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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Ancillary Records, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 23 Dec 2023.
Pottawattamie Area WWII Veterans Who Died no Later Than 1950
Other WWII-Era Deaths
The four links above access webpages containing records in the following categories:
  • Around 100 early deaths of Pottawattamie area WWII veterans.
  • Pottawattamie area ​individuals in several other categories who died during the WWII-era.
​Individuals listed herein are also included in the Residences submodule of Big Pigeon's WWII Dead module.
​Veterans are distinguished by the prefix (vet.).

More about the first three links:
These Pottawattamie area dead served during WWII, were separated from service, and died no later than 1950.
  • Separation from service generally involved a discharge but sometimes, especially for officers, a change from active duty to reserve status.
  • We will never know how many of the early deaths noted in these three webpages were attributable to psychic or physical wounds incurred during military service.
  • The major source for these webpages is ancestry.com's database Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries.
  • The term service related cause in these bonus case files can be misleading. Service related cause often means the individual became ill before separation, not necessarily that military service caused the illness. 
  • I use the abbreviations of sep. for separation from service and vet. for veteran.
  • Currently the latest death date herein is late 1950. 
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Ancillary Records webpage: