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Part 6/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 27 "Cn-Cz" records
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† Coad, Ernest Dyer, SN 39-147-004, US Army, Douglas Co., NE & Alameda Co., CA
† Cocklin, Harold John, SN 19-000-746, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. & Alameda Co., CA
† Cody, Claude LeRoy, SN 648-05-90, US Navy, Pott. Co.
✡︎ Cohen, Irving, SN 0-771-221, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
† Cohrs, William Stanley “Dick”, SN 37-733-662, US Army, Pott. Co.
† Collett, Albert Henry, SN 6-580-825, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
† Collins, James Perry, SN 122-08-81, US Navy, Pott. Co.
† Collins, Robert Warren, SN 37-665-559, US Army, Boone & Pott. Cos.
† Colwell, Carl Layne, SN 648-73-84, US Navy, Pott. Co.
† Comley, George K., SN 20-705-562, US Army, Montgomery Co.
† Connelly, Robin Gail, SN 17-122-875, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
† Converse, Robert Franklin, SN 0-737-541, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
† Cooper, Guy Raymond, SN 621-92-97, US Navy, Monona Co.
† Copeland, Donald Walter, SN 0-700-865, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
† Cox, Kenneth Arthur, SN 17-078-406, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
† Cox, Leslie, SN 37-197-965, US Army, Boone and Pott. Cos.
† Coy, Leroy Andrew, SN 0-741-481, US Army Air Force, Fremont Co.
† Cozine, Thomas Verne, SN 37-421-270, US Army, Audubon Co.
† Crawford, George Almon, SN 320-36-81, US Navy, Harrison Co.
† Crawford, William Frank Jr., SN 620-07-89, US Navy, Cass Co.
† Crockett, Oliver Eldon, SN 37-490-415, US Army, Gentry Co., MO & Pott. Co.
† Crook, Lyle William SN 0-1-286-445, US Army, Cerro Gordo Co.
† Crose, James Harvey, SN 37-470-848, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
† Curry, Jack Benton, SN 98,652, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co.
† Curtis, Alton B., SN 37-692-006, US Army, Audubon Co.
† Curtis, Edwin Palmer, SN 316-72-93, US Navy, Harrison Co.
† Cutler, Donald Lee, SN 39-603-009, US Army, Pott. Co.
- b. 21 Jun 1913 Omaha; s/o John F. Coad Jr. (b. Nemaha Co., NE; d. 1941) & Helen I. Dyer (b. Wyoming; d. 1928).
- married Elizabeth R. Tinley of Co. Bluffs Oct 1936 in Des Moines, three daughters.
- enlisted 20 Jan 1944 from Alameda Co., CA; service credited to Alameda Co., CA; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- unknown unit, First Army (assigned to First Army one day before death); KIA 22 Nov 1944, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland, 1944.
† Cocklin, Harold John, SN 19-000-746, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. & Alameda Co., CA
- b. 10 May 1917 Griswold, Cass Co.; s/o Elmer F. Cocklin (b. Waveland Twp., Pott. Co.) & Anna Gustason (b. Nebraska); family moved to Lincoln, NE in 1920s & to Beltrami Co., MN in 1930s.
- moved to Alameda Co., CA with brother's family in late 1930s.
- entered service 12 Nov 1940 in San Francisco, CA, service credited to Alameda Co., CA; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 34th Pursuit Sqdn., 24th Pursuit Gp.; POW; DNB 29 Apr 1942 Camp O'Donnell, Tarlac Province, Central Luzon, Philippines.
- Japan Lashes Out > Philippines Lost.
† Cody, Claude LeRoy, SN 648-05-90, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. 9 Feb 1920 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Edward L. Cody (b. Garner Twp., Pott. Co.) & Bessie Cogley (b. Glenwood, Mills Co.); family moved from Mills Co. to Co. Bluffs in late 1930s.
- married Darlene Agnes Crawford of Tama, Tama Co. Aug 1943 in Tama.
- entered service 18 Dec 1941 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin wife, Mrs. Darlene Agney (sic, Agnes) Cody, 800 Oswego St., Tama, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Cruiser USS Houston (CL-81), Task Force 38; KIA 14 Oct 1944 off Formosa; Houston hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes on 14 & 16 Oct; 55 died, 937 survived; Houston stayed afloat and was towed to the US Naval base in Ulithi.
- Formosa Air Battle - Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.
- Notes: The earlier cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) was lost in the Dutch Indies in 1942. Claude Cody had survived the sinking of the USS Helena (CL-50) in July 1943.
✡︎ Cohen, Irving, SN 0-771-221, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
- b. 12 Jul 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harry Cohen (b. Omaha) & Anna Segel (b. Russia).
- entered service Feb 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
- 728 Bomb. Sqdn; 452 Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Deopham Green, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #42-97534 pilot; KIA on his first mission 25 Nov 1944 over Harren, north of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; plane exploded in mid-air after direct flak hit, seven crew died, two POW.
- The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
† Cohrs, William Stanley “Dick”, SN 37-733-662, US Army, Pott. Co.
- b. 26 Mar 1917 Co. Bluffs; s/o William P. Cohrs (b. Pott. Co.; d. 1928) & Mabel Scherner (b. Dixon Co., NE) of Underwood & Co. Bluffs; mother married Marion E. Stewart.
- married Lucille L. Bridges of Co. Bluffs, three daughters.
- entered service 5 Jul 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.; KIA 5 Apr 1945, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
- Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa.
† Collett, Albert Henry, SN 6-580-825, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
- b. 27 Jul 1911 Moniteau Co., MO; s/o George A. Collett & Edna P. Niehaus, both b. Moniteau Co., MO; family moved to Co. Bluffs before 1915; parents divorced 1930s.
- moved to Los Angeles Co., CA in late 1930s.
- entered service before 1940; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried St. Pauls Cem., Dumfries, Pott. Co.
- 93rd Bomb. Sqdn., 19th Bomb. Gp., Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB 20 May 1942, POW camp, Luzon, Philippines, declared dead 8 May 1944.
- Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.
† Collins, James Perry, SN 122-08-81, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. Jan 1901 Prescott, Adams Co.; s/o William E. Collins (b. Woodford Co., IL) & Melvina Baumann (b. Lenox, Taylor Co.; d. 1929); family lived in Adams Co. and Sanborn Co., SD, moving to Ringgold Co. before 1920.
- married Ruth D. Wynn of Adams Co. Sep 1923 in Co. Bluffs, one child; blacksmith in Carson, Pott. Co.
- entered service 31 Dec 1941 from Carson, Pott. Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Ruth Delores Collins, Carson, IA;
body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY. - Q-ship USS Atik (AK-101); KIA 27 Mar 1942 off North Carolina; Atik sunk by German submarine U-123, 141 died, none survived.
- WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic.
† Collins, Robert Warren, SN 37-665-559, US Army, Boone & Pott. Cos.
- b. 6 Dec 1914 Eldora, Hardin Co.; s/o Earle L. Collins (b. Floyd Co.) & Mary Eiserman (b. Hardin Co.); family moved to Boone, Boone Co. 1918.
- sister Betty married Arthur Peterson of Co. Bluffs in Nov 1937; living with brother Lyman in Charles City, Floyd Co. in Apr 1940 and with parents in Boone in Oct 1940; married Gwenith Emma McCloud Feb 1941 in Nashua, Chickasaw Co.
- entered service 23 Mar 1943 from Boone, Boone Co.; service credited to Boone Co.; buried Arlington Natl. Cem., Arlington, VA.
- Co. I, 310th Inf. Regt., 78th Inf. Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 5 Feb 1945 Steckenborn, SW of Schmidt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; direct hit from 88mm artillery shell.
- The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.
† Colwell, Carl Layne, SN 648-73-84, US Navy, Pott. Co.
- b. 11 Nov 1923 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Carl R. Colwell (b. Carson, Pott. Co.) & Velma M. Robinson (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s.
- entered service 18 Nov 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rex Colwell, Ogden Hotel, 169 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Minesweeper YMS-19; KIA 24 Sep 1944, off Anguar, Palau Is., E of the Philippines, Central Pacific; YMS-19 sunk by mine; nine died, 27 survived.
- Battle of Anguar - Central Pacific > Palau Islands.
† Comley, George K., SN 20-705-562, US Army, Montgomery Co.
- b. 25 Jul 1915 Houston, Harris Co., TX; s/o Frank E. Comley (b. Otoe Co., NE; d. 1932) & Vida L. Darnold (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.); family moved to Villisca, Montgomery Co. in early 1920s.
- entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Villisca Cem.
- Co. F (Villisca), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 9 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio, Italy.
- First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > At the Gustav Line.
- Notes: Posthumous Silver Star.
† Connelly, Robin Gail, SN 17-122-875, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
- b. 26 Aug 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o Leonel G. Connelly (b. Keokuk Co.) & Hildred O. Barnhouse (b. Cherokee Co., OK); family lived in Co. Bluffs.
- married Pauline M. Pieper of Neola, Pott. Co. Mar 1944 in Co. Bluffs.
- entered service 18 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; ; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- 20th Co., Separation Center, Ft. Dix, SSE of Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ; d. 24 Dec 1945 from exposure, body found in Sanhican Creek, Trenton.
† Converse, Robert Franklin, SN 0-737-541, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
- b. 20 Jun 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Frank E. Converse (b. Knoxville, Marion Co.) & Myrtle Zimmerman (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.); family moved from Co. Bluffs to Sioux City, Woodbury Co. in the late 1920s and to Omaha in the early 1930s.
- married Ruth Mattice of Paullina, O'Brien Co. 1943.
- enlisted 28 Mar 1942 from Omaha; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
- 958th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Army Air Field, Lea Co., NM (despite the unit name, this squadron gave newly-commissioned pilots a nine-week course in becoming four-engine B-17 pilots); Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29990 pilot, d. 8 Sep 1943 8 miles NE of base in plane crash, five died.
† Cooper, Guy Raymond, SN 621-92-97, US Navy, Monona Co.
- b. 26 Oct 1925 Castana, Monona Co.; s/o Raymond C. Cooper (b. Monona Co.) & Merle S. Bennett (b. McLean Co., IL); family lived in central Monona Co.
- entered service 14 Jul 1943 from Castana, Monona Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carl Cooper, Castana, IA; buried Onawa Cem., Monona Co.
- Navy corpsman assigned to Hq., 26th Marine Regt., 5th Marine Div.; DOW 6 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
- Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima.
† Copeland, Donald Walter, SN 0-700-865, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
- b. 17 Sep 1921 Newcastle, Weston Co., WY; s/o Wayne H. Copeland (b. Audubon Co.) & Mabel Norgard (b. Co. Bluffs); family moved to Co. Bluffs in the 1920s.
- entered service 21 Jan 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; not found on Walls of the Missing Oct 2024.
- 313 Troop Carrier Sqdn., 349th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Pope Army Air Field, Ft. Bragg, NC; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #42-100712 pilot; d. Jul 1944 25 miles SE of Cape Fear, SC; three aircraft from a flight of 54 disappeared in storm during training mission, fifteen died, none survived.
† Cox, Kenneth Arthur, SN 17-078-406, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE & Pott. Co.
- b. 11 Mar 1919 Riley, Riley Co., KS; s/o Arthur B. Cox (b. Vernon Co., MO) & Ida Belle Viola Clark (b. Riley Co., KS); family moved to Omaha in early 1930s.
- married Phyllis R. Leamer of Co. Bluffs Jun 1943 in Long Beach, CA.
- entered service 3 Aug 1942 at Ft. Crook, NE; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Westlawn-Hillcrest Cem., Omaha.
- 16th Combat Camera Unit, based at Kumning, China; on this mission flying with 11th Bomb. Sqdn., 341st Bomb. Gp., Fourteenth Air Force, based at Yangkai 33 M NE of Kumning, China; North American B-25 Mitchell #_____ with pilot John J. Wise, co-pilot Buster P. Meadows; KIA 18 Jan 1945 Chihkiang, Hunan Province, China; after bombing Puchi railroad bridge NW of Chungking, aircraft overshot runway when landing at staging base at Chihkiang about 300 miles SE of Chungking; three died, four survived.
- China-Burma-India Theater > China, 1941-45.
† Cox, Leslie, SN 37-197-965, US Army, Boone and Pott. Cos.
- b. 26 Sep 1915 rural Ogden, Yell Twp., Boone Co.; s/o Frederick S. Cox (b. Marshall Co.; d. 1929) & Fanny McGee (b. Boone Co.; d. 1926); lived with grandmother Mary Meehan in Boone.
- left Boone to live with brother Fred's family in Greene Co. in late 1930s; came to Co. Bluffs about 1941 with the Fred Cox family.
- entered service 4 Jun 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Rose Hill Cem., Boone, Boone Co.
- Co. K, 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 26 Oct 1943, near Pietravairano, SE of Cassino & NW of Caserta, Italy.
- The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
† Coy, Leroy Andrew, SN 0-741-481, US Army Air Force, Fremont Co.
- b. 24 Oct 1919 Wood Lake, Cherry Co., NE; s/o Roy D. Coy (b. Chariton Co., MO) & Philomena C. Adcock (b. Mapleton, Monona Co.); family moved to Randolph area of Fremont Co. in 1920s.
- married Helen R. Matthews of Mills Co. Nov 1942 in California.
- entered service 7 Jun 1942 from Randolph, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
- 385th Bomb. Gp, Eighth Air Force, based at Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-3548 Little Willie navigator; aircraft belonged to the 563rd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp., based at Knettishall, Suffolk; KIA 23 Mar 1944 over Germany; aircraft hit by flak while returning from mission over Brunswick, Germany; crashed at Hullern five miles east of Haltern, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany; two died, eight survived.
- The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
† Cozine, Thomas Verne, SN 37-421-270, US Army, Audubon Co.
- b. 16 Nov 1921 rural Audubon, Leroy Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Verne S. Cozine & Gladys I. Fancher, both b. Audubon Co.; family moved to Audubon town in early 1930s.
- married Shirley A. Roth of Audubon Jun 1940 in Spencer, Clay Co.
- entered service 20 Jun 1942 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
- 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; WIA Dec 1943; DOW 15/16 Jan 1944 in hospital, Italy.
- The MTO > Italy > The Bernhardt Line.
† Crawford, George Almon, SN 320-36-81, US Navy, Harrison Co.
- b. 31 Jan 1901 New Market, Taylor Co.; s/o Wilbur C. Crawford (b. Wyandotte Co., KS; d. 1940) & Susie Eyre (b. Peoria Co., IL); parents divorced; mother married William D. Arthur 1916.
- pre-WW II service; next of kin sister, Mrs. Gladys Knierim, Dunlap, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Escort Carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73); KIA 25 Oct 1944 off Samar, Philippines; Gambier Bay sunk by Japanese shells, about147 died.
- Battle off Samar - Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf.
† Crawford, William Frank Jr., SN 620-07-89, US Navy, Cass Co.
- b. 28 Mar 1920 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o William F. Crawford Sr. & Daisy C. Jenkins, both b. Cass Co.
- entered service 13 Oct 1941 from Anita, Cass Co; next of kin mother, Mrs. Daisy Crawford, Anita, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Destroyer USS Barton (DD 599) ; KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Barton sunk by two Japanese Long Lance torpedoes; 164 died, 68 survived.
- first phase of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
† Crockett, Oliver Eldon, SN 37-490-415, US Army, Gentry Co., MO & Pott. Co.
- b. 24 Oct 1922 Gentry Co., MO; s/o Oliver M. Crockett & Stella B. Kier, both b. Gentry Co.; raised in Gentry Co.
- lived in Co. Bluffs as young adult.
- entered service Feb 1944 from Gentry Co., MO; service credited to Gentry Co., MO; buried Brittany American Cem., St.-James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
- 23rd Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div., VIII Corps; KIA 11 Sep 1944 near Brest, Brittany, France.
- Battle of Brittany - The ETO > Liberation > Brittany.
† Crook, Lyle William SN 0-1-286-445, US Army, Cerro Gordo Co.
- b. 11 Feb 1913 rural Sheffield, Franklin Co.; s/o Frank J. Crook (b. Butler Co.) & Esther L. Leider (b. Iowa).
- married Mabel M. Hansen Mar 1934 in Manly, Worth Co.; she b. Audubon Co. and moved to Sheffield, Franklin Co. in late 1920s, one child, divorced; married Eva Stoma Dec 1942 in Rapides Parish, LA, one child.
- entered service 8 Feb 1941 from Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., service credited to Montgomery Co., reason unknown; buried Rhone American Cem., Draguignan, Provence, France.
- 146th Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 28 Aug 1944 Montelimar, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, southern France.
- The ETO > Liberation > Southern France.
- Notes: Posthumous Silver Star.
† Crose, James Harvey, SN 37-470-848, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
- b. 3 Sep 1923 Omaha; s/o Arthur J. Crose (b. Tulare Co., CA) & Katherine A. Fisher (b. Wisconsin); family lived in Omaha & Co. Bluffs.
- entered service 29 Jan 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- 498th Bomber Sqdn., 345th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; on Liberty Ship SS Thomas Nelson; KIA 12 Nov 1944, Dulag Harbor, Leyte Gulf, Philippines; kamikaze attack, Thomas Nelson survived; 136 died of whom 133 were Army Air Force personnel.
- Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force.
† Curry, Jack Benton, SN 98,652, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co.
- b. about 1917 New Mexico; s/o Arthur B. Curry (b. Vernon Co., WI; d. 1933) & Ada Montgomery (b. Kaufman Co., TX; d. 1940); family moved to Omaha before 1920 and to Co. Bluffs before 1925.
- body not recovered.
- Tanker Pan Massachusetts fireman/wiper; d. 19 Feb 1942, off Cape Canaveral, FL; Pan Massachusetts torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-128; 20 died, 18 survived.
- WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic.
† Curtis, Alton B., SN 37-692-006, US Army, Audubon Co.
- b. 20 Mar 1909 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Ned Curtis (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.) & Augusta Volkman (b. Germany; d. 1944); family moved to Nebraska in the late 1920s.
- returned to Audubon Co. in early 1930s; married Kathryn J. Ripley 1934 in Audubon, three children.
- entered service 14 Mar 1944 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
- 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 15 Nov 1944 NE of Nancy, near Wuisse, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
- The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Third Army.
† Curtis, Edwin Palmer, SN 316-72-93, US Navy, Harrison Co.
- b. 25 Dec 1920 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Simon P. Curtis (b. Iowa) & Eva E. Jenkins (b. St. Johns Twp., Harrison Co.); family lived in St. Johns Twp., rural Missouri Valley and moved to Oregon in 1941.
- entered service 12 Dec 1940 from Rt. 2, Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. at Omaha, NE; buried Forest View Cem., Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.
- previous service on heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27); d. 30 Sep 1943 Mare Island, Vallejo, Solano Co., CA; drowned.
† Cutler, Donald Lee, SN 39-603-009, US Army, Pott. Co.
- b. 12 Nov 1917 Shenandoah, Page Co.; s/o Lee Roy Rowe (b. St. Joseph, MO) & Myrtle M. Dodge (b. Saline Co., NE); parernts divorced; mother married George N. Cutler of Shenandoah Jul 1922 in Omaha; Donald Lee Rowe became Donald Lee Cutler; mother and stepfather divorced; mother married Harry C. Baxter of Co. Bluffs.
- farmhand in Haakon Co., SD in 1940.
- enlisted 1 Oct 1941 at Missoula, Missoula Co., MT from Big Horn Co., MT; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
- Co. E, 254th Inf. Regt., 63rd Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 8 Apr 1945 near Weißbach, SW of Würzburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.