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Mills County, Iowa
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bigpigeon.us webpage WW II Roster > Member Residences > Mills Co., © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 10 Nov 2023.
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Roster Members from Mills County, Iowa
  • (vet.) = veteran, died after separation from service; record is in WWII Roster > Additional Records.
  • WWII Roster - gateway to all Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster webpages.

Mills County sources:
  • https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Ahixson_1158​ - Hixson's Mills Co. township map ~1930.
  • ​http://iagenweb.org/mills/military/WW_II/wwII_casualty.htm - 30 names (early 1946 state-generated list)
  • http://iagenweb.org/mills/military/WW_II/wwII_honor_list.htm  - 32 names (30 WWII Army, 1 pre-WWII Army, 1 WWII Navy)
  • http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIICountyIndex/Mills/Mills.html - 
Found in a Mills County source but not in my roster:​​
  • ​Hall, Peter, Seaman 2c, USNR. Cousin, Juanita Wright, Glenwood, Iowa. (only source is 1946 US Navy death list for Iowa)​
World War II Dead - Mills County, Iowa
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yet to be added - locality unknown:​
  • (vet.) Combs, Richard Aaron
  • (vet.) Hanfeld, Leo Henry​​​

Emerson:
  • Dodson, Harry John, SN 17-165-668, US Army, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) Edie, Marion Robert, SN 317-06-35, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) Edie, Roland Lewis, SN 20-706-760, US Army, Mills Co.

Glenwood:
  • Alley, Guy Hersell, SN 37-267-605, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Anderson, James Marshall Jr., SN O-667227, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Bird, Frank Raymond, SN 20-706-126, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Buffington, Charles Rollin III, SN O-461238, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Fader, Walter D., SN 17-011-491, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • (d. in service bef. WWII) Goltry, Clayton Arthur (served as Galtry Clayton A), SN 6-863-125, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Jackson, Robert Woods, SN 316-62-42, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • Lee, Theodore Evans, SN O-772418, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. & San Luis Obispo Co., CA
  • Leet, John Drexel Sr., SN 37-267-578, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Maxwell, Dean Good, SN O-885715, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Meredith, Glenn T., SN 322-15-52, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) ​Messinger, Jack, SN 20-706-202, US Army, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) O’Connell, John Ambrose, SN 37-464-476, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • Seeger, LeRoy Ernest "Roy", served as Seeger Roy E, SN 17-131-731, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Smith, Henry Clayton, SN 37-480-433, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) Smith, Jack F., SN 37-189-684, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Stearns, Kirk Comstock, SN 316-67-15, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • Stone, Warren Floyd, SN 20-706-222, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Penewit, Gordon R., SN 20-706-207, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • Seitz, Charles Raymond Jr, SN O-387504, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Thomas, Kenneth Harold, SN 20-706-224, US Army, Mills Co.
  • ​Walker, Hayden Leonard, SN 37-262-366, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • Widows, Harry James Jr., SN O-771857, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

Hastings:
  • Baxter, Robert Dale, SN 316-38-05, US Navy, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • Benedict, George Junior, SN 37-485-642, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Findley, Everett Arthur, served as Findley Everette A, SN 20-706-174, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Johnson, Max Roy, SN 20-716-191, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Kidwell, Harold Eldin, SN 20-706-194, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Martin, Clarence Reuben, SN 20-706-198, US Army, Mills Co.
  • ​​​Martin, James Robert "Robert", SN 37-189-251, US Army, Mills Co.

Malvern:
  • Harper, Paul Maurice, SN T-003439, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Knight, DeVere Hiram, SN 20-706-798, US Army, Mills Co.
  • ​Lovelady, Lyle Everett, childhood name Lyle E. Miller, SN 20-723-370, US Army, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • Tague, Francis Alvin, SN 37-084-585, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • Tague, Harold Fremont, SN 37-111-602, US Army Air Force, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • Winslow, Fred Lute John, SN 37-693-036, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Wright, Arlos Edward, SN 37-697-737, US Army, Mills Co.
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Mineola:
  • Deitchler, Edgar Kay, SN 37-118-985, US Army, Mills Co.

Oak Township (N of Glenwood):
  • (vet.) Bichel, Edward Henry, SN 37-121-114, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Bostedt, Glen Charles, SN 17-011-361, US Army Air Force, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • ​Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • Bostedt, Joseph William, served as Bostedt, Joe W, SN 17-011-348, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • ​Wilcox, Blaine Bertrand, O-772098, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • Wilcox, Stewart La Val, SN T-062027, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. & Delaware

Pacific Junction:
  •  Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr., SN 316-86-64, US Navy, Pott. & Mills Cos.

Silver City:
  • Decker, Charles Earl, SN 37-750-378, US Army, Harrison & Mills Cos.
  • Stranathan, Dale Chester, SN 3162666, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • Warren, Alfred Leroy, SN 37-470-626, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

No Specific Locality:
  • Broman, Donald Norris, SN 37-485-648, US Army, Mills Co. & York Co., CA
  • Frazier, Arthur Thompson, SN 37-466-728, US Army, Mills Co.
  • ​Kelley, Parle Pratt, SN 37-724-123, US Army, Mills Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • Ripley, William Louis, SN O-424680, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • (vet.) Sobbing, Ivan Albert, SN 37-422-359, US Army, Mills Co.
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