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                         bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Ca © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 May 2025
                       Part 7/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 13 "Ca" records
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† Cadwell, Newell Lewis, SN 37-194-793, US Army Air Force, Montgomery & Marshall Cos.
  • b. 9 Oct 1913 Elliott, Montgomery Co.; s/o Charles F. Cadwell (b. Harrison Co.) & Jessie I. Busby (b. Monona Co.) who moved to Ames, Story Co. in 1934.
  • attended law school in Iowa City and practiced in Marshalltown, Marshall Co.
  • entered service 12 May 1942 from Marshalltown, Marshall Co.; service credited to Marshall Co.; buried Ames Municipal Cem., Story Co.
  • 19th Photo. Mapping Sqdn., 4th Photo Gp. stationed at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO.; North American B-25C Mitchell #41-13247 radio operator with pilot Richard P. Marx; d. 11 Jan 1943 north of Colorado Springs near Falcon; plane failed to recover from a spin and crashed; all six crew died.

† Campbell, Bennie Clinton “Ben”, SN 39-313-929, US Army, Harrison & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 6 May 1900 rural Neola, Union Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Thomas A. Campbell (b. Livingston Co., IL; d. 1941) & Alice P. Musgrove (b. Montgomery Co., IN; d. 1934) of the Neola/Persia area; family lived in Union Twp. in 1940.
  • registered for draft in Eugene, Lane Co., OR 1942; entered service 13 Aug 1942 from Eugene; service credited to Lane Co., OR; buried Valley View Cem., Persia, Harrison Co.
  • Co. C, 11th Maintenance Bn., 11th Armored Div.; d. 4 Mar 1943, Camp Polk, Vernon Parish, LA, peritonitis from a gastric ulcer.

​† Campbell, Sheldon Edward, SN 37-752-491, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 17 Oct 1925 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o George H. Campbell (b. Audubon Co.) & Ida K. Luecke (b. Shelby Co.).
  • entered service 18 Sep 1944 from Rt. 2, Harlan, Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem.
  • 24th Medical Bn., 24th Inf. Div.; DNB 23 Dec 1945 in hotel fire on Skikoku Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas.

​† Campbell, Wendell Melvin, SN 0-719-557, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 29 Jan 1922 rural Co. Bluffs, Keg Creek Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Clifford A. Campbell (b. Keg Creek T.) & Frances A. Smith (b. Silver Creek T.); family lived in rural Co. Bluffs, Keg Creek Twp.
  • entered service Sep 1942 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Zion Congregational Cem., Treynor, Pott. Co.
  • 235th Army Air Force Base Unit, Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso, TX; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-100144 crewman with pilot Walter Slont; d. 20 Jul 1944 one mile north of Roswell, Chaves Co., NM; two B-24s collided on routine training mission from Biggs Field to Walker Army Air Field at Roswell; ten died, seven parachuted and survived.
  • Notes: Wendell's first cousin, Clifford Loren Fenn, also died in WWII in July 1944.

​† Card, Earl Eugene, SN 20-706-381, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 25 Aug 1922 Avoca, Pott. Co.; s/o Jesse V. Card (b. Illinois; d. 1926) & Alma Garrison (b. Avoca; d. 1928) of Avoca; gs/o James O. Garrison & Cora O. Anstine of Avoca.
  • entered service with National Guard 19 Nov 1941 at Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. B, 4th Ranger Bn., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 12 Nov 1943 near Venafro, Molise, Italy, 16 miles east of Cassino.
  • The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
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† Cargill, Lawrence Elroy, SN 37-464-353, US Army Air Force, Fremont Co.
  • b. 6 Aug 1922 Malvern, Mills Co.; s/o Clarence E. Cargill (b. Washington) & Florence R. Moore (b. Mills Co.).
  • entered service 20 Nov 1942 from Tabor, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co.; buried Tabor Cem., Mills Co.
  • 44th Bomb. Gp., 66th Bomb Sqdn., Eighth Air Force, based at Shipdham Airfield, Norwich, England west of the city of Norwich; Consolidated B-24 Liberator #41-28795 radio operator with pilot Forest M. Musgrave; DNB 8 May 1944 near Acle, Norwich, England, between the city of Norwich and Great Yarmouth; aircraft was on a training mission preparatory to serving as a radar-equipped Pathfinder; lost control from unknown causes and crashed; two killed (Musgrave's chute didn't open and Cargill stayed with the aircraft).
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Carley, Albert Boyd, SN 37-035-663, US Army, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 4 Jan 1912 O'Neill, Holt Co., NE; s/o Robert O. Carley & Matilda P. Shirey (d. 1925), both b. Audubon Co.; family generally lived in or near Exira, Audubon Co. between stints in Nebraska and Wyoming.
  • married Vera V. Wisler of Omaha Nov 1936 in Atlantic, Cass Co., she d. 1938; living with sister Bertha in Harlan, Shelby Co. in 1940.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 712th Tank Bn., attached to 90th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 1 Apr 1945 between Fulda & Kassel, Hesse Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.

† Carlson, Robert Andrew, SN 39-128-015, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 14 Sep 1920 Shepard, Yellowstone Co., MT; s/o Nels O. Carlson (b. Sweden) & Ella F. Johnson (b. Lee Co.); family lived near Griswold in Pott. & Cass Cos. before moving to rural Elliott, Montgomery Co. in late 1930s.
  • Robert and siblings worked in California in early 1940s.
  • entered service 1 Apr 1943 from Rt. 2, Elliott, Montgomery Co.; service credited to San Francisco Co., CA; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Lee Co., IA.
  • 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., II French Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 26 Dec 1944 north of Colmar Pocket, Alsace, France.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Alsace/Seventh Army.

† Carlson, Roland Linus, SN 37-524-041, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co. & Wright Co., MN​
  • b. 2 May 1920 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Linus G. Carlson (b. Sweden) & Florence C. Mainquist (b. Montgomery Co.);  in late 1930s parents moved to California.
  • moved to Buffalo, MN to work with uncle Axel Carlson; married Shirley Ruth Learned of Wright Co., MN Oct 1943 in Wright Co..
  • entered service 3 Dec 1942, service credited to Wright Co., MN; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • 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 with 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 crew died.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Carter, Meredith Merlene, SN 0-1-176-509, US Army, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 7 Feb 1918 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o Ernest A. Carter (b. Cass Co.) & Lola M. Stofferson (b. Shelby Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs before 1920.
  • lived with Stofferson grandparents in rural Harlan, Shelby Co. in 1940; married Marian G. Dahl of Co. Bluffs Sep 1943 in Waterton, NY, one child.
  • entered service 12 Feb 1942 from rural Harlan, Shelby Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Battery B, 14th Armored Field Artillery Bn.; 2nd Armored Div., Ninth Army; KIA 9 Jan 1945 Dochamps, NW of Houffalize, Belgium.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.

​† Caster, John Joseph, SN 37-699-158, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 3 Jul 1945 Underwood, Pott. Co.; s/o Charles H. Caster & Mary A. Daley, both b. Pott. Co.; family lived in  Underwood/Neola area.
  • entered service 24 Jun 1944 from Rt. 1, Underwood, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Patricks Cem., Neola. Pott. Co.
  • Co. G, 306th Inf. Regt., 77th Inf. Div.; KIA 20 Apr 1945, Ie Shima, near Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.

​† Cavanaugh, James Bernard, SN 17-017-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 31 Oct 1915 rural Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o Hugh C. Cavanaugh (b. Ireland; d. 1943) & Angeline C. West (b. Jasper Co.); family lived in rural Neola.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Patricks Cem., Neola, Pott. Co.
  • G2 (intelligence), HQ, 2nd Philippine Corps; POW captured on Bataan, Luzon, Philippines 1942; Master Sergeant kept with high-level captives; DNB 10 Feb 1943, Formosa POW Camp #4, Karenko, northern Formosa, malaria.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Caywood, John Sloan, SN 39-591-957, US Army, Lancaster Co., NE, Pott. Co., & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • ​b. 27 Dec 1919 Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE; s/o Harold B. Caywood & Lelia A. Sloan, both b. Nebraska; family lived in Lincoln.
  • married Marilyn R. Caywood of Co. Bluffs Jun 1939; lived in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE in Apr 1940; moved to California 1941.
  • enlisted 29 Jun 1944 at Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 28th Inf. Div.; KIA 1 Feb 1945 near Colmar, Alsace, France.
  • The ETO > Alsace 1945 > Colmar Pocket.
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