Mills Co.

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Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - Mills County, Iowa
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Emerson:

(vet.) Edie, Marion Robert, SN 317-06-35, US Navy, Mills Co.
(vet.) Edie, Roland Lewis, SN 20-706-760, US Army, Mills Co.

rural Emerson, in Montgomery Co.:

Dodson, Harry John, SN 17-165-668, US Army, Montgomery & 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.
(vet.) Hanfeld, Leo Adolph, SN unknown, 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.

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:

(vet.) Combs, Richard Aaron, SN O-733148, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr., SN 316-86-64, US Navy, Pott. & Mills Cos.
(postwar) Townsend, Melvin Oscar, SN RA20-701-278, US Army, Mills & Jefferson Cos.

Silver City:

Decker, Charles Earl, SN 37-750-378, US Army, Harrison & Mills Cos.
Stranathan, Dale Chester, SN 316-26-66, US Navy, Mills & Pott. Cos.
Warren, Alfred Leroy, SN 37-470-626, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

No Specific Mills County Locality:

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.

Notes:

(vet.) = veteran, died after separation from service; record is in WWII Dead > Ancillary Records.

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. (source: 1946 US Navy Dept. dead list for Iowa)

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