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                              bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Aa-Am, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 May 2025
​                           Part 1/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 10 "Aa-Am" 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, Crawford 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.

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About the Slapton Sands webpage header:
  • Alvin Eldred Aid, listed above, was among the approximately 749 Americans killed in the Slapton Sands disaster.  German e-boats attacked a poorly-defended US convoy approaching Slapton Sands in southwestern England for the Operation Tiger training exercise preparatory to the D-Day landing on Utah Beach. The M3 Sherman tank shown here went down with a US tank landing ship. The tank was recovered from underwater by Ken Small, a pubic-spirited Englishman/ and since 1984 has served as a memorial to this tragic event.