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Part 12/27 of Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 36 "I-J" records
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† Imrie, Donn Harold, SN 37-490-433, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 31 Jan 1925 Modale, Harrison Co; s/o Harold A. Imrie (b. Livingston Co., IL) & Georgia A. Thompson (b. Little Sioux, Harrison Co.).
  • entered service 11 Feb 1944 from Modale, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 407th Inf. Regt., I02nd Inf. Div., XIIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 30 Nov 1944 approaching the Roer River, near Welz or Flossdorf, south of Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Operation Queen.

† Ingalls, Paul Irvin, SN 17-003-249, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 4 Apr 1919 Co, Bluffs; s/o Warren D. Ingalls (b. Des Moines Twp., Mahaska Co.; d. 1932) & Goldie Hoyt (b. Co. Bluffs).
  • entered service 11 Aug 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • 392nd Bomb Sqdn., 30th Bomb. Gp, Seventh Air Force; the group, but perhaps not the squadron, was based at Nanumea, Ellice Islands; B-24 aerial photographer; KIA (sic, perhaps WIA) 28 Dec 1943 Marshall Is. (admitted to hospital on Canton Is. with a hemorrhaging bullet wound in thorax).
  • Air Force War with Japan > Seventh Air Force.

​† ​Isbell, Arnold Jay, SN O-56866, US Navy, Harrison Co. & District of Columbia
  • b. 22 Sep 1899 Oto, Woodbury Co.; s/o Charles L. Isbell (b. Aplington, Butler Co.; d. 1942) & Mary E. Arnold (b. Iowa City, Johnson Co.); family moved to Logan, Harrison Co. 1900.
  • 1920 US Navy Academy graduate; married Margarita Mayes 1924, two children.
  • entered service 24 Jul 1917 from Logan, Harrison Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Margarita Mayes Isbell, 3901 Jocelyn St, DC; buried at sea; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; cenotaph Logan Cem., Harrison Co.
  • former Commanding Officer of USS Card (CVE-11); at time of death attached as an observer to carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), Task Force 58.2, engaged in air strikes off the Japanese home islands; scheduled to assume command of USS Yorktown (CV-10); KIA 19 Mar 1945 kamikaze; 807 died, Franklin survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.
  • Notes:  Even though the Franklin survived, the death toll was highest of any US Navy ship in WWII except for the loss at Pearl Harbor of the USS Arizona.

† Isom, Lyman LeRoy, SN 316-62-54, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • b. 19 Apr 1921 Brookings, Brookings Co., SD; s/o Lee R. Isom (b. Monona Co.) & Katie M. Duff (b. Brookings Co., SD); family moved to rural Harrison Co. in early 1930s and settled in Lincoln Twp., rural Woodbine.
  • entered service 3 Jan 1940 from rural Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Lee Roy Isom, Woodbine, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines
  • Submarine USS Triton (SS 201); KIA 15 Mar 1943 in sea lanes NW of Admiralty Islands, Triton sunk by Japanese destroyers; 74 died, none survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force. 

† Iverson, Elmer F. Jr., SN O-729-176, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 30 Jun 1920 Centerville, Turner Co., SD; s/o Elmer F. Iverson Sr. (b. Brookings Co., SD) & Helen E. Stubkjaer (b. Kingsbury Co., SD); family lived in Fremont, Dodge Co., NE and Clinton, Clinton Co, moving to Co. Bluffs from Clinton about 1940.
  • entered service 16 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 374th Troop Carrier Gp., Far East Air Service Command, Fifth Air Force; 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.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas.

† Ivy, Dorsie Eugene, SN O-191494, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 7 Dec 1917 California, Moniteau Co., MO; s/o Orien Ivy (b. Camden Co., MO) & Sarah E. Bantrup (b. Moniteau Co., MO).
  • married Mercedes Billie Hon of Glenwood, Mills Co. Jul 1939 at Glenwood, two children.
  • entered service 22 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; buried Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
  • unit unknown, d. 9 Jun 1943, Naval Air Station Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS, training flight crash.​

† Jackson, Bryon Earl, SN 37-490-342, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 14 Dec 1922 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o John G. Jackson (b. Grant City, Montgomery Co.) & Elizabeth E. Butman (b. Mt. Etna, Adams Co.).
  • entered service 15 Feb 1944 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Villisca Cem.
  • field artillery, unit unknown; DNB 10 Aug 1945 Dulag Bay, Leyte, Philippines; accidental drowning.
  • WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.

† Jackson, Robert Woods, SN 316-62-42, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1921 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Marion D. Jackson (b. Glenwood, Mills Co.) & Eula F. Woods (b. Warren Co., IL; d. 1924).
  • entered service 26 Dec 1939 from rural Glenwood, Mills Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Marion Dean Jackson, Glenwood, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
  • Battleship USS Arizona (BB-39); during the 7 Dec 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu Is., Hawaii Territory, the Arizona was hit by several aerial bombs; exploded and sank; 1,177 died; KIA 7 Dec 1941.
  • Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor.
  • Notes: The sunken Arizona settled in shallow water and remains today as a memorial.

† Janss, Alfred Henry, SN T-131-842, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • b. 4 Feb 1925 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Henry J. Janss (b. Schleswig-Holstein) & Louise W. Kreinhopf (b. Germany).
  • entered service 7 Jun 1943 from Star Rt., Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • 788th Bomb. Sqdn., 467th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Rackheath, NE of Norwich, Norwalk, England; Consolidated/Ford B-24H Liberator #42-52546 Southern Clipper navigator with pilot William E. Shinn; KIA 18 Mar 1945 over Berlin, Germany; aircraft hit by flak over target, four died from crew of ten.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force. 

† Jenkins, Clair Raymond, SN 321-46-48, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 22 Aug 1921 Ridgeway, Harrison Co., MO; s/o Earl L. Jenkins (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.) & Hazel A. Johnson (b. Harrison Co., MO); parents divorced 1924; father married Lela P. Fish 1924; raised by father & stepmother; family moved to Oakland, Pott. Co. about 1925 and to Atlantic, Cass Co. about 1930.
  • entered service 4 Sep 1940 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Earl Roy Jenkins, 403 Spruce St., Atlantic, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Heavy Cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; San Francisco hit by multiple Japanese shells, ship survived; about 100 died.
  • First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

† Jensen, Arthur Orville, SN 37-117-909, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 19 Apr 1919 rural Honey Creek, Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Martin M. Jensen (b. Boomer Twp.) & Agnes K. Junker (b. Lake Co., IL); family moved to Garner Twp. in early 1920s and later to Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 16 Mar 1942 from Co. Bluffs; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 54th Troop Carrier Sqdn., Eleventh Air Force, based at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska Territory; Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain/Dakota #41-38635 radio operator; DNB 28 Nov 1942, near Lake Iliamna, Alaska; aircraft hit hillside in heavy winds returning to base, all eight died.
  • North Pacific > Alaska.
  • Notes: The dead included Col. Everett Davis, first commander of the Eleventh Air Force. Arthur O. Jensen was my father's second cousin.

† Jensen, Carl Christian, SN 6-863-492, US Army, Audubon & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 14 Nov 1918 Guthrie Center, Guthrie Co.; s/o Nels J. Jensen (b. Denmark) & Myrtle Grear (b. Missouri); family lived in various Audubon Co. locations, moving to Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN after 1940.
  • entered service 8 Jun 1937 from Rt. 4, Audubon, Audubon Co.; reenlisted 8 Jun 1940 at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Co. F, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., Seventh Army; KIA 4 Aug 1943 near Troina, central Sicily, Italy.
  • Operation Husky, Battle of Troina - The MTO > Italy > Sicily.

† Jensen, Charles Eugene, SN 361,395, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.
  • b. 26 Oct 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o James C. Jensen & Anna Jensen, both b. Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 19 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. James C. Jensen, 629 4th St., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. C, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Bn., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 16 Jun 1944 Saipan, Mariana Is.
  • Battle of Saipan - Central Pacific > Mariana Islands.
  • Notes: posthumous Silver Star.

† Jensen, Eldon Elmer, SN 887,825, US Marine Corps, Audubon Co.
  • b. 29 Jun 1921 Brayton, Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Lawrence A. Jensen Sr (b. Audubon Co.). & Dorthea M. Madsen (b. Cass Co.).
  • entered service 3 Sep 1943 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Dorothea M. Jensen, Rt. 1, Hamlin, IA; buried Exira, Audubon Co.
  • Co. K, 4th Marine Regt., 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, III Amphibious Corps; WIA on first day of Guam invasion 21 Jul 1944 near Agat, Southern Landing Area, Guam, Mariana Is.; DOW 23 Jul 1944.
  • Battle of Guam - Central Pacific > Mariana Islands

† Jensen, Herluf Valdemar, SN 848-30-51, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • b. 23 Nov 1910 Kimballton, Audubon Co. s/o Anders Jensen (b. Denmark; d. 1916) & Anne Simonsen (b. Kimballton, Audubon Co.).
  • entered service 1 May 1942 from Kimballton, Audubon Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Anne Jensen, Kimballton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Leyte, Philippines.
  • 6th Naval Construction Bn. (Seabees), based near Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; KIA 16 Oct 1942 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal; a 17-man detail was unloading gasoline from the USS McFarland onto a pontoon barge when the McFarland was attacked by nine Japanese dive bombers; nine seabees died from a direct hit on the barge; the McFarland also suffered damage & casualties during the attack.
  • South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

† Jensen, Waldo Chris, SN 6-567-485, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • b. 12 Dec 1908 Riverton Twp., rural Spencer, Clay Co., IA; s/o Christen "Chris" Jensen & Olga M. Traholt Christensen, both b. Denmark; family moved to Shelby Co. before 1910.
  • married Julia Loretta Dyar in Harlan 1935, one child.
  • entered service about 1927; service credited to Clark Co., OH; buried Ft. Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth Co., KS.
  • 33rd Bomb. Sqdn., 27th Bomb. Gp., transferred from Langley Field, VA to Modoc/Edwards Air Base, CA in Dec 1941; Martin B-26 Marauder #40-1475 ground crew chief with pilot Frank Kobal; d. 30 Dec 1941 over San Bernardino Mts., San Bernardino Co., CA.  
  • Notes: Jensen's squadron was transferring to March Field, Riverside, CA after a training exercise over the Mohave Desert; encountering poor visibility over the mountains, the formation spread out to avoid in-air collisions; #40-1475 hit a tree on Keller Peak near Snow Valley and crashed; the six air crew and three ground crew all died.

​† Jensen, Wayne Eugene, SN 0-770-293, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1921 near Audubon, Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Simon L. "Lawrence" Jensen (b. near Audubon, Audubon Co.) & Anna C. Thygesen (b. Massena area, Adams Co.).
  • entered service 19 Feb 1943 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Lee Co.
  • 416th Night Fighter Sqdn., 62nd Fighter Wing, based near Pisa, Tuscany, Italy; DNB 9 Mar 1945 near Vada, Pisa area; de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito #MM766 pilot; other crew member survived.
  • The MTO > MTO Air War.

† Jentoft, Harold Thomas, SN 321-59-68, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 27 May 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA; s/o Martin E. Nilsen Jentoft (b. Norway) & Harriett B. "Hattie" Foster (b. Hamilton Co., NE); family lived in Red Oak except for a brief period around 1935 in Creston, Union Co.
  • worked in Alaska & Washington State about 1940.
  • entered service 6 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; next of kin parents , Mr. and Mrs. Martin Edward Jentoft, 206 Nichols St., Red Oak, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Pacific American Cem., Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • in late 1941, served on escort carrier USS Long Island (CVE-1); escort carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Task Force 52; KIA 24 Nov 1943 near Makin Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Japanese submarine I-175 sank Liscome Bay during the US Tarawa/Makin invasion; 702 died, 272 survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

​† ​Jessen, Fred Nelsen, SN O42591, US Marine Corps, Audubon Co.
  • b. 19 Aug 1924 Exira, Audubon Co.; s/o Peter A. Jessen (b. Hamlin, Audubon Co.) & Helena Nelsen (b. Exira, Audubon Co.).
  • married Velma I. Putbrese of Sac City.
  • entered Marine Corps 14 Feb 1944; next of kin wife, Mrs. Velma E. Jessen, 908 Tait St., Oceanside, CA; buried Exira Cem.
  • Co. F., 29th Marine Regt., 6th Marine Div.; KIA 8 Jun 1945 Okinawa.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa. 
  • Notes: 1943 graduate Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri

† Jester, Milan Edgar, SN 37-126-889, US Army, Marshall Co., KS & Cass Co.
  • b. 12 Sep 1921 Marysville, Marshall Co., KS; s/o Stephen E. Jester (b. Marshall Co., KS) & Clara M. Eickman (b. Republic Co.,KS).
  • worked in Atlantic, Cass Co. before entering service.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Ft. Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth Co., KS.
  • ​22nd Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 15 Sep 1944 near German border NE of St. Vith, Belgium.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > V Corps at the West Wall.

†  Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Shelby Co.
  • b. 29 Sep 1882 Hardin Co.; oldest of three sons of Charles D. Johnson (d. 1907) & Clementine Burdick (d. 1900), both b. Wisconsin; family moved from Hardin Co. to Woodbine, Harrison Co. in 1890s; Charles D. Johnson married 1901 Dicy E. Deen of Harlan, Shelby Co. & returned to Hardin Co. from Woodbine in 1905; After Charles D. Johnson's death, Dicy and her two younger stepsons lived intermittently in Harlan.
  • joined Merchant Marine before 1920; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Stranded in Manila, Luzon, Philippines when WWII began; interned in civilian POW camp at San Tomas University, Manila; d. 23 Nov 1944 Manila from beri-beri.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

† Johnson, Casper Simon, SN 37-021-372, US Army, Pott. Co. & Hennepin Co., MN
  • b. 31 Jul 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o John Johnson (d. 1943) & Johanna M. Petersen of Co. Bluffs, both b. Denmark; mother married Enos C. Bostwick of Co. Bluffs 1944 in Omaha.
  • moved to Hennepin Co., MN around 1939; married Marian D. Shervey Dec 1941 Jackson Co., MO, two children.
  • entered service from Hennepin Co., MN; service credited to Hennepin Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 14th Tank Bn., 9th Armored Div., VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 17 Dec 1944 near St. Vith, Belgium.
  • Battle of St. Vith - The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins.

† Johnson, Frank Allen, SN 37-189-738, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 17 Jan 1915 Malvern, Mills Co.; s/o Marcus E. Johnson (b. Fremont Co.) & Mary E. Hambsch (b. Strahan, Mills Co.); family moved to Grove Twp., Rt. 1, Macedonia, Pott. Co. in late 1920s.
  • entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
  • Co. D, 67th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Aug 1944 near Seine River, NW of Paris, France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Northern France & Belgium.

† Johnson, Max Roy, SN 20-716-191, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 6 Jan 1925 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o Charles H. Johnson (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.) & Florabel Ball (b. Jackson Co., MO); parents divorced 1943.
  • entered service 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 Battalion; KIA 21 Nov 1942 NE Algeria.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis.

† Johnson, Melvin Wallace, SN 37-483-507, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 10 Oct 1914 Tama, Tama Co.; s/o Alfred F. Johnson (b. Richland Co., IL) & Minnie F. Schlumbohm (b. Germany; d. 1923) ; family lived in Hawarden, Atlantic, & Perry IA.
  • married Dorothy E. Bishop of Cass Co. Jun 1939 in Atlantic, one child; worked in Harrison Co. before entering service.
  • entered service 1 Aug 1943 from Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • 314th Inf. Regt., 79th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; DOW 18 Nov 1944 Saverne Gap, Alsace, France.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Alsace/Seventh Army.

† Johnson, Myron Paul Edward (served as Johnson Myron P E), SN 37-194-564, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 9 Jun 1919 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson (b. Sweden) & Althea Holmberg (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
  • entered service 8 May 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. F, 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; captured about 7 Jan 1945 in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge; release date unknown; DNB 1 May 1945 in British hospital, Belgium; malnutrition & pneumonia.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.

† Johnson, Raymond Earl, SN 0-1-301-648, US Army, Fremont Co.
  • b. 5 Oct 1918 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o William A. Johnson (b. Sidney, Fremont Co.; d. 1944) & Alice J. Wood (b. Douglas Co., MO); family moved to Sidney, Fremont Co. by 1921.
  • married June D. Hall of Fremont Co. Dec 1943, one child.
  • entered service 13 Oct 1939 from Sidney, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 119th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., Ninth Army; wounded near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, DOW 19 Nov 1944 in Netherlands.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Operation Queen.

† Johnson, Russell John Victor, SN 17-131-544, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 23 Jan 1923 Lincoln Twp., NW of Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson (b. Sweden) & Althea Holmberg (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • 835th Bomb Sqdn., 486th Bomb. Gp, based at Davis-Monthan Army Air Base, Tucson, AZ; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-52756 crew member; DNB 18 Feb 1944 NE of Phoenix near Rio Verde, AZ; aircraft #42-52756 & #42-41159 collided and locked wings on a training flight shortly before deployment to the European theater; all 17 men on the two aircraft died.

​† Johnston, Stanford Samuel, SN 20-706-341, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 25 Feb 1915 Atlantic; s/o Samuel W. Johnston (b. Mitchell Co., IA) & Margaret M. Smith (b. Griswold, Cass Co.).
  • entered service 1 Mar 1941 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • Co. K (Atlantic), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Nov 1942 near Algiers, Algeria.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Operation Torch.

​† Jones, Paul Bernard, SN 297,023, US Marine Corps, Webster Co.
  • b. 25 Aug 1920 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Fred G. Jones & Ethel A. Randolph, both b. Audubon Co; family moved to Rockwell City, Calhoun Co. in early 1920s and to Ft. Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s.
  • farm hand in rural Laurens, Swan Lake Twp., Pocahontas Co. in early 1940.
  • entered service 27 Sep 1940 from rural Laurens, Pocahontas Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Jones, 2034 Fourth Ave., Fort Dodge, IA; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
  • Co. C, 1st Bn., 22nd Marine Regt.; KIA 22 Feb 1944 Parry Is., near Eniwetok Is., Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Is.
  • Battle of Parry Is. - Central Pacific > Marshall Islands.

† Jones, Donald Eugene, SN 37-484-709, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Cottonwood Co., MN
  • b. ~ 1921 Iowa; s/o Rev. Roy E. Jones, pastor Glendale Presbyterian Church, & Anna V. Wahlstrom of rural Co. Bluffs; married Elvira Emilie (Stein) Scherer of St. Clair Co., IL.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Cottonwood Co., MN; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 1305th Base Unit, India-China Division, Air Transport Command; based at Dum Dum Airport, near Calcutta/Kolkata, West Bengal, India; Douglas C-47B-1-DL Skytrain/Dakota #43-16261 radio operator with pilot Judson B. Baskett; d. 27 Nov 1945 north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; flight from Singapore to Butterworth, Malaya.
  • China-Burma-India Theater > India, 1942-45.

† Jones, Homer Ernest Jr., SN 0-720-519, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 11 Dec 1916 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Homer E. Jones & Nellie H. Brown; married Doris E. Carson 1939, one child.
  • entered service 1 Oct 1942 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 8th Combat Cargo Sqdn., 2nd Combat Cargo Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Biak Is., New Guinea, Dutch Indies; Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota tail number unknown; DNB 3 Feb 1945 Dulag, Leyte, Philippines, another aircraft taking off veered off the runway and struck Jones' aircraft, two died; fractured skull.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force.

† Jorgensen, Everett, SN 39-398-666, US Army, Shelby Co. & Tuolumne Co., CA
  • b. 11 Sep 1906 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Peter Hansen Jorgensen & Mary Julia Rasmussen (d. 1940); family moved to Audubon Co. before 1920; Everett moved to Central Valley of California in late 1930s.
  • entered service Oct 1942, service credited to Tuolumne Co., CA; buried Jacksonville Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Co B., 130th Inf. Regt., 33rd Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Apr 1945 approaching Baguio, northern Luzon, Philippines.
  •  Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr., SN 316-86-64, US Navy, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • b. 7 Mar 1920 Hazel Dell Twp., rural Crescent, Pott. Co.; s/o George E. Jorgensen & Marion E. Ham of rural Crescent & Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; married Betty A. Enselman of Mills Co. Mar 1943 Omaha.
  • enlisted Dec 1941; next of kin wife, Mrs. Betty M. (sic, Betty A.) Jorgensen, Rt. 1, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire.
  • Navy signalman on Army tanker Y-17 carrying aviation fuel from Hamble-le-Rice, near Southampton SW of London to the Antwerp, Belgium area; KIA 9 Apr 1945 off Ostend, Belgium; Y-17 sunk by torpedo from German midget submarine U-5309; all 18 crew members died.
  • The ETO > ETO Sea War.

† Joslin, Lee Roy, SN 1-230-716, US Coast Guard, Webster Co. & Mariposa Co., CA
  • b. 21 Jan 1920 Co. Bluffs s/o Othe B. Joslin & Nettie Marchbanks; family moved to Tara west of Fort Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s; parents divorced about 1930; ​starting in early 1930s, family members moved between Webster Co. & California; In 1940, Lee Roy Joslin was a gold miner in Mariposa Co., CA; m. Ethel Frances (Hogan) Morrell in Sonoma Co., CA 1942, one stepchild & one child.
  • entered service 8 Oct 1941 from Fort Dodge; buried Sarah Priest Cem., Midpines, Mariposa Co.
  • No overseas service, other Coast Guard service details unknown; d. 14 Apr 1946 in auto accident in Oakland, Alameda Co., excessive speed & alcohol consumption.

† Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 10 Oct 1919 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o William M. Juhl (d. 1943) & Flora M. Dales.
  • entered service 1 Nov 1938 from Rt. 4, Harlan, Shelby Co.; service credited to Fayette Co. for unknown reason; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Co. G, 31st Inf. Regt., Philippine Div.; POW Philippines 1942; d. 8 Aug 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines from malaria.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.​