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This subpage of Big Pigeon's WWII Roster > Roster Outliers is specific to Pottawattamie County.
Some names found in the WWII Pottawattamie County Roll of Honor and in the WWII section of the Pottawattamie County Veteran's Plaza Wall of Honor in Council Bluffs appear in error. Therefore I do not include these names in Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster. Herein is my attempt at reconciliation.
==> Part 1 - Names from the above two sources that are not yet in my WWII Dead Roster because of lack of information.​
  • Blair, Clyde T. - Veteran's Plaza
  • Petersen, Merle J. Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
  • Porter, Dale L. - Veteran's Plaza
  • Saunders, William “Jim” - Veteran's Plaza
  • Weide, Elaine G. - Veteran's Plaza
  • Wilkinson, Robert L., d. 27 Mar ’45 - Roll of Honor

​==> Part 2 - Roll of Honor names that will not be in my WWII Dead Roster.
  • 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; probable confusion with Jack Peterson of Harlan, Shelby Co., s/o Harlan Peterson, who was lost at sea in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII and is included in my WWII Roster. 

​==> Part 3 - Veteran's Plaza's WWII section names that will not be in my WWII Dead Roster.
3a - 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.
3b - WWII veteran who died later than 1949 and thus don't qualify for my WWII Dead Roster:
  • Anderson, Andrew Arthur, US Navy, b. 25 Oct 1924 Lewis, Cass Co., s/o Charles J. Anderson & Erna N. N. Knackstedt; d. 18 Sep 1998 Stafford, AZ. (also on Roll of Honor)
  • 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;  bur. 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; bur. 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, bur. Ft. Logan Nat'l Cem., Denver, CO. 
3c - Enlisted after WWII combat ended, belong in the 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; bur. 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; bur. 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; bur. 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; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
3d - Died in the Vietnam War, belong in the Vietnam section:
  • Leighton, Earl L., SN B608294, US Navy - b. 22 Oct 1937 Colorado; s/o Ellsworth Sherbeck Leighton & Erma Gertrude Kirby; enlisted ~ 1957 from Omaha; d. 17 Jan 1969 Bien Hoa, Dong Hai, Vietnam; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Schickner, Bernard E., SSN 485-54-3089, US Army;  b. 10 Feb '45;  entered service 3 Jan '66, released 16 Dec '68; d. 4 Apr '72; bur. 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, Shelby Co. erected by his friend, Eddie Spencer.
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster > Roster Outliers > Pott. Co. Discrepancies webpage:
  • None at this time.