bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Outliers > Navy Dept. Omissions, © 2024 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 8 Feb 2024. 
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The Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster members listed below don't appear in the 1946 Navy Department report of Iowa WWII, Navy, Marine Corps, & Coast Guard dead. 
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​​US Navy Personnel:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Unmack, Paul Eugene, SN 390-96-96, US Navy, Pott. & Harrison Cos. - d. 22 Nov 1942, Wahpeton, ND.
Commentary on the above US Navy Personnel list:
US Marine Corps Personnel:
  • Enochson, Kenneth Duane Jr., SN O-36582, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co. - DNB 11 Sep 1945, near Columbia, SC; plane crash.
  • 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.
Commentary on the above US Marine Corps Personnel list:

US Coast Guard Personnel:
  • ​​​​Evans, Robert Dean, SN 571-540, US Coast Guard, Polk Co. (WWII-EvansRobertD); stationed at Kalaloch Beach Patrol Station, Jefferson Co., Washington; DNB 25 Apr 1943; gunshot wound to head; appears in an unofficial list of WWII dead from Cass Co.
  • 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.)
Commentary on the above US Coast Guard Personnel list:
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​Commentary - Navy Department Omissions
  • The Navy Department intentionally omitted these individuals as their deaths were not due to operations against the enemy.