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​Part 1/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 28 "A" records
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† Adams, Paul, SN 316-35-93, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co. 

• b. 28 Mar 1917 Co. Bluffs; s/o Charles Adams & Angelina Pane of Co. Bluffs, both b. Calabria, Italy.
• entered service 13 Dec 1934 from Co. Bluffs; buried Holy Sepulchre Cem., Omaha.
• Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA; d. 11 Mar 1945, Seattle; murder/suicide, gassed while sleeping by domestic partner Vivien Breitner.

† Adams, Waldo Paul “Ted”, SN 37-121-373, US Army, Pott. Co.

• b. 14 Oct 1919 Elmo, Nodaway Co., MO; s/o Jordan H. Adams & Ollie M. Sloan, both b. Gentry Co., MO;  family moved to Co. Bluffs before 1925 and to California in 1943.
• married Ruth Mae French of Co. Bluffs Oct 1940 in Nodaway Co., MO.
• entered service 21 Apr 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• 134th Military Police Co.; DNB 4 Jan 1945, Naples, Italy, motorcycle accident.
• The MTO > MTO Comm. Zone.

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✡︎ Adler, Marvin Sanford, SN 724-60-92, US Navy, Bexar Co., TX & Pott. Co.

• b. 30 Dec 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Nathan Adler (b. Des Moines) & Goldie V. Cherniss (b. Co. Bluffs); family moved to San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX 1936.
• entered service Aug 1942 from San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adler, 491 E. French Pl., San Antonio, TX; buried Oak Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• Destroyer USS Anderson (DD 411), Task Group 77.2, Leyte Gulf, Philippines; WIA 1 Nov 1944; DOW 4 Nov 1944; kamikaze attack, 16 died.
• Philippines Liberated > Philippines Naval War.

† Agnew, Wayne Burton, SN 37-191-857, US Army, Adams Co.

• b. 6 Mar 1910 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Floyd L. Agnew (b. Carroll Co.) & Pearl E. McKisson (b. Livingston Co., MO); family settled in Adams Co. before 1910.
• married Ica Anna "Icy" Dixon of Adams Co. Nov 1934 in Nodaway Co., MO, divorced 1938; married Mary A. (Haley) Emmons of Adams Co. Dec 1942 in Clovis, NM.
• entered service 22 Apr 1942 from Nodaway, Adams Co.; service credited to Benton Co.; Benton Co. connection unknown; buried Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, Provence, France.
• 713rd Railway Operating Bn.; DNB 5 Dec 1944 Miramas, NW of Marseille, France; accidental gunshot.
• The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone.

† Ahrenkiel, Wayne, SN 37-656-532, US Army, Shelby Co.

• b. 16 Jun 1924 Melville Twp., east of Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Sam Ahrenkiel (b. Shelby Co.) & Jessie Justesen (b. Cass Co.); family lived in Cass and Audubon Cos., moving to Elk Horn, Shelby Co. in late 1930s and to the Clio, Wayne Co. area in the 1940s.
• entered service 19 Jan 1943 from Rt. 1, Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph with brother's grave Clio Cem., Clio, Wayne Co.
• 24th Reconnaisance Sqdn., 24th Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Feb 1945 Luzon, Philippines.
• Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Aid, Alvin Eldred, SN 37-503-126, US Army, Page & Taylor Cos.

• b. 6 Feb 1923 New Market, Taylor Co.; s/o Roy S. Aid (b. Taylor Co.) & Wilma B. Norman (b. Page Co.); family moved from Dallas Twp., Taylor Co. to Nodaway Co., MO in late 1930s & to Clarinda, Page Co. in early 1940s. 
• married Geraldine M. Perry 1941.
• entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England; cenotaph Memory Cem., rural New Market, Page Co.
• ​3206th Quartermaster Service Co., based at St. Anthony, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England; KIA 28 Apr 1944 off Slapton Sands, Devon, England; on Landing Ship Tank LST-531 which was sunk by German E-boats.
•  Operation Tiger - The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone.
• Notes: Around 749 US servicemen died when German E-Boats attacked eight LSTs approaching Slapton Sands for a training exercise. LSTs 507 and 531 were sunk.

† Alff, John Fredrick, SN 37-118-084, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos. 

• b. 26 Mar 1914 SE of Hancock, Lincoln Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Herman F. Alff  (b. Germany) & Amelia K. Brockman (b. Pott. Co.).
• entered service 17 Mar 1942 from Anita, Cass Co. at Des Moines; service credited to Cass Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing at the North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
• 436 Coast Artillery Bn.; on troop transport USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42); KIA 12 Nov 1942 Fedala Roads, off Casablanca, Morocco; Bliss sunk by German submarine U-130, 31 died, 204 survived.
• The MTO > North Africa > Operation Torch.

† Alley, Guy Hersell, SN 37-267-605, US Army, Mills Co.

• b. 21 Jan 1922 rural Tabor, Rawles Twp., Mills Co.; s/o Fred M. Alley & Erville M. Stewart, both b. Mills Co.; family lived in Lyons Twp., Mills Co., south of Glenwood.
• entered service 12 Oct 1942 from Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Glenwood Cem.
• 382nd Inf. Regt., 96th Inf. Div.; KIA 9 Nov 1944 west of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
• Philippines Liberated > Leyte.

† Allstot, Max Vernon, SN 621-05-54, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.

• b. 10 Apr/May 1922 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Guy W. Allstot & Undine Fish, both b. Shelby Co.
• married Ila M. Pearson of Denison, Crawford Co. Dec 1941 in Fremont, Dodge Co., NE, two children.
• entered service 15 Sep 1942 from Denison, Crawford Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Ila Mae Allstot, 1203 4th Ave., Denison, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph St. Rose of Lima Cem., Denison, Shelby Co.
• Cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28); KIA 6 Jan 1945, Louisville damaged by kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, 42 died.
• Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† Alter, Earl Carlton, SN O-157398, US Naval Aviation, Harrison Co.

• b. 13 May 1921 Persia, Harrison Co.; s/o Franklin L. Alter (b. Persia, Harrison Co.) & Alma Tinker (b. Monona Co.).
• married Mary E. Fahrenkrog of Persia, Harrison Co. and Avoca, Pott. Co. Nov 1942 in Co. Bluffs.
•  entered service 26 Mar 1942 at Kansas City, MO; next of kin wife, Mrs. Mary E. Alter, Avoca, IA; group burial Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
• Naval Air Patrol Sqdn. VP-52, Fleet Wing #4; based at Adak NAS, Aleutian Is., Alaska Territory; Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 07271 co-pilot; DNB 18 May 1943 Aleutian Is.; aircraft lost on patrol, all ten died; wreckage & six bodies recovered.
• North Pacific > Alaska.

​† Andersen, Edwin Pershing, SN 38-050-262, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Harris Co., TX.

• ​b. 11 Oct 1917 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Jens J. Andersen (b. Denmark) & Martha Nelsina Madsen (b. Pott. Co.); family moved to Decatur Co. in early 1920s and to Audubon in 1927.
• Edwin moved to Houston, Harris Co., TX in late 1930s where he was a salesman for Iowa's Garst and Thomas seed corn company.
•  enlisted 20 Oct 1940 at Houston, Haris Co., TX; service credited to Harris Co., TX; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co., IA.
• 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 died.
• The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Andersen, Eugene Phillip, SN 648-40-43, US Navy, Pott. Co.

• b. 21 Jul 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Alfred Andersen (b. Pott. Co.) & Nellie M. Babcock (b. Webster Co.).
• entered service 29 Jun 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Andersen, 3329 2nd Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• Landing Ship Tank LST-3; KIA 6 Aug 1943 off north coast of Sicily, between Palermo & San Stefano; LST-3 damaged by German bomber.
• Operation Husky - The MTO > MTO Sea War.

† Anderson, Edward Franklin, SN 621-91-60, US Navy, Monona & Woodbury Cos.

• b. 8 Jun 1926 rural Whiting, Ashton Twp., Monona Co. s/o Charles E.  "Charley" Anderson (b. Sarpy Co., NE) & Edna Nelson (b. Woodbury Co., d. 1934); parents divorced 1928; raised by grandparents James W. Nelson (d. 1943) & Harriet E. Jones (d. 1940) of Woodbury Co. and by sister.
• entered service 1 Jul 1943 from Mapleton, Monona Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Charley Anderson, Mapleton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
• Submarine S-28 (SS-133); DNB 4 Jul 1944 off Oahu, Hawaii Territory; S-28 disappeared after submerging during a training exercise.
• Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

† Anderson, Elmer Dean, SN O-75023, US Navy, Montgomery Co.

• b. 15 Nov 1911 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Elmer N. Anderson & Elsie L. Wieland, both b. Montgomery Co.
• entered service Jun 1935 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; next of kin father, Mr. E. N. Anderson, Rt. 3, Red Oak, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
• Destroyer USS Truxtun (DD-229); DNB 18 Feb 1942 Placentia Bay, near Argentia, Newfoundland; Truxtun & supply ship USS Pollux (AKS-2) lost on rocks in winter storm while on convoy duty returning from Reykjavik, Iceland; 110 died from Truxtun & 99 died from Pollux, 186 survived.
• WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic.
• Notes: 1945 US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

​† Anderson, Harold Martin, SN 37-037-894, US Army, Shelby Co.

• b. 12 Jun 1918 near Tennant, Shelby Co.; s/o Martin L. Andersen & Johanna Jensen, both b. Denmark; family moved to Center Twp. near Harlan in late 1920s.
• entered service 8 May 1941 from Center Twp., Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
• 200th Coast Artillery Regt. (actually an anti-aircraft unit  armed with 3" 75mm guns & 50 caliber machine guns); stationed at Fort Stotsenburg north of Manila, Luzon, Philippines to protect nearby Clark Army Air Base; POW captured with the fall of the Bataan Peninsula; DNB 7 May 1942 at Camp O'Donnell, north of Manila, Luzon; dysentery.
• Japan Ascendant > The Philippines Lost.

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† Anderson, James Marshall Jr., SN 0-667-227, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

• b. 10 Nov 1918 Sterling, Logan Co., CO; s/o James M. Anderson Sr. & Mary E. Harris (d. 1945), both b. Colorado; family moved to Mills Co. in early 1920s.
• married Virginia L. Noel  of Macedonia, Pott. Co. Apr 1941 at Fremont, Dodge Co., NE, both employees at Glenwood State School, Mills Co., one child.
• entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Glenwood State School, Mills Co; service credited to unknown county; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
• 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 with 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.
• Air Force War with Japan > Twentieth Air Force.

† Anderson, Leon Edward, SN 37-128-873, US Army, Cass Co.

• b. 13 Aug 1920 rural Eckley, Yuma Co., CO; s/o Samuel Edward Anderson (b. Audubon Co.) and Elva May Gardner (b. Caldwell Co., MO); family moved to Grant Twp., Cass Co. in early 1930s.
• entered service 26 Jun 1942 from rural Anita, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Anita.
• Co. K, 378th Inf. Regt., 95th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 18 Nov 1944 Metz, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France. 
• Battle of Metz - The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Third Army.

​​† Anderson, Myron Bernell, SN 37-663-577, US Army, Clayton Co.

• b. 26 Apr 1914 near Gunder, Clayton Co.; s/o Chris J. Anderson & Rosina S. Mork, both b. Clayton Co.
• married Aldora B. Loftsgard of Clayton Co. Jun 1941 in Gunder, Clayton Co., one child.
• entered service 2 Mar 1943 from Postville, Clayton Co.; service credited to Audubon Co., unknown Audubon Co. connection; buried Marion Lutheran Cem., Gunder.
• Antitank Co., 424th Inf. Regt., 106th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; FOD/KIA 16 Dec 1944 near Winterspelt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins.

​† Anderson, Robert Arthur, SN 620-60-66, US Naval Aviation, Boone Co.

• b. 5 Mar 1924 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Fred Thorbjorn Anderson (b. Norway) & Roberta Belle Gould (b. Crawford Co.); family moved to Boone, Boone Co. later in 1924.
• entered service 9 Jun 1942 from Boone, Boone Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Anderson, 1628 Green St., Boone, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI; cenotaph Palestine Cem., Huxley, Story Co., lA.
• Torpedo Sqdn. VT 31, Carrier Air Gp. 31, on USS Cabot (CVL-28); Grumman TBF Avenger gunner with 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 - Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† Anderson, Roy Hayward, SN 37-111-081, US Army, Cass County.

• b. 5 Jan 1917 Brighton Twp., NW Cass Co.; s/o August C. Anderson Jr. (b. Cass Co.) & Lizzie Christensen (b. Audubon Co.); family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co. in late 1920s.
• married Frances L. Hays of Atlantic, Cass Co., one child.
• entered service 31 Dec 1941 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
• Co. I, 126nd Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div.; KIA 27 Dec 1942 shrapnel from mortar on Saputa-Sanananda Track, Papua, New Guinea.
• Buna Campaign - South & SW Pacific > SE New Guinea.

† Anderson, Virgil Wendell, SN T-003-902, US Army Air Force, Buena Vista Co.

• b. 19 Mar 1923 Alta, Buena Vista Co.; s/o Johannes P. Anderson (d. 1934) & Margaret H. Hanson, both b. Buena Vista Co.
• married Arlene Marie Degner of Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co. Dec 1942 in Des Moines.
• entered service 2 Dec 1942 from Des Moines; service credited to Pott. Co., unknown Pott. Co. connection; buried Elk Cem., Alta, Buena Vista Co.
• 95th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 440th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Chateaudun, NW of Orleans, France; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #42-100906 co-pilot; KIA 27 Dec 1944 near St. Hubert, west of Bastogne, Belgium; flak downed aircraft during glider tow mission carrying supplies to Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; three died, two survived.
• The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.

† Anderson, William Riley, SN 37-483-559, US Army, Pott. Co.

• b. 4 May 1924 Co. Bluffs; s/o William E. Anderson (b. Lawrence Co., MO) & Bernice C. Eledge (b. Co. Bluffs).
• entered service 13 Jul 1943 from Rt. 4, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• Co. F, 350th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; WIA 28 May 1944 SE of Rome, near Roccagorca, Lazio, Italy, DOW 28 May 1944.
• The MTO > Italy > Cassino to Rome.

† Arkfeld, Francis Felix, SN 621-46-99, US Navy, Shelby Co.

• b. 30 Aug 1922 Panama, Shelby Co.; s/o John J. Arkfeld & Mary B. Keane, both b. Shelby Co.
• entered service 6 Nov 1942 from Panama, Shelby Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Arkfeld, Rt. 1, Panama, IA; body not recovered; memorized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France; cenotaph St. Marys Cem., Panama.
• Landing Craft Tank LCT-486; KIA 7 Jun 1944, craft sunk by a mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France.
• The ETO > ETO Sea War.

† Armentrout, Russell Marion, SN 37-656-533, US Army, Shelby Co.

• b. 19 Sep 1917 at Botna, Shelby Co.; s/o Marion Armentrout & Nettie Mockler, both b. Shelby Co.
• married Bonnie Mae Nelson of Harlan, Shelby Co. Mar 1941 in Harlan, two children.
• entered service 19 Jan 1943 from Harlan, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem.
• Troop C, 12th Cavalry Regt., 1st Cavalry Div.; KIA 20 Mar 1944 on Los Negros Is., Admiralty Is., SW Pacific.
• Operation Cartwheel - South & SW Pacific > Bismarck Archipelago.

† Armstrong, Kenneth Burton, SN 37-735-072, US Army, Harrison Co.

• b. 4 Oct 1923 Sioux Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Bert A. Armstrong (b. Chase Co., KS) & Viola M. Devenport (b. LaSalle Co., IL); family lived in several locations in Monona & Harrison Cos. and Kansas.
• married Margaret E. Hinkel of Monona Co. Nov 1942 in South Sioux City, Dakota Co., NE, two children.
• entered service 20 Jun 1944 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Soldier Valley Cem., Pisgah, Harrison Co.
• Co. F, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Feb 1945 Luxembourg, near German Border, at Sauer River NW of Wallendorf, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.

† Ash, Lawrence Edward, SN 37-691-207, US Army, Marshall Co.

• b. 11 Jun 1921 Le Grand, Marshall Co.; s/o Austin A. Ash (b. Columbia Co., PA) & Nancy Elna Granger (b. Monona Co.).
• married Ida M. Butts Jun 1943 in Marshall Co.
• entered service 24 Feb 1944 from Rt. 2, Marshalltown, Marshall Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co., unknown Montgomery Co. connection; buried Rock Valley Cem., Le Grand, Marshall Co.
• Co. E, 28th Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div.; KIA 6 Dec 1944 near Vossenack, HürtgenWald, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.

† Ash, Mickiel Daniel, SN 37-196-388, US Army, Pott & Polk Cos.

• b. 26 Dec 1913 Cass Co., NE; s/o James H. Ash (b. Walworth Co., WI; d. 1921) & Catherine Bourke (b. Boone Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s, and then to Los Angeles Co., CA in the early 1940s.
• lived in Des Moines in 1940; married Elizabeth Caroline “Bessie” Jamell of Marshalltown, Marshall Co. Sep 1941 in Des Moines, one child.
• entered service 23 May 1942 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
• 347th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 20 Dec 1944 near German border at Obergailbach, east of Sarreguemines, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
• The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Third Army.

† Aultz, Dorsey Everet, SN 37-189-141, US Army, Pott. Co.

• b. 8 Nov 1910 Custer, Custer Co., OK; s/o William C. Aultz (b. Mifflin Co., PA; d. 1943) & Lucy S. White (b. New York; d. 1929).
• living with brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Gladys Ludwig, in Sarpy Co., NE in 1930; farm hand for Mrs. Fred Zoeller in rural Oakland, James Twp., Pott. Co. in 1940.
• entered service 24 Mar 1942 from Rt. 2, Oakland, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Laurel Hill Cem., Omaha.
• Co. I, 359th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div.; KIA 13 Jun 1944 near Picauville, SW of St. Mere Eglise, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
•  The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, June 1944.

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