website bigpigeon.us, webpage WWII Roster > Roster Additions, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated 28 Mar 2023.
Herein are records under construction for future addition to the WWII Roster lists of dead. 
  • Most of the following 27 planned additions to the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster and the 18 additions to the complementary WWII Era Dead lists come from Lest We Forget lists developed by county volunteers in recent years and are found at iagenweb.com county websites. I have now looked at all six Pottawattamie area lists. Links to all such 99 county lists are at http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWII_Surnames/WWIICountySurnameIndex.html.
  • Parentheses in these fragmentary records specify the database containing information about that individual.
For addition to the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster
† Agnew, Wayne Burton, SN 37-191-857, US Army, Adams Co. (WWII-AgnewWayneB) 
  • b. 6 Mar 1910 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Floyd L. Agnew & Pearl E. McKisson; m. Icy A. Dixon 1934, div. 1938; m. Mary A. (Haley) Emmons 1942; entered service 22 Apr 1942 from Nodaway, service credited to Benton Co.; bur. Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, France.
  • 713rd Railway Operating Bn.; DNB 5 Dec 1944 Miramas, NW of Marseille, France; accidental gunshot; The ETO > The ETO Comm. Zone.
Anderson, James Marshall Jr., SN O-667227, US Army Air Force, Mills County (St. Paul's) (RAC: Pocahontas photo)
  • b. 10 Nov 1918 Sterling, Logan Co., CO s/o James M. Anderson Sr. & Mary E. Harris (d. 1945); m. Virginia L. Noel Apr 1941, one child; entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Glenwood State School, Mills Co; service credited to unknown county.
  • 482nd Bomb. Sqdn., 505th Bomb. Gp., 73rd Bomb. Wing, Twentieth Air Force; based at North Field, Tinian, Mariana Is.; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6351 Pocahontas bombardier w/ aircraft commander John Kretzer; KIA 14 Apr 1945 over Honshu, Japan; aircraft lost, presumably to antiaircraft fire, on night bombing mission at 8,000 feet over arsenal area, Tokyo; crew of 11 all died; Japan Overpowered > Strategic Air War - Japan; BNR.
​† Blades, George William, SN XC-3-139-851, US Navy, Shelby Co. & Alameda Co., CA (WWII-BladesGeorgeW)​
  • b. 5 Oct 1894 Irwin, Shelby Co. s/o George B. Blades (d. 1924) & Jennie E. Stewart (d. 1943); entered service 1912 from Irwin; m. Hazel B. (Wells) Pruitt 1921 in Cordova, AK, one child & two stepchildren; entered reserve status 1933, retired 1939; reentered service 1 Jan 1941 at Yerba Buena Is., San Francisco, CA; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Irwin.
  • Chief Radioman, US Navy Yard, Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co. CA; DNB 13 Feb 1943 at home, San Leandro, Alameda Co., CA; heart attack. 
  • Notes: Also served in WWI. Son served in World War II and was subsequently hospitalized.
† Carlson, Roland Linus, SN 37-524-041, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co. & Wright Co., MN (WWII-CarlsonRolandR)​
  • b. 2 May 1920 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Linus G. Carlson & Florence C. Mainquist;  Roland moved to Buffalo, MN in late 1930s to work with uncle Axel Carlson; entered service 3 Dec 1942, service credited to Wright Co., MN; m. Shirley Ruth Learned Oct 1943 in Minnesota; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • 412th Bomb. Sqdn., 95th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Horham, 4 miles SE of Eye, Suffolkshire, England; Boeing B-17G #42-39869 Heaven Can Wait waist gunner w/ pilot Richard P. Bannerman; KIA 11 Apr 1944 on mission to Poznan, Poland; aircraft shot down by enemy aircraft 6 miles SE of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; all ten dead; The ETO > ETO Air War.
† Christensen, John Kenneth, SN 321-61-43, US Navy; Shelby & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 27 Oct 1921 Manilla, Crawford Co. s/o John M. Christensen & Olga M. Rasmussen; family lived near the Shelby-Crawford Co. border, living in Greeley Twp., Shelby Co. abt 1930; entered service 27 Feb 1941 from Box 235, Manilla.
  • USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 7 May 1942 Battle of Coral Sea; 15 survivors from 252-man crew; Japan Overreaches > Coral Sea; BNR.
​† Cocklin, Harold John, SN 19-000-746, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. & Alameda Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 10 May 1917 Griswold, Cass Co. s/o Elmer F. Cocklin & Anna Gustason; family moved to Lincoln, NE in 1920s & to Beltrami Co., MN in 1930s; Harold moved to Alameda Co., CA with brother's family in late 1930s; entered service 12 Nov 1940 in San Francisco, service credited to Alameda Co.; bur. Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp.; POW; DNB 29 Apr 1942 Camp O'Donnell, Tarlac Province, Central Luzon, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > Philippines Lost.
† Curtis, Edwin Palmer, SN 316-72-93, US Navy, Harrison Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 25 Dec 1920 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Simon P. Curtis & Eva E. Jenkins; family lived in St  Johns Twp., rural Missouri Valley, moving to Oregon in 1941; entered service 12 Dec 1940 from Rt. 2, Missouri Valley at Omaha, NE; bur. Forest View Cem., Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.
  • served on heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27); ​d. 30 Sep 1943 Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co., CA; drowning.
† Dworak, Lloyd Arthur, SN as aviation cadet 702-51-32, US Naval Aviation, Douglas Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 Jul 1923 Omaha, Douglas Co. s/o Lloyd A Carter & Jessie I. Pope (d. 1931); mother m. Arthur F. Dworak of Omaha 1932; student at University of Nebraska; entered service as aviation cadet from Omaha at Kansas City 21 Oct 1942, called to active duty 1943; bur. Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
  • navy aviation fighter pilot training in night fighter operation at Vero Beach Naval Air Station, Indian River Co., FA; DNB on training mission early 6 Jan 1945; Grumman F7F Tigercat.
† Jentoft, Harold Thomas, SN 321-59-68, US Navy, Montgomery Co. (WWII-JentoftHarold)
  • b. 27 May 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Martin E. Nilsen Jentoft & Harriett B. "Hattie" Foster; family lived in Red Oak except for a brief period c. 1935 in Creston, Union Co.; Harold worked in Alaska & Washington State c. 1940; entered service 6 Feb 1941 from Red Oak.
  • served on USS Long Island (CVE-1) late 1941;Escort Carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Task Force 52; KIA 24 Nov 1943 near Makin Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Japanese submarine I-175 sank Liscome Bay during the US Tarawa/Makin invasion; 702 dead, 272 survivors; Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; BNR.
† Joslin, Lee Roy, SN 1-230-716, US Coast Guard, Webster Co. & Mariposa Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 21 Jan 1920 Council Bluffs s/o Othe B. Joslin & Nettie Marchbanks (div. abt 1939); family moved to Tara W of Fort Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s; starting in early 1930s, family members moved between Webster Co. & California; In 1940, Lee Roy was a gold miner in Mariposa Co., CA; entered service 8 Oct 1941 from Fort Dodge; m. Ethel Frances (Hogan) Morrell in Sonoma Co., CA 1942, one stepchild & one child; bur. Sarah Priest Cem., Midpines, Mariposa Co.
  • No overseas service, other Coast Guard service details unknown; d. 14 Apr 1946 in auto accident in Oakland, Alameda Co., excessive speed & alcohol consumption.
† Kakac, Victor Otto Jr., SN 37-476-281, US Army, Harrison Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 31 Aug 1924, Cresco, Howard Co., IA s/o Victor O. Kakac Sr. & Blanche Frazier; family moved to rural Missouri Valley, St. John Twp., Harrison Co. in early 1930s; entered service 22 Mar 1943 from Rt. 3, Missouri Valley; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • Co. M, 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Aug 1944 between St. Lo & Vire, Manche, Normandy, France; The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.
† Kelley, Parle Pratt, SN 37-724-123, US Army, Mills Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 Jan 1913 Pacific Jct., Mills Co s/o Frederick W. Kelley Sr. & Nellie E. Wilkins; family moved from Mills Co. to Los Angeles Co., CA late 1920s; one child; enlisted 18 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles Co.; bur. Arlington Nat'l Cem., Virginia.
  • 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Dec 1944 near Manhay, Ardennes, Belgium; Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained.
† Lang, Richard Waddell, SN 37-481-349, US Army, Cass & Carroll Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 19 Feb 1925 Atlantic, Cass Co. s/o Claude Melvin Lang & Myrtle Lela Waddell; entered service 21 Jun 1943 from Atlantic, service credited to Carroll Co.; bur. Atlantic Cem.
  • Co. B, 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 8 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio, Italy; First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > Cassino/Gustav Line.
† Learned, Bradley Eugene, SN 17-047-210, US Army Air Force, Wright Co., MN (WW-CarlsonRolandL)
  • b. 28 Mar 1920 Wright Co., MN s/o Abijah E. Learned & Mabel M. Redmond; graduated from Iowa State College 1940; subsequently employed in Canton, IL; entered service from Wright Co. at Ft. Snelling, MN 9 Jan 1942.
  • 508th Bomb Sqdn. 351st Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force based between Leicester and Cambridge at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29817 ball turret gunner w/ pilot William C. King; KIA 28 Jun 1943 over the Bay of Biscay after completion of mission over St. Nazaire, France; aircraft lost two engines after Luftwaffe attack, glided into water and exploded; four POW & six KIA; The ETO > ETO Air War.
† Lee, Theodore Evans, SN O-772418, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. & San Luis Obispo Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 24 May 1924 Pacific Jct., Mills Co. s/o Theodore S. Lee & Viva L. Evans; family moved from Mills Co. to California abt 1935; entered service from San Luis Obispo Co., CA; bur. Golden Gate Nat'l Cem., San Bruno, CA.
  • unit unknown; KIA 5 Dec 1944 Noomfoor Is., Dutch New Guinea; US Air Force War w/ Japan > Thirteenth Air Force.
† Lovelady, Lyle Everett, childhood name Lyle E. Miller, SN 20-723-370, US Army, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE (St. Paul's)
  • b. 6 Oct 1907 Malvern, Mills Co.; lived in the John T. Miller (d. 1932) & Loracy McDonald (d. 1921) household in Malvern through 1925, during this time he was known as Lyle E. Miller, unknown whether he was their child or a foster child, unknown whether Lovelady was a birth parent of an assumed name; m. Hattie L. Robinson of Council Bluffs 1927, div; m. Dorothy E. Goldbeck of Denison, Crawford Co. 1938, two children, div.; m. widower Carol I. (Reasoner) Delashmutt of Mills Co. 1943; entered service 23 Dec 1940 from Omaha, service credited to Douglas Co.; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • before induction, served in Nebraska National Guard in Omaha's Co. K, 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div.; still serving in 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army at time of death; KIA 18 Jul 1944 N of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France; The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy July 1944.
  • Family Note: Loracy (McDonald) Miller has numerous descendants from an earlier marriage to John W. Hollins of Mills Co.
† Matthews, William Henry, SN 39-019-527, US Army, Harrison Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (St. Paul's)
  • b. 20 Dec 1917 Woodbine, Harrison Co. s/o Frank A. R. Matthews & Julia A. Lewis; William moved from Woodbine to Los Angeles Co., CA to live with his brother in late 1930s; date of service entry unknown, service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; bur. Woodbine.
  • Co. L, 35th Inf. Regt., 25th Inf. Div., XIV Corps; KIA 21 Jan 1943 near Mt. Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Battle of Mount Austen - South & SW Pacific > Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal.
† Mefferd, Eugene, SN 325598, US Naval Aviation, Harrison & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 30 Oct 1921 Woodbine, Harrison Co. s/o Arthur L. Mefferd & Fay Templeton; family moved to Denison, Crawford Co. in late 1930s; entered service 19 Jun 1942 from rural Denison; m. Betty Jo Underwood 1943 in Kiron, Crawford Co., one child; bur. Woodbine Cem.
  • Served at Navy Air Station, Olathe, KS; d. 13 Feb 1945 Alameda Co., CA; cause of death unknown.
† Mendenhall, Stanley Filtodus, SN 37-462-553, US Army, Monona Co. & Custer Co., SD. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 3 Dec 1918 Custer, Custer Co., SD s/o James F. Mendenhall & Eva V. Gould; m. Charlene F. Crabb of Monona Co. 1939; service credited to Custer Co.; bur. Custer Cem.
  • 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., First & Ninth Armies; KIA 26 Oct 1944 near Herzogenrath, N of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia; War of Attrition > Rhineland Fall 1944 > Aachen.
† Ripley, William Louis, SN O-424680, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. (WWII-RipleyWilliamL)
  • b. 3 Apr 1917 Logan, Harrison Co. s/o Louis E. Ripley, a Methodist minister (d. 1943) & Viola Carter (d. 1924); ss/o Mabel (McCrary) Ripley; family lived in Shenandoah, Page Co. & Emerson, Mills Co., moving to Des Moines in early 1940s; entered service 30 Dec 1940 from Shenandoah; m. Harriett Runge 1943 in Mason Co., TX; cenotaph in Farragut Cem., Fremont Co.
  • unit unknown; d. 27 Sep 1946 in crash of Consolidated Catalina over water near Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa Co., FL; three died from crew of 10; BNR.
† Ruff, Paul Russell "Russell", SN 307354, US Navy, Wapello & Polk Cos. (WWII-RuffPaulR)
  • b. 8 Jan 1910 Ottumwa, Wapello Co. s/o Edward M. Ruff & Minnie M. Hammes of Ottumwa; Grinnell College graduate; taught & coached in Villisca, Montgomery Co. & Atlantic, Cass Co. before moving to Lincoln High School, Des Moines; m. Marion Ellis 1939 at Maquoketa, Jackson Co.; entered service 23 Aug 1943 at Des Moines w/ Ottumwa listed as permanent address; bur. Ottumwa Cem.
  • Executive Officer on minesweeper USS Valor (AMc-108) based at Eastern Sea Frontier, Newport, RI; d. 29 Jun 1944 at southern reaches of the Cape Cod Canal; Valor struck by destroyer escort USS Richard W. Suesens; nine of crew of 18 died.
† Taylor, Loren Fay, SN O-692838, US Army Air Force,  Montgomery Co. (WWII-TaylorLorenF)
  • b. 22 Jul 1920 rural Grant, Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Seymour L. Taylor & Lenora M. Towne; lifelong rural Grant resident; entered service at Omaha 7 Jun 1942; service credited to unknown county; cenotaph in Grant Cemetery.
  • 373rd Bomb. Sqdn., 308th Bomb. Gp., Fourteenth Air Force; squadron based apart from rest of group at Luliang Airfield, Yunnan, China; Consolidated B-24L Liberator #44-41448 pilot; during raid against Japanese shipping in the Tonkin Gulf off French Indo-China the aircraft developed a fuel tank leak & #3 engine fire (the one survivor reported hit by anti-aircraft fire); plane lost altitude & crew bailed out near Kai-Bo Island E of Hanoi; of crew of eleven, only one survived; China-Burma-India > China, 1941-45; BNR.
† Vickroy, John Marvin, SN 19-100-198, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA (WWII-VickroyJohnM)
  • b. 21 Nov 1918 Chariton, Lucas Co.; s/o Arthur V. Vickroy & Marie L. Bridges; family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. late 1920s, to Sioux Falls, SD late 1930s, & returned to Red Oak by late 1940s; entered service 13 Jul 1942 from Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • ​Co. A, 355th Inf. Regt., 89th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 28 Mar 1945; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
† Walker, Hayden Leonard, SN 37-262-366, US Army Air Force, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE (WWII-WalkerHaydenL)
  • b. 7 Mar 1921 Glenwood, Mills Co. s/o William Walker (d. 1940) & Irene Shipley; entered service 5 Sep 1942 from Glenwood, service credited to Douglas Co., NE.
  • Bn. Headquarters, 445th Signal Construction Bn., Aviation (colored); DNB 19 Oct 1944 in Burma or India; passenger on Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota flight from Myitkyina, Burma to Ledo, Assam, India; plane disappeared after requesting a heading to Ledo; China-Burma-India > Crossing the Hump; BNR.
† Wood, Edgar G., SN 37-548-106, US Army (St. Pauls)
  • b. 2 Feb 1920 Woodbine, Harrison Co. s/o Elmer J. Wood & Anna S. Carr; service credited to MN; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 349th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div.; Fifth Army; d. 8 Oct 1944 Italy
† Wood, Fred Joseph, SN 37-428-828, US Army, Harrison Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 8 Apr 1910 Mondamin, Harrison Co. s/o Elmer J. Wood & Anna S. Carr; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • d. 23 May 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy;
† ​Wright, Walter Winfield, SN 2-173-114, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)
For addition to the Other WWII Era Dead lists
Postwar in-service deaths - served during WWII hostilities, died 1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1949:
(postwar) Buter, Glenn Paul, SN 321-91-43, US Naval Aviation, Harrison & Crawford Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 26 Dec 1926 Percival, Benton Twp., Fremont Co. s/o Henry J. Buter Jr. & Elsie M. Weber; family lived in rural Dunlap, Boyer Twp., Crawford Co. moving to Dunlap, Harrison Co. in 1946; entered service 16 Feb 1944 from rural Dunlap; m. Helen A. Sybeldon 1946 in Dunlap, one child; bur. Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • served with Helicopter Development Squadron VX-3 on USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41); d. 29 Dec 1947 near Naples, Italy; helicopter lost rotor and crashed, crew of three all died.
(postwar) Townsend, Melvin Oscar, SN RA-20-701-278, US Army, Mills & Jefferson Cos. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 21 Dec 1911 Pacific Jct., Mills Co. s/o George E. Townsend & Maggie F. Baker; m. Verda M. Young 1932, five children; Melvin & Verda moved from Mills Co. to Fairfield, Jefferson Co. abt. 1933; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Fairfield; reenlisted 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • WWII service in ETO Feb 1942-Jun 1945 w/ Service Co., 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; served in Yuma, AZ w/ Test Branch, Quartermaster Corps; d. 25 Jun 1949 near Yuma, Winterhaven, Imperial Co., CA; drowned in All American Canal. 

Veterans' deaths - served during WWII hostilities, released from service, died before 1950:
(vet.) Bruce, Floyd L., SN 37-694-432, US Army, Montgomery Co. (WWII-BriggsBruceLathropSpicer)
  • b. 15 Feb 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Robert J. Bruce & Bertha M. Haynes; m. Rita M. Cowley May 1934 in Red Oak, one child; entered service 4 Apr 1944 from Red Oak; departed US 13 Feb 1945; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Battery A., 659th Field Artillery Bn., participated in Central Europe Campaign; sep. 11 Jun 1946; d. 6 Dec 1947 at Red Oak, coronary thrombosis.
(vet.) Camery, Donald Eugene, SN 37-770-715, US Army, Shelby Co. (St. Paul's)
  • b. 7 Jan 1926 Harlan, Shelby Co. s/o Morgan Arthur Camery Jr. & Evelyn F. Rold; entered service 22 May 1945 from Harlan; sep. 18 Oct 1945; d. 21 Oct 1946 Oak Park, IL; hit by train while attempting to board; bur. Harlan Cem.
(vet.) Doty, Earl Donald Leslie, SN 37-446-414, US Army, Harrison Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) James, Arthur Warren, SN O-235145, US Army, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) Kernan, Joseph Edward Jr., SN 37-260-280, US Army, Pott. Co. (WWII-KernanJosephE)
(vet.) Lang, Gail Clive, SN 37-263-161, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) Lathrop, Roy Garfield, SN 37-191-481, Montgomery Co. (WWII-BriggsBruceLathropSpicer)
  • b. 17 Apr 1913 Iowa or Missouri, adopted by Herbert R. Lathrop & Nellie M. Spicer of rural Red Oak, Pilot Grove Twp., Montgomery Co. in 1923; entered service 20 Apr 1942 from rural Red Oak, reg. w/ Page Co. draft board; sep. 3 Aug 1943; parents lived in Neola, Pott. Co. area by 1947; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • during service remained stateside with an anti-aircraft unit; sep. 3 Aug 1943; entered Knoxville, IA VA Hospital Oct 1944; d. 5 Jan 1947 in Knoxville VA Hospital, ulcerative and perforated intestine, also dementia praecox.​​
​(vet.) Philson, James Harold, SN 37-075-976, Shelby Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) Ranger, Roger Raymond, SN 860-22-75, US Navy, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) Rathbone, Philip Harmon, SN 37-676-926, US Army, Montgomery & Polk Cos. (WWII-RathbonePhilipH)
  • b. 21 Aug 1907 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Mortimer H. Rathbone & Anna L. Muhs; 
(vet.) Schrader, James William Orville, SN 37-437-515, US Army, Cass Co. (WWII-SchraderJamesWO)
  • b. 30 Oct 1910 Cass Co. s/o Frederick D. Schrader & Malinda Drenner; entered service 9 Oct 1942 from Cumberland, Cass Co.; sep. 13 Nov 1945; bur. St. Johns UCC Cem., Lyman, Cass Co.
  • Medical Detachment, 21st Inf. Regt., 24th Inf. Div.; division served in Hollandia area, New Guinea, on Leyte, Philippines, & on Mindinao, Philippines; d. 20 Nov 1946 near Pomeroy, Calhoun Co. from coronary thrombosis while working on road construction.
(vet.) Springer, Emmett William, SN 39-571-270, US Army, Montgomery Co. (WWII-SpringerEmmettW)
  • b. 5 Jan 1924 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Jesse L. Springer & Edna Martin; entered service 23 Apr 1943 from Red Oak at Arlington, CA, service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; sep. 2 Dec 1945; d. 14 Sep 1947 in hospital, Red Oak; skull fracture from auto accident in Emerson, Mills Co.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • served in Co. C, 234th Engineer Bn., 1115 Engineer Grp., XIX Corps; participated in Operation Grenade, the Feb 1945 Roer River crossing in North Rhine-Westphalia.
(vet.) Trimmer, Joseph Andrew, SN 37-447-784, US Army, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)
(vet.) Watts, Rolland Leo, SN xxx. US Marine Corps, Harrison & Pott. Cos. (St. Paul's)
​(vet.) Williams, Russell LeRoy, SN 20-706-848, US Army, Montgomery Co. (WWII-WilliamsRussellL)
  • b. 28 Jul 1921 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o John T. Williams (d. 1930) & Maude E. Crockett; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak; sep. 23 Nov 1945; family moved to Portland, OR area 1946; d. 24 Sep 1947 in VA hospital, Vancouver, Clark Co., WA of tuberculosis after one-year hospitalization; bur. River View Cem., Portland.
  • served with Co. M, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; overseas Apr 1942- Nov 1945.

Veterans' deaths - entered service 3 Sep 1945 - 31 Dec 1946, released from service, died before 1950:
(vet.) Christensen, Chester Lloyd, SN 37-808-362, US Army, Pottawattamie Co. (St. Paul's)
Proposed and Rejected
  • Evans, Robert Dean, 24 Feb 1913 - 25 Apr 1943; s/o Edward O. Evans & Abbie L. Colby, b. O'Brien Co. & lived in Des Moines; SN 571-540, US Coast Guard (http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIICountyIndex/Cass/Cass_E.html). No Pott. area connection found.
  • Hartman, Melvin Joseph s/o Fred Leo Hartman & Rosina Cecelia Csukker of Palo Alto Co. No Pott. area connection found.
  • Mitchell, James W, b. Hillcrest Cem., Decatur, Burt Co., NE - not in Council Bluffs. (Said to have died in Korea; must have been a POW)
  • Reed, John Dayton Jr. No Pott. area connection found.
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, 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 (currently the choices are War with Japan, Battle of the Atlantic, Mediterranean Theater, European Theater).
  • Find the appropriate section of this long webpage (the section should be identified at the end of the service information portion of the record).
  • Insert the record heading and service information 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 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:
  • When following the above process, drop the database name at the last end of the record heading line before inserting in a list.
  • 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. 
  • 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.