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                    bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster > Roster F, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 22 Nov 2025
​                     Part 15/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 27 "F" records
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† 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.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

Farley, Clarence Thomas, SN 37-692-077, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • b. 22 Sep 1916 Whiting, Monona Co.; s/o Lloyd Edwin Farley (b. Whiting) & Ida Christina Schraiter (b. Crawford Co.).
  • married Florence Antje Reuwsaat of Crawford Co. Jun 1940 in Manilla, Crawford Co., two children.
  • entered service 15 Mar 1944 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
  • ​​Co. K, 318th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div; XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 24 Nov 1944 near Maginot Line west of St. Avold, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • War with Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1945 > Lorraine/Third Army

† 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., attached to 35th Inf. Div. which was attached to XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 21 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • Family Note: Clifford Fenn's first cousin, Wendell Melvin Campbell, also died in WWII in July 1944.
  • 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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. "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.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Netherlands 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.; group burial with three sets of remains at 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.
  • Notes: may have been initially buried near crash site.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > The Hump

​† 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, Moselle Dept., France.
  • 56th Armored Inf. Bn., 12th Armored Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 15 Apr 1945 west of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
  • WWII 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.
  • WW II Japan > 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.

† Focht, Stanley Dean, SN 39-574-968, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • b. 22 Dec 1923 Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Roscoe Jay Focht (b. rural Grant, Montgomery Co.; d. 1939) & Blanche Elizabeth Copelin (b. Wallace Co., Kansas); family moved to Glendale, CA in 1942.
  • married Shirley Dean Froyd of Villisca, Montgomery Co. 1943 in Villisca.
  • entered service 1 Jun 1943 at Los Angeles, CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.; cenotaph Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
  • 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA/FOD 27 Sep 1944 in the Hürgen Forest area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; preliminaries to the First Battle of Schmidt.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Hürtgen Forest
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† Focht, William James, SN 17-119-136, US Army Air Force, Polk Co.
  • b. 3 Oct 1922 Grinnell, Poweshiek Co.; s/o Charles Edward Focht (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.) & Laura Lucille Triplett (b. Grinnell); parents divorced 1927; William remained with father; father married Lola Rose Renaud of Pella, Marion Co. in 1929 at Davenport, Scott. Co.; family moved from Davenport to Minneapolis in late 1920s and then to Des Moines around 1940.
  • ​entered service 20 Feb 1943 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.​
  • 836th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38154 Heavenly Body waist gunner with pilot Harold E. Oesch; KIA 30 Sep 1944 on mission to bomb railroad marshalling yards at Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany; Heavenly Body collided with B-17G #43-38037 Liberty Belle when turning after bomb drop; eight died, one survived; on Liberty Belle seven died, two survived.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force
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about Stanley and William Focht:
  • Stanley Dean Focht and William James Focht were second cousins, both being great-grandsons of William Focht and Rebecca Marie Williams.

† Ford, George Calvin, SN 321-45-77, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • b. 27 Apr 1916 Lidderdale, Carroll Co.; s/o John Calvin Ford (b. Greene Co.) & Sophia Margaret Harms (b. Sheridan Twp., Carroll Co.).
  • entered service 13 Aug 1940 from Rt. 3, Carroll, Carroll Co.; next of kin father, Mr. John Calvin Ford, Rt. 4, Carroll, Iowa; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of  the Pacific, Honolulu, HI; in 2018, body was identified and subsequently returned to Iowa for interment; buried Merle Hay Memorial Cem., Glidden, Carroll Co.
  • battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37); killed in action 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Oklahoma hit by aerial torpedoes and capsized, 429 died; Oklahoma later righted but sank while being towed to California.
  • War with Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Anzio > 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.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Battle of Leyte Gulf @ Battle off Samar

† 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, three miles east of Luxembourg City center.
  • 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.
  • Military Note: posthumous Silver Star.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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 Montgomery Co. 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., III Corps, First Army; KIA 28 Mar 1945 near Giessen, Hesse, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Past 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • WWII Japan > 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., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. C, 310th Inf. Regt.; 78th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army (1st Bn., 310th Inf. was attached to Combat Command B, 9th Armored Div., III Corps); KIA 10 Mar 1945, near Linz, Remagen Bridgehead, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • WWII 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, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • Co. H, 501st Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 6 Jun 1944 west of Douve River Estuary, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > 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 (weapons Co.) platoon leader, 2nd Bn., 184th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div., XXIV Corps, Eighth Army; 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.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Leyte
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