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Part 8/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 36 "E-F" records
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† Edmundson, William Thomas, SN 316-87-40, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Nov 1923 New Butler, Waukesha Co., WI; s/o Gerald R. Edmundson & Florence C. Corcoran, both b. Polk Co.; family moved to Co. Bluffs in late 1920s.
  • entered service 4 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. Gerald Richard Edmundson, 1707 No. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • Naval Air Patrol Sqdn. VP-24, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 05027 crew member; KIA 13 Dec 1942, off Makapuu Point, Oahu; aircraft lost control & crashed into sea, two survivors.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.

† Eggers, Edward, SN 37-195-262, US Army, Crawford & Harrison Cos.
  • b. 5 Jun 1912 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Herman Hans Eggers (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.; d. 1940 ) & Laura B. Russell (b. Scott Co.); family lived in Dow City, Crawford Co. moving to Dunlap, Harrison Co. in the 1920s.
  • married Dorothy Mae Riley of Deloit, Crawford Co. 25 Nov 1940.
  • entered service 19 May 1942 from Deloit, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Fort McPherson Natl. Cem., Maxwell, Lincoln Co., NE.
  • Co. A, 169th Inf. Regt., 43rd Inf. Div.; KIA 9 Jul 1943 Barike River, NE of Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Is.
  • Operation Cartwheel - South & SW Pacific > Solomon Is., New Georgia.

† Ellison, Melvin Isaac, SN 37-446-316, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 4 Jan 1919 rural Logan, Harrison Co.; s/o Floyd H. Ellison (b. Adair Co.) & Louise A. Peterson (b. Persia, Harrison Co.; family moved to Woodbine, Harrison Co. in late 1920s.
  • entered service 25 Nov 1942 from Woodbine, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Woodbine Cem.
  • Co. I, 3rd Bn., 12th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div.;  WIA probably near Schmidt, south of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; DOW 19 Nov 1944.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.
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† Ellsworth, Dale Stanley, SN O-203,406, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 Apr 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o Mac H. Ellsworth (b. Fort Dodge, Webster Co.; d. 1940) & Myrtle M. Boham (b. Ohio).
  • married Margaret E. Donelson of Wright Co. 1939, two children.
  • entered service 17 Nov 1933 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin wife, Mrs. Margaret Eleanor Ellsworth, 1948 Arlington, Des Moines, IA; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Navy Armed Guard on Liberty Ship SS M. H. De Young; KIA 14 Aug 1943; off Tonga, South Pacific; M. H. De Young torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 but remained afloat, towed to Tongatabu and salvaged; three died.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.

† Emerson, Charles Waldo, SN 37-485-764, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 30 May 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Charles J. Emerson (b. Benton Co.) & Frances K. Keck (b. Muscatine Co.).
  • married Varian L. LeBaugh, one child;
  • entered service 7 Nov 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • 418th Bomb. Sqdn., 100th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37517 Heaven Can Wait tail gunner; WIA 11 Sep 1944 over Ruhland, north of Dresden, Germany; DOW 30 Sep 1944 in hospital, England.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.  

† Enochson, Kenneth Duane Jr., SN O-36582, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 17 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Kenneth S. Enochson (b. Schuyler, Colfax Co., NE; d. 1934) & Lola R. Burkerd (b. Wood River, Hall Co., NE); moved with mother and brother to Omaha in 1935 and to Denver, CO in 1939.
  • unknown service entry data; buried Schuyler Cem., Schuyler, Colfax Co., NE.
  • Marine Air Fighter Sqdn. VMF-523, Marine Air Group 52, 9th Marine Air Wing (training wing for east coast), Congaree Auxiliary Field, near Columbia, Lexington Co., SC; DNB 11 Sep 1945, near Columbia; aircraft crash.

† ​Erickson, Gordon Dale, SN 37-698-140, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • b. 29 Jan 1926 Leroy Twp., rural Audubon; s/o Joseph E. Erickson (b. Shelby Co.) & Dora M. Christensen (b. Sharon Twp., Audubon Co.).
  • entered service 7 Jun 1944 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Maple Grove Cem., Audubon.
  • Co. E, 87th Mountain Inf. Regt., 10th Mountain Inf. Div.; KIA 20 Apr 1945 Mt. Avezzano, Italy west of Bologna; hit by machine gun fire while crossing from the west to north slope of Mt. Avezzano.
  • The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.

† Etheridge, Lindsey Edward, SN 621-88-27, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 22 Apr 1926 Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; s/o Elijah T. "Lige" Etheridge (b. Oklahoma) & Cecil Rhoades (b. Mills Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930's & mother moved to Long Beach, CA in early 1940s.
  • entered service 26 May 1943 from Co. Bluffs; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Destroyer USS Monaghan (DD-354); DNB 18 Dec 1944 200 miles NE of Samar, Philippines; Monaghan sank in Typhoon Cobra; 256 died, six survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.
  • Notes: Two other destroyers were also lost in Typhoon Cobra.

† Evans, Charles Harold, SN 37-486-832, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 13 Jul 1908 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Charles T. Evans (b. Indiana) & Mary L. Murphy (b. Parke Co., IN; d. 1942).
  • married Martha M. Maxwell of Harrison Co. Jun 1939 at Woodbine, one child.
  • entered service 5 Nov 1943 from Woodbine, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Woodbine Cem.
  • Medical Detachment, 112th Inf. Regt., 28th Inf. Div.; WIA, DOW 5 Nov 1944 near Schmidt, south of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Hürgten Forest.

† Evans, Robert Dean, SN 571-540, US Coast Guard, Polk Co.
  • b. 24 Feb 1913 Hartley, O'Brien Co. s/o Edward O. Evans (b. O'Brien Co.; d. 1941) & Abbie L. Colby (b. Iroquis Co., IL); family moved to Des Moines in late 1910s & to Allen Twp., rural Polk Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service 11 Aug 1942 from Rt. 1, Carlile, Polk Co.; Pott. area connection unknown; buried Highland Cem., Des Moines.
  • stationed at Kalaloch Beach Patrol Station, Jefferson Co., Washington; d. 25 Apr 1943; gunshot wound to head.

† Evans, Robert Samuel, SN 0-489-062, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Apr 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Lewis B. Evans (b. Blair, Washington Co., NE) & Hazel W. Hunt (b. Hastings, Adams Co., NE).
  • entered service Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 5307th Composite Unit (Merrill’s Marauders); WIA at Nhpum Ga, NW of Myitkyina, Burma, DOW 11 Apr 1944 in hospital, Ledo, Assam, India.
  • China-Burma-India Theater > Burma, 1941-45.

† Evers, Leland Junior, SN 0-748-386, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Harrison Cos.
  • b. 21 Mar 1919 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Albert F. Evers (b. Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.) & Elizabeth J. Hatcher (b. Rockford Twp., Pott. Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs early 1930s; parents divorced; mother married Thomas G. Grayam 1945.
  • married Adeline Maxine Hansen of Co. Bluffs Dec 1938, divorced.
  • entered service 2 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.
  • 730 Bomb. Sqdn., 452 Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Deopham Green, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31334 3 Cads and a Lad pilot; KIA 12 Apr 1944 over North Sea; aircraft ditched returning from mission, six died, four survived.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
 
† ​​Evinger, Homer Ralph, SN 0-698-914, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • b. 6 Apr 1919 rural Anita, Lincoln Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Albert Evinger (b. Clark Co., IL) & Daisy M. Scarlett (b. Anita, Cass Co.); family lived in the Anita area.
  • living in La Crosse Co., WI in 1940.
  • registered with Fond du Lac Co., WI draft board; entered service 15 Jul 1942 from Wilmar, Kandiyohi Co., MN; service credited to Charlevoix Co., MI; buried Evergreen Cem., Anita, Cass Co.
  • 391st Bomb. Sqdn., 31st Bomb. Gp.; based at Blythe, CA Army Air Field training for deployment to the ETO; Consolidated B-24E Liberator #41-29086 crew member with pilot Glenn W. Turner; DNB 13 Feb 1944 March Field, Riverside Co., CA; aircraft making a forced landing because of engine issues collided with a parked RB-34 Ventura II; five died, five survived.

† Fader, Walter D., SN 17-011-491, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.
  • b. 10 Nov 1918 Allen, Dixon Co., NE; s/o Charles R. Dugan (b. Pennsylvania; d. 1919) & Nellie E. Umstott (b. Iowa); mother married Alvin L. Fader in Sioux City, Woodbury Co. 1920; family moved from Sioux City to Mills Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service Sep 1940 from Rt. 2, Glenwood, Mills Co; service credited to Mills Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • ​2nd Quartermaster Co. (Aviation), 5th Air Base Gp.; POW Philippines 1942; KIA 7 Sep 1944, Sulu Sea, off Sindangen Bay, NW Mindanao, Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle (SS 263), about 668 US POWs died,  about 82 survived.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Faurot, Owen Hugh, SN 648-04-18, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Mar 1923 Faulkton, Faulk Co., SD; s/o John C. Faurot (d. 1928) & Clara Ann Geese (d. 1938); ss/o Roy C Ford of South Dakota; lived with sister Jean L. (Faurot) Hessenflow in Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 17 Nov 1941 from Co. Bluffs; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • unit unknown; d. 7 Nov 1944, off Old Point Comfort, Hampton, VA; crash at sea of transport aircraft returning to Europe, all 13 died.

† Fausett, Ottis Marvin Jr., SN 316-35-63, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Sep 1914 Barber Co., KS; s/o Otis M. Fausett Sr. (b. Polk Co., MO) & Anna B. Wells (b. Carter Co., KY); family moved to Neola, Pott. Co. area in early 1920s.
  • US Navy service as early as 1934; next of kin mother, Mrs. Anna Pausett (sic), Box 353, Neola, IA; buried Neola Twp. Cem., Neola, Pott. Co.
  • Attack cargo ship USS Oberon (AK-56/AKA-14); d. 23 Jun 1942, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY; skull & spine fracture from a fall.

† Felthager, Joseph William, SN 20-743-408, US Army, Des Moines & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 23 Nov 1901 Leavenworth, KS; s/o Joseph Felthager (b. Germany) & Mary Seitz (b. Stearns Co., MO); mother married William A. Doidge; raised in Leavenworth; Co. Bluffs resident in 1930s.
  • married Alice E. Brask 1934, one child.
  • entered service with National Guard 13 Jan 1941 from Burlington, Des Moines Co.; service credited to Des Moines Co.; buried Fort Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth, KS.
  • Hq. & Service Troop, 125th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 113rd Cavalry Recon. Gp.; KIA 21 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Normandy, France.
  • The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944.

† Fenn, Clifford Loren, SN 37-484-890, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Feb 1925 Co. Bluffs; s/o Wythel L. Fenn (b. Carson, Pott. Co.) & Viola M. Campbell (b. rural Co. Bluffs); family lived in Co. Bluffs in 1925, in Oakland, Pott. Co. in 1930, and moved to Rt. 2, Co. Bluffs in the 1930s.
  • entered service 16 Aug 1943 from Rt. 2, Co. Bluffs; service credited to unknown county; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 513 Bomb. Sqdn., 376th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at San Pancrazio Air Field, SW of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-51151 ball turret gunner, KIA 2 Jul 1944 over Vecses Aerodrome, Budapest, Hungary; aircraft lost from flak; four died.
  • The MTO > MTO Air War.
  • Notes: Clifford's first cousin, Wendell Melvin Campbell, also died in WWII in July 1944.

​† Feser, John Robert, SN 37-472-899, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 26 Feb 1923 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Francis J. "Frank" Feser (b. Westphalia, Shelby Co.) & Anna Hawn (b. Douglas Twp., Harrison Co.).
  • entered service 10 Feb 1943 from Dunlap, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • 938 Engineering Camouflage Bn. (Aviation), March Army Air Field, Riverside Co., CA; d. 14 Apr 1943 at March Field, drowned.

† Field, John Henry, SN 316-56-23, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 23 Feb 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o John A. Field & Flora McInnis, both b. Prince Edward Is., Canada.
  • entered service 2 Nov 1938 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. John Andrew Field, 1204 No. 29th St., Council Bluffs, IA; body returned to San Francisco on USAT Cardinal O'Connell, Feb 1948; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • At US Navy Receiving Station, Cavite, Philippines Feb-Dec 1941; transferred to destroyer USS Peary (DD-226) 14 Dec 1941; transferred to destroyer tender USS Black Hawk (AD-9) for treatment 12 Jan 1942; DNB 19 Jan 1942 on Black Hawk in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, malaria.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost.

† Findley, Everett Arthur, served as Findley Everette A, SN 20-706-174, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 14 Oct 1923 Rosalie, Thurston Co., NE; s/o Claude C. Findley (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.) & Retha Jane Woten (b. Sherman Co., NE); family lived in Nebraska and Montgomery Co. before moving to Hastings, Mills Co. in 1939.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Hastings, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Hastings Cem.
  • Co. I (Glenwood), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., detached to British 6th Commando Regt.; KIA 22 Nov 1942 near Bone, Algeria.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis.

† Finley, Clyde Clem Jr., SN T-004-898, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1922 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Clyde C. Finley Sr. (b. Logan, Harrison Co.) & Sophia McKee.
  • entered service 21 Sep 1942 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Fort McPherson Natl. Cem., Maxwell, Lincoln Co., NE.
  • 1333rd Base Unit, India-China Division, Air Transport Command, based at Chubua, Assam, India; Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando #43-47003 co-pilot; DNB 31 Aug 1945 in Assam, India 56 km NW of Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport; aircraft crashed on flight from Kumning, China to Chabua.
  • China-Burma-India Theater > Crossing the Hump.
  • Notes: Buried near crash site; body not subsequently recovered.

​† Fintel, Hubert Alvin, SN 36-829-180, US Army, Milwaukee Co., WI
  • b. 24 Jun 1915 Crescent, Pott. Co.; s/o Rev. Homer A. Fintel (b. Greenfield, Adair Co.) & Harriet F. Howard (b. Neola, Pott. Co.; d. 1934).
  • married Ione A. Schwartz of Milwaukee, WI.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Milwaukee Co., WI; burial Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 56th Armored Inf. Bn., 12th Armored Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 15 Apr 1945 west of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.​​

† Firebaugh, Gordon Dale, SN 958-03-91, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • b. 15 Sep 1922 Audubon; s/o George M. Firebaugh (b. Audubon Co.) & Jennie Mae Blakely (b. Clinton Co.); family lived in Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.
  • married Dorothy Mae Gray of Harlan, Shelby Co. Nov 1943, one child.
  • entered service 21 Jan 1945 from Rt. 3, Audubon, Audubon Co.; buried Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
  • unit unknown; stationed at Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA; d. 3 Sep 1945 at Treasure Island; cause of death unknown.

† Fisher, Harlan Ray, SN O-325,830, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Oct 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Joyce J. Fisher (b. Co. Bluffs) & Mamie Radliff (b. Cass Co., MO; d. 1942).
  • entered service 15 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. Joyce J. Fisher, 204 So. 26th, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI; cenotaph Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Naval Air Composite Sqdn. VC-11/VC-21 on escort carrier USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), At-Sea Logistics Group Third Fleet, aka Task Group 30.8; Grumman FM-2 Wildcat (built by General Motors/Eastern Aircraft) BuNo 16056 pilot; KIA 22 Aug 1944, SW of Marshall Is., Central Pacific; failed carrier landing at sea south of Eniwetok.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† Flack, David Albert, SN 0-687-121, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 19 Sep 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Ora E. Flack (b. York Co., NE) & Mattie Bolz (b. Minden, Pott. Co.; d. 1927); father moved to Omaha after mother's death, while David and siblings lived with grandparents Flack in Co. Bluffs.
  • married Darline D. Bradford of Co. Bluffs, one child.
  • entered service Mar 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 813rd Base Unit, Sedalia Army Air Field (now Whiteman Air Force Base), Knob Noster, Johnson Co., MO; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #42-24317 crew member with pilot James J. Cram; d. 14 Sep 1944 just east of field; collision with Douglas C-47A #42-24321 while returning from training mission to Vichy Army Air Field near Rolla, MO; all four on both aircraft died.

† Foss, Howard Edward, SN 20-706-596, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 27 Nov 1917 Bristol Twp., rural Jefferson, Greene Co.; s/o Edward A. Foss (b. Bureau Co., IL; d. 1925) & Florence M. Burger (b. O'Brien Co.); mother moved with her four children to Arnolds Park, Dickinson Co. after father's death;
  • moved to Omaha in late 1930s.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Jefferson Cem., Jefferson, Greene Co.
  • Co. L (Council Bluffs), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., transferred to 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 7 Nov 1943, Mt. Rotondo, SE of Cassino, Lazio, Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.

† Fox, Louis Wendell Sr., SN O-70,987, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Sep 1992 Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; s/o Adam Fox (b. Knox Co., IN; d. 1926) & Eliza J. Grigsby (b. Perry Co., IN); came to Co. Bluffs about 1914; mother married Henry W. Spires of Harrison Co. 1934.
  • married Honora Mary Drew, three children.
  • career navy man; body not recovered; next of kin wife, Mrs. Honora Mary Fox, 2228 E. 124th St., Willowbrook, CA; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Escort Carrier USS St. Lo (CVE-63); KIA 25 Oct 1944 off Samar, Philippines; St. Lo sunk by kamikaze, about 143 died.
  • Battle off Samar - Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf.

† Frahm, Leonard Carl, SN 19-032-134, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 17 May 1918 rural Hancock, Lincoln T., Pott. Co.; s/o John J. Frahm (b. Schleswig-Holstein) & Dora Noehren (b. Shelby Co.); family moved to Shelby, Shelby Co. about 1919 & to Lincoln T., Shelby Co. in the late 1930s.
  • entered service 26 Aug 1940 at Fort George Wright, Spokane, WA from Shelby Co., IA; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, Luxembourg.
  • 347th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945, on the Rhine at Boppard, south of Coblenz, Germany during the VIII Corps Rhine crossing.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
  • Notes: Posthumous Silver Star.

† Franklin, Milburn Martin, SN 0-736-767, US Army Air Force, Lewis Co., WA
  • b. 13 Jun 1920 Power Co., ID; s/o Harrison G. Franklin (b. Lincoln Twp., Pott. Co.) & Mary G. Smith (b. Lewis, Cass Co.);  family moved from Idaho to Lewis Co., WA in the 1920s and remained in the Lewis Co. area.
  • entered service 15 Mar 1942 at Presidio of San Francisco from Multomah Co., OR; service credited to Lewis Co., WA; buried Alexandria Natl. Cem., Rapides Parish, LA.
  • 410th Bomb. Sqdn., 94th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, east of Cambridge; Boeing B-17G #42-37821 The Sweetest One navigator with pilot John E. Pyles; KIA 26 Nov 1943 SE of Paris, France; aircraft rammed by German FW-109 fighter and crashed near Chevry-Cossigny in Ile-de-France Department; of crew of ten, nine died and the tail gunner eluded capture.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Frazier, Arthur Thompson, SN 37-466-728, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 13 Mar 1922 Indian Creek Twp., rural Emerson, Mills Co.; s/o Arthur S. Frazier (b. Arkansas) & Florence M. Lingo (b. Missouri); family moved from Missouri to rural Mills Co. early 1920s and to Arkansas late 1930s.
  • remained in Mills Co. until enlisting; married Avis O. Noel of Emerson Apr 1943 in Lawrence Co., AR.
  • enlisted 8 Dec 1942; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Lawrence Memorial. Cem., Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR.
  • Co. D; 786th Tank Bn., attached to 99th Inf. Div.; KIA 28 Mar 1945 near Giessen, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.

† Friend, James Junior, SN 0-746-080, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 8 Sep 1922 Yorktown, Page Co.; s/o James O. Friend (b. Clearmont, Nodaway Co., MO) & Margaret G. Goecker (b. Yorktown, Page Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in late 1920s.
  • entered service 4 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 551st Bomb. Sqdn., 385th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30822 Dorsal Queen co-pilot with pilot Delmer Gray; KIA 25 Feb 1944 over Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; mid-air explosion from flak, seven died, three POW.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Frits, Richard Yale, SN 37-697-896, US Army, Pott. & Decatur Cos.
  • b. 29 Apr 1920, Albia, Monroe Co.; s/o Wilbur E. Frits Sr. (b. Cedarville, Stephenson Co., IL; d. 1941) and Helen Yale (b. Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co.); family lived in Des Moines.
  • married Ireta Ruth Martin of Albia 1940, two children.
  • entered service 3 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Decatur Co.; buried Glendale Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co.
  • Co. B, 99th Signal Corps Bn.; DNB (sic) 16 Jun 1945, Valencia, Mindanao, Philippines, walked into a booby-trap trip flare.
  • Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines.

† Frost, Darrell Finley, SN 37-692-444, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 13 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Finley C. Frost (b. Crescent, Pott. Co.) & Clara C. Young (b. Iowa); family lived in Crescent; parents divorced 1931; father married Georgia L. Robinson 1932 and Darrell remained with father's family.
  • entered service Mar 1944 from Crescent, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; burial Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. C, 310th Inf. Regt.; 78th Inf. Div., First Army (1st Bn., 310th Inf. was attached to Combat Command B, 9th Armored Div.); KIA 10 Mar 1945, near Linz, Remagen Bridgehead, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.​

† Fulk, Paul Hoyt, SN 37-169-571, US Army, Page Co.
  • b. 13 Dec 1924 Clarinda, Page Co.; s/o Claude A. Fulk (b. Taylor Co.) & Gladys B. Hoyt (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.), parents divorced.
  • entered service 11 Dec 1942 from Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • Co. H, 501st Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div.; KIA 6 Jun 1944 west of Douve River Estuary, Normandy.
  • The ETO > Normandy Campaign > D-Day.
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​† Fuller, John Howard, SN 0-1-307-394, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 16 Aug 1920 Omaha; s/o Lee W. Fuller (b. Montgomery Co.) & Stella Irene Johnstone (b. Cedar Co.), Montgomery Co. residents who moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1920s.
  • married Virginia M. McCune of Page Co., one child
  • entered active duty 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co. with Co. M, 168th Inf. Regt.; service credited to Iowa at large; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. H, 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Sixth Army; a 2nd Battalion Weapons Co. machine gun platoon leader; DOW 4 Jan 1945 near Biliboy, north of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines; struck by small arms fire while positioning his platoon in support of Company F mopping-up operation.
  • Philippines Liberated > Leyte.