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Records for Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster  - part 5/17, EF, 30 names.
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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; family moved to Co. Bluffs in late 1920s; entered service 4 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs.
  • 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; plane lost control & crashed into sea, two survivors; WWII-Japan > The Pacific Bases; BNR.

† Eggers, Edward, SN 37-195-262, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • b. 5 Jun 1912 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Herman Hans Eggers & Laura Russell; family lived in Crawford & Harrison Cos.; married Dorothy Mae Riley 25 Nov 1940; entered service 19 May 1942 from Deloit, Crawford Co.; bur. Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem., Maxwell, 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 & Louise A. Peterson; family moved to Woodbine, Harrison Co. in late 1920s; entered service 25 Nov 1942 from Woodbine; bur. Woodbine Cem.
  • Co. I, 3rd Bn., 12th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div.;  WIA probably near Schmidt, S of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; DOW 19 Nov 1944; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Hürtgen Forest.
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† Ellsworth, Dale Stanley, SN O-203406, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 Apr 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o Mac H. Ellsworth (d. 1940) & Myrtle M. Boham; entered service 17 Nov 1933 from Co. Bluffs; m. Margaret E. Donelson of Wright Co. 1939, two children; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Council 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 dead; 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 & Frances K. Keck of Co., Bluffs; m. Varian L. LeBaugh, one child; entered service 7 Nov 1943 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridge, UK.
  • 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, N of Dresden, Germany; DOW 30 Sep 1944 in hospital, England; The ETO > ETO Air War.  

† Enochson, Kenneth Duane Jr., SN O-36582, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 17 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Kenneth S. Enochson (d. 1934) & Lola R. Burkerd; moved to Denver, CO with mother as a teenager; bur. 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; plane crash.

† 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 & Cecil Rhoades; family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930's & mother subsequently moved to California; entered service 26 May 1943 from Co. Bluffs.
  • Destroyer USS Monaghan (DD-354); DNB 18 Dec 1944 200 miles NE of Samar, Philippines; Monaghan sank in Typhoon Cobra; 256 dead, six survivors; two other destroyers were also lost in Cobra; Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; BNR.

† Evans, Charles Harold, SN 37-486-832, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 13 Jul 1908 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Charles T. Evans & Mary L. Murphy; m. Martha M. Maxwell 1939, one child; entered service 5 Nov 1943 from Woodbine; bur. Woodbine Cem.
  • Medical Detachment, 112th Inf. Regt., 28th Inf. Div.; WIA, DOW 5 Nov 1944 near Schmidt, S of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > War of Attrition > Rhineland 1944 > Hürgten Forest.

† Evans, Robert Samuel, SN O-489062, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Apr 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Lewis B. Evans & Hazel W. Hunt; entered service Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Nat’l Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 5307 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.

† Evers, Leland Junior, SN O-748386, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Mar 1919 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Albert F. Evers & Elizabeth J. Hatcher (div.) of Missouri Valley & Co. Bluffs; ss/o Thomas G. Grayam; m. Adeline Maxine Hansen of Co. Bluffs (div.); entered service 2 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs.
  • 730 Bomb. Sqdn., 452 Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Deopham Green, Norfolk, England; Boeing B17-G Flying Fortress #42-31334 pilot; KIA 12 Apr 1944 over North Sea; plane ditched returning from mission, six dead; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.
 
† 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 (d. 1919) & Nellie E. Umstott; ss/o Alvin L. Fader; family moved from Sioux City, IA to Mills Co. in early 1930s; entered service Sep 1940 from Rt. 2, Glenwood, Mills Co.
  • ​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), ~668 US POWs died, ~82 survived; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.

† 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 w/ sister Jean L. (Faurot) Hessenflow in Co. Bluffs; entered service 17 Nov 1941 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • unit unknown; DNB 7 Nov 1944, off Old Point Comfort, Hampton, VA; crash at sea of transport plane returning to Europe, all 13 dead.

† 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. & Anna B. Wells; family moved to Neola, Pott. Co. area in early 1920s; bur. Neola Twp. Cem., Neola.
  • Attack cargo ship USS Oberon (AK-56/AKA-14); DNB 23 Jun 1942, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY; skull & spine fracture from a fall.

† Fenn, Clifford Loren, SN 37-484-890, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Feb 1925 Co. Bluffs; s/o Wythel L. Fenn & Viola M. Campbell of Rt. 2, Co. Bluffs; entered service 16 Aug 1943 from Rt. 2, Co. Bluffs; bur. 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; plane lost from flak; four dead; The MTO > MTO Air War.

​† Feser, John Robert, SN 37-472-899, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 26 Feb 1923 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Francis J. Feser & Anna Hawn; entered service 10 Feb 1943 from Dunlap; bur. Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • 938 Engineering Camouflage Bn. (Aviation), March Army Air Field, Riverside Co., CA; DNB 14 Apr 1943 at March Field, drowning.

† Field, John Henry, SN 316-56-23, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 23 Feb 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o John A. Field & Flora McInnis, natives of Prince Edward Is., Canada; entered service 2 Nov 1938 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Golden Gate Nat’l 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 and Retha Jane Woten; family lived in Nebraska and Montgomery Co. before moving to Hastings, Mills Co. in 1939; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Hastings; bur. 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-004898, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1922 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Clyde C. Finley Sr. & Sophia McKee; entered service 21 Sep 1942 from Missouri Valley.
  • 1333rd Base Unit, India-China Division, Air Transport Command; based at Chabua, Assam, India; Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando #43-47003 co-pilot; DNB 31 Aug 1945 in Assam, India; plane crashed on flight from Kumning, China to Chabua; initially buried at crash site 56 km NW of Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport; China-Burma-India Theater > Crossing the Hump.

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

†Fisher, Harlan Ray, SN O-325830, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Oct 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Joyce J. Fisher & Mamie Radliff of Co. Bluffs; entered service 15 Aug 1942 from 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 S of Eniwetok at location ~ 3 N 164 E; Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets; BNR.

† Flack, David Albert, SN O-687121, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 19 Sep 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Ora E. Flack & Mattie Bolz (d. 1927) of Omaha; gs/o Zula Flack of Co. Bluffs; m. Darline D. Bradford, one child; entered service Mar 1942 from Co. Bluffs; bur. 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 w/ pilot James J. Cram; DNB 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 planes killed.

† Foss, Howard Edward, SN 20-706-596, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 27 Nov 1917 Greene Co.; s/o Edward A. Foss (d. 1925) & Florence M. Burger (d. 1944); moved to Omaha in late 1930s; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Jefferson Cem., Jefferson, Greene Co.
  • Co. L (Council Bluffs), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div. -> 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 7 Nov 1943, Mt. Rotondo, SE of Cassino, Lazio, Italy; The MTO > Italy > To the Gustav Line.

† Fox, Louis Wendell Sr., SN O-070987, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Sep 1992 Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; s/o Adam Fox (d. 1926) & Eliza J. Grigsby of Indiana; came to Co. Bluffs ~ 1914; ss/o Henry W. Spires of Calhoun, Harrison Co.; career navy man; m. Honora Mary Drew, three children.
  • Escort Carrier USS St. Lo (CVE-63); KIA 25 Oct 1944 off Samar, Philippines; St. Lo sunk by kamikaze, ~ 143 dead; Battle off Samar - Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf; BNR.

† 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 & Dora Noehren; family moved to Shelby, Shelby Co. abt. 1919 & to Lincoln T., Shelby Co. in the late 1930s; entered service 26 Aug 1940 from Ft. George Wright, Spokane, WA; bur. Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, Luxembourg.
  • 347th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945, on the Rhine at Boppard, S of Coblenz, Germany during the VIII Corps Rhine crossing; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
  • Notes: Posthumous Silver Star.

† Franklin, Milburn Martin, SN O-736767, US Army Air Force, Lewis Co., WA
  • b. 13 Jun 1920 Power Co., ID; s/o Harrison G. Franklin & Mary G. Smith, both of whom grew up in the Lewis, IA area;  family moved to Lewis Co., WA in the 1920s and was there as late as 1940; entered service 15 Mar 1942 at Presidio of San Francisco from Multomah Co., OR; service credited to Lewis Co., WA; bur. Alexandria Nat'l. Cem., Rapides Parish, LA.
  • 410th Bomb. Sqdn., 94th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, E of Cambridge; Boeing B-17G #42-37821 The Sweetest One navigator w/ 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 Departement; of crew of ten, nine died and the tail gunner eluded capture; The ETO > ETO Air War.

† 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 & Florence M. Lingo, natives of Arkansas & Missouri respectively, who moved from Missouri to rural Mills Co. early 1920s & moved to Arkansas late 1930s; remained in Mills Co. until entering service 8 Dec 1942; m. Avis O. Noel of Emerson 1943; bur. Lawrence Mem. Cem., Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AK.
  • 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 O-746080, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 8 Sep 1922 Yorktown, Page Co.; s/o James O. Friend & Margaret G. Goecker of Co. Bluffs; entered service 4 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; bur. 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 w/ pilot Delmer Gray; KIA 25 Feb 1944 over Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; mid-air explosion from flak, seven dead, three POW; The ETO > ETO Air War.

† Frits, Richard Yale, SN 37-697-896, US Army, Pott. & Decatur Cos.
  • b. 29 Apr 1920, Albia, Monroe Co.; s/o Wilbur Frits Sr. (d. 1941) and Helen Yale; family lived in Des Moines, Polk Co.; m. Ireta Ruth Martin of Albia 1940, two children; entered service 3 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Decatur Co.; bur. 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 & Clara C. Young (div.) of Crescent, Pott. Co.; raised by father; entered service Mar 1944 from Crescent; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, 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 & Gladys B. Hoyt (div.); entered service 11 Dec 1942 from Clarinda; bur. Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • Co. H, 501st Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div.; KIA 6 Jun 1944 W of Douve River Estuary, Normandy; The ETO > Normandy Campaign > D-Day.