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                         bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster E, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 10 May 2025
​                           Part 9/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 13 "E" 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.

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