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  • WWII dead found in the 1946 US Navy Dept. list of Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard WWII Iowa dead from Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Fremont & Page Counties.

† Bartlett, Raymond Edward, SN 375-166, US Marine Corps, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 19 Dec 1913 East Boyer Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o William Cook Bartlett & Lena Marie Bohnker.
  • entered service 7 Apr 1942 from Denison, Crawford Co.; next of kin nother, Mrs. Lena M. Bartlett, 1811 Third Avenue, North Denison, Iowa; buried Vail Cem., Crawford Co.
  • Co. C, 1st Bn., 24th Marine Regt., 4th Marine Div.; KIA Saipan, Mariana Is. 17 Jun 1944.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Saipan
† Black, Isaac Albert, SN 316-59-87, US Navy, Fremont or Page Co. (WWII-BlackIsaacAlbert)
  • b. 19 Apr 1921 Sidney, Fremont Co.; s/o Isaac Allen Black & Ella Marie "Godwin"; family lived in Shenandoah, Page Co., moving to Omaha in the late 1920s and returning to Shenandoah in the early 1930s.
  • next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Allen Black, 917 W. Sheridan, Shenandoah, Iowa.
  • heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), the US Asiatic Fleet flagship; KIA 1 Mar 1942, Battle of Sunda Strait, between Java & Sumatra, Netherlands Indies; Houston sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes; 793 died.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Netherlands Indies Lost @ sinking of USS Houston
† Carstens, Lawrence Conrad, SN 859-20-66, US Navy, Monona or Crawford Co. (WWII-CarstensLawrenceConrad)
  • b. 24 Sep 1922 Charter Oak, Crawford Co.; s/o Conrad Henry Carstens & Ellen Grace Aronson.
  • next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Carstens, Rt. 2, Ute, Iowa.
  • aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), Task Force 58.2, engaged in air strikes off the Japanese home islands; KIA 19 Mar 1945 70 miles off Shikoku, Japan; Franklin hit by two bombs; 807 dead, Franklin survived.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ air attack on USS Franklin
​​† Christiansen, Albert Glyde, SN 562-70-71, US Navy, Woodbury & Monona Cos. (WWII-ChristiansenAlbertGlyde)
  • b. 2 Jan 1922 Castana, Monona Co.; s/o Albert Christiansen & Cora May Clingenpeel.
  • entered service Aug 1942 from Smithland, Woodbury Co.; body not recovered; next of kin father, Mr. Albert Christensen, Smithland, Iowa.​
† Clark, Darwin Lawrence, SN xxx, US Naval Aviation, Monona Co. (WWII-ClarkDarwinL)
  • b. 13 Nov 1921 Rodney, Monona Co.; s/o Lawrence Rex Clark & Leone Thelma Rasmussen (d. Apr 1942).
  • body not recovered.
† Crowell, Rex Delos, SN xxx, US Navy, Monona Co. (WWII-CrowellRexDelos)
  • b. 9 Dec 1921; s/o Delos Byron Crowell & June Catherine Hindman.
  • body not recovered; next of kin father, Mr. Dolos B. Crowell, 5879 Rose St., Long Beach, Calif.
† Dickson, Keith Romaine, SN 560-437, US Marine Corps, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 28 Oct 1926 Glidden, Carroll Co.; s/o Ernest Albert Dickson & Ella Fern Cross.
  • entered service Mar 1944; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Dickson, Gen. Del., Glidden, Iowa; buried West Lawn Cem., Glidden, Carroll Co.
  • 4th Marine Division; WIA Apr 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan; DOW Iwo Jima.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Iwo Jima
† Dinwiddie, William, SN xxx, US Naval Aviation, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
† Gowey, Claude Olliver, SN xxx, US Navy, Monona Co. & Oregon (no database yet)
  • ​possibly killed on USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.
† Gries, Richard Charles, SN 958-12-25, US Navy, Monona Co. (WWII-GriesRichardCharles)
  • b. 27 Nov 1922 Lemmon, Perkins Co., SD; s/o Charles Albert Gries & Selma M. Schrader; family moved to Grant Twp., Monona Co. in late 1920s.
  • married Pearl Louise Maitz Mar 1942 in Onawa, Monona Co.
  • next of kin wife, Mrs. Pearl Louise Gries, Grant Center, Iowa.
  • heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35); KIA 30 Jul 1945 in the Philippine Sea en route from Guam to Leyte; Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine I-58; 879 died, 316 survived.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ sinking of USS Indianapolis
† Griswold, Donald Thomas Jr., SN O-104-218; US Naval Aviation, Page Co. (WWII-GriswoldDonT)
  • b. 8 Jul 1917 Bryan, Brazos or Wise Co., TX; s/o Donald Thomas Griswold Sr. (b. Montrose, Lee Co.) & Margaret North (b. Yoakum, DeWitt Co., TX); family moved from Texas to Clarinda, Page Co. in 1922; father was county agent in Page Co.
  • 1941 Iowa State University graduate.
  • entered service 24 Feb 1941; next of kin father, Mr. Don Griswold, Clarinda, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Pacific American Cem., Honolulu, Oahu, HI; cenotaph Clarinda Cem.
  • Scout Bombing Sqdn. VS-8, aircraft carrier USS Hornet; KIA 6 Jun 1942 during Battle of Midway while attacking Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
  • Notes: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross; namesake destroyer escort USS Griswold (DE-7) was in service from 1943 to 1945.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Overreaches > Battle of Midway.
† Hayhurst, Maynard, SN xxx, US Marine Corps, Monona Co. (WWII-HayhurstMaynard)
  • b. 6 May 1919 Baleton, MN; s/o ... Hayhurst & Nancy ...
  • married 5 Apr 1941 Frankfort, IL
  • ​Iwo Jima
† Holmes, Donald Royce, SN xxx, US Naval Aviation, Monona Co. (WWII-HolmesDonaldRoyce)
  • b. 9 Jun 1923 Monona Co.; s/o John Whiting Holmes & Gladys Marvel Jennewein.
† Jensen, Chris Alstrum, SN 860-18-63, US Navy, Woodbury Co. (WWII-JensenChrisAlstrum)
  • b. 5 Dec 1907 Ute, Monona Co.; s/o Jacob Jensen & Catherine Anderson.
  • USS Indianapolis
† Kellogg, Wilbur Leroy, SN xxx, US Navy, Page Co. (WWII-KelloggWilburLeroy)
  • b. 17 Dec 1918 Trinchera, Los Animas Co.; s/o Walter Leroy Kellogg & Dora Annabelle Davis (d. 1926); after mother's death, Wilber & siblings lived with maternal grandparents James & Mary Davis near Florence, Fremont Co., CO; father married Ruth Lucille Moore 1930 in Clarinda, Page Co.
  • enlisted in Denver from Florence, CO 3 Apr 1940; next of kin father, Mr. Walter Leroy Kellogg, Shenandoah, Iowa; body not recovered
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor @ sinking of USS Arizona
† Quick, Paul Mathies, SN 620-52-76, Page Co. (WWII-QuickPaulMathies)
  • b. 26 Jul 1916 Monroe, Jasper Co.; s/o Henry Clyde Quick & Maggie Fennema.
  • married Mary Eva Stealy Dec 1941 in Shenandoah, Page Co.
  • next of kin wife, Mrs. Mary Eva Quick, 108 E. Clarinda St., Shenandoah, Iowa. (new address: 225 W. Main St., c/o J. B. Griffin Co., Norfolk, Va); body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • minesweeper USS Sentinel (AM-113), Task Group 86.3; attacked and sunk by Germany aircraft off Licata, Sicily 10 Jul 1943; nine dead.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Naval War @ invasion of Sicily
† Rohwer, Richard James, SN 621-93-61, US Navy, Crawford Co. (WWII-RohwerRichardJames)
  • b. 25 Aug 1925 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Alfred C. Rohwer & Ella T. Stieren.
  • next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Rohwer, 26 No. 16th St., Denison, Iowa; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • destroyer USS Callaghan (DD-792);
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Naval Battle of Okinawa
† Tillis, Arnold Kelly Jr., SN 872-23-89, US Navy, Monona Co. (WWII-TillisArnoldKellyJr)
  • b. Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury Co.; s/o Arnold Kelly Tillis Sr. & Elsie Arnold.
  • next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kelly Tillis, Sr., Onawa, Iowa.
  • attack transport USS Alpine (APA-92); Tills WIA 18 Nov 1944 when Alpine struck by kamikaze while debarking troops off Leyte; five died, Alpine survived and retired to Manus, Admiralty Islands; Tillis DOW 24 Nov 1944.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Philippines Naval War
† Wibholm, Ole Christian Jr., SN 510-703, US Marine Corps, Page Co. (WWII-WibholmOleChristianJr)
  • b. 6 Oct 1917 Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark; s/o Ole Christian Wibholm Sr. & Katrine Jorgensen; family immigrated to Woodward, Dallas Co. about 1924 and moved to Clarinda, Montgomery Co. around 1932.
  • student at Iowa State College in Ames before entering service.
  • entered service 15 Dec 1942; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole C. Wibholm, Sr., 223 Mishna (sic, Nishna) St., Clarinda, Iowa; buried Clarinda Cem.
  • HQ Co., 2nd Bn., 8th Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; WIA 30 Jun 1944 Saipan, Mariana Islands; DOW 4 Jul 1944 Eniwetok, Marshall Islands.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Saipan

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  • WWII dead found in honorstates.org from Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills and Page counties:​
  • 12 have records in my St. Paul's database, four in a family database.
  • most were born in the Pottawattamie area, but moved before entering service in WWII. ​

​† Acker, Doyle Robert, SN O-1-297-295, US Army, Dodge Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 14 Aug 1915 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Frank E. Acker & Virginia Mildred Roberts; family moved to Nebraska before 1920.
  • married Edna Eileen Horn in 1936, three children.
  • service credited to Dodge Co., NE; buried Ridge Cem., Fremont, Dodge Co., NE. 
  • 121st Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Jul 1944 St.-Patrice-de-Claids, Manche Dept., Normandy, 25 miles NW of St. Lo, France.
  • Notes: posthumous Silver Star.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy, July 1944
  • honorstates: Montgomery Co. & Dodge Co., NE lists
​​† Anderson, James David, SN 950-555, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE (WWII-AndersonJamesDavid)
  • ​b. 28 Nov 1922 Oakland, Burt Co., NE; s/o David Anderson (b. Cuming Co., NE; d. 1922) & Florence A. Sanders (b. Burt Co., NE); mother married Axel William Anderson (b. Sweden) in 1926; family lived in Co. Bluffs, moving to rural Omaha in early 1940s.
  • Thomas Jefferson High School, Co. Bluffs graduate; farmhand in Cuming Co., NE before entering service.
  • entered service 14 Mar 1944; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel W. Anderson, 95th and Maple St., Omaha, Nebr; buried with parents & stepfather West Side Cem., Oakland, Burt Co., NE.
  • Co. I, 3rd Bn., 7th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Div.; KIA 19 Jun 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iowa Jima & Okinawa > Okinawa Land Battle
  • honorstates: Pott. Co. list; 
​† Anderson, Shird G., SN 13-034-732, US Army, Mercer Co., WV (WWII-AndersonShirdG)
  • b. 20 Apr 1920 Macedonia, Pott. Co.; s/o Jesse Monroe Anderson & Rosa Nicholson (b. North Carolina). 
  • living with stepfather, Jackson Crockett, and mother in Mercer Co., WV in 1940.
  • entered service 3 May 1941 at Roanoke, VA from Mercer Co., WV; service credited to Mercer Co.; buried Raleigh Natl. Cem., Raleigh, Wake Co., NC.
  • 19th Inf. Regt., 24th Inf. Div.; DNB 11 Oct 1942 Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii Territory.
  • honorstates: Pott. Co. list
† Ash, Merlin Thomas, SN 39-278-839, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 30 Jun 1922 Tennant, Shelby Co.; s/o Joseph T. Ash & Myrtle Mellerup.
  • body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
  • 752nd Bomb. Sqdn., 458th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; FOD/KIA 24 Sep 1944.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
  • honorstates: Shelby Co. list
† Brinkman, Eugene Henry, SN 915-625, US Marine Corps, Harrison Co. & Dodge Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 8 Jul 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Fredrick August Brinkman & Rose Shannon; family moved to Missouri Valley area, Harrison Co. late 1920s.
  • married Madeline Bell Dryden Apr 1940 in Logan, Harrison Co., two children, one died in infancy.
  • next of kin wife, Mrs. Madeline Brinkman, 341 W. Vine St., Fremont, Nebr; buried Memorial Cem., Fremont, Dodge Co., NE.
  • Co. G, 3rd Bn., 29th Marine Regt., 6th Marine Div.; KIA 29 May 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Okinawa Land Battle
  • honorstates: Harrison and Pott. Co. lists
​​† Chase, Charles Raymond, SN 20-708-038, US Army, St. Louis Co., MO (WWII-ChaseCharlesRaymond)
  • b. 2 Jan 1916 Co. Buffs; s/o Frank Chase & Catherine Higgins; family moved to St. Louis, MO in 1918.
  • d. 29 Dec 1941 Fort Ord, Monterey Co., CA; meningitis
  • honorstates: Pott. Co. list; from St. Louis Co., MO with Co. Bluffs connections
† Cullison, Shelby Jay, SN O-375-550, US Army, Shelby Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 23 May 1918 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Shelby McCabe Cullison (b. Harlan, Shelby Co.; d. 1925) & Myrtle Benedict (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.); family lived in Los Angeles, CA after father's death.
  • buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • DNB 28 Mar 1943
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
  • ​honorstates: Shelby Co. list
† Irish, Robert Clement, SN 321-52-29, US Navy, Mills & Woodbury Cos. (St Paul's)
  • b. 19 Mar 1921 Oak Twp., Mills Co.; s/o Claude Cleveland Irish & Ona Mae Kidder; family moved to rural Omaha around 1929 and to Salix, Woodbury Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service 26 Nov 1940; next of kin father, Mr. Claude C. Irish, Salix, Iowa.
  • buried St. Joseph Cem., Salix, Woodbury Co.
  • USS Nevada (BB-36); KIA 7 Dec 1941 Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor
  • honorstates: Mills Co. list
​† Jensen, Milo Nelson, SN T-128-007, US Army Air Force, Black Hawk Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 31 May 1919 Reinbeck, Grant Twp., Grundy Co.; s/o Jens Christian Jensen (b. Denmark) & Elsie Marie Nielsen (b. Denmark; d. 1941); family moved to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co. before 1925.
  • based at Majors Field, Greenville, NE of Dallas, TX; 
  • honorstates: Harrison Co. list
​† Palmer, Ray Allen, SN 37-231-237, US Army, Richardson Co., NE (WWII-PalmerRayAllen)
  • b. 20 Mar 1916 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o Walter Henry Palmer & Amelia Millie Snowden
  • entered service 13 Oct 1942; service credited to Richardson Co., NE; buried Rulo Cem., Rulo, Richardson Co.
  • Co. F, 128th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 4 Apr 1945
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon
  • honorstates: Cass Co. list
† Sharkey, Willard Campbell, SN O-662-731, US Army Air Force (St. Paul's)
  • b. 1 Jun 1917 Persia, Harrison Co.; s/o Joseph P. Sharkey & Daisy Campbell; family moved to Elgin, Antelope Co., NE
  • honorstates: Harrison Co. list
† Simunaci, Francis William, SN ?, US Navy, Otoe Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 21 Feb 1920 Atlantic, Cass Co.
  • next of kin wife, Mrs. Josephine Margia Simunaci, 615 Raymond St., New Castle, Pa.
  • submarine USS Corvina (SS-226)
† Simunaci, Anton Ambrose, served as Simmunaci, Tony A, SN 20-721-562, US Army, Otoe Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 11 Nov 1921 Atlantic, Cass Co.
  • entered service 1941 from Otoe Co., NE with Nebraska National Guard; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • Americal Division; KIA 22 Nov 1942 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
  • WWII Japan > Solomons > Guadalcanal
about Francis William and Anton Ambrose Simunaci:
  • sons of Anton Ambrose Simunaci (b. Croatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire) and Anna Olga Langenfeld (b. Westphalia, Shelby Co.); family lived in Carroll, Carroll Co. in 1927 and in Creston, Union Co. 1930–32, moving to Nebraska City, Otoe Co., NE in early 1930s and to Omaha in the early 1940s.
  • honorstates: Cass Co. list
† Voss, Edward Leroy, SN 17-124-050, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co. & Buffalo Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 28 Dec 1920 Magnolia, Harrison Co.; s/o Theodore Voss (b. Pott. Co.; d. 1930) & Sarah Anna Whisler (b. Cheyenne Co., KS); family moved to central Nebraska after father's death; mother married Anton D. Somer 1932; he d. 1941.
  • enlisted 26 Oct 1942 at Fort Crook, NE from Buffalo Co., NE; service credited to Buffalo Co.; buried Bancroft Cem., Bancroft, Cuming Co., NE.
  • 2500th Army Air Force Base Unit, Randolph Field, Bexar Co., TX; DNB 9 Sep 1945 Corpus Christi, Neuces Co., TX; motorcycle accident.
  • honorstates: Harrison Co. list
† Walling, Floyd Stewart, SN 316-75-73, US Navy, Douglas Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 29 Dec 1010 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Harry Walling & Ethel Belle Howard
  • next of kin mother, Mrs. Ethel B. Walling, 1110 N. 20th St., Omaha, Nebr.; cenotaph in Westlawn Hillcrest Cem., Omaha
  • submarine USS Kete (SS-369); KIA 20 Mar 1945; while returning from its second war patrol; actual date unknown; Kete disappeared somewhere between Osumi Strait south of Kyushu, Japan and Midway Island; 87 died, none survived.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force
  • honorstates: Mills Co. list
† Winey, Donald James, US Merchant Marine, Crawford Co. (St. Paul's)
  • s/o Raleigh David Winey & Iva Esther Mason
  • motor tanker Atlantic Sun, convoy ON-167, Reyklavik, Iceland to New York; d. 15 Feb 1943 150 miles off Cape Race, Newfoundland; Atlantic Sun torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-607; 68 died, one survived taken as prisoner.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic
  • development notes: honorstates.org
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Part 2 Do Not Add  - spurious records from the seven-county Pottawattamie area from late 2025 honorstates.org.
✓ Alter, Arthur, SN 6-522-322, found in honorstates Pott. Co.
  • Arthur Alter b. Pittsburgh, PA; perhaps confused with Earl Carlton Alter of Persia, Harrison Co., whose wife lived in Avoca, Pott. Co.
✓ Jacobson, Donald Charles, aka Charles Donald, found in honorstates Pott. Co.
  • no Pott. area connection found with him or his father.
✓ Mink, Myron Edwin, found in honorstates Pott.  Co.
  • perhaps his home in Council, ID was confused with Council Bluffs, IA.

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  • most of the remaining dead from the 1946 US War Dept. list of WWII dead for Monona Co., IA.
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† Chedester, Roland Davis, SN 37-194-485, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-ChedesterRolandD)
  • b. 25 Feb 1918 Monona Co.; s/o Jesse Francis Chedester (b. Anthon, Woodbury Co.) & Hattie Davis (b. Charter Oak, Crawford Co.).
  • buried Jordan Twp. Cem., Moorhead, Monona Co.
  • 175th Inf. Regt., 29th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 24 Jun 1944 near Villiers-Fossard, north of St. Lo, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, Jun 1944
† Conyers, Harry Dale, SN O-1-107-356, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 5 Mar 1922 Moorhead, Monona Co.; s/o Fred Alvin Conyers & Lillian Henrietta "Lillie" Saline.
  • buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy; cenotaph in Spring Valley Cem., Moorhead.
  • Co. C, 313 Engineer Combat Bn., 88th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 5 Jun 1944 Italy.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Cassino/Anzio to Rome > Drive on Rome
​† Docken, Willard Maurice, SN 37-699-223, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 9 Dec 1919 Sloan, Woodbury Co.; s/o Oscar Theodore Docken & Mildred Hulda Alberta Baker.
  • married Helen Evelyn Collins
  • buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.​
​† Dunham, George Kenneth, SN 37-470-203, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-DunhamGeorgeK)
  • b. 19 Dec 1920 Creston, Union Co.; s/o Benjamin Franklin Dunham & Pearl Lenore Conrad.
  • buried Clarinda Cem., Clarinda, Montgomery Co.
  • 423rd Inf. Regt., 106th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; the 423rd was surrounded in the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge and surrendered 19 Dec 1944; DNB 28 Mar 1945 Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins
​† Else, Oren Edmon, SN 37-074-581, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 10 Dec 1918 Soldier Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Johannes Gottlieb Else & Anna Marie Friedricke Teut (d. 1927).
  • buried Mt. Hope Cem., Mapleton, Monona Co.
  • Co. K, 163rd Inf. Regt., 43rd Inf. Div.; Sixth Army; KIA 20 May 1944 Tor River, near Arara, Netherlands New Guinea.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Western New Guinea.
† Engelke, Ralph E. William, SN 37-194-454, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-EngelkeRalphEWilliam)
  • ​s/o Ernest Andrew Engelke & Edna Johanne Wilhelmina Bartels.
  • buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 358th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div.; KIA 11 Jun 1944 Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy, Jun 1944
† Goodall, Lyle Everett, SN 17-067-177, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-GoodallLyleEverett)
  • b. 28 Nov 1919 Maple Twp., Monona Co.; s/o John Goodall & Ida Grace Burkett.
† Gotto, Anthony Bernard, SN 37-036-000, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 14 Sep 1909 Westphalia, Shelby Co.; s/o Mathias Gotto & Anna Windeshausen.
  • service credited to Monona Co.; buried St. Mary's Cem., Mapleton, Monona Co.
  • 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Tenth Army; KIA 20/22 Apr 1945, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Okinawa
† Hittle, Richard Leo, SN 37-476-346, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-HittleRichardLeo)
  • b. 8 Oct 1923 Monona Co., s/o Clarence Andrew Hittle & Laura Margaret McKee.
  • buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.
  • Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-95467 crew member; DNB 25 Apr 1944 near Yuma, AZ; mid-air collision with B-24J Liberator 44-40608 which was en route from plant to Tucson, AZ for final assembly; seven dead from first aircraft, five from second; no survivors from either aircraft.
​​​​† Horner, Clarence Meredith, SN 37-694-126, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 19 Jun 1911 Smithland, Woodbury Co.; s/o Clarence Horner & Nellie Ham.
  • married Mildred Ella Collins.
  • entered service 30 Mar 1944 from Onawa, Monona Co. at Camp Dodge, Polk Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, France;
  • 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., Third Army; FOD/KIA 17 Dec 1944; while on a patrol crossing the Biles River, boat overturned and he was pulled under by his equipment and drowned.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army.​
† Johnston, Walter Emory, SN 37-755-455, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-JohnstonWalterEmory)
  • b. 14 Mar 1920 Little Sioux Twp, Woodbury Co.; w/o Earl Benton Johnston & Minnie Emaline Clift.
  • ​buried Willow Cem., Holly Springs, Woodbury Co.
  • 17th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.; KIA 6 Jun 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa
​​​​† Kelley, Harry Junior, SN 37-194-493, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-KelleyHarryJ)
  • b. 21 Jan 1919 Blencoe, Monona Co.; s/o Harry H. Kelley & Mary H. Whiteman.
  • d. 7 May 1943 Polebrook, Northampshire, England.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force​​
† Kemp, John Jacob, SN O-454-328, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-KempJohnJ)
  • b. 10 Nov 1917 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o John Nicholas Kemp & Claire Maris Dorneden.
  • married Beulah Vine Wolfe Apr 1943 in Des Moines, one child.
  • buried St. Mary's Cem., Remsen, Plymouth Co.
  • Battery C, 882nd Field Artillery Bn., 70th Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 17 Mar 1945 near Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Operation Undertone
† Kettler, Frances S., SN 37-651-314, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-KettlerFrancisS)
  • b. 18 Jul 1921 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o Frank Henry Kettler & Ida Josephine Henkels (d. Aug 1925).
† Kiepe, Herman Carl Heinrich, SN 37-037-541, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-KiepeHermanC)
  • b. 5 Apr 1915 Charter Oak, Crawford Co.; s/o Herman Fred Kiepe & Dorothea Sophie Kuhlmann.
† Koll, Norbert Donald, SN O-726-258, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-KollNorbertD)
  • b. 13 May 1919 Mapleton, Monona Co.; s/o Albert Valentine Koll & Luella Christina Van Dan Acker.
† Kraft, Robert Eli, SN O-730-929, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-KraftRobertEli)
  • b. 29 Oct 1919 Mapleton, Monona Co.; s/o Eli Wilbur Kraft & Geneva Esther Towers.
† Lane, Lloyd Lincoln, SN 37-036-613, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 12 Feb 1916 Remsen Co, ND; s/o Francis Marion Lane & Helma Christiansen; family moved to Castana, Monona Co. in 1929.
  • service credited to Monona Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Belgium; cenotaph Mt. Hope Cem., Mapleton, Monona Co.
  • 3rd Armored Field Artillery Bn., 9th Armored Division, VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 31 Oct 1944.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944
† Mander, Loren Denmond, SN 20-703-360, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 7 Apr 1917 Whiting, Monona Co.; s/o Leonard Mander & Addaline Kathrine Darrough.
  • married Irma M. Barsby 1941 in Plymouth Co.
  • ​buried Whiting Cem., Monona Co.
  • 134th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 2 Dec 1943 Italy.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Anzio > The Bernhardt Line
† Norby, Herbert Gilmore, SN 37-035-945, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-NorbyHerbertGilmore)
  • b. 12 Jul 1915 Spring Valley Twp., Monona Co., IA; s/o Ole G. Norby & Ada Maria Wingate.
  • 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.
​† O'Leary, John Joseph "Jack", SN 37-428-214, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-O'LearyJohnJ)
  • b. 14 Aug 1920 Oklahoma City, OK; s/o Joseph John O'Leary & Marguerie Sarah Setchell.
† Orr, Rlley Eugene, SN 17-033-340, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-OrrRileyE)
  • b. 19 Feb 1918 Onawa, Monona Co.; s/o Charles Orr & Zada Conway.
  • buried Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • 788th Bomb. Sqdn., 467th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; stationed at Rackheath Air Field, six miles NE of Norwich, Norfolkshire, England; Consolidated B-24 gunner with pilot James Roden; KIA 22 Apr 1944 over Norfolkshire; German fighters followed the group back to England from a mission over Hamm, Germany and shot down two aircraft as they made a night landing.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force​
† Rowland, Gene Burton, SN 17-097-946, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-RowlandGene)
  • b. 8 Nov 1921 Turin, Monona Co.; s/o Orvel Rowland & Fay Elsie Brown (d. Mar 1924).
  • 840th Bomb. Sqdn., 483th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6349 radio operator with pilot Joseph F. Condraski; KIA 
† Schmidt, Marcus William, SN 37-196-233, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-SchmidtMarcusW)
  • b. 11 Sep 1906 St. Clair Twp., Monona Co.; s/o William John Schmidt & Anna Caroline Mohr.
† Simmons, Warren, SN 37-472-835, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-SimmonsWarren)
  • b. 26 Feb 1923 Western Grove, Newton Co., AR;
  • buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.
† Steward, Guy Bernard, SN 37-470-317, US Army, Monona Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 1 Jan 1921 Blencoe, Monona Co.; s/o Mark David Steward & Lucy Ann Richardson.​
† Struble, Cleo Clinton, SN O-740913, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-StrubleCleoC)
  • b. 19 Aug 19220; s/o Merril Frederick Struble & Ruby Gladys Amundsen.
  • buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.
† Uhl, Robert E., SN 37-699-230, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-UhlRobertE)
  • b. 23 Apr 1926; s/o Clifford Edward Uhl Sr. & Mercedes Elizabeth Reinbolt.
† Wendland, John Julian William, SN 37-449-206, US Army, Monona Co. (WWII-WendlandJW)
  • b. 27 Jan 1913 Gosper Co., NE
† Woods, Odell Seaton, SN O-429141, US Army Air Force, Monona Co. (WWII-WoodsOdellSeaton)
  • b. 23 Jul 1920 Onawa, Monona Co.; s/o John Oliver Woods & Minnie Helene Seaton.

Part 3 Do Not Add  - 1946 US War Dept. Monona Co. list of dead with no known Pottawattamie area connection.
✓ Hintz, Lester I, SN O-1-392828, (WWII-HintzLesterINotFromArea)
  • b. Canada; s/o Walter & Minnie Hintz who were b. Minnesota; lived in Twin Falls, ID.
✓ Johnson,  Kenneth L., SN 37-441-920 (no database)
  • no connection found to Monona Co. or the greater Pottawattamie area.
✓ Magee L C, SN 37-615-601 (no database)
  • lived in Missouri, no connection found to Monona Co. or the greater Pottawattamie area.
✓  Mandelbaum, Norman W, SN O-426029, US Army Air Force (no database)
  • b. 16 Jan 1919 Des Moines; family lived in Des Moines.
✓  Philbeck, Tommie M., SN O-352232, (no database)
✓ ​ Pointer, John H., SN O-696880, (no database)
 
​              ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::  Part 4, three additions  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  • The following are miscellaneous roster additions.

† Holtorf, Vernon Franz Walter, SN 37-111-487, US Army, Crawford & Monona Cos. (WWII-HoltorfVernonF)
  • b. 8 Jun 1920 Ute, Monona Co.; s/o Arthur Holtorf & Marie Anna Emma "Mamie" Keller.
  • married Margaret Henriette Kiepe, daughter of Carl Kiepe & Louise Anna Kuhlmann.
  • service credited to Crawford Co.; buried St. Clair Cem., Ute, Monona Co.
  • 126th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div., I Corps; KIA 14 Dec 1942 Papua, New Guinea.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, SE New Guinea @ Buna Campaign
† Lutz, Clarence Conrad Henry, SN 37-195-312, US Army, Crawford Co. (WWII-LutzClarenceC)
  • b. 30 Mar 1920 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Paul Conrad Henry Lutz & Hulda Sophia Wilhelmina Louise Hantelman.
  • 169th Inf. Regt.
† Voss, Vernon Anton Christian, SN 37-111-486, US Army, Crawford Co. (WWII-VossVernon)
  • b. 13 Dec 1918 Crawford Co.; s/o Christian Frederick Voss & Annie Arp (d. 1919).
  • buried Morgan Cem., Schleswig, Crawford Co.
  • Co. H, 2nd Bn., 126th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div., I Corps; KIA 29 Oct 1942 near Jaure, Kapa Kapa Trail, Papua, New Guinea; three died from strafing attack by Japanese aircraft.
  • Note: the 2nd Battalion left Gaba Gaba (aka Kapa Kapa) SE of Port Moresby on 6 Oct 1942 charged with the arduous task of crossing the Owen Stanley mountains on foot; other battalions were flown over the Owen Stanleys.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, SE New Guinea

                          ==== Part 5 - Already in WII Dead but with Incomplete or Incorrect Information === 
None at this time 

                      === Part 6 - Possible Future Roster Additions, do not add at this time === Black, Robert LeRoy, SN 37-666-410, US Army (WWII-NotFromAreaBlackRobertL)
  • b. 23 Aug 1923 Keokuk, Lee Co.; s/o Harry Lafayette Black & Jessie Hope Boyd, both b. Bloomfield, Davis Co.
  • entered service 27 Mar 1943 from Bloomfield, Davis Co.; service credited to Davis Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. E, 143rd Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 9 Dec 1943 near San Pietro Infine, Caserta, Italy.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Rome > The Bernhardt Line @ Battle of San Pietro Infine.
  • on Montgomery Co. memorial, in Iowa Bonus Case Files w/ mother Jessie Black living in Bloomfield, Davis Co.
​† Bromley, Merris D. (WWII-BromleyMerris)
​† Brown, Eldon Lowell (WWII-BrownEldonLowell)
​† Brown, Jack C. (WWII-BrownJackC)
​† Foster, Charles H., civilian, US War Dept. (WWII-FosterCharlesH)
  • b. 25 Aug 1910 (birth location and parents currently unknown but ABMC reports mother was Mrs. Sally F. Dudley).
  • civilian employee of the Army Adjutant General Corps from Nebraska; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • stationed in the Philippines supporting the US Army; captured with the fall of Corregidor in May 1942; d. 24 Dec 1942, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines​.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
  • on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Iowa Bonus Case Files.
? Hatch, Edward,
  • found only on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Iowa Bonus Case Files; perhaps confused with Edward Hatch, a Civil War brevet major general from Montgomery Co. listed on a nearby memorial.​
Montgomery, William Merlin, SN 37-425-971, US Army (no database yet)
  • b. 26 Sep 1917 Promise City, Wayne Co.; s/o John Albert Montgomery & Edith Maude Holliday; family lived in Johns Twp., Appanoose Co. in 1940.
  • entered service 10 Aug 1942 from Centerville, Appanoose Co.; service credited to Appanoose Co.; buried Promise City Cem., Wayne Co.
  • Battery D, 817th AAA Bn.; d. 10 Jan 1944 near Pomona, CA; 
  • unknown initial source for this record; in Iowa Bonus Case Files
Warren, Robert L., SN ... KIA Dunlap, Harrison Co. (can't find) (no database yet)
  • In the Iowa WWII Dead to date roster in the 31 Oct 1943 Des Moines Register, the Harrison County list includes Robert  L. Warren from Pisgah, killed in action. I can't find any record of this individual.

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  • the most-recent 75 additions were completed Nov 2025.
  • The 16 previous additions were completed 31 Jan 2024.
  • Ancillary records should not be included here.
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