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Part 3/24 of Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 38 "Bn-Bz" names.
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† Bogue, Clifford John, SN 37-476-332, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Shiawassee Co., MI
  • b. 14 Jul 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Richard J. Bogue & Marjorie M. Williams; entered service 16 Mar 1943 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 727 Bomb. Sqdn, 451st Bomb. Gp. Fifteenth Air Force; based at Castellucia Air Field, Foggia, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-51409 tail gunner; KIA 7 Oct 1944, east of Vienna, Austria on mission over Vienna, aircraft shot down by flak; 5 died, 5 survived.
  • The MTO > MTO Air War.

† Bolton, Wayne Arnold, SN 0-686-626, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 18 Dec 1921 at Dunlap, Harrison Co. or Willow Twp., Monona Co; s/o Andrew E. Bolton & Vera Green; entered service 20 Oct 1942 from Rt. 3, Dunlap; bur. Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • ​312th Fighter Sqdn., 338th Fighter Gp.; Republic P-47D Thunderbolt #42-8342 pilot; d. 23 Aug 1943 15 miles NW of Perry Army Air Field, Perry, Taylor Co., FL; accident on routine training flight.

​† Bonnesen, Robert Eugene, SN 859-07-07, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • b. 29 Nov 1924 Brownson, near Sidney, Cheyenne Co., NE s/o Henry P. Bonnesen & Pearl E. Carper; family moved to Audubon Co. in late 1920s and to rural Templeton, Eden Twp., Carroll Co. in early 1930s; entered service 18 Jan 1943 from Rt. 1, Templeton; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France; cenotaph Manning Cem., Manning, Carroll Co.
  • Landing Craft Flak LCF-31 radioman; KIA 6 Jun 1944; craft hit by shell off Utah Beach; survivors rescued by Coast Guard Cutter CGC-16.
  • The ETO > ETO Sea War.

† Booton, Charles Vinton, served as Charlie Vinton Booton, SN 321-47-76, US Navy, Pott. & Montgomery Cos.
  • b. 5 Sep 1910 rural Griswold, Wright Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Harry L. Booton & Flora Bell Wilds, Illinois natives; family lived in Pott. and Montgomery Cos.; entered service 24 Sep 1940 from Elliott, Montgomery Co.; bur. Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48); during the 7 Dec 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu Is., Hawaii Territory, West Virginia was hit by aerial torpedoes and sank; 106 died; WIA 7 Dec 1941; DOW 10 Dec 1941 Hawaii Territory.
  • Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor.
  • Notes: West Virginia was later raised, repaired, and returned to service.

† Bostedt, Glen Charles, SN 17-011-361, US Army Air Force, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 2 Dec 1917 Pott. Co.; s/o John F. Bostedt & Martha A. Brandt of rural Co. Bluffs, entered service 12 Sep 1940 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; group burial, Zachary Taylor Natl. Cem., Louisville, KY.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 11 Oct 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

​† Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • b. 12 Sep 1922 Pott. Co.; s/o John F. Bostedt & Martha A. Brandt of rural Co. Bluffs; entered service 12 Sep 1940 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 7 Jul 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Bostedt, Joseph William, served as Bostedt, Joe W, SN 17-011-348, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • b. 12 Sep 1922 Pott. Co.; s/o John F. Bostedt & Martha A. Brandt of rural Co. Bluffs; entered service 12 Sep 1940 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 3rd Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp., Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 20 Sep 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

​† Boye, Harold C., SN 37-346-863, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • b. 20 Nov 1923 Marstal, Aero Herred, Denmark; s/o Hans A. Boye & Karen Hansen; family immigrated to Audubon Co. 1924; entered service 24 May 1943 from Rt. 2, Audubon; bur. Arlington Heights Cem., Audubon.
  • Co. A, 506th Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div.; KIA 6 Oct 1944 Opheusden, NW of Nijmegen, Netherlands; direct hit by an artillery shell on his machine gun position.
  • Battle of Opheusden - The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands, 1944.
  • Notes: Posthumous Silver Star recipient.

† Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE.
  • b. 22 Sep 1922 Elliott, Montgomery Co.; s/o Frank I. Braden & Annie E. Graves; entered service 26 Jan 1943 from Hastings, Adams Co., NE; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • 346th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 2 Mar 1945 near Ormont, NW of Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm.
  • Notes: Posthumous Silver Star recipient.
† Braden, Grant Nathaniel, SN 0-690-177, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 23 Dec 1918 rural Griswold, Waveland T., Pott. Co.; s/o Paul Braden & Esther H. Trued; family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1920s; entered service 17 Oct 1942 from Red Oak; bur. Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
  • 597th Bomb. Sqdn., 397th Bomb. Gp., Ninth Air Force; Martin B-26 Marauder #42-96162 Dottie Dee pilot; KIA 30 Jan 1945 near Courtisols, SE of Reims, Marne, France; aircraft crashed in a snowstorm returning from a weather reconnaissance mission; crew of four all died.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.
† Braden, William Court, SN 37-465-735, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE.
  • b. 1 Apr 1921 Elliott, Montgomery Co.; s/o Frank I. Braden & Annie E. Graves; entered service 2 Dec 1942 from Hastings, Adams Co., NE; m. Norene J. Klosen Mar 1943, one child; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. D, 415th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Feb 1945 near Roer River, north of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Operation Grenade - The ETO > To The Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.
Braden Family Notes: Grant Braden was a second cousin of brothers Clyde and William Braden, whose father, Frank Braden, ran a road construction company. The Frank Braden family moved to Red Oak in the early 1930s, lived in Chariton, Lucas Co. in 1940, and moved to Hastings, NE in late 1942. In the Hastings area, the Braden company helped construct the WWII Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot. After WWII, the remainder of the Frank Braden family returned to the Red Oak area.

† Bradley, Donald James, SN 648-39-86, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 29 May 1913 Diagonal, Ringgold Co.; s/o James H. Bradley (d. 1921) & Edith C. Conley; ss/o George A. Thomas of Co. Bluffs; entered service 25 Jul 1942 from Co. Bluffs; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Attack Transport USS McCawley (APA-4); KIA 30 Jun 1943 off Rendova, Solomon Is.; McCawley disabled by Japanese aircraft torpedo and then abandoned, 15 died; McCawley accidentally sunk that night by US PT boats.
  • South & SW Pacific > Solomons Sea War.

† Branstiter, Daniel Starr, SN O-351,249, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 21 Jan 1922 Sumner, Dawson Co., NE; s/o Daniel E. Branstiter & Blanche M. Snodgrass of rural Pott. & Harrison Cos.; entered service 21 Aug 1942 from Humboldt, Humboldt Co.; bur. Shelby Cem., Shelby, Shelby Co.
  • Naval Air Photographic Sqdn. VD-2 detachment, Photographic Reconnaissance Training School, Naval Air Field, New Cumberland, Cumberland Co., PA; d. 17 Jul 1944, Perry Co., PA; collision of two training aircraft.

† Brazzle, Delbert Sherman, SN 37-468-247, US Army, Douglas Co., NE
  • b. 3 Aug 1915 York, York Co., NE; s/o Philip S. Brazzle & Ina Pelser; entered service from Omaha; bur. Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
  • Co. A, 501st Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div.; KIA 17 Sep 1944 over Retie, 30 miles east of Antwerp, Belgium; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #42-100981 shot down by flak; ive crew and ten army airborne pathfinders heading for the Market Garden drop zone north of Eindhoven, Netherlands all 15 died.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands, 1944.
  • Notes: Delbert Brazzle's nephew, Gerald Steward, also appears in the Pottawattamie Area Dead roster.

† Breeling, Clifford Oral, SN 37-421-037, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 25 Sep 1909 Nevinville, Adams Co.; s/o David L. Breeling & Mary M. Worley; family moved to Little Sioux, Harrison Co. bef. 1916; prior military service 1930-31 with Troop F, 14th Cavalry Regt.; m. Vivian R. Saben, two children, div.; entered service 1942; bur. Little Sioux Cem.
  • stationed at Ft. Crook, Bellevue, NE; d. 31 Jul 1942 soon after entering service; d. University of Nebraska Hospital, Omaha.

† Briggs, Earl Eddie, SN 17-011-280, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 29 Aug 1912 Monona Co.; s/o Ernest C. Briggs (d. 1943) & Gertrude Eva Reed of Co. Bluffs; m. Grace Campin 1931 (div.); enlisted 7 Sep 1940 from Pott. Co.; bur. Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • HQ, Coast Artillery, Manila & Subic Bay harbor defenses, Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 9 Mar 1944, Osaka Main Camp, Chikko, Osaka, Honshu, Japan.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Briggs, Orval Pershing, SN 321-39-62, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 17 Sep 1918 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Romania P. Briggs & Sarah E. McKnight; entered service 6 Mar 1940 from Red Oak; m. Gladys June Vannausdle 1941, one child; d. 13 Nov 1942; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • USS Atlanta (CL-51); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound north of Guadalcanal; ship scuttled after extensive damage during nighttime action from a Japanese torpedo, Japanese gunfire and friendly fire from the USS San Francisco; 172 crew members plus an unknown number of Admiral Scott's staff died.
  • First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Sea War.
  • Notes: Orval Briggs and June Vannausdle were married by telephone; she was in Red Oak and he was in Bremerton, Washington.

†  Briley, Harold Vinton, SN 860-48-29, US Navy, Fremont Co.
  • b. 13 Jul 1910 Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; s/o William F. Briley & Ellen J. Ames; family lived in Riverside & Scott Twps., Fremont Co.; m. Lela C. Winkler 1940, one child; entered service 13 Apr 1944 from Rt. 2, Farragut, Fremont Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Sidney Cem., Fremont 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.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† ​Brislin, James E., SN 35-919-752, US Army, Cuyahoga Co., OH
  • b. 22 Aug 1909 or 9 Sep 1910 Co. Bluffs s/o Patrick Brislin & Bridget Kilday; family moved to Toledo, OH in late 1910s; entered service at Cleveland, OH 26 Oct 1943; service credited to Cuyahoga Co.; bur. Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • 143rd Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 23 Nov 1944 near Vencheres, south of St. Die, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Alsace/Seventh Army.
  • Notes: James E. Brislin's older brother, John Brislin, killed Robert Limerick in 1915 in the Wickham brickyard blacksmith shop in Co. Bluffs. This was the first of four shooting deaths within the Limerick family, including Tom Limerick's failed escape from Alcatraz Prison in 1938 and ending with the shooting of Robert Limerick's daughter-in-law, Louise (Bertelsen) Limerick, a Boomer Township native, in 1972.

​† Brodie, Walter, SN 321-61-44, US Navy, Cook Co., IL & Audubon Co.
  • b. 5 Apr 1917 Kenosha, WI; s/o James G. Brodie & Anna Schneider (d. 1927); ss/o Mary Heuss of Ross, Audubon Co.; came to Audubon Co. Jan 1939; entered service 27 Feb 1941 from Rt. 2, Audubon; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Destroyer USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 8 May 1943 Coral Sea; 15 survivors from 252-man crew.
  • Japan Overreaches > Battle of Coral Sea.

† Broman, Donald Norris, SN 37-485-648, US Army, Los Angeles Co., CA & York Co., NE
  • b. 19 Aug 1918 York Co., NE; m. Clarice V. Norton of Mills Co. 1940 in California; entered service at unknown date; service credited to Mills Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • 746th Tank Bn., attached to 83rd Inf. Div.; KIA/FOD 11 Jul 1944 south of Carentan, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944.
† Broman, Floyd Leroy, SN 39-691-053, US Army Air Force, Los Angeles Co., CA & York Co., NE.
  • b. 19 Mar 1923 York Co., NE; entered service entered service 29 Dec 1942 at Fresno, CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; bur. Grandview Cem., Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • 709th Bomb. Sqdn., 447th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based 15 miles NW of Ipswich at Rattlesdon, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6027 radio operator or waist gunner with pilot William C. Hoyer; KIA 29 Jun 1944 over Saxony, Germany; aircraft hit by anti-aircraft artillery flak south of Leipzig over the oil refinery target of Böhlen; craft exploded and crashed eight miles east of Altenburg; eight crew members died; bombardier & tail gunner survived.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
Broman Family Notes:
  • Donald Norris & Floyd LeRoy Broman were sons of Harlan F. Broman & Pearl E. Cox of York Co., NE and moved with their parents and siblings from York Co. to Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA in the late 1930s.

† Brown, Bernard Christian, SN 37-197-728, US Army Air Force, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 25 May 1915 Clay Twp., Shelby Co.; s/o Martin O. Brown & Meta M. Hansen; family moved to Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co. bef. 1920 & to Jackson Twp., Shelby Co. in early 1930s; entered service 2 Jun 1942 from rural Kimballton, Audubon Co., service credited to Shelby Co.; bur. Elk Horn Cem., Shelby Co.
  • 337th Fighter Sqdn., 329th Fighter Gp., training Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilots, stationed at Paine Field, Everett, WA; Lockheed B-34A Ventura/Lexington #AJ-405 radio operator with pilot William W. Smith; d. 24 Sep 1943 Port Angeles, Clallam Co., WA; engine failure during takeoff at Port Angeles Coast Guard Station, aircraft veered off runway and burst into flames, all five died.
  • Note: The aircraft on which Bernard C. Brown died had an unusual identifier of AJ-405, reflecting the fact that this aircraft was part of an order originally placed by the British Royal Air Force.

† Brown, Cecil LeRoy, SN 37-697-684, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 22 Jun 1917 Griswold, Cass Co.; s/o Charles D. Brown & Mary E. Peebles; m. Velma Pearl Perdue 25 Feb 1940 in Griswold, two children; entered service 30 May 1944 from Griswold; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 23rd Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div. (23rd Inf. Regt. was attached to 1st Inf. Div. at the time); KIA 24 Jan 1945 near St. Vith, Belgium.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.

† Brown, Gerald Keith, SN 620-11-60, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 24 Oct 1916 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Clarence E. Brown & Bernice M. Thompson; entered service Dec 1941 from Rt. 3, Atlantic; buried at sea; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
  • Attack Cargo Ship USS Almaack (AKA-19); KIA 15 Nov 1942 off Portugal; Almaack had participated in Operation Torch landings in North Africa and was in convoy to Great Britain when damaged by torpedo from German U-Boat U-155; four died.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic.

† Brown, Ralph Ray, SN 17-019-024, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Jan 1917 Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o Ralph W. Brown & Hazel R. Peck of Neola; entered service 31 Jul 1941 from Neola; bur. Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Hq. Sqdn. 27th Bomb Gp. (medium), Philippines (their aircraft never arrived); POW Philippines 1942; DNB 11 May 1942, POW Camp #4, O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines, malaria.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Browning, William Albert, SN 37-489-019, US Army, Harrison & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 3 Mar 1919 Flat River, St. Francois Co., MO; s/o John C. Browning & Luella M. Hagen; family moved to rural Woodbine, Harrison Co. 1920; moved with brother from Woodbine area to Los Angeles late 1930s; m. Ruby Maxine Olsen of Irwin, Shelby Co. 1943, one child; entered service 6 Jan 1944 from Co. Bluffs, service credited to Shelby Co.; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, France.
  • Co. K, 22nd Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div.; KIA 5 Apr 1945 near Ochsenfurt, SE of Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.

† Broz, Albert James, SN 37-490-921, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 18 May 1926 Fort Dodge, Webster Co.; s/o James Broz & Christine Pessica; m. Minnie Marie Nicholson of Fort Dodge 1944, one child; entered service ~ Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 306th Inf. Regt., 77th Inf. Div.; KIA 1 May 1945, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; died instantly when struck by mortar shell near Shuri.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.

† Brunk, Edwin Samuel, SN 859-18-62, US Navy, Polk & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 24 Dec 1924 rural Oakland, Center Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Ferd Brunk & Ethel M. Bergstrom; entered service 25 Mar 1943 from Des Moines, Polk Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Nattl Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 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 died, 272 survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† Bryson, Robert D., SN 988,708, US Marine Corps, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 4 Oct 1925 Nodaway Twp., Taylor Co.; s/o Alfred J. Bryson & Bertha J. Shafer; family moved to rural Villisca, Montgomery Co. in late 1920s; entered service 27 Jun 1944 from Rt. 2, Villisca; bur. Grant Cem., Montgomery Co.
  • Temporarily assigned at Hilo, Hawaii to a Marine Corps unit on the USS Athene (AKA-22) cargo ship to load and unload cargo for the Iwo Jima invasion; after completing Athene unloading on 28 Feb 1945, assigned to Co. I, 26th Marine Regt., 5th Marine Div.; KIA 13 Mar 1945 on Iwo Jima.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima.

† Buffington, Charles Rollin III, SN 0-461-238, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 26 Sep 1919 Boise, Ada Co., ID; s/o Charles R. Buffington Jr. & Irene M. Griggs; family moved to rural Glenwood in the mid 1920s; entered service 8 Jun 1942 from Rt. 3, Glenwood, Mills Co.; bur. Glenwood Cem.
  • Hq. Battery, 189th FA Bn., 45th Inf. Div., Camp Pickett, Nottaway Co., VA; d. 11 Apr 1943 at Camp Pickett; light aircraft he was flying lost control and crashed.

† Bull, Lester Orville, SN 37-260-503, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 18 Nov 1921 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o Charles O. Bull & Nettie M. Margerum (d. 1939); family moved to Villisca, Montgomery Co. bef. 1924; entered service 24 Aug 1942 from Villisca; bur. Nodaway Cem., Adams Co.
  • Co. B., 27th Replacement Bn., New Caledonia, South Pacific; DNB 21 Aug 1943 from concussion in a truck accident.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.

† Burch, Robert Joseph, SN 37-478-134, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 18 Feb 1924 Meadow Grove, Madison Co., NE; s/o Harold H. Burch & Bane E. Cress; entered service 9 Apr 1943 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; bur. Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • 194th Glider Inf. Regt., 17th Airborne Div.; KIA 24 Mar 1945 in Landing Zone S, east of Rhine River, north of Wesel,  Rhineland-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Operation Varsity - The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.​
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​† Burd, Ross Darwin, SN 17-038-346, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Webster Cos.
  • ​b. 19 Feb 1921 Des Moines; s/o Cecil R. Burd & Mary Blanche Carter (div.); lived at Elim home in Elk Horn, Shelby Co. with his three brothers for much of his childhood; entered service 30 Dec 1941 from Rt. 2, Exira, Audubon Co.; service credited to Webster Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 403rd Bomb. Sqdn., 43rd Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; based at Jackson Drome, aka 7 Mile Drome, near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea; Consolidated B-24D Liberator #42-40934 gunner with pilot Hughie R. Bonner; KIA/FOD 13 Oct 1943; aircraft crashed near Amphlett Islands north of Milne Bay, Papua on mission to Rabaul, Bismarck Is.; crew of 10 all died.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force. 

​† Burke, Vernon Clifford Jr., SN 17-068-043, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co.
  • b. 15 Aug 1923 Rockwell City, Calhoun Co. s/o Vernon C. Burke Sr. & Marguarite A. Munsell; family moved to Carroll Co. in the 1920s & to Audubon Co. in the early 1930s; entered service 5 Jul 1942 from Audubon; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 548th Bomb. Sqdn., 38th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force based at Great Ashfield, 10 miles east of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17 #42-31847 Flying Fortress tail gunner with pilot Howard M. Worster; KIA 12 May 1944 2 miles west of Langenhain-Ziegenberg & 6 miles west of Bad Nauheim, Hesse, Germany; aircraft attacked by Luftwaffe fighters & crashed; nine died from crew of ten.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Busey, Robert William, SN 37-467-059, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 23 Apr 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Leslie T. Busey & Maude Miller of Co. Bluffs; m. Leatrice Bankus 1942, one child; entered service 12 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 821st Tank Destroyer Bn., 29th Inf. Div.; DNB 27 Jun 1945 Deichshausen, north of Bremen, Germany, accidental gunshot wound.
  • The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone.

† Butler, Ralph Joseph, SN 37-420-384, US Army, Woodbury & Monona. Cos.
  • b. 5 Dec 1906 rural Oakland, Pott. Co.; s/o Uriah Butler (d. 1931) & Rosina Fussner (d. 1943); family moved to Monona Co. as small child; m. Bonnie Myers (div.); entered service 22 Jun 1942 from Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; bur. Mt. Hope Cem., Mapleton, Monona Co. 
  • HQ, 1277th Service Command Service Unit, Pine Camp, now Ft. Drum,  Jefferson Co., NY; d. 30 Sep 1944 Boonville, Oneida Co., NY, struck by automobile.​

† Butts, Amos Albert, SN 816-85-59, US Navy, Fremont Co.
  • ​b. 10 Jun 1923 Shenandoah, Fremont Co.; s/o William A. Butts & Rena J. Mott; entered service Dec 1941 from Farragut, Fremont Co.; bur. Keokuk Natl. Cem., Lee Co.
  • Destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357); KIA 6 Oct 1943 off Vella Levella Is., Solomon Is.; Selfridge damaged by enemy torpedo; 49 died.
  • Battle of Vella Levella - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.