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The Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster members listed below don't appear in the 1946 Navy Department report of WWII dead.
The Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster members listed below don't appear in the 1946 Navy Department report of WWII dead.
- They were intentionally omitted by the Navy Department as their death was not a result of operations against the enemy.
- This list includes Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel.
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- Adams, Paul, SN 316-35-93, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 11 Mar 1945 Seattle, WA; murder.
- Battey, Norma Jane, unknown service nbr, US Navy Waves, Pott. Co. - d. 3 Oct 1943 San Diego, CA; natural causes.
- Branstiter, Daniel Starr, SN O-351249, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos. - d. 17 Jul 1944, Perry Co., PA; collision of two training aircraft.
- Dea, James David, SN 325990, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos. - d. 31 May 1944 in Princess Anne Co., Virginia near Harvey Pt.; plane stalled during practice bombing run; all nine dead.
- Enochson, Kenneth Duane Jr., SN O-36582, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co. - DNB 11 Sep 1945, near Columbia, SC; plane crash.
- Faurot, Owen Hugh, SN 648-04-18, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 7 Nov 1944, off Old Point Comfort, Hampton, VA; crash at sea of transport plane returning to Europe, all 13 dead.
- Firebaugh, Gordon Dale, SN 958-03-91, US Navy, Audubon Co. - d. 3 Sep 1945 at Treasure Island, CA; cause of death unknown.
- Garafalo, James Lester, SN 316-55-30 & O-329415, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 3 Jun 1946 in Escambia Bay 3.5 miles SE of Naval Air Station Ellyson Field, Escambia Co. during flight of a Consolidated PBY Catalina amphibious patrol craft; wind caught right wing float while landing, plane flipped and caught fire; both occupants died.
- Gill, Carl Edward, SN 316-39-25, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 20 Sep 1946 near Mexico City; crash of US Naval Attache’s plane.
- Hulsebus, William Lyle, SN 620-89-09, US Navy, Shelby Co. - d. 9 Oct 1944 at US Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.
- Ivy, Dorsie Eugene, SN O-191-494, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 9 Jun 1943, Naval Air Station Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS, training flight crash.
- O’Connor, William Edward “Bucky”, SN 648-60-76, US Navy, Pott. Co. - d. 25 Feb 1945, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA, hit by automobile while walking on highway during an overnight leave.
- Pettie, Vernon Gerard, SN 648-57-95, US Navy, Pott. Co. - d. 8 Apr 1945, Samar, Philippines; drowning.
- Reynolds, Wayne Calbert, SN 564-07-41, US Navy, Cass Co. - d. 2 Sep 1945 Sarpy Co., NE; cause unknown.
- Sorenson, Robert H., SN 675-670, US Coast Guard, Shelby Co. - d. 29 Jan 1945 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; USS Serpens exploded while loading depth charges; 196 Coast Guard personnel, 57 army stevedores, and two others died. (mass burial at Arlington National Cemetery) (RAC: I believe the Navy Department erred in not including these individuals in the 1946 list.)
- Unmack, Paul Eugene, SN 390-96-96, US Navy, Pott. & Harrison Cos. - d. 22 Nov 1942, Wahpeton, ND.
- Wagner, Richard Paul, SN O-30916, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co. - d. 3 Mar 1944 E of San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA; aircraft accident while training.
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