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Pottawattamie County
WWII Dead Concordances
bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Outliers > Pott. Co. Concordances, © 2026 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 8 Jan 2026​
Concordance 1, Big Pigeon's WWII Dead Lists vs. Recent Lists
Some names found in the following two Pottawattamie County WWII sources appear in error:
  • iagenweb.org's WWII Pottawattamie County Roll of Honor
  • the WWII section of the Pottawattamie County Veteran's Plaza Wall of Honor in Council Bluffs
Therefore, I do not include these names in Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster. Herein is my list of exclusions:
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​==> Part 1 - Roll of Honor names that will not be in my WWII Dead Roster.
  • Peterson, SM 2/C Jack Millard, US Navy, KIA, s/o M/M Harley/Harlan Petersen, 1127 Military Ave., Council Bluffs.Petersen, Jack Millard, SN 648-08-27, US Navy; b. 18 Oct 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harley Petersen & Frances H. Millard of Co. Bluffs; entered service 4 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; released 5 Nov 1945; d. 4 Mar 1973. Possible confusion with Jack Peterson of Harlan, Shelby Co., s/o Harlan Peterson, who was lost at sea in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII or with Harlan Howard Luther Peterson of Stanton, Montgomery Co., both of whom are roster members.

==> Part 2 - Roll of Honor & Veteran's Plaza names that will not be in my WWII Dead Roster.
  • Andersen, Andrew, US Navy, KIA, Neola - probably confused with Rev. Andersen of St. Paul's, rural Neola; b. 1891, d. 
  • Petersen, Merle J., US Army, Council Bluffs, IA, Nonpareil 30 May 1945 - (WWII-PetersenMerleJ-Survivor) Died in 1989.

​==> Part 3 - Veteran's Plaza names that will not be in my WWII Dead Roster. ​

Part 3a - I an unable to locate the individual.
  • Blair, Clyde T. - Veteran's Plaza - All three Clyde/Claude Blairs located in the greater Omaha area lived beyond WWII.
  • Porter, Dale L. - Veteran's Plaza - I can't locate this individual.
  • Saunders, William “Jim” - Veteran's Plaza - I can't locate this individual. This is not Robert William Saunders from Council Bluffs, who is already in the roster.
  • Weide, Elaine G. - Veteran's Plaza - I can't locate this individual.
None of the above appear in the Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries.

Part 3b - Belongs in the Veteran's Plaza's World War I section.
  • Smith, Ruby - b. 13 Jan 1888 Pott. Co.; d/o Willard E. Smith & Susan Knox of Grove Twp.; WW I Red Cross volunteer from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; d. 16 Oct 1918 in New York during the influenza pandemic en route to France; bur. Macedonia Cem.; Macedonia's Ruby Smith Post 648 of the American Legion carries her name.

Part 3c - WWII veteran who died later than 1950 and thus don't qualify for my Ancillary Roster.​
  • Cain, Orville J. - Orville James Cain, SN 250572, Sgt., US Marine Corps; b. 9 Feb 1909 s/o James E. Cain & Catherine E. Schriver who lived in Nebraska and then settled in rural Carson, Pott. Co.; 1st Defense Bn., Wake Island; POW near Shanghai, China; m. Bernice Rose Viola Kunze; d. 8 Oct 1987;  buried Wheeler Grove Cem. near Carson.
  • Wall, Charles E. - Charles Elmer Wall b. 18 Mar 1923 near Griswold, Pleasant Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Vernon E. Wall & Edith Moore; served in ETO in WWII; m. Betty J. Briles; d. 7 Feb 1995; buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Cheyenne, WY.
  • Winger, Ancil W. - Ancil Wayne Winger, SN 3164416, Electrician's Mate 3/c, US Navy; b. 29 Oct 1916 Plattsmouth, NE s/o Earl Winger & Gladys Edie; raised in Co. Bluffs; parents lived at 1607 4th Ave. during WWII; submarine USS Perch (SS-176), damaged by Japanese destroyer torpedoes and scuttled NW of Surabaya, Java 3 Mar 1942; POW (of the crew of 54, five died in captivity, 49 survived WWII); remained in service after WWII; married Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Wise 1954; d. 8 May 1986, buried Fort Logan Nat'l Cem., Denver, CO. 

Part 3d - Enlisted after WWII combat ended, belong in the Veteran's Plaza's Died While Serving in the Military section:
  • Grate, Forest G., USAF - b. 20 Oct 1928; s/o Forest Glenn Grate & Perninah Jean “Jennie” Penman; enlisted Feb 1946; Sgt. 1100th Sta. Med. Gp.; d. 24 Aug 1948 in two-plane collision near Newton, NJ; in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Hathaway, Joseph L., US Army - b. 7 Oct 1929; s/o Gaylord Roy Hathaway & Lessie Pearl German; enlisted 16 Jan 1946; d. 17 Jul 1949 in Germany; not in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Phipps, Louis C., SN 3180449, US Navy - b. 8 Dec 1930; s/o Carroll Wilfred Phipps & Sarah Arlene Colwell; enlisted 19 Feb 1948; d. 6 Aug 1951 at Moffett Field, Santa Clara Co., CA; not in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Pierson, Lawrence E., US Navy - b. 2 Jan 1930 Co. Bluffs; s/o Leo Dallas Pierson & Eva Umble; enlisted 1948; d. at home on leave 3 Jul 1950; not in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.

Part 3e - Died in the Vietnam War, belong in the Veteran's Plaza's Vietnam section:
  • Leighton, Earl L., SN B608294, US Navy - b. 22 Oct 1937 Colorado; s/o Ellsworth Sherbeck Leighton & Erma Gertrude Kirby; enlisted about 1957 from Omaha; d. 17 Jan 1969 Bien Hoa, Dong Hai, Vietnam; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Schickner, Bernard E., SSN 485-54-3089, US Army;  b. 10 Feb '45;  entered service 3 Jan 1966, released 16 Dec 1968; d. 4 Apr 1972; buried Hardin Twp. Cem. SE of McClelland, Pott. Co. 
  • Schmidt, Howard D. This is Dale Howard Schmidt, 1947–1968, who died in Vietnam, and who also appears in the Veteran's Plaza Vietnam section as Dale H. Schmidt. There is a memorial to Dale on the grounds of the Twisted Tail restaurant in Beebeetown, Harrison Co. erected by his friend, Eddie Spencer.

​Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Outliers > Pott. Co. Discrepancies webpage:
Concordance 2, Big Pigeon's WWII Dead Lists vs. the Council Bluffs Nonpareil Pearl Harbor Day List

The Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil 7 December 1945 list of Pottawattamie County WWII Dead
Commentary on the 7 December 1945 list of WWII dead for Pottawattamie County, Iowa:
  • This list is incomplete, as it does not include some Missing in Action who were later given a Finding of Death.
  • Almost all of those listed are in Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Records. Exceptions are noted below.

Transcription errors noted:
  • William Conner refers to William E. O'Conner, who appears later.
  • Earl Carlton refers to Earl Carlton Alter, who appears earlier.
  • Eldon D. Crockett is Oliver Eldon Crockett.
  • Ivey Dorsie refers to Dorsie Eugene Ivy.
  • H. Folmer Hansen Jr. is Hans Folmer Hansen Rattenborg Jr.
  • Leo Vincent, refers to Leo Vincent Green, who appears earlier.

Other variations in names:
  • Oscar Holst was the name used in service by Oscar Holst Pedersen.

Died after discharge and thus in Ancillary Records:
  • Aaron E. Fisk - died in VA hospital of organ failure.
  • George C. Hadfield - died in VA hospital of cancer.
  • Douglas W. Wilson - died in VA hospital of unspecified causes.

New finds, now added to Roster Records:
  • Robert W. Collins - from Boone & Pott. Cos.
  • Jack N. Christensen - from Lancaster Co., NE & Pott. Co.
  • Milo Dunbar - from Monona Co.
  • Joseph Feltheger - from Des Moines & Pott. Cos.
  • Vernon A. Martin - from Haakon Co., SD.

Outliers, anomalies from the above list:
  • Andrew Anderson was Andrew Peter Andersen, the pastor of rural Neola's St. Paul's Lutheran Church, who probably never served and died in California in 1956. St. Paul's was actively keeping track of their members who were serving, and thus he may have erroneously found his way into the Nonpareil files. Of course, he will not be added to Roster Records.
  • Clifford M. Burgstrum was a civilian, but was already in Roster Records by virtue of his burial in the Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu.
  • Matthias P. Hansen was from Humboldt Co., CA, and not Hancock, IA. Early in the development of this website, I added him to Roster Records.
  • Robert L. Wilkinson is an enigma - I can't find any other on-line information, military or otherwise, about this individual. His wife is given as Mrs. Ruth Wilkinson of Council Bluffs. The only Ruth Wilkinson in Council Bluffs during this period is Ruth Wilkinson, daughter of John Watson Wilkinson & Mary Ann Wilkinson, a Nebraska native and a long-term resident of Council Bluffs, who lived with her sister. The obituary of Richard Wayne Wilkinson, born in 1935 and who appears in the 1950 census as the son of Ruth, might be helpful. Robert L. Wilkinson is not in Roster Records.
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Sources > 1945 Pott. Co. Dead List webpage: