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Roster records added to the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster beginning 15 December 2022.
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Roster records added to the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster beginning 15 December 2022.
This is a very long, archival webpage of interest to very few visitors.
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- (vet.) means died after separation from service; access current record via WWII Roster > Ancillary Records.
Added December 2023 to Ancillary Records pages.
22 additions - completed 6 Dec 2023.
Update log appears after last record.
22 additions - completed 6 Dec 2023.
Update log appears after last record.
Added to Ancillary Records > Veterans A-M:
† (vet.) Andersen, Marinus, SN 37-659-598, US Army, Audubon Co. (St. Paul's)
† (vet.) O'Brien, William Joseph, SN 37-472-762, US Army, Harrison & Pott. Cos. (St. Paul's)
† (vet.) Andersen, Marinus, SN 37-659-598, US Army, Audubon Co. (St. Paul's)
- b. 23 Feb 1908 Denmark; s/o Peter C. Andersen (d. 1943) & Anna Christine Jensen (d. 1929); family immigrated to US; entered service 10 Feb 1943 from Rt. 1, Brayton, Audubon Co.; sep. 6 Oct 1945; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Brayton.
- overseas service 19 Feb 1945 to 17 Jun 1945 in Germany; Co. C, 343rd Inf. Regt., 86th Inf. Div.
- after separation: farm laborer in Audubon Co.; d. 26 Apr 1947 LeRoy Twp., rural Audubon; suicide by shotgun.
- b. 26 Nov 1922 rural Woodbine, Allen Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Orville Barry & Olga Johnson; entered service 28 Feb 1944 from Rt. 1, Woodbine; sep. 12 Dec 1944; bur. Woodbine Cem.
- overseas service May-Nov 1944 in Pacific; US Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory; hospitalized 8 Aug 1944.
- after separation: farmer in rural Woodbine; d. 15 Sep 1948 Denison, Crawford Co.; skull fracture in auto accident.
- b. 14 Jun 1927 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Ernest F. Borchardt & Cordie V. Smith; entered service 7 Aug 1945 from Atlantic; sep. 7 Feb 1946; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- no overseas service; stateside service in US Army Cavalry.
- after separation: student; d. 21 Mar 1948 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines after stay of four months; tumor in left pelvis.
- b. 28 Jul 1924 Carroll, Carroll Co.; s/o Finley D. Burger Sr. & Clara Mulford of Viola Twp., Audubon Co.; entered service 2 Jul 1943 from Rt. 1, Gray, Audubon Co.; sep. 15 Nov 1945; m. Bernadette T. Underberg Nov 1945; bur. Viola Center Cem., Audubon Co.
- overseas service Dec 1943-Jun 1945; 326th Airborne Med. Co., 101st Airborne Inf. Div; Prisoner of War at Stalag 4B, Mühlberg, Saxony, Germany; probably captured early in the Battle of the Bulge.
- after separation: farmer in rural Adair, Guthrie Co.; d. 26 Apr 1949 St. Anthony Hospital, Carroll; pneumococcal meningitis.
- b. 18 Feb 1926 Portsmouth, Shelby Co.; s/o Fred C. Dalldorf & Emma M. Noehren; family moved to Crawford Co. before 1930 and to Spencer, Clay Co. in early 1930s; m. Verna Y. Smith 1944, two children; entered service 17 Aug 1944 from Everly, Clay Co.; sep. 13 Dec 1946; bur. North Lawn Cem., Spencer.
- 355th Army Air Force Base Unit.
- after separation: truck driver; d. 10 Jun 1947, Rock Rapids, Lyons Co.; burns from a traffic accident.
- b. 2 Nov 1916 rural Red Oak, Frankfort Twp., Montgomery Co. s/o Evral J. Donohue & Viola M. Truitt (d. 1931); m. Harriet L. Milne 1940, one child, div.; m. Betty M. Pangburn 1946, one child; entered service 19 Jan 1942 from Des Moines; sep. 24 Jun 1945; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- overseas service Jul 1942-Apr 1945; 415th Bomb. Sqdn., 98th Bomb. Gp. in African-Mid Eastern & Mediterranean Theaters.
- after separation: employed by a rubber company in Lincoln, NE; d. 6 Oct 1948 Lincoln; suicide by gunshot.
- b. 2 Mar 1907 York, York Co., NE; s/o George Downer & Elizabeth Prather; m. Lenore L. (Liggett) Lewis, one child, div.; entered service 8 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs/Omaha; sep. 8 Sep 1945; m. Ruth Olson 1944, two stepchildren; bur. Greenwood Cem., York.
- 5th Bombardment Wing, Fifteenth Air Force, Mediterranean Theater; aerial gunner; returned to the US in 1944 to train as a B-29 gunner.
- after separation: lived in Co. Bluffs and worked as an asbestos salesman; d. 13 Mar 1947 Co. Bluffs; heart attack.
- b. 3 Mar 1909 Red Oak; s/o Clark C. Hite & Jessie J. Heberlee; m. Minette E. Grimes 1926, div.; m. Mildred D. Whittington 1932, two children, div.; m. Hazel U. Glasgow, one child; entered service 12 Oct 1942 from Red Oak; sep. 15 Jul 1943; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- no overseas service; served stateside with Hq. & Hq. Battery, 56th Field Artillery, 8th Inf. Div. before the division deployed.
- after separation: d. 30 Nov 1945 Los Angeles, CA while visiting brother; pneumonia.
- b. 8 Jan 1907 Harlan, Shelby Co.; family moved to Sioux City, Woodbury Co. abt 1934; entered service 16 Mar 1942 from Sioux City; sep. 19 Aug 1945; m Florence F. Haag Jan 1943; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Sioux City.
- no overseas service; served stateside in the anti-aircraft component of the Coast Artillery Corps.
- after separation: electrician with Sioux City Gas & Electric Co.; d. 24 Feb 1949 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Sioux City; growing skin cancer caused throat hemorrhage.
- b. 28 Apr 1918 Defiance, Shelby Co.; s/o Anton Kloewer (d. 1922) & Barbara Gaul (d. 1928); entered service 21 Mar 1941 from Defiance; sep. 28 Nov 1945; m. Barbara C. Zitzlsperger Oct 1946, one child; bur. St. Peter & Paul Cem., Defiance.
- overseas service Mar 1944-Nov 1945 in the Pacific w/ 711th Tank Bn.
- after separation: Worked as a plumber in Defiance; d. 22 Dec 1947 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines after a 20-day stay; stomach cancer.
- b. 11 Aug 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o John C. Kritenbrink (d. 1933) & Edith A. Smith; family moved to Union Co. in late 1900s; entered service 14 Mar 1926 from Creston, Union Co.; m. May Dean 1935 in San Diego Co., CA; sep. 20 Dec 1944; bur. River View Cem., Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.
- overseas service Sep 1941-Jun 1944; Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10); Chief Water Tender.
- after separation: entered Veterans Hospital, Walla Walla, WA; d. 31 Jul 1946 Veterans Hospital, Walla Walla; tuberculosis.
- b. 11 May 1893 Imogene, Fremont Co.; s/o Porter B. Laird (d. 1935) & Elizabeth F. Singleton; entered service 20 Jan 1941 from Tabor; sep. 30 Mar 1943; bur. Tabor Cem.
- no overseas service; served w/ Co. A, 741st Military Police Bn.
- after separation: worked in road construction; d. 3 Oct 1949 in hospital, Omaha; cardio-vascular accident.
- Notes: WWI veteran.
- b. 30 Aug 1925 Kimballton, Audubon Co.; s/o Wilhelm Larsen & Katherine Hansen; entered service 29 Oct 1943 from Kimballton; sep. 7 Nov 1944; bur. Bethany Lutheran Cem., Kimballton.
- no overseas service; served at US Naval Hospital, Shoemaker, CA.
- after separation: student at Grandview College, Des Moines; d. 8 Jan 1947 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines; nephritis.
- b. 19 Oct 1901 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o James Law & Anna B. Jacobs; entered service 5 Nov 1942 from Audubon; sep. 10 Nov 1944; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- no overseas service; US unit unknown.
- after separation: worked as a chef in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co.; fell in front of a switch engine 22 Jun 1945; d. 25 Jun 1945 in St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids of internal injuries.
- b. 4 May 1907 Corley, Shelby Co.; s/o Pearle F. Manuel & Bertha M. Rixen; family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co. in late 1920s; entered service 9 Mar 1942 from Atlantic; sep. 8 Oct 1945; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- overseas service May 1943-Aug 1945 in European Theater; 29th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 313rd Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force.
- after separation: laborer for Railway Express Agency in Atlantic; d. 7 Apr 1946 in Atlantic hospital; vehicle hit side of Rock Island Rocket engine at railroad crossing near Marne; died shortly thereafter from internal injuries & multiple fractures.
- b. 17 Aug 1918 Cumberland, Cass Co.; s/o Henry H. Martens & Cora M. Neetz; entered service 18 Jun 1941 from Rt. 2, Cumberland; sep. 14 Jun 1945; m. Jeanne M. Shays 1945 in Queens Co., NY; bur. Weirich Cem., Noble Twp., Cass Co.
- overseas service Nov 1942-Mar 1945 in Mediterranean Theater; 306th Service Sqdn., 38th Service Gp.
- after separation: mechanic w/ American Air Lines; d. 30 Dec 1945 Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, Queens, NY; monocytic leukemia.
† (vet.) O'Brien, William Joseph, SN 37-472-762, US Army, Harrison & Pott. Cos. (St. Paul's)
- b. 12 Jun 1924 rural Missouri Valley, La Grange Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o William J. O'Brien & Jessie Powers (d. 1928); family moved from Harrison Co. to Co. Bluffs area in early 1930s; entered service 9 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 2 Apr 1946; m. Vivian H. Barclay 1947; bur. Wyuka Cem., Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE.
- overseas service in European Theater; 1955th Labor Supervision Co.; Quartermaster Corps.
- after separation: reenlisted 12 Jun 1946 & served in Fort Riley, KS w/ Troop C, 91st Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Sqdn.; sep. 19 Nov 1947; d. 21 Feb 1950 Veterans Hospital, Lincoln, NE, testicular cancer.
- b. 1 Nov 1922 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o Cornelius D. Rhoads & Gladys D. Wheatley (div.); entered service 20 Jan 1943 from Rt. 4, Red Oak; sep. 19 Apr 1944; lived in Red Oak area nine years; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- overseas service Mar 1943-Mar 1944 in Pacific; HQ, Station 3, Pacific Wing, Air Transport Command.
- after separation: chauffeur for Nelson Dairy, Red Oak; d.12 Nov 1948 Red Oak; coronary trombosis.
- b. 26 Jul 1921 Audubon, Audubon Co.; entered service 21 Feb 1942 from Audubon; sep. 24 Dec 1945; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- served in the blimp section of Naval Aviation.
- after separation: United Airlines mechanic; caught underneath a mobile crane in which he was riding overturned; d. of injuries 13 Sep 1947 in hospital, San Mateo, San Mateo Co., CA.
- b. 24 Dec 1917 Stanton, near Norfolk, Madison Co., NE; s/o Robert R. Shaw (d. 1944) & Florence M. Kesselruth; family lived in Warnerville, S of Norfolk; Dale worked as a farmhand in rural Pott. Co. beginning in 1940; entered service 11 Feb 1942 from rural Co. Bluffs; sep. 3 Feb 1945, medical discarge; bur. Hillcrest Cem., Norfolk, Madison Co., NE.
- overseas service 22 Jun 1942-25 Dec 1944 in Southwest Pacific Area; Co. I, 186th Inf. Regt., 41st Inf. Div.
- after separation: generally was hospitalized; d. 28 Oct 1948 University Hospital, Omaha; testicular cancer.
- b. 13 Feb 1920 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o James A. Still & Etta M. Cohoon; m. Mae Walker 1940, one child, div.; m. Dorothy M. Roberts 1945, one child; entered service 24 Feb 1944 from Villisca; sep. 11 Jul 1946; bur. Villisca Cem.
- no overseas service;
- after separation: brakeman for the South Omaha Terminal Railroad; d. 31 Dec 1950 South Omaha of injuries from a work-related accident.
- b. 2 Mar 1900 Avoca, Pott. Co.; s/o Henry J. Witt & Rosa Luth; family moved to Mapleton, Monona Co. before 1915; m. Echo L. Stephenson 1923, one child, div.; entered service 19 Nov 1942 from Mapleton; sep. 26 Feb 1943; bur. Mt. Hope Cem., Mapleton.
- no overseas service; stateside served in an Infantry Replacement Training Center.
- after separation: house painter living in Norfolk, NE; d. 16 Jun 1949 Wagner, Charles Mix Co., SD; natural causes.
- 12-4-2023: Added 22 veterans records to WWII Roster > Non-Roster Records, while removing Reunion file name.
- 12-5-2023: Added 22 names to WWII Roster > Member Residences.
- 12-6-2023: Added 9 names to Part 2 of WWII Roster > Roster Addenda > Members Not in St. Paul's.
Added October 2023 to Roster Records pages.
44 additions - completed 24 Oct 2023.
Update log appears after last record.
44 additions - completed 24 Oct 2023.
Update log appears after last record.
Most names were obtained by checking Pottawattamie area towns listed in Roster Sources > Pottawattamie Area against towns listed in ancestry.com's Iowa WWII Bonus Cases for Beneficiaries database.
† Andersen, Edwin Pershing, SN 38-050-262, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Harris Co., TX (WWII-AndersenEdwinP)
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† Andersen, Edwin Pershing, SN 38-050-262, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Harris Co., TX (WWII-AndersenEdwinP)
- b. 11 Oct 1917 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Jens J. Andersen & Martha Nelsina Madsen; family moved to Decatur Co. in early 1920s & to Audubon in 1927; Edwin moved to Houston, Harris Co., TX in late 1930s; service credited to Harris Co.; bur. Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co.
- 845th Bomb. Sqdn., 489th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Halesworth, SE of Norwich, Suffolk, England; Consolidated B-24 Liberator #42-94786 Heaven Can Wait II crew member with pilot Claude T. Lovelace Jr.; KIA 18 Sep 1944 near Groesbeek, SE of Nijmegen, Netherlands; during a low-level supply drop for Operation Market Garden, aircraft hit by flak and crashed; at least five dead; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 5 Mar 1924 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Fred Thorbjorn Anderson & Roberta Belle Gould; family moved to Boone, Boone Co. later in 1924; entered service 9 Jun 1942 from Boone.
- Torpedo Sqdn. VT 31, Carrier Air Gp. 31, on USS Cabot (CVL-28); Grumman TBF Avenger gunner w/ pilot Donald Hornberger; attack on Japanese destroyer escorting a supply convoy north of Chichi Jima, Bonin Is., Japan; KIA 4 Aug 1944; crew of three lost; Fourth Bonin Raid - US Naval War w/ Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; BNR.
- b. 7 Aug 1920 Hamburg, Fremont Co.; adopted s/o George W. Bernhardt & Wilhelmina M. Kerkmann; family lived in Cass & Adams Co. before moving to Grant Twp., Union Co. in early 1930s; entered service 1 Feb 1942 from Rt. 1A, Afton, Union Co.
- Destroyer USS Leary (DD-158); KIA 24 Dec 1943 north of the Azores, North Atlantic; Leary sunk by submarine U-275 torpedo; 98 died; WWII-Germany > Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- b. 5 Apr 1917 Kenosha, WI; s/o James G. Brodie & Anna Schneider; came to Audubon Co. Jan 1939; entered service 27 Feb 1941 from Rt. 2, Audubon;
- Destroyer USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 8 May 1943 Coral Sea; 15 survivors from 252-man crew; Japan Overreaches > Coral Sea; BNR.
- b. 19 Feb 1921 Des Moines; s/o Cecil R. Burd & Mary Blanche Carter (div.); lived at Elim home in Elk Horn, Shelby Co. w/ his three brothers for much of his childhood; entered service 30 Dec 1941 from Rt. 2, Exira, Audubon Co.; service credited to Webster Co.
- 403rd Bomb. Sqdn., 43rd Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; based at Jackson Drome, aka 7 Mile Drome, near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea; Consolidated B-24D Liberator #42-40934 gunner w/ pilot Hughie R. Bonner; d. 13 Oct 1943, aircraft on mission to Rabaul crashed near Amphlett Islands north of Milne Bay, Papua; crew of 10 all died; US Air Force War w/ Japan > Fifth Air Force; BNR.
- b. 23 Aug 1917 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o Herbert J. Chickering & Jennie M. Goltry (d. 1929); entered service 4 Feb 1943 from Winterset, Madison Co.; bur. Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 339th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 349th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; Curtis-Wright C-46D Commando #44-77839 pilot; DNB 6 May 1945 SW of London, England at Gibbet Hill, Haslemere, Surrey on a repatriation flight from France to England; flying low in bad weather, aircraft wing hit a radar tower; all 30 aboard (five crew & 25 passengers) & one other person died; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 26 Dec 1919 Tabor, Fremont Co.; s/o Francis M. Davis & Faye W. Higgins; family moved to Quincy Twp., rural Corning, Adams Co. in early 1920s; entered service 18 Jun 1940 from Rt. 2, Corning.
- 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.
- b. 25 Feb 1919 Peace Valley, Howell Co., MO; s/o Fay H. Dryer & Bertha Ferguson; family moved from Howell Co. to Clarinda, Page Co. in the late 1930s & to Villisca, Montgomery Co. in the 1940s; entered service 28 Jan 1942 from Rt. 2, Clarinda, Page Co.; bur. Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
- 755th Tank Bn., Fifth Army; KIA 13 Apr 1945 near Po River, Italy in Argenta, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna; The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.
- b. 9 May 1911 Bolivar, Polk Co., MO; s/o Elijah Dryer & Malinda Taylor; m. Florence Glee Cart, two children; entered service 26 Jan 1944 from Burlington, Des Moines Co.
- 3rd Sqdn., 2533rd Army Air Force Base Unit, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX; Vultee BT-13A Valiant #41-22019 pilot; DNB 14 Mar 1945; aircraft crashed on Los Pinos Mt. 37 miles east of San Diego, CA; both occupants dead.
- b. 14 Apr 1914 Laredo, Grundy Co., MO; s/o Carl Dumler & Elizabeth Schmidt; family moved to Grundy Co., MO before 1914 and returned from Grundy Co. to Montgomery Co. in 1934; entered service 11 Aug 1941 from Rt. 3, Red Oak; service credited to Clear Creek Co., CO; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. F, 179th Inf. Regt., 45th Inf. Div.; captured 1944 southern France; POW near the Elbe Rive in Stalag 4D, Torgau, Saxony, Germany; KIA 12 Apr 1945 in hospital, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; hospital struck by Allied air attack; The ETO > Liberation > Southern France.
- Notes: Stalag 4D in downtown Torgau was the central location for POW work camps in the area. Halle was occupied by US forces on 17 Apr. US and Russian forces met at the Elbe River near Torgau on 25 Apr.
- b. 6 Apr 1919 rural Anita, Lincoln Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Albert Evinger & Daisy M. Scarlett; spent childhood in Anita area; registered w/ Fond du Lac Co., WI draft board; entered service 15 Jul 1942 from Wilmar, Kandiyohi Co., MN; service credited to Charlevoix Co., MI; bur. Evergreen Cem., Anita.
- 391st Bomb. Sqdn., 31st Bomb. Gp.; based at Blythe, CA Army Air Field training for deployment to the ETO; Consolidated B-24E Liberator #41-29086 crew member w/ pilot Glenn W. Turner; DNB 13 Feb 1944 March Field, Riverside Co., CA; aircraft making a forced landing because of engine issues collided with a parked RB-34 Ventura II; five of crew of ten died.
- b. 16 Aug 1920 Omaha; s/o Lee W. Fuller & Stella Irene Johnstone; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co. w/ Co. M, 168th Inf. Regt.; m. Virginia M. McCune, one child; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. H, 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Sixth Army; a 2nd Battalion Weapons Co. machine gun platoon leader; DOW 4 Jan 1945 near Biliboy, north of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines; struck by small arms fire while positioning his platoon in support of Company F mopping-up operation; Philippines Liberated > Leyte.
- b. 17 Sep 1918 Omaha, NE; s/o Bradford D. Gee & Lydia A. Rossiter; family moved to Knoxville, Marion Co. 1930; entered service 19 Oct 1936 from Knoxville; m. Clerice Bulgarelli 1941, two children; bur. Graceland Cem., Knoxville.
- 202nd Field Artillery Group, Ninth Army; observation plane pilot; DNB 7 May 1945 Uetze, NE of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.
- Note: During WWII, pilots of small artillery observation aircraft were members of the Army Field Artillery branch rather than the Army Air Force.
- b. 24 Jul 1920 Tabor, Fremont Co.; s/o Bradford D. Gee & Lydia A. Rossiter; family moved to Knoxville, Marion Co. 1930; entered service 12 May 1939 from Knoxville; m. Miriam I. Freridge; bur. Graceland Cem., Knoxville.
- 430th Fighter Sqdn., 474th Fighter Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Warmwell, SE of Dorchester, Dorset, England; Lockheed P-38J Lightning #42-67675 pilot; KIA 22 Jun 1944 NW of Cherbourg, Hainneville, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; The ETO > The ETO Air War.
- b. 6 Sep 1922 Mondamin, Harrison Co.; s/o Gerald Gunsolley & Ruth H. McMullen (d. 1942); entered service 18 Jan 1943 from Burlington, Des Moines Co.
- 644th Bomb. Sqdn, 410th Bomb Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Gosfield, west of Colchester, Essex, England; Douglas A-20G Havoc #43-10192 crew member w/ pilot Robert C. Bruce; KIA 3 Jun 1944; aircraft last seen heading to the coast through a flak zone; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.
- b. 28 Oct 1924 rural Dunlap, Boyer Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o William F. Hammer & Clara M. Ress; entered service 3 Apr 1944 from Denison, Crawford Co.; bur. Zion Lutheran Cem., Denison.
- Co. F, 475th Inf. Regt. (the MARS long range penetration unit which fought in northern Burma), DOW 2 Feb 1945 northern Burma; China-Burma-India > Burma, 1941-45.
- b. 26 Dec 1921 rural Fiscus, Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o John C. Hansen & Jennie Nielsen; family lived in Viola area; entered service 20 Nov 1943 from Rt. 1, Gray; bur. Arlington Heights Cem., Audubon, Audubon Co.
- Landing Craft Tank LCT-785; d. 2 Jan 1946 on beach at Gushikawa, Chimu Wan, Okinawa; about 17 crew from six landing craft died when LCT-560, laden with munitions for disposal at sea, exploded; The Pacific Base Areas.
- b. 9 Dec 1921 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Albert L. Heberlee & Katherine N. Daggett; family moved to Guthrie Co. in early 1920s & to Polk Co. in late 1930s; entered service 29 Dec 1941 from Des Moines; service credited to unknown county; b. Ft. McPherson Natl. Cem., Maxwell, Lincoln Co., NE w/ his fellow crew members.
- 40th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 317th Troop Carrier Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines; Douglas C-47A Dakota/Skytrain #43-15412 crew chief w/ pilot Sam T. Barr; d. 5 Mar 1945 en route from Bayug Airfield, Barauen, Leyte to Clark Air Force Base, Luzon, Philippines; aircraft crashed w/ crew of four & one passenger all dead; bodies later recovered; US Air Force War w/ Japan > Fifth Air Force.
- b. 22 Sep 1899 Oto, Woodbury Co.; s/o Charles L. Isbell (d. 1942) & Mary E. Arnold; family moved to Logan, Harrison Co. 1900; entered service 24 Jul 1917 from Logan; 1920 US Navy Academy graduate; m. Margarita Mayes 1924, two children.
- attached as an observed to carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), Task Force 58.2, engaged in air strikes off the Japanese home islands; scheduled to assume command of USS Yorktown (CV-10); KIA 19 Mar 1945 kamikaze; 807 dead, Franklin survived; US Naval War w/ Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; buried at sea.
- Notes: The Franklin death toll was highest of any US Navy ship in WWII except for the loss at Pear Harbor of the USS Arizona.
- b. 19 Aug 1924 Exira, Audubon Co.; s/o Peter A. Jessen & Helena Nelsen; grad. Kemper Military School, Missouri 1943; m. Velma I. Putbrese of Sac City; entered Marine Corps 14 Feb 1944; bur. Exira Cem.
- Co. F., 29th Marine Regt., 6th Marine Div.; KIA 8 Jun 1945 Okinawa; Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.
- b. 25 Aug 1920 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Fred G. Jones & Ethel A. Randolph; entered service 27 Sep 1940 from rural Laurens, Pocahontas Co.; service credited to Webster Co.; bur. Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
- Co. C, 1st Bn., 22nd Marine Regt.; KIA 22 Feb 1944 Parry Is., near Eniwetok Is., Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Is.; Battle of Parry Is. - Central Pacific > Marshall Islands.
- b. 28 Dec 1921 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Lawrence A. Kuhl & Priscilla M. Meuer; family moved to Corning, Adams Co. in late 1920s; entered service 20 Feb 1943 from Corning; bur. Cavalry Cem., Corning.
- 261st Army Air Force Base Unit, Abilene Army Air Field, Taylor Co., TX; Republic P-47D Thunderbolt #42-74757 pilot; DNB 31 Oct 1944 1/2 mile SE of field; spin and stall.
- b. 8 Aug 1914 rural Audubon, Hamlin Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o John Kyhnn & Agnes Nielsen; m. Vera M. Gale of Marshall Co. 1938, one child; entered service 8 Jun 1944 from Marshalltown, Marshall Co.; bur. Riverside Cem., Marshalltown.
- Co. B, 473rd Inf. Regt., 92nd Inf. Div.; KIA 13 Apr 1945 northern Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.
- Notes: The 473rd Inf. Regt. was constituted in-theater from surplus anti-aircraft personnel and assigned to the 92nd Inf. Div. (colored) in the last several months of WWII.
- b. 8 May 1918 Massena, Cass Co.; s/o Joseph T. Maeder & Julia A. Waters; entered service 5 May 1942 from Massena; service credited to Adair Co.; bur. Manila American Cem., Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
- 7th Cavalry Regt., 1st Cavalry Div., XIV Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 11 Apr 1945 Luzon, Philippines; Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
- b. 20 Sep 1917 Clayton, Adam Co., IL; s/o Emery F. Martin & Margaret E. Campbell; family moved to Hastings, Mills Co.; employed as truck driver in Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; m. Mildred Maxine Fort 2 Jan 1937 Glenwood, Mills Co.; div.; induction date unknown; bur. Hastings Cem.
- trainee at Camp Crowder, MO who went AWOL, returning to Red Oak; status later changed to deserter; arrested and held in Red Oak jail; escaped 16 Apr 1942 and pursued by posse; shot & killed by posse member near Red Oak.
- Note: Brother, Clarence R. Martin, was killed in action in Tunisia in April 1943.
- b. 20 May 1915 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Earl McGee (d. 1928) & Helen Hilbert; family moved to Taylor Co. in early 1920s; m. Nellie M. Heatherington, one child; entered service 30 Oct 1942 from Bedford, Taylor Co.; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Kirkman, Shelby Co.
- Co. A, 117 Engineering Combat Bn., 37th Inf. Div., XIV Corps, Sixth Army; DNB 3 May 1945 near Baguio, northern Luzon, Philippines; Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
- b. 4 Jul 1920 Selma, Van Buren Co.; s/o Anderson D. Million & Addie I. Sharp; entered service 1 Feb 1942 from Bedford, Taylor Co.
- Submarine USS Trout (SS-202); 11th patrol; likely KIA 29 Feb 1944 in East China Sea by IJN destroyer Asashimo depth charges; all 81 dead; US Naval War w/ Japan > US Submarine Force; BNR.
- b. 3 Feb 1923 Wayne Co.; s/o James I. Montgomery & Lela McMurry; m. Esther M. Johnson of Red Oak, Montgomery Co. 1944; entered service 17 Jul 1944 from Corydon, Wayne Co.; bur. Promise City Cem., Wayne Co.
- Co. I, 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; DOW 30 Mar 1945 near Hanau, Hesse, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
- b. 30 Sep 1917 Willow Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Frank D. Morrow & Dorothy F. Wood; entered service 11 Apr 1941 from Cherokee, Cherokee Co.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Cherokee.
- Co. I, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; KIA 30 May 1944 Italy; The MTO > Italy > Cassino to Rome.
- b. 22 Feb 1918 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o John A. Mulvaney & Anna B. Kendall (d. 1921); father m. Cora Murphy of Mills Co. 1921; family moved from Mills Co. to Hastings, NE in the late 1920s, to Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co. in the early 1930s, & to Independence, Buchanan Co. in the late 1930s; entered service 23 Jun 1941 from Mt. Pleasant; bur Los Angeles Natl. Cem., Los Angeles Co., CA.
- Hq. Co., 3rd Bn., 160th Inf. Regt.; DNB 8 Sep 1945 Letterman General Hosp., San Francisco, CA; pneumonia resulting from cancer.
- b. 24 Aug 1916 Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI; s/o Lawrence A. Nelson & Gladys Johns; family moved to southwest Iowa in 1920s; entered service 12 Mar 1942 from Rt. 2, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- OT Sqdn. 8, US Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Pt., Havelock, Craven Co., NC; instructor; d. 1 Nov 1943 at Cherry Point; one of six killed when plane exploded while preparing for takeoff.
- b. 2 Jun 1919 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o George Olsen & Bodil M. Rasmussen; family moved to Alta, Buena Vista Co. in the early 1920s & to Illinois in the late 1930s; entered service 15 Aug 1939 from Alta; service credited to Cook Co., IL; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Belgium.
- 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Sqdn., V Corps, First Army; KIA 6 Sep 1944 Belgium; The ETO > Liberation > Northern France & Belgium.
- b. 28 Nov 1910 rural Villisca, Douglas Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Thaulow Orstad (d. 1931) & Mary Hakenson (d. 1927); m. Helen D. English 1942, one child; entered service 7 Dec 1942 from Davenport, Scott Co.; bur. Epinal American Cem., Epinal, Lorraine, France.
- 10th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 10 Oct 1944 near Le Tholy, SE of Epinal, France; The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Alsace 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army.
- b. 1 Mar 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Charles C. Petty & Mabel A. Spangler; m. Catherine C. Duncan 1928, four children; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Des Moines; b. Highland Cem., Des Moines.
- CO, 1st Bn., 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div; WIA 1 Feb 1943 2nd Battle of Sened Station, Tunisia; DOW 12 Feb 1943 Tunisia; The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.
- b. 13 Sep 1911 Massena, Cass Co.; s/o Arthur R. Pigg & Myrtle H. Irons (d. 1914); family moved to Omaha in 1920s; m. Ruth M. Stiver 1935; civilian Army Corps of Engineers employee who went to Philippines in 1939 to work on Corregidor Island fortifications in Manila Bay; entered service 1 Jan 1942 from Corregidor, Luzon, Philippines; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA.
- captured with the fall of Corregidor 6 May 1942; KIA 28 Jan 1945 on Japanese hell ship Brazil Maru en route from Okinawa to Japan; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.
- b. 12 May 1913/14 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Michael Leroy "Roy" Prather & Inez Heath; family moved to Spencer, Clay Co. in early 1920s; married Alice Elliott 1935 in Spencer; entered service 22 Mar 1943 from Spencer at Camp Dodge w/ residence given as Hamilton Co., TX; not in 1946 War Dept. list for Hamilton Co.
- 405th Bomb. Sqdn., 38th Bomb. Gp., detached service with 501st Bomb. Sqdn., 345th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; North American B-25D Mitchell #41-30604 crew member; d. 30 Aug 1944 Dutch New Guinea; weather reconnaissance flight west from Mokmer Airdrome, Biak Is., Dutch New Guinea to Mapia Atoll, __Asia Is., & Waigeo Is. failed to return; crew of seven lost; US Air Force War w/ Japan > Fifth Air Force.
- b. 19 Nov 1924 Audubon; s/o Carl J. Rasmussen & Clara Lund; family moved to Guthrie Co. in early 1930s; entered service 1 Mar 1944 from Guthrie Center; bur. Exira Cem., Audubon Co.
- Co. D, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; DOW 26 Nov 1944 Germany; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.
- b. 31 May 1920 Walthill, Thurston Co., NE; s/o Lawrence D. Tipton & Delores H. Liggett; family moved to Tabor, Fremont Co. in early 1941 & returned to Thurston Co. after John entered service; entered service 15 Dec 1941 from Tabor; service credited to Fremont Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Walthill.
- 72nd Liaison Sqdn., detachment based at Camp Crowder, Neosho, Newton Co., MO; Stinson L-5 Sentinel #42-98368 pilot; DNB 28 Jan 1944 Camp Crowder; aircraft crashed after loss of control and was damaged beyond repair; head injuries.
- b. 18 Jun 1915 Edmonson Co., KY; s/o Cordes Tomes & Stella Saling; family moved to Tabor area abt. 1917; m. Velma Dorothy Foster 1935 in Holt Co., MO, three children; entered service 20 Mar 1944 from Rt. 2, Tabor; service credited to Clark Co., WA; bur. Lincoln Mem. Park, Portland, Multonomah Co., OR.
- 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 12 Dec 1944 Jüngersdorf, west of Düren, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.
- b. 19 Mar or 9 Apr 1921 Audubon; s/o Libardo "Lee" Uballe (d. 1943) & Tomasa Mireles; family moved to Boone, Boone Co. area in early 1920s; entered service 1 Dec 1939 from Boone; group burial Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis Co., MO.
- 28th Material Sqdn., 20th Air Base Gp., Nichols Field, Luzon, Philippines; POW from the 1942 Fall of the Philippines; d. 14 Dec 1944 Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Philippines; one of about 139 POWs burned to death in the Palawan Massacre; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
- b. 25 Sep 1914 Shelley, Bingham Co., ID; s/o Oscar O. Wenstrand & Phoebe Liljedahl; family moved to Omaha in 1920s & to rural Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1930s; entered service 16 Feb 1942 from Rt. 3, Red Oak; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Naval Air Station Sand Point, Seattle, WA; d. 24 Sep 1942 US Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Kitsap Co., WA; tuberculosis & meningitis.
- b. 23 May 1918 Essex, Page Co.; s/o Bennett B. "Ben" Wenstrand & Myrtle L. Larson; entered service 12 Jan 1942 from Rt. 1, Essex; m. Glendora B. Ashby 1943, one child.
- 53rd Troop Carrier Sqdn., 61st Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire, England, east of Nottingham; Douglas C-47 Dakota/Skytrain navigator; DNB 3 Dec 1944 over North Sea; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.
- b. 25 Sep 1913 Page Co.; s/o Victor Westerburg (d. 1917) & Hannah E. Johnson (d. 1913); entered service 3 Oct 1941 from Red Oak; bur. Mt. Hope Cem., Nyman, Page Co., IA.
- Service Battery, 171st Field Artillery Bn., 45th Inf. Div., temporarily based at Ft. Pickett, VA; d. 14 Mar 1943 Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., VA 12 miles south of Lexington; vehicle went through guardrail & dropped 215 feet to the bottom of the gorge; all five died.
- b. 8 May 1925 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o Clyde L. Wilson & Mabel A. Colwell; entered service 13 Aug 1943 from Box 72, Conway, Taylor Co.; bur. Ridgewood Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- 550th Airborne Infantry Bn., attached to 194th Glider Inf. Regt., 17th Airborne Div., VIII Corps, Third Army during Battle of the Bulge; probably captured 4/5 Jan 1945 near Houmont, west of Bastogne, Luxembourg; DNB 1 Mar 1945 Stalag 8A, on the Neisse River SE of Görlitz, east of Dresden, Saxony, Germany; The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.
Update Log for Roster Records: (Remember to concurrently update counts & dates.)
- 9-30-23: Added 15 air-related names to WWII Roster > Roster Addenda > The Air Dead adding prefix of New.
- 9-30-23: Added 9 ship-related names to WWII Roster > Roster Addenda > The Sea Dead adding prefix of New. Two new ships.
- 10-1-23: Copied all 44 records to the WWII Roster > Roster Records lists.
- 10-2-23: fixing all SNs in Roster Records & Roster Fatalities (SN missing Battey, Norma Jean)
- 10-5-23: Added all 44 records to Roster Fatalities. Fix Bernhardt.
- 10-7-23: Updated appropriate WWII Germany & WWII Japan webpages & WWII Hub counts.
- 10-24-23: Added 44 names to WWII Roster > Roster Residences.
- 10-24-23: Added 38 names to WWII Roster > Roster Addenda > Members not in St. Paul's.
Added August 2023
† Agnew, Wayne Burton, SN 37-191-857, US Army, Adams & Benton Cos. (WWII-AgnewWayneB) ✔︎ ✔︎
- b. 6 Mar 1910 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Floyd L. Agnew & Pearl E. McKisson; m. Icy A. Dixon 1934, div. 1938; m. Mary A. (Haley) Emmons 1942; entered service 22 Apr 1942 from Nodaway, service credited to Benton Co.; bur. Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, France.
- 713rd Railway Operating Bn.; DNB 5 Dec 1944 Miramas, NW of Marseille, France; accidental gunshot; The ETO > The ETO Comm. Zone.
- b. 8 Jun 1926 rural Whiting, Ashton Twp., Monona Co. s/o Charles E. Anderson & Edna Nelson (d. 1934); parents div. 1928; raised by grandparents James W. (d. 1943) & Harriet E. Nelson (d. 1940) of Woodbury Co. & by sister; entered service 1 Jul 1943.
- Submarine S-28 (SS-133); DNB abt 4 Jul 1944 off Oahu, Hawaii Territory; S-28 disappeared after submerging during a training exercise; Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force; BNR.
- b. 10 Nov 1918 Sterling, Logan Co., CO; s/o James M. Anderson Sr. & Mary E. Harris (d. 1945); m. Virginia L. Noel Apr 1941, one child; entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Glenwood State School, Mills Co; service credited to unknown county.
- 482nd Bomb. Sqdn., 505th Bomb. Gp., 73rd Bomb. Wing, Twentieth Air Force; based at North Field, Tinian, Mariana Is.; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6351 Pocahontas bombardier w/ aircraft commander John Kretzer; KIA 14 Apr 1945 over Honshu, Japan; aircraft lost, presumably to antiaircraft fire, on night bombing mission at 8,000 feet over arsenal area, Tokyo; crew of 11 all died; Japan Overpowered > Strategic Air War - Japan; BNR.
- b. 10 Aug 1922 Audubon, Audubon Co. s/o Frank Bagley & Edith Phelps; entered service 25 Mar 1943 from Audubon at Santa Ana, CA; bur. Ardennes American Cem., Liege, Belgium.
- 600th or 601st Bomb. Sqdn., 398th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Nuthampstead SW of Cambridge, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38463 co-pilot w/ pilot Roger Weum; KIA 30 Nov 1944 at Grosslöbichau, E of Jena, Thuringia, Germany; aircraft went into a dive, exploded in mid-air, and crashed; crew of nine, six died; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 27 Jan 1918 W of Guthrie Center in Bear Grove Twp., Guthrie Co. s/o Samuel A. Benton & Eva Stephenson; family moved to Baker Twp. in early 1920s; entered service 20 Jan 1942 from rural Guthrie Center.
- 366 Bomb. Sqdn., 305th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force based at Cheveston, NW of Cambridge, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-102255 radio operator; KIA 3 Feb 1945; aircraft suffered flak damage during mission over Germany & ditched in North Sea; crew of nine all killed; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.
- b. 5 Oct 1894 Irwin, Shelby Co. s/o George B. Blades (d. 1924) & Jennie E. Stewart (d. 1943); entered service 1912 from Irwin; m. Hazel B. (Wells) Pruitt 1921 in Cordova, AK, one child & two stepchildren; entered reserve status 1933, retired 1939; reentered service 1 Jan 1941 at Yerba Buena Is., San Francisco, CA; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Irwin.
- Chief Radioman, US Navy Yard, Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co. CA; DNB 13 Feb 1943 at home, San Leandro, Alameda Co., CA; heart attack.
- Notes: Also served in WWI. Son served in World War II and was subsequently hospitalized.
- b. 29 Nov 1924 Brownson, near Sidney, Cheyenne Co., NE s/o Henry P. Bonnesen & Pearl E. Carper; family moved to Audubon Co. in late 1920s and to rural Templeton, Eden Twp., Carroll Co. in early 1930s; entered service 18 Jan 1943 from Rt. 1, Templeton.
- Landing Craft Flak LCF-31 radioman; KIA 6 Jun 1944; craft hit by shell off Utah Beach; survivors rescued by Coast Guard Cutter CGC-16; The ETO > The ETO Sea War; BNR.
- b. 20 Nov 1923 Marstal, Aero Herred, Denmark; s/o Hans A. Boye & Karen Hansen; family immigrated to Audubon Co. 1924; entered service 24 May 1943 from Rt. 2, Audubon; bur. Arlington Heights Cem., Audubon.
- Co. A, 506th Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div.; KIA 6 Oct 1944 Opheusden, NW of Nijmegen, Netherlands; direct hit by an artillery shell on his machine gun position; Battle of Opheusden - The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands 1944.
- Notes: Posthumous Silver Star recipient.
- b. 15 Aug 1923 Rockwell City, Calhoun Co. s/o Vernon C. Burke Sr. & Marguarite A. Munsell; family moved to Carroll Co. in the 1920s & to Audubon Co. in the early 1930s; entered service 5 Jul 1942 from Audubon; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
- 548th Bomb. Sqdn., 38th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force based at Great Ashfield, 10 miles E of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17 #42-31847 Flying Fortress tail gunner w/ pilot Howard M. Worster; KIA 12 May 1944 2 miles W of Langenhain-Ziegenberg & 6 miles W of Bad Nauheim, Hesse, Germany; aircraft attacked by Luftwaffe fighters & crashed; nine dead from crew of ten; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 2 May 1920 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Linus G. Carlson & Florence C. Mainquist; in late 1930s parents moved to California while Roland moved to Buffalo, MN to work with uncle Axel Carlson; entered service 3 Dec 1942, service credited to Wright Co., MN; m. Shirley Ruth Learned Oct 1943 in Minnesota; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- 412th Bomb. Sqdn., 95th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Horham, 4 miles SE of Eye, Suffolkshire, England; Boeing B-17G #42-39869 Heaven Can Wait waist gunner w/ pilot Richard P. Bannerman; KIA 11 Apr 1944 on mission to Poznan, Poland; aircraft shot down by enemy aircraft 6 miles SE of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; all ten dead; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 6 Oct 1923 Hamlin, Audubon Co., IA; s/o Christian "Chris" Christensen & Kathrine C. Beck; entered service 18 Sep 1944 from rural Hamlin; bur. Arlington Heights Cem., Audubon, Audubon Co.
- Co. B, 381st Inf. Regt., 96th Inf. Div.; Tenth Army; KIA 30 May 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.
- b. 31 May 1920 rural Gray, Cameron Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Chris P. Christensen & Sadie A. Forsbeck; entered service 15 Oct 1940 from Box 86, Gray; bur. Cameron Twp. Cem.
- Troop E, 112th Cavalry Regt.; KIA 4 Aug 1944 near Afua, New Guinea; Battle of the Driniumor River - South & SW Pacific > Western New Guinea.
- Notes: Dale Christensen was a posthumous winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on the Driniumor River on 16-19 July. He was killed in action near the end of the Battle of the Driniumor River.
- b. 27 Oct 1921 Manilla, Crawford Co. s/o John M. Christensen & Olga M. Rasmussen; family lived near the Shelby-Crawford Co. border, living in Greeley Twp., Shelby Co. abt 1930; entered service 27 Feb 1941 from Box 235, Manilla.
- 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.
- b. 9 Sep 1918 Kimballton, Audubon Co. s/o Christian T. Christiasen & Emma Larsen; entered service 17 Sep 1940 from Kimballton; bur. Bethany Luth. Cem., Kimballton.
- Cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32); KIA 1 Dec 1942 Ironbottom Sound, N of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; New Orleans torpedoed by Japanese destroyer & heavily damaged; Battle of Tassafaronga - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
- b. 10 May 1917 Griswold, Cass Co.; s/o Elmer F. Cocklin & Anna Gustason; family moved to Lincoln, NE in 1920s & to Beltrami Co., MN in 1930s; Harold moved to Alameda Co., CA with brother's family in late 1930s; entered service 12 Nov 1940 in San Francisco, service credited to Alameda Co.; bur. Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp.; POW; DNB 29 Apr 1942 Camp O'Donnell, Tarlac Province, Central Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > Philippines Lost.
- b. 26 Oct 1925 Castana, Monona Co.; s/o Raymond C. Cooper & Merle S. Bennett; family lived in central Monona Co.; entered service 14 Jul 1943 from Castana; bur. Onawa Cem.
- Navy corpsman assigned to Hq., 26th Marine Regt., 5th Marine Div.; DOW 6 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan; Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Iwo Jima.
- b. 16 Nov 1921 rural Audubon, Leroy Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Verne S. Cozine & Gladys I. Fancher; family moved to Audubon town in early 1930s; m. Shirley A. Roth of Audubon 1940; entered service 20 Jun 1942 from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; WIA Dec 1943; DOW 15/16 Jan 1944 in hospital, Italy; The MTO > Italy > To the Gustav Line.
- b. 20 Mar 1909 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Ned Curtis & Augusta Volkman; family moved to Nebraska in the late 1920s; Alton returned to Audubon Co. in early 1930s; m. Kathryn J. Ripley 1934 in Audubon, three children; entered service 14 Mar 1944 from Audubon; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
- 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 15 Nov 1944 near Wuisse, NE of Nancy, Lorraine, France; ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Alsace 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army.
- b. 25 Dec 1920 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Simon P. Curtis & Eva E. Jenkins; family lived in St Johns Twp., rural Missouri Valley, moving to Oregon in 1941; entered service 12 Dec 1940 from Rt. 2, Missouri Valley at Omaha, NE; bur. Forest View Cem., Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.
- previous service on heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27); d. 30 Sep 1943 Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co., CA; drowning.
- b. 24 Jul 1923 Omaha, Douglas Co. s/o Lloyd A Carter & Jessie I. Pope (d. 1931); mother m. Arthur F. Dworak of Omaha 1932; student at University of Nebraska; entered service as aviation cadet from Omaha at Kansas City 21 Oct 1942, called to active duty 1943; bur. Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
- navy aviation fighter pilot training in night fighter operation at Vero Beach Naval Air Station, Indian River Co., FA; DNB on training mission early 6 Jan 1945; Grumman F7F Tigercat.
- b. 29 Jan 1926 Leroy Twp., rural Audubon; s/o Joseph E. Erickson & Dora M. Christensen; entered service 7 Jun 1944 from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Co. E, 87th Mtn. Inf. Regt., 10th Mtn. Div.; KIA 20 Apr 1945 Mt. Avezzano, Italy W of Bologna; hit by machine gun fire while crossing from the west to north slope of Mt. Avezzano; The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.
- b. 24 Feb 1913 Hartley, O'Brien Co. s/o Edward O. Evans & Abbie L. Colby; family moved to Des Moines in late 1910s & to Allen Twp., rural Polk Co. in early 1930s; entered service 11 Aug 1942 from Rt. 1, Carlile; bur. Highland Cem., Des Moines.
- stationed at Kalaloch Beach Patrol Station, Jefferson Co., Washington; DNB 25 Apr 1943; gunshot wound to head.
- b. 29 Jun 1921 Brayton, Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Lawrence A. Jensen Sr. & Dorthea M. Madsen; entered service 3 Sep 1943 from Audubon; bur. Exira, Audubon Co.
- Co. K, 4th Marine Regt., 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, III Amphibious Corps; WIA on first day of Guam invasion 21 Jul 1944 near Agat, Southern Landing Area, Guam, Mariana Is.; DOW 23 Jul 1944; Battle of Guam - Central Pacific > Mariana Is.
- b. 23 Nov 1910 Kimballton, Audubon Co. s/o Anders Jensen (d. 1916) & Anne Simonsen; entered service 1 May 1942 from Kimballton; BNR
- 6th Naval Construction Bn. (Seabees), based near Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; KIA 16 Oct 1942 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal; a 17-man detail was unloading gasoline from the USS McFarland onto a pontoon barge when the McFarland was attacked by nine Japanese dive bombers; nine seabees died from a direct hit on the barge; the McFarland also suffered damage & casualties during the attack; South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
- b. 21 Dec 1921 near Audubon, Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Simon L. "Lawrence" Jensen & Anna C. Thygesen; entered service 19 Feb 1943 from Audubon; bur. Keokuk Nat'l Cem., Lee Co.
- 416th Night Fighter Sqdn., 62nd Fighter Wing, based near Pisa, Tuscany, Italy; DNB 9 Mar 1945 near Vada, Pisa area; de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito #MM766 pilot; other crew member survived; The MTO > MTO Air War.
- b. 27 May 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Martin E. Nilsen Jentoft & Harriett B. "Hattie" Foster; family lived in Red Oak except for a brief period c. 1935 in Creston, Union Co.; Harold worked in Alaska & Washington State c. 1940; entered service 6 Feb 1941 from Red Oak.
- in late 1941, served on escort carrier USS Long Island (CVE-1); escort carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Task Force 52; KIA 24 Nov 1943 near Makin Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Japanese submarine I-175 sank Liscome Bay during the US Tarawa/Makin invasion; 702 died, 272 survived; Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; BNR.
- b. 21 Jan 1920 Co. Bluffs s/o Othe B. Joslin & Nettie Marchbanks (div. abt 1939); family moved to Tara W of Fort Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s; starting in early 1930s, family members moved between Webster Co. & California; In 1940, Lee Roy was a gold miner in Mariposa Co., CA; entered service 8 Oct 1941 from Fort Dodge; m. Ethel Frances (Hogan) Morrell in Sonoma Co., CA 1942, one stepchild & one child; bur. Sarah Priest Cem., Midpines, Mariposa Co.
- No overseas service, other Coast Guard service details unknown; d. 14 Apr 1946 in auto accident in Oakland, Alameda Co., excessive speed & alcohol consumption.
- b. 31 Aug 1924, Cresco, Howard Co., IA; s/o Victor O. Kakac Sr. & Blanche Frazier; family moved to rural Missouri Valley, St. John Twp., Harrison Co. in early 1930s; entered service 22 Mar 1943 from Rt. 3, Missouri Valley; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- Co. M, 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Aug 1944 between St. Lo & Vire, Manche, Normandy, France; The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.
- b. 6 Jan 1913 Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; s/o Frederick W. Kelley Sr. & Nellie E. Wilkins who lived in various Mills Co. locations until moving to Los Angeles Co., CA late 1920s; m. Esther V. Warren, one child; enlisted 18 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles Co.; bur. Arlington Nat'l Cem., Virginia.
- 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Dec 1944 near Manhay, Ardennes, Belgium; The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained.
- b. 10 Jul 1898 Pittsburg, near Keosauqua, Van Buren Co. s/o Frank D. Lane & Libbie J. Hayward; family moved to Audubon, Audubon Co. in 1910s; WWI service w/ Co. K, 168th Inf.; m. Mary A. Jensen of Audubon 1925; one child; entered service 23 Apr 1942 from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- MP detachment,1604th Service Unit, based at Ft. Brady, Sault Ste. Marie, MI; DNB 22 Apr 1943 Station Hosp., Ft. Custer, Battle Creek, MI; cerebral hemorrhage.
- b. 19 Feb 1925 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Claude Melvin Lang & Myrtle Lela Waddell; entered service 21 Jun 1943 from Atlantic, service credited to Carroll Co.; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- Co. B, 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 8 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio, Italy; First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > Cassino/the Gustav Line.
- b. 18 May 1921 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o William C. Layland & Grace O. Copeland; entered service 11 Nov 1942 from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Co. G, 363rd Inf. Regt., 91st Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 3 Oct 1944 near Gothic Line, Italy; The MTO > Italy > Northern Apennines.
- b. 28 Mar 1920 Wright Co., MN;s/o Abijah E. Learned & Mabel M. Redmond; graduated from Iowa State College 1940; subsequently employed in Canton, IL; entered service from Wright Co., MN at Ft. Snelling, MN 9 Jan 1942.
- 508th Bomb Sqdn. 351st Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force based between Leicester and Cambridge at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29817 ball turret gunner w/ pilot William C. King; KIA 28 Jun 1943 over the Bay of Biscay after completion of mission over St. Nazaire, France; aircraft lost two engines after Luftwaffe attack, glided into water and exploded; four POW & six KIA; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 24 May 1924 Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; s/o Theodore S. Lee & Viva L. Evans; family moved from Glenwood, Mills Co. to California abt 1935; entered service from San Luis Obispo Co., CA; bur. Golden Gate Nat'l Cem., San Bruno, CA.
- unit unknown; KIA 5 Dec 1944 Noomfoor Is., Dutch New Guinea; US Air Force War w/ Japan > Thirteenth Air Force.
- b. 6 Oct 1907 Malvern, Mills Co.; lived in the John T. Miller (d. 1932) & Loracy McDonald (d. 1921) household in Malvern through 1925, during this time he was known as Lyle E. Miller, unknown whether he was their child or a foster child, unknown whether Lovelady was a birth parent of an assumed name; m. Hattie L. Robinson of Co. Bluffs 1927, div; m. Dorothy E. Goldbeck of Denison, Crawford Co. 1938, two children, div.; m. widower Carol I. (Reasoner) Delashmutt of Mills Co. 1943; entered service 23 Dec 1940 from Omaha, service credited to Douglas Co.; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- before induction, served in Nebraska National Guard in Omaha's Co. K, 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div.; still serving in 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army at time of death; KIA 18 Jul 1944 N of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France; The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy July 1944.
- Family Note: Lyle Lovelady's mother, Loracy (McDonald) Miller, has numerous descendants from an earlier marriage to John W. Hollins of Mills Co.
- b. 13 Nov 1925 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Lars H. Madsen & Adellia M. Lauritsen; family moved to rural Audubon, Leroy Twp. in early 1930s; entered service 13 Nov 1943 from Rt. 1, Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Co. K, 341st Inf. Regt., 86th Inf. Div.; DNB 31 Dec 1944 near Reno, Nevada; died from injuries in the Bagley train wreck 17 miles W of Ogden, Utah early on 31 Dec.; 50 died, including 35 military personnel; the 86th Inf. Div. trained at Camp Howze, Texas & division members were gathering in California for deployment to the Pacific; these plans were cancelled and the division was deployed to Europe because of losses in Germany's Ardennes Counteroffensive.
- b. 13 Jul 1923 Cameron Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Lars H. Madsen & Adellia M. Lauritsen; family moved to rural Audubon, Leroy Twp. in early 1930s; entered service 9 Mar 1944 from Rt. 1, Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Co. F, 26th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Nov 1944 Merode, W of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Cos. E & F, 2nd Bn., 26th Inf. Regt. advanced into eastward into Merode from the Hürtgen Forest on 29 Nov; they were cut off and overwhelmed in the Merode outskirts; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland Fall 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen.
- b. 5 Dec 1917 Exira, Audubon Co.; s/o Thomas Mardesen & Grace L. Wells; entered service 24 Apr 1941 from Exira; bur. Exira Cem.
- 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 5 Jan 1944 Italy; The MTO > Italy > to the Gustav Line.
- b. 20 Dec 1917 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Frank A. R. Matthews & Julia A. Lewis; William moved from Woodbine to Los Angeles Co., CA to live with his brother in late 1930s; date of service entry unknown, service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; bur. Woodbine.
- Co. L, 35th Inf. Regt., 25th Inf. Div., XIV Corps; KIA 21 Jan 1943 near Mt. Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Battle of Mount Austen - South & SW Pacific > Solomon Is., Guadalcanal.
- b. 30 Oct 1921 Woodbine, Harrison Co. s/o Arthur L. Mefferd & Fay Templeton; family moved to Denison, Crawford Co. in late 1930s; entered service 19 Jun 1942 from rural Denison; m. Betty Jo Underwood 1943 in Kiron, Crawford Co., one child; bur. Woodbine Cem.
- Served at Navy Air Station, Olathe, KS; d. 13 Feb 1945 Alameda Co., CA; cause of death unknown.
- b. 3 Dec 1918 Custer, Custer Co., SD; s/o James F. Mendenhall & Eva V. Gould; m. Charlene F. Crabb of Monona Co. 1939; service credited to Custer Co.; bur. Custer Cem.
- 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., First & Ninth Armies; KIA 26 Oct 1944 near Herzogenrath, N of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland Fall 1944 > Aachen.
- b. 8 Nov 1921 Nebraska; s/o Charles E. "Ed" Mitchell & Isora V. Rogers; family moved to Decatur, Burt Co., NE in early 1920s; mother later lived in Co. Bluffs; entered service ~ 1939, service credited to Burt Co.; bur. Hillcrest Cem., Decatur.
- Co. H., 147th Inf. Regt.; DNB 31 May 1944 Emirau Is. west of New Britain; South & SW Pacific > Bismarck Archipelago.
- b. 24 Jun 1910 Kimballton, Audubon Co.; s/o Jorgen M. "Mike" Nelson & Marie M. "Greta" Mortensen; m. Ansena C. Larsen 1933, one child, div.; m. Gladys E. Miller 1943; entered service 11 Mar 1942 from Audubon; bur. Luxembourg American Cem., Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
- first overseas tour Jun-Dec 1943; departed US for second tour Nov 1944; 304th Inf. Regt., 76th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; WIA Feb 1944 near Irrel, N of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; DOW 28 Feb 1945; Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
- b. 27 Sep 1912 Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o John F. Nelson & Elvera M. Johansen; living in Hialeah, Dade Co., FL in 1940; service credited to Dade Co.; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
- 158th Field Artillery Bn., 45th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 30 Apr 1945 near Munich, Bavaria, Germany; Central Europe > Southern Germany.
- b. 2 Sep 1915 Benton Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Lars B. Nelson & Eunice M. Cooley; family moved to Audubon Twp. in SE Audubon Co. in 1920s; m. Rose Pine of Exira Aug 1941, one child; entered service 27 Jun 1942 from Rt. 3, Exira.
- Destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Naples Bay, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616; 168 dead, 94 survivors; Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
- b. 26 Feb 1918 rural Audubon, Melville Twp.; s/o Nels C. "Chris" Olsen & Inger A. Madsen, both Danish immigrants; family moved to rural Exira, Audubon Twp. in 1930s; entered service 13 Mar 1940 from Exira; bur. Exira Cem.
- 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.
- b. 18 Apr 1918 near Grandin, Carter Co., MO; s/o Martin K. Overgaard & Mariane B. Bager, both Danish immigrants; family moved to central Nebraska ~ 1919 & from Greeley Co., NE to Audubon Co. in 1938; entered service 22 May 1941 from Gray, Audubon Co.; bur. Exira Cem., Audubon Co.
- Co. B, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; KIA 30 Jan 1944 N of Cassino, Lazio, Italy; First Battle of Monte Cassino - Italy > Cassino/the Gustav Line.
- b. 20 Jan 1920 Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; s/o Soren C. Pedersen (d. 1938) & Meta M. Gregersen; family moved to Kimballton, Audubon Co. in early 1920s; entered service 7 Jan 1942 from Kimballton; bur. Epinal American Cem., Epinal, France.
- 191st Tank Bn., attached to 45th Inf. Div., V Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 5 Oct 1944 near Rambervillers, Vosges, France; The ETO > War Of Attrition > Lorraine/Alsace Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army.
- Notes: posthumous Silver Star.
- b. 7 Jul 1926 rural Exira, Greeley Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Arthur B. Petersen & Violet L. Esbeck; entered service 19 Sep 1944 from Rt. 3, Exira; bur. Exira Cem.
- Medical Detachment, 182nd Inf. Regt., Americal (23rd Inf.) Div.; DOW 14 Apr 1945 Cebu Is., Philippines; Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines.
- b. 3 Apr 1917 Logan, Harrison Co.; s/o Louis E. Ripley, a Methodist minister (d. 1943) & Viola Carter (d. 1924); ss/o Mabel (McCrary) Ripley; family lived in Shenandoah, Page Co. & Emerson, Mills Co., moving to Des Moines in early 1940s; entered service 30 Dec 1940 from Shenandoah; m. Harriett Runge 1943 in Mason Co., TX; cenotaph in Farragut Cem., Fremont Co.
- unit unknown; d. 27 Sep 1946 in crash of Consolidated Catalina over water near Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa Co., FL; three died from crew of 10; BNR.
- b. 8 Jan 1910 Ottumwa, Wapello Co. s/o Edward M. Ruff & Minnie M. Hammes of Ottumwa; Grinnell College graduate; taught & coached in Villisca, Montgomery Co. & Atlantic, Cass Co. before moving to Lincoln High School, Des Moines; m. Marion Ellis 1939 at Maquoketa, Jackson Co.; entered service 23 Aug 1943 at Des Moines w/ Ottumwa listed as permanent address; bur. Ottumwa Cem.
- Minesweeper USS Valor (AMc-108) Executive Officer, based at Eastern Sea Frontier, Newport, RI; d. 29 Jun 1944 at southern reaches of the Cape Cod Canal; Valor struck by destroyer escort USS Richard W. Suesens; nine of crew of 18 died; Battle of the Atlantic.
- b. 4 May 1921 Audubon, Audubon Co. s/o Jesus D. Santillan (d. 1943) & Antonia Rosales (d. 1944); entered service 1942 from Audubon.
- 339th Bomb. Sqdn., 96th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Snetterton Heath, SW of Norwich, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31113 ball turret gunner w/ pilot Harold R. Mott; d. 16 Dec 1943 over North Sea near Dutch coast; aircraft hit by fire from German fighter aircraft and engine fell off; engine fell on B-17F #42-30872 below; the two aircraft collided as they fell into the North Sea; both crews were lost; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 1 Aug 1917 Armstrong, Seneca Twp., Emmet Co.; s/o John E. Scully (d. 1932) & Anna M. Korrect (d. 1936); family moved to Webster Co. late 1920s; m. Vera M. Kness of Audubon Co. Jan 1938, three children; entered service 16 Feb 1944 from Audubon; service credited to Audubon Co.; bur. Corpus Christi Cem., Ft. Dodge, Webster Co.
- Co. B, 23rd Armored Inf. Bn., 7th Armored Div., III Corps, First Army, KIA 27 Mar 1945 near Oberbiel, W of Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany; one of six killed in combat with a German anti-tank team; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
- b. 28 Feb 1921 Leon, Decatur Co.; s/o Jessie J. Spicer & Estella J. "Essie" Bennett; family moved to Shenandoah, Page Co. in early 1920s & to Clarinda, Page Co. in late 1920s; entered service 16 Feb 1942 from Clarinda; bur. Clarinda Cem.
- Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 6th Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 26 Jan 1943 Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; South & Southwest Pacific > Solomon Is., Guadalcanal.
- b. 13 Apr 1918 Sioux City, Woodbury Co. s/o Alfred L. Sturges & Beatrice F. Howard; family moved to rural Mapleton, Monona Co. 1943; entered service 24 Dec 1941 from Sioux City; m. Margaret R. Kieffer 1942 in Connecticut.
- Submarine USS Scorpion (SS-278); KIA Feb 1944 east China Sea, probably near entrance to Yellow Sea from a Japanese naval mine; no survivors, no information in Japanese naval records; Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force; BNR.
- b. 22 Jul 1920 rural Grant, Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Seymour L. Taylor & Lenora M. Towne; lifelong rural Grant resident; entered service at Omaha 7 Jun 1942; service credited to unknown county; cenotaph in Grant Cemetery.
- 373rd Bomb. Sqdn., 308th Bomb. Gp., Fourteenth Air Force; squadron based apart from rest of group at Luliang Airfield, Yunnan, China; Consolidated B-24L Liberator #44-41448 pilot; KIA 11 Feb 1945; during raid against Japanese shipping in the Tonkin Gulf off French Indo-China, the aircraft developed a fuel tank leak & #3 engine fire (the one survivor reported hit by anti-aircraft fire); plane lost altitude & crew bailed out near Kai-Bo Is. E of Hanoi; one survivor from crew of eleven; China-Burma-India > China, 1941-45; BNR.
- b. 21 Nov 1918 Chariton, Lucas Co.; s/o Arthur V. Vickroy & Marie L. Bridges; family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. late 1920s, to Sioux Falls, SD late 1930s, & returned to Red Oak by late 1940s; entered service 13 Jul 1942 from Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. A, 355th Inf. Regt., 89th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 28 Mar 1945; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
- b. 27 Jan 1913 Exira, Audubon Co. s/o Jacob F. Wahlert Jr. (d. 1934) & Augusta E. Bartelt; m. Jane Olsen of Audubon Co. Mar 1942; bur. Exira Cem.
- nothing known of military service; d. 23 Aug 1942 in hospital Co. Bluffs; he & wife injured in motorcycle accident 22 Aug. 6 miles E of Co. Bluffs; she d. 25 Aug.
- b. 7 Mar 1921 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o William Walker (d. 1940) & Irene Shipley; entered service 5 Sep 1942 from Glenwood, service credited to Douglas Co., NE.
- Bn. Headquarters, 445th Signal Construction Bn., Aviation (colored); DNB 19 Oct 1944 in Burma or India; passenger on Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota flight from Myitkyina, Burma to Ledo, Assam, India; plane disappeared after requesting a heading to Ledo; China-Burma-India > Crossing the Hump; BNR.
- b. 30 Sep 1924 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o William D. Welch & Clara E. Shelley of Audubon Co.; entered service 18 Jun 1943 from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Co. C, 359th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 28 Sep 1944 near Metz, Lorraine, France; Battle of Metz - The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Alsace 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army.
- b. 10 Jul 1923 Kimballton, Audubon Co.; s/o Robert H. Wells & Anna Larsen of Exira, Audubon Co., entered service 10 Feb 1943 from Exira; bur. Exira Cem.
- 105th Inf. Regt., 27th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Tenth Army; KIA 26 Apr 1945 Shuri Line, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Battles of the Shuri Line - Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.
- b. 22 Aug 1925 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Samuel M. Winkel & June E. Kelley; entered service at an unknown date from Audubon; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- Hq. & Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Division; KIA 16 Sep 1944 Peleliu Is., Palau Is.; Battle of Peleliu - Central Pacific > Palau Is.
- Notes: In WWII, each Marine Corps division included an artillery regiment. The 11th Marine Regiment was the artillery regiment for the 1st Marine Division.
- b. 2 Feb 1920 Woodbine, Harrison Co.l s/o Elmer J. Wood & Anna S. Carr (d. 1937); moved to Minnesota abt 1940; service credited to Renville Co., MN; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
- 349th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 8 Oct 1944 Italy; The MTO > Italy > Northern Apennines.
- b. 8 Apr 1910 Mondamin, Harrison Co.; s/o Elmer J. Wood & Anna S. Carr (d. 1937); entered service Sep 1942 from Rt. 1, Pisgah, Harrison Co.; serviced credited to Valley Co., ID; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
- First Special Services Force; KIA 23 May 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy; The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
- b. 14 Feb 1926 rural Brayton, Exira Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Leroy E "Roy" Young & Ellen E. Jones; entered service 10 Sep 1943 from Rt. 1, Brayton; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy France.
- 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Jul 1944 SE of St. Lo, Normandy; The ETO > Liberation > Operation Cobra.
- b. 13 Dec 1919 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o George J. Zaiger & Ethel R. Templeman; gs/o John Zaiger & Elizabeth Dreher; George Zaiger family moved to Audubon town 1940s; entered service Aug 1941 from Audubon.
- Heavy Cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, N of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; San Francisco hit by multiple Japanese shells, ~100 died; First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War; BNR.
- b. 13 Jan 1925 Kennard, Washington Co., NE; s/o Christian F. Zaiger & Anna M. Jensen who were b. Audubon & Shelby Cos. respectively; gs/o John Zaiger & Elizabeth Dreher; Christian Zaiger family lived in rural Audubon Co. 1935, in Yamhill Co., OR 1940; & in Washington Co., OR 1942; entered service from Washington Co., OR 16 Sep 1943.
- 836th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97398 waist gunner w/ pilot Claude E. Gatlin Jr.; KIA 31 Dec 1944; aircraft disappeared after takeoff on mission to Hamburg, Germany, never seen in formation, presumed lost over North Sea; crew of nine lost; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.
Added August 2023, non-roster additions:
Veterans' deaths - served during WWII hostilities, released from service, died before 1950:
(vet.) Bruce, Floyd L., SN 37-694-432, US Army, Montgomery Co. (St. Paul's) ✔︎
(other) Buter, Glenn Paul, SN 321-91-43, US Naval Aviation, Harrison & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's) ✔︎
(vet.) Bruce, Floyd L., SN 37-694-432, US Army, Montgomery Co. (St. Paul's) ✔︎
- b. 15 Feb 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Robert J. Bruce & Bertha M. Haynes; m. Rita M. Cowley May 1934 in Red Oak, one child; entered service 4 Apr 1944 from Red Oak; sep. 11 Jun 1946; d. 6 Dec 1947 at Red Oak; coronary thrombosis.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- foreign service 13 Feb 1945 - 6 Jun 1946; Battery A., 659th Field Artillery Bn.; participated in Central Europe Campaign.
- b. 7 Jan 1926 Harlan, Shelby Co. s/o Morgan Arthur Camery Jr. & Evelyn F. Rold; entered service 22 May 1945 from Harlan; sep. 18 Oct 1946; d. 21 Oct 1946 Oak Park, IL; hit by passenger train while approaching boarding location; bur. Harlan Cem.
- no foreign service; no other service information available.
- b. 10 Dec 1919 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Earl B. Doty & Mary L. "Ella" Coulthard; entered service 2 Dec 1942 from Missouri Valley; sep. 17 Nov 1945; m. Beryle C. Weston of Iowa; d. 25 Jan 1946 in hospital, Co. Bluffs; struck by falling tree along Boyer River near Woodbine; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley.
- foreign service Oct 1944 - Sep 1945; unit & location unknown.
- b. 26 Mar 1889 Co. Bluffs s/o Noah D. James & Martha E. Kelley; m. Ethel F. Britton Apr 1912, one child; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs w/ Iowa National Guard; sep 7 Sep 1944; d. 8 Jul 1946 Rockford, IL; coronary thrombosis; bur. Belvidere Cem., Boone Co., IL.
- WWI veteran who remained in the Iowa National Guard; commanded HQ Company, 34th Infantry Division in Co. Bluffs in the late 1920s; entered service 10 Feb 1941 w/ 109th Quartermaster Regt., Osceola; served in Quartermaster Corps at Hill Air Force Base, UT & Indianapolis, IN.
- b. 2 Aug 1899 Des Moines s/o Joseph E. Kernan Sr. & Beatrice L. Kelley; family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1910s; entered service 22 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 26 Jan 1943; m. Zola M. Puryear 1943; d. 31 Mar 1949 Co. Bluffs; cirrhosis of the liver; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- no foreign service; other service details unknown.
- b. 13 Oct 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co. s/o Jacob Erastus "Ras" Lang (d. 1934) & Daisy I. Patten; living in Omaha w/ sister Zola in early 1940s; entered service 14 Sep 1942; sep. 8 Jun 1945; d. Omaha 4 Jul 1946; heart attack; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- served with 3507th Army Air Force Base Unit, Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska.
- b. 17 Apr 1913 Iowa or Missouri, adopted by Herbert R. Lathrop & Nellie M. Spicer of rural Red Oak, Pilot Grove Twp., Montgomery Co. in 1923; entered service 20 Apr 1942 from rural Red Oak, reg. w/ Page Co. draft board; sep. 3 Aug 1943; parents lived near Neola, Pott. Co. by 1947; entered Knoxville, IA VA Hospital Oct 1944; d. 5 Jan 1947 in Knoxville VA Hospital; ulcerative and perforated intestine, also dementia praecox; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- during service remained stateside with an anti-aircraft unit.
- b. 1 Apr 1917 rural Marne, Clay Twp., Shelby Co. s/o James H. Philson Sr. & Cecile Lavere Sunderland; family moved to Harlan, Shelby Co. in late 1920s & parents moved to California in late 1930s; entered service 12 Mar 1941 from Harlan; sep. 26 Oct 1945; m. Norma I. Frerichs of Wall Lake, Sac Co. Feb 1947; d. 17 Dec 1947 at Methodist Hosp., Omaha; cancer of lungs & brain; bur. Harlan Cem.
- foreign service Feb 1943 - Mar 1945; served with motor pool of 22nd General Hospital.
- b. 22 Jul 1906 Fall River, Columbia Co., WI s/o Arthur W. Ranger (d. 1941) & Nina I. Garlick; m. Lona I. Cart Jun 1927 in Creston, Union Co., six children; entered service 13 Feb 1944 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; sep. 15 Dec 1944; d. 7 Dec 1946 in hospital, Omaha; poliomyelitis; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- no foreign service; details of service unknown.
- b. 21 Aug 1907 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Mortimer H. Rathbone (d. 1921) & Anna L. Muhs; m. Martha M. Holt Jun 1929 in Nodaway Co., MO; moved to Des Moines in early 1930s; entered service 20 Aug 1943 from Des Moines; sep. 21 Dec 1943 on certificate of disability; d. 12 Mar 1948 VA Hospital, Des Moines; nephritis; bur. Villisca Cem.
- no foreign service; 335th Military Police Escort & Guard Co.
- b. 30 Oct 1910 Cass Co. s/o Frederick D. Schrader & Malinda Drenner; entered service 9 Oct 1942 from Cumberland, Cass Co.; sep. 13 Nov 1945; bur. St. Johns UCC Cem., Lyman, Cass Co.
- foreign service Nov 1942 - Nov 1945; Medical Detachment, 21st Inf. Regt., 24th Inf. Div.; division served in Hollandia area of New Guinea, on Leyte, Philippines, & on Mindanao, Philippines; d. 20 Nov 1946 near Pomeroy, Calhoun Co.; coronary thrombosis while working on road construction.
- b. 5 Jan 1924 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Jesse L. Springer & Edna Martin; entered service 23 Apr 1943 from Red Oak at Arlington, CA, service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; sep. 2 Dec 1945; d. 14 Sep 1947 in hospital, Red Oak; skull fracture from auto accident in Emerson, Mills Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- foreign service Nov 1943 - Nov 1945; Co. C, 234th Engineer Bn., 1115 Engineer Grp., XIX Corps; participated in Operation Grenade, the Feb 1945 Roer River crossing in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- b. 4 Nov 1909 Lincoln Twp., Cass Co. s/o Joseph H. Trimmer & Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Hunter; family lived in or near Anita, Cass Co.; entered service 14 Dec 1942 from Anita; sep. 15 May 1945; d. 5 Feb 1948 Anita; cardiac dilation from myocarditis due to acute alcoholism; bur. Evergreen Cem., Anita.
- foreign service Dec 1943 - Oct 1944; served in Italy with 350th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div., Fifth Army.
- b. 24 Jun 1920 Mondamin, Harrison Co. s/o LeRoy Watts (d. 1944) & Geneva L. Hough; m. Darlene R. Baldwin Jun 1940 in Onawa, Monona Co., three children; entered service 23 Jun 1944 from Mondamin; sep. 17 Feb 1946; mechanic at Sears Roebuck in Omaha; d. 6 Dec 1948 Omaha; tire blew up fracturing skull & causing brain concussion; bur. Crescent Cem., Crescent, Pott. Co.
- foreign service Dec 1944 - Feb 1946; served in Pacific w/ Fleet Marine Force, perhaps with 2nd Marine Division; service on Tolland-class attack cargo ship USS Southampton (AKA-66).
- b. 28 Jul 1921 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o John T. Williams (d. 1930) & Maude E. Crockett; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak; sep. 23 Nov 1945; family moved to Portland, OR area 1946; d. 24 Sep 1947 in VA hospital, Vancouver, Clark Co., WA; d. from tuberculosis after one-year hospitalization; bur. River View Cem., Portland.
- foreign service Apr 1942- Nov 1945; served in Italy w/ Co. M, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.
- b. 15 Jan 1892 Davenport, Scott Co. s/o John C. Wright (d. 1905) & Jane "Jennie" Fulton of rural Marne, Brighton Twp., Cass Co.; m. Edna M. Jacobsen of Atlantic 1918, one child who died as an infant; moved from Atlantic to Omaha in 1920s & returned to Atlantic in late 1930s; entered service 4 Sep 1942; sep. 20 Feb 1943; d. 3 Jun 1943 in Atlantic from coronary occlusion; bur. Atlantic Cem.
- WWI veteran; in WWII served with Army Air Force HQ & HQ Sqdn.
(other) 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 after the official WWII period ended.
- 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 WII hostilities ended.
- 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 after the official WWII period ended.
Added 4 February 2023:
† Lawson, Herschal Vernon, SN 37-466-733, US Army, Montgomery Co.
- b. 14 Nov 2020 near Hamburg, Fremont Co. or Auburn, Nemaha Co., NE; s/o Vernon S. Lawson & Peggy E. A. Greenlee; entered service 15 Dec 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. A, Supply Bn., 14th Armored Div.; DNB 29 May 1943 Camp Chaffee Hosp., Bloomer, Sebastian Co., AR; vehicle accident w/ major spinal injuries.
- b. 28 Sep 1914 rural Elliott, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o John W. Lewis & Mary A. Wright; m. Desda R. Winterstein 1934, four children; entered service 7 Jun 1944 from Exira, Audubon Co., service credited to Audubon Co.; bur. Hillside Cem., Elliott.
- Co. E, 85th Mountain Inf. Regt., 10th Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Apr 1945 near Castel d’Aiano, 25 miles S of Bologna, Emilia-Romanga, Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.
- Notes: Killed during the Fifth Army breakout from the northern Apennine Mountains into the Po River Valley; Bob Dole of Kansas, also from the 85th Inf. Regt., was seriously injured the previous day.
- b. 29 Jul 1923 Atchison Co., MO; s/o Charles W. Wooten & Sadie M. Kingery of Atchison Co.; entered service 16 Nov 1942 from Atchison Co.; bur. Mt. Olive Cem., Fremont Co., IA.
- Co. B., 50th Armored Inf. Bn., 6th Armored Div., III Corps, Third Army; KIA ~ 26 Jan 1945 (official date 27 Jan) serving with Task Force Root near Weiswambach, extreme northern Luxembourg; head wound; The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.
Added 17 December 2022:
† Hemsted, John, SN 39-925-782, US Army, Cass Co. & Bannock Co., ID
- b. 20 Oct 1913 Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada; s/o Samuel B. Hemsted & Nellie I. Donnelly; Hemsted family moved from rural Griswold, Waveland Twp., Pott. Co. to Saskatchewan in 1910 & returned to rural Griswold, Pleasant Twp., Cass Co. abt. 1925; m. Mildred M. Watson 1934, two children; moved to Pocatello, Bannock Co., ID in late 1930s; entered service unknown date; bur. Atlantic Cem., Cass Co.
- Co. C, 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 3 Feb 1945 in Monschau Forest between Monschau & Gemünd, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > First US Effort.
- b. 20 Jun 1920 Warsaw, Benton Co., MO; s/o Grant Platt & Columbia M. Kidwell; family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in 1928; m. Dorothy M. Lantz, one child; entered service 28 Apr 1942 from Rt. 1, Red Oak; bur. Ardennes American Cem., Liege, Belgium.
- 67th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 6 Oct 1944, probably near Wurm River, N of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Aachen.
- b. 29 Jun 1909 rural Grant, Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Lars O. Larson & Rebecca Mae Irwin (d. 1942); Douglas Twp. resident through 1940; entered service 9 Oct 1942; bur. Luxembourg American Cem., E of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
- 737th Tank Bn., attached to 5th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 23 Feb. 1945 approaching Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
- b. 21 May 1919 Rantoul, Franklin Co., KS; s/o Earl A Gregg (d. 1921) & Effie F. Gregg; moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1930s; m. Frances M. Frank 1937 in Council Bluffs, one child; entered service 29 Oct 1943 from Red Oak; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, E of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.
- Co. A, 23rd Armored Inf. Bn., 7th Armored Div., Ninth Army, attached to British VIII Corps, British Second Army; KIA 28 Oct 1944 near Neerkant, E of Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands; The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands 1944.
- b. 9 Jun 1919 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson & Althea Holmberg; entered service 8 May 1942 from Red Oak; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- 33rd Armored Inf. Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, Third Army; DNB 1 May 1945 in British hospital, Belgium; malnutrition & pneumonia; The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.
- b. 3 May 1914 SW of Red Oak, West Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o George V. Roach & Mary C. Borsdorf; entered service 3 Apr 1942 from Rt. 4, Red Oak; bur. St. Mary’s Cem., Red Oak.
- 358th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; WIA 23 Jul 1944 N of Periers & NW of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France; DOW 24 Jul 1944; The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944.
- b. 11 Feb 1913 rural Sheffield, Franklin Co.; s/o Frank J. Crook & Esther L. Leider; entered service 8 Feb 1941 from Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., service credited to Montgomery Co.; m. Mabel M. Hansen 1934, one child, div.; m. Eva Stoma 1942, one child; bur. Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, Provence, France.
- 146th Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 28 Aug 1944 Montelimar, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, southern France; The ETO > Liberation > Southern France.
- Service Notes: Posthumous Silver Star.
- b. 13 May 1922 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Ole A. Doggett & Elizabeth J. Houchin; entered service Oct 1942 from Red Oak; bur. Morton Mills Cem., S of Grant, Montgomery Co.
- 132nd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 8 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio, Italy; First Battle of Mt. Cassino - Italy > Cassino/the Gustav Line.
- b. 22 Jul 1920 SE of Clarinda, East River Twp., Page Co.; s/o Roswell R. Shrimpton & Martha A. Rhodes; family moved to Villisca, Montgomery Co. in early 1930s; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Villisca; married Betty J. Garey Jul 1941 in Nodaway Co., MO; bur. Villisca Cem.
- Transferred from 168th Inf. Regt. to 133rd Inf. Regt., both 34th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 1 Dec 1943 near Venafro, Molise, Italy; Italy > To the Gustav Line.
- b. 12 Oct 1920 Clarinda, Page Co.; s/o Harry N. Thompson & Bessie J. Meads; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Clarinda, service credited to Montgomery Co.; bur. Ardennes American Cem., Liege, Belgium.
- Anti-tank Co.,168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; POW 17 Feb 1943; DNB 22 Dec 1944 Stalag 3B, Fürstenberg am Oder, Brandenberg, Germany; POW from Battle of Sidi Bou Zid - North Africa > Tunisia.
Added 16 December 2022
† McGrew, Orville Festus, SN 37-111-085 or 37-111-095, US Army, Chickasaw & Montgomery Cos.
- b. 10 Apr 1918 Springfield, Brown Co., MN; s/o Orville F. McGrew & Flossie K. M. Jenkins; entered service 31 Dec 1941 from Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co.; bur. Manila American Cem., Leyte, Philippines.
- 126th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div.; KIA 5 Dec 1942, probably at Higgins Road Block, Sanandanda Track, Papua, New Guinea; Buna Campaign - South & SW Pacific > Southeast New Guinea.
- b. 14 Nov 2020 near Hamburg, Fremont Co. or Auburn, Nemaha Co., NE; s/o Vernon S. Lawson & Peggy E. A. Greenlee; entered service 15 Dec 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. A, Supply Bn., 14th Armored Div.; DNB 29 May 1943 Camp Chaffee Hosp., Bloomer, Sebastian Co., AR; vehicle accident w/ major spinal injuries.
- b. 6 Jun 1916 N of Red Oak, Sherman Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harvey D. Kennedy & Claudia G. Archer; entered service 5 Jun 1942 from Red Oak; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- Co. H, 321st Inf. Regt., 81st Inf. Div.; DNB 3 Mar 1943 at Camp Rucker, Dale Co., AL; cause unknown.
- b. 21 Nov 1921 Hopkins, Nodaway Co., MO; s/o Joseph W. Sobbing & Myrtle M. Ridenour; family moved to Ross Twp., Taylor Co. in early 1920s, returned to Nodaway Co. in early 1930s, and then moved to Emerson, Mills Co. in 1941; entered service 16 Jul 1942 from Rt. 3, Shenandoah; m. Arlene M. Walborn Jul 1945 in Lebanon Co., PA; separated from service 6 Nov 1945; moved to Emerson after separation; bur. Shearer Cem., Braddyville, Page Co.
- Co. M, 377th Inf. Regt., 95th Inf. Div., Third & Ninth Armies, ETO; d. 21 Aug 1948 in hospital, Red Oak from traffic accident that also claimed his father’s life.
- b. 23 Jan 1923 Lincoln Twp., NW of Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson & Althea Holmberg; entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Red Oak; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
- 835th Bomb Sqdn., 486th Bomb. Gp, based at Davis-Monthan Army Air Base, Tucson, AZ; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-52756 crew member; DNB 18 Feb 1944 NE of Phoenix near Rio Verde, AZ; aircraft #42-52756 & #42-41159 collided and locked wings on a training flight shortly before deployment to the European theater; all 17 men on the two planes died.
- b. 12 Aug 1921 Talmage, Otoe Co., NE; s/o Theodore M. Thompson & Lucille M. Kreimer; family moved to Howard Co. in early 1930s; m. Charlotte V. Hannibal 1943 in Boise, ID; bur. in Lars Hannibal plot, Oak Ridge Cem., Dannebrog, Howard Co.
- Combat Crew Training Sqdn., 332nd Base Unit, Lake Charles Army Airfield, LA; Martin TB-26C Marauder #41-35129 pilot; DNB 16 Oct 1944 Lake Charles Army Hospital, Calcasieu Parish, LA; aircraft had engine failure and crashed after takeoff; all six dead.
- Family Notes: Kenneth Thompson’s wife was my mother’s second cousin.
Added 15 December 2022:
† Hale, Donald Max, SN O-764659, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
- b. 5 Mar 1921 rural Villisca, Douglas Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Francis P. Hale & Ethel M. Garrison; family moved to Montgomery Co. in early 1920s and to Villisca in early 1930s; entered service 23 Sep 1942 from Minneapolis, MN, service credited to Montgomery Co.; bur. Villisca Cem.
- Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107133 co-pilot w/ pilot Dennis E. Lence; DNB 18 May 1944 near New Underwood, seven miles E of Rapid City Army Air Force Base; in a formation of B-17s organizing for a flight eastward towards the European Theater, aircraft nose dived into the ground from a height of around 2,000 feet with cause unknown; ten on board all killed.
- b. 19 Mar 1923 York, York Co., NE; s/o Harlan F. Broman & Pearl E. Cox; family moved to Los Angeles Co., CA in late 1930s; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; bur. Grandview Cem., Glendale, CA.
- 709th Bomb. Sqdn., 447th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based 15 miles NW of Ipswich at Rattlesdon, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6027 radio operator w/ pilot William C. Hoyer; KIA 29 Jun 1944 over Saxony, Germany; aircraft hit by flak S of Leipzig over the oil refinery target of Böhlen, exploded and crashed eight miles east of Altenburg; eight crew members died; bombardier & tail gunner survived; The ETO > ETO Air War.
- b. 19 Aug 1923 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Cecil O. Dutton & Ethel M. Billmeyer; entered service 14 Dec 1922 from Red Oak; cenotaph in Red Oak Cem.
- 351st Bomb. Sqdn., 301st Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Lucera, near Foggia, Apulia, Italy; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-8390 Garbage Cannie navigator w/ pilot Ralph W. Sommers; KIA 4 Apr 1945 over Adriatic Sea; aircraft hit by antiaircraft fire over target of Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia & ditched in Adriatic returning to base; crew of 10 exited plane; three swept off wing and drowned, seven rescued by Yugoslav partisans; The MTO > MTO Air War; BNR.