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
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Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead - other Southwest Iowa Counties
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Adair County residents:
Adams County residents:
Greene County Residents:
Guthrie County Residents:
Ringgold County residents:
Taylor County residents:
Union County residents:
Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead - other Southwest Iowa Counties
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Adair County residents:
- Bales, Paul Edgar, SN 859-09-72, US Navy, Adair Co.
- Maeder, Burton B., SN 37-194-181, US Army, Adair Co.
Adams County residents:
- Agnew, Wayne Burton, SN 37-191-857, US Army, Adams Co.
- Cooney, Manford Lyle, SN 620-81-02, US Navy, Adams & Montgomery Cos.
- Davis, Joseph Simpson, SN 321-43-19, US Navy, Adams Co.
- DeVore, Ralph Wayne, SN 872-17-62, US Navy, Cass & Adams Cos.
- Dicks, Russell Elwood, SN 912-591, US Marine Corps, Adams Co.
- Hickman, Kenneth Lotten, SN 37-734-831, US Army, Adams Co.
- (vet.) Kernan, Frederick Randolph, SN 620-18-31, US Navy, Adams & Carroll Cos.
- Kuhl, Robert Lawrence, SN O-2-062-828, US Army Air Force, Adams Co.
- Lacox, Wayne Albert, SN 37-429-902, US Army Air Force, Adams Co.
- Orstad, Melvin T., SN 37-447-884, US Army, Adams & Scott Cos.
- Rider, Albert Levi, SN 20-705-541, US Army, Adams Co.
- Ridnour, Oren Ellis/Ellsworth, SN 37-071-549, US Army, Taylor & Adams Cos.
- Strain, Joseph Mason, SN 859-98-38, US Navy, Adams Co.
- Thuman, John Henry, SN 321-48-40, US Navy, Adams Co.
- Tinkham, Darl Morgan, SN 37-472-715, US Army, Montgomery & Adams Cos.
- Watts, Gordon Lewis, SN 20-705-547, US Army, Adams Co.
Greene County Residents:
- Blaylock, Roger Claire, SN 0-701709, US Army Air Force, Greene Co.
- Eigler, Maurice Eugene, SN 0-805796, US Army Air Force, Crawford & Greene Cos.
Guthrie County Residents:
- Benton, Raymond James, SN 37-112-067, US Army Air Force, Guthrie Co.
- Harlan, Martin Edward, SN 193156, US Navy, Guthrie & Monona Cos.
- Heberlee, Henry Leroy, SN 17-033-411, US Army Air Force, Guthrie Co.
- Rasmussen, Harley Norman, SN 37-691-442, US Army, Audubon & Guthrie Cos.
Ringgold County residents:
- Holiday, Albert Henry, SN 17-029-435, US Army Air Force, Harrison & Ringgold Cos.
Taylor County residents:
- Aid, Alvin Eldred, SN 37-503-126, US Army, Page & Taylor Cos.
- McGee, Russell Phillip, SN 37-438-682, US Army, Taylor Co.
- Million, Franklin Alexander, SN 620-37-21, US Navy, Taylor Co.
- Ridnour, Oren Ellis/Ellsworth, SN 37-071-549, US Army, Taylor & Adams Cos.
- Wilson, Boyd Merrill, SN 37-675-900, US Army, Taylor Co.
Union County residents:
- Bernhardt, Paul Richard, SN 620-27-93, US Navy, Union Co.
- (vet.) Kritenbrink, William Rex, SN 316-11-44, US Navy, Union Co.
- Ross, William Thomas, SN 620-23-62, US Naval Aviation, Union & Montgomery Cos.
- Summerville, George Stanley, SN O-1039593, US Army, Union & Cass Cos.
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Residences > Other SW Iowa Counties webpage:
- SW Iowa, webpage header map, https://www.iowa-map.org/road-map.htm
Notes:
Most of western and southern Iowa is organized into nine tiers of counties running from west to east. Counting from the Missouri border on the south to the Minnesota border on the north and listing from west to east, the italicized counties below have a list of roster members on this webpage. (Almost all WWII dead from the other seven counties are included in other Roster Residences webpages.)
- (vet.) = veteran, died after separation from service; record is in WWII Dead > Ancillary Records.
Most of western and southern Iowa is organized into nine tiers of counties running from west to east. Counting from the Missouri border on the south to the Minnesota border on the north and listing from west to east, the italicized counties below have a list of roster members on this webpage. (Almost all WWII dead from the other seven counties are included in other Roster Residences webpages.)
- Tier 1: Fremont Page Taylor Ringgold
- Tier 2: Mills Montgomery Adams Union
- Tier 3: Pottawattamie Cass Adair
- Tier 4: Harrison Shelby Audubon Guthrie
- Tier 5: Monona Crawford Carroll Greene
- Only one other town had a population of over 10,000. The town of Carroll's population surpassed 10,000 beginning in the 1990s.
- During the railroad era, most of the above counties had strong economic ties to the railroad center of Council Bluffs.