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                              bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster > Roster An-Az, © 2026 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 22 Dec 2025
​                           Part 2/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21 "An-Az" records
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† Andersen, Edwin Pershing, SN 38-050-262, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Harris Co., TX.
  • ​b. 11 Oct 1917 Audubon, Audubon Co.; s/o Jens J. Andersen (b. Denmark) & Martha Nelsina Madsen (b. Pott. Co.); family moved to Decatur Co. in early 1920s and to Audubon in 1927.
  • moved to Houston, Harris Co., TX in late 1930s where he worked as a salesman for Iowa's Garst and Thomas seed corn company.
  • enlisted 20 Oct 1940 at Houston, Haris Co., TX; service credited to Harris Co., TX; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co., IA.
  • 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 died.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Andersen, Eugene Phillip, SN 648-40-43, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Jul 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Alfred Andersen (b. Pott. Co.) & Nellie M. Babcock (b. Webster Co.).
  • entered service 29 Jun 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Andersen, 3329 2nd Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • landing ship tank LST-3; KIA 6 Aug 1943 off north coast of Sicily, between Palermo & San Stefano; LST-3 damaged by German bomber.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Naval War @ Operation Husky

† Anderson, Edward Franklin, SN 621-91-60, US Navy, Monona & Woodbury Cos.
  • b. 8 Jun 1926 rural Whiting, Ashton Twp., Monona Co. s/o Charles E.  "Charley" Anderson (b. Sarpy Co., NE) & Edna Nelson (b. Woodbury Co., d. 1934); parents divorced 1928; raised by grandparents James W. Nelson (d. 1943) & Harriet E. Jones (d. 1940) of Woodbury Co. and by sister.
  • entered service 1 Jul 1943 from Mapleton, Monona Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Charley Anderson, Mapleton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • submarine S-28 (SS-133); DNB 4 Jul 1944 off Oahu, Hawaii Territory; S-28 disappeared after submerging during a training exercise.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force

† Anderson, Elmer Dean, SN O-75023, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 15 Nov 1911 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Elmer N. Anderson & Elsie L. Wieland, both b. Montgomery Co.
  • entered service Jun 1935 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; 1945 US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; next of kin father, Mr. E. N. Anderson, Rt. 3, Red Oak, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • destroyer USS Truxtun (DD-229); DNB 18 Feb 1942 Placentia Bay, near Argentia, Newfoundland; Truxtun & supply ship USS Pollux (AKS-2) lost on rocks in winter storm while on convoy duty returning from Reykjavik, Iceland; 110 died from Truxtun & 99 died from Pollux, 186 survived.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

​† Anderson, Harold Martin, SN 37-037-894, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 12 Jun 1918 near Tennant, Shelby Co.; s/o Martin L. Andersen & Johanna Jensen, both b. Denmark; family moved to Center Twp. near Harlan in late 1920s.
  • entered service 8 May 1941 from Center Twp., Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 200th Coast Artillery Regt. (actually an anti-aircraft unit  armed with 3" 75mm guns & 50 caliber machine guns); stationed at Fort Stotsenburg north of Manila, Luzon, Philippines to protect nearby Clark Army Air Base; POW captured with the fall of the Bataan Peninsula; DNB 7 May 1942 at Camp O'Donnell, north of Manila, Luzon; dysentery.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
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† Anderson, James Marshall Jr., SN 0-667-227, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • b. 10 Nov 1918 Sterling, Logan Co., CO; s/o James M. Anderson Sr. & Mary E. Harris (d. 1945), both b. Colorado; family moved to Mills Co. in early 1920s.
  • married Virginia L. Noel  of Macedonia, Pott. Co. Apr 1941 at Fremont, Dodge Co., NE, both employees at Glenwood State School, Mills Co., one child.
  • entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Glenwood State School, Mills Co; service credited to unknown county; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 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 with 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.
  • WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Twentieth Air Force

† Anderson, Leon Edward, SN 37-128-873, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 13 Aug 1920 rural Eckley, Yuma Co., CO; s/o Samuel Edward Anderson (b. Audubon Co.) and Elva May Gardner (b. Caldwell Co., MO); family moved to Grant Twp., Cass Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service 26 Jun 1942 from rural Anita, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Anita.
  • Co. K, 378th Inf. Regt., 95th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 18 Nov 1944 Metz, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France. 
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army @ Battle of Metz

† Anderson, Marvin William, SN 37-039-780, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • b. 14 Sep 1913 rural Denison, Goodrich Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Samuel Anderson (b. Marshall Co., IL; d. 1919) & Tabitha Caroline Winey (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1938).
  • entered service 6 Feb 1941; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Oakland Cem., Denison, Crawford Co.
  • Co. A, 701st Military Police Bn.; seriously injured Nov 1944, perhaps in an accident at the Fort Wayne, IN Ordnance Depot; hospitalized at Percy Jones Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI; DNB 11 Jan 1945 at Percy Jones.

​​† Anderson, Myron Bernell, SN 37-663-577, US Army, Clayton Co.
  • b. 26 Apr 1914 near Gunder, Clayton Co.; s/o Chris J. Anderson & Rosina S. Mork, both b. Clayton Co.
  • married Aldora B. Loftsgard of Clayton Co. Jun 1941 in Gunder, Clayton Co., one child.
  • entered service 2 Mar 1943 from Postville, Clayton Co.; service credited to Audubon Co., unknown Audubon Co. connection; buried Marion Lutheran Cem., Gunder.
  • Antitank Co., 424th Inf. Regt., 106th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; FOD/KIA 16 Dec 1944 near Winterspelt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins

​† Anderson, Robert Arthur, SN 620-60-66, US Naval Aviation, Boone Co.
  • b. 5 Mar 1924 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Fred Thorbjorn Anderson (b. Norway) & Roberta Belle Gould (b. Crawford Co.); family moved to Boone, Boone Co. later in 1924.
  • entered service 9 Jun 1942 from Boone, Boone Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Anderson, 1628 Green St., Boone, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI; cenotaph Palestine Cem., Huxley, Story Co., lA.
  • Torpedo Sqdn. VT 31, Carrier Air Gp. 31, on USS Cabot (CVL-28); Grumman TBF Avenger gunner with 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.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Fourth Bonin Raid

† Anderson, Roy Hayward, SN 37-111-081, US Army, Cass County.
  • b. 5 Jan 1917 Brighton Twp., NW Cass Co.; s/o August C. Anderson Jr. (b. Cass Co.) & Lizzie Christensen (b. Audubon Co.); family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co. in late 1920s.
  • married Frances L. Hays of Atlantic, Cass Co., one child.
  • entered service 31 Dec 1941 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • Co. I, 126nd Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div., I Corps, attached to 2nd Australian Corps; KIA 27 Dec 1942 shrapnel from mortar on Saputa-Sanananda Track, Papua, New Guinea.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, SE New Guinea @ Buna Campaign

† Anderson, Virgil Wendell, SN T-003-902, US Army Air Force, Buena Vista Co.
  • b. 19 Mar 1923 Alta, Buena Vista Co.; s/o Johannes P. Anderson (d. 1934) & Margaret H. Hanson, both b. Buena Vista Co.
  • married Arlene Marie Degner of Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co. Dec 1942 in Des Moines.
  • entered service 2 Dec 1942 from Des Moines; service credited to Pott. Co., unknown Pott. Co. connection; buried Elk Cem., Alta, Buena Vista Co.
  • 95th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 440th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Chateaudun, NW of Orleans, France; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #42-100906 co-pilot; KIA 27 Dec 1944 near St. Hubert, west of Bastogne, Belgium; flak downed aircraft during glider tow mission carrying supplies to Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; three died, two survived.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

† Anderson, William Riley, SN 37-483-559, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 4 May 1924 Co. Bluffs; s/o William E. Anderson (b. Lawrence Co., MO) & Bernice C. Eledge (b. Co. Bluffs).
  • entered service 13 Jul 1943 from Rt. 4, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. F, 350th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; WIA 28 May 1944 SE of Rome, near Roccagorca, Lazio, Italy, DOW 28 May 1944.
  • WWII Germany >The MTO > Cassino/Anzio to Rome > The Drive on Rome

† Arkfeld, Francis Felix, SN 621-46-99, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 30 Aug 1922 Panama, Shelby Co.; s/o John J. Arkfeld & Mary B. Keane, both b. Shelby Co.
  • entered service 6 Nov 1942 from Panama, Shelby Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Arkfeld, Rt. 1, Panama; body not recovered; memorized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France; cenotaph St. Marys Cem., Panama.
  • landing craft tank LCT-486; KIA 7 Jun 1944, craft sunk by a mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Sea War

† Armentrout, Russell Marion, SN 37-656-533, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 19 Sep 1917 at Botna, Shelby Co.; s/o Marion Armentrout & Nettie Mockler, both b. Shelby Co.
  • married Bonnie Mae Nelson of Harlan, Shelby Co. Mar 1941 in Harlan, two children.
  • entered service 19 Jan 1943 from Harlan, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem.
  • Troop C, 12th Cavalry Regt., 1st Cavalry Div., Sixth Army; KIA 20 Mar 1944 on Los Negros Is., Admiralty Is., SW Pacific.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Bismarck Archipelago @ Admiralty Is./Operation Cartwheel

† Armstrong, Kenneth Burton, SN 37-735-072, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 4 Oct 1923 Sioux Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Bert A. Armstrong (b. Chase Co., KS) & Viola M. Devenport (b. LaSalle Co., IL); family lived in several locations in Monona & Harrison Cos. and Kansas.
  • married Margaret E. Hinkel of Monona Co. Nov 1942 in South Sioux City, Dakota Co., NE, two children.
  • entered service 20 Jun 1944 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Soldier Valley Cem., Pisgah, Harrison Co.​
  • Co. F, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Feb 1945 Luxembourg, near German Border, at Sauer River NW of Wallendorf, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg

† Ash, Lawrence Edward, SN 37-691-207, US Army, Marshall Co.
  • b. 11 Jun 1921 Le Grand, Marshall Co.; s/o Austin A. Ash (b. Columbia Co., PA) & Nancy Elna Granger (b. Monona Co.).
  • married Ida M. Butts Jun 1943 in Marshall Co.
  • entered service 24 Feb 1944 from Rt. 2, Marshalltown, Marshall Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co., unknown Montgomery Co. connection; buried Rock Valley Cem., Le Grand, Marshall Co.
  • Co. E, 28th Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 6 Dec 1944 near Vossenack, HürtgenWald, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Queen/Hürtgen

† Ash, Mickiel Daniel, SN 37-196-388, US Army, Pott & Polk Cos.
  • b. 26 Dec 1913 Cass Co., NE; s/o James H. Ash (b. Walworth Co., WI; d. 1921) & Catherine Bourke (b. Boone Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s, and then to Los Angeles Co., CA in the early 1940s.
  • lived in Des Moines in 1940; married Elizabeth Caroline “Bessie” Jamell of Marshalltown, Marshall Co. Sep 1941 in Des Moines, one child.
  • entered service 23 May 1942 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Moselle Dept., France.
  • 347th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 20 Dec 1944 near German border at Obergailbach, east of Sarreguemines, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army

† Aspedon, James Taylor, SN 37-035-657, US Army, Fremont Co.
  • b. 2 Mar 1913 Farragut, Fremont Co.; s/o Ernest Marion Aspedon Sr. (b. Dunlap, Harrison Co.) & Grace Pease (b. Fremont Co.); family moved to Washington Twp. in SW Fremont Co. in 1920s.
  • entered service 3 Mar 1941 from Hamburg, Fremont Co.; buried Riverton Cem., Fremont Co.
  • Co. B, 691st Tank Destroyer Bn. stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso Co., TX; DNB 23 Mar 1942 at post hospital from motorcycle accident 18 Mar 1942 while on duty.
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† Aspedon, Lyman Leslie, SN 37-466-606, US Army, Fremont Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1914 Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., MO; s/o Fredrick William "Fred" Aspedon (b. Dunlap, Harrison Co.) & Jane Gertrude Smith (b. Riverton, Fremont Co.); family lived in Washington Twp. near Riverton.
  • entered service 7 Dec 1942 from Riverton, Fremont Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. C, 325th Glider Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Inf. Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 4 Jan 1945 in Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Erased
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about the Aspedon family entries:
  • James Taylor Aspedon and Lyman Leslie Aspedon were cousins, both being grandchildren of James Aspedon and Margaret Connell.​

† Aultz, Dorsey Everet, SN 37-189-141, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 8 Nov 1910 Custer, Custer Co., OK; s/o William C. Aultz (b. Mifflin Co., PA; d. 1943) & Lucy S. White (b. New York; d. 1929).
  • lived with brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Gladys Ludwig, in Sarpy Co., NE in 1930; farm hand for Mrs. Fred Zoeller in rural Oakland, James Twp., Pott. Co. in 1940.
  • entered service 24 Mar 1942 from Rt. 2, Oakland, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Laurel Hill Cem., Omaha.
  • Co. I, 359th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 13 Jun 1944 near Picauville, SW of St. Mere Eglise, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  •  WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy,  Jun 1944
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