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Source: website bigpigeon.us, webpage WW II Dead > The Roster > Roster-GHI.
© 2020 by Robert A. "Bob" Christiansen, last update 10 Jan 2021, 55 names.

Pottawattamie County, Iowa Area WW II Dead Roster - part 4/11, G-H-I
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† Garafalo, James Lester, SN 316-55-30 & O-329415, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 26 Jan 1918, Omaha, NE; s/o Paul Garafalo (d. 1940) & Calogera Messina of Co. Bluffs; m. Josephine Ann Cash of Co. Bluffs 1944, one child; enlisted 20 Jul 1938 from Co. Bluffs; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Pensacola NAS, Escambia Co., Florida; Consolidated PBY-5 BuNo 08307 Catalina passenger; d. 3 Jun 1946 in Escambia Bay 3.5 miles SE of Naval Air Station Ellyson Field, Escambia Co.; wind caught right wing float while landing, plane flipped and caught fire; both died.

† Gardiner, Kenneth Earl, SN O-327472, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1898 Essex, Page Co.; s/o Everett Gardiner & Bertha Griffiths (d. 1937); m. Eva A. Rumery 1922, one child; entered service 13 Jan 1941 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 15 Aug 1945.
  • 4th AF, no overseas duty; d. 13 Mar 1946 in McAllen, Hidalgo Co., TX from service-related causes.

† Garner, William Fredrick, SN O-240615, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 23 Aug 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Roy J. & Irene M. Kinzel of Co. Bluffs; m. Mary Jane Flesh; entered service 4 Jun 1942 from Co. Bluffs.
  • Naval Air Fighter Sqdn. VBF-83, Carrier Air Group 83, on USS Essex (CV-9); Vought F4U Corsair pilot; KIA 18 Mar 1945 near Tomitake Airfield, Kyushu, Japan; shot down; Japan Overpowered > Japan under Attack; BNR.

† Garrean, Elwood Eugene, SN 39-029-723, USAAF, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • b. 30 Jun 1921 Hemingford, Box Butte Co., NE; s/o Walter E. Garrean & Edna M. McMurtrie; family moved to Co. Bluffs in 1920s; m. Mary F. Darnell of Co. Bluffs in Los Angeles, CA 1942; service credited to Los Angeles Co.
  • 806th Bomb. Sqdn., 471 Bomb. Gp., Pueblo Army Air Field, Pueblo, Pueblo Co., CO; Consolidated B-24E Liberator #42-7107 crew member w/ pilot Thomas C. Merryman Jr.; DNB 18 Aug 1943 over Gulf of Mexico ~ 138 miles SE of Corpus Christi, TX on flight to Texas; all ten dead; BNR.

† Gettys, Joe Lynam Jr., SN 17-096-828, USAAF, Shelby Co.
  • b. 5 Feb 1923 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o Joe L. Gettys Sr. & Clara B. Sherman, Iowa natives who moved to Harlan, Shelby Co. ~ 1940; entered service 5 Dec 1942 from Harlan; group bur. Jefferson Barracks Nat'l Cem. St. Louis, MO.
  • 719th Bomb Sqdn., 449th Bomb. Gp., 15th AF, based at Grottaglie, near Taranto, Apulia, Italy; former radio operator with the William Bache crew, DNB 9 Dec 1944 near Oliveto Citra, E. of Salerno, Italy on Consolidated B-24H Liberator #41-29307 Buzzer; passengers on the Buzzer had completed their missions and were being reassigned to rear-area jobs; Buzzer crashed killing all fifteen; The MTO > MTO Air War.

† Gidley, Robert Allan, SN 17-040-837, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 3 May 1515 Co. Bluffs; s/o Allan B. Gidley & Essie E. Smith of Co., Bluffs; entered service 17 Feb 1942 from Co. Bluffs; m. Donnabelle Oviatt of Harrison Co. 1943; b. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 676th Bomb. Sqdn. 444th Bomb. Gp., XX Bomber Cmd., 20th AF, based at Dudhkundi AAF, near Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, staging from Kwanghan AAF, near Chengtu, China; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6330 Come-In-23982 flight engineer, Charles E. Hansen pilot; KIA 20 Aug 1944 near Chengdu, Sichuan, China; plane hit cliff while landing after bombing Yawata Iron Works on Kyushu Is., Japan; nine or eleven dead, one survivor; Operation Matterhorn - China-Burma-India Theater > China.

† Gill, Carl Edward, SN 316-39-25, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 15 Jul 1916 Des Moines, Polk Co.; s/o Elvin A. Gill & Minnie Gordon; moved to Co. Bluffs as child; entered service 13 Aug 1944 from Co. Bluffs; m. Lee Hughlett 1941; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • assigned to US Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico; d. 20 Sep 1946 near Mexico City; crash of US Naval Attache’s plane.

† Gilmore, Burrel Gilbert, SN 39-018-679, US Army, Woodbury Co.
  • b. 2 Dec 1913 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o James F. Gilmore & Belle S. Lynch; raised in Sioux City, mother moved to Co. Bluffs ~ 1942; m. Marjorie E. Sterling in Sioux City 1933 (div.); enlisted 7 Feb 1942 in Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Angelina Co., TX; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, Belgium.
  • 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div.; KIA 8 Oct 1944 near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > Rhineland 1944.

† Glassburn, Hugh Stuart, O-375826, USAAF, Polk Co.
  • b. 19 Feb 1912 Hancock, Pott. Co.; s/o Hugh Damron Glassburn & Maggie Jane Grimes; m. Irene M. Davidson 1931, two children; entered service 1 Oct 1940 from Des Moines, Polk Co.; bur. Glendale Cem., Des Moines.
  • ​​Regional Communications Control Officer, Army Airways Communications System, Seattle, WA; died in Vultee BT-13A Valiant #42-42929 of 331st Fighter Sqdn., 329th Fighter Gp. based earlier at Paine Army Air Field, Everett, WA; DNB 24 Aug 1943, crashed near Olympia Army Air Field, Thurston Co., WA; both crew dead.

† Glaze, Keith Franklin, SN 20-706-542, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 5 Jun 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Earl C. Glaze & Jessie M. Byard of Co. Bluffs; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. L, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div; detached to British 6th Commando Battalion; KIA 22 Nov 1942, NE Algeria, North Africa; North Africa & Sicily > Morocco & Algeria.

† Goltry, Clayton Arthur (served as Galtry Clayton A), SN 6-863-125, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 25 Jan 1915 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Charles A. Goltry & Cora Marie Tillman of Glenwood; entered service 18 Feb 1937 from Glenwood; reinlisted 18 Feb 1940; bur. Glenwood Cem.
  • Anti-Tank Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regt., Ft. Riley, KS; DNB 2 Jul 1941 at Fitzsimmons Army Hosp., Aurora, CO; on WW II Army dead list for Mills Co.

† Goodreau, William Walter, SN 20-706-598, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b.7 Jun 1912 Co. Bluffs; s/o Joseph H. Goodreau & Rosa J. Russell; entered service 16 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; separated 8 Nov 1945; bur. Martin Chapel Cem., Pacific Jct., Mills Co.
  • ​HQ Co, 704th Tank Bn.; Battalion campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe; d. 6 Mar 1948 Co. Bluffs, crushed under railroad car.​

† Goodwin, Ralph H., civilian, Maricopa Co., AZ
  • b. 29 Apr 1894 Alliance, Box Butte Co., NE; s/o James Goodwin (former Boomer Twp. resident) & May Carver of Alliance; lived in Phoenix, AZ; m. Lillie M. Chitwood 1914, three children; bur. Jefferson Barracks Nat’l Cem., St. Louis, MO.
  • Morrison-Knudsen Civil Engineering Company employee; d. 23 Dec 1943 at Fukuoka POW Camp, Kyushu Is., Japan; one of about 1,221 civilians captured or killed at Wake Is.; Japan Lashes Out > Guam & Wake Is. Lost.
  • Notes: Ralph Goodwin was born in Alliance, Nebraska, lived in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife and chldren, and was captured on Wake Island and sent to Japan as a forced laborer. Ralph's father was a childhood neighbor and perhaps schoolmate of my grandfather Christiansen in Boomer Township. In the summer of my 7th year, one of my afternoon tasks was to fetch the cows from a pasture once owned by Ralph's grandfather.​

† Green, Leo Vincent, SN 37-463-951, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 22 Jan 1918 Cedar Rapids, Linn Co.; s/o John A. Green & Hanora R. Wickham who moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s; entered service 10 Nov 1942; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • unit unknown; DNB 29 Oct 1943, Barton Gen. Hosp., Spokane, Spokane Co., WA, uremic poisoning.

† Gustafson, Dale Eldon, SN 19-127-645, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 19 Aug 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Carl E. Gustafson & Ethel G. Harold (d. 1929); entered service 7 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; m. Bette J. (Dorscher) Fell 1944.
  • 250th Bomb. Sqdn., 100th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF; stationed at Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, England; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #42-102611 left waist gunner; KIA 27 Jun 1944 near Great Yarmouth, England, plane lost during training flight; The ETO > ETO Air War; BNR.

† Guyett, Homer Max, SN 37-734-948, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 13 Dec 1923 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Lloyd B. Guyett & Lois A. Johns lifelong Harrison Co. residents; married Frances A. Rothenay of rural Missouri Valley 1944, one child; entered service 12 Jun 1944 from Woodbine; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. G, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div.; KIA 1 Mar 1945 bet. Düren and Bonn, Germany, artilley burst; Rhineland 1945 > Ninth & First Armies.

† Haberberger, Leonard Joseph, SN 37-490-431, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 3 Aug 1925 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o George B. Haberberger & Anna K. Gross of rural Shelby Co.; entered service 17 Feb 1944 from Rt. 2 Dunlap; service credited to Harrison Co.; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • Co. G, 10th Inf. Regt., 5th Inf. Div.; DNB 16 Dec 1944 near Saarlautern (now Saarlouis), W of Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany; Lorraine & Alsace > Lorraine Campaign.

† Hadfield, George Chester, SN 286136, USMC, Harrison Co.
  • b. 11 Nov 1912 rural Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o George A. Hadfield & Susie M. Moffatt; family moved to Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. area in the early 1920s and to Clay Co. in the late 1930s; entered service 24 Jun 1940 from Greenville, Clay Co.; separated from service Apr 1944; Mondamin, Harrison Co. address at death; bur. Neola Twp. Cem.
  • unit unknown; overseas 1941-44; d. 7 Jan 1945, Hines VA Hosp., Cook Co., IL, cancer.

† Halladay, Robert Monroe, SN O-115172, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Nov 1918 Co. Bluffs; s/o Albert M. Halladay (d. 1937) & Imo Pearl Garber; family lived in Hancock, Pott. Co. & Letcher, Sanborn Co., SD;  m. Phyllis M. Benson of Nebraska; entered service Jun 1941 from Hancock.
  • Naval Air Scout Squadron VS-2 or VS-1D15, based at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone; Vought OS2N-1 Kingfisher BuNo 01408 pilot; DNB 5 Nov 1942 in Caribbean Sea NE of Christobal, Panama Canal Zone; aircraft accident; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.

† Hansen, Arnt Billy, SN O-165735, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Aug 1920 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Hans F. Hansen & Kristina D. Rattenborg of Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; family moved to Co. Bluffs in 1920s & to Fargo, Cass Co., ND in late 1930s; entered service 19 Jun 1942 from Co. Bluffs.
  • Destroyer USS Leary (DD 158), Task Group 21.14, formed around the Escort Carrier USS Card (CVE 11); German reconnaissance aircraft spotted the task group in the North Atlantic on 24 Dec 1943 and the submarine wolfpack Borkum was ordered to attack; KIA 24 Dec 1943 at 45N, 22W, ~ 700 miles NE of Azores; submarine U-275 torpedoed and sank Leary; 97 dead, 59 survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
  • Notes: US Naval Academy class of 1943, which graduated in 1942.

† Hansen, Elvin Emsley, SN O-739093, USAAF, Harrison Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • b. 4 Dec 1917 Gallands Grove, Shelby Co.; s/o Charles E. Hansen and Lenora C. Crandall; family moved to Union Twp., Harrison Co. bef. 1930 and to Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. in late 1930s; enlisted 14 Apr 1942 in Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • 869th Bomb. Sqdn., 497th Bomb. Gp, XXI Bomber Cmd., 20th AF, based at Isley AAF, Saipan, Mariana Is.; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-24595 Pacific Union bombardier; KIA 14 Jan 1945 NW of Saipan on a mission to Nagoya, Japan, plane exploded and ditched, eight dead, four survived; Japan Overpowered > Japan under Attack; BNR.

† Hansen, Hans Folmer Rattenborg Jr., SN 648-20-40, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 25 Jul 1919 Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; s/o Hans F. Hansen & Kristina D. Rattenborg of Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; family moved to Co. Bluffs in 1920s & to Fargo, Cass Co., ND in late 1930s; entered service Feb 1942 from Crescent, Pott. Co.; group burial Jefferson Barracks Nat’l Cem., St. Louis, MO.
  • Evacuation Transport USS Pickney (APH-2); KIA 28 Apr 1945 Hagushi Bay, off SW coast of Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Pickney damaged by kamikaze attack, 16 patients & 18 crew dead; Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Okinawa.

† Hansen, Lawrence George, SN 37-120-519, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 3 Jun 1919 Plankinton, Aurora Co., SD; s/o George F. Hansen & Emma Pamperin of Corley, Shelby Co.; m. Darlene E. Conklin of Avoca, Pott. Co. 1943, two children; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, Belgium.
  • 32nd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div.; WIA; DOW 10 Jan 1945 in hospital, Vielsalm, W of St. Vith, Belgium; The Ardennes/Battle of the Bulge.

† Hansen, Matthias Peter, SN 39-839-172, US Army, Humboldt Co., CA 
  • b. 28 Feb 1909 Pellworm Is., Nordfriesland, Germany; s/o Peter M. Hansen; immigrated via Hamburg, Germany Jul 1928; settled in northern California; enlisted San Francisco, CA 9 May 1942; sevice credited to Humboldt Co., CA; press release gives unknown connection to Hancock, Pott. Co.; bur. American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div.; KIA 31 Jan 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy; Italian Mainland > Battle of Anzio.

† Hansen, Robert Victor, SN 37-472-746, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 Oct 1917 Co. Bluffs; s/o Walter J. Hansen (d. 1937) & Ida Murphy of Co. Bluffs; m. Dorothy A Wallace of Co. Bluffs, one child; entered service 16 Feb 1943 from Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. E, 346th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div; KIA 9 Jan 1945, Jenneville, W of Bastogne, Belgium; The Ardennes/Battle of the Bulge.

† Hansman, Jack, SN 7-060-421, US Army, Pott. & Crawford Cos.
  • b. 22 Feb 1922 Co. Bluffs; adopted s/o Henry J. Hansman Jr. & Sara E. Jeffers of Westside, Crawford Co.; entered service Mar 1940 from West Side, Crawfrd Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; bur. Westside Cem.
  • Battery C, 90th Field Artillery Bn., 25th Inf. Div.; DOW 13 Apr 1945 ~ 200 m. N of Manila, Luzon, Philippines; Battle of Balete Pass - Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Hartje, Lamar Hugo, SN 316-57-45, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 5 Nov 1921 rural Neola, Washington T., Pott. Co.; s/o George P. Hartje & Emma D. Guttau of Rt. 1, McClelland, Pott. Co.; entered service 22 Feb 1939 from rural Neola; memorialized at  St. Paul Cem., Treynor, Pott. Co.
  • Submarine Tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor Is.; KIA 6 May 1942 near the water tower on Monkey Pt., Corregidor Is., Manila Bay, Philippines; Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost; BNR.

† Hartwig, Harold William, SN 37-260-353, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 7 Mar 1915 Dunlap, Harrison Co.; s/o Paul R. Hartwig (d. 1918) & Desse H. Leytham of Dunlap; ss/o Thomas Howard (d. 1934) of Co. Bluffs; m. Veronica A. Baumert; entered service Sep 1941 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • Co. I, 357th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., Third Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, SE Germany, near Schwartzenbach & Hof, Bavaria; Central Europe > Central Germany.

† Havens, Oscar Olin, SN 37-121-344, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 3 Jul 1918 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Joshua Sill Havens (d. 1936) & Ethel Esther Denton (d. 1937); entered service 21 Apr 1942 from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; separated 29 Nov 1945; bur. Macedonia Cem.
  • 249th General Hospital, New Guinea and Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines; d. 4 Jan 1946 Macedonia.

† Henderson, Harry Gregory, SN 872-01-35, US Navy, Buchanan Co., MO
  • b. ~ 1912 St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO; s/o Grovener Henderson (d. 1920) & Mamie I. Euler of St. Joseph; mother & brother Lloyd E. Henderson one-time Avoca, Pott. Co. residents; in Buchanan Co., MO 1940; married Annette M. Waechter 1940; enlisted 31 Jul 1943 at Omaha.
  • Destroyer USS Halligan (DD-584); KIA 26 May 1945, off Tokashiki Is., W of southern Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Halligan hit a naval mine & abandoned; 162 dead, 80 survivors; Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Okinawa; BNR.

† Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
  • b. 17 Mar 1925 Carleton, Thayer Co., NE; s/o Claude M. Henderson & Wilma J. Yoder, Thayer Co. natives; lived in Logan, Harrison Co. as a child; entered service 2 Oct 1943 from Carleton; parents moved to Oakland, Pott. Co. in early 1940s; bur. Oak Lawn Cem., Oakland.
  • Co. K, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., Ninth Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, E of Hanover, near the Elbe River, Germany; Central Europe > Central Germany.

† Henderson, Robert William, SN 20-706-543, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Mar 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o George H. Henderson, who also served in WW II, & Grace O. Gunn of Co. Bluffs; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; bur. North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
  • Co. L, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; KIA 16 Feb 1943, Djebel Ksaira, SE of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia, North Africa; Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, 1st stage of Battle of Kasserine Pass - North Africa & Sicily > Tunisia.

† Herrell, George Walter, SN 37-699-107, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • b. 29 Aug 1920 Wyandotte, Ottawa Co., OK; s/o Clarence W. Herrell & Eva L. Greenway of Oklahoma & Omaha; m. Esther A. Hannibal of Omaha 1939, two children; entered service 26 Jun 1944 from Carter Lake, Pott. Co.; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
  • Co. A, 60th Armored Inf. Bn., 9th Armored Div., First Army; KIA 31 Mar 1945 attacking Luftwaffe airfield near Fritzlar, SW of Kassel, Germany; Central Europe > Central Germany. 
  • Notes: confirmed posthumous Silver Star; son Daniel killed in Vietnam; spouse of my mother's second cousin.

† Hetrick, Jacob Alvin, SN O-733132, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 16 Jun 1923 York Twp., rural Oakland, Pott. Co.; s/o Ivan Hetrick & Gladys Madge Potter of Pott. Co.; entered service 24 Feb 1943 from rural Oakland; group burial Jefferson Barracks Nat’l Cem., St. Louis, MO.
  • 75th Bomb. Sqdn., 42th Bomb Gp., 13th AF, based at Sansapor in extreme western Dutch New Guinea; North American B-25J Mitchell # xx-xx965 co-pilot (full tail number unknown) w/ pilot John F. Wolfe; KIA 16 Feb 1945 ten miles E of Kendari, SE Celebes, Dutch Indies; downed by Japanese AA during low-level attack on Kendari airfield; Philippines Liberated > Southwest Pacific Finale.

† Hickman, Richard Donald, SN 17-004-268, US Army, Fremont Co.
  • b. 9 Mar 1923 Tahihina, LeFlore Co., OK; s/o Emsley M. “E. C.” Hickman (d. 1939) & Florence P. Lawson; ss/o William A. Hager of Co. Bluffs; entered service 5 Aug 1940 from Randolph, Fremont Co.
  • ​Co. G., 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div.; KIA 27 May 1944, Valletri Gap, near Valletri, SE of Rome, between Alban Hills & Lepini Mountains, Lazio, Italy; Italian Mainland > Cassino to Rome; BNR.

† Hildebrand, Gilbert Dean, SN 37-126-329, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Aug 1917 rural Hancock, Pott. Co.; s/o Ola E. Hildebrand & Mildred F. Dool of rural Hancock; entered service 1 Jun 1942 from Rt. 1, Hancock; group burial Camp Butler Nat’l Cem., Springfield, IL.
  • Troop E, 81st Cav. Recon. Sqdn., 8th Armored Div.; KIA 25 Apr 1945, Colorno, NE of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Italian Mainland > Po Valley Campaign.

† Hiley, Dean Anderson, SN 37-666-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 13 May 1921 Union Co.; s/o Wilda R. Hiley & Bertha Anderson of Avoca, Pott. Co. & Glenwood, Mills Co.; entered service 19 Mar 1943 from Avoca; bur. Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 141st Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div.; KIA 21 Jan 1943 crossing the Rapido River S of Cassino, Lazio, Italy; First Battle of Mt. Cassino - Italian Mainland > At the Gustav Line. 
  • Notes: posthumous Silver Star. The 36th Division, formerly part of the Texas National Guard, lost over 2,000 men killed, wounded or captured in the failed Rapido crossings.

† Hill, Jack William, SN 37-475-580, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Jul 1923 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o Leon W. "Lee" Hill & Pauline C. Gilbert of Woodbine, Harrison Co.; employed by Swift Packing Co. in Omaha before entering service; m. Lucille M. Fox 28 Jul 1944 in Woodbine; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
  • 405th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., Ninth Army; KIA 6 Dec 1944 near Linnich, Roer River, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > Rhineland 1944.

† Hillman, Fred Albert, SN 37-734-965, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 19 May 1924 Modale, Harrison Co.; s/o Hugh C. Hillman & Lena Zaiser; m. Nellie L. Hoyt, one child; entered service 19 Jul 1944 from Mondamin, Harrison Co.; bur. Magnolia Cem., Harrison Co.
  • Co. I, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div.; KIA 20 Mar 1945 Remagen Bridgehead, Germany by an artillery shell; Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine. 

† Holm, Darcy Lee, SN 39-836-855, USAAF, Pott. Co. & San Francisco Co., CA
  • b. 5 Nov 1919 Denison, Grayson Co., TX; s/o Louis F. Holm & Nadie Roxie Sampson; family lived in Rio Arriba Co., NM in 1930 & 1940; moved to Madera Co., CA in 1940; m. Dorothy Jordan of Rt. 3, Co. Bluffs; entered service ~ 1942 from San Francisco Co., CA; bur. Golden Gate Nat’l Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • 373rd Bomb Sqdn., 408th Bomb. Gp., 14th AF, based at Yangkai, 33 miles NE of Kumning, Yunan, China; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-73252 flight engineer, KIA 15 Jan 1944 E of Kweilin & N of Hong Kong, China; crash after departing Kweilin on a search and rescue mission; all ten crew members died; China-Burma-India Theater > China.

† Holst, Oscar, aka Pedersen, Oscar Holst, SN 37-126-291, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 4 Apr 1914 Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark; s/o Jens Holst Pedersen & Elsie Marie Jensen; immi. to Co. Bluffs; b/o Henry H. Peterson of Co. Bluffs; bur. Herning Kirkegaard, Denmark.
  • Battery B, 320th Glider FA Bn., 82nd Airborne Div.; KIA 18 Jun 1944, near Douve River, Normandy, France; Normandy Campaign > Normandy after D-Day.

† Hoogensen, Earl Andrew, SN 37-427-473, USAAF, Shelby Co. & San Diego Co., CA
  • b. 2 Mar 1919 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Niels H. Hoogensen & Carline H. Hansen; raised in rural Jacksonville, Shelby Co., family moved to Harlan in 1930s; moved to San Diego Co., CA ~ 1940; entered service 31 Aug 1942 from San Diego; bur. Jacksonville Cem., Shelby Co.
  • 1st Ferrying Sqdn., 6th Ferrying Gp.; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-100399 flight engineer; DNB 16 Jan 1944 37 miles SE of Atkinson Field, near Georgetown, British Guinea, crashed en route to Belem, Brazil, all seven died, five bodies recovered.

† Hoover, Everett Leroy, SN 37-734-846, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 2 Jun 1913 Walnut, Pott. Co.; s/o James Hoover & Margaret Elizabeth Jepsen of Walnut; m. Edna M. Hansen 1936, two children; entered service 16 Jul 1944 from Walnut; bur. Layton Twp. Cem., Walnut.
  • 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd. Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945 near Frankenthal on the Rhine River S of Worms, Germany; Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.

† Hough, Charles Robert, SN 702-52-00, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 18 May 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Reel R. Hough (d. 1942) & Abigal I. Lyon of Co. Bluffs; entered service 11 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs.
  • Naval Air Torpedo Sqdn. VT-20, Air Group 20, USS Enterprise (CV-6); Grumman TBM-1C Avenger BuNo 46042  radioman; KIA 13 Nov 1944, over Manila Bay, Luzon Philippines; crew of three lost from AA fire; Philippines Liberated > Luzon; BNR.

† Howard, Charles Joseph, SN 17-131-392 & O-2067716, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o George F. Howard (d. 1943) & Grace Hardesty; entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 37th Bomb. Sqdn., 17th Bomb Gp., 12th AF, based at Dijon-Longvic, Burgundy, France; Martin B-26F Marauder #42-96326 copilot; KIA 26 Apr 1945 near target of Neuburg an der Donau, between Munich and Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany; The ETO > ETO Air War.
  • Notes: The 17th Bomb. Gp. planes were attacked by 12 German ME-262 jet fighters from the elite Luftwaffe squadron JV-44 led by General Adolf Galland; Galland shot down two B-26s, his 103rd and 104th kills; an escorting P-47D Thunderbolt fighter damaged Galland's plane and injured Galland; Galland managed to return to the JV-44 base near Munich but this was his last mission; Howard's crew of six was lost but I don't know if his plane was one of the two shot down by Galland.

† Hulsebus, William Lyle, SN 620-89-09, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 2 Dec 1920 Defiance, Shelby Co.; s/o Rudolph J. Hulsebus & Ella Young; entered service 18 Aug 1942 from Defiance; bur. Nat'l Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • US Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; DNB 9 Oct 1944 at US Naval Base, Pearl Harbor; North & Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.

† Humes, William A., SN O-450902, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Feb 1918 Co. Bluffs; s/o John A. Humes & Lillian M. Cartwright of Co. Bluffs; entered service 2 Jul 1940 from Co. Bluffs; m. Elizabeth ___ of Yonkers, NY 1944; bur. Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, Belgium.
  • C.O., 543 Signal Depot Co., Signal Depot S-891, Paris, France; WIA by V-2 rocket en route to Liege, Belgium; DOW 16 Dec 1944, Belgium; The Ardennes/Battle of the Bulge.

† Humphrey, Richard Leo, SN 37-489-548, US Army, Page Co.
  • b. 20 Sep 1921 Clarinda, Page Co.; s/o E. Leo Humphrey & Susanne E. Richardson; m. Marian E. Hodge 1941, one child; entered service 27 Jan 1944 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Clarinda Cem.
  • Co. F, 158th Regimental Combat Team; WIA 5 Apr 1945 Bicol Peninsula, SE Luzon, Philippines, DOW 8 Apr 1945 Luzon; The Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
  • Notes: The 158th Infantry Regiment, aka the Bushmasters, came from the Arizona National Guard.  Company F had a number of Native Americans from the Phoenix area. They had trained in jungle warfare in Panama before going to the Philippines.

† Hursey, Norris Edward, SN 17-120-012, USAAF, Wayne Co.
  • b. 16 Feb 1912 Clio, Wayne Co.; s/o Thomas Hursey & Lillie May Lister of Clio; b/o Eva Gladys (Hursey) Bettis of Oakland, Pott. Co.; entered service 23 Oct 1942 from Clio; bur. Clio Cem.
  • Advanced Single Engine Pilot School, Moore Army Air Field, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX; DNB 30 Mar 1945, vehicle accident.

† Hutchison, Irwin Campbell, SN 6-934-185, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 8 Sep 1921 Shenandoah, Page Co.; s/o Adolphus Hutchison (d. 1928) & Mary H. Campbell of Fremont Co.; family moved to Co. Bluffs after father’s death; entered service Sep 1939 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Sidney Cem., Fremont Co.
  • unit unknown; based at Pope Army Air Field, Ft. Bragg, NC; Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain/Dakota #41-18613 co-pilot w/ pilot George Petersen; KIA (sic) 10 Nov 1942, 6 miles NW of Lockhart, Union Co., SC; plane crashed & burned, three dead.

† Imrie, Donn Harold, SN 37-490-433, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 31 Jan 1925 Modale, Harrison Co; s/o Harold A. Imrie & Georgia A. Thompson; entered service 11 Feb 1944 from Modale; bur. Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, Netherlands.
  • 407th Inf. Regt., I02nd Inf. Div.; KIA 30 Nov 1944 near Linnich, approaching the Roer River, NE of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Operation Queen - The ETO > Rhineland 1944.

† Ingalls, Paul Irvin, SN 17-003-249, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 4 Apr 1919 Co, Bluffs; s/o Warren D. Ingalls (d. 1932) & Goldie Hoyt of Co. Bluffs; entered service 11 Aug 1940 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Nat’l Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 392nd Bomb Sqdn., 30th Bomb. Gp, 7th AF; the group, but perhas not the squadron, was based at Nanumea, Ellice Islands; B-24 aerial photographer; KIA (sic, perhaps WIA) 28 Dec 1943 Gilbert or Marshall Is. (admitted to hospital on Canton Is. w/ a hemorrhaging bullet wound in thorax); North & Central Pacific > Gilbert & Marshall Islands.

† Isom, Lyman LeRoy, SN 316-62-54, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • b. 19 Apr 1921 Brookings, Brookings Co., SD; s/o Lee R. Isom & Katie M. Duff; entered service 3 Jan 1940 from rural Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.
  • Submarine USS Triton (SS 201); KIA 15 Mar 1943 in sea lanes NW of Admiralty Islands, Triton sunk by Japanese destroyers; 74 dead, no survivors; South & SW Pacific > Bismarck & Admiralty Islands; BNR. 

† Iverson, Elmer F. Jr., SN O-729176, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • b. 30 Jun 1920 Centerville, Turner Co., SD; s/o Elmer F. Iverson Sr. & Helen E. Stubkjaer; family lived in Fremont, NE and Clinton, Clinton Co, moving to Co. Bluffs from Clinton ~ 1940; entered service 16 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs.
  • Far East Air Service Command, 5th AF; Douglas A-20 Havoc #44-46400 pilot; d. 20 Nov 1945 Philippines; flight from Tacloban, Leyte to Clark Field, Luzon disappeared, solo - no passengers or other crew; Philippines Liberated > SW Pacific Finale; BNR.

† Ivy, Dorsie Eugene, SN O-191-494, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 7 Dec 1917 California, Moniteau Co., MO; s/o Orien Ivy & Sarah E. Bantrup; m. Mercedes Billie Hon 1939, two children; entered service 22 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; bur. Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
  • unit unknown, DNB 9 Jun 1943, Naval Air Station Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS, training flight crash.​