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 bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Addenda > Aggregate Roster Data, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 16 Jan 2025
  • Unlike other pages in the Roster Addenda submodule, this page doesn't include individual names. It is probably of interest only to the author.
  • Data on this page should be consistent with the counts in WWII Hub.
Part 1 - Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Summary Data (28 Jan 2024, from Part 2 below)
Roster Records
​Webpage Totals
(left column below)
Ancillary Records
​ Webpage Totals
 Roster Fatalities from
Death Locations Webpage
​Totals below

             Roster Records   750
     Veterans A-F                      37
     Veterans G-M                    29
​     Veterans N-Z                     33
     More WWII-Era Dead         8               Total                                 107
War with Japan           268
​War with Germany    389   
Stateside Deaths          93
​Total                             750 
Notes on above counts:​​
  • Fatalities in Alaska and Hawaii Territories are assigned to the War with Japan.
  • ​Note Roster Records and Foster Fatalities counts agree at 750.​
Part 2 - Roster Summary Data Computations (from Roster Records & Death Locations webpages)
Roster Records
​by Surname
​(28 Jan 2024)
Roster Fatalities
War with Japan
​(28 Jan 2024)
Roster Fatalities
War with Germany
​(28 Jan 2024)
Roster Fatalities
Stateside
(28 Jan 2024)

 ​A               28
Ba-Be        27
Bf-Bq        17
Br-Bz        30
Ca-Cm      25
Cn-Cz        27
D               34 
Da-De       17
Df-Dz        17
E, F            36
E                13
F                23
G               25
Ha-He      32
Ha            21
Hb-He     11
Hf-Hz       23
I, J             36
I                  6
J                30
K  was 39 40    
Ka-Ki        20
Kj-Kz        20
L               33
La-Le        21
Lf-Lz         12
Ma-Mc     38
Ma-Mb    18
Mc            20
Md-Mm    17
Mn-Mz      19
N, O          29
N               16
O               13
P                38
Pa-Pe        20
Pf-Pz         18
Q, R           31
Q-Rh         15
Ri-Rz         15
Sa-Sh        26
Si-Ss          23
St-Sz          28
T, U, V       36
T                25
U-V            11
Wa-We      19
Wf-Wz       28
X-Y-Z           6
Total      751  (was 750)
Pacific Theater                     254
China-Burma-India Theater 14
Total                                      268


Computing Pacific Total:
Pearl Harbor to Midway     45
Guadalcanal to Peleliu        63
Philippines to Okinawa       69
Other less CBI  (91-14)        77
Total                                     254
Atlantic Theater                        14
Mediterranean Theater         111
​European Theater                  264
​Total                                         389

Computing MTO Total:
North Africa                              32
Italy                                            54
Air, Sea, CommZ                      25
Total (for above)                    111

Computing ETO Total:
France                                        46
Border Areas                             86
Germany                                    51

Air, Sea, CommZ                       81
Total (for above)                     264
Within the US     91
Latin America       2
Total                    93
The following tables are incomplete.

Burial and Memorial Counts from First Line of Roster Records Navigation Bar

Name   Roster  Single   Group  Mem.  Other
Range   Count   Burial   Burial

A                   28          20             2           6           0           
Ba-Be           27          19             0           8           0
Bf-Bq            17
Br-Bz            30
Ca-Cm          25
Cn-Cz            27
D                   34
E-F                36
G                   25
Ha-He           32
Hf-Hz            23
I-J                   37
K                    39
L                    33
Totals
 
Burial and Memorial Counts from Second Line of Roster Records Navigation Bar
Name   Roster  Single   Group  Mem.  Other
Range   Count   Burial   Burial

Ma-Mc          38
Md-Mm        17
Mn-Mz          19 
Totals          74

Burial and Memorial Counts from Third Line of Roster Records Navigation Bar
Name   Roster  Single   Group  Mem.  Other
Range   Count   Burial   Burial

N-O              29
P                   38
Q-R               31
Sa-Sh            26
Si-Ss              23
St-Sz             28
T-U-V            36  
Wa-We         19
Wf-Wz          28
X-Y-Z              6 

Totals:
Roster Fatalities Commentary
In theater, in both the War with Japan and the War with Germany, United States armed forces rear echelon deaths among support troops were relatively uncommon, except for accidents.
  • This was the first major war in which United States military personnel did not suffer a large percentage of deaths from disease.
  • Most Army Air Force deaths were among flight crews. 
  • Most other Army and Marine deaths were among divisional troops. 
  • Most Navy deaths were among ship or air crew members.
An exception is the large number of prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the 1942 Philippines tragedy who subsequently died, mostly from mistreatment or friendly fire.
About WWII Roster Fatalities in the Contiguous United States (not current)
Of the over 600 WWII Roster dead, 69 (old count) died stateside while in service, nearly half in aircraft accidents.
The number of accidental aviation deaths during WWII, both stateside and in theater, was horrendous.
Deaths not due to disease: (total 49)
  • Aircraft Accidents – 32
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents, inc. pedestrians – 10
  • Weapons Training Accidents - 1
  • Drowning – 3
  • Fall – 1
  • Exposure - 1
  • Asphyxiation – 1
  • Murder - 1
Deaths due to disease: (total 9)
  • Peritonitis & Septicemia – 3
  • Pneumonia – 2
  • Tuberculosis – 1
  • Scarlet Fever – 1
  • Kidney Disease – 2

Cause of death unknown: 6
Part 3 - Tabulating Roster Member Burial and Memorial Data
(under development Oct 2024)

 Roster Records
​(from Part 2)
​A               28
Ba-Bm       36
​Bn-Bz        38
Ca-Cm      25
Cn-Cz        27
D               34 
E, F            36
G                25
Ha-He       32
Hf-Hz         23
I, J               36
K                 39
L                 33
Ma-Mm     55
Mn-Mz      19
N, O           29
P                 38
Q, R            31
Sa-Sm        36
Sn-Sz         41
T, U, V        36
Wa-We      19
Wf-Wz       28
X-Y-Z            6
Total      750  (was 735)
Burials
(excluding at sea)
​22
28
​27
Memorials

​6
8
​11
Anomalies
​to Resolve

Part 4 - Anomalies (may move elsewhere after completion) done through H
Group Burial:
  • Alter, Earl Carlton - Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem.
  • Blizzard, Howard Leslie - maybe Natl. Cem. of the Pacific
  • Bostedt, Glen Charles - Zachary Taylor Natl. Cem., Louisville, KY
  • Davis, August William Jr. - Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem.
  • Gettys, Joe Lynam Jr. - Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem.
  • Grett, Gerald LaVern - Memphis Natl. Cem., Memphis, TN.
  • Hansen, Hans Folmer Rattenborg Jr., USS Pickney - Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem.
  • Heberlee, Henry Leroy - Ft. McPherson Natl. Cem.
  • Hetrick, Jacob Alvin - Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem.
  • Hildebrand, Gilbert Dean - Camp Butler Natl. Cem., Springfield, IL
  • ....
  • Sorenson, Robert H. - Arlington Natl. Cem.
In Roster but not an Armed Forces Member:
  • ​Curry, Jack Benton - US Merchant Marine, SS Pan Massachusetts
  • Goodwin, Ralph H. - Morrison-Knutson employee captured at Wake Island
  • Johnson, Arthur Burdick - US Merchant Marine, stranded in Manila, Philippines when war began
  • Kraschel, Richard Nelson - Bell Aircraft test pilot
  • McLaurin, William Harold - US Merchant Marine, 
Buried at Sea:
  • Christensen, Darwin Arthur - Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu
  • Isbell, Arnold J. - Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu
  • Leach, William Ellsworth - Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem.
  • Mowrey, Robert Edward - Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu.
Can't Find Burial or Memorial Information:
  • Bates, Stuart McCain
  • Copeland, Donald Walter - missing on training flight from continental US over Atlantic.
  • Garrean, Elwood Eugene - missing on training flight from continental US over Gulf of Mexico.
  • Heckman, Fred Herman - swept overboard on USS Ibex (IX-119) day after leaving San Pedro, CA bound for Noumea, New Caledonia.
  • Rannells, Robert Vance - appears in abmc.gov database with surname of Rannels.
  • Ripley, William Lewis? - missing on flight near continental US after cessation of hostilities
  • Stranathan, Dale Chester - appears in abmc.gov database with surname of Stranahan.
  • Viberg, Oscar Nels - died in California
Recent Changes from Body not Recovered to Buried:
  • McKeeman, Burt Eugene - 










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​Part 4 - About the Pottawattamie Area Ancillary WWII-Era Dead
  • 97 known Pottawattamie area WWII veterans died after separation from service but before the end of 1950. 
  • I can safely say that several of these veterans died from consequences of their service. However, I initially assumed that many of these veterans died from injuries or exotic diseases due to their previous service. This was not the case. Nearly half died from accidents, over half of the others from noninfectious diseases.
The following now out-of-date list was compiled from Jun 2021 data.
Deaths not due to disease: (total 30)
  • ​Motor Vehicle Accidents - 12
  • Other Work-related Accidents - 10
  • Suicide - 4
  • Asphyxiation, not work related - 2
  • Hunting - 1
  • Murder - 1

​Cause of death unknown: 2
Deaths due to disease: (total 20)​​
  • Cancer - 6
  • Peritonitis & Septicemia - 5
  • Cardiovascular issues - 4
  • Organ Failure - 2
  • Alcoholism - 1
  • Tuberculosis - 1
  • Meningitis - 1
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster > Roster Addenda > Aggregate Roster Data webpage:
  • The webpage header photo, National WWII Memorial, is courtesy of https://washington.org/dc-guide-to/national-world-war-ii-memorial.
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