bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster > Roster Fatalities > Pearl Harbor to Midway, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 3 Oct 2023.
WWII Japan units covered: Japan Lashes Out (36 dead), Japan Overreaches (five dead). Total dead 41. 
  • Each list matches the list at the bottom of the corresponding WWII Japan webpage. ​
  • See also WWII Roster, which has links to all Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster webpages.
​══════════════════════════════════
03 - WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out (36 dead, updated 8 August 2023)
​══════════════════════════════════
03-01 - Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor: (five dead, updated 6 Aug 2023)
† Booton, Charles Vinton, SN 321-47-76, US Navy, Pott. & Montgomery Cos.
  • Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48); WIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; West Virginia sank with 106 dead, later raised, repaired, and returned to service; DOW 10 Dec 1941 Hawaii Territory; Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor
† Jackson, Robert Woods, SN 316-62-42, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • Battleship USS Arizona (BB-39); KIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Arizona exploded and sank, 1,177 dead; Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor; BNR.
  • Notes: The sunken Arizona settled in shallow water and remains today as a memorial.
† Loustanau, Charles Bernard, SN 321-52-57, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • Battleship USS Arizona (BB-39); KIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Arizona exploded & sank; 1,177 dead; Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor; BNR.
† McKeeman, Bert Eugene, SN 316-66-65, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37); KIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Oklahoma capsized, 429 dead, later righted but sank while being towed to California;  Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor.
​† Olsen, Eli, SN 321-40-00, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37); KIA 7 May 1941 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory; Oklahoma was hit by three Japanese aerial torpedoes and capsized leaving 429 dead; in 1943, the Oklahoma was righted and unidentified dead interred in mass graves; in 2021 Eli Olsen's body, having been identified, was returned to Audubon County and reinterred; Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor.

03-02 - Japan Lashes Out > Guam and Wake Island: (one dead, updated 7 Jan 2023)
† Goodwin, Ralph H., civilian, Maricopa Co., AZ
  • Morrison-Knudsen Civil Engineering Company employee; d. 23 Dec 1943 at Fukuoka POW Camp, Kyushu Is., Japan; one of about 1,221 civilians captured or killed at Wake Is.; Japan Lashes Out > Guam & Wake Island.

03-03 - Japan Lashes Out - Malaya and Singapore Lost:
  • This was a disaster for the British Empire, but few Americans died.

03-04 - Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost: (six dead, updated 7 Jan 2023)
† Baker, Delmar Eugene, SN 321-35-78, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • Joined crew of Destroyer USS Peary (DD-226) 24 Apr 1940; KIA 19 Feb 1942 Darwin, Australia; Peary sunk by Japanese dive bombers; 93 dead, 49 survivors; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost; BNR.
† Christensen, Lester Angus, SN 316-61-17, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), the US Asiatic Fleet flagship; KIA 1 Mar 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait, between Java & Sumatra, Dutch Indies; Houston sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes, 793 dead; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost; BNR.​
† Field, John Henry, SN 316-56-23, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • At US Navy Receiving Station, Cavite, Philippines Feb-Dec 1941; transferred to destroyer USS Peary (DD-226) 14 Dec 1941; transferred to destroyer tender USS Black Hawk (AD-9) for treatment 12 Jan 1942; DNB 19 Jan 1942 on Black Hawk in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, malaria; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost.
† Kaiser, Bernard Richard, SN 603-02-37, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), the US Asiatic Fleet flagship; KIA 1 Mar 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait, between Java & Sumatra, Dutch Indies; Houston sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes, 793 dead; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost; BNR.​
† Koebel, Kenneth L., SN 0-421-117, US Army Air Force, Pima Co., AZ
  • 13th or 33rd Pursuit Sqdn.; KIA 1 Mar 1942, 430 miles south of Java, Dutch East Indies; on old aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1); Langley sunk by Japanese air attack, 177 Army Air Force survivors transferred to destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219) which then headed towards Java; Edsall sunk by Japanese surface ships; most Edsall survivors left in the water; of the survivors rescued by the Japanese most - maybe all - subsequently died in captivity or were executed; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost; BNR.
† Stranathan, Dale Chester, SN 316-26-66, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • Destroyer USS Peary (DD-226); KIA 19 Feb 1942 Darwin, Australia, Peary sunk by Japanese air attack, 93 dead, 49 survivors; Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost; BNR.

03-05 - Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost: (24 dead, updated 8 Aug 2023)
  • Most dead were prisoners of the Japanese from the 1942 Fall of the Philippines.
  • Seven died from friendly fire while being transported on Japanese vessels
† Andersen, Harold Martin (served as Anderson Harold M), SN 37-037-894, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 200th Coast Artillery Regt. (actually an anti-aircraft unit  armed with 3" 75mm guns & 50 caliber machine guns); stationed at Fort Stotsenburg N of Manila, Philippines to protect nearby Clark Army Air Base; POW captured with the fall of the Bataan Peninsula; DNB 7 May 1942 at Camp O'Donnell, N of Manila, Luzon, dysentery; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Bach, Paul Leonard, SN 0-311-373, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts, Philippine Division; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 21 Nov 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines, amoebic dysentery; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Blizzard, Howard Leslie, SN 0-355-479, US Army, Pott. Co. & Ray Co., MO
  • Signal Air Warning Co., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; KIA 9 Jan 1945, on Japanese Hell Ship Enoura Maru, Takao Harbor, southern Formosa from attack by planes from the USS Hornet (CV-12); ~ 400 POWs died; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Bostedt, Glen Charles, SN 17-011-361, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 11 Oct 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; status of body unknown.​
† Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 7 Jul 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Bostedt, Joseph William, SN 17-011-348, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 20 Sep 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.​
† Briggs, Earl Eddie, SN 17-011-280, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • HQ, Coast Artillery, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 9 Mar 1944, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Honshu, Japan; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Brown, Ralph Ray, SN 17-019-024, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp. (medium), Philippines (their planes never arrived); POW Philippines 1942; DNB 11 May 1942, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.​
† Cavanaugh, James Bernard, SN 17-017-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • G2 (intelligence), HQ, 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan, Luzon, Philippines 1942; Master Sergeant kept with high-level captives; DNB 10 Feb 1943, Formosa POW Camp #4, Karenko, northern Formosa, malaria; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.​
​† Cocklin, Harold John, SN 19-000-746, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. & Alameda Co., CA
  • 34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp.; POW; DNB 29 Apr 1942 Camp O'Donnell, Tarlac Province, Central Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Collett, Albert Henry, SN 6-580-825, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • 93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 20 May 1942, POW camp, Luzon, Philippines, declared dead 8 May 1944; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold, SN 17-030-323, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB Nov 1942, Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines, dysentery; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR. 
† Fader, Walter D., SN 17-011-491, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • ​2nd Quartermaster Co. (Aviation), 5th Air Base Gp.; POW Philippines 1942; KIA 7 Sep 1944, Sulu Sea, off Sindangen Bay, NW Mindinao, Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle (SS 263), ~668 US POWs died, ~82 survived; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Hartje, Lamar Hugo, SN 316-57-45, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Submarine Tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor Is.; KIA 6 May 1942 near the water tower on Monkey Pt., Corregidor Is., Manila Bay, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Shelby Co.
  • Stranded in Manila, Luzon, Philippines when WW II began; interned in civilian POW camp at San Tomas University, Manila; d. 23 Nov 1944 Manila from beri-beri; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.​
† Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Co. G, 31st Inf. Regt., Philippine Div.; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 8 Aug 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines from malaria; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† McCauley, Leon Harrold, SN 0-890-103, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Quartermaster Corps, Philippines assigned to 74th Inf. Div., Philippines Commonwealth Army; POW Philippines 1942; DOW 9 Jul 1942, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† McCuen, Walter Rea, SN 321-29-61, US Navy, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • Submarine Tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor Is.; captured at Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippines May 1942; KIA 24 Oct 1944 on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, S of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~1773 US POWs and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Newman, Shelby Fearn, SN 0-351-381, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Assigned to 11th Inf. Regt., Philippines Commonwealth Army; POW Philippines; KIA 15 Dec 1944, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Nugent, Donald Thomas, SN 17-018-650, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • 75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; KIA 7 Sep 1944, Sulu Sea, off Sindangen Bay, NW Mindinao, Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle (SS 263), ~668 US POWs died, ~82 survived; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Pierce, Robert Clark, SN 6-825-221, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • 7th Material Sqdn., 19th Bomb. Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 22 Nov 1942, Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines; beriberi; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Seitz, Charles Raymond Jr, SN 0-387-504, US Army, Mills Co.
  • 2nd Engr. Bn., 2nd Inf. Div. -> 14th Engr. Bn., Philippine Scouts; KIA 7 Sep 1944 off west coast of Mindanao; Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru torpedoed by USS Paddle (SS 263); of ~750 US POWs, 667 died & 82 swam to shore and were saved by Filipino guerrillas; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Spencer, George Raymond, SN 316-31-56, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • Gunboat USS Oahu (PR-6), repositioned from Shanghai, China to Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines Nov 1941, sunk off Corregidor 5 May 1942; POW on Luzon; KIA 24 Oct 1944 on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, S of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~1773 US POWs and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
† Wilson, John Robert, SN 6-208-886, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • 34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 22 Jul 1942 Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines; malaria; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

03-06 - Japan Lashes Out > New Guinea & The Solomons:
  • Small Australian territorial forces were unable to resist the early 1942 occupation of these areas - no American lives were lost. 
​══════════════════════════════════
​04 - WWII Japan > Japan Overreaches (5 dead, updated 3 Oct 2023)
​══════════════════════════════════
04-01 - Japan Overreaches > Coral Sea  (three dead, updated 3 Oct 2023)
† Brodie, Walter, SN 321-61-44, US Navy, Cook Co., IL & Audubon Co. 
  • Destroyer USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 8 May 1943 Coral Sea; 15 survivors from 252-man crew; Japan Overreaches > Coral Sea; BNR.
† Christensen, John Kenneth, SN 321-61-43, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.
  • USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 7 May 1942 Battle of Coral Sea; 15 survivors from 252-man crew; Japan Overreaches > Battle of the Coral Sea; BNR.
† O’Dell, Charles Henry, SN 316-78-35, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington (CV-2); KIA 8 May 1942, Coral Sea, South Pacific, ~ 500 miles E of Cairns, Australia; Lexington sunk by Japanese aircraft, 216 dead; Japan Overreaches > Battle of the Coral Sea; BNR.

04-02 - Japan Overreaches > Midway  (two dead, updated 6 Jan 2023)
† Decker, Richard Charles, SN 17-017-220, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • Detachment, 69th Bomb. Sqdn., 38th Bomb. Gp., based at Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii Territory & deployed to Midway Is., Hawaii Territory 29 May 1942; Martin B-26B Marauder #41-17570 nose gunner w/ pilot William S. Watson; KIA 4 Jun 1942 off Midway Is.; low-level torpedo attack by four Marauders on Japanese fleet, two planes lost, each w/ crew of seven, no survivors, remaining planes damaged; Japan Overreaches > Midway; BNR.
† Mowrey, Robert Edward, also served as Mowery, Robert E, SN 308,610, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • Marine Fighter Sqdn. VMF-221, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing; KIA 4 Jun 1942 Midway Is., Hawaii Territory; direct hit on aircraft rearming station during air attack; Japan Overreaches > Midway.