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                             bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Ba, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 7 Nov 2025
​                        Part 3/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21 "Ba" 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of 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.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > 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.
  • WII Japan >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.
  • WWII Germany > 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., XIV Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 24 Mar 1945 near Santa Rosa, SE of Manila, Luzon, Philippines; probably died in 2nd Battalion's attack on fortified village of Dita.
  • WWII Japan > 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy, Aug 1944

† 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.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Netherlands 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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 Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > To The Rhine > Ops. Veritable/Grenade @ Operation 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War > Fifteenth Air Force

† 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.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf @ Battle off Samar
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† 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; d. 1943) & Bertha Ellen Doud (b. Woods Co., OK).
  • married Adelia Mae "Delia" Parkhill of Woodbury Co.
  • entered service Sep 1941 from rural Mapleton, Monona Co.; body not recovered; memorialized wall of the missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; next of kin Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lester Bales, Adair, Iowa.
  • high speed transport USS McKean (APD-5); KIA 17 Nov 1943 near Empress Augusta Bay, Solomon Is.; McKean sunk by Japanese aerial torpedo while ferrying Marine Corps reinforcements from Guadalcanal to Bougainville; 64 crew members and 52 embarked troops died.
  • War with Japan > Solomon Islands > Bougainville Naval War

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of El Guettar

† 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.
  • RAC Family History Note: LaRue Jensen was the sister of Maynard Jensen, the second husband of my aunt by marriage, Thelma (Schroder) Larson.
  • enlisted 15 Feb 1943 at Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; service credited to Rock Island Co., IL; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Moselle Dept., 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.
  • WWII 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, New London Co., 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.
  • WWII Japan > 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. Linn 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., II Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 13 Jul 1943, Sicily, Italy.
  •  WWII Germany > The MTO > Sicily to Naples > Sicily @ Battle of Biazza Ridge

† 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.
  • WWII 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.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > To the Rhine, 1945 > The Colmar Pocket

† Battey, Norma Jane, unknown service number, 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, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., Third Army, attached to V Corps; KIA 4 Aug 1944 La Metairie, near Vire, Calvados Dept., France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy, Aug 1944
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