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​      === Ancillary Record Additions, to be added to WWII Dead > Ancillary Records and moved to the annual log page when complete ===​
Most of the following are from an early 2026 search of the Monona County section of iagenweb.org's Iowa in World War II area.
✓ (postwar) Bennett, Robert Earl, SN 321-68-75, US Naval Aviation, Monona Co. (WWII-BennettRobertEarl)
  • b. 29 Jul 1923 Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE; s/o Harold Basil Bennett (d. 1944) & Hazel Irene Griffin (d. 1929).
  • entered service 28 Aug 1941 from Onawa, Monona Co.; buried Onawa Cem.
  • reenlisted 24 Aug 1947 at Omaha; died 21 Nov 1948 in an explosion at the US base in Tsingtao, China.
✓ (postwar, vet.) Clark, Gordon Donald, SN 323-10-55, US Navy, Monona Co. (WWII-ClarkGordonDonald)
  • b. 8 May 1926 Onawa, Monona Co.; s/o Fred Levi Clark & Bessie Maude Fletcher.
  • entered service 22 Jan 1946 from Whiting, Monona Co. after WWII hostilities ended; separated 11 Jul 1947; buried Onawa Cem.
  • ​died by drowning 5 Jun 1949 in Blue Lake, Franklin Twp., near Onawa.
✓ (vet.) Dahl, Clarence Edward, SN 321-83-61, US Navy, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 16 Mar 1925 Monona Co.; s/o Elmer Edward "Ed" Dahl & Gertrude Louise Delashmutt.
  • married Kathleen Colleen Burns of Whiting Aug 1944 in Franklin Co., WA; two children.
  • entered service 31 Dec 1942 from Whiting, Monona Co.; separated 15 Mar 1946; buried Harrison Cem., Whiting, Monona Co.
  • served in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17).
  • died 6 Feb 1949 with his wife, two children, and sister in an auto-passenger train accident in Onawa, Monona Co.
✓ (vet.) Duffner, James Bernard, SN 375-297, US Marine Corps Aviation, Palo Alto Co. (WWII-DuffnerJamesBernard)
  • b. 13 Oct 1921 in Turin, Monona Co.; s/o Frederick Gus Duffner (d. 1944) & Agnes Bertha Deck; family moved to Clay Co. in early 1920s and to Silver Lake Twp., Palo Alto Co. in late 1920s.
  • married Ann Catherine Finn of New York City Sep 1945 in Queens Co., NY, three children; widow married his brother, Edward J. Duffner.
  • entered service 29 Apr 1942 from Rt. 1, Dickens, Clay Co.; separated 28 Apr 1946; buried Long Island Natl. Cem., East Farmingdale, Suffolk Co., NY.
  • died 17 Aug 1949 in New York City hospital of unknown causes.
​✓ (vet.) Jones, Robert Miles, SN 37-470-192; US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-JonesRobert Miles)
  • b. 16 Mar 1922 Onawa, Monona Co.; s/o Verl Edgar Jones & Mable Duffield; parents separated during WWII, mother moving to California and father to Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co.; father married Dorothy Irene Long of Monona Co. in 1942 in Onawa.
  • entered service 14 Jan 1943 from Onawa, Monona Co.; separated 8 Jan 1946; buried Onawa Cem.
  • served in Iceland with an engineering company in WWII.
  • died 4 Sep 1946 at home in Onawa from lung hemorrhage due to tuberculosis.
✓ (vet.) Kuehler, Howard Lewis August, SN 37-441-523, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-KuehlerHoward)
  • b. 27 Nov 1916 Gregory, Gregory Co., SD; s/o John Henry Kuehler & Mary Anna Weiand.
  • married Doris Ruth Wiggs Sep 1941 in Onawa, Monona Co., three children.
  • entered service 11 Nov 1942 from Onawa, Monona Co.; separated 11 Jan 1947; buried Onawa City Cem.
  • served in Battery D, 56th Anti-aircraft Artillery Bn., Coast Artillery Corps in WWII.
  • died in auto accident south of Salix.
✓ (vet.) Miller, Arthur Vincent, SN 621-63-96, US Navy, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Nov 1923 Soldier, Monona Co.; s/o Louis Ferdinand Miller & Mary C. Hagen.
  • entered service 2 Dec 1942 from rural Ute, Monona Co.; separated 18 Jan 1946; buried St. Mary's Cem., Ute.
  • served in the US Navy armed guard force in the Pacific in WWII.
  • died 1 Oct 1946 in multi-vehicle street racing accident near Denison, Crawford Co.
✓ (vet.) Myers, Earl Clayton, SN 37-441-465, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-MyersEarlClayton)
  • b. 28 Apr 1917 Mondamin, Harrison Co.; s/o Charles "Carl" Myers & Stacia Belle Powers.
  • married Naomi Juanita Boston from Whiting, Monona Co.; one child.
  • entered service 28 Oct 1942; separated 28 Oct 1945; buried Whiting Cem., Monona Co.
  • served in Battery B, 754th Anti-aircraft Artillery Bn., Coast Artillery Corps in WWII.
  • died 16 Jul 1950 in one-car auto accident near Whiting, Monona Co.
✓ (vet.) Olson, Donald Francis, SN 17-067-949, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-OlsonDonald Francis)
  • b. 18 Jun 1921 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o Francis James Olson & Emma Johanna Fink.
  • entered service 1 Jul 1942 from rural Sloan, Woodbury Co.; sep. 11 Jan 1946; buried Fairview-Albaton Cem., Albaton, Monona Co.
  • served in 736th Army Air Force Base Unit in WWII.
  • died 9 Jun 1946 in aircraft accident near Sloan, Woodbury Co.
✓ (vet.) Polly, Willis Raymond, SN 37-256-443, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 25 Aug 1916 Monona Co.; s/o Raymond A. Polly & Florence G. Fletcher.
  • entered service 4 Apr 1942; separated 26 Jul 1946; buried Harrison Cem., Whiting, Monona Co.
  • served in HQ Co., 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div. in WWII.
  • electrocuted 31 Mar 1950 near Percival, Fremont Co. while setting up a dragline.
✓ (vet.) Rodman, Albert Clifford, SN 17-028-929, US Army Air Force (WWII-RodmanAlbertClifford)
  • b. 5 Jul 1915 Vernon Co., MO; s/o Ray Rodman & Martha Helen Perkins.
  • entered service 5 Apr 1941; separated 6 Nov 1945; buried Harrison Cem., Whiting, Monona Co.
  • served in 341st Army Air Force Base Unit in WWII.
  • died 14 Nov 1945 from injuries received in a multi-vehicle accident in Kansas City, MO.
​✓ (vet.) Ross, George Walter, SN 664-26-65, US Navy, Monona Co. (WWII-RossGeorgeWalter)
  • b. 30 Dec 1918 Whiting, Lake Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Walter Charles Ross & Minnie May Gunsolley.
  • entered service 24 Feb 1942 from Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; separated 5 Aug 1943; buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.
  • served in the navy medical corps in WWII.
  • died 25 Jul 1949 of testicular cancer at Meadville, Crawford Co., PA.
✓ (vet.) Schlie, Wilbert John, SN 859-67-62, US Navy, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. Radium, Marshall Co., MN; s/o Bernhard Frederick Schlie & Helen Agnes Hesse (d. 1945).
  • married Louise O. Weifenbach 1943 in Monona Co., one child.
  • entered service 21 Sep 1943 from Ute, Monona Co.; separated 16 Jan 1946; buried St. Clair Cem., Ute, Monona Co.
  • served in the Seabees in several naval construction battalions in WWII.
  • died 31 Jan 1947 in Sioux City hospital from pneumonia with underlying cause spinal meningitis.
✓ (vet.) Schurdevin,  Lloyd Everett John, SN O-445513, US Army, Monona Co. & Bexar Co., TX (WWII-SchurdevinLloydEverett)
  • b. 22 May 1894 Whiting, Monona Co.; s/o Francois "Frank" Schurdevin (d. 1913) & Ida Mae Davis.
  • married Agnes Mary Navarro of San Antonio, TX.
  • entered military service in late 1920s; buried Fort Sam Houston Natl. Cem., San Antonio.
  • served in the US Army Medical Administrative Corps in WWII.
  • d. 3 Oct 1947 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX from unknown causes.
​✓ (vet.) Tharp, Clifford Loren, SN 37-489-976, US Army, Douglas Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Feb 1914 Sand Springs, Delaware Co., IA; s/o Marion Albrose Tharp & Elsie Angeline Churchill.
  • married Dorothy Opal Robertson Oct 1939 in Glenwood, Mills Co., five children.
  • entered service 17 Jan 1944; separated 28 Apr 1946; buried Graceland Park Cem., Omaha.
  • served in the 3909 Signal Base Depot Co. in WWII.
  • d. 15 Sep 1948 in Omaha from unknown causes.
​✓ (vet.) Weifenbach, William G., SN 37-484-672, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Aug 1912 from Mapleton, Monona Co.; s/o Christopher Weifenbach & Olga Anna Rosenlocher;
  • married Helen Agnes Kunkel Sep 1933 in Knoxville, Marion Co.
  • entered service 30 Aug 1943 from Mapleton, Monona Co.; separated 13 Feb 1946; buried Mt. Hope Cem., Mapleton.
  • served in the 50th Engineer Combat Bn. in WWII.
  • d. 28 Sep 1948 Cooper Twp., Monona Co.; overturned tractor.
✓ (vet.) ​Whitehorn, Ervin Ellis, SN 37-428-204, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 22 Sep 1911 Lawton, Woodbury Co., s/o Leslie Lee Whitehorn & Nellie Elizabeth Busby.
  • married Stella Ann Peterson of Castana, Monona Co. Feb 1933 in Elk Point, Union Co., SD, two children, divorced May 1937.
  • entered service 19 Aug 1942 from Grant Ctr., Monona Co.; separated 26 Nov 1943 with a certificate of disability; buried Grant Twp. Cem., Rodney, Monona Co.
  • served in the 360th Engineer General Services Regt. in the ETO in WWII.
  • died 30 Dec 1944 in hospital, Sioux City  from heart attack.