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Cass Co., c. 1930
Cass Co., c. 1930
Residences

The Home Locations of the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead
(incomplete)   ​Monona    Crawford    Carroll    Greene  
 (complete)   Harrison    Shelby    Audubon    Guthrie
​(complete)   Co. Bluffs   Rural Pott. Co.   Cass    Adair  
(complete)   Montgomery    Mills    Adams    Union
(incomplete)   ​Fremont    Page   Taylor    Ringgold
Other SW Iowa   Other Iowa   Border States   Other States

                                 bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Residences > Cass Co., © 2024 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 Oct 2024.
                                                   Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - Cass County, Iowa
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Anita:
  • Alff, John Fredrick, SN 37-118-084, US Army, also Pott. Co.
  • Anderson, Leon Edward, SN 37-128-873, US Army
  • Baylor, Charles William, SN 37-001-796, US Army ​
  • Crawford, William Frank Jr., SN 620-07-89, US Navy​
  • ​​Evinger, Homer Ralph, SN 0-698-914, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. ​
  • (vet) Falconer, Max Clyde, SN 871-97-90, US Navy
  • Heckman, Gail Wayne, SN 620-18-37, US Navy
  • Karnes, Howard Leroy, SN 37-431-632, US Army
  • Kuehn, Russell Dale, SN 37-693-128, US Army, Rt. 2, Anita
  • (vet.) Trimmer, Joseph Andrew, SN 37-447-784, US Army, Cass Co.

Atlantic:
  • Anderson, Roy Hayward, SN 37-111-081, US Army
  • Baker, Donald Hugh, SN 20-706-350, US Army, also Charlevoix Co., MI
  • Bjorn, Paul Bartlett, SN 37-678-998, US Army, also Audubon Co.
  • (vet.) Borchardt, Robert E., SN 37-817-154, US Army, Cass Co.
  • ​Brown, Gerald Keith, SN 620-11-60, US Navy
  • (vet.) Desmond, Bernard Patrick, SN 37-112-517, US Army
  • Drake, Eldon C., SN 37-403-963, US Army
  • Huffman, Cecil, SN 39-390-197; US Army, also Douglas Co., MO
  • Good, John Harold, SN 37-483-656, US Army, also Davis Co.
  • (d. in service bef. WWII) Hazard, Harry Edward, SN 2-380-471, US Army
  • Hansen, Maurice Edward, SN 37-659-408, US Army, rural Atlantic, also Audubon Co.
  • Hartkopf, Paul Otto, SN 37-479-719, US Army Air Force
  • Hopley, George Peter, SN O-526650, US Army
  • Hopley, Thomas, SN O-312195, US Navy
  • Hunter, Gail Ray, SN 37-109-559, US Army Air Force, Rt. 3, Atlantic
  • Janss, Alfred Henry, SN T-131842, US Army Air Force, Star Rt., Atlantic
  • Jenkins, Clair Raymond, SN 321-46-48, US Navy
  • Jester, Milan Edgar, SN 37-126-889, US Army, also Marshall Co., KS
  • Johnston, Stanford Samuel, SN 20-706-341, US Army
  • Kelley, Oren H., SN 17-033-747, US Army Air Force
  • Kennedy, Clair Eugene, SN 37-447-783, US Army
  • Landon, Arnold Dale, SN 20-706-405, US Army
  • ​(vet.) Lang, Gail Clive, SN 37-263-161, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • ​Lang, Richard Waddell, SN 37-481-349, US Army, Cass Co.
  • Lynch, Archie Dale, SN 37-693-884, US Army
  • Mallette, Richard Earl,  SN O-742498, US Army Air Force, also Decatur Co.
  •  ​(vet.) Manuel, Edwin A., SN 37-116-956, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Cass Cos.
  • Nord, Carl Arthur, SN O-694473, US Army Air Force
  • Odem, Dale Raymond, SN 37-691-916, US Army, rural Atlantic
  • ​(vet.) Ranger, Roger Raymond, SN 860-22-75, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • Rold, John Angus “Jack”, SN O-2007132, US Army
  • Smith, Garland Forsythe, SN 37-679-021, US Army
  • Smith, Edgar Clifton, SN 831389, US Marine Corps
  • Smith, Howard Myron, SN 17-038-532, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Cass Cos.
  • Snyder, Charles William, SN 20-706-428, US Army
  • Summerville, George Stanley, SN O-1039593, US Army, also Union Co.
  • Turner, Floyd Vernon, SN 620-75-72, US Navy, rural Atlantic
  • Viether, Earl Edward, SN 36-782-812, US Army, also Rock Island Co., IL ​
  • Viether, Orville Otto, SN 36-478-542, US Army, also Rock Island Co., IL
  • Widden, Leroy, SN 285435, US Marine Corps, also Lackawanna Co., PA
  • (vet.) Wright, Walter Winfield, SN 2-173-114, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.

Cumberland:
  • Lee, Delbert Donald, SN 17-040-250, US Army
  • ​(vet.) Martens, Jason Earl, SN 17-030-649, US Army Air Corps, Cass Co.

​Griswold:
  • Baier, Arnold Leroy, SN 37-684-308, US Army
  • Blain, David Benjamin, served as Blain, Dave B, SN 37-476-575, US Army
  • Brown, Cecil LeRoy, SN 37-697-684, US Army
  • (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, SN 37-763-588, US Army, also Pott. Co.
  • Cocklin, Harold John, SN 19-000-746, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. & Alameda Co., CA
  • Donahoe, Joseph Robert, SN 6-553-362, US Army Air Force
  • Gaddis, Harold Wilson, SN 6-563-917, US Army, also Pott. Co.
  • Hemsted, John, SN 39-925-782, also Bannock Co., ID
  • Leonard, Stanley William, SN 37-260-819, US Army
  • O'Connell, John Francis, SN 20-706-814, US Army
  • Reed, Lawrence Elmo, SN 37-194-285, US Army Air Force
  • Samson, Lloyd Elwood, SN 17-012-007, US Army Air Force, also Pott. Co.
  • Winther, Lawrence, SN 37-437-752, US Army, Noble Twp., also Audubon Co.

Lewis:
  • (vet.) Burkhalter, John Winfield, SN  37-447-802, US Army
  • (vet.) Jobe, John Arthur, SN 154-62-79, US Navy
  • Kaiser, Bernard Richard, SN 603-02-37, US Navy
  • Lawton, Kenneth Burdette, SN O-738191, US Army Air Force
  • Porter, Harry Edward, SN 620-75-00, US Naval Aviation
  • Reynolds, Wayne Calbert, SN 564-07-41, US Navy

Lyman:
  • Muller, Harland Max, SN 37-478-022, US Army
  • ​Muller, Newton Bruce, SN 321-03-84, US Navy
  • ​(vet.) Schrader, James William Orville, SN 37-437-515, US Army, Cass Co.

Marne:
  • Mickelsen, Howard Keith, SN 37-768-739, US Army, Shelby & Cass Cos.

Massena:
  • Holshuh, Charles Lewis, SN 37-126-901, US Army

​Wiota:
  • Denison, Paul Marsh, SN 20-706-336, US Army
Notes:
  • (vet.) = veteran, died after separation from service; record is in WWII Dead > Ancillary Records.
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​Cass County Sources:
  • https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Ahixson_239 - Hixson's Cass Co. township map ~1930.
  • http://iagenweb.org/cass/military/worldwar2/wwiihonorlist-dead-missing.htm - only Army & AAF deaths.
  • https://iowagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?cid=15 - Cass Co. cemeteries (Griswold Cem. is in Pott. Co.)
  • ✓ ​http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIICountyIndex/Cass/Cass.html - "Lest We Forget"
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