website bigpigeon.us, webpage WWII Roster > Roster Additions, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated 1 Oct 2023.
Member records being prepared for future addition to the Pottawattamie area lists of WWII dead. 
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Part 1 - Pending member record additions to the WWII Roster > Roster Records lists
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.
​44 pending additions
† 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.
† Anderson, Robert Arthur, SN 620-60-66, US Naval Aviation, Boone Co. (WWII-AndersonRobertA)
  • 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.
† Bernhardt, Paul Richard, SN 620-27-93, US Navy, Union Co. (WWII-BernhardtPaulR)
  • b. 7 Aug 1920 Hamburg, Fremont Co.; 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.
† Brodie, Walter, SN 321-61-44, US Navy, Cook Co., IL & Audubon Co. (WWII-BrodieWalter)
  • 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.
† Burd, Ross D., SN 17-038-346, US Army Air Force, Audubon & Webster Cos. (WWII-BurdRossD)
  • ​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. 
† Chickering, Herbert R., SN 0-706-135, US Army Air Force, Montgomery & Madison Cos. (WWII-ChickeringHerbertR)
  • 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.​
† Davis, Joseph Simpson, SN 321-43-19, US Navy, Adams Co. (WWII-DavisJosephS)
  • 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.​
† Dryer, Arthur L., SN 37-112-204, US Army, Page Co. & Howell Co., MO (WWII-DryerArthurL)
  • 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.
† Dryer, William Ernest, SN 0-543-837, US Army Air Force, Des Moines Co. (St. Paul's)
  • 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.
† Dumler, Reuben P., SN 38-008-965, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Grundy Co., MO (WWII-DumlerReubenP)
  • 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.
† ​​Evinger, Homer Ralph, SN 0-698-914, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. (WWII-EvingerHomerR)
  • 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.​​
​† Fuller, John Howard, SN 0-1-307-394, US Army, Montgomery Co. (WWII-FullerJohnH)
  • 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.
† Gee, Norris Bradford, SN 0-1-174-575, US Army, Marion Co. (WWII-GeeBrothers)
  • ​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 > Southern Germany.
  • Note: During WWII, pilots of small artillery observation aircraft were members of the Army Field Artillery branch rather than the Army Air Force.
† Gee, Richard Arthur, SN 0-496-121, US Army Air Force, Marion Co. (WWII-GeeBrothers)
  • 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.
​† ​Gunsolley, Max Gerald, SN 37-656-287, US Army Air Force, Des Moines Co. (WWII-GunsolleyMaxG)
  • 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.
† Hammer, Melvin John, SN 37-694-414, US Army, Crawford Co. (WWII-HammerMelvinJ)
  • 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.
† Hansen, Warren Gamaliel, SN 859-83-39, US Navy, Audubon Co. (WWII-HansenWarrenG)
  • 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.
† Heberlee, Henry Leroy, SN 17-033-411, US Army Air Force, Guthrie Co. (WWII-HeberleeHenryL)
  • 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.
† ​Isbell, Arnold Jay, SN O-56866, US Navy, Harrison Co. & District of Columbia (St. Paul's)
  • 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.
​† ​Jessen, Fred Nelsen, SN O-42591, US Marine Corps, Audubon Co. (WWII-JessenFredN)
  • 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.  
† Jones, Paul Bernard, SN 297,023, US Marine Corps, Webster Co. (WWII-JonesPaulB)
  • 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.
† Kuhl, Robert L., SN O-2-062-828, US Army Air Force, Adams Co. (St. Paul's)
  • 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.
† Kyhnn, George Russell, SN 37-698-181, US Army, Audubon & Marshall Cos. (WWII-KyhnnGeorgeR)
  • ​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.
† ​​Maeder, Burton B., SN 37-194-181, US Army, Adair Co. (WWII-MaederBurtonB)
  • 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.
† ​​Martin, James Robert "Robert", SN 37-189-251, US Army, Montgomery Co. (St. Paul's)
  • 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.
  • Note: Brother, Clarence R. Martin, was killed in action in Tunisia in April 1943.
† McGee, Russell Phillip, SN 37-438-682, US Army, Taylor Co. (WWII-McGeeRussellP)
  • 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.
† Million, Franklin Alexander, SN 620-37-21, US Navy, Taylor Co. (St. Paul's)
  • 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.
† Montgomery, Eugene, SN 37-599-300, US Army, Wayne Co. (WWII-MontgomeryEugene)
  • 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.
† ​​Morrow, Lynn Adolph, SN 37-042-647, US Army, Cherokee Co. (WWII-MorrowLynnA)
  • 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.
† Mulvaney, John Joseph, SN 37-045-953, US Army, Henry Co. (WWII-MulvaneyJohnJ)
  • 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.; d. 8 Sep 1945 Letterman General Hosp., San Francisco, CA; pneumonia resulting from cancer.
​† Nelson, Robert Johns, SN O-14768, US Marine Corps Aviation, Montgomery Co. (WWII-NelsonRobertJ)
  • 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. 
† Olsen, Iver O., SN 6-933-625, US Army, Buena Vista Co. (WWII-OlsenIverO)
  • 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.
† Orstad, Melvin T., SN 37-447-884, US Army, Adams & Scott Cos. (WWII-OrstadMelvinT)
  • 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.
† ​Petty, John Clarence Jr., SN 0-281-279, US Army, Polk Co. (WWII-PettyJohnC)
  • 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.
† ​Pigg, Ronald Orville, SN 0-890-057, US Army, Douglas Co., NE & Los Angeles Co., CA (WWII-PiggRonaldO)
  • 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.
† Prather, Max Armond, SN 37-666-888, US Army Air Force, Clay Co. (WWII-PratherMaxA)
  • 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.
† Rasmussen, Harley Norman, SN 37-691-442, US Army, Audubon & Guthrie Cos. (WWII-RasmussenHarley)
  • 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.​
† ​Tipton, John M., SN 17-037-879, US Army, Fremont Co. & Thurston Co., NE (WWII-TiptonJohn)
  • 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.
​† ​Tomes, Carlas, SN 39-471-995, US Army, Fremont Co. & Clarke Co., WA (WWII-TomesCarlas)
  • 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.
† Uballe, Joseph J., SN 6-935-989, US Army Air Force, Boone Co. (WWII-UballeJosephJ)
  • 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.
​† Wenstrand, Byron Kenneth, SN 632-55-87, US Navy, Montgomery Co. (WWII-Wenstrand)
  • 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.
​† Wenstrand, Robert Darwin, SN 0-701-356, US Army Air Force, Page Co. (WWII-Wenstrand)
  • 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.
† ​Westenburg, Glen Victor, SN 37-074-605, US Army, Page Co. (WWII-WestenburgGlenV)
  • 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. 
† Wilson, Boyd Merrill, SN 37-675-900, US Army, Taylor Co. (St. Paul's)
  • 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 Process Log:
  • ​9-30-23: Added xx 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 (SS missing Battey, Norma Jean)
  • 10-3-23: Adding 44 records to Roster Fatalities. Fix Bernhardt Stop with Chickering.
Part 2 - Future additions to the WWII Roster > Non-Roster Records lists
21 potential additions
Part 2a - Future Additions to the Veterans webpages. (vet)

† (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 ETO w/ Co. C, 343rd Inf. Regt., 86th Inf. Div.; d. 26 Apr 1947 LeRoy Twp., rural Audubon; suicide by shotgun.
​† ​(vet) Barry, Leo O., SN 860-19-58
  • b. 26 Nov 1922 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; entered service 28 Feb 1944 from Rt. 1, Woodbine; sep. 12 Dec 1944; d. 15 Sep 1948 Denison, Crawford Co.
​† (vet) Borchardt, Robert E., SN 37-817-154
  • b. 14 Jun 1927 Atlantic, Cass Co.; entered service 7 Aug 1945 from Atlantic; sep. 7 Feb 1946; d. 21 Mar 1948 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines
† ​(vet) Dalldorf, Carl F., SN 37-772-471 (St. Paul's)
  • b. 18 Feb 1926 Portsmouth, Shelby Co.; s/o Fred C. Dalldorf & Emma M. Noehren; entered service 17 Aug 1944 from Everly, Clay Co.; sep. 13 Dec 1946; m. Verna Y. Smith;
  • d. 10 Jun 1947, Rock Rapids, Lyons Co.; traffic accident while driving a truck
​† ​(vet) Downer, Gale W., SN 17-038-602
  • b. 2 Mar 1907 York, York Co., NE; entered service 8 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs/Omaha; sep. 8 Sep 1945; d. 13 Mar 1947 Co. Bluffs;
​† ​(vet) Franklin, Raleigh Kenmore, SN 151-26-86, US Navy
  • b. 18 Sep 1894 Atlantic, Cass Co. s/o George Franklin & Nancy _____; entered service 27 Jun 1942 from Des Moines; sep. 13 Nov 1942; d. 12 Jan 1947 Des Moines, coronary heart disease.
​† (vet) Hite, Donald Lee, SN 37-267-558
  • b. 3 Mar 1909 Red Oak; entered service 12 Oct 1942 from Red Oak; sep. 15 Jul 1943; d. 30 Nov 1945 Los Angeles, CA
† (vet) Junker, Edward W., SN 01-046-506
  • b. 8 Jan 1907 Harlan, Shelby Co.; entered service 16 Mar 1942 from Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; sep. 19 Aug 1945; d. 24 Feb 1949 Sioux City
† ​(vet) Kloewer, Alphonse, SN 37-036-747 (St. Paul's)
  • b. 28 Apr 1918 Defiance, Shelby Co.; entered service 21 Mar 1941 from Defiance; sep. 28 Nov 1945; d. 22 Dec 1947 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines.
† ​(vet) Kritenbrink, William Rex, SN 316-11-44
  • b. 11 Aug 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co.; entered service 14 Mar 1926 from Creston, Union Co.; sep. 20 Dec 1944; d. 31 Jul 1946 Veterans Hospital, Walla Walla, WA.
​† (vet) ​Laird, Clarke S., SN 20-706-132
  • b. 11 May 18893 Imogene; entered service 20 Jan 1941 from Tabor; sep. 30 Mar 1943; d. 3 Oct 1949 Omaha
​† (vet) ​​Law, Ford L., SN 37-442-637
  • b. 19 Oct 1901 Audubon; entered service 5 Nov 1942 from Audubon; sep. 10 Nov 1944; d. 25 Jun 1945 Cedar Rapids, Linn Co.
† ​(vet) Larsen, Wilhelm Robert, SN 859-82-16
  • b. 30 Aug 1925 Kimballton, Audubon Co.; s/o Wilhelm Larsen & Katherine Hansen; entered service 29 Oct 1943 from Kimballton; sep. 7 Nov 1944; d. 8 Jan 1947 Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, nephritis.
† ​(vet) Manuel, Edwin A., SN 37-116-956
  • b. 4 May 1907 Shelby Co.; entered service 9 Mar 1942 from Atlantic; sep. 8 Oct 1945
  • d. 7 Apr 1946 Atlantic
† ​(vet) Martens, Jason E., SN 17-030-649
  • b. 17 Aug 1918 Cumberland, Cass Co.; entered service 18 Jun 1941 from Rt. 2, Cumberland; sep. 14 Jun 1945;
  • d. 30 Dec 1945 Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, Queens, NY
† (vet) O'Brien, William J., SN SN 37-472-762
  • b. 12 Jun 1924 Logan, Harrison Co.; entered service 9 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 2 Apr 1946; entered service 12 Jun 1946; sep. 19 Nov 1947;
  • d. 21 Feb 1950 Veterans Hospital, Lincoln, NE​
† ​(vet) Rhoads, Howard L., SN 37-656-865, US Army Air Force (WWII-RhoadsHowardL)
  • b. 1 Nov 1922 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o Cornelius D. Rhoads & Gladys D. Wheatley; 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.
  • HQ, Station 3, Pacific Wing, Air Transport Command; d.12 Nov 1948 Red Oak.
† ​(vet) Robinson, Glenn Earl, SN 620-34-83
  • b. 26 Jul 1921 Audubon, Audubon Co.; entered service 21 Feb 1942 from Audubon; sep. 24 Dec 1945;
  • d. 13 Sep 1947 San Mateo Co., CA
† ​(vet) ​Shaw, Dale B., SN 37-144-050
  • b. 24 Dec 1917 Stanton Co., NE; entered service 11 Feb 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 3 Feb 1945; d. 28 Oct 1948 University Hospital, Omaha
† ​(vet) ​​Still, Harold Keith, SN 940394
  • b. 13 Feb 1920 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; entered service 24 Feb 1944 from Villisca; sep. 11 Jul 1946; d. 31 Dec 1950 South Omaha Terminal RR, Omaha
† ​(vet) ​Witt, Carl W., SN 37-445-283
  • b. 2 Mar 1900 Avoca, Pott. Co.; entered service 19 Nov 1942 from Mapleton; sep. 26 Feb 1943; d. 16 Jun 1949 Wagner, SD; bur. Mapleton
​
​Part 2b - Future additions to the Other WWII Dead webpage. (other)
  • None at this time.

Part 3 - Don't add, but perhaps save entries in Roster Outliers webarea or add later.

- Hartman, Melvin Joseph s/o Fred Leo Hartman & Rosina Cecelia Csukker of Palo Alto Co.; SN 37-111-347; Co. M., 127th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div. No Pott. area connection found. (WWII-HartmanMelvinJ)

- Pidgette, John Walter, Atlantic

- Reed, John Dayton Jr., 6 Aug 1917 - 12 Apr 1944; cenotaph or bur. Ottumwa Cem., Ottumwa, Wapello Co. No Pott. area connection found. Not found in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries database.

- ​Sonneborn, Gold, SN O-163-929, US Army, Phelps Co., NE (WWII-SonnebornGold)
  • b. 13 Sep 1896 Early, Sac Co. s/o Christian Sonneborn & Anna Schafer; m. Agnes B. Richmond 1921, three children; entered service 5 May 1941 from Des Moines; service credited to Phelps Co., NE, where he lived as an adult until the late 1930s; bur. Glendale Cem., Des Moines.
  • US Quartermaster Corps stationed at Ft. Crook, NE: d. 18 Jan 1942 Fitzsimmons Army Hosp., Aurora, CO; arteriosclerosis.
  • Notes: Do Not Add to the roster. Death Benefits folder gave birthplace as Earling, Shelby Co. Rather, born in Early, Sac Co.

- Williams, Harold Gene, Audubon?, maybe child adopted to Audubon County family?
About the Above Records
  • Parentheses at the end of a record heading line specify my source database for that individual.
  • Unicode characters used: †, ✔︎U+2721...
Adding a Completed Record (for the website manager)
All additions should preserve the alphabetical nature of the affected lists.​
Adding a record to the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster:

1 - Copy the above record, insert in the appropriate webpage in WWII Roster > Roster Records, and update the date and count in the webpage heading.

2a - For stateside deaths, insert the record heading and service information in WWII Roster > Roster Fatalities > Stateside Deaths, delete source information if present, and update the date and count in the webpage heading.

2b - For in-theater deaths, the process is longer:
  • Open the appropriate webpage in WWII Roster > Roster Fatalities.
  • Find the appropriate section of this webpage (the section should be identified at the end of the service information portion of the record).
  • Insert the record heading and service information, delete source information if present, and update the several relevant dates and counts leading up through the page heading.
  • Open the corresponding webpage in the Japan or Germany modules.
  • Insert the record heading and service information at the end of the webpage and update the date and count. 
  • Update the appropriate dates and counts in the WWII Home module???
  • Add the record heading to the appropriate location in the appropriate webpage(s) in WWII Roster > Roster Residences. 

For either stateside or in-theater deaths:
  • If the death occurred in an aircraft, update WWII Roster > Roster Notes > The Air Dead.
  • If the death occurred on a ship, update WWII Roster > Roster Notes > The Sea Dead.

Adding a record to Other WWII Era Dead Lists.

​1 - Copy the above record, and insert in the appropriate list in WWII Roster > Other WWII Era Dead, and update the list count and date.

2 - Add the record heading to the appropriate location in the appropriate webpage in WWII Roster > Roster Residences.

In all cases:
  • If the database is not St. Paul's, add the full record heading line to the list in About the Roster > Members Not In St. Paul's. 
  • When following the above process, drop the database name at the last end of the record heading line before inserting in a list.
  • Once all the individuals in a Roster Additions or other WWII Era Dead ​Additions list have been added; move the lists to Roster Attic > Recent Roster Additions.