b. Martin Co., MN).
  • entered service 17 Nov 1943 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
  • Co. F, 20th Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 16 Jun 1945 ​Barat, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley, northern Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon
† Wittry, Carl Joseph, SN 37-035-985, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Mar 1919 Mt. Carmel, Carroll Co.; s/o Nicholas Martin "Nick" Wittry (b. Mt. Carmel) & Anna Magdalena Rettenmeier (b. Carroll, Carroll Co.; d. 1922); father married Ella Hanna Fendrich 1924.
  • married Marie Tarcissa Nieland of Breda, Carroll Co. Dec 1942 in Breda.
  • entered service 12 Mar 1941 from Rt. 2, Arcadia, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Mt. Carmel Cem., Carroll Co.
  • 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Tenth Army; DOW 1 May 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa
† Wright, Roy Arthur, SN 19-071-253, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co. & Cascade Co., MT (WWII-WrightRoyA)
  • b. 8 Oct 1917 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o William Arthur Wright (b. Hayleyville, Page Co.) & Ruby Ethel Wilson (b. Villisca); parents divorced before 1920.
  • married Kathryn Black Jul 1936 in Villisca, one child, divorced; moved to Great Falls, MT; married Wilda Broeking Nov 1941 in Helena, MT.
  • entered service at unknown date; service credited to Cascade Co., MT; buried Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • 322nd Bomb Sqdn., 91st Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Bassingbourn, 11 miles SW of Cambridge, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-37987 togglier (enlisted bombardier) with pilot Bill Burt; KIA 29 Jan 1944 near Sittingbourne, Kent, England; damaged aircraft crashed while returning from mission; one dead, remainder survived.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

About those listed above:
Many on the above lists were from jurisdictions just outside my seven-county Pottawattamie area:
  • Manilla in Crawford Co., near the border with Shelby Co.
  • Manning in Carroll Co., near the border with Audubon Co. See https://davidkusel.com/centennial/74ww2.htm
  • Mount Etna in Adams Co., near the border with Cass Co.
  • Nodaway in Adams Co., near the border with Montgomery Co.
Others were from the following recently-discovered sources:
  • Red Oak's memorials for World War II Montgomery County dead.
  • The Des Moines Register's Oct 31, 1943 article List Compiled of 1,079 Iowans Who Have Given Lives in World War II.
I have added some names from the 1946 War Dept. list of WWII dead for the following Iowa counties:
  • Monona, Crawford, Carroll and Fremont Counties.
Other Notes:
  • Each record heading line in the Roster Additions webarea includes my private Reunion file database; this database usually contains additional family information but is not publicly available.
  • There are 20+24+16+15 = 75 records as of 5 Nov 2025.