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​                        Part 3/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 29 "Ba-Be" records
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† Babb, Samuel Asa, SN 37-037-549, US Army, Monona Co.
  • b. 20 Jun 1918 Grant Twp., Monona Co.; s/o George Elsworth Babb (b. rural Persia, Harrison Co.) & May Rose Harding (b. Oto, Woodbury Co.); family moved to rural Whiting, West Fork Twp., Monona Co. in early 1920s.
  • lived with sister and brother-in-law in Sioux City before entering service.
  • entered service 25 Apr 1941 from Rt. 1, Whiting; service credited to Monona Co.; buried Oto Cem., Woodbury Co.
  • Co. L, 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Apr 1943 south of Fondouk, Tunisia.
  • War with Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle for Fondouk Pass

† Babcock, Victor Ross, SN 37-428-855, US Army, Harrison & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 14 Nov 1908 Co. Bluffs; s/o Edwin Babcock (b. Tolland Co., CT; d. 1925) & Martha Mellor (b. Allegheny Co., PA).
  • married Opal M. Davis of Harrison Co. Jul 1933 in Co. Bluffs, four children; lived in Missouri Valley, Harrison Co..
  • entered service 5 Sep 1942 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 145th Inf. Regt., 37th Inf. Div.; XIV Corps, KIA 25 Jul 1943, near Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Is.
  • Operation Cartwheel - South & SW Pacific > Solomon Is., New Georgia.

† Bach, Paul Leonard, served as both Bach Paul L & Beach Paul L, SN 0-311-373, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 2 Aug 1912 Co. Bluffs; s/o Peter C. Bach (b. Denmark; d. 1914) & Anna K. Hansen (b. Denmark), mother married Soren Peter Knudsen (b. Denmark) 1919; mother divorced; mother married Julius A. Johnson.
  • married Kathryn C. “Kay” Ferguson of Walsh Co., ND Apr 1936 in Pocatello, ID.
  • entered service May 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 43rd Inf. Regt., Philippine Scouts, Philippine Division; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 21 Nov 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines, amoebic dysentery.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.​

† Bagley, Charles Phelps, SN 0-765-281, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co.
  • b. 10 Aug 1922 Audubon, Audubon Co. s/o Frank Bagley & Edith Phelps, both b. Audubon Co.
  • entered service 25 Mar 1943 from Audubon, Audubon Co. at Santa Ana, CA; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
  • 600th or 601st Bomb. Sqdn., 398th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Nuthampstead SW of Cambridge, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38463 co-pilot with pilot Roger Weum; KIA 30 Nov 1944 Grosslöbichau, east of Jena, Thuringia, Germany; aircraft went into a dive, exploded in mid-air, and crashed; crew of nine, six died.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Baier, Arnold Leroy, SN 37-684-308, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 20 Feb 1923 rural Anita, Grant Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Frederick H. Baier (b. Audubon Co.) & Goldie A. Daughenbaugh (b. Cass Co.); family moved to rural Wiota, Franklin Twp., Cass Co. in late 1920s & to rural Griswold, Cass Co. in 1940s.
  • entered service 5 Feb 1944 from Rt. 1, Griswold, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem., Cass Co.
  • Co. G, 187th Glider Inf. Regt., 11th Airborne Div.; KIA 24 Mar 1945 near Santa Rosa, SE of Manila, Luzon, Philippines; probably died in 2nd Bn.'s attack on fortified village of Dita.
  • Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Bailey, Edwin Clark, SN 17-149-190, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 13 Feb 1926 Frankfort Twp., rural Stanton, Montgomery Co.; s/o Russell H. Bailey (b. Montgomery Co.) & Annabelle E. Horvath (b. Ramsey Co., MN); family moved to Grant Twp., rural Red Oak late 1930s.
  • entered service 22 Feb 1944 from Rt. 4, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
  • 7th Bomb. Sqdn., 34th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Mendlesham, N. of Ipswich, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38419 Miss Betsy tail gunner with pilot Jacob Raver; KIA 14 Jan 1945 on mission to Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany; aircraft lost right wing due to flak and crashed NW of Bremen, 700 meters SW of village of Eggestedt, Niedersachen, Germany; seven died, two POW.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
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† Bailey, Jack Carl, SN 37-356-705, US Army, Pott Co. & Cheyenne Co., NE
  • b. 14 Feb 1924 Stanberry, Gentry Co., MO; s/o Donald Bailey (b. Gentry Co., MO) & Mary I. Carothers (b. Kansas; d. 1935); parents divorced; lived in Co. Bluffs with aunt Frances C. (Carothers) Durbin.
  • lived with maternal mother in Phoenix, AZ in Apr 1940; later employed at the ordnance plant in Wahoo, NE.
  • entered service 10 Jun 1943 from Co. Bluffs or Cheyenne Co., NE; service credited to Cheyenne Co., NE; buried High Ridge Cem., Stanberry, Gentry Co.
  • Co. E, 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div. (part of 2nd Bn. attached to 4th Inf. Div.); KIA 8 Aug 1944 NE of Avranches, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.

† Baker, Delmar Eugene (also recorded as Baker, Delman E.), SN 321-35-78, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 5 Mar 1920 Conrad, Pondera Co., MT; s/o Frank B. Baker (b. Montgomery Co.) & Vina F. Bell (b. Laclede Co., MO; d. 1928), former Montgomery Co. residents; family moved to Anacortes, WA about 1926; children lived with other families after mother's death; father returned to Villisca, Montgomery Co. about 1930, moved to Lamar, MO in the late 1940s, and returned to Montgomery Co. shortly before his death.
  • entered service 11 Oct 1939 at Des Moines; next of kin parents (sic, father is a widower), Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Baker, Rt. 2, Villisca, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Arlington Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
  • Joined crew of Destroyer USS Peary (DD-226) 24 Apr 1940; KIA 19 Feb 1942 Darwin, Australia; Peary sunk by Japanese dive bombers; 93 died, 49 survived.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost.

† Baker, Donald Hugh, SN 20-706-350, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 5 Jun 1919 rural Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Hugh M. Baker (b. Henry Co.) & Katherine Beekmann (b. Cass Co.); family moved to Atlantic in early 1920s.
  • married Virginia P. Henke of Atlantic, Cass Co. Jun 1941 in Missouri.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Charlevoix Co., MI; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • Co. K (Atlantic), 168th Inf. Regt., while stateside transferred to Co. K (Le Mars), 133rd Inf. Regt., both 34th Inf. Div.; DNB 6 Jun 1942 Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; railroad accident.
  • The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone.

† Baker, Everett Ernest, SN 17-122-788, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 3 Aug 1922 Johnson, Nemaha Co., NE; s/o Guy R. Baker & Jessie J. Johnson, both b. Montgomery Co.; family moved to Glenwood, Mills Co. in 1920s and to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service Sep 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. L, 26th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; DOW 26 Feb 1945 near Roer River SE of Aachen, North Rhile-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > To The Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.

† Baker, John Llewellyn, SN O-710-875, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 9 Dec 1922 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o John S. Baker & Helen E. Dilley, both b. Montgomery Co.
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Rt. 2, Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Arlington Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
  • 96th Fighter Sqdn., 82nd Fighter Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; based at Vincenzo Airfield SE of Foggia, Apulia, Italy; Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilot; KIA 29 Aug 1944 at San Pietro d'Carso 20 miles east of Trieste, Italy; aircraft struck the railroad station while strafing a nearby train; The MTO > MTO Air War > Fifteenth Air Force.

† Bales, Virgil Etherian, SN 321-69-72, US Navy, Monona Co.
  • b. 28 Jan 1919 Mapleton, Monona Co; s/o Charles Alfred Bales Sr. (b. Butler Co., NE) & Bertha Ellen Doud (b. Woods Co., OK).
  • destroyer USS McKean (DD-90); KIA 17 Nov 1943 near Empress Augusta Bay, Solomon Is.; McKean hit by Japanese aerial torpedo while ferrying Marine Corps reinforcements from Guadalcanal to Bougainville; 64 crew members and 52 embarked troops died.
  • War with Japan > South & SW Pacific > Naval War, New Georgia & Bougainville​

† Bales, Paul Edgar, SN 859-09-72, US Navy, Adair Co.
  • b. 8 Apr 1924 Adair, Adair Co.; s/o Claude L. Bales & Kathryn F. Sherman, both b. Adair Co.
  • entered service date unknown from Rt. 2, Adair, Adair Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lester Bales, Adair, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Immanuel Lutheran Cem., Adair, Guthrie Co., IA.
  • Destroyer USS Hoel (DD-533), Task Unit 77.4.3 (aka Taffy 3), Seventh Fleet; KIA 25 Oct 1944 off Samar, Philippines; the Hoel, Johnston, & Samuel B. Roberts were all sunk after their tenacious attack on a vastly-superior Japanese force.
  • Battle off Samar - Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf.

† Ball, John Jesse "Jack", SN 20-706-539, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Jul 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o John E. Ball (b. Harrison Co.) & Eleanor T. Pischel (b. Pott. Co.).
  • married Ruth Lorraine Coon of Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Vahalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • Co. L (Co. Bluffs), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div. --> Co. C, 1st Ranger Bn., II Corps; KIA 25 Mar 1943 El Guettar, Tunisia.
  • Battle of El Guettar - The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.

† Baraks, Frederick August, served as Barracks, Frederick A, SN 36-448-659, US Army, Rock Island Co., IL
  • b. 27 Sep 1917 Coal Valley, Rock Island Co., IL; s/o August Baraks (b. Rock Island Co., IL; d. 1929) & Elizabeth Willhouse (b. Rock Island Co., IL).
  • married LaRue V. Jensen of Hazel Dell T., Pott. Co. Aug 1941 in Clark Co., MO, two children.
  • enlisted 15 Feb 1943 at Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; service credited to Rock Island Co., IL; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 449th Military Police Co., Seventh Army, landed at Utah Beach 6 Jun 1944 with the First Army, served in the Battle of the Bulge; WIA early Apr 1945, KIA (sic) 4 Apr 1945, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine. ​

† Bargenquast, Arnold Frank, SN 321-39-14, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 4 Feb 1914 Irwin, Shelby Co.; s/o Henry G. Bargenquast (b. Schleswig Holstein)  & Anna C. Wendt (b. Shelby Co.).
  • married Louise Quarto of Norwich, CT Apr 1943, one child.
  • entered service 28 Feb 1940 from Manilla, Shelby Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Louise Quarto Bargenquast, 72 Boswell Ave., Norwich, CT; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Submarine USS Seawolf (SS 197); DNB 4 Oct 1944 near Morotai, Dutch Indies, SW Pacific; Seawolf sunk by friendly fire, all 83 crew & 17 US Army passengers died.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

† Barnett, Walter McMillan Jr., SN 20-743-494, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 4 Mar 1922 Competition, Laclede Co., MO; s/o Walter M. Barnett Sr. (b. Dade Co., MO; d. 1942) & Myrtle Shamel (b. Linne Co., MO; d. 1932); family moved to the Oakland, Pott. Co. area in the late 1920s.
  • entered service with National Guard 16 Jan 1941 from Oakland, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. G, 505th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Div.; KIA 13 Jul 1943, Sicily, Italy.
  • Battle of Biazza Ridge - The MTO > Italy > Sicily.

† Barrett, Henry Joseph Jr., SN 37-699-275, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 May 1926 Fremont, Dodge Co., NE; s/o Henry J. Barrett (b. Holt Co., NE) & Edna M. Gaylord (b. Nebraska); family moved to Co. Bluffs in 1930s.
  • entered service 28 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. I, 301st Inf. Regt., 94th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Mar 1945 near Zerf, south of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > XX Corps to Trier.

† Bates, Stuart McCain, SN 37-475-399, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE.
  • b. 9 Jan 1913 Oakland, Pott. Co.; s/o John O. Bates (d. 1941) & Gertrude M. McCain, both b. Pott. Co.; family moved from Oakland to Lincoln, NE in the late 1920s and then to Omaha, NE in early 1930s.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Oaklawn Cem., Oakland, Pott. Co.
  • Co. C, 756th Tank Bn., 3rd Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 24 Jan 1945 north of Colmar, Alsace, France.
  • The ETO > Alsace, 1945 > Colmar Pocket.

† Battey, Norma Jane, unknown service nbr, US Navy Waves, Pott. Co.
  • b. 25 Jun 1923 Co. Bluffs; d/o Herbert V. Battey & Frances Jensen, both b. Pott. Co.; family lived in Co. Bluffs and Sioux City, Woodbury Co.
  • buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • unit unknown; d. 3 Oct 1943, San Diego, CA, illness.

† Baylor, Charles William, SN 37-001-796, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 14 Jan 1915 Exira, Audubon Co.; s/o John C. Baylor & Florence E. Miller, both b. Audubon Co.; family moved to Cass Co. before 1920.
  • married JoAnn Morrison of rural Casey, Adair Co. Dec 1942 in Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO.
  • entered service 14 Feb 1941 from Rt. 3, Anita, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mere, Normandy, France.
  • 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div.; KIA 4 Aug 1944 La Metairie, near Vire, Calvados Dept., France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.

Beach, Paul Leonard - see Bach Paul Leonard

† Beckendorf, Orville Leroy, SN 316-41-64, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 13 Jun 1916 rural Walnut, Pott. Co.; s/o Ira C. Beckendorf & Anna L. Fries (d. 1930), both b. Pott. Co.; family lived south of Walnut in Lincoln Twp., Pott. Co., moving to Walnut in the early 1930s and to Co. Bluffs in the 1940s.
  • married Mary Bernice Johnson of Kentucky.
  • entered service 16 Jan 1935; reenlisted 4 Feb 1939 at San Diego Co., CA; next of kin wife, Mrs. O. L. Beckendorf, 2758 College St., Jacksonville, FL; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Layton Twp. Cem., Walnut.
  • Destroyer USS Laffey (DD-459); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Laffey hit by 14” shell from Japanese battleship Hiei & torpedo, then exploded & sank; 59 died, 186 survived.
  • First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

† Beers, Harold Elmer, SN 37-476-206, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 28 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Carl R. Beers (b. McKean Co., PA, d. 1938) & Isabelle Dick (b. Nodaway Co., MO); family lived in Crescent Twp., Pott. Co. in 1925, moving to Harrison Co. before 1930.
  • married Mary Darlene Layton of Harrison Co., one child.
  • entered service 13 Mar 1943 from Little Sioux, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Little Sioux Cem.
  • unit unknown; stationed at Camp Cooke (now Vandenberg AFB), Santa Barbara Co., CA; d. 19 Jan 1945 in nearby Lompoc, CA from asphyxiation.

​† Benedict, George Junior, SN 37-485-642, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • b. 16 Sep 1921 Tabor, Fremont Co.; s/o Fenton Eber Benedict (b. Fremont Co.) & Clara E. Lee (b. Wright Co., MO); family moved to rural Hastings, Mills Co. in late 1920s.
  • worked for North American Aviation in Inglewood, CA in early 1940s; married Twyla L. Carter of Wayne Co. Nov 1944 in El Paso, TX.
  • entered service 4 Oct 1943 from Rt. 1, Hastings, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Hastings Cem.
  • 731st Bomb. Sqdn., 452nd Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Doepham Green, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #44-8015 Johnny Reb with pilot William T. Emmet II; KIA Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Bavaria, near Ulm, Germany, 22 Feb 1945; aircraft broke apart approaching the target in overcast conditions; seven died, three survived.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
  • Notes: Named George Junior Benedict at birth, thus in military records as Benedict George J. However, family often used the names Leslie or George Leslie. The William T. Emmet crew trained together in the US, traveled by ship to Europe, and used four different aircraft on their four missions. The crew history is well-documented at Crash of B-17 44-8015 MARC 12657.

† Benton, Raymond James, SN  37-112-067, US Army Air Force, Guthrie Co.
  • b. 27 Jan 1918 west of Guthrie Center in Bear Grove Twp., Guthrie Co.; s/o Samuel A. Benton & Eva Stephenson, both b. Audubon Co.; family moved to Baker Twp., Guthrie Co. in early 1920s.
  • entered service 20 Jan 1942 from rural Guthrie Center, Guthrie Co.; service credited to Guthrie Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • 366 Bomb. Sqdn., 305th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force based at Cheveston, NW of Cambridge, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-102255 radio operator; KIA 3 Feb 1945; aircraft suffered flak damage during mission over Germany & ditched in North Sea; crew of nine all died.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

​† Bergman, George Eugene, SN 37-752-394, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 2 Jul 1926 Omaha; s/o John M. Bergman (b. Lancaster Co., NE) & Ruth A. Moyer (b. Douglas Co., NE); family moved to Co. Bluffs before 1925.
  • entered service 17 Sep 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • Co. C, 384th Inf. Regt., 96th Inf. Div.; KIA 10 Jun 1945, enemy machine gun fire, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.

​† Bernhardt, Paul Richard, SN 620-27-93, US Navy, Union Co.
  • b. 7 Aug 1920 Hamburg, Fremont Co.; adopted s/o George W. Bernhardt & Wilhelmina M. Kerkmann, both b. Cass Co.; 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; next of kin foster father, Mr. George William Bernhardt, RFD 1A, Afton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
  • 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.

† Berringer, Merroll Jackson, SN 0-735-025, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Page Cos.
  • b. 4 Mar 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Vern L. Berringer & Lula D. Jackson, both b. Page Co.; parents divorced; moved to Clarinda, Page Co. in early 1930s; mother moved to Co. Bluffs and married Ernest Baggs 1936.
  • ​married Mary Alice Larkins of Villisca, Montgomery Co. in Pierce Co., WA Feb 1943.
  • entered service 26 Mar 1942 at Omaha from Clarinda, Montgomery Co.; service credited to unknown county; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia; cenotaph Clarinda Cem.
  • Flight H, 35th Photo Reconnaisance Sqdn., Fourteenth Air Force; Lockheed F-5E Photo Lightning #44-23237 pilot; KIA 21 Nov 1944 over South China Sea; disappeared on triangular flight Suichuan-Nimrod Sound-Batanes Is., Suichuan, China.
  • China-Burma-India Theater > China, 1941-45.

† Berry, Kenneth Coit, SN 648-12-71, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 8 May 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Edwin C. Berry & Meta M. Cox; both b. Harrison Co.; parents moved from Nebraska to Co. Bluffs before 1920; parents divorced 1930s; father married Faye E. (Welch) Clark about 1942; mother married Frederick G. Richardson 1950.
  • entered service 2 Feb 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Berry, 2319 Avenue C, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettano, Lazio, Italy. 
  • Destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Naples Bay, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616; 168 died, 94 survived.
  • Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War.​
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  • Roster members Orville Leroy Beckendorf and Edmund Earl Wunder both died when the USS Laffey was lost in the first stage of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12–15 Nov 1942, was the decisive naval action in the six-month Guadalcanal Campaign.