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                              bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster > Roster Hf-Hz, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 22 Nov 2025
​                           Part 19/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 26 "Hf-Hz" records
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† Hickman, Kenneth Lotten, SN 37-734-831, US Army, Adams Co. 
  • b. 28 Feb 1924 rural Mount Etna, Washington Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Isom Loten "Lote" Hickman (b. Taylor Co.) & Hattie (Thompson) Fisher (b. Washington Twp., Adams Co.).
  • entered service 17 Jul 1944 from Rt. 1, Mount Etna, Adams Co.; service credited to Adams Co.; buried Forest Hill Cem., Mount Etna.
  • Co. K, 9th Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div.; V Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Apr 1945 near Seega, Thuringia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany

† 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 (b. Omaha; d. 1939) & Florence P. Lawson (b. LeFlore Co., OK); parents divorced in early 1930s; mother married William A. Hager of Co. Bluffs 1935; father married Ruby (Madden) Hickman, his widowed sister-in-law; children remained with their father and after his death, their stepmother.
  • entered service 5 Aug 1940 from Randolph, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • ​Co. G., 15th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 27 May 1944, Valletri Gap, near Valletri, east of Rome, between Alban Hills & Lepini Mountains, Lazio, Italy.
  • Military Note: the 3rd Inf. Div. was transferred to II Corps on 29 May 1944.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Cassino/Anzio to Rome > The Drive on Rome @ Caesar C Line

† 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; both b. rural Hancock.
  • entered service 1 Jun 1942 from Rt. 1, Hancock, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; group burial Camp Butler Natl. Cem., Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.
  • Troop E, 81st Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 1st Armored Div., IV Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 25 Apr 1945, Colorno, NE of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Northern Italy > To the Po

† Hiley, Dean Anderson, SN 37-666-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 13 May 1921 Platte Twp., Union Co.; s/o Wilda R. Hiley (b. Gentry Co., MO) & Bertha Anderson (b. Adams Co.); family lived in several locations in Union and Adams Co., moving to Avoca, Pott. Co. in the late 1930s and to Glenwood, Mills Co. in the late 1940s.
  • entered service 19 Mar 1943 from Avoca, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 141st Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div. II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 21 Jan 1944 crossing the Rapido River south of Cassino, Lazio, Italy.
  • Military Note: The 36th Division, formerly part of the Texas National Guard, lost over 2,000 men killed, wounded or captured in the failed Rapido River crossings.
  • Military Note: posthumous Silver Star. 
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Anzio > Cassino 1 @ The Rapido Crossing

† Hill, Jack William, SN 37-475-580, US Army, Harrison. Co.
  • b. 12 Jul 1923 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; s/o Leon W. "Lee" Hill (b. New York) & Pauline C. Gilbert (b. Chicago, IL); family moved to Omaha in the late 1920s and to Woodbine, Harrison Co. in the early 1930s.
  • employed by Swift Packing Co. in Omaha before entering service; married Lucille M. Fox 28 Jul 1944 in Woodbine, one child.
  • entered service 6 Mar 1943 from Woodbine, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • Co. K, 405th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 6 Dec 1944 near Linnich, Roer River, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Operation Queen

† Hillman, Fred Albert, SN 37-734-965, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 19 May 1924 Modale, Harrison Co.; s/o Hugh C. Hillman (b. Modale) & Lena Zaiser (b. Saline Co., KS).
  • married Nellie L. Hoyt, one child.
  • entered service 19 Jul 1944 from Mondamin, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Magnolia Cem., Harrison Co.
  • Co. I, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 20 Mar 1945 Remagen Bridgehead, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany from an artillery shell.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine

† Hoffmann, John M., SN 0-295836, US Army, Humboldt & Carroll Cos.
  • b. 4 Dec 1908 Maxwell, Story Co.; s/o Henry Hoffmann (b. Manning, Carroll Co.) & Lena Jones (b. Iowa); family moved to Manning, Carroll Co. around 1915.
  • Lived in Humboldt Co. before entering service.
  • service entry date unknown; service credited to Humboldt Co.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • unit unknown; DNB 2 Jan 1944 in India-China plane crash.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > The Hump

†  Holiday, Albert Henry, SN 17-029-435, US Army Air Force, Harrison & Ringgold Cos.
  • b. 3 Jun 1920 rural Persia, Union Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Albert S. Holiday (b. Greene Co., IN) & Meta Ethel Averill (b. DeKalb Co., IL); family lived in several Harrison Co. locations before moving from southeastern Harrison Co. to Ringgold Co. in 1930s.
  • Local History Note: One source claims Albert Henry Holiday as a resident of Glenwood, Mills Co. His parents moved to Glenwood in the mid-1940s, but I have found no evidence that he ever lived in Glenwood.
  • entered service 10 Sep 1941 from Shannon City, Ringgold Co.; service credited to Ringgold Co.; buried Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • 641st Bomb. Sqdn., 409th Bomb. Gp., Ninth Air Force, based at Little Walden, Essex, England; North American A-20G Havoc #43-9703 gunner with pilot Joseph R. Armistead; KIA 11 Jun 1944 Uttlesford District, Essex, England; three aircraft collided after takeoff, two crashed; five died from the eight crew members of the two lost aircraft.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

† Holm, Darcy Lee, SN 39-836-855, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & San Francisco Co., CA
  • b. 5 Nov 1919 Denison, Grayson Co., TX; s/o Louis F. Holm (b. Drew Co., AR) & Nadie Roxie Sampson (b. San Saba Co., TX); family lived in Rio Arriba Co., NM in 1930 & 1940.
  • moved to Madera Co., CA in 1940; married Dorothy Jordan of Rt. 3, Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service about 1942 from San Francisco, CA; service credited to San Francisco Co., CA; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • 373rd Bomb Sqdn., 408th Bomb. Gp., Fourteenth Air Force, based at Yangkai, 33 miles NE of Kumning, Yunnan, China; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-73252 flight engineer, KIA 15 Jan 1944 east of Kweilin & north of Hong Kong, China; crash after departing Kweilin on a search and rescue mission; all ten crew members died.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > China, 1941-45

† Holshuh, Charles Lewis, SN 37-126-901, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 25 Dec 1911 Washington Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Conrad Holshuh (b. Germany) & Caroline Stoll (b. Alsace, France); family moved to Massena, Cass Co. in late 1910s.
  • entered service 9 Jun 1942 from Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Epinal American Cem. SE of Epinal, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • 314th Inf. Regt., 79th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 22 Oct 1944 by shrapnel near Embermenil, SE of Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army

Holst, Oscar - see Pedersen, Oscar Holst.

† Hoogensen, Earl Andrew, SN 37-427-473, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co. & San Diego Co., CA
  • b. 2 Mar 1919 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Niels H. Hoogensen & Caroline H. Hansen, both b. Jackson Twp., Shelby Co; family lived in Jackson Twp., rural Jacksonville, moving to Harlan in 1930s.
  • moved to San Diego Co., CA about 1940.
  • entered service 31 Aug 1942 from San Diego, CA; service credited to San Diego Co.; buried 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 Guiana, South America; 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 (b. Walnut, Pott. Co.) & Margaret Elizabeth Jepsen (b. Elk Horn, Shelby Co.); parents divorced 1920s; mother and children continued to live in Walnut.
  • married Edna M. Hansen of Audubon Co. Oct 1936 at Scranton, Greene Co., two children.
  • entered service 16 Jul 1944 from Walnut, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Layton Twp. Cem., Walnut.
  • 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd. Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945 near Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on the west bank of the Rhine River south of Worms.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine

† Hopley, George Peter, SN 0-526-650, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 7 Apr 1921 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Wayland A. Hopley (b. rural Lewis, Pott. Co.) & Helen Haw (b. Ottumwa, Wapello Co.).
  • attended University of Iowa 1941-43; married Mary V. Sparks 10 Sep 1943 at West Plains, Howell Co., MO.
  • entered service May 1943 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Oakwood Cem., Lewis, Cass Co.
  • Co. F, 329th Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 4 Jul 1944 SW of Carentan, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944
† Hopley, Thomas, SN O-312195, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 5 May 1921 Wessington Springs, Jerauld Co., SD; s/o Frank C. Hopley (b. Cass Co.) & Elizabeth Spencer (b. England); family moved to rural Atlantic, Grove Twp., Cass Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service at unknown date; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Hopley, Rt. 1, Atlantic, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; cenotaph Oakwood Cem., Lewis, Cass Co.
  • destroyer USS Luce (DD-522); KIA 4 May 1945 off Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan; Luce hit by kamikaze & sank in about 5 minutes; 128 died from crew of 312.
  • WWII Germany > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Naval Battle of Okinawa
Hopley Family Notes: George Peter Hopley and Thomas Hopley were second cousins.

† Hough, Charles Robert, SN 702-52-00, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 18 May 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Reel R. Hough (b. Crescent, Pott. Co.; d. 1942) & Abigail I. Lyon (b. Coffey Co., KS).
  • entered service 11 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin mother, Mrs. Abigail Lyon Hough, 3431 Avenue E, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 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 antiaircraft fire.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets

† Houston, George Richard, SN 321-76-87, US Navy, Crawford County
  • b. 22 Feb 1925 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o George Houston (b. Dow City) & Laura Ellen Wilder (b. Campbell Co., WY); one of 20 children.
  • entered service 1 May 1942 from Dow City, Crawford Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Houston. Box 44. Dow City, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • SS Jacksonville armed guard; convoy CU-36; KIA 30 Aug 1944 North Atlantic 50 miles north of Londonderry, Ireland; Jacksonville sunk by two torpedoes from submarine U-482; 76 died, two survived.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

​† Howard, Charles Joseph, SN 17-131-392 & 0-2-067-716, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o George F. Howard (b. Crawford Co.; d. 1943) & Grace Hardesty (b. Co. Bluffs).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 37th Bomb. Sqdn., 17th Bomb Gp., Twelfth Air Force, assigned to First Tactical Air Force, supporting Seventh Army; based at Dijon-Longvic, Burgundy, France; Martin B-26F Marauder #42-96326 copilot with pilot Kenneth Bedor; KIA 26 Apr 1945 near target of Neuburg an der Donau, between Munich and Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany; shot down by Messerschmitt ME-262 jet fighter from Luftwaffe Sqdn. JV-44.
  • Military Note: The 17th Bomb. Gp. aircraft 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 aircraft 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 died; I don't know if his aircraft was one of the two shot down by Galland.
  • WWII Germany  > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

† Hoy, John Walter, SN 37-710-383, US Army, Pawnee Co., OK & Fremont Co.
  • b. 28 Dec 1914 Cleveland, Pawnee Co., OK; s/o Walter D. Hoy (b. Safford Co., KS) & Sarah E. Inman (b. Miami Co., KS); Hoy family members moved from Oklahoma to Natrona Co., WY in the 1930s.
  • moved to Fremont Co. and married Sarah L. Boatwright of Fremont Co., two children.
  • entered service 20 Jul 1944 from Randolph, Fremont Co.; service credited to Natrona Co., WY; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • Co. I, 255th Inf. Regt., 63rd Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Feb 1945 near Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Seventh Army in Stasis

† Huffman, Cecil, SN 39-390-197; US Army, Douglas Co., MO & Cass Co.
  • b. 24 Aug 1910 Gainesville, Ozark Co., MO; s/o Jesse J. Huffman (b. Douglas Co., MO; d. 1941) & Nettie A. Haden (b. MO; d. 1914); Huffman family moved nearby to Campbell, Douglas Co. MO before 1920. 
  • cousin of Mrs. Claude Turner of Atlantic, Cass Co.; in Cass Co. 1940.
  • Personal Note: findagrave.com gives name as Benjamin Cecil Huffman; all other known records omit Benjamin.
  • enlisted 17 Jun 1942 at Sacramento, CA, service credited to Cass Co.; buried Spring Creek Cem., Douglas Co., MO.
  • Medical Detachment, 49th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 30 Mar 1943 El Guettar, Tunisia.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of El Guettar

† Hull, Edwin George, SN 37-428-239, US Army, Monona & Harrison Cos.
  • b. 8 Dec 1915 rural Dunlap, Willow Twp., Monona Co.; s/o George W. Hull (b. Idaho) & Mary E. Millard (b. Willow Twp., Monona Co.); Hull family moved from Willow Twp. to Dunlap in the 1940s.
  • entered service 3 Sep 1942 from Rt. 3, Dunlap, Harrison Co.; registered with Monona Co. draft board but service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • Co. A, 326th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 30 Nov 1944 near Honskirich, SW of Bitche, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Third Army

† 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, both b. Defiance, Shelby Co.
  • entered service 18 Aug 1942 from Defiance, Shelby Co.; buried Natl. 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; truck accident.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas

† Humes, William A., SN O-450902, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Feb 1918 Co. Bluffs; s/o Donald B. Brunton (b. Boone Co.) & Lillian M. Cartwright (b. Boone Co.); parents divorced; mother married John A. Humes (b. Page Co.) Aug 1921 in Co. Bluffs; adopted by John A. Humes 1923.
  • married Elizabeth ___ of Yonkers, NY 1944.
  • entered service 2 Jul 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to unknown county, buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
  • ​Commanding Officer, 543 Signal Base Depot Co. and Signal Depot S-891, Paris, France; WIA by V-2 rocket en route to Liege, Belgium; DOW 16 Dec 1944, Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins

† Humphrey, Richard Leo, SN 37-489-548, US Army, Page Co.
  • b. 20 Sep 1921 Clarinda, Page Co.; s/o E. Leo Humphrey (b. Texas) & Susanne E. Richardson (b. DuPage Co., IL); family moved to Page Co. about 1915.
  • married Marian E. Hodge 1941, one child.
  • entered service 27 Jan 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Page Co.; buried Clarinda Cem., Page Co.
  • Co. F, 158th Regimental Combat Team; WIA 5 Apr 1945 Bicol Peninsula, SE Luzon, Philippines, DOW 8 Apr 1945 Luzon.
  • Notes: The 158th Infantry Regiment, aka the Bushmasters, came from the Arizona National Guard. Company F had multiple Native Americans from the Phoenix area. They had trained in jungle warfare in Panama before going to the Philippines. Their commander, from 6 Aug 1944, was Hanford MacNider of Mason City.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon

† Hunter, Gail Ray, SN 37-109-559, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1919 Pymosa Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Ralph C. Hunter (b. Cass Co.) & Frances M. Barnett (b. Dallas Co.).
  • entered service 13 Oct 1941 from Rt. 3, Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France.
  • 558th Bomb. Sqdn., 387th Bomb Gp., Ninth Air Force; based NE of London at Chpping Ongar, Essex, England; Martin B-26 Marauder #41-31664 Heavenly Body flight engineer & top turret gunner with pilot Charles W. Schober; KIA 8 Jun 1944, south of Caen, Normandy, France; aircraft hit by flak shortly after bombing ammunition dump in Foret de Grimbosq, exploded before hitting ground; crew of seven all died.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

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

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