website bigpigeon.us, webpage WWII Dead > Roster Additions, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated 21 Mar 2025
Member records being prepared for future addition to the Pottawattamie area lists of WWII dead.
Member records being prepared for future addition to the Pottawattamie area lists of WWII dead.
Links to Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Additions archival webpages:
- 2024 Additions Log - roster & ancillary records added since January 2024.
- 2022-2023 Additions Log - records added beginning 13 December 2022.
- 2020-2022 Additions Log - records added for most of the period 2020-22. Earliest records are not included.
- === Part 1a - Pending Roster Additions, to be added to WWII Dead > Roster Records when complete ===
- b. 1 Aug 1923 Raeville, Boone Co., NE.
- entered service 22 Feb 1943 from Rt. 3, Templeton, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Florence American Cem., Tuscany, Italy; cenotaph Sacred Heart Cem., Templeton.
- 513rd Bomb. Sqdn., 376th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at San Pancrazio, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24J #42-64373 Liberator gunner with pilot George R. Cloer; KIA 10 Aug 1944 on Mission 307 to Ploiesti, Romania; aircraft got off course while returning from mission, was hit by AA fire over Berat, Albania and crashed; six died, four survived; BNR.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War
Bock, Vernon Lawrence, SN 37-112-420, US Army, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
- b. 17 Oct 1918 Templeton, Carroll Co.
- entered service 1 Feb 1942 from Rt. 3, Glidden, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Sacred Heart Cem., Templeton, Carroll Co.
- 32nd Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.; KIA 29 May 1943 Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
- WWII Japan > North Pacific > Aleutian Islands @ Battle of Attu.
about Donald & Vernon Bock:
- sons of Cornelius Fredrick Bock (b. Woodford Co., IL) & Mayme Katherine Heithoff (b. Nebraska)
- b. 21 Dec 1908 in Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Adam Branning Sr. (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia) & Katherine Wagner (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia).
- married Fern Lillian Querry of Montgomery Co., one child
- served from Illinois; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
- Battery F., 200th Coast Artillery Regt.; POW, captured May 1942 with the surrender of Corregidor Is., Luzon, Philippines; KIA 9 Jan 1945 on Japanese Hell Ship Enoura Maru, Takao Harbor, southern Formosa; Enoura Maru attacked by planes from the USS Hornet (CV-12); about 400 POWs died.
- WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files
- b. 3 Dec 1925 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Arthur Broman (b. Sweden) & Mary Christina Christensen (b. rural Manilla, Crawford Co.).
- entered service at Des Moines 2 Dec 1943 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; bur. Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
- d. 25 Sep 1946 near Irwin, Shelby Co.; auto accident while home on leave.
- b. 2 Sep 1927 West Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward Frank Bruce (b. Montgomery Co.; d. 1942) & Stella Mae Turney (b. Montgomery Co.).
- next of kin Mother, Mrs. Stella May Bruce, Rt. 1, Redfield, South Dakota; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Salem Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
- 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; BNR
- WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Loss of USS Indianapolis.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files
- b. 13 Nov 1909 Pawnee, Harrison Co., MO; s/o Herman James Buss & Maud Belle Blake; family lived in West Bend, Palo Alto Co. in 1910, moving to Boone, Boone Co. before 1920.
- married Frances Elsie Reay 1937, she d. 1938; married Phyllis Enenbach of Manning, Carroll Co. Apr 1944 in Des Moines.
- entered service 23 Dec 1941 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Boone Co.; buried Linwood Cem., Boone, Boone Co.
- Co. E, 8th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div. VII Corps, First Army; KIA 10 Aug 1944 in France.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.
- b. 6 May 1921 Washington Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harry A. Cooney (b. Montgomery Co.) & Lulu Mabel McCoy (b. Page Co.).
- entered service 7 Aug 1942 from Brooks, Adams Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Cooney, RFD 2, Nodaway, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Villisca Cem., Villisca, Montgomery Co.
- Naval Air Sqdn. VT(N)-90, a night torpedo bomber squadron flying Grumman TBM-3D Avengers and assigned to Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). Task Group 38-5; aircraft radio operator; with pilot Shannon Witherspoon McCrary; KIA 15 Jan 1945 between the Luzon and Hong Kong; after launching, plane reached a height of 300 feet, then crashed and exploded a mile from the Enterprise. Pilot was rescued, two crew members died.
- WWII Japan > US Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ South China Sea Raid
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, in Bonus Case Files
- b. 31 Jan 1924 Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Clement Clarence Crane & Barbara Schlies.
- art student at University of Oregon prior to enlistment.
- entered service 1943; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
- Co. B, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div. (406th Regt. attached to 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps 6-25 Nov 1944); KIA 22 Nov 1944 near Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Operation Queen.
- Notes: Silver Star for actions on 19 Nov 1944.
Crane, Lawrence V., SN 39-477-434, US Army, Marion Co., OR (St. Paul's)
- b. 11 Jun 1920 West Stayton, Marion Co., OR; s/o Henry Martin Crane & Virginia Rebecca "Jennie" Fizer.
- married Phyllis Jean Meng of Marion Co., OR, two children.
- entered service 1944; service credited to Marion Co., OR; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 132nd Inf. Regt., Americal Div., Eighth Army; KIA 30 Mar 1945 Cebu, Philippines.
- WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines.
about Clell and Lawrence Crane:
- Laurence V. Crane was the nephew of roster member Harold Meng of Montgomery Co.
- Clell C. Crane was the nephew of Laurence V. Crane.
- b. 11 Jul 1920 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Hans Wilhelm Detlefsen & Gretchen Therese Thede (b. Schleswig-Holstein).
- married Elnor Clare Vannote of Ames, Story Co. Feb 1944 in Concord, Contra Costa Co., CA.
- service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands; cenotaphs Manning Cem., Carroll Co. and East Lawn Palms Cem., Tucson, AZ.
- 435rd Fighter Sqdn., 479th Fighter Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Wattisham, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, England; North American P-51D Mustang #44-14294 J2 pilot; KIA 8 Nov 1944 eight miles west of Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; collision with another Mustang.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
- b. 14 Jun 1922 rural Massena, Victoria Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Guy A. DeVore & Bessie H. Falconer
- married Ruth L. Frick of Loveland, CO Feb 1942, two children.
- entered service Nov 1943; next of kin father, Mr. Leonard Devore, 1212 B Ave., N. W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
- Aircraft Carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); Bunker Hill struck by two kamikazes 11 May 1945 off Okinawa; DOW 13 May 1945; 396 dead; ship survived.
- WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Naval Battle of Okinawa.
- b. 3 Nov 1925 Douglas Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Elwood Edward Dicks & Eula Irene Hancock.
- next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood E. Dicks, Rt. 1, Nodaway, Iowa; buried Oakland Cem., Corning, Adams Co.
- 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; KIA 10 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima.
- WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Iwo Jima.
- b. 26 Mar 1899 Scott Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harry Miller Dirrim (b. Wayne Co., OH) & Josephine Rue Cox (b. Henry Co., IL).
- married Lelia Augusta Gilmore of Montgomery Co. Aug 1920 in Montgomery Co.; family lived in Clarinda, Page Co. in 1930; wife and children lived in Fremont, Dodge Co., NE in 1935,1940, and 1950.
- entered service 6 Jul 1942 in Buffalo, NY from Erie Co., NY; service credited to Erie Co., NY; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
- 103rd Quartermaster Bakery Co.; DNB 18 Oct 1943 Italy; cerebral hemorrhage.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm Zone.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files
- b. 25 Feb 1919 Peace Valley, Sisson Twp., Howell Co., MO; s/o Fay H. Dryer (b. Peace Valley, Howell Co., MO) & Bertha F. Ferguson (b. Clarinda, Page Co.)
- entered service 28 Jan 1942 from Rt. 2, Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; buried Villisca Cem., Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA
- Co. B, 755th Tank Bn, attached to 9th Armoured Brigade, British Eighth Army; KIA 13 Apr 1945 near Argenta, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Battalion was ferrying British troops northwards through the flooded area south of Lake Comacchio.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley > Breakthrough @ Operation Impact Royal.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, in Bonus Case Files; this is a replacement for an existing record.
- b. 30 May 1920 Iowa Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Fredrick W. Eigler & Blanche L. Lewis; family moved from Crawford Co. to rural Bagley, Greene Co. in late 1930s.
- service credited to unknown county; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Willow Twp. Cem., Greene Co.
- 793rd Bomb. Sqdn., 468th Bomb. Gp.; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6370 co-pilot;
- WWII Japan > The CBI > India.
- b. 16 Jul 1919 Crawford Co.; s/o William Fredrich Ewoldt (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1934) & Amanda Asmus (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1937).
- service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
- 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 2 Jun 1944 near Rome, Italy during breakout from Anzio Beachhead.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
- Can unite this database with Joens database.
- b. 22 Dec 1923 Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Roscoe Jay Focht (b. Montgomery Co.; d. 1939) & Blanche Elizabeth Copelind (b. Kansas).
- married Shirley Dean Froyd of Villisca, Montgomery Co. 1943 in Villisca.
- service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, Belgium; cenotaph Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
- 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA/FOD 27 Sep 1944 Belgium.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Hürtgen Forest.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files
Focht, William James, SN 17-119-136, US Army Air Force, Polk Co. (St. Paul's)
- b. 3 Oct 1922 Grinnell, Poweshiek Co.; s/o Charles Edward Focht (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.) & Laura Lucille Triplett (b. Grinnell); parents divorced 1927; William remained with father; father married Lola Rose Renaud of Pella, Marion Co. in 1929 at Davenport, Scott. Co.; family moved from Davenport to Minneapolis in late 1920s and then to Des Moines around 1940.
- entered service 20 Feb 1943 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
- 836th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38154 Heavenly Body waist gunner with pilot Harold E. Oesch; KIA 30 Sep 1944 on mission to bomb railroad marshalling yards at Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany; Heavenly Body collided with B-17G #43-38037 Liberty Belle when turning after bomb drop; eight died, one survived; on Liberty Belle seven died, two survived.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
about Stanley and William Focht:
- Stanley Dean Focht and William James Focht were second cousins, both being great-grandsons of William Focht and Rebecca Marie Williams.
- b. 22 Dec 1908 Maple River Twp., Carroll Co.; s/o Charles Karl Irlbeck (b. Germany) & Mary Anna Schumacher (b. Germany).
- moved from Maple River to the town of Carroll as a young man.
- entered service 30 Jun 1941 from Carroll, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried St. Francis Cem., Maple River, Carroll Co.
- 63rd Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div.; KIA 24 Feb 1945 Shimbu Line, central Luzon, Philippines.
- WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
Isaac, William Bruce, SN 39-212-924, US Army (St. Paul's)
- b. 26 Mar 1925 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o Clarence B. Isaac (b. Aurora, Kane Co., IL; d. 1926) & Laurel Lee McKown (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
- entered service 10 Jul 1943; service credited to King Co., WA; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
- 413th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 21 Nov 1944 near Eschweiler NE of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files
- b. 5 Feb 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co., IA; s/o John Henry Joens (b. Iowa Twp., Crawford Co.) & Adelia M. Nehls (b. Washington Twp., Crawford Co.).
- moved to Orange Co., CA in late 1930s; married Emaline Rose Neff of Audubon Co. in California.
- entered service 18 Jun 1943 from Los Angeles; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
- Co. H, 414th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 17 Apr 1945 near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.
- Notes: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
- b. 13 Aug 1915 Stanton, Montgomery Co.; s/o Karl Einar Johnson (b. Sweden) & Karin Matilda Kindberg (b. Sweden).
- service credited to Chickasaw Co., body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Mamre Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
- Battery H, 59th Coast Artillery Regt.; POW, captured May 1942 with the surrender of Corregidor Is., Luzon, Philippines; KIA 24 Oct 1944 while being transported on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, south of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~1773 US POWs and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived.
- WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files; not in abmc.gov database, but in interment.net and fold3.com.
- b. 4 Jul 1916 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Edward Vitas Kasal (b. Howard Co., NE) & Mary Louise Davis (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.); family moved to Omaha before 1920.
- married Lucille Lundell of Omaha Nov 1940 in Omaha.
- service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
- 54th Troop Carrier Sqdn., Eleventh Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska Territory; DNB (sic) 27 Dec 1943 Alaska.
- WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Bonus Case Files; family mostly lived in Nebraska
- b. 24 Feb 1926 Chicago, IL; s/o Kenath Benjamin Koch & Bertha Sylvia Anderson (b. Alburnett, Linn Co.; d. 1937); family moved to Arcadia, Carroll Co. about 1929; widowed father married Annabelle E. Blake.
- entered service 5 Mar 1944 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Alice Cem., Linn Co.
- Co. B, 503rd Parachute Inf. Regt., 11th Airborne Div.; DNB 13 Dec 1945 Japan, accidental discharge of his firearm.
- b. 27 Sep 1921 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Albert Eugene Lacox (b. rural Nodaway; d. 1934) & Maple Forrest Mason (b. Nodaway).
- service credited to Story Co.; buried Methodist Grove Cem., Nodaway, Adams Co.
- 43rd Bomb Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Nadzab, New Guinea; KIA 3 Apr 1944.
- War with Japan > Army Air Force > Fifth Air Force.
- b. 4 Apr 1926 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Eustace Lee Lake (b. New Market, Taylor Co.) & Pauline Anna Dorothea Ress (b. Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co.).
- entered service 18 Aug 1944 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
- Co. F, 2nd Inf. Regt, 5th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 19 Feb 1945 approaching Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
- b. 27 Jul 1912 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o Emil Martens (b. Manning) & Malinda Caroline Mundt (b. Washington Twp., Carroll Co.; d. 1926); father married Anna (Jansen) Joens Oct 1933 in Manning.
- entered service 25 Aug 1942 from Rt. 2, Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Brittany American Cem., St. James, Manche, Normandy, France; cenotaph Hayes Twp. Cem., West Side, Crawford Co., IA.
- 115th Inf. Regt., 29th Inf. Div., VIII Corps; KIA 13 Sep 1944 Brittany, France.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Brittany
- b. 11 Mar 1922; s/o John Mattes (b. Carroll, Carroll Co.) & Clara Ridderman (b. Missouri).
- service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Carroll, Carroll Co.
- 814th Tank Destroyer Bn., 7th Armored Div., Ninth Army; KIA 29 Oct 1944 near Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands 1944.
- b. 6 Jan 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Harry Forrest McCracken (b. Omaha) & Bess Mae Saunders (b. Manilla).
- married Joan Olive Kruse of Carroll Co.
- entered service 25 Jun 1940 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
- Air Force Basic Flight School, Gunter Air Base, Huntsville, AL; Vultee BT-13 Valiant #40-1016; crew bailed out and aircraft crashed; DNB 30 Jun 1941.
- b. 23 Dec 1922 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Frank Berch Means (b. Jefferson Co., TX) & Hannah Mary Christensen (b. Union Twp., Shelby Co.).
- entered service 25 Jan 1943 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Liege, Belgium.
- 337th Bomb. Sqdn., 96th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Snetterton Heath, SW of Norwich, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G-1-VE Flying Fortress #42-39814 tail gunner with pilot Alver Smith; KIA 21 Feb 1944 on mission to Brunswick, Germany; shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed west of Hanover five miles S of Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany; five died, five survived.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
- b. 11 Nov 1907 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o John Meng Jr. (b. Saratov Oblast, Russia; d. 1940) & Katharina "Katie" Pabst (b. Russia; d. 1941).
- moved to Chicago in 1929 and to Los Angeles in 1937.
- enlisted 14 Dec 1942 at San Bernardino, CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
- DNB 20 Jan 1945 Naples, Campania, Italy; coronary artery disease
- WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm Zone.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial; NOT in Bonus Case Files; add relatives Laurence V. Crane and Clell C. Crane who are in St. Paul's
- b. 17 Nov 1923 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o John Henry Mohr & Regina Marie Kelley.
- service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Sacred Heart Cem., Manning Carroll Co.
- 27th Inf. Regt., 25th Inf. Div., Sixth Army; DOW 13 May 1945 northern Luzon, Philippines.
- WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon @ Balete Pass.
- b. 20 Nov 1921 Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Gustav Wilhelm Musfeldt (b. Crawford Co.) & Katherine "Katie" Paulsen (b. O'Brien Co.); family lived near Manning, Carroll Co. in Lincoln Twp., Audubon Co.
- entered service 9 Mar 1943 from Rt. 1, Manning; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem., Carroll Co.
- Co. K, 142nd Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VII Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 26 Nov 1944 near Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut Rhin, France.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > War of Attrition > Alsace/Seventh Army.
- b. 30 Aug 1917 Iowa Twp, Crawford Co.; s/o Ernest Nissen (b. Crawford Co.) & Bertha Ohde (b. Crawford Co.); family moved to Manning, Carroll Co. before 1920.
- married Ruth Eleanor Lage of rural Manning, Carroll Co. Nov 1943 in Manning.
- entered service 25 Feb 1943 from Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Florence American Cem., Tuscany, Italy; cenotaph Manning Cem., Carroll Co.
- 344th Bomb. Sqdn., 98th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Lecce, Puglia, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-94917 crew member; KIA 9 Jun 1944 over the Adriatic Sea while on a bombing mission to Munich, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War.
- b. 15 Apr 1911 El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO; s/o Sam Phillips (b. St. Clair Co., MO) & Iness Dooling (b. St. Clair Co., MO).
- married Evangeline Florence McLain of Mills and Montgomery Cos.; three children; lived in Cedar Co., MO in 1940.
- entered service at unknown date; next of kin wife, Mrs. Evangeline Florence Phillips, 511 S. Kirkpatrick, El Dorado Springs, Missouri; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Destroyer USS Hull (DD-350), Task Force 38; DNB 18 Dec 1944 200 miles NE of Samar, Philippines; Hull sank in Typhoon Cobra; 62 survived, 202 died; two other destroyers, USS Monaghan and USS Spence, were also lost in Cobra; BNR
- WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Halsey's Typhoon.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, NOT in Iowa Bonus Case Files
- b. 26 Jul 1917 Lowder, Sangamon Co., IL; s/o James Franklin Phillips (b. Montgomery Co., IL) & Abbie IvaLea Nevinger (b. Montgomery Co., IL); family moved to Newton, Jasper Co. 1938.
- entered service 2 Jan 1941 from Newton, Jasper Co.; service credited to Audubon Co., reason unknown; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France.
- 328th Fighter Sqdn, 352th Fighter Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at RAF Bodney, Norfolk, England; North American P-51 Mustang #42-106756 pilot; KIA 10 Jun 1944; aircraft crashed in trees near Bayeax, Calvados, Normandy, France.
- Notes: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
- in Bonus Case Files; on Audubon Co. WWII dead list; other Pott. area connection unknown.
- b. 12 Mar 1917 Nodaway, Adams Co., IA; s/o Leon Wakeman Rider (b. Herkimer Co., NY) & Louise M. Kernan (b. rural Nodaway, Adams Co.).
- married Marie Hair of Bridgewater, Adair Co. Jun 1941 at St. Louis, MO.
- entered service 19 Feb 1941 from rural Nodaway, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co.; buried Nodaway Cem., Adam Co.
- Co. F, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 28 Apr 1943 Tunisia, North Africa.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.
- b. 31 Dec 1908 New Market, Dallas Twp., Taylor Co., IA; s/o John William Ridnour (b. rural Clarinda, Page Co.) & Elizabeth Blanche Leighton (b. Dallas Twp., Taylor Co.); family lived in NW Taylor Co., moving from Dallas Twp. to Washington Twp. in the early 1920s and to Holt Twp. in the 1930s.
- entered service 28 Jun 1941 from Rt. 1, Corning, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France; cenotaph Dallas Center Cem., New Market, Taylor Co.
- Co. G, 36th Armored Inf. Regt.; 3rd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Jun 1944 NE of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, June 1944 @ Villiers-Fossard Salient.
- b. near Decatur, Burt Co., NE: s/o Clyde Calvin Smith (b. Omaha) & Bessie M. Sheets (b. Hamburg, Fremont Co.; d. 1936).
- entered service 16 Jun 1941; service credited to Burt Co., NE; buried Tekamah Cem., Burt Co.
- perhaps Battery B, 143rd Field Artillery Bn., 40th Inf. Div., although I have found no record of this battalion having fought at Kwajalein; WIA Kwajalein, Marshall Is. 2 Feb 1944, DOW 3 Feb 1944.
- WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Marshall Islands @ Battle of Kwajalein - Southern Attack Force.
- b. 26 Dec 1915 Nodaway Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Robert Andrew Strain (b. Montgomery Co.) & Ludema Mason (b. Nodaway, Adams Co.).
- married Virginia Iona Armstrong of Adams Co., two children.
- entered service 29 Dec 1943 from Carbon or Atlantic, IA; next of kin wife, Mrs. Virginia Iona Strain, 702 So. Vine, Creston, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 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 @ Loss of USS Indianapolis.
- b. 17 Apr 1909 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Emil Strathman & Anna M. Reinwaldt.
- entered service 2 Jun 1941 at Fort Des Moines from Vail; service credited to Washington Co.
- stationed at Fort Robinson, near Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR; Co. D, 1st Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div.; DNB Sep 1941 El Dorado, Union Co., AR.
Strathman, Lyle Gene, SN 37-658-790, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co. (St. Paul's)
- b. 29 Mar 1923 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o LeRoy "Lee" Strathman & Clara Helen Petersen.
- 28th Composite Gp., 11th Air Force; Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator # 41-23973 radio operator with pilot Robert Gaetches; aircraft flying from Elmendorf Air Force Base to Adak suffered an explosion and fire in #2 engine and crashed; KIA 3 Sep 1944 NE of Iliamna; Alaska; six died, six survived.
- WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska.
about Lyle and Harry Strathman:
- Lyle Strathman was the first cousin once removed of Harry Strathman, Lyle's grandfather, Harry Strathman, and Harry's father being siblings.
- Where are they buried?
- b. 16 Sep 1922 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Peter Charles Thuman (b. Carroll Co.) & Mary E. Kemp (b. Brown Co., IL).
- entered service 16 Sep 1940 from rural Nodaway, Adams Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Pete Charles Thuman, RFD, Nodaway, Iowa.; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
- US Navy Mobile Hospital #2, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI; KIA 7 Dec 1941 at Pearl Harbor; hit by shrapnel while emerging from galley and died soon thereafter.
- WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor.
- b. 27 Aug 1925 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Emil Robert Heinrich Wenzel (b. rural Manilla, Crawford Co.; d. 1930) & Laura Lucinda Rave (b. Martin Co., MN).
- service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
- Co. F, 20th Inf. Regt., 6th Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 16 Jun 1945 Barat, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley, northern Luzon, Philippines.
- WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
Many on the above list were from jurisdictions just outside my seven-county Pottawattamie area:
- Manilla in Crawford Co., near the border with Shelby Co.
- Manning in Carroll Co., near the border with Audubon Co. See https://davidkusel.com/centennial/74ww2.htm
- Nodaway in Adams Co., near the border with Montgomery Co.
In parentheses at the end of the heading line is the name of the private Reunion file that may contain additional information.
There are 41 names listed as of 25 Mar 2025.
=== Part 1b - Possible Future Roster Additions, do not add at this time ===
- Roster Outliers > Miscellaneous Exclusions contains partial records considered and provisionally rejected.
- 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.; KIA 9 Dec 1943 near San Pietro Infine, Caserta, Italy.
- WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy > The Bernhardt Line @ Battle of San Pietro Infine.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, in Iowa Bonus Case Files
- 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; 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
- 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.
- b. 10 Apr 1918 Springfield, Brown Co., MN; s/o Oren Festus McGrew (b. Gibson Co., IN) & Flossie Mae Jenkins (b. Shannon Co., MO); family lived at Rt. 1, Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co. in 1940.
- buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 126th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div.; d. 5 Dec 1942, near Buna, Papua, New Guinea.
- WWII Japan > South & SW Pacific > Southeast New Guinea, Papua.
- on Montgomery Co. memorial, in Iowa Bonus Case Files
- 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
=== Part 2 - Ancillary Additions, to be added to WWII Dead > Ancillary Records when complete ===
(vet.) Johnson, Frank, SN 0-232-186, US Army, ??? County (WWII-JohnsonFrank#2)
- b. 17 May 1893 in Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o John Alexander Johnson (d. 1940) and Sarah Helen Reddick; family lived in Exira, Audubon Co. in 1900 and Adair, Adair Co. in 1910.
- living in Adair and student at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls in 1917; married Bernice Ella Davin of Benton Co. in Benton Co. in Aug 1922; superintendent of Schools at Pisgah, Harrison Co. in the early 1930s; district supply officer for the Civilian Conservation Corps stationed at Fort Des Moines, Polk Co. in the late 1930s; grocer at Lake Crystal, MN in 1940; Medical Supply Officer at Bruns General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1945.
- d. 18 Jun 1948 in hospital in Des Moines; buried Evergreen Cem., Vinton, Benton Co.
- b. 19 Nov 1921 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Charles Randolph Kernan & Doris Vivian Carothers.
- buried Dillavou Cem., Kendrick Twp., Green Co.
- b. 24 Dec 1917 Stanton, Stanton Co., NE; s/o Robert R. Shaw (b. Holt Co., MO; d. 1944) & Florence Mathilda Kesselhuth (b. Brown Co., NE); family lived in Madison Co., NE.
- employed by Walter Larsen of Co. Bluffs in 1940.
- entered service 11 Feb 1942 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; medical discharge 3 Feb 1945; buried Hillcrest Cem., Norfolk, Madison Co., NE.
- Co. I, 186th Inf. Regt., 41st Inf. Div.; service in SW Pacific; died from testicular cancer 28 Oct 1948 in University Hospital, Omaha.
- b. 26 Dec 1914 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o George Oliver Smithson (b. Maquoketa, Jackson Co.) & Alberta Sophia Maria Mangler (b. Green Island, Jackson Co.).
- entered service 2 Oct 1940 from Co. Bluffs; released from service 20 Aug 1941; d. 6 Dec 1947; buried Reeseville Cem., Green Island, Jackson Co.
- Hq. Co., 34th Inf. Div.
- b. 18 Jul 1921 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o John Thomas Williams (b. North Carolina; d. 1930) & Maude E. Crockett (b. De Kalb Co., IN).
- entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; moved to Oregon about 1946; buried River View Cem., Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.
- d. 24 Dec 1947 near Portland, Permante Hospital, Vancouver, WA from tuberculosis.
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