Other WWII Era Dead

The WWII era Pottawattamie area dead listed below fall into several categories:

Died in-service either shortly before or shortly after the official United States WWII period began on 7 December 1941 and ended on 31 December 1946.
Merchant Marine members who died during the WWII era in non-work related situations.
Other selected civilians interred in military cemeteries.

They are not included in the Roster Records or Roster Fatalities portions of Big Pigeon's WWII Roster module but are included in the Roster Residences portion.

Other WWII Era Pottawattamie Area Deaths (8 deaths)
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(civilian) † Burgstrum, Clifford Montreville, civilian, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 3 Jun 1892 Chariton, Lucas Co.; s/o Adolph Burgstrum & Rose Hunt; moved to Co. Bluffs before 1915; m. Mildred Smith of Co. Bluffs 1915; bur. Nat’l Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
worker at US Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory; d. 19 Sep 1944, illness; WWII-Japan > The Pacific Bases.
Notes: Did not die as the result of operations against the enemy, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(postwar) † Buter, Glenn Paul, SN 321-91-43, US Naval Aviation, Harrison & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's)

b. 26 Dec 1926 Percival, Benton Twp., Fremont Co.; s/o Henry J. Buter Jr. & Elsie M. Weber; family lived in rural Dunlap, Boyer Twp., Crawford Co. moving to Dunlap, Harrison Co. in 1946; entered service 16 Feb 1944 from rural Dunlap; m. Helen A. Sybeldon 1946 in Dunlap, one child; bur. Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
Served with Helicopter Development Squadron VX-3 on USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41); d. 29 Dec 1947 near Naples, Italy; helicopter lost rotor and crashed, crew of three all died.
Notes: Died in service after the official end of WWII, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(postwar, vet.) † Christensen, Chester Lloyd, SN 37-808-362, US Army, Pottawattamie Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 3 Sep 1927 Co. Bluffs s/o Harry E. Christensen & Irene C. Petersen; entered service 19 Oct 1945 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 2 Dec 1946; d. 12 Sep 1948 Co. Bluffs; skull fracture in auto accident; bur. Fairview Cem., Co. Bluffs.
no foreign service, served w/ 2nd Signal Service Bn.
Notes: Entered service after the conclusion of WWII hostilities, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(prewar) † Goltry, Clayton Arthur (served as Galtry Clayton A), SN 6-863-125, US Army, Mills Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 25 Jan 1915 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Charles A. Goltry & Cora Marie Tillman of Glenwood; entered service 18 Feb 1937 from Glenwood; reenlisted 18 Feb 1940; bur. Glenwood Cem.
Anti-Tank Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regt., Ft. Riley, KS; DNB 2 Jul 1941 at Fitzsimmons Army Hosp., Aurora, CO.
Notes: appears on 1946 War Dept. list of WWII deaths for Mills Co., IA. Died before the US entered WWII, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(prewar) † Hazard, Harry Edward, SN 2-380-471, US Army, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 2 Jun 1899 Bassett, Rock Co., NE; s/o Frank E. Hazard (d. 1904) & Nettie H. Link; bur. Atlantic Cem., Cass Co.
d. 3 Mar 1941 Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX.

Notes: WWI veteran of 90th Inf. Regt., 20th Inf. Div.; appears on 1946 War Dept. list of WWII deaths for Cass Co., IA.
Notes: appears on 1946 War Dept. list of WWII deaths for Mills Co., IA. Died before the US entered WWII, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(postwar) † Olesen, Margaret Frances, SN L-703453, US Army WAC, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 26 Oct 1913 Avoca, Pott. Co.; d/o Jens C. Olesen & Lillie Maassen of Avoca; entered service 10 Oct 1943 from Avoca; bur. Graceland Cem., Avoca.
Asst. Adjutant, Ground General School, Ft. Riley, KS; d. 19 Jul 1947, Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, nephritis.
Notes: sister of Herbert Olesen, life-long resident of Avoca; secretary of Pottawattamie County #2 Draft Board in Avoca before enlisting; appears in the Gold Star section of Service Record for World War II, Avoca and Community. Died in service after the official end of WWII, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(Merchant Marine) † Pryor, William Dale, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 24 Sep 1925 Altoona, Polk Co.; s/o Harry C. Pryor & Jennie M. Williams; family moved to Avoca, Pott. Co. ~1939; bur. Old Altoona Cem.
Notes: One of several teenaged men from Avoca who joined the Maritime Service in 1943; trainee at US Maritime Service Training Station, Brooklyn, NY in 1943; d. 12 Oct 1944 Avoca from sepsis. Did not die as the result of operations against the enemy, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.

(postwar) † Townsend, Melvin Oscar, SN RA20-701-278, US Army, Mills & Jefferson Cos. (St. Paul's)

b. 21 Dec 1911 Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; s/o George E. Townsend & Maggie F. Baker; m. Verda M. Young 1932, five children; Melvin & Verda moved from Mills Co. to Fairfield, Jefferson Co. abt. 1933; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Fairfield; reenlisted 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
WWII service in ETO Feb 1942-Jun 1945 w/ Service Co., 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; served in Yuma, AZ w/ Test Branch, Quartermaster Corps; d. 25 Jun 1949 near Yuma at Winterhaven, Imperial Co., CA; drowned in All American Canal.
Notes: Died in service after the official end of WWII, thus not included in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead roster.