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Part 9/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 12 "Cb-Cm" records
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† Chambers, Stanley Glen, SN 19-097-353, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
† Chancellor, Elmer Lee, SN 0-711-946, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
† Chancellor, James Maurice, SN 872-24-12, US Navy, Pott. Co.
about Elmer and James Chancellor:
† Chickering, Herbert Ross, SN 0-706-135, US Army Air Force, Montgomery & Madison Cos.
† Christensen Arnold Christen, SN 37-752-523, US Army, Audubon Co.
† Christensen, Dale Eldon, SN 0-2-036-049, US Army, Audubon Co.
† Christensen, Darwin Arthur, SN 372-48-80, US Navy, Pott. Co.
† Christensen, Jack Newton, SN O-516-204, US Army, Lancaster Co., NE & Pott. Co.
† Christensen, John Kenneth, SN 321-61-43, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.
† Christensen, Lester Angus, SN 316-61-17, US Navy, Pott. Co.
† Christiansen, Peter Elmer, SN 321-47-30, US Navy, Audubon Co.
† Chuda, Jack Richard, SN 371,595, US Marine Corps, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
Part 9/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 12 "Cb-Cm" records
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† Chambers, Stanley Glen, SN 19-097-353, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
- b. 6 Feb 1919 Hardin Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Harry B. Chambers (d. 1928) & Louise M. Thomas, both b. Pott Co.; spent most of childhood in Los Angeles Co., CA; ss/o Wallace Melton of Ault, Weld Co., CO.
- working for uncle Daniel Whitson in York Twp. in 1940 census.
- enlisted 10 Apr 1942 at Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- pilot trainee at Randolph Army Air Field, near San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX; basic trainer Vultee BT-13A Valiant #41-21514; d. 7 Dec 1942 NW of Randolph Field; training accident.
† Chancellor, Elmer Lee, SN 0-711-946, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
- b. 7 Jun 1919 Co. Bluffs.
- entered service 5 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- 118 Tactical Reconnaisance Sqdn., Fourteenth Air Force; based at Chengkung, China with advance base at Suichwan, China; North American P-51C Mustang #43-24938 pilot; KIA 28 Dec 1944, over Yangtze River, Anking, southern China.
- WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > China, 1941-45
† Chancellor, James Maurice, SN 872-24-12, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. 15 Oct 1925 Co. Bluffs.
- entered service 19 Nov 1943 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chancellor, 234 Elder St., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- attack transport USS Sandoval (APA-194); KIA 28 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Sandoval damaged by Japanese kamikaze; eight died.
- WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Okinawa Naval War
about Elmer and James Chancellor:
- sons of Sam Chancellor (b. Coles Co., IL) & Grace S. Chilcote (b. Taylor Co. IA); parents married in Taylor Co. and moved to Co. Bluffs before 1920; parents divorced in the 1930s.
† Chickering, Herbert Ross, SN 0-706-135, US Army Air Force, Montgomery & Madison Cos.
- b. 23 Aug 1917 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o Herbert J. Chickering (b. Montgomery Co.) & Jennie M. Goltry (b. Pott. Co.; d. 1929); family moved to Winterset, Madison Co. in early 1930s.
- entered service 4 Feb 1943 from Winterset, Madison Co.; service credited to Madison Co.; buried Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 339th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 349th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; Curtis-Wright C-46D Commando #44-77839 pilot; DNB 6 May 1945 SW of London, England at Gibbet Hill, Haslemere, Surrey on a repatriation flight from France to England; flying low in bad weather, aircraft wing hit a radar tower; all 30 aboard (five crew & 25 passengers) & one other person died.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force
† Christensen Arnold Christen, SN 37-752-523, US Army, Audubon Co.
- b. 6 Oct 1923 Hamlin, Audubon Co., IA; s/o Christian "Chris" Christensen (b. Audubon Co.) & Kathrine C. Beck (b. Clinton Co.).
- entered service 18 Sep 1944 from rural Hamlin, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Arlington Heights Cem., Audubon, Audubon Co.
- Co. B, 381st Inf. Regt., 96th Inf. Div.; Tenth Army; KIA 30 May 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
- WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Okinawa Land Battle
† Christensen, Dale Eldon, SN 0-2-036-049, US Army, Audubon Co.
- b. 31 May 1920 rural Gray, Cameron Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Chris P. Christensen (b. Denmark) & Sadie A. Forsbeck (b. Whiteside, IL).
- entered service 15 Oct 1940 from Box 86, Gray, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Cameron Twp. Cem., Audubon Co.
- Troop E, 112th Cavalry Regt.; KIA 4 Aug 1944 near Afua, New Guinea near the end of the Battle of the Driniumor River.
- Military Note: posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on the Driniumor River on 16-19 July.
- WWII Japan > New Guinea > Western New Guinea @ Battle of the Driniumor River
† Christensen, Darwin Arthur, SN 372-48-80, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. 15 Feb 1924 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Henry S. Christensen (b. Illinois; d. 1940) & Mary L. Vosler (b. Pott. Co.); parents divorced; mother married Grant Goehring Dec 1927; family lived in Co. Bluffs.
- married Ruby V. Cunningham of Co. Bluffs 1943, one child.
- entered service 24 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin wife, Mrs. Ruby Cunningham Christensen, 3102 8th Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; buried at sea; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
- aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), Task Force 58 flagship, KIA 11 May 1945 90 miles east of Okinawa, Japan; Bunker Hill severely damaged by Japanese kamikaze attack, 389 died.
- Military Note: Web information on the kamikaze attack on the Bunker Hill is sometimes incorrect. The Bunker Hill did not sink. When hit, the Bunker Hill was off the coast of Okinawa, not the Japanese home island of Kyushu. After the Bunker Hill was hit, Admiral Mitscher transferred Task Force 58 headquarters to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), and elements of Task Force 58 then proceeded to Kyushu to attempt to deal with the continued kamikaze threat by attacking Japanese airfields.
- WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets
† Christensen, Jack Newton, SN O-516-204, US Army, Lancaster Co., NE & Pott. Co.
- b. 2 Apr 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o G. Fred Christensen & Vera Newton, both b. Pott. Co.; family moved to Omaha in mid-1930s.
- married Pauline Boyd of Lincoln, NE 1941 in Lancaster Co., NE, one child.
- ROTC commission University of Nebraska Jun 1943; unknown service entry data; service credited to Lancaster Co., NE; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Lorraine, France.
- 397th Inf. Regt., 100th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 12 Nov 1944 near Raon l'Etape, SE of Baccarat, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
- Military Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army
† Christensen, John Kenneth, SN 321-61-43, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.
- b. 27 Oct 1921 Manilla, Crawford Co. s/o John M. Christensen (b. Hampden Co., MA) & Olga M. Rasmussen (b. Crawford Co.); family lived near the Shelby-Crawford Co. border, living in Greeley Twp., Shelby Co. about 1930.
- entered service 27 Feb 1941 from Box 235, Manilla, Crawford Co.; next of kin father, Mr. John Melvin Christensen, Manila, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- destroyer USS Sims (DD-409); KIA 7 May 1942 Battle of Coral Sea; 15 survived from 252-man crew.
- WWII Japan > Japan Overreaches > Battle of Coral Sea
† Christensen, Lester Angus, SN 316-61-17, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. 10 Oct 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Bartel Christensen (b. Nebraska) & Leona Dawson (b. Marion Co.).
- entered service 8 Nov 1939 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bart Christensen, 20 South 27 St., Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), the Asiatic Fleet flagship; KIA 1 Mar 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait, between Java & Sumatra, Dutch Indies; Houston sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes, 793 died.
- WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Netherland Indies Lost
† Christiansen, Peter Elmer, SN 321-47-30, US Navy, Audubon Co.
- b. 9 Sep 1918 Kimballton, Audubon Co. s/o Christian T. Christiansen & Emma Larsen, both b. Denmark.
- entered service 17 Sep 1940 from Kimballton, Audubon Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Christian T. Christiansen, Kimballton, IA; buried Bethany Lutheran Cem., Kimballton.
- heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32); KIA 1 Dec 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; New Orleans torpedoed by Japanese destroyer & heavily damaged.
- WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War @ Battle of Tassafaronga
† Chuda, Jack Richard, SN 371,595, US Marine Corps, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
- b. 14 Nov 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o William J. Chuda (b. Omaha) & Effie May Hanson (b. Omaha); family lived in Boone, Boone Co. in 1930 and moved to Omaha in early 1930s.
- unknown service entry data; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Chuda, 3318 Dodge St., Omaha, NE; buried Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
- Co. C, 4th Marine Regt., 1st Provisional Marine Brigade; KIA 26 Jul 1944 Guam, Mariana Is.
- WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Battle of Guam